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BEING  THE  PORTRAITS  AND  BIOGRAPHIES 

OF  THE  PROGRESSIVE  MEN  OF  THE 

WEST  WHO  HAVE  HELPED  IN 

THE  DEVELOPMENT  AND 

HISTORY  MAKING  OF 

THIS  WONDERFUL 

COUNTRY 


VOL.  I 


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A  WORD  IN  ADVANCE 


By 

OTHEMAN  STEVENS 


ECAUSE  the  great  West  frowned  on  the  white  man  and  pre- 
sented to  his  advance  its  redoubts  of  desert,  mountains  of 
rock,  withering  heat,  vast  pathless  stretches,  inhabited  by  sav- 
age beasts  and  more  savage  barbarians,  the  white  man  con- 
quered it. 

He  transformed  its  frown  into  a  smile;  he  turned  its  quivering  blasts  of 
desolating  heat  into  the  calorics  of  fructification,  and  with  the  calm  courage  of 
the  superior  mind,  obliterated  or  tamed  its  barbarians,  and  quenched  its  arid- 
ity by  uncovering  its  hidden  sources  of  water;  so  that  today  what  was  forty 
years  ago  the  most  forbidding,  has  become  the  most  inviting  region  of  the 
country — the  West. 

The  reaches  which  were  then  cropped  only  with  the  desolation  of  the 
wilderness,  now  surpass  in  return  for  man's  toil,  those  valleys  of  beauty  and 
promise  which  in  the  beginning  of  the  nation  lured  with  their  promise  of 
luxurious  ease. 

Half  a  century  ago,  there  was  nothing  between  the  outposts  of  business 
and  cultivation  along  the  Missouri  River  and  the  sands  of  the  Pacific,  which 
promised  aught  but  a  heart-breaking  struggle  with  the  untoward. 

In  the  time  that  has  passed  of  one  generation,  American  indomitable- 
ness  has  dotted  the  West  with  the  bones  of  gold-seekers  and  homesteaders; 
men  by  the  thousands  have  marched,  tortured  by  thirst,  shriveled  by  pitiless 
suns,  stiffened  by  icy  blasts,  fighting,  starving,  dying,  over  flat  acres  and  tow- 
ering mountains,  then  counted  worse  than  worthless,  acres  and  mountains 
which  today  are  greater  in  their  returns  than  all  the  riches  which  pictured  in 
the  phantasmagoric  dreams  of  the  Argonauts. 

In  those  former  days,  the  Great  American  Desert  filled  a  large  space 
in  the  maps  in  the  school  geographies;  and  when  in  1847,  by  the  Treaty  of 
Guadalupe  de  Hidalgo,  the  nation  secured  the  larger  portion  of  the  territory 
now  forming  our  greater  West  and  Southwest,  it  was  obtained  for  political 
purposes  alone ;  its  value  to  the  list  of  national  assets  was  as  absurd  in  the  pub- 
lic mind  as  later  was  the  purchase  of  Alaska,  which  for  a  decade  caused  Sec- 
retary of  State  Seward  to  be  regarded  as  either  an  incompetent  or  a  dement. 

Nothing  brings  to  the  fore  more  sharply,  the  capacity  of  the  American 
to  accomplish  the  impossible,  than  the  facing  of  the  impossible. 


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The  Great  American  Desert  is  now  unknown. 

What  has  been  brought  about  by  the  men  of  America  in  what  was  the 
Far  West,  is  almost  of  the  impressiveness  of  a  miracle. 

A  miracle  brought  about  by  staunch  courage  in  constant  strife,  because 
of  the  love  of  strife  with  Nature  in  her  most  fiercely  hostile  phase. 

It  needed  men  to  do  this  task,  and  these  men  were  on  the  firing  line  dur- 
ing the  combat;  some  of  them  fell,  but  their  work  remains  a  part  of  the  Na- 
tion's bequest  to  posterity. 

Many  of  them  still  live  and  work,  and  at  need  fight,  and  are  among 
and  of  us  in  the  day's  work. 

It  is  of  these  men  who  have  had  part  in  creating  this  empire  of  fertility 
where  they  found  only  the  abomination  of  sterility,  for  these  are  the  men 
who  transformed  the  bleak,  desolate  waste  into  the  shining  West  of  Plenty 
and  whose  brain  made  everything  possible  to  the  West,  that  this  volume  treats. 

They  are  the  men  who  fought  Nature's  obstacles  and  turned  the  seas  of 
sand  into  pleasant  fields;  who  went  under  and  into  the  ground  and  took  from 
its  depths  the  treasures  of  ingots  and  oil;  they  dug,  they  bored,  they  plowed, 
they  planted,  they  built  aqueducts  and  reservoirs;  they  joined  the  East  and 
the  West  and  the  Northwest  and  the  Southwest  with  bands  of  steel ;  they  were 
the  pioneer  corps  of  business;  they  herded  their  cattle  on  the  many  thousand 
hills,  they  built  factories  and  cities,  and  their  work  has  made  this  country  one 
whole,  throbbing,  united  body  politic,  and  body  commercial. 

They  are  the  kind  of  men  who  when  San  Francisco  was  destroyed 
turned  their  backs  on  the  past  and  wrought  out  for  their  city  a  future  more 
illustrious  than  its  mighty  past. 

They  have  removed  the  Far  West  from  the  map;  they  have  made  the 
East  and  West  blend. 

First  that  Great  American  Desert  yielded  to  them  and  was  swept 
from  the  map;  they  are  doing  the  same  thing  with  the  dreaded  Llano  Esta- 
cado  of  Texas  with  plow  and  pasture;  they  have  changed  that  dread  mys- 
terious region,  the  delta  of  the  Colorado,  into  farms  that  yield  fortunes  to  the 
acre;  what  were  the  "cow  counties,"  by  this  work  have  become  the  admira- 
tion of  the  world;  from  what  was  the  bleak  Northwest,  they  send  forth  to 
all  the  world  a  continuous  stream  of  golden  grain  and  ruddy  fruit,  while  they 
have  made  its  timber  and  mineral  wealth  attain  undreamed  of  proportions; 
they  have  dotted  the  West  with  American  homes,  and  stirred  these  communi- 
ties with  American  business  and  enterprise,  so  that  schools  and  colleges 
shadow  the  old-time  strongholds  of  the  Indian. 

You  see  their  work  from  the  time  you  leave  the  Missouri  River  until 
you  stand  on  the  shore  of  the  Pacific ;  from  Mexico  to  Canada ;  it  is  written  in 
and  by  the  West,  the  Southwest,  the  Northwest;  the  work  of  these  men  and 
their  fellows  and  the  tales  of  what  was,  seem  incredible  in  the  face  of  what  is. 

What  their  forbears  did  generations  before  in  New  England,  these 
men  have  done  many  fold  over. 

Their  work  completes  the  conquering  of  a  continent. 


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PORTRAITS  AND  BIOGRAPHIES  OF 
MEN  OF  THE  WEST 


IXBY,  JOTHAM,  Pioneer  Stock 
Raiser  and  Capitalist,  Long 
Beach,  California,  was  born  at 
Norridgewock,  Maine,  January  20, 
1831.  He  comes  from  the  old  stock 
of  New  Englanders  who  settled 
in  Maine  in  the  early  days-  and  who  previously 
had  come  from  Massachusetts.  His  father  was 
Ainasa  Bixby  and  his  mother  Fanny  (Weston) 
Bixby. 

Mr.  Bixby's  maternal  great-grandfather  was 
Joseph  Weston,  a  pioneer  of  Maine,  who,  in  the 
first  year  of  the  Revolutionary  War,  gave  his  life 
to  the  Republic.  He  volunteered  his  services  as  a 
woodsman  guide  to  lead  the  ill-fated  expedition  of 
Benedict  Arnold  against  Quebec  through  the  path- 
less forests  of  Maine  and  was  killed  in  the  dis- 
charge of  his  duty. 

On  December  4,  1862,  at  San  Juan  Bautista, 
California,  Mr.  Bixby  married  Margaret  Winslow 
Hathaway,  second  daughter  of  the  Rev.  George  W. 
Hathaway,  of  Skowhegan,  Maine.  By  this  union 
there  have  been  born  seven  children — George  Hath- 
away, Mary  Hathaway  (deceased),  Henry  Llewellyn 
(deceased),  Margaret  Hathaway  (deceased),  Rosa- 
mond Read  (deceased),  Fanny  Weston  and  Jotham 
Winslow  Bixby. 

Mr.  Bixby  received  his  education  in  the  common 
schools  of  his  native  State.  Being  one  of  ten  chil- 
dren, and  realizing  that  there  were  few  opportuni- 
ties for  him  in  Maine,  he  determined  to  go  to  Cali- 
fornia, which  at  that  time  was  attracting  the  eyes 
of  the  civilized  world.  The  gold  rush  was  on,  and 
in  1852,  Jotham  Bixby  found  himself  aboard  the 
ship  Samuel  Appleton,  California-bound.  The  ship 
went  around  the  Horn  and  Mr.  Bixby  was-  landed  in 
San  Francisco,  the  Mecca  City  for  adventurers  and 
gold  seekers  from  all  parts  of  the  globe. 

In  July,  of  the  same  year,  Mr.  Bixby,  in  com- 


pany with  his  elder  brother  and  several  others  who 
went  out  with  him  from  his  home  village,  entered 
the  mining  region  near  Volcano,  in  Amador  County, 
California.  He  continued  in  placer  mining  for 
about  five  years  and  acquired  a  small  amount  of 
capital. 

In  1856,  he  went  into  sheep  raising  and  the 
wool  business  and  the  following  year  moved  south 
to  San  Luis  Obispo  County,  California,  near  San 
Miguel.  He  remained  there  in  close  attention  to 
his  growing  flocks  for  about  nine  years. 

The  name  and  fame  of  Southern  California  had 
commenced  to  impress  itself  on  a  few  of  the 
far-sighted  and,  in  186G,  Mr.  Bixby  sold  his  inter- 
ests- in  San  Luis  Obispo  County,  intent  on  settling 
near  Los  Angeles.  A  short  time  previous  to  this 
he  and  his  equal  partner  in  the  well  known  pioneer 
firm  of  Flint,  Bixby  &  Company,  of  which  his 
elder  brother,  Llewellyn  Bixby,  was  also  a  member, 
had  purchased  from  John  Temple  the  fertile  and 
well-watered  Rancho  Los  Cerritos,  containing  over 
27,000  acres-. 

This  vast  tract  of  land,  which  lies  east  of  the 
San  Gabriel  River  and  fronts  the  Pacific  Ocean,  in- 
cludes the  present  townsites  of  Long  Beach  and 
Clearwater,  and  the  Llewellyn  or  New  River  dis- 
trict. Mr.  Bixby  was  half  owner  and  in  full  man- 
agement of  the  property  and  soon  became  known 
as  one  of  the  largest  and  wealthiest  stock  raisers 
in  Southern  California.  With  his  indomitable  force 
of  character,  he  gradually  worked  his  way  to  the 
front.  He  made  additional  land  purchases,  financed 
numerous  worthy  development  projects  and  became 
known  as  one  of  the  most  progressive  citizens  of 
Southern  California. 

As  their  flocks  enlarged  and  their  profits  in- 
creased, Mr.  Bixby  and  his  associates  purchased 
17,000  acres  of  the  Palos  Verdes  Rancho,  and  a  one- 
third  interest  in  Los  Alamitos-  Rancho,  of  26,000 


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acres.  Later  he  purchased,  individually,  6000  acres 
in  the  Rancho  Santiago  de  Santa  Ana,  as  well  as 
business  properties  in  and  around  Los  Angeles. 

With  this  expansion  of  holdings  his  stock  was  cor- 
respondingly increased  and  at  times  he  had  30,000 
head  of  sheep  on  his  ranges.  From  this  herd  200,- 
000  pounds  of  wool  were  obtained  yearly.  In  later 
years  he  raised  horses  and  cattle  as  well  as-  sheep. 
Now  his  principal  live  stock  interest  is  in  Holstein- 
Friesian  cattle  and  in  scientific  dairying. 

Mr.  Bixby  has  been  one  of  the  most  important 
factors  in  the  upbuilding  of  the  city  of  Long  Beach, 
which  has-  been  reared  on  a  part  of  the  land  form- 
erly owned  by  him,  and  stands  today  one  of 
the  most  progressive  municipalities  of  the  Pacific 
Coast.  He  was  one  of  the  original  incorporators 
of  the  town,  aided  in  laying  out  its  streets  and  ave- 
nues, organized  various  business-  enterprises,  in- 
cluding the  first  bank,  and  was  instrumental  in 
furthering  the  city's  interests  in  so  many  ways  that 
he  was  given  the  honorary  title  of  "The  Father  of 
Long  Beach."  The  city  has  a  population  of  approxi- 
mately 25,000  persons-  and  won  distinction  among 
the  cities  of  the  Union  by  showing  a  growth  in 
population  of  nearly  seven  hundred  per  cent  during 
the  decade  from  1900  to  1910,  the  greatest  increase 
of  any  city  in  the  United  States.  To  Mr.  Bixby, 
who  witnessed  and  aided  the  transformation  of  the 
place,  this  record  was  a  source  of  great  satisfac- 
tion, for  in  his  latter  years  he  is  working  as  eagerly 
for  its-  growth  as  he  did  at  the  beginning  of  the 
task  of  making  a  city. 

Aside  from  the  practical  work  of  adding  to  the 
commercial  importance  of  Long  Beach,  Mr.  Bixby 
and  his  family  have,  by  their  force  of  character, 
had  a  strong  influence  on  governmental  and  civic 
affairs  in  general,  with  the  result  that  Long  Beach, 
a  city  of  beautiful  homes,  is  one  of  the  cleanest, 
physically  and  otherwise,  in  the  country,  and  noted 
as  one  of  the  most  refined  resorts  in  the  West. 

Despite  his  prominence  in  public  affairs,  Mr. 
Bixby  has  never  had  any  political  ambitions  and 
consequently  has  never  appeared  as  a  seeker  or 
candidate  for  any  public  office,  although,  as  a  rec- 
ognition of  his  great  work  for  his  adopted  State  he 
could  probably  have  had  any  office  within  the  gift 
of  the  people  of  his  section.  He  has  always  taken 
an  interest  in  politics  to  the  extent  of  assuring 
clean,  progressive  government,  but  in  the  main 
his  work  has  been  that  of  a  developer  of  resources 
and  his  appearances  in  public  affairs  have  been 
limited  to  service  on  special  bodies  engaged  in  the 
promotion  of  movements  for  the  benefit  of  the  city. 

Mr.  Bixby  has  now  turned  over  the  management 
of  some  of  his  interests  to  his  sons.  At  the  same 
time  he  takes  a  keen  interest  in  looking  after  busi- 
ness details,  particularly  of  his  farming  interests, 
his  confidence  in  his  own  judgment  therein  being 
fully  justified  by  the  fact  that  farming  formed  the 
foundation  of  his  fortune. 

He  is  President  of  the  Bixby  Land  Company,  the 
Palos  Verdes  Company,  the  Jotham  Bixby  Company, 
and  many  smaller  corporations;  Vice  President  of 
the  Alamitos  Land  Company,  the  Alamitos  Water 
Company,  First  Vice  President  of  the  National 
Bank  of  Long  Beach,  and  Vice  President  of  the 


Long  Beach  Savings  &  Trust  Company,  being  asso- 
ciated in  some  of  these  enterprises  with  other  mem- 
bers of  his  family  connection  and  in  others  with 
that  eminent  Pacific  Coast  financier,  Isaias  W. 
Hellman. 

In  addition  to  the  interests  mentioned,  Mr.  Bix- 
by has  been  interested  in  various  other  enter- 
prises, including  orange  growing,  manufacturing, 
irrigation  and  cattle.  He  was  President  of  the 
Chino  Valley  Cattle  Company  of  Arizona  for  sev- 
eral years,  this  company  being  engaged  in  the 
sheep  raising  business  at  Ash  Fork,  Arizona,  on  an 
extensive  scale.  The  direct  management  he  turned 
over  to  his  son  Harry  L.  Bixby,  who  conducted  the 
business  until  his-  death  in  1902,  and  since  that  time 
it  has  been  in  the  hands  of  others.  Another  im- 
portant concern  which  Mr.  Bixby  helped  to  or- 
ganize and  push  to  success  was  the  Pacific  Cream- 
ery Company,  of  Buena  Park,  Orange  County,  Cali- 
fornia, engaged  in  the  manufacture  of  condensed 
milk  and  cream,  with  a  monthly  output  of  nine 
thousand  cases  of  evaporated  milk  and  cream. 

Several  years  ago  Mr.  Bixby  resigned  from  the 
office  of  President  of  the  National  Bank  of  Long 
Beach  to  take  the  less  confining,  though  active 
office  of  First  Vice  President  of  the  bank,  in  which 
capacity  he  serves. 

On  December  4,  1912,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Bixby  cele- 
brated the  golden  anniversary  of  their  wedding  in 
their  magnificent  home  at  Long  Beach,  facing  Bixby 
Park,  a  beauty  spot  he  presented  to  the  city.  They 
welcomed  more  than  eighty  guests,  many  of  whom 
were  their  children  and  grand-children,  and,  fol- 
lowing the  wedding  luncheon,  a  great  family  re- 
union was  held. 

On  this  occasion,  Mr.  Bixby,  strong  and  alert  at 
the  age  of  eighty-one,  received  congratulations 
from  scores  of  friends  in  all  parts  of  the  country 
who  admire  him  as  a  man,  and  appreciate  his  work 
in  upbuilding  the  substantial  City  of  Long  Beach, 
built  on  the  land  where  formerly  his  sheep  and 
cattle  grazed.  The  couple  received  numerous  gifts 
commemorating  their  fiftieth  anniversary  of 
wedded  life,  one  of  these  being  a  handsome  silver 
vase  three  feet  in  height,  sent  by  the  officers  and 
directors  of  the  National  Bank  of  Long  Beach,  of 
which  he  was  one  of  the  organizers  and  the  first 
President,  and  the  Long  Beach  Savings  &  Trust 
Company. 

Mr.  Bixby  long  occupied  a  comfortable,  but  by 
no  means  ostentatious  residence  overlooking  the 
Pacific  Ocean  at  Long  Beach,  but  in  September, 
1911,  he  purchased  the  magnificent  residence  built 
there  two  years  before  by  A.  D.  Meyers,  a  mining 
man,  which  is  one  of  the  most  palatial  residences 
in  Southern  California,  and  occupies  a  commanding 
position  on  the  bluff  above  the  ocean. 

There  he  is  rounding  out  the  evening  of  a  most 
active  life  in  close  and  happy  companionship  with 
his  wife  and  his  surviving  children  and  grand- 
children, who,  best  of  all,  know  and  appreciate  the 
simple,  unaffected  and  generous,  but  entirely  vigor- 
ous traits  of  character  which  make  this  stalwart 
scion  of  a  hardy  and  conscientious  race  a  true 
historic  representative  of  the  best  and  most  char- 
acteristic in  the  transformation  of  early  California. 


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IXBY,  GEORGE  H.,  Banking,  Long 
Beach,  California,  is  a  native  of 
that  state,  having  been  born  on 
Independence  Day,  1864,  at  San 
Juan  Bautista,  San  Benito  Coun- 
ty. He  is  the  oldest  son  of 
Jotham  Bixby,  the  famous  Southern  California 
pioneer  and  settler,  and  Margaret  (Hathaway) 
Bixby.  His  mother's  father,  the  Reverend  George 
W.  Hathaway  of  Skowhegan,  Me.,  was  a  graduate 
of  Williams  College  and  of 
the  Andover  Theological 
Seminary  and  served 
through  the  Civil  War  as 
chaplain  of  one  of  the  Maine 
regiments. 

Mr.  Hathaway  traced  in 
direct  descent  to  Governor 
William  Bradford,  who  came 
over  in  the  Mayflower  and 
was  the  first  Governor  of 
Plymouth  Colony,  and  to 
Kenelm  Winslow,  a  brother 
of  Edward  Winslow,  the  sec- 
ond Governor  of  the  colony. 
On  his  fatner's  side,  Mr. 
Bixby  traces,  as  do  probably 
all  the  families  of  that  name 
scattered  in  various  parts  of 
the  country,  to  Joseph  Bixby, 
who  came  over  from  England 
in  the  early  Puritan  immi- 
gration and  settled  in  Mas- 
sachusetts, from  which  state 
his  descendants  kept  push- 
ing out  to  the  frontier  in 
many  directions. 

This  branch  of  the  family 
settled  in  Maine,  and  Mr. 


GEORGE  H.  BIXBY 


immediately  took  up  part  of  his  father's  interests 
at  that  place,  becoming  secretary  of  the  Alamitos 
Land  Company.  For  several  years  he  remained  in 
this  position,  studying  the  business  conditions  of 
that  vicinity  and  acquainting  himself  with  his 
father's  extended  properties  and  holdings.  About 
the  year  1901  he  was  appointed  Vice  President 
and  Manager  of  the  Bixby  Land  Company  and  of 
the  Palos  Verdes  Land  Company,  his  father  re- 
taining the  presidency  of  these  corporations,  but 
looking  to  his  son  to  assist 
him  in  the  management  of 
them. 

From  that  time  down  to 
date  he  has  had  his  time 
well  employed  in  managing 
and  directing  the  various 
companies  in  which  he  holds 
office  and  in  working  for  the 
development  of  the  Long 
Beach  community  in  general. 

He  is  a  director  of  the  Los 
Angeles  Dock  and  Terminal 
Company,  developing  the 
Long  Beach  Inner  Harbor; 
director  of  the  Seaside  In- 
vestment Company,  owning 
and  operating  the  Hotel  Vir- 
ginia; director  of  the  Wall 
Company  Department  Store; 
director  Long  Beach  Dairy 
Company  and  other  local  cor- 
porations. He  is  also  vice 
president  of  the  National 
Bank  of  Long  Beach,  and 
president  of  the  Long  Beach 
Savings  BanK  &  Trust  Com- 
pany, a  substantial  and  grow- 
ing institution. 


Jotham  Bixby's  maternal  grandfather,  named  Wes- 
ton,  was  one  of  the  sturdy  Maine  woodsmen-farmers 
who  lost  their  lives  in  the  service  of  their  coun- 
try in  the  first  year  of  the  Revolutionary  War, 
while  guiding  through  those  pathless  northern  for- 
ests the  ill-fated  expedition  of  General  Benedict 
Arnold  against  Quebec. 

Mr.  Bixby  married  in  Los  Angeles,  on  August 
31,  1887,  Amelia  M.  E.  Andrews,  a  native  of  Toronto, 
Canada,  and  daughter  of  Joshua  and  Dinah  Eliza- 
beth Andrews,  well-known  old-time  residents  of 
the  Los  Nietos  Valley.  As  a  result  of  this  mar- 
riage there  are  now  surviving  six  children,  Rich- 
ard A.,  Philip  L.,  Margaret  W.,  Barbara  L.,  David 
W.  and  Stephen  L.  Bixby. 

Mr.  Bixby  was  educated  in  the  preparatory 
schools  of  Oakland,  California.  After  graduating 
from  the  Sackett  School  in  that  city  he  entered 
Yale  University,  where  he  graduated  with  the  de- 
gree of  B.  A.  in  1886.  In  college  he  was  a  member 
of  the  Delta  Kappa  Epsilon  fraternity. 

On  returning  to  Long  Beach  from  the  East,  he 


As  an  owner  of  extensive  land  holdings  through- 
out the  Southwest,  Mr.  Bixby  has  been  in  a  posi- 
tion to  understand  the  alignment  and  condition  of 
roads  in  Southern  California. 

He  was  chairman  of  the  Los  Angeles  County 
Highway  Commission  up  to  August,  1911,  having 
served  as  Highway  Commissioner  for  four  years. 
During  this  time  he  has  been  occupied  in  studying 
the  highway  conditions  of  the  county,  in  touring 
over  the  boulevards  in  the  interests  of  his  position 
and  in  laying  plans  for  new  improvements  in  this 
direction. 

Since  retiring  at  the  end  of  his  second  term  in 
this  office,  he  is  devoting  his  time  to  his  banking, 
real  estate,  ranching  and  other  interests  in  Long 
Beach  and  to  the  upbuilding  of  his  city,  his  work  in 
this  direction  placing  him  in  the  forefront  of  civic 
factors 

He  is  a  member  of  the  California  Club  in  Los 
Angeles,  the  Virginia  Country  Club  at  Long  Beach, 
as  well  as  being  an  honorary  member  of  the  El 
Rodeo  Club  in  the  latter  city. 


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ANDOLPH,  EPES,  Railroad  Presi- 
dent, Tucson,  Arizona,  is  a  son  of 
Eston  Randolph  and  Sarah  Lavinia 
(Epes)  Randolph,  born  and  reared 
in  Virginia.  He  is  a  member  of 
.the  famous  Randolph  family  of 
that  State  and  a  descendant  of 
Pocahontas,  the  Indian  princess.  He  married  Miss 
Eleanor  Taylor  of  Kentucky  in  1886. 

Upon  completing  his  education,  Mr.  Randolph 
engaged  in  the  railroad  business  in  the  civil  engi- 
neering department  and  his  career  has  been  one  of 
successful  achievement.  His  life  is  a  part  of  the 
history  of  railroad  development  in  the  United  States. 

From  1876  to  1885  he  was  continually  engaged 
in  the  location,  building  and  maintenance  of  rail- 
ways in  various  Southern  States  and  Old  Mexico. 
He  served  several  companies  during  this  time  as  As- 
sistant, Locating,  Resident  or  Division  Engineer,  the 
principal  of  these  being  the  Alabama  Great  South- 
ern, the  Chesapeake,  Ohio  &  Southwestern  and  the 
Kentucky  Central  railways.  He  took  an  active  part 
in  the  construction  of  hundreds  of  miles  of  line  in 
the  States  of  Kentucky,  Texas,  Tennessee,  Missis- 
sippi, Georgia  and  Old  Mexico.  The  majority  of 
these  properties  were  owned  by  the  late  Collis  P. 
Huntington  and  associates,  and  during  his  nine 
years  of  activity  Mr.  Randolph  so  impressed  the 
veteran  Builder  that  he  chose  him  for  one  of  his 
chief  aides  and  confidential  advisers. 

In  1885  Mr.  Randolph  was  selected  by  Mr. 
Huntington  for  Chief  Engineer  of  the  Kentucky 
Central  Railroad,  with  headquarters  at  Covington, 
Kentucky,  and  also  as  Chief  Engineer  of  the  Cin- 
cinnati Elevated  Railway,  Transfer  &  Bridge 
Company.  In  this  latter  capacity  he  designed  and 
directed  the  construction  of  the  great  Huntington 
bridge  which  spans  the  Ohio  River,  connecting 
Covington,  Ky.,  with  the  city  of  Cincinnati.  This 
structure  is  one  of  the  world's  great  engineering 
achievements,  consisting  of  double  track  railway, 
highway  and  pedestrian  divisions,  with  an  elevated 
approach  thereto.  Its  erection  established  Mr. 
Randolph  for  all  time  in  the  world  of  engineering, 
but  to  this  he  has  added  greater  accomplishments. 

The  bridge  having  been  completed  and  the 
Kentucky  Central,  on  which  he  had  charge  of  main- 
tenance, construction  and  reconstruction,  sold  to 
the  Louisville  &  Nashville  Railroad  Company, 
Mr.  Randolph,  in  1890,  was  transferred  to  Lexing- 
ton, Ky.,  where  he  assumed  command  of  the  oper- 
ating and  engineering  departments  of  various 
Huntington  properties.  These  iucluded  the  New- 
port News  &  Mississippi  Valley  Company,  the 
Ohio  &  Big  Sandy  Company  and  the  Kentucky 
&  South  Atlantic  Railroad  Company.  He  served 
as  Chief  Engineer  and  Superintendent  of  these  three 
companies  until  about  the  middle  of  1891,  when  he 
was  transferred  to  Louisville  as  Chief  Engineer  and 
General  Superintendent  of  the  Chesapeake,  Ohio 
&  Southwestern  and  the  Ohio  Valley  Railway  Com- 
panies, both  Huntington  lines. 

As  in  all  of  his  previous  connections,  Mr.  Ran- 
dolph applied  himself  indefatigably  to  his  work 
with  the  result  that  at  the  end  of  three  years  his 
health  failed  and  he  was  compelled  in  the  middle  of 
1894  to  resign  his  position;  and  for  one  year  he 
did  no  work  except  that  of  giving  professional 
advice  to  such  companies  as  he  was  then  serving 
in  the  capacity  of  Consulting  Engineer. 

In  addition  to  his  work  for  the  Huntington  in- 
terests, Mr.  Randolph,  from  1885  to  1895,  had  a 
general  practice  as  Consulting  Engineer,  serving 
various  railroads  and  municipalities.  His  efforts 


were  confined  chiefly  to  bridge  construction,  and 
among  others  he  supervised  the  construction  of  the 
great  bridge  crossing  the  Ohio  and  connecting 
Louisville  with  Jeffersonville,  Indiana.  This  bridge 
exceeds  its  predecessor  at  Cincinnati  by  only  five 
feet  and  is  the  longest  single  span  in  the  world. 
Mr.  Randolph  built  this  structure  for  the  East  End 
Improvement  Company  of  Louisville,  but  upon  its 
completion  it  was  sold  to  the  Chesapeake  &  Ohio 
and  the  Big  Four  Railroad  companies. 

Resuming  active  work  in  August,  1895,  Mr. 
Randolph  was  appointed  Superintendent  for  the 
Southern  Pacific  Company,  in  charge  of  its  lines 
in  Arizona  and  New  Mexico,  with  headquarters  at 
Tucson,  Arizona.  He  retained  this  position  for 
six  years,  resigning  in  August,  1901,  to  become 
associated  with  Henry  Huntington,  nephew  of  his 
earlier  friend,  as  Vice  President  and  General  Man- 
ager of  the  Los  Angeles  Railway  Company  and 
the  Pacific  Electric  Railway  Company. 

Mr.  Randolph  was  located  in  Los  Angeles  three 
years  and  during  this  time  gave  to  the  city  the 
greater  part  of  the  splendid  system  of  urban  and 
interurban  railways  operating  there  today.  Sum- 
marized, his  work  consisted  of  locating,  construct- 
ing and  operating  approximately  700  miles  of  elec- 
tric line,  a  record  unparalleled  in  the  annals  of 
electric  railways  for  the  same  length  of  time. 

In  the  fall  of  1904,  Edward  H.  Harriman,  then 
in  the  midst  of  his  mighty  work  of  development 
and  railroad  reconstruction,  invited  Mr.  Randolph  to 
rejoin  the  Southern  Pacific  forces,  and  accordingly, 
he  returned  to  Tucson.  He  was  eiected  President 
of  the  Gila  Valley,  Globe  &  Northern  Railway 
Company  and  of  the  Maricopa,  Phoenix  &  Salt 
River  Valley  Railroad  Company,  in  Arizona,  and 
the  Cananea,  Yaqui  River  &  Pacific  Railroad  Com- 
pany in  Old  Mexico,  all  Harriman  properties. 

It  was  while  engaged  in  the  direction  of  these 
companies  that  Mr.  Randolph,  in  1905,  was  elected 
President  of  the  California  Development  Company, 
a  large  irrigation  project  operating  in  the  Colorado 
Desert  in  the  State  of  California  and  Lower  Cali- 
fornia, Old  Mexico.  The  company  now  irrigates 
250,000  acres  of  land  and,  when  the  project  is  com- 
pleted, will  irrigate  600,000  acres.  In  this  connec- 
tion Mr.  Randolph  accomplished  a  feat  which  not 
only  added  to  his  fame  as  an  engineer,  but  bla- 
zoned him  to  the  world  as  a  great  public  benefactor. 

President  Theodore  Roosevelt,  about  the  begin- 
ning of  1907,  appealed  to  Mr.  Edward  H.  Harriman 
to  undertake  the  work  of  damming  the  Colorado 
River,  which  had  broken  its  banks  and  was  empty- 
ing its  entire  flow  into  Salton  Sink  through  a  chan- 
nel previously  cut  and  occupied  by  it.  Salton 
Lake  then  had  a  length  of  fifty  miles,  a  width  of 
fifteen  miles  and  a  central  depth  of  one  hundred 
feet.  Mr.  Harriman  in  turn  asked  Mr.  Randolph 
if  he  would  undertake,  under  the  aggravated  con- 
ditions, to  force  the  fugitive  stream  back  into  its 
original  channel  again.  Mr.  Randolph  told  him  it 
could  be  done  and  undertook  and  accomplished  the 
task,  although  it  was  generally  regarded  by  engi- 
neers as  an  impossibility,  for  it  had  been  previously 
undertaken  and  much  money  expended  in  vain. 

The  following  quotation,  from  the  New  York 
"Times"  of  April  2,  1909,  is  what  Mr.  Harriman 
had  to  say  about  the  feat  several  years  later: 

"During  my  trip  I  visited  the  Imperial  Valley, 
where  we  did  that  work  to  prevent  the  flooding 
of  the  valley  by  the  Colorado  River.  There  is  a 
picture  of  the  dam  (pointing  to  a  snapshot)  and 
and  that  is  Randolph,  the  engineer  who  did  the 
work.  The  other  engineers  said  the  work  could 


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not  be  done,  but  Randolph  did  it.  He  told  me  that 
the  only  misgiving  he  had  while  the  work  was  go- 
ing on  was  that  I  might  get  tired  of  the  racket 
and  stop  putting  up  the  money.  But  we  stood  to- 
gether and  the  work  was  done. 

"We  beat  the  river  out,  he  (Randolph)  told  me, 
by  only  four  or  five  days.  If  the  Colorado  River 
had  not  been  closed  then  it  never  could  have  been 
closed,  and  all  that  land  would  have  been  lost; 
but  the  work  was  done,  and  all  those  600,000  acres 
or  more  of  land  have  been  saved  for  all  time." 

The  closure  was  completed  February  11,  1907, 
and  the  river  thrown  back  into  its  old  channel,  the 
flow  of  water  being  44,000  cubic  feet  per  second 
at  the  time.  Two  hundred  and  fifty  thousand  cubic 
yards  of  rock  and  gravel  were  used  in  the  dam 
and  the  time  consumed  in  making  the  closure  four- 
teen days  and  twenty-one  hours.  The  dam  stands 
today  a  monument  to  constructive  genius  and  is 
a  part  of  the  permanent  levee.  The  actual  cost 
of  the  closure  was  $1,600,000  and  upon  its  com- 
pletion Mr.  Harriman  had  invested  in  the  protec- 
tion of  Imperial  Valley,  $5,000,000.  This  is  today 
the  largest  irrigated  district  in  America  and  its 
reclamation  represents  untold  energy. 

Where  the  break  which  Mr.  Randolph  closed 
occurred  in  the  Colorado  River,  the  stream  is  120 
feet  above  sea  level  and  the  bottom  of  Salton 
Basin  is  285  feet  below  sea  level,  so  that  if  the 
river  had  not  been  returned  to  its  original  channel 
the  country  would,  in  time,  have  been  inundated, 
and  instead  of  the  prosperous  farms  and  cities  of 
today  there  would  have  been  only  Salton  Sea. 

Mr.  Randolph  gives  the  major  credit  for  this 
great  work  to  the  late  Mr.  Harriman,  who  approved 
and  financed  his  plan  of  operation,  and  to  the  en- 
gineers who  followed  his  orders;  but  the  record 
stands,  nevertheless,  that  he  personally  was  the 
active  agent  in  the  great  undertaking,  who  accom- 
plished his  object  against  terrific  odds. 

Some  two  years  after  Mr.  Randolph  concluded 
his  task  the  Colorado  River  again  broke  its  banks, 
about  twenty  miles  lower  down,  this  time  emptying 
its  water  into  Volcano  Lake  and  thence  to  the 
Gulf  of  California.  The  U.  S.  Government  in  1910 
undertook  to  close  this  break,  but  failed,  after 
spending  something  like  a  million  dollars.  In  the 
Summer  and  Fall  of  1911  Mr.  Randolph  caused  to  be 
made  a  survey  of  the  Lower  Colorado  Delta,  and, 
after  exhaustive  study,  prepared  a  report  upon  the 
whole  subject.  Accompanying  this  report  were  ex- 
planatory maps,  profiles  and  estimates,  all  having 
in  contemplation  closing  the  break  and  providing 
permanent  control  of  the  Colorado. 

This  report  is  dated  November  1,  1911,  and  was 
submitted,  through  the  proper  channels,  to  Presi- 
dent Taft,  who,  in  turn,  submitted  it  to  Congress 
in  his  message  of  February  2,  1912.  Prior  to  that 
time  a  special  Board  of  Engineers  had  been  ap- 
pointed by  Mr.  Walter  L.  Fisher,  Secretary  of  the 
Interior,  to  report  upon  the  same  subject.  Gen- 
eral W.  L.  Marshall,  formerly  Chief  of  Engineers, 
U.  S.  Army,  now  Consulting  Engineer  of  the  Dept. 
of  the  Interior,  was  a  member  of  this  board  and 
thoroughly  familiar  with  Mr.  Randolph's  views.  Mr. 
Randolph's  recommendations,  however,  are  at  vari- 
ance with  those  of  the  Board  of  Engineers,  and  Gen- 
eral Marshall,  in  a  letter  to  the  Secretary  of  the  In- 
terior, January  5,  1912,  takes  direct  issue  with  Mr- 
Randolph  and  severely  criticises  his  report.  For  fu- 
ture reference,  it  is  well  to  consider  this  divergence 
of  opinion  between  these  two  experts. 

Gen.  Marshall's  letter  says  of  Mr.  Randolph's  pro- 
posal: "For  lands  in  the  United  States  this  project 
is  not  necessary  nor,  in  my  mind,  even  desirable." 


Again,  "Nor  do  I  see  any  basis  for  the  estimate  that 
the  rim  of  Volcano  Lake,  which  is  now  thirty-four 
feet  above  sea  level  and  has  been  so  high  for  many 
years,  will  be  forty  feet  above  sea  level  in  four 
years,"  this  latter  being  Mr.  Randolph's  estimate. 
Mr.  Randolph  says  that  tne  rim  of  Volcano 
Lake  will,  in  time,  be  raised  by  deposits  to  an 
elevation  of  67^  feet  above  sea  level,  and  he  pre- 
dicts that  so  much  of  this  raise  will  have  been 
accomplished  within  four  years  that  it  will  no 
longer  be  practicable  to  prevent  the  water  from 
escaping  from  Volcano  Lake  into  Imperial  Valley. 
In  other  words,  Mr.  Randolph  maintains  that  unless 
the  recommendations  set  forth  in  his  report  be 
substantially  adopted,  the  Colorado  River  will 
again  empty  into  Salton  Sink  and  ultimately  inun- 
date Imperial  Valley,  destroying  the  work  which 
cost  millions  of  dollars  and  years  of  labor. 

It  is  not  within  the  province  of  the  writer  to 
say  which  of  these  two  engineers  is  right  and 
which  wrong,  but  it  is  a  question  of  vital  interest 
to  the  country  at  large  and  particularly  to  the  in- 
habitants of  Imperial  Valley  and  the  Southwest; 
and  the  fact  remains  that  any  recommendations 
on  this  subject  coming  from  Mr.  Randolph,  a  man 
so  entirely  familiar  with  the  territory  and  condi- 
tions involved,  deserve  the  deepest  and  most  se- 
rious consideration,  and  the  public  will  watch  the 
outcome  with  profound  interest. 

Upon  the  completion  of  his  Colorado  River  work, 
Mr.  Randolph  again  devoted  himself  exclusively  to 
the  direction  of  the  railroads  under  his  jurisdiction. 
His  principal  work  for  several  years  past  has  been 
the  location  and  supervision  of  construction  of  a 
line  through  the  western  part  of  Old  Mexico,  which 
he  has  pushed  through  in  the  face  of  great  ob- 
stacles, natural  and  artificial.  This  line,  which  is 
today  1200  miles  in  length,  has  opened  up  a  fab- 
ulously rich  territory,  including  mining  and  agri- 
cultural lands,  and  ultimately  will  enter  the  City 
of  Mexico.  The  road — the  Cananea,  Yaqui  River 
&  Pacific — was  absorbed  in  June,  1909,  by  the 
Southern  Pacific  Railroad  Company  of  Mexico  and 
Mr.  Randolph  was  then  elected  its  Vice  President 
and  General  Manager.  Eight  months  later — Febru- 
ary, 1910 — he  was  elected  to  the  same  office  in  the 
Arizona  Eastern  Railroad,  formed  by  the  consolida- 
tion of  the  Gila  Valley,  Globe  &  Northern  and  the 
Maricopa,  Phoenix  &  Salt  River  Valley  companies. 
In  October,  1911,  upon  the  reorganization  of 
the  Southern  Pacific  system  into  several  depart- 
ments, he  was  elected  President  of  these  two  roads. 
This  resume  of  the  operations  of  Mr.  Randolph 
tells  inadequately  the  part  he  has  taken  in  the 
railroad  upbuilding  of  the  Southwest,  for  he  was 
in  close  personal  association  with  Mr.  Harriman 
in  the  latter's  great  plans  for  the  conquest  of  the 
Nation's  waste  places  and  during  the  Harriman 
epoch  occupied  the  same  position  with  the  leader 
as  he  had  under  the  Huntington  regime. 

Mr.  Randolph  has  devoted  his  life  to  develop- 
ment work,  taking  no  active  part  in  politics,  al- 
though he  has  always  been  a  stanch  supporter  of 
the  Democratic  party.  In  the  early  part  of  his 
residence  in  Arizona  he  was  chosen  a  member  of 
the  staff  of  Governor  McCord,  and  held  a  similar 
honor  with  Governor  Murphy,  in  both  instances 
with  the  rank  of  Colonel.  He  was  assigned  various 
engineering  duties  in  the  interest  of  the  State, 
which  he  performed  in  addition  to  his  railroad  work. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  California,  Jonathan,  Los 
Angeles  Country,  and  San  Isidro  Gun  Clubs,  Los 
Angeles,  Cal.;  Old  Pueblo  Club,  Tucson;  Yavapai 
Club,  Prescott,  and  Arizona  Club,  Ehoenix,  Ariz., 
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COTT,  HENRY  T.,  San  Francisco, 
California,    President    of    the    Pa- 
cific Telephone  &  Telegraph  Com- 
pany, and  executive  officer  of  va- 
rious   interests,    was    born    near 
Baltimore,  Maryland,  in  1846,  the 
son  of  John  Scott  (a  Quaker  preacher  and  a  strong 
supporter   of   the   Union)    and    Elizabeth    (Lettig) 
Scott.     His   paternal   ancestors    were    among   the 
earliest  residents  of  Maryland,  and  the  Scott  home, 
now  occupied  by  Mr.  Scott's 
sister,  was  deeded  to  the  fam- 
ily   by    Lord    Baltimore.      In 
1867  Mr.  Scott  came  to  Cali- 
fornia, where  he  has  achieved 
a   notable   position    and   sue 
cess.     He  was  married  to  Miss 
Elsie    Horsley    of    England, 
and    is    the    father    of    three 
children.     They  are  W.  Pres- 
cott,  Harry  H.  and  Mary  Scott 
(now    Mrs.    Walter    Martin). 
Henry   T.    Scott   obtained 
his   education   in   the   public 
schools  and  at  Lamb's  Acad- 
emy, in  Baltimore,  Maryland, 
and  shortly  after  leaving  the 
latter  institution  he  removed 
to  California. 

Not  long  after  his  arrival 
in  San  Francisco  he  secured 
employment,  as  time-keeper, 
in  the  Union  Iron  Works, 
which  at  that  time,  though  a 
comparatively  small  concern, 
was  the  leading  corporation 
of  its  kind  on  the  Pacific 
Coast.  Here,  by  zealous  de- 
votion to  his  duties,  as  well 

as  by  sheer  ability,  he  rose  rapidly,  filling  various 
responsible  positions  and  finally,  together  with  his 
brother,  Irving  M.  Scott,  becoming  an  indispensable 
part  of  the  corporation.  The  Scotts,  indeed,  came 
to  be  regarded  as  the  chief  part,  if  not  the  whole 
institution.  When,  in  1883,  it  was  organized  as  an 
incorporated  company,  Henry  T.  Scott  was  made 
the  First  Vice  President  of  the  Union  Iron  Works. 
Two  years  later  he  became  President,  an  office  he 
filled  with  distinction  up  to  the  time  the  corpora- 
tion changed  hands. 

During  the  Scotts'  control  of  the  Union  Iron 
Works  the  establishment  was  developed  from  a 
comparatively  unimportant  local  concern  to  one  of 
world-wide  reputation,  chiefly  as  a  Dullder  of  bat- 
tleships and  cruisers  for  the  United  States  Navy. 
The  Oregon,  the  Charleston,  and  the  San  Fran- 
cisco were  among  their  first  notable  achievements 
in  this  line — vessels  that  always  a  little  more  than 
"came  up  to  specifications."  The  Oregon,  in  fact, 
bids  fair  to  become  historical  in  more  than  one 
respect,  for  a  movement  is  now  on  foot  to  have  it 


HENRY  T.   SCOTT 


lead  the  naval  procession  through  the  Panama 
Canal,  in  celebration  of  the  opening  of  that  water- 
way. 

Mr.  Scott's  interests  have  now  branched  into  a 
wide  and  varied  field  of  activity,  earning  him  the 
title  among  his  associates,  in  the  financial  world, 
of  "Pooh  Bah."  He  is,  perhaps,  best  known  as 
President  of  the  Pacific  Telegraph  &  Telephone 
Company,  which  operates  in  the  States  of  Cali- 
fornia, Oregon,  Nevada  and  the  western  part  of 
Idaho.  This  company  has  the 
largest  single  system  of  any 
telephone  company  in  the 
United  States,  as  well  as  the 
most  extensive  long  distance 
lines  and  the  greatest  num- 
ber of  exchange  plants.  Its 
capitalization  is  $50,000,000, 
and  its  subscriptions  have 
reached  a  higher  figure  than 
those  of  any  other  company 
of  its  kind,  and  under  the 
management  of  Mr.  Scott  it 
is  rapidly  expanding. 

Ever  since  the  subject  of 
the  Panama-Pacific  Interna- 
tional Exposition  to  com- 
memorate the  opening  of  the 
Panama  Canal,  was  first 
broached,  Mr.  Scott  has  been 
one  of  the  most  enthusiastic 
supporters  of  the  project.  He 
was  one  of  the  original  or- 
ganizers of  the  Panama-Pa- 
cific International  Exposi- 
tion Company,  the  directing 
organization,  and  has  since 
been  a  member  of  various  im- 
portant committees.  He  was 

one  of  the  most  active  members  of  the  committee 
that  went  to  Washington  during  the  historic  con- 
test between  the  cities  of  New  Orleans  and  San 
Francisco  before  Congress,  which  resulted  in  the 
California  city  being  chosen  as  the  site  for  the 
great  exposition.  From  the  time  of  this  selection, 
Mr.  Scott  has  given  up  a  large  portion  of  his  time 
to  the  work  of  the  exposition,  giving  the  promoters 
of  it  the  benefit  of  his  long  experience  in  engineer- 
ing and  business  affairs. 

Besides  his  Presidency  of  the  Pacific  Telephone 
&  Telegraph  Company,  Mr.  Scott  is  President  of  the 
Mercantile  National  Bank,  Burlingame  Land  & 
Water  Company,  St.  Francis  Hotel  Company,  Co- 
lumbia Theater  Building  Company,  Director  Crocker 
National  Bank,  Bank  of  Burlingame,  Crocker  Es- 
tate Company,  Crocker  Realty  Company,  Crocker 
Hotel  Company,  City  Realty  Company,  Moore  & 
Scott  Iron  Works,  R.  N.  Burgess  Company,  and 
Western  Mortgage  &  Guaranty  Company. 

Mr.  Scott  is  a  member  of  the  Pacific-Union 
Club,  and  Burlingame  Country  Club. 


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JOHN  HAYS  HAMMOND 


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AMMOND,  JOHN  HAYS,  Consulting 
Engineer,  San  Francisco,  New 
York  and  London,  was  born  in 
San  Francisco,  California,  March 
31,  1855,  the  son  of  Major  Rich- 

ard   Pindle   Hammond   and   Sarah 

Elizabeth  (Hays)  Hammond.  His  father,  a  native 
of  Maryland,  was  graduated  from  the  United  States 
Military  Academy  in  1841  and  served  with  distinc- 
tion in  the  Mexican  War,  retiring  from  the  army 
with  the  rank  of  major.  He  afterwards  settled  in 
California  with  his-  wife,  who  was  a  daughter  of 
Harmon  Hays,  a  Tennessee  planter,  and  sister  of 
Colonel  John  C.  Hays,  famous  as  a  commander  of 
Texas  Rangers  in  the  border  war  days.  Mr.  Ham- 
mond married  Miss  Natalie  Harris,  daughter  of 
Judge  J.  W.  M.  Harris  of  Mississippi  on  New  Year's 
day,  1880,  and  to  them  there  have  been  born  four 
sons,  Harris,  John  Hays,  Jr.,  Richard  Pindle  and 
Nathaniel  Hammond. 

Mr.  Hammond,  who  has  been  called  the  greatest 
engineering  genius  of  his  era  and  has  conquered 
obstacles  in  most  of  the  civilized  and  uncivilized 
parts  of  the  world,  inherited  his  engineering  ability 
from  his-  father.  He  was  also  fortunate  in  having 
splendid  educational  advantages  in  his  training 
period.  He  received  his  preliminary  education  in 
public  and  private  schools,  going  from  Hopkins 
Grammar  School,  at  New  Haven,  Connecticut,  to 
Yale  University.  He  was  graduated  from  Sheffield 
Scientific  School  of  Yale  in  1876,  with  the  degree 
of  Bachelor  of  Philosophy,  and  in  1898,  twenty-two 
years  later,  Yale  conferred  upon  him  the  degree 
of  Master  of  Arts.  Following  the  completion  of  his 
course  at  Yale,  he  studied  for  three  years  in  the 
Royal  School  of  Mines  at  Freiberg,  Saxony,  but  did 
not  graduate.  Other  collegiate  honors-  bestowed 
upon  him  in  later  years  were  the  degree  of  Doctor 
of  Engineering  from  Stevens  Institute  of  Technol- 
ogy, in  1906,  and  that  of  Doctor  of  Laws,  conferred 
upon  him  in  1907  by  St.  Johns  College. 

From  the  time  he  left  school  Mr.  Hammond  has 
been  progressing  successfully  and  successively  in 
the  world  of  mining  and  mine  engineering,  until 
today,  with  a  wonderful  record  of  accomplishment 
behind  him,  he  stands  at  the  head  of  his  profes- 
sion, this  position  being  voted  him  by  his  contem- 
poraries in  all  parts  of  the  world. 

Upon  his  return  from  Saxony,  in  1880,  Mr.  Ham- 
mond was  chosen  by  the  United  States  Government 
as  special  expert  for  the  Geological  Survey  to  ex- 
amine the  gold  fields  of  California.  His  report  on 
the  gold  resources  of  his  native  State,  made  after 
the  most  thorough  investigation,  was  the  most  com- 
prehensive ever  prepared  up  to  that  time  and  is 
one  of  the  recorded  government  authorities. 

His  work  in  this  capacity  established  Mr.  Ham- 
mond as  one  of  the  experts  of  the  mining  world  and 
for  the  next  few  years  succeeding  he  was  in  great 
demand  for  examination  and  research  work.  In 
1892,  when  he  was  barely  thirty-seven  years-  of  age, 
Mr.  Hammond  was  chosen  as  superintendent  of 
large  silver  properties  in  Sonora,  Mexico,  and  dur- 
ing the  time  he  was  there  he  also  examined  a  num- 
ber of  other  valuable  properties,  thereby  gaining 
first-hand  information  about  the  mining  possibili- 
ties of  the  Republic. 

He  was  called  back  to  San  Francisco  from  Mex- 
ico to  become  consulting  engineer  of  mines  in 
Grass  Valley,  California,  and  also  was  chosen  as 
Consulting  Engineer  for  the  Union  Iron  Works  of 
San  Francisco,  the  Central  Pacific  and  the  Southern 
Pacific  Railroads. 

The   works  accomplished  by  Mr.  Hammond  in 


these  offices  added  to  his  reputation  and  he  was 
commissioned  to  examine  mining  properties  in  all 
parts  of  the  world.  Finally,  in  1893,  he  was  sum- 
moned to  South  Africa  by  the  celebrated  diamond 
and  gold  magnates,  Barnato  Brothers  of  London  and 
South  Africa.  This  was  the  beginning  of  one  of 
the  most  thrilling  and  picturesque  chapters  in  his 
entire  life,  for,  after  a  short  experience  in  the  coun- 
try, he  became  associated  with  Cecil  Rhodes  then 
in  the  midst  of  his  great  work  in  South  Africa,  as 
Chief  Engineer  of  his  enterprises,  and  with  the  im- 
mortal empire-builder  he  took  a  conspicuous  part 
in  that  country's  upbuilding. 

Mr.  Hammond  was  one  of  the  intimates  of  the 
great  Rhodes  in  his  plans  and  in  his  engineering 
triumphs  not  only  won  the  respect  and  admiration 
of  the  leader,  but  caused  a  feeling  among  the  na- 
tives of  the  country  that  made  them  put  him  in  the 
clas-s  of  the  wonder-worker.  For  instance,  Mr  Ham- 
mond turned  the  wild  trails  of  certain  places  into 
level  streets  and  platted  cities  almost  over  night- 
built  mine  elevators  by  which  thousands  of  the  na- 
tives were  shot  down  into  the  mines  in  the  morn- 
ing and  brought  back  to  the  surface  of  the  earth 
at  evening,  and  accomplished  other  feats  which  so 
startled  the  people  that  they  really  regarded  him 
as  superhuman. 

As  an  ardent  supporter  of  Cecil  Rhodes,  Mr. 
Hammond  naturally  came  to  have  a  prominent  part 
in  the  political  plans  of  his  leader  and  was  one  of 
the  four  great  leaders  of  the  reform  movement  in 
the  Transvaal.  It  was  during  this  time  that  Rhodes 
stationed  a  body  of  600  men,  under  Dr.  Leonard 
Starr  Jameson,  on  the  border  of  the  Transvaal  to 
be  prepared  for  any  disturbances  which  might  be 
fomented  by  the  Uitlanders.  Mr.  Hammond  was 
with  him.  Finally,  Jameson  made  his  celebrated 
raid,  which  resulted  so  disastrously,  and  Mr.  Ham- 
mond, who  was  not  in  sympathy  with  the  move- 
ment, was  one  of  the  chief  sufferers.  Dr.  Jameson, 
on  his  own  initiative,  went  forward  one  day  to  at- 
tack Krugersdorp,  but  met  with  such  fierce  resist- 
ance that  even  his  bombardment  of  the  town  proved 
ineffectual  and  his  attack  failed.  He  next  attacked 
Doornkoop,  but  after  a  terrific  battle  of  thirty-six 
hours'  duration,  in  which  he  lost  seventeen  men 
killed  and  forty-nine  wounded,  he  was  compelled 
to  surrender  to  the  Boers. 

Jameson  and  his  officers  were  turned  over  to 
the  British  Government  for  punishment  and  Mr. 
Hammond,  as  one  of  the  supposed  leaders,  was  first 
sentenced  to  death  for  his  part  in  the  raid.  This 
later  was  commuted  to  fifteen  years'  imprisonment 
and  finally  he  regained  his  freedom  by  paying  to 
the  Transvaal  Government  $125,000. 

While  connected  with  the  Rhodes  enterprises 
as  Consulting  Engineer  of  the  Consolidated  Gold 
Fields  of  South  Africa,  the  British  South  Africa 
Company  and  the  Randfontein  Estate  Gold  Mining 
Company,  Mr.  Hammond  accomplished  marvels  in 
the  engineering  work  and  is  given  credit  for  a 
large  part  of  the  success  attaching  to  the  develop- 
ment of  Rhodesia.  It  was  while  there  that  he  dis- 
played a  side  of  his  character  that  showed  the  big- 
ness and  fairness  of  the  man,  the  incident  here  re- 
lated being  told  by  a  warm  friend  of  his  some  years 
after  it  occurred. 

As  the  story  goes,  Mr.  Hammond,  in  his  capacity 
of  Chief  Engineer,  commissioned  a  younger  man, 
in  whom  he  had  great  confidence,  to  handle  a  large 
operation  and  this  man,  through  an  error  of  judg- 
ment, caused  damage  which  meant  the  loss  of  a 
tremendous  amount  of  money  to  his  employers. 
Humiliated  and  discouraged,  the  younger  engineer 


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appeared  before  Mr.  Hammond,  told  him  what  he 
had  done  and  tendered  his  resignation.  The  elder 
man  would  not  accept  it,  but  instead  told  his  assist- 
ant how  the  damage  could  be  repaired,  and  then 
said  to  him: 

"You  cannot  afford  to  make  this  mistake.  You 
are  a  young  man  and  have  your  whole  life  before 
you.  If  I  make  this  mistake,  the  world  will  not 
take  it  so  seriously,  and,  as  I  sent  you  out,  I  will 
stand  responsible  for  the  damage." 

This  he  did,  and  the  younger  man,  who  was 
ready  to  abondon  the  work  for  which  Mr.  Hammond 
considered  him  born,  was  saved  from  disgrace.  He 
is  today  one  of  the  great  and  successful  engineer- 
ing experts  of  the  world. 

This  is  a  story  that  Mr.  Hammond  never  relates 
himself,  nor  is  the  writer  aware  that  it  has  ever 
appeared  in  print  before. 

Following  the  completion  of  his  works  in  South 
Africa  and  his  exoneration,  morally,  for  his  part 
in  the  Jameson  raid,  Mr.  Hammond  settled  in  Lon- 
don, England,  and  there  became  interested  in  a 
number  of  large  mining  companies  in  various  parts 
of  the  world,  including  the  United  States  and  Mex- 
ico. In  directing  and  overseeing  these  operations, 
he  made  many  trips  to  the  United  States  and  other 
parts-  of  the  world,  finally  returning  to  his  native 
country  to  remain  permanently. 

Becoming  associated  with  the  great  Guggenheim 
Brothers'  mining  interests  as  Chief  Engineer  for  the 
Guggenheim  Exploration  Company  of  New  York, 
Mr.  Hammond  took  his  place  at  the  head  of  his 
profession  in  this  country,  at  a  salary  variously 
estimated  from  half  a  million  to  a  million  dollars 
per  annum.  All  the  mining  operations  of  this  gi- 
gantic concern  were  placed  under  nis  personal  su- 
pervision and  he  embarked  upon  one  of  the  most 
extensive  development  enterprises  ever  known  to 
the  mining  industry  of  America.  He  designed  and 
supervised  the  construction  of  a  vast  system  of 
canals  in  the  placer  fields  of  Alaska  and  opened  up 
many  valuable  coal  and  metal  properties  in  that 
northernmost  possession  of  the  United  States.  He 
also  directed  operations  in  various  other  parts  of 
the  United  States,  in  Old  Mexico  and  abroad,  and 
made  frequent  trips  to  Russia  and  Siberia  in  the 
interest  of  his  employers.  His  work  in  this  ca- 
pacity is  a  part  of  mining  history. 

A  few  years  back,  Mr.  Hammond  became  inter- 
ested in  the  Yaqui  River  Delta  Land  &  Water 
Company,  projectors  of  the  largest  irrigation  and 
general  development  enterprise  ever  undertaken  in 
Mexico.  This  company  owns  more  than  a  million 
acres  of  land  in  the  Yaqui  River  Valley,  which  it  is 
reclaiming  and  opening  to  settlement,  and  Mr. 
Hammond  is  one  of  the  owners  as  well  as  Chief 
Engineer  and  designer  of  the  work. 

Mr.  Hammond,  who  is  regarded  abroad  as  the 
typification  of  American  progress,  has  been  a  fac- 
tor in  American  political  life  fpr  many  years.  In 
1908,  at  the  solicitation  of  friends,  in  many  States, 
he  became  the  candidate  of  Massachusetts  for  the 
nomination  of  Vice  President  at  the  Republican 
National  Convention,  held  that  year  in  Chicago. 
Because  of  his  great  professional  record  and  his 
personal  popularity,  his  candidacy  rapidly  gained 
strength,  delegates  from  Massachusetts,  his  resi- 
dence, and  California,  his  native  State,  making  a 
vigorous  fight  in  his  behalf.  Other  States,  particu- 
larly the  mining  States  of  the  West,  rallied  to  his 
standard,  and  his  headquarters,  at  the  Congress 
Hotel  in  Chicago,  was  the  scene  of  the  greatest 
activity  in  the  pre-convention  days. 

His  choice  for  the  position  of  running-mate  to 
Taft  seemed  assured  and,  as  events  proved,  he 


would  have  been  elected  to  the  second  highest  of- 
fice in  the  land;  but  as  the  nominations  were  about 
to  be  made,  Mr.  Hammond  became  convinced  that 
the  election  of  President  Taft  could  be  made  more 
certain  by  the  selection  of  a  New  York  man  as 
the  Republican  party's  candidate  for  Vice  Presi- 
dent, so  he  withdrew  in  favor  of  James  Schoolcraft 
Sherman,  of  Utica,  New  York,  and  threw  all  of  his 
support  to  him. 

Mr.  Hammond,  because  of  his  great  ability  as 
an  organizer,  was  later  chosen  as  President  of  the 
National  League  of  Republican  Clubs,  and  in  this 
capacity  was  enabled  to  render  great  assistance. 

President  Taft  and  Mr.  Hammond  are  warm 
personal  friends  and  at  their  summer  homes  in 
Massachusetts  have  frequently  played  golf  to- 
gether. This  close  association  gave  President  Taft 
a  clearer  insight  into  the  character  of  Mr.  Ham- 
mond than  could  be  had  in  the  formal  meetings  of 
public  life  and  in  1911,  when  it  came  time  to  choose 
a  diplomatic  envoy  to  represent  the  United  States 
among  the  nations  at  the  Coronation  of  King 
George  Fifth  and  Queen  Mary,  the  Chief  Executive 
appointed  Mr.  Hammond  Special  Ambassador.  The 
visit  of  Mr.  Hammond  and  his  wife  to  the  English 
court  was  a  triumph  for  them  and  their  country. 
They  were  paid  many  honors  by  the  newly  crowned 
rulers  and  other  notables  who  figured  in  the  cere- 
monies, and  they,  in  turn  entertained  lavishly. 

The  reception  accorded  Mr.  Hammond  on  this 
occasion  was  one  of  the  most  pleasing  of  his  life 
and  demonstrated  to  the  world  at  large  that  any 
feeling  which  England  may  have  had  for  his  part 
in  the  Jameson  affair  had  been  obliterated  by  his 
later  and  greater  accomplishments  for  the  good  of 
the  Empire.  His  relations  with  King  George  were 
the  most  cordial  of  any  had  by  a  foreign  delegate 
to  the  coronation. 

In  addition  to  this  honor,  President  Taft  also 
reposed  other  confidences  in  Mr.  Hammond,  ad- 
vising with  him  on  many  matters  of  great  impor- 
tance to  the  country.  In  his  world-wide  travels 
Mr.  Hammond  has  made  a  deep  study  of  interna- 
tional trade  relations,  and  some  of  his  utterances 
concerning  development  of  foreign  trade  for  the 
United  States  have  been  adpoted  as  the  basis  of 
trade  reform.  He  has  also  taken  a  very  prominent 
part  in  the  advocacy  of  reforms  in  the  nation's 
mining  laws,  and  has  helped  in  the  creation  of  nu- 
merous acts  passed  by  Congress  in  recent  years  for 
the  protection  of  lives  and  property  of  the  miners. 
Because  of  his  prominence  in  this  respect  and  his 
frequent  conferences  at  the  White  House,  it  was 
reported  many  times  that  President  Taft  was  seek- 
ing to  have  him  enter  his  Cabinet. 

Mr.  Hammond  served  as  President  of  the  Amer- 
ican Institute  of  Mining  Engineers  during  the  years 
1907  and  1908.  He  has  contributed  numerous 
articles  on  mining  and  engineering  matters  to  the 
the  technical  press,  and  despite  his  diversified  in- 
terests, has  found  time  to  lecture  before  the  young 
aspirants  for  engineering  honors  at  various  institu- 
tions of  learning.  Among  others  he  has  lectured 
before  the  classes  of  Columbia,  Harvard,  Yale  and 
Johns  Hopkins  Universities. 

Other  organizations  in  which  Mr.  Hammond  is 
a  leading  figure  are  the  American  Association  for 
the  Advancement  of  Science,  of  which  he  was 
elected  a  Fellow  in  1891,  the  National  Civic  Federa- 
tion and  several  lesser  ones  of  a  political  or  civic 
nature.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Century  and  Uni- 
versity Clubs,  of  New  York,  and  of  the  University 
Clubs  of  Denver,  Salt  Lake  City  and  San  Francisco. 
He  makes  his  home  at  Gloucester,  Massachusetts, 
but  has  offices  in  London  and  New  York. 


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VES,  EUGENE  SEMMES,  At- 
torney at  Law,  Tucson,  Arizona, 
was  born  in  Washington,  D.  C., 
November  11,  1859,  the  son  of 
Colonel  Joseph  Christmas  Ives 
and  Cora  M.  (Semmes)  Ives.  He 
married  Anna  Waggaman  in  Washington,  D.  C., 
June  15,  1889,  and  to  them  there  have  been  born 
seven  children,  Annette,  Cora,  Helen,  Miriam, 
Thomas,  Eugene  Semmes,  Jr.,  and  Eleanor  Ran- 
dolph Ives.  His  is  a  family 
noted  in  American  history, 
members  of  both  sides  hav- 
ing served  in  the  Revolu- 
tionary War.  His  father  was 
on  the  staff  of  General  Rob- 
bert  E.  Lee,  and  his  uncle, 
Admiral  Raphael  Semmes, 
was  commander  of  the  Con- 
federate gunboat  "Alabama" 
during  the  Civil  War. 

Mr.  Ives'  boyhood  was 
spent  principally  in  Virginia 
and  he  attended  school  at 
Warrenton,  that  State.  He 
later  became  a  student  at 
Georgetown  College  and 
there  prepared  for  a  special 
course  at  Feldkirch,  Austria. 
From  the  latter  he  went  to 
St.  Michael's  College  in  Brus- 
sels, and  returning  to  the 
United  States,  completed  a 
course  at  Georgetown  College 
in  1878.  Mr.  Ives  then  took 
up  the  study  of  law  at  Co- 
lumbia University,  New  York, 
and  was  graduated  in  the 
class  of  1880  with  the  degree 

of  L.  B.  He  has  since  had  other  degrees  conferred 
upon  him  and  now  has,  in  addition  to  Bachelor 
of  Laws  and  Bachelor  of  Arts,  those  of  Master  of 
Arts,  Doctor  of  Philosophy  and  Doctor  of  Laws. 

Mr.  Ives  began  the  practice  of  his  profession 
in  New  York  City  and  remained  there  until  1895, 
at  which  time  he  moved  to  Arizona  on  account  of 
his  wife's  health.  During  the  seventeen  years  he 
has  practiced  in  the  latter  State  he  has  come  to  be 
known  as  one  of  the  leading  lawyers  of  the  South- 
west and  also  has  been  a  prominent  figure  in  the 
politics  of  that  section. 

His  practice  has  consisted  in  a  large  measure 
of  mining  and  corporation  litigation,  in  both  of 
which  branches  he  has  scored  many  notable  vic- 
tories. Among  these  were  several  cases  for  the 
King  of  Arizona  Mining  Company,  and  there  have 
been  various  others. 

In  1902,  as  attorney  for  the  Southern  Pacific 
Railroad  Company,  Mr.  Ives  appeared  in  the  suit 
of  his  company  against  the  Santa  Fe  Railroad 
Company  over  a  right-of-way  through  the  Gila 


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Canyon  of  Arizona  and  was  successful  in  his  con- 
tention. 

Two  years  later,  Mr.  Ives  was  retained  by  the 
Black  Mountain  Mining  Company  to  handle  its 
cause  against  certain  mining  men  of  Colorado  and 
in  this,  too,  he  scored  an  important  victory. 

Another  large  civil  action  handled  success-fully 
by  Mr.  Ives  was  the  litigation  of  Gleeson  vs. 
The  Martin  Costello  Estate,  an  action  involv- 
ing a  large  amount  of  property. 

These  instances  represent 
only  a  few  of  his  cases,  but 
Mr.  Ives'  career  in  the  South- 
west has  been  one  of  unceas- 
ing activity,  attended  by 
splendid  successes  in  the 
State  and  Federal  Courts,  and 
also  in  the  United  States  Su- 
preme Court. 

In  addition  to  his  profes- 
sional work,  Mr.  Ives  also 
has  been  among  the  men  who 
have  helped  to  develop  the 
resources  of  the  Southwest 
and  is  largely  interested  in 
oil  and  mining.  He  is  the 
largest  individual  stockhold- 
er in  the  King  of  Arizona 
Mining  Company  and  also  is 
heavily  interested  in  the 
Amalgamated  Oil  Company 
of  California.  This  latter  is 
one  of  the  successful  produc- 
ing companies  in  the  Cali- 
fornia fields  and  is  generally 
considered  one  of  the  most 
important  in  that  State. 

Mr.  Ives  is  a  Democrat 
and  has-  been  active  in  the 

party  affairs  since  his  earliest  days  in  Arizona.  He 
ran  for  office  on  several  occasions,  but  failed  of 
election,  principally  because  Tucson,  and  Pima 
County,  of  which  it  is  the  county  seat,  were  over- 
whelmingly Republican.  He  has  held  various  com- 
mittee posts  and  in  the  first  general  election  follow- 
ing Statehood,  worked  for  his  party  victory.  He 
went  to  the  Democratic  National  Convention  at 
Baltimore  in  1912  as-  a  Delegate,  supporting  Champ 
Clark  in  the  early  stages  of  balloting,  but  later 
joined  the  Wilson  forces. 

Mr.  Ives  spends  the  greater  part  of  his  time  in 
Tucson,  but  owing  to  his  interests  in  California 
maintains  offices  also  in  Los  Angeles  and  has  a 
summer  home  at  Alhambra,  California. 

He  is  one  of  the  best  known  club  men  of  the 
West,  his  clubs  including  the  Old  Pueblo  Club,  Tuc- 
son; Phoenix  Country  Club,  Phoenix;  California 
Club,  Jonathan  Club,  Los  Angeles  Athletic  Club,  and 
Annandale  Country  Club,  Los  Angeles;  Midwick 
Country  Club,  Pasadena;  University  Club,  New  York, 
and  life  membership,  Coney  Island  Jockey  Club. 


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ILLER,  JOHN  BARNES,  President 
of  the  Southern  California  Edison 
Company,  Los  Angeles,  California, 
was  born  at  Port  Huron,  St.  Clair 
County,  Michigan,  October  23, 
1869.  He  is  the  son  of  John  Edgar 
Miller  and  Sarah  Amelia  (Barnes)  Miller.  His  an- 
cestors were  of  that  group  of  religious  refugees 
from  Germany — Mennonites — who  settled  in  Penn- 
sylvania on  the  invitation  of  William  Penn.  He  mar- 
ried Carrie  Borden  Johnson 
of  Yonkers,  N.  Y.,  on  April 
17,  1895.  There  are  five  chil- 
dren: Philadelphia  Borden, 
John  Borden,  Edgar  Gail, 
Morris  Barnes  and  Carrie 
St.  Clair  Miller. 

Mr.  Miller  attended  public 
and  private  schools  at  Port 
Huron,  Michigan,  and  gradu- 
ated from  the  Ann  Arbor 
School  in  1888.  He  took  a 
special  literary  course  in  the 
University  of  Michigan  at 
Ann  Arbor,  1888-89,  and  left 
college  owing  to  the  physical 
collapse  of  his  father. 

The  next  two  years  he 
managed  the  personal  inter- 
ests of  his  father  and  studied 
law  in  an  office  at  Port 
Huron.  He  planned  to  take 
the  bar  examinations,  but  in 
1892  became  interested  in  a 
plantation  near  Delhi,  Rich- 
mond Parish,  Louisiana,  and 
managed  it  for  about  two 
years. 

Mr.   Miller  then   returned 

to  Michigan,  where  his  father  was  again  actively 
engaged  in  business.  They  became  interested  in 
the  steamboat  and  fuel  business,  to  which  he  de- 
voted about  three  years. 

In  1896  he  disposed  of  his  Eastern  interests  and 
moved  to  Los  Angeles.  After  surveying  the  invest- 
ment field  for  a  considerable  length  of  time,  Mr. 
Miller  was  struck  with  the  wonderful  opportuni- 
ties for  development  in  electric  lighting  and  the 
utilization  of  water  power  for  long  transmission,  a 
method  then  little  known.  When  he  undertook  the 
development  of  electric  light  and  power  the  coun- 
try around  Los  Angeles  was  dotted  with  numerous 
little  plants,  none  of  which  was  large  enough  to  at- 
tract capital,  and  consequently  not  in  a  position  to 
expand  or  to  render  the  best  service. 

By  amalgamating  a  number  of  these  small- 
er companies — with  consequent  economies — mod- 
ernizing plants  and  methods,  and  a  highly  organ- 
ized management,  and  by  obtaining  extensive  water 
power  control,  Mr.  Miller  and  his  associates  laid 
the  foundation  of  what  today  is  one  of  the  most 


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important  public  utilities  in  the  West.  The  organi- 
zation of  this  company  by  Mr.  Miller  marked  the 
beginning  of  electrical  advancement  in  Southern 
California  and  the  birth  of  an  industry  that  has 
grown  steadily. 

Mr.  Miller  was  elected  president  of  the  Edison 
Electric  Company  in  1901,  and  through  various 
changes  in  the  form  of  that  corporation  has  been 
the  directing  spirit.  When  the  company  was  re- 
organized several  years  ago  under  the  name  of  the 
Southern  California  Edison 
Co.  he  continued  as  its  execu- 
tive head,  and  still  retains 
that  position.  It  is  not 
stretching  a  point  to  say  that 
Mr.  Miller  has  been  a  domi- 
nating personality  in  the 
growth  of  the  company,  but 
his  success  in  the  upbuilding 
of  it  is  due  to  his  finan- 
cial rather  than  to  any  tech- 
nical ability. 

He  was  one  of  the  found- 
ers of  the  old  Southwestern 
National  Bank,  later  consoli- 
dated with  the  First  Nation- 
al Bank,  and  of  the  Los  An- 
geles Trust  Company,  now 
the  Los  Angeles  Trust  and 
Savings  Bank,  in  the  former 
of  which  organizations  he 
remains  as  director.  In  ad- 
dition to  those  two,  and 
the  office  of  president  of  the 
Southern  California  Edison 
Company,  Mr.  Miller  is  a  di- 
rector and  member  of  the  ex- 
ecutive committee  of  the  Pa- 
cific Mutual  Life  Insurance 

Company,  president  of  the  Union  Power  Company, 
director  of  the  Sinaloa  Land  and  Water  Company, 
director  of  the  Santa  Barbara  Gas  and  Electric 
Company  and  a  director  of  the  Long  Beach  Con- 
solidated Gas  Company. 

The  Pacific  Mutual  is  one  of  the  leading  life  in- 
surance companies  on  the  Pacific  Coast,  and  the 
other  concerns  mentioned,  such  as  water,  gas  and 
power,  are  important  public  utilities  in  their  re- 
spective localities,  ably  managed  and  modern  in 
every  detail.  In  all  of  these  the  progressive  poli- 
cies of  Mr.  Miller  go  far  toward  shaping  their 
courses  and  expansion. 

His  clubs  are:  California,  Jonathan,  Los  An- 
geles Country  and  Los  Angeles  Athletic  Clubs, 
Country,  Overland  Clubs  of  Pasadena,  Santa  Bar- 
bara Country  Club,  University  Club  of  Redlands, 
Pacific  Union  and  Bohemian  Clubs  of  San  Francisco 
and  the  Automobile  Club  of  America  of  New  York. 
He  belongs  to  the  Blue  Lodge,  Chapter,  Com- 
mandery  and  Shrine  of  Masonry.  He  was  a  mem 
ber  of  the  Delta  Kappa  Epsilon  College  Fraternity. 


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RAVES,       JACKSON      ALPHEUS, 


Banker  and  formerly  Attorney-at- 
Law,     Los     Angeles,     California, 
was    born    in    Hauntown,    Clinton 
County,    Iowa,    on    December    5, 
1852.      His    father    was    John    Q. 
Graves,   and  his   mother   Katherine   Jane    (Haun) 
Graves.    Mr.  Graves  was  married  October  23,  1879, 
in  Los  Angeles,  to  Alice  H.  Griffith,  the  issue  be- 
ing:    Alice  Graves  Stewart,  wife  of  H.  F.  Stewart; 
Selwyn   E.   Graves,   deceased 
(March   1,   1908);    Katherine 
Graves    Armstrong,    wife    of 
E.  S.  Armstrong;  Jackson  A. 
Graves,  deceased  (March  23, 
1910),     and     Francis     Porter 
Graves. 

The  Graves  family  re- 
moved to  California  in  Oc- 
tober, 1857,  locating  first  in 
Marysville,  Yuba  County, 
where  Mr.  Graves  received 
his  first  education  from  the 
public  schools  of  that  town. 
He  later  attended  the  San 
Francisco  High  School,  from 
which  he  graduated  in  1869. 
His  home  in  the  meantime 
had  been  moved  to  San 
Mateo  County,  California 
(1867).  After  graduating 
from  the  San  Francisco 
High  School,  Mr.  Graves  en- 
tered St.  Mary's  College, 
San  Francisco,  graduating 
from  that  institution  in  May, 
1872,  with  the  degree  of  A. 
B.,  and  in  1873  from  the 


1,  1885,  when  this  firm  was  dissolved  and  Mr. 
Graves  united  his  ability  with  that  of  Henry  W. 
O'Melveny,  the  designation  being  Graves  and 
O'Melveny,  the  firm  being  formed  on  April  10, 
1888;  later  Mr.  J.  H.  Shankland  was  admitted  to 
the  firm  and  the  title  read  Graves,  O'Melveny  and 
Shankland  until  January  1,  1904,  when  Mr.  Graves 
withdrew  from  the  practice  in  order  to  assume  the 
position  of  Vice  President  of  the  Farmers  and 
Merchants'  Bank  of  Los  Angeles. 

He  had  already,  back  in 
1901,  became  Vice  Presi- 
dent, the  President  being  I. 
W.  Hellman,  whose  enlarged 
interests  about  this  time 
called  him  to  San  Francisco, 
and  in  June,  1903,  Mr.  Graves 
entered  actively  into  the 
management  of  the  bank. 

From  this  time  the  indi- 
cation of  his  talent  for  busi- 
ness affairs  which  Mr. 
Graves  had  given  by  his 
wise  investments  and  ca- 
pacity for  foresight  were 
thoroughly  justified;  he  or- 
ganized the  first  title  and 
abstract  company  in  the 
city;  then  his  activities  took 
the  direction  of  oil  matters 
and  he  built,  with  Edward 
Strasburg,  storage  tanks 
near  the  Llewellyn  Iron 
Works,  having  organized  the 
Oil  Storage  and  Transporta- 
tion Company;  this  property 
is  now  owned  by  the  Amal- 
J.  A.  GRAVES  gamated  Oil  Company;  since 


same  college  with  the  degree  of  A.  M.,  after  which 
he  began  the  study  of  law  in  the  offices  of  the  firm 
of  Eastman  and  Neumann  in  San  Francisco. 

On  June  5,  1875,  Mr.  Graves  moved  to  Los  An- 
geles, where  he  continued  his  law  studies  with  Mr. 
Eastman,  who  had  gone  to  Los  Angeles  and  formed 
a  partnership  with  the  late  Judge  Brunson.  On 
January  13,  1876,  Mr.  Graves  was  admitted  to  prac- 
tice by  the  Supreme  Court  of  the  State  of  Califor- 
nia, and  then  was  formed  the  law  firm  of  Brunson, 
Eastman  and  Graves. 

From  that  time  on  until  he  forsook  the  law  for 
the  intricacies  of  finance  Mr.  Graves  had  a  con- 
tinuous advancement  in  position  in  his  pro- 
fession. 

The  firm  of  Brunson,  Eastman  and  Graves  was 
dissolved  in  June,  1878,  and  the  young  attorney 
practiced  alone  with  most  satisfactory  results  until 
June  1,  1880,  when  he  associated  himself  with  the 
late  John  S.  Chapman  in  the  firm  of  Graves  and 
Chapman;  this  connection  endured  until  January 


that  period  his  interests  in  oil  properties  through- 
out the  State  have  vastly  increased. 

Another  industry  in  which  Mr.  Graves  is  largely 
interested  is  orange  growing.  He  started  in  grow- 
ing citrus  fruit  more  than  thirty  years  ago,  and  de- 
spite his  increasing  responsibility  in  connection 
with  other  interests,  still  is  active  in  his  groves. 

Besides  his  active  place  as  Vice  President  of 
the  Farmers  and  Merchants'  Bank,  Mr.  Graves  is 
Vice  President  of  the  Southern  Trust  Company, 
President  of  the  Farmers  and  Merchants'  National 
Bank  of  Redondo,  California;  President  of  the 
United  States  National  Bank  of  Azusa,  California, 
and  is  a  director  in  the  following  institutions: 
Security  Savings  Bank  and  the  United  States  Na- 
tional Banks  of  Los  Angeles;  of  the  Whittier  Na- 
tional Bank  of  Whittier,  California;  of  the  First 
National  Bank  of  Monrovia,  California;  of  the  First 
National  Bank  of  El  Monte,  California;  of  the  Na- 
tional Bank  of  Long  Beach,  and  of  the  Long  Beach 
Savings  Bank  and  Trust  Company. 


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RIDGE,  DR.  NORMAN,  Physician, 
Teacher,  and  Business  Man,  Los 
Angeles,  Cal.,  was  born  in  Wind- 
sor, Vt,  Dec.  30,  1844,  the  son  of 
James  Madison  and  Nancy  Ann 
(Bagley)  Bridge.  He  is  descended 
from  Deacon  John  Bridge,  who  came  from  England 
and  settled  in  Cambridge,  Mass.,  in  1632.  Nor- 
man is  of  the  seventh  generation  from  John  of 
Cambridge.  His  great  grandfather,  Ebenezer,  was 
a  Colonel  in  Washington's  army  of  the  Revolution. 
Deacon  John  "s-aved  the  settlement"  of  Cambridge 
when  Hooker  seceded  to  Connecticut  in  1636  and 
was  responsible  for  the  present  location  of  Har- 
vard College.  There  is  a  bronze  statue  of  him  on 
Cambridge  Common,  in  the  garb  of  a  Puritan.  It 
was  erected  in  1882  and  is  the  work  of  the  artists, 
T.  R.  and  M.  S.  Gould. 

One  of  the  inscriptions  on  the  monument  reads: 
"This  Puritan  helped  to  establish  here  Church, 
School  and  Representative  Government,  and  thus 
to  plant  a  Christian  Commonwealth";  and  another 
is  as  follows:  "They  that  wait  upon  the  Lord  shall 
renew  their  strength." 

Dr.  Bridge  was  married  in  1874  to  Miss  Mae 
Manford,  daughter  of  the  late  Rev.  Erasmus  and 
Hannah  (Bryant)  Manford.  Their  only  child  died 
in  infancy. 

Mr.  Manford  was-  a  Universalist  clergyman  of 
the  old  school  for  over  half  a  century.  He  was 
much  of  this  time  publisher  of  various  denomina- 
tional periodicals. 

Dr.  Bridge  was  born  on  a  small  farm  among  the 
Vermont  hills,  a  few  miles  from  the  village  of 
Windsor.  It  has  been  a  long-time  wonder  to  him 
how  his  father  could  ever  have  made  a  living  for 
himself  and  family  on  such  a  rocky  and  unpromis- 
ing patch  of  earth.  In  1856,  the  elder  Bridge  re- 
belled against  his  hard  conditions  and  moved  with 
his  family  and  little  cash  to  Illinois-.  They  settled 
on  a  farm  of  unbroken  prairie  without  buildings 
or  fence,  where  they  struggled  for  some  tense 
years.  This  was  in  Malta,  DeKalb  County, 
when  Norman  was  twelve  years  old.  The  family 
consisted  of  father,  mother,  an  older  brother  and  a 
younger  sister.  The  brother,  Edward,  was  a  soldier 
in  the  Civil  War,  Fifty-fifth  Illinois  Volunteer  Regi- 
ment, and  died  of  disease  in  the  service,  after  sur- 
viving a  dozen  battles,  in  the  fir&t  of  which,  Shiloh, 
he  was  wounded.  His  father  died  in  1879  and 
his  mother  at  an  advanced  age  in  1903.  His  sister 
is  Mrs.  Susan  B.  Hatch,  of  Des  Moine&,  Iowa. 

Norman  B.  received  his  general  education  in 
the  country  district  schools,  and  in  the  High 
Schools  of  DeKalb  and  Sycamore,  Illinois.  He 
taught  a  country  school  in  the  winter  of  1862-63, 
but  owing  to  a  severe  fever  which  came  on  in  the 
midst  of  this  work  he  was  unable  to  finish  the 
term.  He  never  attended  the  academic  department 
of  a  university  or  college. 

He  was  a  postoffice  clerk  in  Sycamore  during 


the  summer  and  fall  of  1864;  and  a  fire  insurance 
agent  in  Morris,  Illinois,  in  1864-65,  traveling 
through  the  entire  county  of  Grundy. 

In  1865  he  began  the  study  of  medicine,  attended 
the  Medical  Department  of  the  University  of  Mich- 
igan in  1866-67,  and  of  the  Northwestern  University 
in  1867-68,  where  he  was  graduated  with  the  degree 
of  M.  D.  He  received  the  degree  of  A.  M.  from  the 
Lake  Forest  College  in  1889. 

His  summer  vacations  from  medical  college  he 
spent  in  work  on  his  father's  farm  in  Malta,  chiefly 
in  harvesting  hay  and  grain,  and  in  threshing. 

He  began  teaching  medicine  from  the  time  of 
his  graduation,  and  from  that  day  to  this  his  name 
has  appeared  in  the  faculty  of  some  Medical  Col- 
lege— in  his  Alma  Mater  first,  then  in  the  Woman's 
Medical  College,  and  since  early  in  1874  in  Rush 
Medical  College  of  the  University  of  Chicago,  in 
which  he  is  now  Emeritus  Professor  of  Medicine. 
He  was  for  twenty  years,  more  or  less,  an  attend- 
ing physician  in  the  County  Hospital  and  in  the 
Presbyterian  Hospital  of  Chicago.  He  received 
the  ad  eundem  degree  in  medicine  from  Rush  Col- 
lege in  1878.  He  has-  had  his  professional  office 
in  only  two  communities,  Chicago,  until  1891,  and 
in  Los  Angeles  since. 

Dr.  Bridge's-  first  position  in  Rush  College  was 
received  as  the  result  of  a  concours  or  contest  in 
lecturing,  before  the  faculty  and  students — a  meth- 
od that  has  fortunately  not  since  been  in  vogue. 
The  college  of  that  day  was  unconnected  with  any 
university.  Like  nearly  all  the  medical  colleges  of 
the  country,  its  tru&tees  were  mostly  members  of 
its  faculty,  only  two  courses  of  lectures  were  re- 
quired for  graduation,  and  the  conditions  of  admis- 
sion were  cheap  indeed.  He  joined  his  then 
younger  colleagues  in  working  for  higher  standards, 
longer  and  more  thorough  courses,  more  laboratory 
work,  and  connection  with  a  university.  For  over 
a  decade  this  school  has  been  one  of  the  medical 
arms  of  the  University  of  Chicago,  is  doing  uni- 
versity work,  and  has  a  course  of  study  that  looks 
formidable  by  the  side  of  that  of  thirty  years  ago. 
Throughout  the  country,  in  most  of  the  large  cities, 
the  stronger  medical  colleges  have  undergone  a  like 
metamorphosis,  to  the  benefit  of  all  the  people. 

Through  the  decade  of  the  eighties  he  accepted 
appointive  public  office  for  seven  years,  first  as  a 
member  of  the  Chicago  Board  of  Education  for 
three  years  (1881-1884),  afterward  as  the  Republican 
Election  Commissioner  for  four  years  (1886-1890). 

His  health  broke  down  in  1890,  and  in  January, 
1891,  he  moved  to  California,  where  he  has  since 
resided,  first  at  Sierra  Madre  (1891-94),  then  at 
Pasadena  (1894-1910),  and  finally  in  Los  Angeles. 
By  1893  he  had  so  far  recovered  as  to  resume  his 
work  for  a  few  weeks  each  autumn  in  the  College 
and  Presbyterian  Hospital  at  Chicago.  He  con- 
tinued the  autumn  hospital  work  until  1900,  and  the 
college  lectures  until  1905  inclusive.  He  has  been 
regularly  engaged  in  practice  in  Los  Angeles  for 


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twenty  years.  Since  1905,  however,  his  growing 
secular  interests  have  compelled  him  gradually  to 
reduce  his  professional  work,  and  he  has  regarded 
his  active  college  service  as  terminated. 

The  public  appointments  were  unsought  and 
each  came  as  a  surprise — that  to  the  School  Board 
from  the  first  Mayor  Harrison,  and  the  Election 
Commissionership  from  the  County  Court — Judge 
Richard  Prendergast.  On  his  entry  into  the  Board 
of  Education  he  was  elected  Vice  President  of  that 
body,  and  in  a  few  months  was  made  President  to 
serve  out  a  fractional  year;  after  which  he  was 
elected  to  the  same  office  for  a  full  year  term.  He 
was  a  Republican,  and  the  Board  consisted  of  twice 
as  many  Democrats  as  Republicans'. 

The  election  office  was  illuminating  in  the  study 
of  human  nature  and  government;  in  ward  politics 
and  party  strife.  The  Republican  Commissioner 
was  one  of  three,  the  other  two  were  Democrats, 
and  the  County  Court  was  democratic.  The  law 
required  that  at  least  one  member  of  the  Board  of 
Commissioners-  should  be  a  Republican. 

His  first  appointment  to  the  Election  Commis- 
sion was  for  an  unexpired  term  of  one  year.    Near 
the   end   of   this   term   the   "Tribune,"   the   leading 
Republican  newspaper,  began  to  attack  his  Repub- 
licanism, not  because  this  was  open  to  the  smalle&t 
criticism,    but   because   he   had   a   personal    friend 
who   edited   a  rival   and   independent   newspaper.* 
On    one    certain    Sunday    the    paper    contained    a 
severe   editorial   attack   upon   him   because   of   his 
alleged  failure  to  do  a  particular  thing  in  the  Can- 
vassing Board  on  the  Friday  before.     As  a  matter 
of  fact,  he  had  tried  to  accomplish  the  thing  re- 
ferred to,  but  had  been  outvoted,  as  the  Saturday 
edition  of  the  "Tribune"  in  its  local  columns  truth- 
fully reported.     The  next  day   (Monday)    both  the 
"Daily   News"   and   the    "Inter-Ocean"    printed    in 
parallel  columns  the   paragraphs   referring  to   the 
Republican  Commissioner,  of  the  "Tribune"  on  Sat- 
urday and  Sunday,  and  ridiculed  the  paper  for  its 
inconsistency  and  carelessness.     This-  led  to  worse 
attacks  by  the  "Tribune,"  and  retorts  by  the  other 
.papers.      Finally     there     appeared    in    the    "Inter- 
Ocean"  of  Thursday  a  biting  open  letter  to  the  edi- 
tor of  the  "Tribune"  signed  by  the  Commissioner 
himself.     This   inspired  more  reckless  attacks   on 
him  and  on  the  other  papers,  and  culminated,  the 
following   Sunday,   in   a   libel   on   his    professional 
character.    Then,  with  his  attorney,  he  went  to  the 
office  of  the  paper  and  had  a  quiet  and  much  re- 
strained  conversation   with   the   editor,   which   re- 
sulted  in    an   editorial   correction,   retraction,    and 
apology  the  following  morning.     This  was  printed 
on   the   editorial   page.     At   the   end   of   his   year, 
which  occurred  during  the  week  of  this  newspaper 
war,  the  County  Judge  reappointed  him  for  a  full 
term  of  three  years,  which  he  served  out. 

The  only  elective  office  he  has  held  was  that  of 
one  of  a   Board   of  "Freeholders"   in   the   City  of 

•Melville  E.  Stone  of  the  "Daily  News." 


Pasadena,  in  1900,  to  frame  a  new  charter  for  the 
city.     Their  charter  was  adopted. 

Dr.  Bridge  has  written  considerably  for  medical 
journals  and  somewhat  for  the  lay  press.  He  is 
the  author  of  four  modest  books,  three  of  collected 
essays  and  addresses:  "The  Penalties  of  Taste," 
"The  Rewards  of  Taste,"  and  "House-Health";  and 
"Tuberculosis,"  which  is  a  re-cast  of  his  college 
lectures  on  this  subject. 

Dr.  and  Mrs.  Bridge  visited  Europe  in  1889  and 
in  1896,  and  he  alone  went  to  London  on  a  hurried 
busine&s  trip  in  April,  1906. 

In  his  two  earlier  visits  to  Europe,  he  spent  a 
part  of  his  time  in  visiting  the  hospitals  of  Berlin, 
Vienna,  Munich,  Dresden,  Geneva,  Stra&sburg,  Hei- 
delberg and  Erlangen. 

His  vacations  have  consisted  mo&tly  in  some 
varying  of  his  activities,  for  he  has,  through  life, 
been  a  constant  debtor  to  the  joy  of  work.  He  be- 
lieves that,  outside  his  regular  vocation,  every  pro- 
fessional man  should  have  some  avocations  that 
make  him  touch,  in  an  intimate  way,  the  non-pro- 
fessional world  about  him.  His  own  early  shortage 
in  school  education  has  encouraged  an  interest  in 
schools  in  general.  For  some  seventeen  years  he 
has  been  one  of  the  Trustees  of  Throop  Polytechnic 
Institute  in  Pasadena,  and  most  of  that  time  as 
Chairman  of  the  Board.  He  has  seen  that  institu- 
tion grow  from  a  small  academy  until  it  has  now 
come  to  be  a  college  of  technology  of  the  highest 
standard. 

From  January,  1906,  to  the  present,  Dr.  Bridge 
has  given  a  large  part  of  his  time  to  the  oil  and 
gas  business,  in  association  with  Messrs.  E.  L. 
Doheny  and  Charles  A.  Canfield.  He  is  now  a 
Director  and  the  Treasurer  of  several  of  the  com- 
panies operating  and  interested  in  the  gulf  region 
of  Mexico  and  in  California,  notably  the  Mexican 
Petroleum  Company,  Limited;  the  Mexican  Petro- 
leum Company,  and  the  Huasteca  Petroleum  Com- 
pany. 

The  business  interests  in  Mexico  have  taken 
him  often  to  that  Republic,  and  he  and  his  associ- 
ates have  many  warm  friends  among  Mexican  citi- 
zens-. They  have  for  ten  years  conducted  their 
business  in  harmony  and  amity  with  the  govern- 
ment of  Mexico  and  with  its  citizens  both  of  the 
business  and  the  working  classes,  for  whom,  and 
for  the  government,  they  have  high  respect. 

Dr.  Bridge  belongs  to  several  Scientific  Socie- 
ties, among  them  the  "Association  of  American 
Physicians,"  the  "American  Climatological  Associa- 
tion," of  which  he  was  one  year  President;  the 
"American  Academy  of  Medicine,"  the  "Wisconsin 
Academy  of  Science,  Arts  and  Letters,"  the  "Los 
Angeles  Academy  of  Sciences,"  and  the  local,  State 
and  National  Medical  Associations.  His  clubs  are 
the  "Union  League,"  "Hamilton,"  and  "University" 
Clubs  of  Chicago;  the  "California,"  "University," 
"Sierra  Madre,"  "Athletic,"  and  "Sunset"  Clubs  of 
Los  Angeles. 


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ULLARD,  GEORGE  PURDY,  At- 
torney General  for  the  State  of 
Arizona,  Phoenix,  Arizona,  was 
born  in  Portland,  Oregon,  April 
14,  1869,  the  son  of  Lowell  J.  Bul- 
lard  and  Virginia  (Purdy)  Bullard. 
He  married  Kate  C.  Brockway  at  Phoenix,  June 
10,  1899.  Mr.  Bullard's  paternal  ancestors  settled 
in  New  England  in  Colonial  times  and  his  great- 
grandfather was  a  member  of  the  Constitutional 
Congress.  On  the  maternal 
side,  his  grandfather,  Samuel 
Purdy,  was  Lieutenant  Gov- 
ernor of  California,  and  an- 
other member,  Sparrow  Pur- 
dy, served  as  Pasha  under 
Stone  in  the  Egyptian  serv- 
ice. 

Mr.  Bullard  went  to  school 
in  various  places,  including 
Baltimore,  Washington,  New 
York  and  Chicago,  until  he 
was  eighteen  years  of  age, 
when  he  took  up  law  in  the 
office  of  his  uncle,  Samuel 
Purdy,  Jr.,  at  Yuma,  Arizona. 
He  was  admitted  to  practice 
in  1889  and  went  to  San 
Francisco,  where  he  was  in 
partnership  with  Cameron  H. 
King,  as  King  and  Bullard, 
for  approximately  five  years. 
Mr.  Bullard,  in  1894,  returned 
to  Yuma,  but  only  remained 
there  a  few  months,  trans- 
ferring his  residence  perma- 
nently to  Phoenix.  He  has 
been  in  practice  there  since, 


HON.  GEO.  PURDY  BULLARD 


only  in  five  instances  did  acquittals  result.  Mr. 
Bullard  was  the  chief  figure  for  the  prosecution  in 
the  Eyting  murder  case,  notable  in  Arizona  crim- 
inal annals,  because  of  the  bitter  fight  made  by  the 
defense  against  alleged  circumstantial  evidence. 

Mr.  Bullard  has  been  a  constant  worker  for  the 
Democratic  party  for  many  years,  was  one  of  the 
first  men  to  advocate  the  Constitution  under  which 
Arizona  was  admitted  to  Statehood,  and  in  the  first 
general  election,  December,  1911,  drew  up  the  plat- 
form on  which  the  Demo- 
cratic party  rode  to  victory. 
He  was  nominated  by  accla- 
mation for  Attorney  General 
and  was  elected  over  his  Re- 
publican opponent  by  1700 
majority. 

As  Attorney  General,  Mr. 
Bullard  has  aided  largely  in 
legislative  matters  since  the 
first  State  government  was 
organized,  and  also  has  been 
active  in  other  lines.  Among 
the  early  important  actions 
instituted  by  him  were  suits 
to  investigate  the  Southern 
Pacific  and  Santa  Fe  Rail- 
way companies,  with  a  view 
of  reducing  passenger  rates 
in  Arizona;  and  proceedings 
against  the  street  railway 
company  of  Phoenix  to  com- 
pel improvement  of  the 
street  railway  system  of  the 
Capital. 

Mr.  Bullard  is  noted  as  an 
advocate  of  good  roads  and 
the  originator  of  the  Los  An- 


his  firm  at  the  present  time  being  known  as  Bul- 
lard and  Carpenter. 

In  1898  Mr.  Bullard  was  appointed  City  Attor- 
ney of  Phoenix  and  served  in  this  office  for  four 
years.  His  most  important  accomplishment,  per- 
haps, was  the  prosecution  of  suits  whereby  he 
forced  four  additions  into  the  corporate  limits  of 
the  city,  giving  to  Phoenix  about  three  thousand  ad- 
ditional citizens  and  a  more  extensive  land  area. 

While  Mr.  Bullard  was  still  in  the  office  of  City 
Attorney,  Judge  A.  C.  Baker  was  elected  District 
Attorney  of  Maricopa  County,  in  which  Phoenix 
lies,  and  he  chose  Mr.  Bullard  as  Deputy  District 
Attorney.  The  latter  began  his  duties  immediately 
upon  leaving  his  first  office  and  served  four  years. 

In  1906  Mr.  Bullard,  who  had  made  a  splendid 
record  during  his  association  with  Judge  Baker, 
was  elected  District  Atorney  and  was  re-elected 
for  a  second  term.  He  served  as  District  Attorney 
until  Arizona  was  admitted  to  Statehood,  about 
five  years  in  all,  and  during  that  time  he  prose- 
cuted approximately  five  hundred  criminal  cases; 


geles-to-Phoenix  automobile  endurance  race,  an 
annual  event  in  which  the  leading  cars  and  racing 
pilots  are  matched  in  a  contest  unique  because  the 
course  lies,  for  the  most  part,  across  desert  wastes. 
Mr.  Bullard,  as  President  of  the  Maricopa  County 
Automobile  Club,  instituted  this  contest  in  1908 
and  it  is  now  one  of  the  classics  of  the  automobile 
world. 

As  representative  of  the  Contest  Board  of  the 
American  Automobile  Association,  Mr.  Bullard  has 
also  been  in  charge  of  various  other  automobile 
events  in  recent  years,  and  is  perhaps  the  leading 
automobilist  of  that  section  of  the  country.  In 
addition  to  being  Vice  President  of  the  Good  Roads 
Association  of  Arizona,  he  is  an  honorary  member 
of  the  Lincoln  Memorial  Association,  and  aided  in 
the  organization  of  the  Ocean-to-Ocean  Highway 
Association,  the  object  of  which  is  to  promote  the 
building  of  a  highway  across  the  United  States, 
from  the  Atlantic  to  the  Pacific. 

Mr.  Bullard  also  is  a  member  of  the  Phoenix 
Board  of  Trade,  the  Arizona  Club  and  the  Elks, 
of  which  he  is  Past  Exalted  Ruler  in  Phoenix. 


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URCH,  HENRY  KENYON,  Me- 
chanical and  Metallurgical  Engi- 
neer, Los  Angeles,  California,  was 
born  in  Vlysummit,  Washington 
County,  New  York,  April  19,  1873, 
the  son  of  Adalbert  Le  Roy  Burch 
and  Rachael  (Kenyon)  Burch.  He  married  Grace 
Colburn  at  Moscow,  Idaho,  October  5,  1905.  They 
have  one  son,  Kenyon  Colburn  Burch. 

Mr.  Burch,  who  has  attained  a  high  position  in 
his  profession,  received  his 
early  education  in  the  public 
schools  of  Greenwich,  New 
York,  a  town  near  his  birth- 
place, and  after  attending  the 
high  school  left  to  enter  Mar- 
shall Seminary  at  Easton, 
New  York.  He  completed  his 
academic  work  there  and 
then  took  up  his  professional 
studies  at  the  Washington 
State  College  of  Science, 
from  which  he  was  gradu- 
ated in  1901  with  the  degree 
of  A.  B. 

Within  a  month  of  his 
graduation,  Mr.  Burch  went 
to  Anaconda,  Montana, 
where  he  entered  the  employ 
of  the  Anaconda  Copper 
Company  as  a  mechanical 
draughtsman  and  clerk  to  the 
Master  Mechanic  of  the  Com- 
pany, a  position  he  filled  for 
about  eighteen  months.  In 
the  latter  part  of  1902  he  left 
the  Anaconda  Company  to 
accept  a  position  as  me- 
chanical draughtsman  for 
the  Daley-Judge  Mining  Com- 
pany, but  only  remained  with 
this  concern  for  about  three 
months.  He  was  next  asso- 
ciated with  the  Park  City 
Metals  Company  as  draughts- 
man, continuing  there  until  May  of  the  year  1903. 

At  this  time  he  was  selected  by  J.  M.  Callow, 
of  Salt  Lake  City,  to  assist  him  on  plans  for  a 
metallurgical  testing  plant  for  the  University  of 
Utah,  and  also  drawings  of  plans  for  the  Yampa 
Smelter.  When  this  work  was  completed  he  went 
to  Morenci,  Arizona,  and  there  entered  the  service 
of  the  Phelps-Dodge  Company,  one  of  the  leading 
copper  mining  corporations  of  the  country,  and  de- 
signed and  constructed  for  the  Detroit  Copper  Com- 
pany, a  subsidiary,  its  1500-ton  concentrator. 

This  was  the  beginning  of  an  association  with 
the  owners  of  the  famous  Copper  Queen  Mine  and 
other  properties  which  has  continued  almost  un- 
interruptedly down  to  the  present  day,  for  during 
the  several  years  which  have  elapsed  Mr.  Burch 
has  designed  and  constructed  all  of  the  company's 
milling  plants  in  the  United  States  and  Mexico. 
Upon  completing  his  work  at  Morenci,  he  was  sent, 
in  1906,  to  Nacozari,  Sonora,  Mexico,  where  the 
Phelps-Dodge  interests  are  represented  by  the 
Moctezuma  Copper  Company,  and  there  took  charge 
of  the  construction  of  an  entire  plant.  This  in- 
cluded the  design  and  construction  of  a  concentra- 
tor of  2000  tons  daily  capacity,  pumping  plants  and 
other  adjuncts  of  a  big  mining  operation.  His  work 
kept  him  at  Nacozari  until  November,  1908,  when 


H.  KENYON  BURCH 


he  became  associated  with  the  Miami  Copper  Com- 
pany, at  Miami,  Arizona.  For  this  company  Mr. 
Burch  de&igned  and  constructed  a  concentrator  of 
3000-ton  capacity,  a  power  and  pumping  plant  of  five 
thousand  horse  power  and  other  surface  equipment, 
including  a  hoisting  plant,  crushing  plant  and  head 
frame.  He  planned  and  carried  out  many  other  de- 
tails necessary  to  the  completed  work.  In  all,  Mr. 
Burch  was  engaged  at  Miami  for  a  period  lacking  one 
month  of  three  years,  leaving  there  in  October,  1911. 
When  this  work  was 
finished,  Mr.  Burch  went 
to  Los  Angeles  and  a 
short  time  afterward  opened 
his  offices  as  a  Consulting 
Mechanical  and  Metallurgical 
Engineer,  and  in  addition  to 
his  general  work,  he  was 
chosen  by  the  Phelps-Dodge 
Company  as  Consulting  mill- 
ing expert,  one  of  his  princi- 
pal works  being  the  design 
and  construction  of  a  crush- 
ing and  concentration  plant 
for  the  Old  Dominion  Copper 
Mining  &  Smelting  Company, 
having  a  capacity  of  one 
thousand  tons. 

In  July,  1912,  he  was  en- 
gaged as  Chief  Engineer  of 
the  Inspiration  Consolidated 
Copper  Company,  of  Miami, 
Arizona,  and  in  that  office 
designed  a  concentrating  and 
mining  plant  to  have  an  ini- 
tial capacity  of  7500  tons  of 
ore  per  day.  The  'construc- 
tion work  will  be  completed 
some  time  in  1913,  and  the 
concentrator  building  alone 
will  cover  more  than  eight 
acres  of  ground.  In  addition 
to  this  there  will  be  pumping 
plants,  crushing  plants,  ma- 
chine shops  and  hoisting 
plants,  the  whole  forming  one  of  the  largest  mining 
plants  in  the  world,  erected  at  a  cost  of  several 
million  dollars. 

Another  important  commission  executed  by  Mr. 
Burch  in  1912,  was  the  design  and  construction  of 
a  3000-ton  rock  crushing  plant  for  the  Temescal 
Rock  Company,  near  Corona,  California,  one  of  the 
most  up-to-date  crushing  plants  in  the  United  States. 
To  the  average  reader,  these  terms  and  figures 
convey  little  meaning  as  to  the  work  of  Mr.  Burch, 
but  to  the  initiated  they  show  that  he  has,  within 
a  few  years,  accomplished  tasks  which  place  him 
among  the  leaders  of  the  mining  profession.  The 
mining,  milling  and  smelting  of  copper  at  the 
present  time  is  one  of  the  most  gigantic  industries 
in  the  world,  and  the  plants  which  Mr.  Burch  has 
designed  and  constructed  form  a  large  part  of  the 
physical  equipment  necessary  to  the  total  output 
of  this  product.  The  various  concentrators  with 
which  he  has  had  to  do,  turning  out  nearly  ten 
thousand  tons  of  commercial  copper  per  day,  con- 
tribute a  large  percentage  of  the  country's  total 
copper  supply.  In  his  private  capacity,  Mr.  Burch 
is  engaged  in  other  important  works. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  American  Society  of 
Mechanical  Engineers  and  the  American  Institute 
of  Mining  Engineers. 


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URLETT,  WILLIAM,  Architect, 
Los  Angeles  and  San  Francisco, 
California,  was  born  in  County 
of  Down,  Ireland,  March  3,  1846, 
the  son  of  Daniel  Curlett  and 
Jane  (Robinson)  Curlett.  He 
married  Celia  A.  Eisen  at  Oakland,  California, 
August  12,  1873,  and  to  them  there  have  been  born 
two  children,  Aleck  E.  and  Ethel  A.  Curlett. 

Mr.  Curlett,  who  has  attained  an  eminent  posi- 
tion among  the  architects  of 
America,  received  his  pre- 
liminary education  in  private 
and  public  schools  of  his  na- 
tive county  up  to  the  year 
1862,  and  at  that  time,  when 
about  sixteen  years  of  age, 
took  up  the  study  of  archi- 
tecture. He  first  became  a 
student  in  the  Art  School  at 
Manchester,  England,  and 
after  two  years  there,  re- 
turned to  Belfast,  Ireland, 
where  he  continued  his  stud- 
ies in  the  Art  School  of  Bel- 
fast. He  remained  there 
three  years  and  for  three 
years  after  leaving  school, 
was  employed  in  the  offices 
of  several  different  archi- 
tects. 

He  left  Belfast  for  the 
United  States  in  August, 
1871,  and  arrived  at  San 
Francisco,  Cal.,  in  September 
of  the  same  year. 

Almost  immediately  after 
his  arrival,  Mr.  Curlett  be- 
came associated  with  Augus- 
tus Laver,  at  that  time  one 
of  the  most  celebrated  archi- 
tects of  the  Pacific  Coast  and 
the  designer  of  the  old  City 
Hall  in  San  Francisco,  which 
was  destroyed  in  the  disaster 
in  1906.  Mr.  Curlett  was  associated  with  Mr.  Laver 
for  some  months  and  aided  in  the  designing  of 
numerous  important  buildings.  Later  he  opened 
offices  for  himself  but  still  retained  friendly  rela- 
tions with  Mr.  Laver  and  was  called  in  on  several 
occasions  by  the  City  Hall  Commissioners  to  assist 
Mr.  Laver  on  his  design  for  the  building. 

From  the  beginning  of  his  career  in  San  Fran- 
cisco, Mr.  Curlett  was  regarded  as  one  of  the  most 
talented  members  of  his  profession  and  his  work, 
covering  a  period  of  more  than  thirty  years,  has 
included  many  beautiful  residences,  public  build- 
ings and  office  structures  in  different  parts  of  the 
State.  Among  the  notable  office  and  bank  build- 
ings designed  by  him  in  San  Francisco  are  the 
Phelan  Building,  Mutual  Savings  Bank  Building, 
Shreve  Building,  Head  Building,  San  Francisco 
Savings  Union  Building  and  various  others.  An- 
other strikingly  handsome  bank  building  in  the 
Northern  part  of  California  designed  by  Mr.  Cur- 
lett is  the  California  State  Bank  of  Sacramento. 

In  addition  to  the  structures  named,  Mr.  Curlett 
also  was  chosen  as  architect  for  two  library  build- 
ings, endowed  respectively,  by  James  D.  Phelan, 
former  Mayor  of  San  Francisco,  and  A.  B.  McCrery. 
He  also  designed  and  erected  many  splendid  San 
Francisco  and  vicinity  homes,  noted  for  their  artis- 


WM.  CURLETT 


tic  conception.  Some  of  these,  numbered  among 
the  show  places  of  the  region,  are  the  Flood  home 
in  Menlo  Park,  the  Flood  residence  in  California 
Street  (done  while  Mr.  Curlett  was  associated  with 
Mr.  Laver),  and  residences  for  Will  H.  Crocker, 
Judge  Sanderson,  Robert  Sherwood,  L.  L.  Baker, 
A.  N.  Drown  and  E.  F.  Preston. 

In  1912,  Mr.  Curlett  designed  two  of  the  most 
beautiful  residences  in  California,  one  a  half  mil- 
lion dollar  home  for  Mrs.  M.  Pauline  Payne,  the 
other  a  very  elaborate  resi- 
dence for  James  D.  Phelan 
at  Los  Gatos,  which  will  be 
the  most  up-to-date  structure 
of  its  kind  on  the  Coast,  con- 
taining as  features  a  great 
swimming  pool  and  an  open 
air  theater. 

In  the  Southern  part  of 
California,  especially  Los  An- 
geles, Mr.  Curlett  has  many 
other  handsome  residences  to 
his  credit,  these  including 
the  homes  of  Ex-iioveinor 
Markham,  Colonel  Dan  Free- 
man, Mrs.  Mark  Sibley  Sev- 
erance and  the  late  L.  J.  Rose. 
Mr.  Curlett,  who  main- 
tains offices  in  San  Francisco 
and  Los  Angeles,  spending  a 
few  months  of  each  year  in 
both  cities,  has  also  designed 
and  supervised  the  construc- 
tion of  a  number  of  important 
public  buildings  in  Southern 
California.  Among  these  are 
the  Los  Angeles  County 
Courthouse  at  Los  Angeles, 
Insane  Asylum  at  San  Ber- 
nardino, and  the  Courthouse 
at  Fresno,  Cal.  At  the  pres- 
ent time  (1912-13)  he  is  en- 
gaged in  the  erection  at  Los 
Angeles  of  an  office  building 
for  the  Hon.  Frank  P.  Flint, 

former  United  States  Senator  from  California,  a 
modern  hotel  for  C.  W.  Gates,  a  Los  Angeles  capi- 
talist, and  a  building  for  the  Merchants'  National 
Bank  of  Los  Angeles,  which  will  cost  complete 
approximately  one  million  dollars. 

Among  other  buildings  designed  by  Mr.  Cur- 
lett in  California  are  the  Public  Library  at  Marys- 
ville,  the  Insane  Asylum  at  Stockton,  and  the 
Sisters'  School  at  Los  Angeles,  the  latter  one  of 
the  most  complete  educational  institutions  in  the 
State. 

Mr.  Curlett  served  as  President  of  the  Califor- 
nia Chapter  of  the  American  Institutute  of  Archi- 
tects and  in  1910  attended  the  meeting  of  the 
American  Institute  of  Architects  and  was  instru- 
mental in  having  this  organization  hold  an  annual 
meeting  in  San  Francisco  instead  of  Washington, 
D.  C.,  the  customary  meeting  place. 

Mr.  Curlett  served  during  1912  as  President  of 
the  California  State  Board  of  Architects,  and  also 
is  a  member  of  the  Advisory  Board  of  Architects  for 
the  Panama-Pacific  Exposition.  He  was  elected 
Chairman  of  this  board  by  his-  fellow  members,  but 
resigned  later  owing  to  pressure  of  private  business. 
Mr.  Curlett  is  a  Fellow  of  the  American  Institute 
of  Architects  and  a  member  of  the  Bohemian  Club, 
of  San  Francisco. 


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DR.   L.   D.   RICKETTS 


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ICKETTS,  LOUIS  DAVIDSON,  Con- 
sulting Mining  Engineer,  Cananea, 
Mexico,  was  born  at  Elkton,  Mary- 
land, December  19,  1859,  the  son 
of  Palmer  C.  Ricketts  and  Eliza- 
beth (Getty)  Ricketts.  He  is  a 
brother  of  Professor  Palmer  Chamberlain  Ricketts, 
the  distinguished  engineer  and  educator,  who  has 
been  President  of  Rensselaer  Polytechnic  Institute 
since  1901. 

Dr.  Ricketts  was  graduated  from  the  College  of 
New  Jersey,  in  the  class  of  1881,  with  the  degree 
of  Bachelor  of  Science.  He  was  chosen  a  Fellow 
in  Chemistry  and  W.  S.  Ward  Fellow  in  Economic 
Geology  at  Princeton  University  immediately  fol- 
lowing his  graduation  in  1881  and  after  two  years 
of  study  he  was  given  the  degree  of  Doctor  of 
Science  (in  course). 

Following  the  completion  of  his  work  at  Prince- 
ton, Dr.  Ricketts  went  to  Colorado  and  started  to 
work  as  a  Mine  Surveyor.  For  the  fifteen  years 
following,  his  time  was  chiefly  occupied  in  recon- 
naisance  work,  geological  work  and  mine  examin- 
ation. 

From  1887  to  1890  Dr.  Ricketts  was  Geologist 
for  Wyoming  and  at  the  end  of  that  period  trans- 
ferred his  operations  to  the  Southwest,  where  he 
has  since  been  steadily  engaged  in  large  mining 
projects.  He  was  identified  with  the  acquisition 
of  the  property  now  owned  by  the  Moctezuma  Cop- 
per Co.,  a  subsidiary  of  Phelps,  Dodge  &  Co.,  lo- 
cated at  Nacozari,  Sonora,  Mexico.  From  1899  to 
1901,  he  was  General  Manager  of  the  property  and 
during  his  administration  the  concentrator  and  re- 
duction works  were  completed  and  the  mines  put 
on  a  dividend-paying  basis. 

While  Dr.  Ricketts  has  had  extensive  experience 
in  mine  examination  and  management,  identified 
with  most  of  the  large  and  prosperous  mines  of  the 
Southwest,  his  most  important  work  has,  undoubt- 
edly, been  in  the  construction  of  large  modern 
smelting  and  concentrating  plants.  All  of  the 
plants  erected  by  him  have  been  successful  and 
have  brought  about  great  decrease  in  the  cost  of 
handling  the  ores. 

Dr.  Ricketts  designed  his  first  large  concen- 
trators in  1897,  when  he  installed  one  e^ch  for 
the  Detroit  Copper  Mining  Co.  at  Morenci,  Arizona, 
and  the  Moctezuma  Copper  Co.  at  Nacozari,  Mexico. 
These  plants  had  a  capacity  of  four  hundred  tons 
per  day  each  and  were  among  the  first  to  adopt 
all  steel  construction,  Dr.  Ricketts  being  in  per- 
sonal charge  of  their  design  and  erection. 

Upon  leaving  the  Moctezuma  Copper  Co.  in 
1901,  Dr.  Ricketts  went  to  Globe,  Arizona,  and  there 
undertook  the  construction  of  a  surface  plant  and 
the  reopening  of  the  mines  of  the  Old  Dominion 
Copper  Mining  &  Smelting  Co.  He  took  this  prop- 
erty when  it  was  almost  wrecked,  and  under  his 
administration  it  was  put  on  a  sound,  producing 
basis.  For  the  first  time  in  its  history  it  was  made 
into  a  property  of  undoubted  value  as  a  dividend- 
payer,  this  being  shown  by  the  rise  in  its  stock 
value,  which  advanced  without  artificial  stimula- 
tion from  $4.50  to  $65.00  per  share.  The  mines  have 
been  producing  steadily  since  he  transformed  them 
and  are  now  regarded  as  being  among  the  best 
paying  properties  in  Arizona. 

In  1903,  Dr.  Ricketts  accepted  appointment  to 
the  position  of  Consulting  Engineer  to  the  Cananea 
Consolidated  Copper  Co.  He  took  absolute  charge 
of  the  design  and  construction  of  the  Company's 


new  concentrator  and  upon  the  completion  of  his 
work,  went  to  Europe,  combining  pleasure  with 
business,  and  spent  a  great  deal  of  time  in  the  in- 
vestigation of  modern  engineering  practice  in  the 
Old  World. 

Returning  to  the  United  States  in  1905,  Dr. 
Ricketts,  utilizing  the  knowledge  gained  in  Europe, 
constructed  a  large  coal  washing  plant  for  the  Daw- 
son  Fuel  Company,  at  Dawson,  New  Mexico.  This 
plant,  which  has  a  washing  capacity  of  two  hundred 
tons  per  hour,  is  the  most  modern  of  its  character 
ever  constructed  in  the  United  States.  Belt  con- 
veyors are  largely  used  in  the  handling  of  material 
and  the  construction  throughout  the  plant  repre- 
sents the  highest  type  of  modern  development. 

The  various  plants  constructed  by  Dr.  Ricketts 
are  noted  for  the  excellence  of  design  and  material 
and  the  sum  total  of  their  cost  represents  many 
millions  of  dollars. 

Dr.  Ricketts  in  1907  became  identified  with  the 
Cananea  Consolidated  Copper  Co.  as  President  and 
General  Manager  and  during  his  administration  the 
works  of  the  company,  with  the  exception  of  the 
concentrators,  have  been  completely  overhauled 
and  rebuilt,  and  placed  upon  a  profitable  basis.  He 
devotes  the  greater  part  of  his  time  to  the  direction 
of  the  company's  affairs,  but  in  addition  to  this,  he 
has  been  in  demand  by  most  of  the  large  mining 
interests  of  the  Southwest  in  the  capacity  of  Con- 
sulting Engineer. 

From  his  first  entry  into  the  Southwestern  field, 
until  1907,  Dr.  Ricketts  has  acted  in  an  advisory 
capacity  to  the  great  Phelps  Dodge  interests.  He 
was  chosen  Consulting  Engineer  for  the  Calumet 
&  Arizona  Copper  Co.  in  1911,  advising  it  in  the 
design  and  construction  of  a  great  smelting  plant 
at  Douglas,  Arizona.  In  1911  also  he  accepted  the 
post  of  Consulting  Engineer  with  the  Arizona 
Copper  Co.,  Ltd.,  of  Clifton,  Arizona,  and  immedi- 
ately took  full  charge  of  the  design  and  construc- 
tion of  a  new  smelting  plant  which  the  company  is 
building.  He  also  re-designed  and  enlarged  the 
Company's  concentrators  at  Clifton.  Another  in- 
terest which  Dr.  Ricketts  serves  in  the  capacity  of 
Consulting  Engineer  is  the  International  Smelting 
&  Refining  Co. 

Dr.  Ricketts  is  the  author  of  "The  Ores  of  Lead- 
ville  and  Their  Modes  of  Occurrence,"  1883;  and 
"Geological  Reports  of  the  Geologist  of  Wyoming," 
1888,  1890,  and  various  papers  for  technical  socie- 
ties and  periodicals.  His  paper  entitled  "Experi- 
ments in  Reverberatory  Practice  at  Cananea, 
Mexico,"  secured  for  him  the  gold  medal  of  the  In- 
stitution of  Mining  and  Metallurgy  of  Great  Britain 
for  the  year  1910. 

Dr.  Ricketts  is  extremely  active  in  the  affairs 
of  the  Southwest  and  is  interested  in  various 
financial  and  development  projects.  Among  these 
are  the  Morenci  Water  Co.,  of  which  he  is  President 
and  Director,  the  Gila  Valley  Bank  &  Trust  Com- 
pany, of  which  he  is  Vice  President  and  Director 
and  he  also  serves  as  Director  of  the  Bank  of  Bis- 
bee,  Bisbee,  Arizona,  and  the  Raritan  Copper 
Works. 

Dr.  Ricketts  is  a  member  of  the  American  So- 
ciety of  Civil  Engineers,  American  Institute  of  Min- 
ing Engineers,  American  Association  for  the  Ad- 
vancement of  Science,  and  the  Institution  of  Mining 
and  Metallurgy  of  Great  Britain.  He  is  a  member 
of  various  clubs,  among  them  the  Engineers'  Club 
and  the  Railroad  Club,  both  of  New  York. 


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UCK,  FRANK  HENRY,  Fruit 
Grower,  Oil  Operator  and  Capi- 
talist, San  Francisco  and  Vaca- 
ville,  California,  was  born  in  Cort- 
land  County,  New  York,  June  8, 
1859,  the  son  of  Leonard  William 
Buck  and  Anna  Maria  (Bellows)  Buck.  He  married 
Miss  Anna  Elizabeth  Stevenson  at  Vacaville,  Cali- 
fornia, on  April  29,  1886,  and  to  them  there  have 
been  born  two  sons,  Frank  Henry,  Jr.,  and  Leonard 
William  Buck.  He  comes 
from  clean,  wholesome  stock, 
English  on  the  paternal  side 
and  Irish  on  the  maternal, 
inheriting  from  both,  charac- 
teristics which  have  aided 
him  in  achieving  his  success. 
Mr.  Buck's  education,  so 
far  as  actual  schooling  is 
concerned,  was  limited  to 
the  public  school  of  Clinton, 
Iowa,  and  to  the  high  school 
of  the  same  place,  from 
which  latter  he  was  gradu- 
ated when  he  was  only  four- 
teen years  of  age.  Two 
years  later,  in  1875,  he  re- 
moved with  his  father  to 
California  and  with  him  en- 
tered the  fruit-growing  busi- 
ness, specializing  in  decidu- 
ous fruits.  That  was  the  be- 
ginning of  his  career,  his 
operations  having  expanded 
with  the  years  to  the  point 
where  he  is  interested  in 
several  different  lines  of  ac- 
tivity and  an  important  fac- 
tor in  the  development  and 
success  of  a  score  of  substantial  corporations. 

For  the  first  few  years  after  his  arrival  in  Cali- 
fornia, Mr.  Buck  confined  himself  to  fruit  growing, 
making  a  special  study  of  the  business,  with  the 
result  that  he  built  up  a  reputation  that  has  re- 
dounded alike  to  the  credit  of  Vacaville,  Solano 
County,  the  State  of  California,  and  himself.  He 
operates  his  fruit  business  under  the  name  of  the 
Frank  H.  Buck  Fruit  &  Shipping  Company,  and  to 
all  who  are  familiar  with  his  work  for  the  fruit  in- 
dustry, covering  a  period  of  more  than  thirty-five 
years,  his  name  is  synonymous  with  the  growth  of 
this,  one  of  California's  largest  and  most  important 
branches  of  commerce.  He  is  President  of  the 
company  named,  and  also  of  the  California  Fruit 
Distributors,  of  Sacramento. 

Aside  from  his  fruit  business,  Mr.  Buck  has 
other  extensive  interests  and  since  1898  has  been 
one  of  the  leading  oil  producers  of  California.  He 
first  became  interested  in  oil  in  1898  and  the  fol- 
lowing year  yielded  to  the  excitement  growing  out 
of  the  discovery  of  the  celebrated  Kern  County 


FRANK   H.   BUCK 


fields  of  California,  investing  heavily  in  oil  lands 
and  companies  at  the  outset.  With  characteristic 
energy  he  soon  took  a  leading  part  in  the  develop- 
ment of  the  then  new  industry  and  was  one  of  the 
organizers  of  the  Associated  Oil  Company,  now 
ranked  among  the  largest  and  most  profitable  con- 
cerns operating  in  the  California  fields.  He  also 
was  a  stockholder  and  Director  in  the  Chicago 
Crude  Oil  Company,  the  Toltec  and  the  Astec  Oil 
Companies.  These  companies,  with  several  others, 
were  merged  into  the  Asso- 
ciated Oil  Company  and  he 
has  continued  a  member  of 
the  Board  of  Directors  of  the 
larger  concern,  being  on  the 
Executive  Committee. 

Mr.  Buck  is  interested  in 
various  other  oil  corpora- 
tions, including  the  Amalga- 
mated Oil  Company,  an  allied 
corporation  of  the  Associated 
Oil  Company;  the  West  Coast 
Oil  Company,  the  Sterling 
Oil  &  Development  Company, 
the  Associated  Pipe  Line, 
the  Transportation  Company 
and  the  Belridge  Oil  Com- 
pany, in  all  of  which  he  holds 
office  as  a  Director.  The 
last  named  company  has 
holdings  in  the  Lost  Hills 
District  aggregating  thirty- 
one  thousand  acres  of  land 
in  process  of  development. 

Mr.  Buck  is  interested  as 
a  stockholder  and  Director  in 
the  Rodeo  Land  &  Water  Co., 
of  Los  Angeles,  which  owns 
3100  acres  of  land  near  Los 

Angeles.     The  townsite  of  Beverly  stands  on  part 
of  this  land. 

Mr.  Buck  is  President  of  the  Booth-Kelly  Lum- 
ber Company,  of  Eugene,  Oregon,  and  has  heavy 
timber  holdings  in  that  section  of  the  Northwest. 
He  also  is  a  Director  of  the  Bakersfield  Iron  Works. 
Despite  the  diversity  of  his  interests,  Mr.  Buck 
has  taken  a  keen  interest  in  public  affairs  in  his 
home  town  and  the  State  at  large  for  more  than  a 
quarter  of  a  century.  He  was  Vice  President  of  the 
California  State  Board  of  Horticulture  and  for 
twelve  years  was  President  of  the  Board  of 
Town  Trustees  of  Vacaville  (Incorporated),  in 
which  position  he  took  a  prominent  part  in  the 
government  of  the  town. 

Mr.  Buck  is  a  prominent  Mason,  a  Knight  Tem- 
plar and  Odd  Fellow,  and  a  member  of  various 
clubs,  including  the  Bohemian,  of  San  Francisco; 
the  Pacific-Union  of  the  same  city,  the  San  Fran- 
cisco Golf  and  Country  Club,  the  Claremont  Coun- 
try Club,  of  Oakland,  California,  and  the  Sutter 
Club,  of  Sacramento,  California. 


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ONGYEAR,  WILLIS  DOUGLAS, 
Banking,  Los  Angeles,  California, 
was  born  at  Grass  Lake,  Jackson 
County,  Michigan,  July  2,  1863, 
the  son  of  Moses  Longyear  and 
Maria  (Douglas)  Longyear.  He 
married  Miss  Ida  A.  Mackay  at  Los  Angeles,  Feb- 
ruary 8,  1893,  and  to  them  there  have  been  born 
two  children,  Douglas  M.  Longyear  and  Gwendolyn 
C.  Longyear.  Mrs.  Longyear  was  the  youngest 
daughter  of  Captain  A.  F. 
Mackay,  a  pioneer  builder  of 
Los  Angeles,  who  erected 
many  of  the  large  buildings 
of  that  city  prior  to  his  death. 
Mr.  Longyear  is  of  German 
and  Scotch  antecedents,  his 
father's-  parents  having  been 
of  old  German  stock,  natives 
of  Nuremberg,  Germany. 
They  came  over  to  the 
United  States  early  in  the 
nineteenth  century,  settling 
first  in  New  York  State  and 
later  in  Michigan.  His  moth- 
er was  of  Scotch  descent. 
Her  father,  Eli  Douglas,  was 
born  in  Vermont  in  1810  and 
as  a  young  man,  in  the  early 
thirties,  migrated  to  Southern 
Michigan,  when  only  the  wild 
animal  trails  marked  the  line 
of  travel  that  is  today  fol- 
lowed by  railroads  and  high- 
ways-. Then  it  required  a 
strong  heart  and  steady 
nerve  to  withstand  the  hard- 
ships of  the  pioneer — the 
days  before  matches,  "when 

grandmother  went  a  mile  for  fire  if  so  unfortunate 
as  to  let  the  hearthfire  go  out." 

Mr.  Longyear's  father  was  prominent  in  political 
and  social  affairs  in  the  community  where  he  was 
born  and  reared  and  held  many  important  public 
offices.  In  the  early  days-  of  his  business  career  he 
was  a  merchant,  and  later  engaged  in  stock  raising 
and  shipping,  being  reputed  at  the  time  of  his 
death  to  have  the  largest  sheep  holdings  in  south- 
ern Michigan. 

Mr.  Longyear,  who  now  occupies  a  position 
among  the  leading  bankers  of  the  Southwest,  was 
reared  in  Michigan  and  received  his  education  in 
the  public  schools  of  Kalamazoo.  He  was  nine 
years  old  when  his  father  died  and  the  early  plans 
of  his  parents  as  to  the  future  education  and 
career  of  their  son  were  thwarted.  After  his 
father's  death,  he  went  to  Kalamazoo  and  resided 
there  with  his  maternal  grandfather.  The  strong 
Scotch  influence  which  surrounded  his  life  there 
had  much  to  do  with  molding  and  fixing  the  princi- 
ples upon  which  his  future  career  was  built.  What 


W.  D.  LONGYEAR 


he  lost  in  theoretical  teaching,  however,  he  made 
up  in  practical  experience. 

At  the  age  of  eighteen  years,  Mr.  Longyear  en- 
tered the  employ  of  the   U.   S.   Government  as  a 
clerk   in  the   Registry  Division  of  the   Kalamazoo 
Postoffice.     He   remained   in    the   Federal   service 
about  two  years,  resigning  in  1884,  and  since  that 
time  his  life  has  been  spent  in  the  banking  business. 
He   first   entered   the   banking   field   as   an   em- 
ploye of  the  Kalamazoo  National  Bank,  beginning 
in  a  minor  position,  and  re- 
mained with  it  for  about  five 
years,  or  until  the  year  1889. 
During  that  time   he   passed 
through      various      positions 
and    became    thoroughly    ac- 
quainted with  the  intricacies 
of  National  banking. 

Resigning  his  position 
with  the  Kalamazoo  institu- 
tion in  November,  1889,  Mr. 
Longyear  went  to  California, 
locating  at  Los  Angeles,  since 
when  he  has  made  that  city 
his  home.  For  the  first  few 
months  after  hit*  arrival  he 
was  inactive,  but  early  in  1890 
he  became  associated  with 
the  Security  Savings  Bank  in 
the  capacity  of  Teller.  He 
held  this  position  for  about 
three  years  and  then  was 
made  Assistant  Cashier. 

It  was  in  this  latter  office 
that  Mr.  Longyear  displayed 
his  abilities  most  and  in 
1895,  upon  a  change  being 
made  in  the  personnel  of  the 
bank,  he  was  elected  to  the 

offices  of  Cashier  and  Secretary,  both  of  which  of- 
fices he  fills.  Thus,  in  that  first  five  years,  Mr. 
Longyear,  who  arrived  in  Los  Angeles  practically  a 
stranger,  rose  from  a  minor  position  to  a  most  im- 
portant one,  in  one  of  the  strongest  banks  in  the 
West,  the  Security  Trust  &  Savings  Bank,  as  the 
institution  is  now  known. 

In  addition  to  his  banking  affiliations,  Mr.  Long- 
year  has  been  identified  with  numerous  commercial 
and  development  projects.  He  also  is  interested  in 
real  estate  in  and  around  Los  Angeles,  being  a 
stockholder  and  Director  in  several  corporations. 

Having  inherited  from  his  father  a  tendency  to- 
ward outdoor  pursuits,  Mr.  Longyear  has  of  recent 
years  acquired  very  substantial  holdings  in  a  val- 
ley adjacent  to  Los  Angeles,  so  that  at  some  future 
day  he  may  satisfy  that  calling,  which  some  men 
of  his  profession  would  term  a  hobby. 

Mr.  Longyear  is  a  Scottish  Rite  Mason,  member 
of  Al  Malaikah  Temple  of  the  Mystic  Shrine,  the 
California  Club,  Los  Angeles  Country  Club,  Crags 
Country  Club,  and  the  Jonathan  Club,  Los  Angeles. 


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ESS,  STODDARD,  Banker,  Los  An- 
geles, California,  was  born  at 
Fox  Lake,  Wisconsin,  December 
3,  1856,  the  son  of  George  Jess 
and  Marion  Theresa  (Judd)  Jess. 
He  married  Carrie  Helen  Cheno- 
weth  at  Monroe,  Wisconsin,  January  15,  1879,  and 
to  them  there  were  born  two  children,  Jennie  C. 
(deceased)  and  George  Benjamin  Jess. 

The  Jess  family  is  of  English  origin,  but  has 
been  prominent  on  this  side  of  the  Atlantic  for 
nearly  a  hundred  years,  the  first  member  to  cross 
the  waters  having  been  John  L.  P.  Jess,  the  grand- 
father of  Stoddard  Jess.  He  was  reared  to  man- 
hood in  Nova  Scotia,  but  later  moved  with  his 
family  to  the  United  States,  settling  near  Fox 
Lake,  Wisconsin.  His  son  George,  father  of  Stod- 
dard Jess,  was  one  of  those  adventurers  who 
crossed  the  plains  in  1850,  following  the  receipt 
of  information  about  the  discovery  of  gold  in  Cali- 
fornia. He  prospected  for  gold  for  several  months, 
but  gave  up  the  effort  and  returned  to  his  home  in 
Wisconsin,  where  he  later  became  prominent  in 
banking,  political  and  fraternal  affairs.  He  was 
a  supporter  of  the  Republican  party  and  besides 
representing  his  district  in  the  Wisconsin  Legis- 
lature, held  various  other  public  offices.  On  the 
maternal  side  of  his  family  Stoddard  Jess  is  de- 
scended from  the  early  settlers  of  New  York  State. 
His  grandfather,  Stoddard  Judd,  served  his  district 
in  the  New  York  State  Assembly  for  several  terms, 
and  later,  upon  receiving  appointment  from  Presi- 
dent Polk  as  Receiver  of  the  United  States  Land 
Office  at  Green  Bay,  Wisconsin,  moved  to  that 
State  and  there  spent  a  large  part  of  his  life.  He 
was  a  member  of  the  first  and  second  Constitu- 
tional Conventions  at  which  the  Constitution  of 
Wisconsin  was  drawn  and  later  served  several 
terms  as  Senator  and  Representative  in  the  State 
Legislature. 

Stoddard  Jess  attended  the  public  schools  of 
his  native  city  and  was  graduated  from  the  Uni- 
versity of  Wisconsin  in  the  class  of  1876.  Immedi- 
ately upon  the  conclusion  of  his  college  course,  he 
entered  the  employ  of  the  First  National  Bank  of 
Fox  Lake,  Wisconsin,  as  a  clerk  and  remained 
there  a  year.  At  the  end  of  that  time  he  was 
taken  into  the  banking  house  of  his  father,  known 
as  George  Jess-  &  Co.  of  Waupun,  Wisconsin,  in  the 
capacity  of  Cashier.  This  was  considered  one  of 
the  strongest  financial  institutions  of  that  time  and 
Mr.  Jess,  as  one  of  its  officers  occupied  an  import- 
ant place  in  the  business  affairs  of  the  town. 

Early  in  his  career  Mr.  Jess  became  active  in 
political  affairs  of  Waupun  and  in  addition  to  serv- 
ing several  terms  as  a  member  of  the  City  Council, 
held  the  office  of  Mayor  for  two  years. 

His  term  expiring  in  1885  Mr.  Jess  declined  re- 
election in  order  to  move  to  Southern  California 
with  his  father,  whose  health  had  become  impaired. 
Disposing  of  their  interests  in  Wisconsin,  the  Jess 
family  transferred  their  home  to  Pomona,  Cali- 
fornia, and  a  few  months  after  their  arrival  there, 
Stoddard  Jess  organized  the  First  National  Bank 
of  Pomona,  he  taking  the  office  of  Cashier.  He 
held  this  office  until  1898,  when,  on  the  advice  of 
physicians,  he  gave  up  all  active  work  and  started 
upon  a  period  of  travel  in  order  to  regain  his 
health,  which  had  been  seriously  affected  by  the 
strenuous  life  he  had  led  in  business  and  public 
affairs. 

When  he  first  located  at  Pomona,  the  city  was 
in  its  infancy  and  Mr.  Jess  immediately  became  one 
of  the  factors  in  its  development.  He  was  chosen 


first  Treasurer  of  the  city  and  also  took  a  leading 
part  in  the  organization  of  the  Pomona  Board  of 
Trade,  serving  as  President  of  that  body  during  the 
first  two  years  of  its  existence.  For  many  years 
he  was  a  member  of  the  Board  of  Library  Trustees 
of  Pomona  and  served  as  its  President  from  1902 
to  1904. 

In  1904  Mr.  Jess  moved  his  home  to  Los  Angeles 
and  was  chosen  Vice  President  of  the  First  Na- 
tional Bank  of  Los  Angeles,  in  which  office  he  has 
continued  ever  since.  This  bank  ranks  high  among 
the  monetary  institutions  of  California  and  is  dis- 
tinguished for  the  large  number  of  depositors  which 
it  serves.  Having  spent  a  large  part  of  his  life 
in  the  banking  business  and  being  one  of  its 
closest  students,  Mr.  Jess  introduced  into  the  First 
National  Bank  the  united  system  of  Paying  and 
Receiving  Tellers.  With  the  idea  of  lessening  con- 
gestion before  the  bank's  windows,  he  devised  a 
plan  which  has  proved  a  great  success.  In  the 
first  place,  the  old  system  of  separate  Receiving 
and  Paying  Tellers  was  abandoned  and  the  bank 
was  divided  into  a  number  of  alphabetical  sections, 
at  which  the  tellers  receive  and  pay  money,  as 
the  case  may  be.  The-  advantages  of  the  system 
include  the  elimination  of  long  waits  by  customers, 
closer  relations  between  the  bank  and  its  deposi- 
tors, less  bookkeeping  and  general  expedition  of 
business.  This  addition  to  the  banking  methods  of 
the  country  was  eagerly  welcomed  by  the  banking 
fraternity  and  within  a  few  years  was  adopted  by  a 
number  of  large  institutions-  throughout  the  United 
States,  among  the  earliest  being  the  Continental 
&  Commercial  Bank  of  Chicago,  the  Seattle  Na- 
tional Bank  of  Seattle,  Wash.,  the  First  National 
and  United  States  National  Banks  of  Denver,  Col- 
orado, and  the  Irving  Park  National  Bank  of  New 
York  City. 

Aside  from  his  position  in  the  First  National 
Bank  of  Los  Angeles,  Mr.  Jess  is  a  Director  of  the 
Los  Angeles  Trust  &  Savings  Bank  and  is  inter- 
ested in  various  other  enterprises.  He  is  regarded 
as  one  of  the  most  conservative  bankers  of  Cali- 
fornia, is  President  of  the  Los  Angeles  Clearing 
House  Committee  and  Ex-President  of  the  Cal- 
fornia  State  Bankers'  Association.  As  a  widely 
known  and  'respected  authority  in  his  profession, 
he  has  made  numerous  addresses  on  banking  sub- 
jects and  has  written  many  articles  dealing  with 
financial  matters. 

From  the  time  he  located  in  Los  Angeles  Mr. 
Jess  has  been  among  the  city's  most  progressive 
citizens  and  has  been  a  figure  in  nearly  every 
movement  inaugurated  for  the  benefit  of  the  city. 
He  was  Chairman  of  the  Consolidation  Committee 
which  brought  about  the  consolidation  of  Los  An- 
geles and  San  Pedro,  California,  thus  giving  the 
former  its  own  harbor,  and  upon  the  conclusion  of 
this  work,  was  chosen  President  of  the  Harbor 
Commission  of  Los  Angeles  which  had  charge  of 
the  work  of  building  the  city's  harbor,  the  original 
cost  of  which,  including  local  and  federal  expendi- 
tures, exceeded  three  and  a  half  million  dollars. 
Mr.  Jess  directed  the  affairs  of  the  Commission 
during  the  early  stages  of  the  harbor  work,  but  re- 
signed in  order  to  devote  himself  to  his  private 
affairs. 

Politically,  Mr.  Jess  is  a  Republican  and  an  im- 
portant factor  in  the  local  affairs  of  the  party. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Los  Angeles  Chamber  of 
Commerce,  F.  &  A.  M.,  is  a  Knight  Templar,  Mystic 
Shriner  and  an  Elk.  His  clubs  are  the  Jonathan, 
California,  Los  Angeles  Athletic  and  the  Union 
League  of  Los  Angeles. 


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MITH,  MARCUS  AURBLIUS, 
United  States  Senator,  Tucson, 
Arizona,  was  born  near  Cynthi- 
ana,  Kentucky,  January  24,  1852, 
the  son  of  Frank  C.  Smith  and 
Agnes  Ball  (Chinn)  Smith,  a  di- 
rect descendant  of  Raleigh  Chinn  and  Esther  Ball 
of  early  Virginia  history. 

Senator  Smith  received  his  early  education  in 
the  common  schools  of  his  district  and  later  studied 
in  Transylvania  University, 
at  Lexington,  Kentucky.  Fol- 
lowing the  completion  of  his 
course  he  took  up  the  study 
of  law  and  was  admitted  to 
the  bar  of  Kentucky  in  1877. 
He  practiced  in  Kentucky 
for  about  three  years  and  in 
1881  moved  to  Arizona,  locat- 
ing at  Tombstone.  Descend- 
ed of  an  old  Southern  family, 
he  was  a  supporter  of  the 
Democratic  party  and  im- 
mediately began  to  take  an 
interest  in  politics.  In  1882, 
a  year  after  his  arrival  in 
the  Territory,  the  was  elected 
Prosecuting  Attorney  of 
Cochise  County  and  served  a 
term  of  two  years. 

At  that  time  Arizona  had 
within  her  borders  a  motley 
citizenship  and  outlawry  of 
various  kinds  existed.  The 
energy  with  which  Senator 
Smith  prosecuted  law-break- 
ers— hanging  5  murderers  by 
verdict  of  juries  in  one  year 
— had  a  wholesome  effect  in 

bringing  about  a  respect  for  law  and  order  and  his 
record  in  office  was  such  that  in  1886  he  was 
elected  Delegate  to  Congress. 

He  served  in  the  Fiftieth  Congress  and  was  re- 
elected  to  the  Fifty-first,  Fifty-second  and  Fifty- 
third,  retiring  in  1895  after  eight  years  in  service. 
He  refused  a  fifth  nomination  at  that  time,  but  in 
1897  again  became  a  candidate  and  was  elected 
to  the  Fifty-fifth  Congress,  serving  until  1899.  In 
1901  he  was  elected  again,  serving  until  1903,  and 
in  1905,  after  another  lapse  of  one  term,  he  was 
elected  a  seventh  time.  At  the  expiration  of  his 
term  in  1905  he  was  re-elected  and  served  until  1909. 
During  the  sixteen  years  he  served  in  Congress, 
Senator  Smith  had  no  vote  in  the  national  body, 
Arizona  being  a  Territory,  but  notwithstanding  this 
he  enjoyed  great  personal  popularity  and  was  at 
all  times  a  consistent  and  persistent  worker  for  the 
interests  of  Arizona.  Through  his  influence,  various 
acts  beneficial  to  the  Territory  were  passed  by 
Congress  and  he  also  was  instrumental  in  obtaining 
numerous  federal  appropriations-  for  public  build- 


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ings,  irrigation  projects  and  other  improvements. 
He  was  one  of  the  first  to  advocate  the  reclamation 
of  arid  lands  by  the  general  government  and  aided 
in  drafting  the  reclamation  act. 

Senator  Smith  was  one  of  the  original  advo- 
cates of  single  Statehood  for  Arizona  and  fought 
for  the  admission  of  the  Territory  in  season  and 
out,  for  more  than  twenty  years.  On  four  different 
occasions,  after  strenuous  work  on  his  part,  he 
succeeded  in  having  a  Statehood  bill  passed  in  the 
lower  house  or  Congress,  but 
on  each  occasion  it  was 
blocked  in  the  Senate  or  by 
executive  opposition  and 
failed  to  pass.  His  efforts 
had  been  so  effectual,  how- 
ever, that  when  he  retired 
from  Congress  in  1909  it  had 
been  agreed  in  both  national 
platforms  that  Arizona  would 
be  granted  Statehood  at  the 
next  session,  and,  with  the 
overwhelming  sentiment 
which  he  had  stirred  up,  a 
bill  was  finally  passed  in 
1910,  known  as  the  "Enabling 
Act"  by  which  the  prelim- 
inary steps  toward  State- 
hood were  begun. 

Senator  Smith  was  a  po- 
tent influence  in  the  drafting 
of  the  State  Constitution  and 
in  the  first  general  election, 
held  in  December,  1911,  was 
chosen,  as  a  reward  for  his 
long  service  in  behalf  of  his 
constituents,  to  be  one  of  the 
first  United  States  Sena- 
tors from  Arizona.  The  will 

of  the  people  was  ratified  at  the  first  session  of 
the  State  Legislature  in  1912,  but  in  the  drawing 
of  lots,  Senator  Smith  received  the  short  term, 
which  means  that  he  will  serve  until  1915. 

Since  taking  his  seat  in  the  Senate,  Senator 
Smith  has  continued  his  work  in  behalf  of  Arizona 
and  is  the  father  of  various  measures  in  the  inter- 
ests of  his  State.  During  his  entire  political  career 
he  has  been  an  advocate  of  progressive  policies, 
and  many  of  his  ideas  were  incorporated  in  the 
Arizona  Constitution. 

Senator  Smith  has  been  the  leader  of  the  Dem- 
ocratic party  in  Arizona  for  many  years  and  car- 
ried it  to  victory  in  scores  of  electoral  contests. 

Senator  Smith  has  continued  his  law  practice 
at  all  times,  but  never  permitted  his  private  affairs 
to  interfere  with  public  duty  and  the  result  has 
been  that  his-  material  success  was  not  as  great  as 
his  achievements  for  his  State.  He  has  no  business 
interests  of  consequence  outside  of  his  law  practice. 
The  Senator  is  a  member  of  the  Old  Pueblo  Club 
ot  Tucson,  the  Masonic  Order  and  the  Elks. 


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LARK,  ELI  P.,  Railroad  Interests 
and  Investments,  Los  Angeles-, 
California,  was  born  near  Iowa 
City,  Iowa,  November  25,  1847. 
He  is  the  son  of  Timothy  B.  Clark 
and  Elvira  E.  (Calkin)  Clark.  He 
married  Lucy  H.  Sherman  at  Prescott,  Arizona, 
April  8,  1880.  To  them  were  born  four  children, 
Mrs.  Katherine  Clark  Barnard,  Mrs.  Mary  Clark 
Eversole,  Miss  Lucy  Mason  Clark,  and  Eugene  Pay- 
son  Clark. 

When  Mr.  Clark  was  eight  years  old  his  parents 
moved  to  Grinnell,  Iowa,  where  he  received  his 
education  in  the  public  schools  and  at  Iowa  Col- 
lege, located  there.  When  he  was  eighteen  years 
of  age,  he  taught  his  first  school.  Two  years  later 
(1867)  the  family  moved  to  Southwest  Missouri, 
where  he  engaged  in  farming  with  his  father  and 
teaching  school  during  the  winter. 

In  1875,  Mr.  Clark  crossed  the  plains  with  his 
team  to  Prescott,  Arizona,  the  journey  taking 
nearly  three  months.  It  was  there  that  he  first  met 
his  brother-in-law,  General  M.  H.  Sherman.  Mr. 
Clark  engaged  in  mercantile  pursuits  at  Prescott, 
also  serving  one  year  as  acting  Postmaster.  In 
1878  he  embarked  in  the  lumber  business  with  A. 
D.  Adams,  under  the  firm  name  of  Clark  &  Adams. 
The  year  prior  (in  1877)  he  was  appointed  Terri- 
torial Auditor  for  Arizona  and  served  five  terms, 
ten  years  in  all.  It  was  while  in  this  position  that 
was  formed  the  friendship  between  Mr.  Clark 
and  General  John  C.  Fremont,  then  Governor  of 
Arizona. 

While  living  in  Prescott,  Mr.  Clark  first  became 
interested  in  the  railroad  question.  He  aided  ma- 
terially in  the  passage  of  a  bill  by  the  Legislature 
in  1885  granting  a  subsidy  of  four  thousand  dollars 
per  mile  for  a  railroad  to  be  built  from  Prescott  to 
connect  with  the  Atlantic  &  Pacific  Railway  at 
Seligman,  Arizona.  He  was  one  of  the  organizers 
of  the  original  company,  being  elected  its  Secretary 
and  Treasurer.  The  organization  was  turned  over 
to  parties  for  construction  and  within  a  year  the 
Prescott  &  Arizona  Central  Railroad  was  in  suc- 
cessful operation.  Ten  years  later  it  was  suc- 
ceeded by  the  Santa  Fe,  Prescott  &  Phoenix  Rail- 
way. 

In  1891,  Mr.  Clark  went  to  Los  Angeles,  where 
he  joined  his  brother-in-law,  General  Sherman,  in 
the  electric  railway  field.  The  Los  Angeles  Con- 
solidated Electric  Railway  Company  (now  the  Los 
Angeles  Railway)  was  formed,  with  General  Sher- 
man as  President  and  Mr.  Clark  the  Vice  President 
and  General  Manager.  All  the  local  lines  were  con- 
solidated in  1894.  Mr.  Clark  then  acquired  the  local 
horse  car  lines  in  Pasadena  and  the  Pasadena  & 
Los  Angeles  interurban  line  was  in  operation  in 
1895.  The  same  year  saw  the  beginning  of  the 
line  between  Santa  Monica  and  Los  Angeles,  known 
as  the  Los  Angeles  Pacific  Railway.  This  was 
opened  for  traffic  April  1,  1896.  Mr.  Clark  was 


President  and  Manager  of  the  latter  company  from 
its  organization  till  the  fall  of  1909,  when  the  prop- 
erty passed  to  the  control  of  the  Southern  Pacific 
Company. 

This  property  was  the  special  pride  of  Mr. 
Clark,  who,  with  General  Sherman,  made  it  one  of 
the  finest  interurban  railroads  in  the  country.  It 
served  to  build  up  the  whole  foothill  country  from 
Los  Angeles  to  the  sea.  Another  important  work 
of  Mr.  Clark  was  the  planning  and  the  securing  of 
property  and  rights  of  way  necessary  for  the  first 
subway  projected  for  Los  Angeles. 

When  these  gentlemen  first  went  to  Los  An- 
geles, it  was  a  city  of  less  than  fifty  thousand  in- 
habitants, on  the  verge  of  civic  bankruptcy,  due 
to  the  great  financial  depression  which  over- 
whelmed its  people  following  the  collapse  of  the 
real  estate  boom  of  1887.  But  with  the  building 
of  the  first  electric  railroad  the  citizens  began  to 
take  hope,  real  estate  values  grew,  new  residents 
were  attracted,  manufacturing  increased  and  the 
city  was  started  on  its  way  to  its  present  position, 
with  more  than  four  hundred  thousand  inhabitants 
and  millions  of  dollars  invested  in  uuildings  and 
manufactures,  among  the  leading  cities  of  the 
United  States. 

The  rapid  transit  facilities  inaugurated  by  Mr. 
Clark  and  General  Sherman,  and  carried  on  by 
their  successors,  have  resulted  in  thickly  populat- 
ing the  entire  country  immediately  surrounding  the 
city  of  Los  Angeles,  thereby  increasing  its  city 
limits  to  nearly  three  times  its  original  area.  And 
it  is  a  source  of  great  satisfaction  to  them  to  feel 
that  their  twenty  years'  labor  there  has  contributed 
so  largely  to  the  growth  and  prosperity  of  the  city 
of  their  choice. 

In  1906,  Mr.  Clark  organized  and  became  Presi- 
dent of  the  Mount  Hood  Railway  &  Power  Com- 
pany at  Portland,  Oregon.  Work  was  pushed  rap- 
idly on  power  development  and  the  railway  and 
after  the  project  was  in  successful  operation,  Mr. 
Clark  disposed  of  his  interests.  It  is  now  the  prop- 
erty of  Portland  railway  and  power  companies. 

Mr.  Clark  and  General  Sherman  having  severed 
their  railroad  connections,  have  given  their  atten- 
tion to  their  private  investments,  they  having  sepa- 
rated their  principal  properties. 

Mr.  Clark  is  now  engaged  in  the  erection  of  a 
large  reinforced  concrete  business  and  hotel  block, 
eleven  stories  above  and  two  stories  below  ground, 
one  of  the  largest  in  the  city.  Mr.  Clark  is  Presi- 
dent of  the  Clark  &  Sherman  Land  Company  (a 
holding  company),  Vice  President  of  the  Main 
Street  Company  and  of  the  Sinaloa  Land  Company. 

He  is  President  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  of 
the  First  Congregational  Church  of  Los  Angeles,  a 
Trustee  for  Pomona  College,  Claremont,  California; 
and  a  Trustee  of  the  Young  Men's  Christian  Asso- 
ciation of  Los  Angeles.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
California  Club,  the  Los  Angeles  Athletic  Club,  the 
University  Club  and  other  civic  organizations. 


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THOMAS  ROBERT,  Capital- 
ist  and  ex-Senator  of  the  United 
States,  Hueneme,  Ventura  County, 
California,  was  born  in  Chambers- 
burg,  Franklin  County,  Pennsyl- 
vania, December  8,  1841.  He  is 
the  son  of  Robert  McFarland  Bard  and  Elizabeth 
Smith  (Little)  Bard,  and  descended  from  a  family 
that  traces  back  to  the  Middle  Ages,  with  the 
American  branch  rich  in  mighty  deeds  of  patriotism 
and  important  factors  in  the  Revolutionary  and 
early  colonial  period  of  the  nation's  history.  These 
latter  were  among  the  Scotch-Irish  settlers  of  the 
Cumberland  Valley  in  Pennsylvania,  the  first  of  the 
name  being  Archibald  Bard. 

The  latter's  son,  Richard  Bard,  married  Cather- 
ine Poe,  who  probably  was  a  relative  of  the  family 
of  the  immortal  poet,  Edgar  Allen  Poe,  and  these 
two  figured  in  one  of  the  most  atrocious  Indian  out- 
rages in  the  history  of  the  United  States.  Their 
homestead  at  Marshall's  Mill  (now  Virginia  Mills) 
was  attacked  and  burned  in  1758,  and  they  with 
their  infant  child  and  three  other  persons  who  were 
in  the  house  at  the  time,  were  captured  by  a  party 
of  savage  Delawares.  Three  of  the  captives,  includ- 
ing the  infant,  were  murdered  and  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Bard  suffered  indescribable  tortures.  He  finally 
escaped  and  more  than  two  years  later,  by  paying 
a  ransom,  succeeded  in  obtaining  his  wife's  release 
from  captivity. 

An  interesting  incident  in  this  connection  is  that 
in  1903,  a  century  and  a  half  later,  a  great-great- 
grandson  of  White  Eyes,  the  Delaware  chief,  who 
had  been  one  of  the  captors  of  Richard  Bard,  in  a 
second  experience  with  the  savages,  appeared  in 
Washington  to  press  an  Indian  land  claim  and  en- 
listed the  friendly  aid  of  Senator  Bard,  great-great- 
grandson  of  the  man  who  had  suffered  at  the  hands 
of  the  redmen. 

Richard  Bard  later  became  a  Justice  of  the 
Peace,  and  while  he  was  in  politics  for  a  number 
of  years,  his  only  other  public  office  was  as  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Pennsylvania  Convention,  which,  in 
1788,  passed  on  the  Federal  Convention  Constitu- 
tion. Richard  Bard's  brother,  David  Bard,  was  a 
Member  of  Congress  for  the  fourth,  fifth,  seventh, 
eighth,  ninth  and  tenth  sessions. 

Other  notable  ancestors  of  Senator  Bard  were 
Thomas,  a  son  of  Richard  Bard,  who  was  a  militia 
captain,  conspicuous  in  military  affairs  in  Penn- 
sylvania after  the  Revolutionary  War;  Judge  Archi- 
bald Bard,  for  twenty-one  years  on  the  Bench,  and 
a  prominent  figure  in  politics  in  the  early  part  of 
the  last  century;  Thomas  Bard,  great  grandfather 
of  the  Senator,  who,  in  1814,  organized  a  company 
and  aided  in  the  defense  of  Baltimore;  Captain 
Robert  Parker,  a  valiant  officer  under  Washington, 
who  participated  in  many  of  the  most  important 
battles  of  the  Revolution  and  who  was  praised  in 
after  years  by  General  Marquis  Lafayette  for  his 
bravery  and  kindness  to  the  Marquis  when  the  lat- 


ter was  wounded.  Captain  Parker,  after  the  war, 
was  appointed  Collector  of  Excise  for  Franklin 
County  and  became  one  of  the  most  prominent 
citizens  in  Pennsylvania. 

Senator  Bard's  father,  although  he  died  at  the 
early  age  of  forty-three,  was  a  noted  man  in  his 
day,  and  such  was  the  appreciation  of  his  unusual 
character  and  force  that  he  might  have  achieved 
almost  any  position  had  he  lived.  He  was  a  law- 
yer. Between  1842  and  1844  he  was  associated  with 
the  Hon.  James  X.  McLanahan,  one  of  the  leading 
lawyers  of  that  period.  He  soon  attained  a  high 
position  at  the  bar  of  his  native  county,  and  in 
his  later  years  enjoyed  a  wide  reputation  in  the 
State  as  a  lawyer  of  great  ability.  "Mr.  Bard  was  a 
peculiarly  gifted  man  intellectually,"  wrote  one 
of  his  contemporaries;  "he  had  a  profound  knowl- 
edge of  the  law,  was  ardently  devoted  to  nis  por- 
fession,  managed  every  case  entrusted  to  him 
with  masterly  skill  and  force,  and  would,  had 
not  death  removed  him  in  the  meridian  of  his 
years,  been  one  of  the  country's  grandest  jurists. 
He  possessed  an  active,  vigorous,  and  logical  mind, 
and  his  legal  learning  was  extensive  and  profound. 
His  arguments  to  the  court  were  cogent,  and  free 
from  prolixity  and  redundancy.  His  addresses  be- 
fore a  jury  were  eloquent,  convincing  and  directed 
toward  presenting  the  strong  points  of  his  case 
clearly  and  strenuously.  He  judiciously  refrained 
from  dwelling  at  length  on  matters  of  minor  im- 
portance. When  he  gave  a  legal  opinion  to  a 
client  on  a  difficult  point  of  law,  he  was  able  to 
give  it  confidently,  because  it  was  the  result  of 
the  most  painstaking  investigation  and  study.  In 
politics,  Senator  Bard's  father  was  a  Whig,  but  he 
was  never  an  aspirant  for  political  office.  In  1839, 
when  he  was  only  thirty  years  old,  and  the  public 
school  system  was  in  its  infancy,  he  was  elected 
a  member  of  the  Chambersburg  School  Board,  and 
he  was  chosen  Chief  Burgess  of  the  borough  in 
1847.  In  1850  he  was  nominated  for  Congress  by 
the  Whigs.  He  was  a  man  of  strong  convictions, 
with  the  courage  to  avow  them.  He  was  con- 
spicuous as  an  influential  and  consistent  advocate 
of  temperance  at  a  time  when  opposition  to  the 
Rum  Power  and  Slave  Power  were  alike  regarded 
as  a  species  of  fanaticism." 

Senator  Bard  married  Mary  Beatrice  Gerberd- 
ing,  at  San  Francisco,  California,  April  17,  1876, 
and  to  them  there  were  born  eight  children,  Rob- 
ert (deceased),  Beryl  Beatrice,  Mary  Louise  (now 
Mrs.  R.  G.  Edwards),  Anna  Greenwell,  Thomas  Ger- 
berding,  Elizabeth  Parker,  Richard  and  Archibald 
Philip  Bard. 

Left  fatherless  at  the  age  of  ten,  the  future 
Senator  Bard  early  developed  a  self-reliant  charac- 
ter in  keeping  with  the  traits  of  his  forbears.  He 
attended  the  Chambersburg  Academy,  and  at  the 
age  of  seventeen  years  began  the  study  of  law  in 
the  office  of  Hon.  George  Chambers,  at  Chambers- 
bu-g.  Impaired  health,  however,  compelled  him  to 


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abandon  his  preparation  for  the  bar  and  seek  a 
more  active  business  life.  He  became  a  member 
of  the  forwarding  and  commission  house  of  Zeller 
&  Company,  in  1861,  at  Hagerstown,  Maryland,  and 
also  served  the  Cumberland  Valley  Railroad  at  that 
place  until  August,  1864. 

Speaking  of  this  part  of  the  Senator's  career 
and  events  subsequent,  G.  O.  Seilhamer,  Esq.,  in  an 
historical  and  genealogical  work,  entitled  "The 
Bard  Family:  A  Chronicle  of  the  Bards,"  says: 

"During  this  period  he  saw  some  dangerous  ser- 
vice as  a  volunteer  scout  in  the  successive  inva- 
sions of  Maryland  and  Pennsylvania  by  the  Con- 
federates. One  day,  with  a  companion,  he  pene- 
trated the  lines  of  the  enemy  and  was  captured. 
They  were  on  the  point  of  being  hanged  as  spies, 
when  a  sudden  rush  of  Union  cavalry  rescued  them 
from  their  distressing  situation.  In  the  autumn  of 
1864,  Thomas  A.  Scott,  Assistant  Secretary  of  War, 
and  afterwards  president  of  the  Pennsylvania  Rail- 
road, was  in  search  of  a  capable  young  man  to  take 
charge  of  his  extensive  interests  in  Southern  Cali- 
fornia, which  included  oil  lands  that  it  was  be- 
lieved would  rival  the  oil  regions  of  Pennsylvania. 

"Mr.  Bard  was  chosen  for  the  work,  and  after 
spending  several  months  in  Colonel  Scott's  office, 
was  placed  in  control  of  his  holdings  in  Los  An- 
geles, Ventura  and  Humboldt  Counties,  comprising 
about  227,000  acres.  These  holdings  included 
113,000  acres  in  Rancho  Simi;  26,600,  Las  Posas; 
48,000,  San  Francisco;  10,000,  Callegnas;  45,000, 
El  Rio  de  Santa  Clara  o  la  Colonia;  6600  in  the 
Canada  Clara,  and  16,000  in  the  Ojai. 

"At  that  time  there  were  not  more  than  a 
dozen  Americans  in  the  entire  region.  It  was  not 
long,  however,  until  squatters  began  to  swarm  over 
a  part  of  Scott's  land.  In  the  description  of  the 
old  Rancho  la  Colonia  one  line  ran  from  a  certain 
monument  to  a  point  on  the  Santa  Barbara  chan- 
nel shore  between  two  esteros.  Lagoons  were  nu- 
merous along  that  shore,  and  it  was  easy  for  a  de- 
signing and  unscrupulous  person  to  raise  a  doubt 
in  regard  to  the  two  esteros  between  which  the 
rancho  line  ran.  A  Sacramento  lawyer  asserted 
that  the  line  ran  to  a  point  near  where  the  Hue- 
neme  lighthouse  now  stands.  This  was  in  direct 
conflict  with  Scott's  claim,  and  would  have  de- 
prived him  of  about  17,000  acres  of  as  rich,  level 
land  as  was  to  be  found  along  the  coast. 

"The  lawyers  sat  on  the  squatters,  who  at  once 
began  to  drop  down  on  the  17,000  acres.  Scott  in- 
sisted on  his  claim  and  Bard  was  on  the  ground  to 
defend  his  rights  and  to  drive  the  squatters  off. 
The  settlers  talked  'shoot'  and  'hang,'  but  Bard 
kept  after  them.  At  the  outset  he  had  a  survey 
made  by  the  United  States  Surveyor  General,  and, 
as  the  line  fitted  the  Scott  claim,  he  was  unyield- 
ing in  enforcing  it. 

"The  conflict  lasted  for  years  with  varying  for- 
tunes. The  settlers  stole  a  march  on  Scott  by  ob- 
taining a  decision  in  their  favor  from  the  Land 


Office  at  Washington,  but  Scott  succeeded  in  hav- 
ing it  reversed,  and  it  has  remained  reversed  to 
this  day.  When  Grover  Cleveland  became  Presi- 
dent the  squatters  made  their  last  attempt  to  get 
the  Colonia  lands,  but  Attorney  General  Garland 
upheld  the  old  Scott  line  and  that  was  the  end 
of  it. 

"During  all  these  years  Bard  was  on  the  firing 
line.  He  had  desperate  men  to  deal  with,  but  he 
never  flinched.  He  kept  the  courts  of  the  county 
busy  dealing  with  the  cases  of  the  squatters.  After 
he  had  won  he  dealt  so  generously  with  the  men 
who  had  been  his  bitter  enemies  that  they  became 
his  friends. 

"While  Mr.  Bard  was  Colonel  Scott's  agent  he 
had  some  thrilling  experiences.  The  California 
Petroleum  Company  was  organized  to  develop  the 
oil  on  Scott's  holdings.  Well  No.  1  was  put  down 
on  the  Ojai  Country,  and  there  Bard  made  his  home 
when  he  first  went  to  Southern  California.  One 
night  in  1874,  he  was  the  victim  of  an  attempted 
"hold-up"  while  driving  to  No.  1  on  the  Ojai  with 
a  large  sum  of  money  in  his  possession.  He  had 
forgotten  his  pistol,  but  the  landlord  at  the  hotel 
where  he  received  the  money  loaned  him  an  old 
derringer  with  which  to  defend  himself  in  case  of 
attack.  He  was  driving  four-in-hand.  It  was  not 
an  easy  thing  to  hold  up  four  bronchos  on  the  run, 
but  on  an  up-grade  a  man  got  in  front  of  the  lead- 
ers, while  another  came  to  the  forward  wheels  de- 
manding Bard's  money.  Bard  blazed  away  with 
the  ancient  derringer,  missing  his  man,  but  hurt- 
ing himself  with  the  old  weapon,  the  handle  of 
which  burst  in  his  hand.  Frightened  by  the  ex- 
plosion the  leaders  dashed  forward  and  Bard  was 
out  of  reach  of  the  highwaymen. 

"Desperadoes  among  the  squatters  on  the  Scott 
lands  and  other  bad  men  plotted  to  take  Mr.  Bard's 
life  on  a  number  of  occasions,  but  these  plots  al- 
ways failed.  These  antagonisms  have  passed  away, 
and  now  he  is  held  in  the  highest  esteem  by  all 
classes  in  Southern  California  for  what  he  has 
achieved  for  the  development  of  his  section  of  the 
State." 

In  the  days  when  Senator  Bard  started  for  Cali- 
fornia the  transportation  problem  was  little  better 
than  during  the  rush  of  '49,  and  he  made  the  trip 
by  steamer,  then  via  the  Isthmus  of  Panama  over- 
land. Ventura  County,  in  which  he  makes  his 
home,  and  wherein  his  activities  have  lain  princi- 
pally since  his  arrival,  was  a  part  of  Santa  Bar- 
bara. His  important  responsibility  as  master  of 
the  Scott  holdings  at  once  made  him  the  leading 
business  man  of  the  section,  but  despite  the  cares 
of  that  office  and  the  attendant  difficulties  and  liti- 
gation, he  early  took  an  active  part  in  politics. 

Reaching  Ventura  in  1865,  he  was  elected  two 
years  later  to  the  Board  of  County  Supervisors,  and 
served  until  1871.  In  1872  he  was  one  of  the  Com- 
missioners who  organized  Ventura  County  and 
started  the  government  going.  Five  years  later  he 


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ran  for  State  Senator  on  the  Republican  ticket  in 
the  district  made  up  of  Ventura,  Santa  Barbara 
and  San  Luis  Obispo  counties.  He  carried  the  first 
two,  but  was  defeated  by  Patrick  Murphy,  of  the 
last  named  county,  by  a  slight  margin.  In  1884  he 
was  a  delegate  to  the  Republican  National  Conven- 
tion which  nominated  Elaine  for  President,  and  in 
1892  he  was  elected  a  Presidential  elector,  the  only 
Republican  to  win  in  a  Democratic  landslide.  In 
this  contest  he  received  more  votes  than  the  three 
lowest  of  the  Democratic  candidates  combined. 

The  Democratic  California  Legislature  becom- 
ing deadlocked,  in  1899,  over  the  choice  of  a  United 
States  Senator,  Mr.  Bard  was  proposed  by  Dr. 
Howell  for  the  office  in  January,  1899,  as  the  man 
"who  would  be  free  from  all  corporation  entangle- 
ment, and  on  whose  character  there  could  be  no 
stain."  He  received  two  votes  at  that  time,  but 
in  February,  1900,  after  the  deadlock  had  existed 
for  more  than  a  year,  he  was  elected  at  a  special 
session  of  the  Legislature  over  Colonel  Daniel 
Burns,  taking  his  seat  untrammeled  by  promises  to 
any  man  or  body  of  men. 

Senator  Bard  served  his  State  until  March  4, 
1905,  and  during  his  tenure  in  office  was  conspicu- 
ous in  numerous  important  legislative  campaigns. 
His  most  notable  works,  however,  were  his  effort 
in  behalf  of  the  amendment  of  the  Hay-Pauncefote 
treaty;  his  opposition  to  Cuban  reciprocity  and  the 
defeat  of  the  Statehood  bill  intended  to  join  Ari- 
zona and  New  Mexico  as  one  State.  He  stood  at 
all  times  for  the  autonomy  of  Arizona  and  the  sub- 
sequent admission  of  the  two  territories  as  sep- 
arate States  has  vindicated  his  position.  He  made 
several  powerful  speeches  on  Cuban  reciprocity  and 
the  Statehood  question,  and  was  in  the  thick  of 
the  battle  over  both  questions.  He  also  contributed 
to  the  defeat  of  the  effort  to  grant  public  funds  to 
Catholic  and  other  sectarian  Indian  schools.  This 
latter,  it  is  believed,  contributed  more  than  any 
other  one  thing  to  his  defeat  for  re-election. 

His  candidacy  for  re-election,  however,  was 
proposed  by  political  friends  and  others,  irrespec- 
tive of  politics,  and  not  by  himself.  During  that 
contest  he  said:  "My  attitude  is,  in  effect,  a  pro- 
test against  the  power  of  the  machine  in  the  State, 
and  if  that  power  is  to  be  continued,  free  and  in- 
dependent representation  in  Congress  is  an  im- 
possibility." 

During  his  service  in  the  Senate,  Senator  Bard 
was  Chairman  of  the  Committee  on  Irrigation, 
which  had  to  do  with  enormous  problems  for  the 
reclamation  of  the  arid  wastes  of  the  West,  and  in 
this  capacity  performed  remarkable  work  for  the 
progress  and  upbuilding  of  his  section. 

He  was  at  one  time  a  member  of  the  Executive 
Committee  of  the  Lincoln-Roosevelt  League,  with 
the  understanding  that  his  membership  was  to 
cease  after  the  campaign,  as  he  was  not  in  favor 
of  many  of  the  principles  of  the  League,  being 
especially  opposed  to  the  direct  election  of  United 
States  Senators  by  popular  vote  and  the  initiative, 
referendum  and  recall.  He  was  able,  however,  to 
assist  the  League  in  its  campaign  to  "kick  the 


Southern  Pacific  Railroad  out  of  the  Republican 
party  in  California." 

Senator  Bard  is  a  conservative  Republican,  but 
at  the  same  time  a  believer  in  modern  develop- 
ment of  the  country's  resources.  He  does  not  be- 
lieve in  saloons  or  too  much  legislation  which 
would  hamper  the  growth  of  the  nation,  and  advo- 
cated the  Anti-Saloon  League  of  California,  though 
his  views  differ  from  those  of  the  Prohibition  party 
in  that  he  prefers  the  local  option  solution. 

Senator  Bard  has  been  one  of  the  most  success- 
ful business  men  in  America,  and  has  extensive 
landed  interests  in  Ventura  and  other  counties.  His 
activities  extend  through  various  lines  of  enter- 
prise, including  oil,  banking,  development,  coloni- 
zation, sugar  and  manufactures.  He  is  President 
of  the  following  corporations:  Beryl  wood  Invest- 
ment Company,  Bank  of  Hueneme,  Quimichis  Col- 
ony, Compania  Hacienda  de  Quimichis,  Las  Posas 
Water  Company,  and  is  a  director  in  the  Graham 
and  Loftus  Oil  Company,  Sacramento  Valley  Sugar 
Company,  and  the  Potter  Hotel  Company. 

He  was  also  the  first  President  of  the  Union  Oil 
Company  of  California,  in  1890;  built  at  Hueneme, 
in  1871,  the  first  wharf  constructed  in  any  open 
roadstead  south  of  Santa  Cruz,  and  in  1874  con- 
tracted for  the  building  of  the  first  wharf  erected 
at  Santa  Monica,  California. 

Senator  Bard  served,  by  appointment  of  Gover- 
nor Gillett,  as  Regent  of  the  University  of  Califor- 
nia, and  has  been  a  conspicuous  figure  in  educa- 
tional advancement  in  the  Golden  State.  He  is  a 
noted  floriculturist,  and  at  his  home  in  Hueneme, 
called  "Berylwood,"  after  his  eldest  daughter,  he 
indulges  his  taste  for  gardening.  He  developed  two 
new  roses,  one  called  "Beauty  of  Berylwood"  and 
the  other  "Dr.  Bard,"  after  his  brother,  Dr.  Cephas 
Little  Bard,  a  man  who  in  life  presented  one  of  the 
noblest  characters  his  fellows  ever  came  in  contact 
with.  He  had  served  as  a  surgeon  in  the  Civil  War, 
and  later  settled  at  Buenaventura,  California, 
where,  for  many  years,  he  was  a  real  ministering 
angel  to  his  people.  He  cared  for  the  sick  of  the 
district  regardless  of  their  position,  and  oftentimes, 
at  risk  of  his  own  life  in  swollen  stream  or  on  dan- 
gerous mountain  trail,  he  went  forth  in  the  night 
to  care  for  his  suffering  neighbors. 

The  two  brothers,  several  years  ago,  built  and 
endowed  the  beautiful  Elizabeth  Bard  Memorial 
Hospital,  erected  in  memory  of  their  mother  at 
Buenaventura,  and  there,  in  1902,  the  doctor,  who 
was  its  first  patient,  died  shortly  after  the  comple- 
tion of  the  building. 

With  his  brother,  Senator  Bard  founded  the 
Pioneer  Society  of  Ventura  County,  and  is  today  its 
President.  He  is  also  a  prominent  member  of  the 
F.  and  A.  M.,  Scotch-Irish  Society  of  Pennsylvania, 
Union  League  of  San  Francisco,  and  the  California 
Club  of  Los  Angeles. 

The  home  life  of  Senator  Bard,  with  his  family 
around  him  and  his  beautiful  home  for  a  setting,  is 
described  as  ideal.  He  is  a  man  of  fine  presence, 
large  frame,  magnetic  personality  and  innate  hon- 
esty that  prevented  him  from  spending,  as  the 
price  of  a  political  honor,  even  a  cigar. 


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ARD,  CEPHAS  LITTLE,  Physi- 
cian and  Surgeon,  San  Buenaven- 
tura, California,  was  born  at 
Cham  bersburg,  Pennsylvania, 
April  7,  1843,  the  son  of  Robert 
McFarland  Bard  and  Elizabeth  S. 
(Little)  Bard.  He  was  married  October  25,  1871, 
to  Clara  Winter  Gerberding,  daughter  of  Christian 
Otto  and  Mary  J.  (Hempson)  Gerberding.  He  died 
April  20,  1902,  and  she  followed  him,  January  12, 
1905.  They  were  the  parents  of  two  children,  Mary 
Blanche  Bard,  now  a  resident  of  Chambersburg, 
and  Albert  Marius  Bard,  who  died  in  Brussels, 
Belgium,  in  1905. 

The  Bard  family,  splendidly  represented  by 
Doctor  Bard  and  his  elder  brother,  former  United 
States  Senator  Thomas  R.  Bard,  of  California,  is 
one  of  the  oldest  and  most  picturesque  in  Ameri- 
ca; but  prior  to  its  advent  in  the  New  World,  in 
fact,  several  centuries  before  the  discovery  of 
America,  the  house  of  Bard  was  conspicuous  in 
the  history  of  several  of  the  old  countries.  While, 
like  many  of  these  families  of  indistinct  origin, 
its  beginnings  are  misty,  careful  research  seems 
to  fix  the  first  root  of  the  family  in  Italy,  during 
the  latter  part  of  the  twelfth  century.  There  are 
of  record  at  this  time  several  members  of  the 
family,  whose  head  was  Ugone  de  Barde.  Follow- 
ing his  death  his  two  sons  became  engaged  in 
fratricidal  war,  were  re-united  and  finally,  after 
years  of  turbulent  warfare  against  others,  deserted 
their  castles  and  left  the  Valley  of  Aosta. 

It  is  generally  believed  they  fled  to  Scotland, 
where  they  later  became  noted  warriors,  and  one 
of  them  is  mentioned  as  having  signed  the  safe 
conduct  for  William  the  Lion,  granted  by  Richard 
of  the  Lion  Heart  in  the  year  1194.  They  figure 
frequently  in  the  records  of  the  Wars  in  England 
and  Scotland.  There  were  various  branches  of 
the  Bard  family  in  the  Old  Country  and  their 
identification  has  been  difficult  to  trace. 

The  original  ancestor  in  America  was  Archi- 
bald Bard,  who  settled  prior  to  1740,  on  "Carroll's 
Delight,"  near  Fairfield  in  York  (now  Adams) 
County,  Pennsylvania.  Of  his  son,  Richard  Bard, 
the  great-great-grandfather  of  Dr.  Bard,  there  is 
an  accurate  and  thrilling  history.  He  learned  the 
trade  of  miller  in  his  father's  mill,  probably  the 
first  in  that  section,  and  after  marriage  made  his 
home  at  the  base  of  Sugar  Loaf  Mountain.  The 
country  was  at  that  time,  following  Braddock's  de- 
feat, infested  with  Indians  and  massacres  by  the 
savages-  were  numerous  in  the  region,  but  the 
Bards  lived  safely  until  April  13,  1758,  when  nine- 
teen Redskins  of  the  vicious  Delaware  Tribe  at- 
tacked their  home  on  "Carroll's  Delight."  At  the 
time  there  were  in  the  house  Mr.  Bard,  his  wife  and 
seven-months-old  boy;  his  cousin,  a  little  girl  and 
a  bound  boy.  The  men  beat  off  the  Indians  in  a 
hand-to-hand  struggle,  but  realizing  that  they  were 
greatly  out-numbered,  surrendered  after  a  time 


upon  promise  of  the  Indians  that  none  would  be 
killed. 

The  party  of  six  captives,  together  with  two 
field  hands,  were  bound  by  the  Indians  and  started 
toward  the  latters'  camp,  several  hundred  miles 
away.  They  had  not  gone  far  when  the  Delawares 
broke  their  pledge  and  killed  Thomas  Potter,  a 
relative  of  Richard  Bard.  Later  they  killed  Mrs. 
Bard's  infant  son,  and  in  time  killed  various  others 
of  the  party.  They  practiced  the  most  fiendish 
kind  of  cruelties  upon  the  survivors,  who  were 
dragged  more  than  forty  miles  the  first  day. 
Richard  Bard  told  of  their  sufferings  in  a  poem 
which  he  wrote  later. 

About  the  second  day  out  he  aggravated  the  anger 
of  his  Indian  guard  and  was  terribly  beaten  with 
a  gun,  then  forced,  in  his  crippled  condition,  to 
pack  a  tremendous  load  of  supplies.  Finally,  on 
the  night  of  the  fourth  day  of  their  captivity,  Mr. 
Bard  was  sent  by  one  of  the  Indians  to  get  a  pail 
of  water.  He  never  returned,  and,  by  hiding  in  a 
hollow  log,  escaped  the  searching  Indians  who 
hunted  him  for  two  days.  He  then  began  to  make 
his  way  back  to  civilization  to  get  help  for  the 
rescue  of  his  wife  and  friends.  But  it  was  nine 
days  before  he  reached  Fort  Lyttleton,  after  near- 
ly perishing  on  the  way.  He  was  starving,  almost 
naked,  his  shoes  were  gone,  his  feet  were  torn 
and  poisoned  and  for  a  time  his  life  was  despaired 
of.  He  recovered,  however,  and  then  set  about 
rescuing  his  wife.  He  went  to  various  parts  of 
the  country  looking  for  the  Delawares,  but  it  was 
not  until  two  years  and  five  months  that  he  was 
able  to  effect  her  rescue  by  ransom.  In  the  mean- 
time she  had  undergone  almost  indescribable  hard- 
ship, had  been  beaten  by  the  Indian  squaws  on 
various  occasions  and  had  only  been  saved  from 
death  by  being  assigned  as  a  substitute  for  the 
dead  sister  of  two  warriors,  to  take  care  of  their 
household. 

Following  the  release  of  his  wife,  Richard  Bard 
purchased  a  plantation  near  Mercersburg,  Penn., 
and  later  became  one  of  the  leading  citizens  of 
his  section.  He  fought  in  various  subsequent 
Indian  battles,  and  in  the  Revolutionary  War  served 
under  several  commanders  in  the  campaigns 
around  Philadelphia.  He  later  served  as  Justice 
of  the  Peace  and  as  a  member  of  the  Pennsylvania 
Convention  of  1787,  to  which  the  Federal  Consti- 
tution was  submitted.  He  was  an  anti-Federalist 
and  in  the  Harrisburg  Convention  of  1788  fought 
so  hard  against  ratification  of  the  Constitution 
that  he  practically  obliterated  himself  politically. 
One  of  his  sons,  Thomas  Bard,  the  grandfather  of 
Dr.  Bard,  served  as  a  Captain  in  the  War  of  1812. 

Dr.  Bard's  father,  Robert  McFarland  Bard,  up- 
held the  traditions  of  the  family  and  attained  a 
commanding  position  at  the  bar,  and  a  reputation 
throughout  the  State  of  Pennsylvania  as  a  lawyer 
of  great  ability.  He  was  a  Whig  in  Politics,  but 
only  on  one  occasion  permitted  himself  to  be  put 


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up  as  a  candidate  for  office.  He  had  served  for 
many  years  on  the  Chambersburg  School  Board, 
and  also  served  as  Chief  Burgess  of  the  Borough. 
In  1850  he  was  nominated  for  Congress  on  the  Whig 
ticket,  but  was  defeated  by  a  former  law  partner, 
James  X.  McLanahan.  He  survived  until  1851. 

Dr.  Cephas  L.  Bard,  who  bore  the  distinction 
of  being  the  first  American  physician  holding  a 
diploma  to  settle  in  Ventura  County,  California, 
inherited  his  taste  for  the  medical  profession  from 
his  maternal  grandfather,  Dr.  P.  W.  Little.  The 
latter  was  a  student  under  Dr.  Benjamin  Rush, 
signer  of  the  Declaration  of  Independence,  and 
was  a  prominent  physician  of  Mercersburg,  Penn- 
sylvania in  the  early  part  of  the  nineteenth  cen- 
tury. He  had  two  sons  who  were  physicians,  Dr. 
Robert  Parker  Little,  a  practitioner  of  Columbus, 
Ohio,  and  Dr.  B.  Rush  Little,  who  held  the  post 
of  Professor  of  Obstetrics  in  the  Keokuk,  Iowa, 
Medical  College  at  the  time  of  his  death.  Dr.  P. 
W.  Little's  wife,  Mary  Parker,  was  the  daughter 
of  Col.  Robert  Parker,  a  distinguished  officer  of 
the  Revolutionary  War,  and  her  sister  was  mar- 
ried to  General  Andrew  Porter,  one  of  their  chil- 
dren being  David  Rittenhouse  Porter,  Governor  of 
Pennsylvania.  He  was  the  father  of  General  Horace 
Porter,  late  American  Ambassador  to  France. 

Dr.  Bard  received  his  classical  education  at 
Chambersburg  Academy,  but  from  early  boyhood 
he  had  made  up  his  mind  to  adopt  the  medical 
profession  and  he  had  hardly  graduated  when  he 
entered  the  office  of  Dr.  A.  H.  Senseny,  a  cele- 
brated physician  of  Pennsylvania,  to  prepare  for 
his  future  career.  When  he  had  just  got  fairly , 
started  in  his  work,  news  was  received  of  McClel- 
lan's  reverses  at  the  hands  of  the  Confederates 
and  the  embryo  doctor  decided  to  leave  his  studies 
and  enlist  in  the  Union  Army.  Although  he  was 
only  slightly  past  his  nineteenth  birthday,  he  be- 
came a  member,  on  August  11,  1862,  of  Company 
A,  One  Hundred  and  Twenty-Sixth  Regiment,  Penn- 
sylvania Volunteers,  and  was  sent  to  the  front  im- 
mediately. He  participated  with  his  regiment  in 
the  battles  of  Fredericksburg,  Chancellorsville, 
Antietam  and  the  second  battle  of  Bull  Run. 

The  doctor  was  mustered  out  with  his  regiment 
on  May  20,  1863,  and  immediately  resumed  his 
medical  studies.  He  attended  Jefferson  Medical 
College  at  Philadelphia  and  was  graduated  in  1864, 
with  the  degree  of  Doctor  of  Medicine. 

The  war  was  at  its  height  about  that  time  and 
instead  of  going  into  private  practice,  Dr.  Bard 
took  examination  and  was  appointed  an  Assistant 
Surgeon  in  the  Army.  He  was  assigned  to  the 
Two  Hundred  and  Tenth  Regiment  of  Pennsyl- 
vania Volunteers  and  again  went  into  action.  His 
regiment  figured  in  numerous  engagements  of  more 
or  less  importance  and  Dr.  Bard  served  until  the 
surrender  of  General  Lee  at  Appomattox.  He  then 
returned  to  his  home  in  Chambersburg  and  prac- 
ticed his  profession  there  until  1868. 


In  the  latter  year  he  moved  to  California, 
whither  his  elder  brother,  Senator  Bard,  had  pre- 
ceded him,  and  settled  at  San  Buenaventura,  where 
he  was  one  of  the  pioneers.  As  stated  before,  he 
was  the  first  graduate  physician  to  locate  in  that 
section,  and  except  for  a  few  brief  intervals  spent 
in  post-graduate  study  in  Eastern  medical  colleges, 
remained  there  until  his  death. 

The  career  of  Dr.  Bard  from  the  time  he  set- 
tled in  California  was  at  once  a  record  of  brilliant 
professional  achievements  and  a  splendid  charac- 
ter lesson.  He  was  not  only  a  minister  to  the  sick, 
but  a  zealous  and  intelligent  laborer  for  the  general 
development  of  the  community. 

At  the  first  county  election  in  Ventura,  Dr. 
Bard  was  nominated  for  the  office  of  Coroner  on 
both  tickets  then  in  the  field  and  was  unanimous- 
ly elected.  With  characteristic  self-denial,  he  de- 
voted himself  to  the  interests  of  the  public  and  was 
kept  in  office  continuously  for  twenty  years. 
Added  to  the  duties  of  Coroner  were  those  of 
Health  Officer,  and  Dr.  Bard,  a  progressive  thinker, 
inaugurated  many  regulations  which  served  to 
keep  the  general  public  health  up  to  a  high  stand- 
ard. 

Dr.  Bard  also  served  on  various  occasions  as 
a  member  of  the  Board  of  Pension  Examiners. 

Aside  from  his  official  duties,  Dr.  Bard  main- 
tained a  large  private  practice  and  into  this  took 
the  splendid  traits  of  character  which  made  him 
beloved  by  his  fellows.  A  writer,  summarizing  the 
work  of  Dr.  Bard  and  his  influence  in  the  com- 
munity he  served,  declares: 

"He  became  an  integral  part  of  the  County — a 
fixed  figure  in  its  social  and  civic  life.  With  him 
the  hardships  that  befall  a  country  physician  with 
a  large  practice  had  no  power  to  draw  him  to  a 
large  city,  where  the  routine  of  his  professional 
life  would  be  easier  and  the  emoluments  greater. 
He  found  his  reward  in  the  gratitude,  love  and 
esteem  that  the  people  he  served  so  unselfishly, 
bestowed  upon  him.  It  was  a  common  occurrence 
with  him  to  risk  his  life  in  the  roaring  Santa  Clara 
when  the  summons  came  to  him  from  a  patient 
on  a  Winter  night.  'Oh,  I  have  to  do  it,'  was  his 
own  comment  on  his  unselfish  devotion  to  duty. 
He  always  felt  the  keenest  satisfaction  in  the 
success  of  his  professional  efforts.  For  more  than 
thirty  years  there  was  no  public  highway  in  Ven- 
tura County  so  long,  or  mountain  trail  so  distant, 
that  it  was  not  traversed  by  him  again  and  again 
on  his  errands  of  mercy.  He  knew  nearly  every 
man,  woman  and  child  in  the  County;  knew  their 
names,  their  dispositions,  their  ailments  and  their 
limitations.  The  tenacity  of  his  memory  was  as 
marvelous  as  the  accuracy  of  his  knowledge.  His 
quick  intuitions  made  him  a  leader  of  men  as  well 
as  a  skillful  and  unerring  physician." 

One  of  the  greatest  personal  satisfactions  of 
Dr.  Bard  was  his  establishment,  in  association  with 
his  brother,  the  Senator,  of  a  modern  hospital  at 
Ventura,  California.  This  institution,  named  the 
Elizabeth  Bard  Memorial  Hospital,  in  memory  of 
their  mother,  is  complete  in  every  particular  and 


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represents  the  realization  of  a  life-long  ambition 
entertained  by  Dr.  Bard.  Had  it  not  been  for  the 
multitude  of  other  duties,  it  is  very  probable  that 
the  hospital  would  have  been  built  many  years 
sooner,  because  the  doctor  had  long  planned  such 
a  building,  and  had  even  gone  so  far  as  to  work 
out  the  details  of  the  building,  its  arrangements 
and  fittings.  Finally  he  was  able  to  start  work 
on  the  structure  and  devoted  a  great  deal  of  time 
to  its  erection.  It  was  completed  in  1902,  the  year 
of  Dr.  Bard's  death,  and  he  entered  it  in  his  last 
illness  as  the  first  patient.  He  passed  away  with- 
in the  walls  of  the  institution  and  his  death  there 
identified  it  more  closely  with  his  life.  It  is  gen- 
erally regarded  as  a  monument  to  his  own  career, 
and  after  his  death  the  Ventura  Society  of  Pio- 
neers, of  which  he  was  the  virtual  founder,  unveiled 
a  bust  of  him,  which  is  to-day  one  of  the  features 
of  the  hospital. 

Practically  every  minute  of  the  day  was  filled 
with  some  duty  for  Dr.  Bard,  but  in  addition  to  his 
numerous  responsibilities  he  found  time  to  take  an 
active  part  in  the  affairs  of  his  profession,  also  to 
contribute  to  its  literature.  He  served  as  Presi- 
dent of  the  Medical  Society  of  the  State  of  Cali- 
fornia, and  also  of  the  Ventura  County  Medical 
Society.  He  was  greatly  interested  in  the  youth 
of  the  country  and  an  advocate  of  advanced  edu- 
cational methods.  During  his  tenure  of  more  than 
ten  years  as  President  of  the  Ventura  City  School 
Board  he  was  especially  active  and  watchful  of 
the  children  and  inaugurated  numerous  reforms 
looking  to  the  mental  and  physical  betterments 
of  his  wards. 

As  President  of  the  Ventura  County  Society  of 
Pioneers,  Dr.  Bard  devoted  himself  to  its  work 
with  the  same  unselfish  zeal  displayed  in  his 
other  spheres  of  activity  and  to  him  is  given 
credit  for  the  success  of  the  organization. 

Patriotism  was  one  of  the  chief  characteristics 
of  Dr.  Bard  and  as  a  member  of  the  Grand  Army 
of  the  Republic,  he  was  a  worker  at  all  times  for 
the  perpetuation  of  the  traditions  and  memories 
represented  by  the  organization. 

His  fathers  before  him  having  been  members 
of  the  Presbyterian  church,  Dr.  Bard  abided  by 
the  teachings  of  that  faith  all  his  life. 

The  doctor,  in  addition  to  the  organizations  al- 
ready named,  also  was  a  member  of  the  Military 
Order  of  the  Loyal  Legion,  prominent  in  Masonic 
circles  and  a  Knight  Templar.  His  death  was 
mourned  by  a  wide  circle  of  friends  and  admirers, 
and  the  medical  societies  and  other  bodies  which 
he  had  served  during  life  honored  his  memory  by 
the  adoption  of  resolutions  which  showed  their 
appreciation  of  his  qualities  and  attested  to  the 
esteem  in  which  he  was  held. 

His  funeral  was  one  of  the  most  notable  in  the 
history  of  Ventura  County,  remarkable  for  the 
fact  that  people  in  all  walks  of  life,  from  all  sec- 
tions of  the  country,  gathered  to  pay  tribute  to  his 


memory.  The  "Southern  California  Practitioner," 
the  official  medical  publication  of  that  section,  and 
to  which  Dr.  Bard  had  been  a  frequent  contributor, 
contained  in  its  issue  of  May,  1902,  the  following: 

"His  death  was  a  source  of  grief  throughout 
Southern  California,  but  especially  in  Ventura, 
which  had  for  so  many  years  been  his  home. 

"There  was  a  great  outpouring  of  the  people 
of  that  County,  and  thousands  took  advantage  of 
the  opportunity  of  seeing  their  dear  friend's  fea- 
tures for  the  last  time.  On  the  march  from  the 
residence  to  the  railroad  station  there  was  led  be- 
hind the  hearse  the  gray  horse  of  the  doctor,  a 
noble  animal  that  had  shared  many  of  his  kind 
master's  hardships,  and  was  almost  as  well  known 
as  he.  There  was  no  driver  in  the  seat,  and  as 
men  saw  the  significance  of  this  fact  they  broke 
down  and  wept.  Over  five  thousand  people  gath- 
ered at  the  station  and  waited  until  the  last  sign 
of  the  train  disappeared  in  the  distance,  bearing 
the  body  away  towards  Los  Angeles,  where  it  was 
finally  cremated. 

"Besides  being  a  great  physician  and  an  able 
surgeon,  Dr.  Bard  was  a  most  delightful  writer, 
and  his  articles,  which  appeared  from  time  to  time 
in  the  'Southern  California  Practitioner,'  have  all 
been  eagerly  read  by  the  medical  profession." 

The  Ventura  County  Medical  Society,  of  which 
Dr.  Bard  was  a  charter  member  and  life-long  sup- 
porter, passed  the  following  resolutions  following 
the  death  of  its  distinguished  member: 

"WHEREAS,  the  members  of  the  medical  fra- 
ternity of  Ventura  County  deeply  deplore  the  death 
of  their  colleague,  Dr.  C.  L.  Bard,  when  at  the 
height  of  his  activities  for  the  profession  and 
community 

"BE  IT  RESOLVED,  that  we  publicly  express 
our  sympathy  for  the  bereaved  relatives,  and  our 
respect  for  the  man  who  was  known  by  us  for 
so  long. 

"Dr.  Bard  was  the  first  American  physician  to 
locate  in  Ventura  County,  and  during  his  many 
years  of  hard  labor,  was  ever  ready  to  bring  to 
the  service  of  the  sick,  and  the  profession,  a  per- 
sonality rich  in  qualities  acquired  through  long 
years  by  an  honest,  fearless  and  pure  soul. 

"His  friends  were  very  numerous,  and  he  was 
ever  prompted  by  a  kind  heart  and  generous 
thought  to  aid  or  counsel  whenever  there  was  need. 
His  professional  ambitions  he  never  allowed  to  be 
dimmed  by  weariness  or  age,  and  he  was  a  student 
to  the  very  last  days  of  his-  useful  life. 

"This  pioneer  doctor,  this  rugged,  brainy,  gen- 
tlemanly man  has  gone  from  among  us,  but  his 
personality  is  a  part  of  each  one  of  us. 

"Of  him  it  cannot  be  said  that  he  was  not  with- 
out honor  save  in  his  own  country." 

The  committee  which  drafted  this  resolution 
was  made  up  of  three  of  the  leading  members  of 
the  medical  profession  of  Southern  California  and 
they  expressed,  in  dignified  language,  the  feelings 
of  the  rest  of  the  community. 

Resolutions  similar  to  these  were  passed  by 
the  other  organizations  of  which  Dr.  Bard  was  a 
member,  these  including  the  Southern  California 
Medical  Society,  the  Medical  Society  of  the  State 
of  California,  Ventura  County  Pioneer  Society,  the 
Grand  Army  of  the  Republic  and  others. 


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ELLMAN,  ISAIAS  WILLIAM,  SR., 
Banker,  San  Francisco  ana  Los 
Angeles,  California,  was  born  in 
Bavaria,  Germany,  October  1, 
1842.  He  arrived  in  the  city  of 
Los  Angeles  in  1859;  married 
Miss  Esther  Neugass,  of  New  York,  on  the  4th  of 
April,  1870,  and  as  a  result  of  that  marriage 
there  are  three  children,  I.  W.  Hellman,  Jr.,  Clara 
Hellman  Heller,  and  Florence  Hellman  Ehrman. 

The  story  of  the  un- 
usually successful  career  of 
Mr.  Hellman  is  replete  with 
interesting  chapters.  Begin- 
ning with  no  capital  whatso- 
ever, he  has  won  his  way 
step  by  step  to  one  of  the 
highest  positions  in  the  finan- 
cial world,  and  today  is 
known  throughout  America 
as  one  of  the  most  substan- 
tial financiers  of  the  presen4 
day. 

His  success  was  not  won 
without  struggles;  reared  in 
Bavaria,  he  received  but  a 
meager  education  in  the 
schools  of  that  country.  At 
the  age  of  seventeen,  he  left 
Germany  for  America,  and  by 
the  Panama  Isthmus  route 
arrived  in  San  Francisco  in 
1859.  He  remained  in  that 
city  but  a  short  time,  locat- 
ing in  Los  Angeles  in  the 
same  year. 

Being  of  an  industrious 
frame  of  mind,  he  did  not  re- 
main idle  long  in  his  new 
home.  He  sought  and  found  employment  as  a  dry 
goods  clerk  in  a  store  in  the  Arcadia  Block  on  Los 
Angeles  street.  In  those  days  that  portion  of  the 
city  was  the  active  business  center,  and  there  Mr. 
Hellman  learned  his  first  lesson  in  business. 

There  was  little  in  the  young  clerk  to  indicate 
the  later  financier  and  master  of  the  Western  bank- 
ing world,  save  an  untiring  energy  and  determina- 
tion to  succeed,  which  seemed  to  dominate  him. 
His  close  attention  to  duty  and  his  quick  grasp  of 
business  principles  were  characteristics  that  dis- 
tinguished him,  yet  those  who  knew  him  little 
dreamed  that  he  would  some  day  become  a  finan- 
cial genius  whose  name  would  be  almost  as  famil- 
iar in  New  York,  London,  Paris  and  Berlin  as  in 
his  home  city. 

It  took  Mr.  Hellman  just  ten  years  to  save  the 
required  amount  of  capital  to  start  the  business  of 
which  he  had  dreamed  and  determined  to  build.  By 
this  time  his  name  had  become  known  to  every 
business  man  of  Southern  California,  and  when  he 
organized  the  banking  house  of  Hellman,  Temple  & 


ISAIAS  W.  HELLMAN,  SR. 


Company  he  was  quickly  backed  in  that  project  by 
a  corps  of  substantial  business  men.  He  was 
elected  manager  and  president  of  the  bank  at  the 
beginning,  and  remained  in  that  position  until  the 
house  was  merged  into  a  larger  and  more  influential 
institution. 

In    1871    he    organized    the    Farmers    and    Mer- 
chants' Bank  of  Los  Angeles,  today  known  as  the 
oldest  and  one  of  the  strongest  financial  institutions 
in  Southern  California.     He  was  appointed  cashier 
and    manager   of   that   bank, 
and  for  the  following  twenty 
years   was   constantly   at   its 
head,   directing  its  countless 
details  and  gradually  forging 
ahead  as  a  leader  of  finance. 

During  the  years  he  was 
the  active  head  of  the  Farm- 
ers and  Merchants'  Bank  the 
reserves  of  that  institution 
were  not  the  legal  twenty-five 
per  cent  of  the  deposits,  but 
ranged  from  fifty  to  seventy- 
five  per  cent.  He  regarded 
his  responsibility  as  a  sacred 
trust,  and  determined  that  he 
would  have  money  on  hand 
when  the  depositors  called 
for  it.  He  maintained  an  un- 
shaken confidence  in  the  pub- 
lic mind,  and  when  he  en- 
tered upon  an  enterprise  the 
public  at  large  felt  assured 
that  it  was  a  safe  under- 
taking. 

Mr.  Hellman's  success  in 
bringing  his  Los  Angeles 
bank  into  prominence  among 
the  financial  houses  of  the 
West  attracted  the  attention  and  respect  of  finan- 
ciers of  the  entire  Pacific  Coast,  and  in  1901  he  was 
called  to  San  Francisco  to  reorganize  the  Nevada 
Bank,  assuming  its  management  and  presidency. 
It  was  later  converted,  under  the  national  bank- 
ing laws,  as  the  Nevada  National  Bank,  and  the 
latter  institution  consolidated  with  the  Wells 
Fargo  &  Company  Bank  in  April,  1905,  and  became 
known  as  the  Wells  Fargo  Nevada  National  Bank. 
Mr.  nellman  continues  as  president  to  this  date. 

His  record  in  San  Francisco  since  1901  has  been 
as  brilliant,  if  not  more  brilliant,  than  his  financial 
career  in  Los  Angeles.  His  services  in  that  city 
have  been  crowned  with  success. 

While  his  achievements  in  the  financial  world 
stand  alone,  he  is  a  man  of  many  accomplishments. 
He  is  master  of  four  languages  and  is  a  student  of 
literature.  He  has  been  one  of  the  regents  of  the 
University  of  California  and  is  revered  and  re- 
spected by  thousands  of  citizens  who  have  pros- 
pered as  a  result  of  his  management  in  financial 
affairs. 


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ILLER,   HENRY,  San  Fran- 

Ml 
t    cisco,  California,  Stock-raiser, 
Land-owner     and     Capitalist, 
was    born     in     Brackenheim, 
Germany,  July  21,  1828. 
His   father   was   a   dealer   in   cattle,   and 
his   forefathers   on   the    maternal    side   were 
vintners.     He  reached  California  in  the  year 
1849,  first  settling  in  San  Francisco,  where 
in     the     year     1860     he 
was     married     to      Miss 
Sarah    Wilmot    Sheldon, 
the     niece     of     his     first 
wife,  deceased.     The  sur- 
viving child  of  this  mar- 
riage   is    Mrs.    J.    Leroy 
Nickel,  born  Nellie  Sarah 
Miller. 

From  his  seventh  to  his 
fourteenth  year  he  at- 
tended the  village  school, 
but  from  the  age  of  eight 
earned  his  own  living, 
his  assistance  to  his 
father  offsetting  the  cost 
of  his  maintenance.  At 
school  he  was  noted  for 
his  aptitude  for  figures, 
his  excellent  memory  and 
his  impatience  of  control. 

His  strong  commercial 
traits,  which  he  later  de- 
veloped to  a  high  degree 
of  efficiency,  were  evinced 
at  a  very  early  age.  At 
twelve  he  was  in  the  habit 
of  buying  cattle,  sheep 
and  goats,  generally  at  a  bargain,  and  driving 
them  to  his  father's  packing  house.  But 
chafing  under  parental  training  and  not  lik- 
ing the  prospect  of  the  long  apprenticeship 
necessary,  nor  the  emoluments  of  ten  Prus- 
sian dollars  for  his  first  year's  work,  he  soon 
after  removed  to  Holland,  thence  to  England, 
whence  in  1847  he  came  to  New  York,  in 
every  instance  changing  his  abode  solely  to 
better  his  condition. 

After  working  in  New  York,  first  as  a 
gardener  for  four  dollars  a  month,  and  then 
as  assistant  to  a  pork  butcher  for  eight  dol- 
lars per  thirty  days  of  sixteen  hours  a  day 
he  saved  enough  money  to  pay  his  passage 
to  San  Francisco,  which  he  reached  in  '49, 
with  six  dollars  in  his  pocket. 

Having  formed  the  habit  of  reliance  on  his 
own  judgment  he  had  no  misgivings  of  the 
future.  He  first  engaged  himself  to  a  French- 
man to  butcher  sheep,  at  the  head  of  Dupont 


HENRY  MILLER 


street,  now  Grant  avenue,  and  worked  for 
him  two  months,  for  small  wages,  doing  his 
own  cooking  and  economizing  in  every  way 
possible.  After  the  fire  of  June,  1851,  he 
leased  a  lot  on  Jackson  street,  for  $150  cash, 
erected  a  one-story  building  and  set  up  shop 
as  a  retail  butcher,  a  business  in  which  he 
soon  became  a  wholesale  dealer.  In  1853  he 
bought  and  delivered  in  San  Francisco  the 
first  herd  of  cattle  ever 
driven  into  a  San  Fran- 
cisco market.  Four  years 
later  he  purchased,  with 
Mr.  Charles  Lux,  sixteen 
hundred  head  of  Texas 
steers,  and  formed  the 
partnership  which  was 
the  foundation  of  the  fa- 
mous firm  of  Miller  & 
Lux,  and  which  continued 
for  more  than  twenty- 
five  years,  until  the  death 
of  Mr.  Lux. 

The  beginning  of  Mr. 
Miller's  vast  investments 
in  country  lands  was  the 
purchase,  on  his  private 
account,  of  the  Bloom- 
field  ranch  near  Gilroy. 
This  consisted  at  first  of 
1700  acres,  which  he  sub- 
sequently increased  to  30- 
000  acres.  Selected  pri- 
marily as  a  suitable  as- 
sembling place  for  the 
herds  of  cattle  from  the 
southern  counties,  this 
land  ultimately  became  very  valuable 

Miller  &  Lux  gradually  increased  their 
holdings  until  they  covered  750,000  acres  in 
eleven  different  counties  of  Californa,  and 
also  large  tracts  in  Oregon  and  Nevada.  In 
1888  it  was  estimated  that  they  had  on  this 
land  one  hundred  thousand  cattle  and  eighty 
thousand  sheep.  The  area  of  their  grazing 
land  alone  is  almost  equal  to  that  of  the 
State  of  Rhode  Island,  and  for  several 
years  their  sales  of  meat  averaged  $1,500,000 
a  year. 

Among  Mr.  Miller's  other  notable  achieve- 
ments was  his  organization  of  the  San 
Joaquin  and  King's  River  Canal  and  Irriga- 
tion Company,  of  which  in  1876  the  firm,  in 
self-defense,  got  control. 

He  is  known  also  for  his  large  charities, 
and  many  recipients  thereof  are  indebted  to 
him  for  their  support  and  education  in  their 
early  years. 


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AUGHLIN,  HOMER,  Capi- 
talist, Los  Angeles,  Califor- 
nia, was  born  at  'Little  Beav- 
er, Columbiana  County,  Ohio, 
March  23,  1843.  His  father 
was  Mathew  Laughlin  and  his  mother  Maria 
(Moore)  Laughlin,  the  former  of  whom  was 
born  in  Columbiana  County  in  the  year  1814, 
one  of  the  pioneers  of  Columbiana  County, 
Ohio,  engaged  for  half  a 
century  in  the  milling 
business  at  Little  Beaver. 
James  Laughlin  (the 
grandfather  of  Homer 
Laughlin)  was  of  Scotch- 
Irish  descent,  but  born  in 
Maryland,  passing  the 
latter  part  of  his  life  in 
Pennsylvania. 

On  June  18,  1875,  Ho- 
mer Laughlin  married 
Cornelia  Battenberg  at 
Wellsville,  Ohio.  There 
were  three  children,  Ho- 
mer, Jr.,  Nanita  and 
Gwendolen  V. 

Mr.  Laughlin  received 
his  education,  first  in  the 
common  schools  and  la- 
ter Neville  Institute. 

On  July  12,  1862,  Mr. 
Laughlin  enlisted  for 
Civil  War  service  at  East 
Liverpool,  Ohio,  in  Com- 
pany A,  115th,  Ohio  Vol- 
unteer Infantry,  remain- 
ing in  service  till  July  7, 
1865,  when  he  was  mustered  out,  as  Sergeant 
at  Cleveland,  Ohio. 

As  a  young  man,  Mr.  Laughlin  went  to 
New  York  where  he  became  associated  with 
his  brother,  Shakespeare  Moore  Laughlin,  in 
the  wholesale  importation  of  English  earth- 
enware, the  firm  operating  from  October  1, 
1871,  to  October,  1873,  under  the  firm  name 
of  Laughlin  Brothers.  In  September,  1873, 
this  firm  built  a  pottery  for  the  manufacture 
of  fine  white  earthenware  at  East  Liverpool, 
Ohio,  and  continued  until  1879,  when  Mr. 
Laughlin  bought  out  his  brother's  interest 
and  personally  conducted  the  business  as  the 
Homer  Laughlin  China  Company  until  1897, 
when  he  removed  to  California  to  live  a  re- 
tired life.  Under  his  personal  management 
his  pottery  business  grew  to  be  much  the 
largest  and  leading  industry  of  the  kind  in 
the  United  States.  The  company  while  now 
under  other  ownership  still  retains  the  es- 


HOMER  LAUGHLIN 


tablished    name    of    The    Homer    Laughlin 
China  Company. 

Immediately  after  taking  up  his  residence 
here,  Mr.  Laughlin  recognized  the  possibili- 
ties of  the  city  and  commenced  the  construc- 
tion of  the  Homer  Laughlin  Building,  on 
Broadway,  the  first  fire-proof  office  building 
in  Southern  California.  This  undertaking  es- 
tablished a  standard  for  fire-proof  construc- 
tion much  in  advance  of 
the  times.  About  1901, 
he  built  the  building  oc- 
cupied since  its  construc- 
tion by  Jacoby  Brothers, 
a  few  doors  south  of  the 
Homer  Laughlin  Build- 
ing. It  occupies  the  site 
of  the  old  First  Methodist 
Church. 

In  1905,  he  began  the 
construction  of  the  "An- 
nex" to  the  Homer 
Laughlin  Building,  it  be- 
ing a  typical  re-enforced 
concrete  structure,  cover- 
ing a  large  area  and  ex- 
tending to  Hill  street.  It 
has  the  distinction  of  be- 
ing the  first  re-enforced 
concrete  building  erected 
in  Southern  California. 

Mr.  Laughlin  was  held 
in  high  esteem  by  the  late 
President     William     Mc- 
Kinley,  of  whom  he  was 
an     intimate     friend     for 
over  thirty  years.    When 
President  McKinley  and  his  Cabinet  visited 
Los  Angeles,  he  was  President  of  the  Recep- 
tion Committee. 

Mr.  Laughlin  was  for  years  President  of 
the  U.  S.  Potters'  Association  and  from  1878 
to  1898  chairman  of  the  executive  committee. 
He  received  medals  from  the  Centennial  Ex- 
position, Philadelphia,  1876;  Cincinnati  Ex- 
position, 1879;  World's  Columbian  Exposi- 
tion, Chicago,  1893,  for  superior  manufactory 
of  pottery. 

He  has  been  on  the  Board  of  Managers  of 
the  American  Protective  Tariff  League  since 
1882;  was  a  member  of  the  First  Crusaders 
party  of  Knights  Templar  to  Europe,  June  1, 
1871 ;  is  honorary  life  member  Girvan  En- 
campment of  Glasgow,  Knights  Templar  of 
Scotland ;  member  Allegheny  Commandery 
No.  35,  Knights  Templar;  member  Republi- 
can Club  of  New  York  and  California  Club, 
Los  Angeles. 


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ERON,  ERNEST  ALVAH, 
President,  Oakland  Traction 
Company,  Oakland,  Cal.,  was 
born  in  Galena,  111.,  May  18, 
1852,  the  son  of  Samuel  But- 
tles Heron  and  Jane  (Tippett)  Heron.  His 
paternal  ancestors  came  to  this  country  from 
Scotland  and  settled  in  New  England ;  on  the 
maternal  side  his  forbears  were  English. 

On  June  15,  1892,  Mr. 
Heron  was  married  in 
Stockton  to  Miss  Eliza- 
beth Mead  D  u  d  1  e  y, 
daughter  of  the  well 
known  attorney  of  that 
city,  and  their  children 
are  William  Dudley  and 
Ernest  Heron,  Jr. 

From  1859  to  1867  he 
attended  the  public 
schools  in  Galena,  two 
years  of  this  period  as  a 
student  in  the  high 
school,  which  he  left, 
when  he  was  sixteen 
years  of  age,  to  become  a 
bookkeeper  in  a  business 
house  of  his  native  town. 
After  a  few  months  of 
this  occupation,  he  trav- 
eled through  the  North- 
west as  a  salesman  for 
wholesale  grocery  houses 
until  1871,  when  poor 
health  forced  him  to  relax 
his  activities.  E.  A.  HERON 

In     April,     1873,     Mr. 

Heron  came  to  California  and  went  to  work 
as  a  bookkeeper  for  Myers  Truett,  a  specula- 
tor in  lands  and  similar  investments.  Within 
a  few  months,  however,  he  shifted  to  San 
Luis  Obispo,  where  for  about  a  half  year  he 
was  employed,  again  as  a  bookkeeper,  by 
Goldtree  Brothers.  He  then  returned  to  San 
Francisco  and  to  Myers  Truett,  but  at  the 
end  of  three  months  entered  the  Custom 
House  as  an  inspector,  a  position  which  he 
retained  until  December,  1875,  when  he 
moved  to  Oakland  and  became  the  private 
secretary  of  E.  C.  Sessions,  a  banker  and  real 
estate  operator. 

Mr.  Heron's  interests  on  the  east  side  of  the 
bay  have  been  wide  and  varied  and  have  con- 
tributed much  to  the  deyelopment  of  that  part 
of  the  State.  His  initiative  and  progressive 
instincts  were  too  pronounced  to  permit  him 
to  hold,  for  any  length  of  time,  a  subordinate 
position.  In  1876  he  was  one  of  the  organi- 


zers of  the  Highland  Park-Fruitvale  Railway, 
and  in  the  following  year  he  entered  the  real 
estate  business  on  his  own  account.     In  this 
he  was  active  for  twenty-five  years,  devot- 
ing much  of  his  energy  to  car  line  extensions, 
as  a  practical  means  of  aiding,  not  only  his 
own   business,   but    also   the   community   in 
which   he  lived.     His  most  important  step, 
perhaps,  in   this   direction  was  the  part  he 
played  in  1889,  as  one  of 
the     organizers     of     the 
Piedmont  Cable  Railroad 
Company,    of    which    he 
became    president.      This 
was     absorbed     by     the 
present     Oakland     Trac- 
tion Company,  a  corpora- 
tion which  Mr.  Heron  has 
served  as  president  since 
1895.     He  was  also  one 
of  the  organizers  and  the 
president     of     the      San 
Francisco,    Oakland    and 
San     Jose     Consolidated 
Railway,   now  known  as 
the  Key   Route.    This  is 
one  of  the  most  important 
urban  and  interurban  elec- 
tric    transportation     sys- 
tems in  the  United  States, 
connecting  San  Francisco 
with  the  other  bay  cities. 
Its     western     station     is 
built  in  deep  water  in  the 
middle  of  San   Francisco 
bay,  and  is  connected  to 
the   mainland   by  one   of 
the  longest  piers  in  the  world,  over  which  the 
trains  fly  at  a  high  rate  of  speed.    A  line  of 
high-speed  ferries  runs  from  San  Francisco 
to  the  pier  station.     His  tendencies  have  al- 
ways been  commercial,  and  these  he  has  de- 
veloped to  the  considerable  gain  of  the  East 
Side  cities. 

Chief  among  the  activities  with  which  Mr. 
Heron  has  become  identified  are  the  Realty 
Syndicate,  of  which  the  was  formerly  vice 
president,  and  the  First  National  Bank  of 
Oakland,  wherein  he  is  a  director.  He  is 
also  chairman  of  the  building  committee  of 
the  Oakland  Hotel,  and  vice  president  of  the 
Bay  Cities  Securities  Company.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  Oakland  Chapter,  No.  36,  R. 
A.  M.,  and  of  the  Oakland  Commandery, 
No.  11,  K.  T.  His  clubs  are  the  Athenian, 
the  Claremont  Country  and  the  Home  Club, 
of  Oakland,  and  the  Bohemian  of  San  Fran- 
cisco. 


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EWMARK,  HARRIS,  Retired  Mer- 
chant, Los  Angeles,  California, 
was  born  in  Loebau,  Germany, 
July  5,  1834,  the  son  of  Philip 
Newmark  and  Esther  (Cohn) 
Newmark.  He  married  Sarah 
Newmark  at  Los  Angeles,  March  24,  1858,  and  to 
them  were  born  eleven  children,  five  of  whom  are 
living.  They  are  Maurice  H.,  Estelle  (Mrs.  L. 
Loeb),  Emily  (Mrs.  J.  Loew),  Ella  (Mrs.  C.  Selig- 
man),  and  Marco  R.  New- 
mark.  The  deceased  chil- 
dren were  an  infant  daugh- 
ter, Philip  H.,  Edward  J., 
Edith  and  Josephine  Rose. 

Mr.  Newmark  is  descend- 
ed of  a  family  known  arid 
respected  in  the  religious 
and  commercial  world  of  his 
community.  His  ancestors  on 
both  sides  were  Rabbis  and  his 
father,  who  was  born  in  1795, 
was  a  merchant  in  Germany 
and  Sweden  in  the  early  part 
of  the  nineteenth  century. 

Mr.  Newmark  attended 
school  in  Germany,  termi- 
nating his  studies  when  he 
sailed  for  Los  Angeles, 
whither  his  elder  brother, 
Mr.  J.  P.  Newmark,  had  pre- 
ceded him.  Arriving  there 
Oct.  25,  1853,  he  joined  his 
brother,  who  was  engaged  in 
business,  and  ten  months 
later,  after  acquiring  a  work- 
ing knowledge  of  English 
and  Spanish,  started  Tor 
himself.  His  first  venture 

was  in  1854,  when  he  associated  himself  with  New- 
mark,  Kremer  &  Co.  In  the  fall  of  1861  he  re-or- 
ganized the  firm  as  Newmark  &  Kremer,  and,  after 
conducting  it  in  this  form  for  some  time  he  with- 
.  drew  and  organized  the  house  of  H.  Newmark  & 
Company — one  of  the  earliest  and  then  the  only 
important  commission  establishment  in  Los  An- 
geles. In  1865,  he  opened  the  wholesale  grocery 
house  of  H.  Newmark  &  Co.,  under  which  name 
it  operated  until  1886,  when  he  sold  out  his  in- 
terests and  the  well  known  institution  of  M.  A. 
Newmark  &  Company  developed. 

Mr.  Newmark  founded  the  firm  when  Los  An- 
geles was  young;  in  the  days  when  desert  wagons 
would  come  once  or  twice  a  year  from  as  far  East 
as  Salt  Lake  City  to  get  supplies.  In  the  begin- 
ning the  late  General  Phineas  Banning,  another 
California  pioneer,  was  associated  with  him. 

Upon  relinquishing  the  management  of  this 
business  in  1886,  Mr.  Newmark  became  active  in 
the  affairs  of  K.  Cohn  &  Company,  hide  and  wool 
merchants.  At  the  end  of  ten  years  the  firm  was 
dissolved,  he  continuing  the  hide  branch  and  Mr. 
Cohn  the  wool  business.  In  190G  he  retired,  after 
fifty-three  years  of  commercial  activity,  and  this 
business  now  continues  under  the  name  of  A. 
Brownstein  &  Company. 


HARRIS    NEWMARK 


What  Mr.  Newmark  did  for  the  commercial  up- 
building of  Los  Angeles  he  equaled  in  other  ways 
which  have  had  an  important  part  m  the  general 
development  of  the  city  and  its  environs.  He 
was  a  pioneer  real  estate  investor  and  in  1875 
sold  to  E.  J.  ("Lucky")  Baldwin,  8030  acres  of  the 
celebrated  Baldwin  Ranch,  outside  of  Los  Angeles, 
receiving  $200,000  for  it.  Two  years  later  he 
bought  the  Temple  Block  site  (recently  sold  to 
Los  Angeles  for  a  City  Hall  site)  and  organ- 
ized the  Temple  Block  Co., 
of  which  he  was  President. 
In  1875,  he  purchased  Vejar 
Vineyard,  in  Los  Angeles, 
and  the  next  day  the  fruit 
was  ruined  by  frost.  The 
vines  recovered,  however, 
and  several  years  later  he 
sold  it  at  a  handsome  profit. 
In  1886,  he  purchased  Re- 
petta  Ranch,  consisting  of 
5000  acres,  and  after  sub-di- 
viding part  of  it  into  five- 
acre  lots,  built  the  towns  of 
Montebello  and  Newmark. 

These  are  typical  of  the 
work  of  Mr.  Newmark  and 
show  him  to  have  been  one 
of  the  powerful  factors  for 
progress  in  Los  Angeles. 
He  has  been  an  upbuilder  at 
all  times,  in  business  and  in 
civic  development,  and  his  in- 
fluence is  apparent  to-day  in 
the  business  code  of  the  city, 
for  he  inspired  confidence 
and  won  trade  for  Los  An- 
geles, and  any  enterprise 
with  which  his  name  was 

connected  always  had  the  confidence  of  the  public. 
Mr.  Newmark  was  one  of  the  charter  members 
of  the  Los  Angeles  Chamber  of  Commerce  and 
one  of  the  organizers  of  the  Los  Angeles  Board  of 
Trade,  serving  as  a  member  of  its  first  Board  of 
Directors.  He  was  also  one  of  the  organizers  of  the 
L.  A.  Public  Library  and  was  President  of  the 
L.  A.  Congregation,  B'nai  B'rith  for  many  years. 

Mr.  Newmark  is  a  man  of  many  philanthropies 
and  in  times  of  disaster  has  been  among  the  first 
to  aid  the  sufferers.  At  the  time  of  the  Johnstown 
flood,  he  raised  a  substantial  purse  Tor  the  victims 
within  twenty-four  hours,  it  being  the  first  money 
contribution  received  by  the  Governor  of  Penn- 
sylvania. He  also  contributed  $20,000  towards  the 
Los  Angeles  Hebrew  Orphans'  Home,  and  has  been 
one  of  the  chief  supporters  of  it  since  its  inception. 
Mr.  Newmark  was  a  charter  member  of  the 
California  Club,  and  has  been  a  member  of  Los 
Angeles  Lodge  No.  42,  F.  and  A.  M.,  since  1858.  He 
is  also  a  member  of  the  Concordia  Club,  South- 
west Museum,  National  Geographical  Society,  Na- 
tional Farm  School  Association,  American  Archae- 
ological Society  and  many  philanthropic  organiza- 
tions. His  chief  pleasure  has  been  obtained  through 
travel,  he  having  made  several  trips  to  Europe — in 
1867.  1887  and  1900. 


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EWMARK,  MAURICE 
HARRIS,  wholesale  grocer, 
Los  Angeles,  California,  is  a 
native  of  that  city.  He  was 
born  March  3,  1859.  He  is 
the  son  of  Harris  Newmark,  retired  pioneer 
merchant  of  Los  Angeles  and  founder 
of  a  number  of  the  most  substantial 
enterprises  operating  today.  His  mother 
was  Sarah  Newmark.  On 
July  3,  1888,  he  married 
Rose  Newmark  at 
San  Francisco,  Califor- 
nia. There  is  one  daugh- 
ter, Florence  Newmark 
(Kauffman). 

Mr.  Newmark  attend- 
ed private  and  public 
schools  in  Los  Angeles 
from  1865  till  1872,  when 
he  went  to  New  York 
and  there  attended  a  pri- 
vate school  for  one  year, 
after  which  he  went  to 
Paris,  France,  where  he 
devoted  his  time  to  study 
from  1873  to  1876,  in 
which  year  he  graduated 
and  shortly  after  returned 
to  Los  Angeles. 

Upon  his  return  from 
his  studies  in  France,  Mr. 
Newmark  entered  the 
employ  of  the  H.  New- 
mark  Company,  the  orig- 
inal house  from  which 
springs  the  present  large 
institution,  of  which  he  is  vice  president,  M. 
A.  Newmark  and  Company. 

The  original  house  was  established  by  his 
father  in  1865,  and  continued  under  its  origi- 
nal name, of  H.  Newmark  and  Company  and 
under  the  sole  control  of  its  founder  until 
1885.  Under  the  able  direction  of  Harris 
Newmark,  the  house,  which  is  the  oldest  es- 
tablishment of  consequence  in  Los  Angeles, 
has  continued  successfully  and  is  today  one 
of  the  most  important  commercial  houses  in 
the  state. 

Up  to  1885  Mr.  Harris  Newmark  had  as- 
sociated with  him  as  partners  at  different 
periods  such  well  known  men  as  Mr.  Kaspare 
Cohn,  Mr.  Samuel  Cohn  (deceased),  Mr.  M. 
J.  Newmark  (deceased),  and  Mr.  M.  A. 
Newmark. 

When  in  1885  Mr.  Harris  Newmark  re- 
tired from  active  connection  with  the  firm, 
the  name  was  changed  to  its  present  one  of 


M.  H.  NEWMARK 


M.  A.  Newmark  and  Company,  and  M.  H. 
Newmark's  interest  became  that  of  a  full 
partnership. 

Mr.  Newmark  has  been  and  is  today  iden- 
tified with  practically  every  movement  of 
Southern  California  intended  for  civic  or 
commercial  betterment  possessed  of  actual 
merit  and  worthy  of  the  expenditure  of  time. 
He  at  present  holds  the  important  and  honor- 
ary office  of  harbor  commissioner  of  Los  An- 
geles under  appointment 
by  Mayor  Alexander.  He 
has  been  president  of  the 
Associated  Jobbers  since 
that  body  was  organized 
thirteen  years  ago.  He 
has  been  president  ol 
the  Southern  California 
Wholesale  Grocers' 
Association  for  the  past 
ten  years,  and  has  served 
in  one  important  capacity 
or  another  in  most  of  the 
city  organizations,  such  as 
the  Chamber  of  Com- 
merce, the  Merchants  and 
Manufacturers'  Associa- 
tion and  the  Board  of 
Trade,  in  all  of  which  he 
is  or  has  been  an  active 
director.  He  is  also  a  di- 
rector in  the  Southwest 
Museum,  an  adjunct  of 
the  Archaeological  Socie- 
ty of  America,  established 
for  the  purpose  of  histor- 
ical research  and  the  pres- 
ervation of  prehistoric 
and  historic  relics  of  the  Southwest. 

He  is  a  firm  believer  in  home  industry 
and  has  backed  this  policy  with  his  capital  and 
time.  As  the  official  head  of  various  commer- 
cial bodies  he  has  advocated  fair  and  generous 
policies  that  have  had  the  effect  of  bringing 
business  to  Los  Angeles,  and  under  his  ad- 
ministration determined  steps  have  been 
taken  to  bring  about  a  fair  equalization  of 
railroad  freight  rates. 

Among  his  business  enterprises  are  the 
following:  Vice  president  Harris  Newmark 
Co.,  first  vice  president  M.  A.  Newmark  & 
Co.,  vice  president  Los  Angeles  Brick  Co., 
director  Equitable  Savings  Bank,  director 
Standard  Woodenware  Co.,  and  director 
Montebello  Land  and  Water  Co. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Concordia  and  the 
Jonathan  Clubs. 

Mr.  Newmark  has  a  valuable  collection  of 
stamps.  He  also  enjoys  fishing,  and  finds 
time  each  year  to  spend  with  rod  and  reel. 


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AYNES,  DR.  JOHN  RAN- 
DOLPH, Physician,  Los  An- 
geles, California;  born  Fair- 
mont Springs,  Luzerne  Coun- 
ty, Pennsylvania,  June  13, 
1853 ;  Father,  James  Sydney  Haynes ;  mother, 
Elvira  Mann  (Koons)  Haynes.  At  the  age 
of  21  he  received  the  degrees  of  M.  D.  and  Ph. 
D.  from  the  University  of  Pennsylvania. 
Eight  years  later  he  married  Miss  Dora  Fel- 
lows of  Wilkesbarre,  Pennsylvania.  Owing 
to  the  ill  health  of  members  of  his  family  he 
removed  to  Los  Angeles  in  1887,  after  thir- 
teen years'  practice  in  Philadelphia.  Here  he 
engaged  in  the  practice  of  medicine  with  his 
brother  Francis,  who  attained  great  eminence 
as  a  surgeon,  but  whose  brilliant  career  was 
in  1898  cut  short  by  death. 

Dr.  J.  R.  Haynes  has  served  as  a  member 
of  the  Los  Angeles  Civil  Service  Commission, 
with  the  exception  of  a  few  months'  inter- 
val, from  the  date  of  its  inception  in  1903.  In 
1900  he  organized  The  Direct  Legislation 
League  of  California  and  has  served  as  its 
president  up  to  the  present  time. 

Dr.  Haynes  is  referred  to  in  the  "Califor- 
nia Outlook"  of  September  9,  1911,  by  its 
editor,  Mr.  Charles  D.  Willard,  in  the  follow- 
ing terms : 

"There  is  in  Dr.  John  R.  Haynes  some  of  the 
material  of  which  great  law-makers  are  made,  also 
something  of  the  hero  and  martyr,  also  a  bit  of  the 
prophet  and  seer,  and  a  lot  of  the  keen,  vigorous 
man  of  affairs.  It  took  all  of  that  to  accomplish 
what  he  has  put  to  his  credit  in  the  State  of  Cali- 
fornia. He  arrived  in  Los  Angeles  from  Philadel- 
phia in  1887  and  started  right  to  work  for  direct 
legislation.  It  took  ten  years  to  make  the  people 
understand  what  it  was,  and  then  five  years  more 
to  get  it  into  the  Los  Angeles  city  charter.  He  did 
it;  nobody  can  dispute  the  honor  with  him;  and  he 
was  abused  and  insulted  every  inch  of  the  way. 
For  ten  years  and  more  he  has  been  urging  every 
State  Legislature  to  let  the  people  vote  on  a 
"people's-rule"  amendment.  At  last  he  won  that 
fight.  Incidentally,  as  mere  side  issues,  it  might 
be  mentioned  that  he  is  one  of  the  most  eminent 
physicians  of  California,  that  he  is  one  of  the  city's 
largest  property  holders,  and  that  he  is  personally 
one  of  the  most  popular  men  in  that  part  of  the 
country." 

The  foregoing  gives  some  insight  into  the 
progressive,  practical  quality  which  domi- 
nates Dr.  Haynes'  efforts  in  behalf  of  all 
worthy  movements  calculated  by  him  to  be 
for  the  greatest  good  of  the  greatest  number. 
He  was  the  first  to  agitate  the  question  of 
the  adoption  of  the  Initiative,  Referendum 
and  Recall  provisions  for  the  city  of  Los  An- 
geles, and  largely  through  his  untiring 
energy  they  became,  in  1903,  a  part  of  the 
city's  charter.  The  incorporation  of  the  "Re- 


call" was  especially  his  individual  work;  the 
first  application  of  the  principle,  in  fact,  into 
the  actual  machinery  of  government.  On  this 
account  he  is  known  throughout  the  country 
as  the  "Father  of  the  Recall."  At  the  time  of 
its  adoption  Los  Angeles  was  the  only  com- 
munity in  the  world  where  a  majority  of  the 
electors  had  at  any  time  the  power  to  dis- 
charge unsatisfactory  officials.  Since  that 
date  the  Recall  has  been  adopted  by  more 
than  two  hundred  American  cities  and  by 
three  States. 

Immediately  after  the  adoption  of  these 
Direct  Legislation  provisions  by  the  city,  Dr. 
Haynes  set  to  work  to  secure  the  same 
measures  for  the  State ;  and  after  eight  years 
of  unremitting  effort  they  were  adopted  in 
the  election  of  October  10,  1911,  by  a  ma- 
jority of  4  to  1. 

An  instance  of  the  practical  value  of  the 
Initiative  in  government  affairs  occurred  sev- 
eral years  ago,  when  Dr.  Haynes,  by  its  use, 
compelled  the  street  railways  in  Los  Angeles 
to  equip  their  cars  with  efficient  fenders,  re- 
sulting in  an  enormous  saving  of  life.  At  that 
time  the  city  of  Los  Angeles  had  the  highest 
fatality  rate  from  street  car  accidents  of  any 
city  in  the  world.  After  correspondence  with 
officials  of  seventy-four  cities  in  Europe  and 
America,  he  drew  up  a  safety  fender  ordi- 
nance, which,  by  means  of  an  initiative  peti- 
tion, he  forced  through  an  unwilling  street- 
railway-bossed  Council,  with  the  result  that 
the  superintendent  of  the  company  himself 
some  time  later  voluntarily  stated  to  Dr. 
Haynes  that  these  fenders,  put  on  as  a  result 
of  the  Initiative  ordinance,  he  estimated  to 
have  saved  in  a  comparatively  short  space  of 
time  the  lives  of  two  hundred  people. 

Dr.  Haynes  is  now  endeavoring  to  reduce 
the  rate  of  fatality  in  the  coal  mines  of  the 
United  States,  which  is  now  five  times  as 
great  as  in  Europe.  After  a  personal  inspec- 
tion of  European  mines  and  interviews  with 
many  experts  there  and  at  home,  he  is  stren- 
uously advocating  the  establishment  of  an  in- 
terstate mining  commission  empowered  to 
prescribe  safety  regulations.  He  thinks  coal 
mines  still  owned  by  the  nation  should  not  be 
sold,  but  retained  by  the  Nation  and  operated 
either  by  the  government  or  by  leases  safe- 
guarding the  interest  of  the  Nation  and  the 
lives  of  the  miners. 

Dr.  Haynes  is  a  member  of  a  large  num- 
ber of  societies  and  clubs,  medical,  philan- 
thropic, civic  and  social  in  character,  and 
State,  national  and  even  international  in  the 
range  of  their  activities. 


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'CORMICK,    ERNEST    OLI- 
jj}    VER,  Vice   President    of    the 
Southern  Pacific  Company,  in 
charge  of  traffic,  San  Francis- 
co, was  born  at  Lafayette,  In- 


diana, April  3,  1858,  the  son  of  O.  H.  P.  Mc- 
Cormick  and  Marie  Louise    (De  Vault)    Mc- 
Cormick.      In    1899  he   came   from   Cincinnati 
to  San  Francisco  to  take  the  position  of  pas- 
senger traffic  manager  of 
the  Southern  Pacific  Com- 
pany.    He  was  married  in 
1897  at  Cincinnati  to  Miss 
Lily   Henry   and     is     the 
father   of   Louise    McCor- 
mick  (now  Mrs.  Robert  B. 
Henderson),  Ernest  Oliver 
McCormick,  Jr.,  and  Mary 
Kilgore      and     Margaret 
Duer  McCormick  (twins). 

He  obtained  his  school- 
room education  in  the  pub- 
lic schools  of  Lafayette, 
Indiana. 

In  1879  Mr.  McCormick 
began  his  eventful  and  pro- 
gressive railway  career,  as 
a  time-keeper  in  the  con- 
struction department  of  the 
Lake  Erie  &  Western  Rail- 
road. After  serving  in  this 
capacity,  as  well  as  in  oth- 
er positions,  he  was  pro- 
moted to  the  post  of  Gen- 
eral Agent  of  the  Freight 

Department  of  the  Louis-  E    o.  McCORMICK 

ville,  New  Albany  and  Chi- 


cago Railway  at  Lafayette,  Indiana.  His  next 
move  upward  was  to  the  position  of  General 
Agent  of  the  Great  Eastern  freight  line  at 


Traffic  Manager  of  the  Big  Four  Railroad, 
with  headquarters  at  Cincinnati.  Five  years 
later  he  moved  to  California  to  become  Pas- 
senger Traffic  Manager  of  the  Southern  Pa- 
cific Company,  at  San  Francisco.  On  March 
i,  1904,  he  was  appointed  Assistant  Director 
of  Traffic  for  the  Union  Pacific  and  the  South- 
ern Pacific  lines;  and  in  May,  1910,  he  be- 
came Vice  President  of  the  Southern  Pacific 
Company  and  related  lines, 
in  charge  of  traffic  from 
Portland,  Oregon,  to  El 
Paso,  Texas. 

During  this  active  career 
Mr.  McCormick  has  seized 
his  opportunities  to  develop 
what  has  become  almost  a 
hobby  with  him,  v  i  z., 
colonization.  Few  men, 
if  any,  have  been  individ- 
ually responsible  for  the 
growth  of  more  communi- 
ties than  has  E.  O.  McCor- 
mick. He  not  only  had 
much  to  do  with  the  or- 
ganization of  colonization 
rates  from  the  East  to  Cali- 
fornia, in  1901,  but  he  has 
also  helped  materially  to 
bring  many  important  con- 
ventions to  the  West. 
Among  his  many  projects 
in  this  and  allied  directions 
may  be  mentioned  the  pos- 
tal card  mailing  day  for 
California,  the  "Raisin 
Day"  propaganda  and  oth- 


er similar  enterprises. 

Together  with  his  associates  he  is  now  de- 
voting much  attention  to  the  problem  of  pro- 

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Louisville,    Kentucky.      Subsequently  he   went        vidin°  the  best  possible  facilities  for  the  thou- 

OVer   to    the    Pasepncrpr    F)pr>aH-mpnt    nf   roi1t-/->orl_  «  ?        •    •.  i    _       -^    •  __A_J      ...:11     U~ 


over  to  the  Passenger  Department  of  railroad- 
ing, and  became  City  Passenger  Agent  of  the 
Monon  Route,  at  Louisville  and  Chicago.  It 
was  during  his  connection  with  this  road  that 
he  began  to  realize  his  colonization  ideas  which 
have  since  proved  so  beneficial  to  the  com- 
munities in  which  he  operated.  Fully  appre- 
ciating the  importance,  both  from  the  view- 
point of  the  railroad  and  from  that  of  general 
business  of  increasing  the  desirable  popula- 
tion of  sparsely  settled  districts,  he  was  chiefly 
instrumental  in  establishing  the  Ocala  and  oth- 
er colonies  in  Florida. 

In  1889  Mr.  McCormick  was  made  General 
Passenger  and  Ticket  Agent  of  the  Cincinnati, 
Hamilton  &  Dayton  Railway,  a  post  he  re- 
tained until  1894,  when  he  became  Passenger 


sands  of  visitors  who,  it  is  expected,  will  be 
attracted  to  San  Francisco  by  the  Panama- 
Pacific  International  Exposition  to  be  held 
in  1915. 

Beyond  his  railroad  connections  he  is  vice 
president  of  the  American  Association  of  Re- 
frigeration, ex-president  Association  of  Gen- 
eral Passenger  and  Ticket  Agents,  and  a 
member  of  the  Chicago  Association  of  Com- 
merce, Home  Industry  League  of  California, 
Merchants'  Exchange  of  San  Francisco,  and 
the  American  Freight  Traffic  Gulf  Associa- 
tion. Among  his  clubs  are  the  Pacific-Union, 
Bohemian,  Army  and  Navy,  of  San  Francisco ; 
Burlingame  Country,  of  Burlingame ,  San 
Mateo  County,  California;  Chicago  Club,  and 
the  Union  League,  of  Chicago, 


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AYS,  JAMES  CHARLES,  Vice 
Pres.,  Park  Bank,  Los  Angeles, 
California,  was  born  in  Santa  Bar- 
bara, California,  May  5,  1850,  the 
son  of  John  C.  Kays  and  Josephine 
(Burke)  Kays.  He  married  Alice 
Benedict  at  Boonville,  Missouri,  January  30,  1883, 
and  to  them  there  have  been  born  four  children, 
James  Walter,  Ruth  Josephine,  Cecelia  Catherine 
and  Florence  Frances  Kays.  He  is  of  Irish  descent, 
his  father  having  been  a  na- 
tive of  County  Roscommon, 
Ireland. 

Mr.  Kays'  education  was 
fragmentary.  He  attended 
the  public  schools  of  Santa 
Barbara,  but  was  compelled 
to  give  up  his  studies  at  the 
age  of  thirteen,  owing  to  fin- 
ancial reverses  suffered  by 
his  father,  and  went  to  work 
as  clerk  in  the  general  store 
of  his  uncle  at  Santa  Ynez, 
Cal.  He  devoted  his  spare 
hours  to  study,  however,  and 
when  he  was  about  fifteen 
years  of  age,  matriculated 
for  the  Christian  Brothers' 
College  at  Santa  Ynez.  He 
paid  his  own  tuition,  but  at 
the  end  of  two  years  again 
was  forced  to  give  up  his 
studies  and  work  for  the 
maintenance  of  his  family. 

When  he  was  twenty 
years  old,  Mr.  Kays  took  up 
mining  in  Nevada  and  in  In- 
yo  County,  Cal.  This  was 
the  actual  beginning  of  a 
career,  which,  although  suc- 
cessful in  the  ultimate,  was 
filled  with  various  setbacks. 
After  mining  successfully  for 
a  time,  he  located,  in  1870, 
at  the  town  of  Cerro  Gordo, 
near  Lone  Pine,  Cal.,  in  the 
region  whence  the  Los  Angeles  water  supply  now 
flows,  and  there  bought  out  a  small  general  mer- 
chandise store.  This  he  operated  with  success 
until  1872,  when  the  region  was  visited  by  a  series 
of  earthquakes  which  continued  at  intervals  for 
months,  and  Mr.  Kays  sold  out  his  business  and 
left  that  part  of  the  State. 

He  went  to  Santa  Barbara  for  a  time  and  early 
in  1874  went  to  Los  Angeles,  where  he  entered 
the  employ  of  the  then  leading  hardware  establish- 
ment of  the  city — Harper  &  Long,  now  known 
as  the  Harper,  Reynolds  Co.  He  was  a  Democrat 
in  his  political  affiliation  and  early  took  an  inter- 
est in  the  affairs  of  his  party.  This  led,  in  1877, 
to  his  appointment  as  Deputy,  under  County  Clerk 
A.  W.  Potts,  and  he  later  served  as  Undersheriff 
with  Sheriffs  Henry  M.  Mitchell  and  W.  R.  Row- 
land of  Los  Angeles  County. 

In  1879,  Mr.  Kays  was  elected  City  Treasurer 
of  Los  Angeles  and  was  twice  re-elected,  in  1882 
and  1884,  his  administrations  being  marked  for 
economy  in  the  handling  of  the  city's  financial  af- 
fairs and  the  inauguration  of  business  methods. 
Upon  retiring  from  office  in  1886,  Mr.  Kays  was 
appointed  United  States  Revenue  Stamp  Agent 
for  the  Los  Angeles  District  under  Collector  Ellis 
and  served  in  that  capacity  until  1887,  when  he 


JAMES   C.   KAYS 


resigned  to  accept  the  Democratic  nomination  for 
sheriff.  Los  Angeles  County  then  included  a  vast 
amount  of  territory,  which  has  since  been  changed 
into  other  counties,  but  the  campaign  was  notable 
for  the  fact  that  the  Democrats  overcame  a  Re- 
publican majority  of  4000  that  year.  Mr.  Kays  served 
one  term  and  declined  a  second  nomination. 

From  1889  to  1892  Mr.  Kays  was  Receiver  and 
Manager  of  the  Citizens'  Water  Company,  which  sup- 
plied water  to  the  hill  section  of  Los  Angeles,  and 
then  for  about  two  and  a 
half  years  operated  the  plant 
as  trustee  for  the  bondhold- 
ers of  the  company.  In  1898, 
when  a  dispute  between  the 
city  and  the  company  over 
the  purchase  of  the  water 
system  by  the  former  came 
to  a  focus,  Mr.  Kays  was 
chosen  to  represent  the  city 
on  the  Arbitration  Commis- 
sion appointed  to  clear  up 
the  situation.  The  company 
had  demanded  a  price  for 
the  property  which  the  city 
deemed  exorbitant,  and  the 
City  Council  had  offered  a 
figure  which  the  company 
declared  was  little  better 
than  confiscation,  with  the 
result  that  negotiations  were 
deadlocked.  Through  Mr. 
Kays  a  compromise  was 
reached,  the  city  paying 
$2,000,000  for  the  property. 
This  price  satisfied  both 
sides,  and  the  city  has  since 
received  the  purchase  price 
many  times  over. 

Mr.  Kays  embarked  in 
banking  in  1902,  when  he 
and  a  group  of  Los  Angeles 
financiers  took  over  the 
charter  of  the  Riverside  Bank 
&  Trust  Co.  of  Los  Angeles, 
which  had  been  in  existence 
since  1891.  They  reorganized  the  institution  as  the 
Dollar  Savings-  Bank  &  Trust  Company,  with  $50,000 
capital.  A  little  over  a  year  later  the  capital  was 
increased  to  $100,000  and  the  scope  of  the  bank  en- 
larged. Mr.  Kays  was  made  Vice  President  and 
later  President,  until  1907,  when  the  bank  became 
the  Park  Bank,  of  which  he  is  now  Vice  Pres.  and 
his  son,  James  Walter  Kays,  Cashier. 

Mr.  Kays  has-  figured  as  administrator  of  several 
large  estates  and  as  director  and  trustee  in  many 
other  financial  enterprises.  He  is  esteemed  as  a 
substantial  business-  man  and  upbuilder  and  has 
lent  his  efforts  on  many  occasions  to  civic  move- 
ments which  have  aided  in  the  development  of  the 
city.  He  served  as  a  member,  at  different  times,  of 
the  Los  Angeles  Water  Board,  the  Park  Commission 
and  Public  Service  Commission. 

Mr.  Kays  has  been  active  in  philanthropic  works 
and  was  one  of  the  organizers  of  the  Associated 
Charities  of  Los  Angeles,  in  which  he  has  been 
Vice  Pres.  since  its  inception  in  1892.  He  has 
served  as  Treas.  and  Director  of  the  Chamber  of 
Commerce  and  is  a  Director  in  other  organizations. 
He  is  a  member  California  Club  and  Newman 
Club,  the  latter  an  organization  of  Catholic  lay- 
men, which  he  served  as  President  and  Director 
for  over  ten  years. 


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EWHOUSE,  SAMUEL,  Min- 
ing Operator,  Capitalist,  Salt 
Lake  City,  Utah,  was  born 
in  New  York  City,  in  1854, 
the  son  of  a  family  with  the 

best   American   traditions   for   a   number   of 

generations.    He  married  Miss  Ida  H.  Sting- 
ley,  descendant  of  one  of  the  signers  of  the 

Declaration    of    Independence,    of    Virginia, 

in  the  year  1883. 

He  is   known   in   Salt 

Lake    City    as    the    man 

who   has   done   more   for 

the     upbuilding     of     the 

city  than  any  other,  the 

one     who      converted      a 

small   country   town  into 

a  modern  American  city 

of  the  first  class.     He  is 

one  of  those  men  whose 

pride  in  the  city  he  has 

chosen    for    his    home   is 

such  that  he  throws  his 

fortune  into  its  advance- 
ment   and    beautification, 

and  Samuel  Newhouse  is 

the   possessor   of   an   im- 
mense fortune. 

He    was    educated    in 

the    public    schools    of 

Philadelphia,    and    for   a 

time  read  law,  but  in  the 

year  1879  he  went  west  to 

Colorado,  on  the  crest  of 

the    Leadville    rush.     He 

thought  his  future  was  in 

the  newspaper  field,  and 


SAMUEL  NEWHOUSE 


such  monuments  as  the  Newhouse  tunnel, 
one  of  the  most  ambitious  bores  in  the  his- 
tory of  mining  development,  and  mining 
towns  like  Idaho  Springs  and  Georgetown. 
He  helped  upbuild  Denver  and  is  responsible 
for  the  Denver  &  Intermountain  Railway,  an 
electric  interurban  which  connects  Denver 
and  Golden.  He  moved  to  Utah  in  1896, 
when  his  holdings  in  the  latter  State  became 
more  important  than  his 
Denver  holdings.  He 
gained  control  of  the 
Highland  Boy  mine,  at 
Bingham,  Utah,  now  in- 
corporated as  the  Utah 
Consolidated.  The  Stand- 
ard Oil  later  bought  con- 
trol of  this  property  for 
$6,000,000.  He  went  into 
the  Boston  Consolidated, 
which  owns  whole  moun- 
tains of  copper  ore,  and 
has  big  interests  in  the 
Newhouse  and  Cactus. 
He  laid  out  and  built  the 
model  town  of  Newhouse, 
Utah.  His  interests  have 
become  so  wide  that  he 
has  to  maintain  offices  in 
London  and  New  York, 
as  well  as  at  Salt  Lake 
City.  He  has  bought 
considerable  areas  of 
New  York  City  property 
and  is  becoming  a  big 
figure  in  that  city. 

What  he  has  done  for 


he  started  a  newspaper  in  the  mountain  city. 

There  was  no  railroad  line  to  Leadville, 
and  all  the  essentials  of  life  had  to  be 
freighted  in  from  Denver,  up  mountain 
canons  and  over  mountain  passes.  There 
developed  the  greatest  freighting  service 
that  America  has  ever  known,  in  which 
thousands  of  mules  were  used  and  fortunes 
made  in  months.  Newhouse  thought  this 
was  a  good  chance,  and  it  proved  to  be.  Be- 
fore the  railroad  had  reached  Leadville  he 
managed  to  put  by  his  first  good  stake. 

He  put  this  capital  into  good  mining 
prospects,  and  his  rise  to  wealth  and  position 
was  so  rapid  that  it  was  marked  by  days  and 
weeks,  and  not  by  years. 

He  became  a  power  in  Colorado.  He  did 
not  confine  himself  to  the  Leadville  district, 
but  entered  the  Clear  Creek  country  west  of 
Denver,  and  opened  up  some  of  the  great 
silver  properties.  There  he  left  behind  him 


Salt  Lake  City  is  likely  to  become  his  most 
striking  monument.  He  was  the  first  man 
to  build  a  modern  steel  skyscraper,  and  he 
did  not  stop  at  that,  but  built  three,  and 
they  are  among  the  finest  in  the  western  half 
of  the  United  States.  He  has  also  had 
erected  other  fine  buildings,  among  them 
one  of  the  most  beautiful  of  private  resi- 
dences. He  owns  much  residence  property, 
and  this  he  has  had  improved  and  beautified 
in  the  best  style. 

He  has  brought  immense  sums  of  foreign 
capital,  chiefly  English,  to  Utah,  to  be  used 
in  the  development  of  her  varied  resources, 
and  his  credit  is  high  in  the  world's  financial 
centers. 

In  Salt  Lake  City  he  is  a  prominent  mem- 
ber of  the  Commercial  Club  and  Mining  Ex- 
change, and  belongs  to  the  best  social  clubs. 
He  also  is  a  member  of  most  of  the  best 
clubs  of  New  York  and  London. 


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U  L  L  I  V  A  N,  HON.  JEREMIAH 
FRANCIS,  Attorney-at-Law  and 
ex-Judge  of  the  Superior  Court  of 
San  Francisco,  was  born  in  Litch- 
field  County,  Connecticut,  August 
19,  1851,  the  son  of  Michael  Sulli- 
van and  Margaret  (Bohane)  Sullivan,  both  of  whom 
were  of  Irish  birth.  He  came  to  California  in  April, 
1852,  and  on  September  13,  1876,  was  married  in 
San  Francisco  to  Miss  Helen  M.  Bliss,  daughter  of 
George  D.  Bliss,  a  California 
pioneer.  The  children  of 
this  marriage  are  Harry  F., 
Gertrude  M.  (now  Mrs.  Ber- 
nard M.  Breeden),  Helen 
Bliss,  Jeremiah  Francis,  Jr., 
and  Marguerite  Sullivan. 

During  the  years  185G- 
1861  Judge  Sullivan  attended 
both  public  and  private 
schools  in  Nevada  County, 
California.  From  1862  to 
1870  he  was  a  student  at  St. 
Ignatius  College,  in  San 
Francisco,  and  in  the  latter 
year  was  graduated  B.  A.  He 
subsequently  took  an  M.  A., 
and  later  the  honorary  de- 
gree LL.D.  from  the  same  in- 
stitution. He  then  studied 
law,  both  privately  and  in 
the  office  of  Winans  &  Bel- 
knap,  during  two  years,  of 
which  period  he  taught 
mathematics,  Latin,  Greek, 
English,  geography  and  his- 
tory at  St.  Ignatius.  In  Jan- 
uary, 1874,  he  was  admitted 
to  practice  by  the  Supreme 
Court  of  California,  after  oral  examination  in  open 
court. 

Until  September,  1876,  he  practiced  his  profes- 
sion on  his  own  account,  and  was  then  elected  a 
member  of  the  San  Francisco  Board  of  Education. 
While  on  that  Board  he  assisted  materially  in  the 
public  investigation  which  resulted  in  putting  an 
end  to  the  advance  sale  of  the  questions  to  be  sub- 
mitted by  the  Board  of  Examiners  to  applicants 
for  teachers'  certificates.  He  continued  his  prac- 
tice, with  increasing  success,  until  September,  1879, 
when  he  was  elected  to  the  Superior  Bench,  as  one 
of  the  original  twelve  chosen  under  the  Constitu- 
tion of  1879,  which  provided  Superior  Courts  for 
each  county,  to  replace  the  old  District  Courts. 
Judge  Sullivan's  first  term  was  for  five  years,  but 
in  November,  1884,  he  was  re-elected  for  a  term  of 
six  years.  In  1889  he  resigned  to  devote  himself  to 
private  practice,  with  his  brother,  Matt  I.  Sullivan, 
and  has  continued  the  partnership  ever  since. 

Judge  Sullivan's  judicial  career  was  eventful, 
marked  by  important  cases,  some  of  which  attract- 
ed wide  public  interest,  and  were  sensational  to  a 
degree.  He  was  but  twenty-eight  years  old  when 
he  conducted  his  first  really  important  trial.  Con- 
spicuous among  the  causes  that  fall  in  this  cate- 
gory was  the  case  of  Burke  vs.  Flood,  one  of  the 


HON.   JEREMIAH    SULLIVAN 


famous  Bonanza  cases,  so-called  from  their  relation 
to  the  old  Comstock  lode,  at  that  time  yielding  fab- 
ulous returns.  This  particular  case  involved  the 
division  rights  of  stockholders  on  the  Comstock, 
and  took  on  much  of  the  excitement  of  those  stren- 
uous times.  Another  celebrated  case  over  which 
Judge  Sullivan  presided  was  that  of  Cox  vs.  Mc- 
Laughlin.  But  the  most  sensational  and,  perhaps, 
far  reaching  in  its  consequences,  of  all  the  causes 
he  tried,  was  that  of  Sharon  vs.  Sharon,  both  the 
trial  and  the  decision  of 
which  created  antagonisms 
that  have  lasted  through 
years.  This  was  an  action 
brought  by  Sarah  Althea  Hill 
against  Senator  Wm.  Sharon 
for  divorce.  She  prayed  that 
the  contract  of  Aug.  25,  1880, 
by  virtue  of  which  she  de- 
clared they  had  been  mar- 
ried, be  pronounced  legal  and 
valid,  that  account  of  prop- 
erty involved  be  taken,  and 
the  amount  of  community 
property  involved  be  taken 
and  amount  of  community 
property  decided.  The  sec- 
ond trial  began  before  Judge 
Sullivan,  March  10,  1884,  a 
jury  being  waived,  and  was 
concluded,  after  eighty  days 
of  trial,  Sept.  17  of  the  same 
year.  He  decided  in  favor  of 
the  plaintiff,  that  the  con- 
tract was  genuine,  that  de- 
fendant deserted  his  wife  and 
she  was  entitled  to  a  divorce 
and  a  division  of  community 
property.  On  appeal  the  Su- 
preme Court  sustained  the  decision,  modifying  the 
amount  of  alimony  and  counsel  fees  allowed. 

In  1886  Judge  Sullivan  was  a  candidate  for  the 
Supreme  Bench.  Certain  influential  elements  con- 
spiring to  defeat  him,  he  lost  by  less  than  500  votes 
in  a  total  of  225,000.  Of  late  years  the  practice  of 
the  firm,  Sullivan,  Sullivan  &  Theo.  J.  Roche, 
though  of  a  general  nature,  has  been  largely  in  pro- 
bate matters,  including  will  contests  and  damage 
suits,  involving  death  or  personal  injuries.  In  these 
the  partners  have  been  remarkably  sucecssful. 
Prominent  was  the  case  of  Willard  R.  Zibbell  vs.  S. 
P.  Co.  Zibbell  had  lost  two  arms  and  one  leg.  Judg- 
ment, with  interest  and  costs,  amounted  to  upwards 
of  $92,000.  The  Supreme  Court  sustained  judgment 
of  lower  court  and  awarded  to  firm's  client  the  larg- 
est sum  ever  paid  in  a  damage  suit  in  the  United 
States. 

Beyond  his  legal  and  judicial  life,  Judge  Sul- 
livan has  been  active  in  fraternal  work.  For 
two  terms  he  was  Grand  President  of  the  Young 
Men's  Institute;  organized  the  Atlantic  jurisdiction 
of  the  order.  He  has,  however,  concentrated  mainly 
on  his  profession,  especially  on  strictly  legal  ques- 
tions involved,  and  has  gained  a  wide  reputation 
for  courtesy  and  scholarly  attainments,  as  well  as 
for  legal  and  judicial  ability  and  integrity. 


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UTT,  HENRY  CURTIS,  Rail- 
road Manager,  Los  Angeles, 
California,  was  born  at  Coun- 
cil Bluffs,  Iowa,  November 
12,  1863.  His  parents  were 
Henry  Clay  Nutt  and  Eva  (Stringham) 
Nutt,  his  father  having  been  President  of  the 
Atlantic  and  Pacific  Railroad,  now  a  part  of 
the  Santa  Fe  System,  up  to  the  time  of  his 
death  in  1892. 

Mr.  Nutt  received  his 
early  education  in  the 
public  schools  of  Council 
Bluffs  and  Chicago,  and 
was  graduated  from  the 
Sheffield  Scientific  School 
of  Yale  University  in  the 
class  of  1883  with  the  de- 
gree of  Bachelor  of  Phil- 
osophy. 

Within  two  months 
after  he  left  school  Mr. 
Nutt  went  in  for  practi- 
cal railroad  work,  begin- 
ning as  axeman  in  the  en- 
gineering department  of 
the  Burlington  and  Mis- 
souri River  Railroad,  now 
one  of  the  important 
units  of  the  Chicago, 
Burlington  and  Quincy 
line.  He  remained  in  the 
department  for  about 
seven  years,  working  in 
various  positions  and  in 
1890  was  appointed 
to  the  position  of  Train- 
master of  the  road  at  Alliance,  Nebraska. 

After  holding  this  position  for  two  years, 
Mr.  Nutt  was  promoted  to  be  Assistant  Su- 
perintendent of  the  road,  at  Edgemont, 
South  Dakota.  At  the  end  of  a  year  he  was 
transferred  to  Sheridan,  Wyoming,  in  the 
same  capacity  and  held  this  place  for  seven 
years.  In  1900  he  was  made  Assistant  Super- 
intendent of  Iowa  lines  for  the  Burlington 
road,  his  headquarters  being  at  Burlington, 
Iowa.  His  work  in  the  district  so  impressed 
the  road's  managers  that  at  the  end  of  three 
years  he  was  made  Superintendent  of  Iowa 
lines,  still  retaining  headquarters  at  Burling- 
ton. 

From  this  time  forward  Mr.  Nutt's  career  in 
the  railroad  business  has  been  a  succession  of 
promotions,  each  change  made  by  him  being 
to  a  more  important  position  than  its  pred- 
ecessor. In  1905  he  was  appointed  Superin- 
tendent of  the  Missouri  District  for  the  Chi- 


H.  C.  NUTT 


cago,  Burlington  and  Quincy,  this  being  per- 
haps the  most  important  division  of  the  road. 
His  headquarters  at  this  time  was  at  St. 
Louis  and  during  the  year  he  was  stationed 
there  he  was  one  of  the  most  active  men  in 
railroad  business. 

In  1906  Mr.  Nutt  left  his  old  road,  after  be- 
ing with  it  for  nearly  a  quarter  of  a  century, 
and  accepted  appointment  as  General  Super- 
intendent of  the  Michi- 
gan Central  Railroad, 
with  headquarters  at  De- 
troit, Michigan.  He  held 
this  position  for  about 
one  year  and  in  1907  was 
chosen  General  Manager 
of  the  Northern  Pacific 
lines  west  of  Paradise, 
Montana,  making  his 
headquarters  at  Tacoma, 
Washington.  In  this  of- 
fice Mr.  Nutt  carried  a 
large  amount  of  the  re- 
sponsibility attaching  to 
the  road's  work  of  devel- 
opment in  the  western 
part  of  Canada  and  the 
United  States  and  after 
he  had  been  there  for 
about  two  years,  he  was 
elected  Fourth  Vice  Pres- 
ident of  the  road,  his  rise 
in  the  affairs  of  the  com- 
pany having  been  one  of 
the  most  rapid  in  its  his- 
tory. 

Mr.  Nutt  was  with  the 

Northern  Pacific  for  about  five  years  and 
when  R.  E.  Wells,  General  Manager  of  the 
Los  Angeles,  San  Pedro  and  Salt  Lake  Rail- 
road, resigned  his  position  early  in  the  year 
1912,  the  Clark  interests  prevailed  upon  him 
to  accept  the  post.  He  took  up  the  duties  of 
his  office  on  May  1,  1912,  and  is  now  in  ac- 
tive management  of  its  affairs. 

As  a  practical  railroad  man,  Mr.  Nutt 
ranks  with  the  leaders  of  the  business.  He 
is  of  the  old  school  of  all-round  railroad  men, 
capable  of  taking  his  place  in  any  department 
of  the  service,  and  while  exacting  strict  dis- 
cipline, is  a  kindly  and  amiable  executive. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  St.  Louis  Club,  St. 
Louis ;  Alta  and  Commercial  Clubs,  Salt 
Lake  City;  University  Club,  Chicago;  Rai- 
nier and  University  Clubs,  Seattle ;  Union, 
University  and  Commercial  Clubs,  Tacoma ; 
Arlington  Club,  Portland ;  the  Gamut  and 
Los  Angeles  Athletic  Clubs,  Los  Angeles. 


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TONEMAN,  GEORGE  JOHN,  At- 
torney-at-Law,  Phoenix,  Arizona, 
was  born  in  Petersburg,  Virginia, 
May  4,  1868,  the  son  of  General 
George  Stoneman  and  Mary  Oliver 
(Hardisty)  Stoneman.  He  marrieJ 
Julia  Shortridge  Hamm  at  Albuquerque,  New  Mex- 
ico, May  29,  1901,  and  to  them  there  have  been 
born  three  children,  Virginia  Hardisty,  George  and 
Mary  Lejeal  Stoneman.  Mr.  Stoneman's  father 
occupies  a  notable  place  in 
the  history  of  the  United 
States,  especially  as  a  states- 
man and  soldier.  He  was 
graduated  from  West  Point 
in  the  class  of  1845  and  short- 
ly after  receiving  his  commis- 
sion was  dispatched  to  Cal- 
ifornia, where  he  served  in 
the  Mexican  border  wars  of 
that  period.  He  had  attained 
the  rank  of  Brigadier  Gen- 
eral at  the  outbreak  of  the 
Civil  War  and  was  in  charge 
of  the  organization  of  the 
United  States  cavalry  force 
for  the  memorable  conflict. 
He  served  with  distinction 
throughout  the  war  and  at 
its  close  was  appointed  Mil- 
itary Governor  of  Virginia, 
serving  there  until  he  was 
transferred  to  Wilmington  as 
Commander  of  the  Depart- 
ment of  California.  He  was 
retired  with  the  rank  of  Ma- 
jor General  after  service  as 
Commander  for  four  years 
and  soon  thereafter  became 

a  factor  in  State  politics.  He  was  a  member  of 
the  first  Railroad  Commission  chosen  under  the 
new  State  Constitution  of  California,  and  in  1881 
was  elected  Governor,  serving  until  1887.  On 
the  maternal  side,  Mr.  Stoneman's  ancestors  served 
in  the  Revolution,  one  having  been  on  Washing- 
ton's staff. 

George  J.  Stoneman  received  his  preliminary 
education  in  the  public  schools  of  San  Francisco 
and  studied  law  at  the  University  of  Michigan. 
He  was  graduated  with  the  degree  of  L.  L.  B.  in 
the  class  of  1889. 

He  went  to  Seattle,  Washington,  where  he  was 
admitted  to  the  bar  at  once,  and  entered  the  office 
of  W.  Lair  Hill,  noted  as  the  annotator  of  the 
codes  of  Washington.  He  remained  in  this  office 
about  a  year,  or  until  Mr.  Hill  took  up  his  code 
work;  then,  through  a  combination  of  circum- 
stances, went  into  the  newspaper  business  as  a 
political  reporter  on  the  Seattle  "Telegraph."  He 
took  an  active  part  in  politics  and  in  1892  was 
elected  City  Clerk  of  Seattle,  serving  two  years. 


GEORGE  J.  STONEMAN 


Leaving  office  in  May,  1894,  Mr.  Stoneman  was 
inactive  for  some  time  and  traveled  considerably. 
He  spent  ten  months  in  Honolulu  and  upon  leaving 
there  went  direct  to  Arizona.  He  first  located  at 
Winslow  and  practiced  law  there  for  about  a  year, 
then  moved  to  Globe,  in  Gila  County,  where  he 
was  located  for  several  years.  He  maintained  a 
general  practice  there  for  about  three  years  and 
in  1898  was  elected  District  Attorney  of  the  county. 
He  was  twice  re-elected  and  served  about  five 
years  in  all,  but  resigned  be- 
fore the  completion  of  his 
third  term  in  order  to  re- 
sume his  private  practice. 
He  specialized  in  mining  and 
corporation  work  and  was 
one  of  the  most  active  men 
of  his  profession  as  long  as 
he  continued  there.  In  1911, 
however,  Mr.  Stoneman  de- 
cided to  change  his  residence 
to  Phoenix,  the  State  Capi- 
tal, and  opened  offices  in 
that  city,  where  he  has  re- 
mained down  to  date. 

Since  locating  in  Arizona 
Mr.  Stoneman,  who  is  a  Dem- 
ocrat in  his  political  affilia- 
tions, has  become  one  of  the 
leading  men  in  the  legal  fra- 
ternity and  also  has  been  ac- 
tive in  the  affairs  of  State. 
In  1909  he  was  chosen  a 
member  of  the  Arizona  Rail- 
road Commission  and  served 
until  the  Territory  was  ad- 
mitted to  Statehood.  Al- 
though the  power  of  the  com- 
mission, during  the  territor- 
ial regime,  was  more  or  less  negative,  it  succeeded, 
during  Mr.  Stoneman's  term  in  office,  in  bringing 
about  various  reforms,  the  most  important  being 
a  material  reduction  in  freight  rates. 

In  1907  Mr.  Stoneman  was  chosen  a  member  of 
the  Board  of  Law  Examiners  and  holds  this  posi- 
tion at  the  present  time  (1912).  He  also  served 
as  president  of  the  Arizona  Bar  Association  dur- 
ing the  year  1910. 

Mr.  Stoneman,  during  his  residence  in  Phoenix, 
has  been  in  partnership  with  Reese  Ling,  Demo- 
cratic National  Committeeman  from  Arizona,  under 
the  firm  name  of  Stoneman  and  Ling,  and  together 
they  have  taken  a  prominent  part  in  their  party's 
affairs.  He  has  served  on  various  committees  and 
in  numerous  conventions,  and  was  a  delegate  to  the 
Democratic  National  Convention  at  Denver,  Colo- 
rado, in  1908. 

Mr.  Stoneman  is  a  member  of  the  Society  of 
the  Cincinnati  of  Maryland,  is  a  Mason,  Shriner 
and  member  of  the  Knights  Templar  Commandery; 
Past  Exalted  Ruler  of  the  Elks'  lodge  of  Phoenix, 
and  belongs  to  the  Arizona  Club  and  Phoenix 
Country  Club. 


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INDLEY,  MILTON  (deceased), 
Merchant  and  Banker,  Los  An- 
geles, California,  was  born  in 
Guilford  County,  North  Carolina, 
in  the  year  1820,  the  son  of  David 
Lindley  and  Mary  (Hadley)  Lind- 
ley- He  married  Mary  A.  Banta  at  Belleville,  In- 
diana, in  1849,  and  to  them  there  were  born  nine 
children,  of  whom  six  are  living.  They  are  Walter, 
a  physician  of  Los  Angeles;  Hervey,  a  banker  of 
Seattle;  William,  a  physician 
at  Albion,  Idano;  Albert,  a  j 
merchant  of  San  Francisco; 
Arthur,  a  contractor  of  Impe- 
rial, California;  Ida  B.,  who 
makes  the  home  for  Madam 
Lindley  in  Los  Angeles,  and 
Bertha  (Mrs.  John  E.  Coffin) 
of  Whittier. 

Mr.  Lindley's  paternal  an- 
cestors were  Scotch  and 
English,  while  on  the  mater- 
nal side  they  were  Quakers, 
of  English  and  Irish  extrac- 
tion. His  father  was  a  farm- 
er, who  moved  to  Indiana 
when  the  boy  was  twelve 
years  of  age  and  there  Mr. 
Lindley  received  his  educa- 
tion, working  on  the  farm 
until  he  reached  his  major- 
ity. He  learned  the  harness 
and  saddlery  making  busi- 
ness, and  for  twelve  years 
was  engaged  in  this  vocation 
at  Monrovia,  Indiana. 

In  1850  Mr.  Lindley  took 
up  general  merchandising  at 
Monrovia,  but  after  four 

years,  on  account  of  impaired  health,  he  moved 
to  Hendricks  County,  Indiana,  and  there  went  in 
for  farming  and  outdoor  life,  returning  later  to  the 
merchandise  business.  He  remained  there  for 
twelve  years,  with  the  exception  of  a  short  absence 
when  he  was  sent  East  by  capitalists  of  his  section 
to  study  the  new  national  banking  system. 

Upon  his  return  to  Indiana  Mr.  Lindley  aided 
in  the  organization  of  the  First  National  Bank  of 
Danville,  Indiana,  remaining  with  that  institution 
until  1866,  when  he  moved  to  Minneapolis,  Minne- 
sota. He  was  in  the  real  estate  business  there 
for  nine  years,  or  until  1875,  when  he  moved  to 
Los  Angeles,  having  spent  two  winters  in  the  lat- 
ter place  on  account  of  his  health. 

Mr.  Lindley  purchased  forty  acres  of  land  ad- 
joining the  western  limits  of  the  city  and  made 
his  home  there  until  1882,  when  he  sold  the  prop- 
erty. During  his  ownership  he  devoted  the  land 
to  fruit  culture,  but  in  recent  years  it  has  been 
transformed  into  what  is  called  Ellendale  Place, 


MILTON  LINDLEY 


one   of  the   handsome   residence   sections   of   Los 
Angeles. 

Early  in  his  residence  in  Los  Angeles  County 
Mr.  Lindley,  a  staunch  supporter  of  the  Republi- 
can party,  became  a  factor  in  politics.  In  1879  he 
was  elected  county  treasurer  of  Los  Angeles  Coun- 
ty and  served  for  three  years,  holding  over  one 
year  on  account  of  a  change  in  the  State  Constitu- 
tion relative  to  county  officers.  In  1884  he  was 
elected  a  member  of  the  County  Board  of  Super- 
visors, serving  during  the 
years  1885  and  1886.  This 
was  the  last  political  po- 
sition he  held,  but  he  never 
ceased  to  take  an  active  in- 
terest in  the  affairs  of  the 
Republican  party  and  was 
one  of  its  advisers  up  to 
within  a  few  years  of  his 
death  in  1894. 

Mr.  Lindley  is  remem- 
bered as  one  of  the  men  who 
took  a  prominent  part  in  the 
upbuilding  of  Los  Angeles, 
which  was  only  a  town  of  a 
few  thousand  inhabitants 
when  he  first  landed  there. 
He  was  an  enthusiastic  be- 
liever in  the  future  of  the 
city  'and  did  all  in  his  power 
to  advance  its  interests.  He 
was  an  extremely  active  op- 
erator in  real  estate  and  was 
one  of  those  pioneers  who 
aided  in  making  the  city 
what  it  is  today. 

While  a  careful  business 
man,  he  was  also  noted  for 
his  generosity  and  gave  lib- 
erally to  various  church,  charitable  and  educational 
enterprises,  in  addition  to  lending  a  helping  hand 
to  young  men  in  business.  He  was  a  man  of  great 
principle  and  public  spirit  and,  besides  the  part 
he  took  in  the  actual  business  development  of  the 
city,  figured  on  frequent  occasions  in  purely  civic 
movements,  intended  for  the  general  upbuilding 
of  the  section. 

Mr.  Lindley's  example  has  been  ably  followed  by 
his  sons,  who  today  are  among  the  leading  business 
and  professional  men  of  the  West.  They  are  doing 
their  share  in  carrying  to  completion  the  work  be- 
gun by  their  father  and  other  substantial  men  of 
his  day. 

He  died  at  his  home  in  Los  Angeles  May  11, 
1895,  aged  75  years. 

Mr.  Lindley's  widow  still  lives  in  Los  Angeles, 
making  her  home  with  her  daughter.  Although  83 
years  old,  she  is  in  excellent  health  and  in  posses- 
sion of  all  her  faculties,  and  universally  beloved  by 
the  many  who  know  her. 


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INDLEY,  WALTER,  Physi- 
cian and  Surgeon,  Los  An- 
geles, California,  was  born  in 
Monrovia,  Indiana,  January 
13,  1852.  His  father  was  Mil- 
ton Lindley,  distinguished  in  the  history  of 
Los  Angeles,  and  his  mother,  Mary  Eliza- 
beth (Banta)  Lindley.  He  is  of  Quaker 
stock.  His  father 
was  for  several  years 
Treasurer  of  Los  An- 
geles County  and  at  his 
death  was  a  member  of 
the  Board  of  Supervisors 
of  the  County.  On  his 
mother's  side  his  ances- 
tors fought  in  the  Revolu- 
tionary, Indian,  Mexican 
and  Civil  Wars,  four  of 
his  mother's  brothers  be- 
ing United  States  officers 
in  the  latter. 

He  is  a  graduate  of 
Minneapolis  High  School, 
Keen's  School  of  Anat- 
omy, Philadelphia;  'Long 
Island  College  Hospital, 
Brooklyn,  New  York, 
leaving  the  latter  in  1875. 
After  graduation  he  went 
to  Los  Angeles  to  prac- 
tice medicine  and  since 
that  time  has  been  one  of  the  greatest  con- 
structive factors  in  the  modernizing  of  that 
city. 

As  Health  Officer  of  Los  Angeles,  mem- 
ber of  the  Board  of  Education  and  Superin- 
tendent of  the  County  Hospital  of  Los  An- 
geles in  the  days  when  the  city  was  emerg- 
ing from  tht  conditions  of  a  Mexican  pueblo, 
Dr.  Lindley  did  much  for  the  future  of  the 
place. 

Dr.  Lindley  was  one  of  the  founders  of 
the  Los  Angeles  Orphans'  Home,  the  Los 
Angeles  Humane  Society  and  the  College  of 
Medicine  of  the  University  of  Southern  Cal- 
ifornia, the  latter  one  of  the  foremost  insti- 
tutions of  the  kind  in  the  United  States.  He 
also  founded  the  Whittier  State  School  of 
California,  a  reformatory  institution  for  the 
youth  of  both  sexes,  which  has  been  of  in- 
estimable penologic  and  educative  value.  He 
is  President  of  the  Board  of  Trustees. 


DR.  WALTER  LINDLEY 


His  greatest  work,  however,  is  the  Cali- 
fornia Hospital,  undoubtedly  one  of  the  fin- 
est private  hospitals  in  the  world.  He 
founded  the  institution  and  is  Secretary  and 
Medical  Director.  Following  the  founding 
of  the  hospital,  he  organized  the  College 
Training  School  for  Nurses,  the  first 
of  its  kind  established  in  Southern  Cal- 
ifornia. 

He  is  President  of 
the  California  State 
Board  of  Medical  Exami- 
ners, ex-President  of  the 
State  Medical  Society, 
former  Vice  Presi- 
dent of  the  National 
Conference  on  Charities 
and  Correction,  and  was 
appointed  by  President 
Grover  Cleveland  a  s 
Pacific  Coast  Delegate 
to  the  great  Inter- 
national Prison  Congress 
held  in  Paris  in  the 
year  1895.  He  was  given 
the  degree  of  LL.  D. 
by  St.  Vincent's  Col- 
lege. 

He  is  a  director  of  the 
Farmers  and  Merchants' 
Bank  of  Los  Angeles, 
and  holds  a  position 
of  solid  financial  integrity.  As  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Board  of  Directors  of  the 
Los  Angeles  Chamber  of  Commerce  and 
Chairman  of  the  Committee  on  Publications 
and  Statistics  he  is  doing  much  toward  the 
advancement  of  Southern  California.  His 
learned  and  facile  pen  has  found  valuable 
employment  in  the  Southern  California  Prac- 
titioner, a  publication  which  he  created  a 
quarter  of  a  century  ago  and  which  is  now 
the  recognized  medical  journal  of  the  State. 
This  magazine  he  still  edits  and  publishes. 

His  literary  works  include  :  "California  of 
the  South"  (in  third  edition)  ;  "Shakespeare's 
Traducers:  an  Historical  Sketch";  numerous 
papers  and  pamphlets  on  medical,  social  and 
climatological  subjects. 

Dr.  Lindley  is  a  member  of  the  Califor- 
nia, University  and  Union  League  Clubs,  the 
Los  Angeles  Humane  Society  and  the  His- 
torical Society  of  Los  Angeles. 


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IBSON,  JAMES  ALEXANDER, 
Lawyer,  Los  Angeles,  Cal.,  was 
born  at  Boston,  Mass.,  August  21, 
1852,  the  son  of  Thomas  Gibson 
(killed  in  Battle  of  Bisland,  La., 
April  13,  1863,  in  a  Massachusetts 
regiment)  and  Mary  (Berry)  Gibson.  Judge  Gib- 
son has  been  twice  wed,  his  first  wife  being  Sarah 
Waterman,  whom  he  married  at  Colton,  Cal.,  June 
21,  1882,  and  who  died  in  December,  1888.  He  mar- 
ried again  July  18,  1894,  at 
Los  Angeles,  Miss  Gertrude 
Van  Norman.  By  the  first 
union  there  were  two  chil- 
dren, Mary  and  James  A., 
Jr.,  and  by  the  second  two, 
Martha  and  Horace  V.  Gib- 
son. 

Judge  Gibson  received  his 
primary  education  in  the  pub- 
lic schools  of  Massachusetts, 
where  he  made  some  prepara- 
tion for  a  course  in  mechani- 
cal engineering  for  Cornell 
University,  but  did  not  enter. 
Instead,  he  took  up  the  study 
of  law,  and  in  1874  removed 
from  Cambridgeport,  Mass., 
to  Colton,  Cal.,  where  he 
continued  his  readings  under 
William  Gregory,  formerly  a 
member  of  the  Philadelphia 
Bar.  He  completed  his  stud- 
ies in  1879,  and  on  June  13  of 
that  year  was  admitted  to 
practice  at  San  Bernardino, 
Cal.,  in  the  Eighteenth  Judi- 
cial District.  On  June  28, 
1880,  he  was  admitted  to 
practice  by  the  Superior  Court,  and  April  19,  1882, 
before  the  State  Supreme  Court  of  California.  At  a 
later  date  he  received  recognition  by  the  Federal 
Courts  and  the  United  States  Supreme  Court. 

Judge  Gibson  has  practiced  law  continually  with 
the  exception  of  six  years  when  he  served  in  judi- 
cial positions.  He  was  Superior  Judge  of  San  Ber- 
nardino County  from  January  1,  1885,  to  May  14, 
1889,  and  was  a  member  of  the  Supreme  Court  Com- 
mission, predecessor  of  the  Appellate  Court,  from 
the  latter  date  until  January  1,  1891,  when  he  re- 
signed and  located  at  San  Diego. 

The  career  of  Judge  Gibson  has  been  one  of 
honor  and  accomplishment,  and  his  exceptional  tal- 
ents have  marked  him  as  one  of  the  most  thorough 
exponents  of  the  law  in  the  entire  State.  He  has 
served  in  some  of  the  most  important  litigations 
that  have  arisen  in  California  during  the  thirty  odd 
years  of  his  practice,  including  corporation,  water, 
mining,  maritime  and  commercial  actions. 

Judge  Gibson  has  been  associated  always  with 
men  of  reputation.  At  San  Bernardino  he  was  in 


HON.  JAMES  A.  GIBSON 


partnership  with  Major  H.  S.  Gregory,  General  J.  D. 
Boyer  and  the  Hon.  Byron  Waters ;  at  San  Diego  he 
was  in  association  with  John  D.  Works,  present  U. 
S.  Senator,  and  H.  L.  Titus,  under  the  title  of 
Works,  Gibson  &  Titus.  This  alliance  continued 
from  January,  1891,  until  1892,  when  Judge  Works, 
who  had  but  previously  finished  a  term  as  Justice  of 
the  Supreme  Court,  opened  offices  with  his  son. 
Judge  Gibson  and  Mr.  Titus  remained  together  until 
1897,  when  the  former  moved  to  Los  Angeles,  where 
he  became  associated  with 
the  late  Hon.  J.  D.  Bicknell 
and  the  late  W.  J.  Trask,  as 
Bicknell,  Gibson  &  Trask, 
later  merging  with  Messrs. 
Dunn  &  Crutcher  under  the 
firm  name  of  Bicknell,  Gib- 
son, Trask,  Dunn  &  Crutcher. 
On  the  withdrawal  of  Judge 
Bicknell,  several  years  ago, 
Judge  Gibson  became  senior 
member  of  the  firm,  which 
since  the  death  of  Mr.  Trask 
has  been  known  as  Gibson, 
Dunn  &  Crutcher. 

Judge  Gibson  has  held  nu- 
merous positions  of  honor  in 
his  profession.  He  was  at 
one  time  president  of  the 
Los  Angeles  Bar  Association 
and  vice  president  of  the 
American  Bar  Association. 
He  was  recently  a  member 
of  the  General  Council  of  the 
latter  organization,  and  is 
chairman  of  the  Section  on 
Constitutional  Amendments 
of  the  California  Bar  Asso- 
ciation and  is  also  a  member 
'of  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  the  L.  A.  County  Law 
Library  Assn.;  he  ranks  high  in  the  councils  of  the 
NjjX.  Geographical  Society  and  the  Archaeological 
Society  of  America,  Southwest  Chapter.  Despite 
professional  activity,  Judge  Gibson  has  found  time 
to  aid  in  military  and  civic  affairs,  and  was  one  of 
the  organizers  and  builders  of  the  famous  Bear 
Valley  Dam  at  San  Bernardino.  This,  the  first  great 
dam  and  reservoir  built  in  the  West  for  irrigation 
purposes,  was  put  up  by  the  Bear  Valley  Land  and 
Water  Co.,  the  predecessors  of  the  present  Bear 
Valley  Mutual  Water  Co.,  and  pointed  the  way  for 
tremendous  development  in  the  Southwest.  He  is 
also  interested  in  other  large  development  projects. 

Judge  Gibson,  in  the  eighties,  served  as  Major 
and  Assistant  Adjutant  General  of  the  First  Bri- 
gade, N.  G.  C.,  and  Engineer  Officer  of  the  same. 
He  is  a  thirty-second  degree  Mason,  a  Mystic 
Shriner  and  an  Elk  and  holds  memberships  in  the 
California  Club,  Union  League  Club,  Jonathan  Club 
and  the  Gamut  Club,  of  Los  Angeles,  and  the  Uni- 
versity Club  of  Redlands. 


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has  been   twice 


HORT,  FRANK  HAMILTON,  At- 
torney at  Law,  Fresno,  California, 
was  born  in  Shelby  County,  Mis- 
souri, September  12,  1862,  the  son 
of  Joshua  Hamilton  Bell  Short 
and  Emily  (Wharton)  Short.  He 
married,  his  second  wife  being 


Nellie  Curtis,  whom  he  married  at  Los  Angeles, 
California,  March  7,  1897.    He  has  a  son,  Frank  H. 
Short,  Jr.,  by  his  former  marriage.    Judge  Short  is 
descended  of  a  family  noted 
in  the  literary  and  legal  his- 
tory of  the  country,  its  vari- 
ous branches  having  settled 
in     Delaware,     Pennsylvania 
and  other  States.    Mrs.  Short 
is  related  to   several  of  the 
most    prominent   families    in 
Southern    California. 

Judge  Short  attended  the 
public  schools  of  Missouri 
and  Nebraska,  in  which  State 
he  resided  from  1872  to  1881, 
and  upon  moving  to  Califor- 
nia in  the  latter  year  attend- 
ed private  institutions.  For 
four  months  prior  to  moving 
to  the  Pacific  Coast  Judge 
Short  had  been  a  school 
teacher  and  for  about  eight 
months,  at  a  later  date,  he 
taught  in  Fresno.  About  this 
time  he  took  up  the  study  of 
law. 

In  1882,  at  twenty-two 
years  of  age,  Judge  Short 
was  elected  Justice  of  the 
Peace  in  Fresno  and  the  fol- 
lowing year  was  admitted  to 
the  practice  of  law  in  the 
State  courts  of  California.  He 
was  admitted  to  practice  be- 
fore the  Supreme  Court  of  the 
United  States  in  1901. 

From  the  age  of  25  to  35 
years,  Judge  Short  had  a  suc- 
cessful general  practice  in  Fresno,  and  appeared  in 
numerous  criminal  cases,  among  the  most  impor- 
tant being  "People  vs.  Richard  Heath,"  "People  vs. 
J.  D.  Smith,"  "People  vs.  Saunders"  and  others.  He 
also  took  part  in  a  large  number  of  civil  actions 
and  for  many  years  past  has  been  one  of  the  lead- 
ing counsel  in  irrigation,  light,  power  and  other 
corporation  actions 

Judge  Short  was  retained  as  special  counsel  for 
the  State  in  the  "Fresno  Rates  Case,"  also  the  "Oil 
Rates  Case,"  two  litigations  which  had  an  impor- 
tant bearing  upon  the  commercial  development  of 
California.  He  also  represented  the  oil  operators 
of  California  in  the  "Scrippers  Case,"  going  before 
the  Interior  Department,  also  the  various  Federal 
courts,  including  the  United  States  Supreme  Court, 
and  finally  won  a  victory  for  hrs  clients,  the  case 
having  involved  title  to  a  large  percentage  of  the 
oil-bearing  lands  in  California. 

Judge  Short  also  represented  the  oil  producers 
of  the  State  when  he  appeared  before  Congress  in 

1910  as  Chairman  of  the  California  Oil  Men's  Dele- 
gation and  his  work  in  this  capacity  resulted  in  the 
passage  of  the  "Oil  Relief  Bill,"  a  remedial  act  of 

1911  permitting  the  issuance  of  patents  to  corpora- 
tions and  other  assignees  of  oil  land  locators. 

He  has  also  had  a  prominent  part  in  water  litiga- 


HON.   FRANK 


tion  for  the  Fresno  Canal  Company  and  other  large 
concerns,  including  the  Miller  &  Lux  Company. 
He  has  represented  various  other  irrigation  and 
electric  power  corporations  in  court  and  before 
Congress. 

Since  1900  Judge  Short  has  opposed  the  extreme 
conservation  ideas  of  Theodore  Roosevelt,  Gifford 
Pinchot  and  others  and  has  appeared  before  Con- 
gress and  in  public  debate  in  support  of  his  con- 
tentions. He  represented  his  clients  before  Con- 
gress on  questions  involving 
Federal  control  and  the  uses 
of  the  public  land  and  ap- 
peared in  debate  before  vari- 
ous public  gatherings,  includ- 
ing the  Irrigation  Congresses 
and  the  Conservation  Con- 
gress of  1910.  He  met  Theo- 
dore Roosevelt,  former  Presi- 
dent of  the  United  States,  in 
debate  before  the  Common- 
wealth Club  of  San  Francisco 
in  1911.  In  all  of  his  public 
debates  and  addresses,  Judge 
Short  has  advocated  that  pro- 
cedure along  the  lines  of 
Constitutional  principles  and 
settled  legal  rights  is  not 
only  required,  but  more  bene- 
ficial than  departures  along 
inconsistent  lines,  especially 
objecting  to  all  attempts  to 
assert  Federal  authority  in 
purely  State  matters.  His" 
published  writings  also  have 
been  along  these  lines. 

Judge  Short  has  been  a 
consistent  and  active  sup- 
porter of  the  Republican  par- 
ty, and  during  his  residence 
in  California  has  been  one 
of  the  most  substantial  work- 
ers for  it. 

From  1888  down  to  the 
present  time  he  has  been  a 
delegate  or  an  officer  of 

nearly  every  State  Convention  of  his  party  and  on 
frequent  occasions  has  been  a  delegate  to  the  Na- 
tional Conventions.  He  was  sent  to  St.  Louis  in 
1896,  when  William  McKinley  was  nominated  for 
the  Presidency,  and  to  Chicago  in  1904,  when  The- 
odore Roosevelt  received  the  nomination.  He 
has  also  been  honored  in  other  ways  by  his 
party,  among  which  was  his  attendance  at  the 
White  House  Conference  of  Governors  in  1908.  In 
addition,  he  has  taken  part  in  the  work  of  the  Na- 
tional Geographical  Society,  the  National  Civic  Fed- 
eration and  various  commercial  organizations.  He 
was  Commissioner  of  Yosemite  Park  from  1898 
until  1906  and  Trustee  of  the  San  Jose  Normal 
School  for  four  years. 

Judge  Short  is  interested  in  several  important 
industrial  companies  in  California,  being  a  director, 
officer  or  attorney  for  them.  He  is  Vice  President 
and  Director  of  the  Fresno  Canal  &  Irrigation 
Company,  also  of  the  Consolidated  Canal  Company. 
He  is  a  Director  of  the  Fresno  National  Bank,  the 
Fresno  Hotel  Company  and  of  numerous  oil  and 
canal  companies. 

His  clubs  are  the  Sequoia  and  Fresno  Country 
Club  of  Fresno;  Pacific  Union,  Bohemian  and  Union 
League  of  San  Francisco.  He  is  also  a  member  of 
the  Masonic  fraternity. 


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MAJOR  CHARLES   HINE 


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INE,  CHARLES  DeLANO,  Vice 
President  and  General  Manager, 
Southern  Pacific  Railroad  of  Mex- 
ico and  of  the  Arizona  Eastern 
Railroad,  Tucson,  Arizona,  was 
born  at  Vienna,  Virginia,  a  sub- 
urb of  Washington,  D.  C.,  March  15,  1867.  He  is 
the  son  of  the  late  Major  Orrin  Eugene  Hine  (1836- 
1899),  who  served  during  the  Civil  War  as  Major 
of  the  Fiftieth  New  York  Volunteer  Engineers,  and 
of  Alma  (DeLano)  Hine,  born  1843. 

Major  Hine,  who  is  one  of  the  best-known  rail 
way  executives  in  America,  also  one  of  the  young- 
est, spent  his  boyhood  on  a  farm  and  was  grad- 
uated from  the  high  school  of  Washington,  D.  C., 
in  the  class  of  1885.  He  was  in  the  employ  of  a 
contractor  for  some  time  after  leaving  school  and 
then,  in  a  competitive  examination  at  Alexandria, 
Virginia,  won  a  cadetship  at  the  United  States 
Military  Academy,  West  Point,  New  York.  He  was 
graduated  in  the  class  of  1891,  standing  in  the  mid- 
dle of  his  class,  but  being  first  in  tactics  and  in 
discipline.  He  took  up  law  in  the  Cincinnati  Law 
School,  was  graduated  in  1893  and  admitted  to  the 
bar  while  serving  as  Lieutenant  in  the  United 
States  army. 

With  these  various  accomplishments,  Major 
Hine  resigned  his  commission  in  the  army  two 
years  later,  after  having  acted  both  as  cadet  and 
as  officer,  as  inspector-instructor  at  various  en- 
campments of  State  militia,  and  took  a  position  as 
a  freight  brakeman  on  the  Big  Four  Route.  This 
was  his  entry  into  the  railroad  business,  in  which 
he  has  continued  ever  since.  He  remained  with 
his  first  company  four  years  in  various  capacities, 
including  that  of  Trainmaster  of  the  Cincinnati- 
Indianapolis  subdivision. 

Since  he  first  engaged  in  railroading  in  1895, 
Major  Hine  has  worked  for  various  railroads  and 
corporations  and  has  held  positions  in  many 
branches  of  the  service,  including  brakeman, 
switchman,  yardmaster,  emergency  conductor, 
chief  clerk,  trainmaster,  assistant  superintendent, 
right-of-way  agent,  general  superintendent  and  vice 
president  and  general  manager.  In  addition,  he  has 
held  various  unique  staff  positions  while  doing  spe- 
cial staff  work  of  different  kinds  and  in  1907-1908 
was  Federal  Court  Receiver  for  the  Washington, 
Arlington  and  Falls  Church  (electric)  Railway. 

Major  Hine  has  long  been  recognized  as  an  ex- 
pert in  matters  of  discipline  and  corporate  organ- 
ization and  in  July,  1908,  was  chosen  by  Julius 
Kruttschnitt  as  organization  expert  of  the  Union 
Pacific  System — Southern  Pacific  Company  (Harri- 
man  Lines).  This  work  held  him  until  December, 
1911,  and  in  that  time  he  originated  and  installed 
on  these  lines  a  unit  system  of  organization,  known 
in  the  railroad  world  as  the  "Hine  System." 

Upon  the  completion  of  this  task,  Major  Hine 
was  elected  to  the  offices  he  now  holds  in  the 
Southern  Pacific  System  and  since  January,  1912, 


has  made  his  headquarters  at  Tucson,  Arizona. 
There  he  is  in  close  association  with  Colonel  Epes 
Randolph,  President  of  these  lines,  and  engaged  in 
extensive  railroad  development  work  in  Arizona 
and  Old  Mexico. 

Major  Hine  has  made  special  expert  reports 
on  numerous  small  railways  and  several  larger 
ones,  these  latter  including  the  Chicago  and  Alton; 
Chicago,  Rock  Island  and  Pacific;  St.  Louis  and 
San  Francisco;  Chicago,  Burlington  and  Quincy; 
Erie;  Inter-Colonial  of  Canada;  Prince  Edward 
Island;  Delaware,  Lackawana  and  Hudson;  Georgia 
and  Florida,  and  the  National  Railways  of  Mexico. 
In  1907,  while  with  Gunn,  Richards  and  Com- 
pany, Major  Hine  assisted  in  the  revision  of  busi- 
ness methods  of  the  Department  of  the  Interior 
at  Washington,  and  in  1910,  as  temporary  special 
representative  of  President  Taft,  outlined  a  pro- 
gram for  improving  the  organization  and  methods 
of  all  departments  of  the  United  States  Govern- 
ment, a  work  which  played  an  important  part  in 
making  the  administration  more  economical  in  the 
latter  half  of  President  Taft's  term. 

In  addition  to  his  railroad  and  other  expert 
work,  Major  Hine  has  been  a  farmer  and  real 
estate  dealer  in  Virginia,  and  a  magazine  and  edi- 
torial writer  on  special  subjects.  He  is  the  author 
of  "Letters  From  an  Old  Railway  Official  to  His 
Son."  These  books  appeared  weekly  in  the  "Rail- 
way Age  Gazette,"  the  first  series  in  1904  and  the 
second  series  in  1911.  "Modern  Organization," 
from  his  pen,  appeared  serially  in  "The  Engineer- 
ing Magazine"  in  1912. 

Since  becoming  associated  with  the  Southern 
Pacific  interests  Major  Hine  has  spent  a  great  deal 
of  time  in  handling  the  details  of  management  of 
the  company's  property  in  Mexico,  and  during  the 
Orozco  rebellion  faced  danger  on  several  occasions 
in  the  performance  of  his  duties. 

Major  Hine,  despite  the  fact  that  he  had  re- 
signed from  the  army,  after  holding  his  commission 
four  years,  has  always  taken  a  keen  interest  in 
military  affairs  and  during  the  Spanish-American 
war  served  as  Major  of  United  States  Volunteers. 
He  served  all  through  the  war  and  was'  in  the  siege 
of  Santiago  de  Cuba,  the  fall  of  which  place  marked 
the  close  of  hostilities.  He  returned  to  civil  life 
at  the  conclusion  of  the  war  and  two  years  later 
(1900)  was  Inspector  of  Safety  Appliances  for  the 
Interstate  Commerce  Commission. 

The  Major  occupies  a  unique  position  in  rail- 
road and  industrial  circles  because  of  his  numerous 
innovations,  and  is  considered  today  one  of  the 
greatest  business  experts  and  efficiency  engineers 
in  the  United  States.  He  is  opposed  to  red  tape 
and  to  ultra-specialization,  and  believes  in  devel- 
oping old-fashioned,  ail-around  men,  of  which  he  is 
a  type.  He  is  a  bacnelor  and  makes  his  home  at 
the  Old  Pueblo  Club  in  Tucson.  His  other  clubs 
are  the  Army  and  Navy  of  Washington  and  of  New 
York,  and  the  American  Club  in  the  City  of  Mexico. 


SHURST,  HENRY  F.,  United 
States  Senator  from  Arizona,  of 
Prescott,  Arizona,  was  born  in 
Winnemucca,  Nevada,  Sept.  13, 
1874,  the  son  of  William  H.  Ash- 
urst  and  Sarah  (Bogard)  Ashurst. 
The  Senator  married  Elizabeth  L.  Reuoe,  of  Flag- 
staff, Arizona,  in  March,  1904. 

He  was  taken  to  Arizona  by  his  parents  a  year 
after  his  birth  and  he  has  lived  there  continually 
since.  He  received  his  early 
education  in  the  public 
schools  of  Flagstaff,  Arizona, 
but  left  school  when  he  was 
fifteen  years  of  age  to  be- 
come a  cowboy.  He  "rode 
the  range"  for  four  years, 
and  at  the  age  of  nineteen 
was  appointed  Deputy  Sher- 
iff of  Coconino  County.  He 
served  with  credit  in  this 
office  for  several  months, 
then  became  a  workman  and 
lumberjack  in  the  mills  of 
the  Arizona  Lumber  Com- 
pany at  Flagstaff. 

In  1895  he  began  the 
study  of  law  and  the  follow- 
ing year  was  elected  to  the 
Territorial  Legislature  from 
Coconino  County.  He  was 
re-elected  in  1898  and  in  1899 
was  chosen  by  his  colleagues 
as  Speaker  of  the  House.  He 
proved  an  excellent  presid- 
ing officer.  He  was  admitted 
to  practice  law  by  the  Su- 
preme Court  of  Arizona  in 
1897  and  has  been  one 

of  the  leading  attorneys  of  the  State  ever 
since,  having  been  licensed  to  practice  before 
the  Supreme  Court  of  the  United  States  in  1908. 
He  was  elected  from  Coconino  County  to  the 
Territorial  Council  or  Senate  of  Arizona,  in  1902, 
and,  although  a  seasoned  lawyer,  entered  the 
law  department  of  the  University  of  Michigan  in 
1903,  and  there  took  special  lectures  in  Law  and 
Political  Economy. 

He  was  elected  District  Attorney  of  Coconino 
County  in  1904  and  re-elected  two  years  later.  Both 
his  terms  in  this  office  were  characterized  by  an 
ability  of  high  order  and  by  an  unremitting  zealous- 
ness  in  the  guardianship  of  the  public  interests. 
After  leaving  the  District  Attorney's  office  he  de- 
voted himself  to  his  private  practice  and  during 
that  time  figured  as  attorney  in  various  important 
litigations.  He  was  an  ardent  advocate  of  Arizona's 
claims  to  Statehood,  however,  and  campaigned  for 
the  progressive  Constitution  under  which  Statehood 
was  granted.  On  October  24,  1911,  he  was  nomi- 
nated at  the  direct  primary  of  the  Democratic  party 


HON.  HENRY  F.  ASHURST 


for  the  United  States  Senate  and  at  the  first  State 
election,  held  December  12,  1911,  was  elected.  On 
March  26,  1912,  he  received  the  unanimous  vote  of 
the  Arizona  Legislature  and  on  the  following  day 
was  formally  declared  elected.  He  took  his  seat 
April  2,  1912,  and  in  the  drawing  of  lots  received 
the  long  term,  which  will  expire  March  3,  1917. 

A  Democrat  in  politics,  a  careful  student  of 
events  and  a  man  of  extraordinary  physical  and 
mental  courage,  Senator  Ashurst,  for  many  years 
has  been  a  battler  for  the 
progressive  public  policies, 
which  today  have  come  to  be 
recognized  as  safeguards  of 
the  national  life.  Among  the 
principles  urged  by  him  are 
the  initiative,  referendum 
and  recall ;  election  of  United 
States  Senators  by  direct 
vote  of  the  people;  nomina- 
tion of  all  public  officers  by 
direct  primary;  parcels  post, 
and  the  right  of  the  State  to 
engage  in  industrial  enter- 
prises. 

During  his  entire  career 
he  has  incessantly  labored 
for  the  advancement  of  meas- 
ures tending  toward  the  de- 
velopment of  Arizona  and  its 
vast  store  of  valuable  re- 
sources, with  especial  atten- 
tion toward  securing  laws 
setting  apart  lands  for  up- 
building Arizona's  Public 
School  System,  and  he  has 
long  been  a  veritable  crusa- 
der in  behalf  of  laws  that 
will  bring  industrial  liberty 

for  the  working  classes.     Senator  Ashurst  believes 
in  developing  the  citizen  first,  property  next. 

The  election  of  the  Senator  to  the  office 
which  he  now  fills  was  the  most  sensational  politi- 
cal triumph  in  the  history  of  Arizona. 

Senator  Ashurst  had  no  political  machine  or 
powerful  influence  back  of  him,  while  opposed 
to  him  was  all  the  power  which  special  in- 
terests could  array.  But  his  previous  record  in 
office  had  won  for  him  tremendous  popularity,  and 
this  combined  with  his  extraordinary  ability  as  an 
orator,  carried  him  to  victory- 

As  a  public  speaker  Senator  Ashurst  has  ac- 
quired a  broad  reputation.  He  ranks  with  the 
most  powerful  orators  of  the  country  and  this  ex- 
ceptional ability  won  for  him  a  large  number  of 
votes  from  persons  aligned  with  other  parties. 

Since  taking  his  seat  in  the  Senate,  he  has  con- 
tinued his  fight  for  progressive  legislation  and  as 
a  member  of  various  important  committees,  has 
been  very  effective.  He  was  a  prominent  figure  in 
the  campaign  of  1912  in  behalf  of  Woodrow  Wilson. 


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OOLE,  CHARLES  OSCAR,  Electri- 
cal Engineer,  Los  Angeles,  Cal., 
was  born  at  Saulsbury,  Mass., 
June  17,  1859,  the  son  of  Reuben 
Poole  and  Mary  Agnes  (Gorace) 
Poole.  His  father  was  a  Mechani- 
cal Engineer,  of  Yorkshire,  England. 

His  family  having  moved  to  San  Francisco  when 
he  was  about  ten  years  of  age,  he  spent  a  large 
part  of  his  life  there.  He  attended  the  public 
schools  there  and  later  took 
special  studies  in  higher 
mathematics.  In  1875  he 
took  up  practical  mechanics 
and  mining  work,  and  from 
1879  to  1883  led  an  extreme- 
ly active  career  in  mining 
and  engineering.  For  a  time 
he  became  the  owner  and 
captain  of  a  steamboat  in  the 
Northwest,  plying  the  waters 
of  Elliott  Bay  and  Lake  Wash- 
ington. Selling  this  in  1883, 
he  became  Master  Mechanic 
for  the  Oregon  Improvement 
Co.,  owners  of  the  Franklyn 
coal  mines,  near  Seattle,  and 
was  in  complete  charge  of 
all  machinery  and  engineer- 
ing work  for  the  company. 
Mr.  Poole  held  this  post  for 
about  four  years  and  during 
this  time  made  a  special 
study  of  electrical  engineer- 
ing realizing  the  possibilities 
in  that  field  of  industrial  de- 
velopment. 

In  1887,  Mr.  Poole  went  to 
San  Francisco,  then  the  cen- 
ter of  electrical  activity  on  the  Pacific  Coast,  and 
there  entered  the  employ  of  the  California  Electric 
Light  Co.  He  remained  in  the  dynamo  department 
two  years,  part  of  the  time  as  foreman,  and  at  the 
end  of  that  time  was  made  foreman  of  the  repair 
department.  In  1891  he  was  made  Superintendent 
of  Station  B,  at  that  time  the  largest  steam  driven 
plant  on  the  Pacific  Coast.  His  work  in  this  place 
brought  him  appointment,  in  1895,  as  General  Su- 
perintendent of  the  Company  and  he  held  that 
office  for  about  a  year,  when  his  company,  with 
other  electric  light  interests,  was  taken  over  by 
the  Edison  Light  &  Power  Company.  Following 
the  consolidation,  Mr.  Poole  was  retained  as  Gen- 
eral Superintendent  and  for  the  next  four  years 
had  the  management  of  the  entire  electric  light 
and  power  business  of  San  Francisco,  exclusive  of 
its  electric  railways. 

On  February  1,  1900,  Mr.  Poole  resigned  his 
position  to  become  General  Superintendent  of  the 
Standard  Electric  Company  of  California,  taking 
entire  charge  of  its  construction  and  operating  de- 


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partments.  While  in  this  position  Mr.  Poole  origin- 
ated and  carried  to  conclusion  some  of  the  most 
important  works  of  his  career,  especially  in  the 
field  of  long  distance  high  tension  power.  Under 
his  supervision  the  Standard  built  its  great  power 
plant  at  Electra,  Cal.,  with  capacity  of  15,000  H.  P. 
In  addition  to  this  work  Mr.  Poole  was  inter- 
ested in  the  United  Gas  &  Electric  Co.,  which  ac- 
quired all  the  electric  and  gas  industries  of  San 
Jose,  Cal.,  thus  completing  a  chain  of  plants  circling 
the  Bay  of  San  Francisco  for 
a  distance  of  100  miles.  Much 
of  the  business  of  this  com- 
pany was  under  the  direction 
of  Mr.  Poole  as  Manager  and 
Supervising  Engineer. 

In  1903,  Mr.  Poole  became 
associated  with  the  Hendrie 
&  Bolthoff  Manufacturing  & 
Supply  Company,  as  Western 
Engineer  for  the  Stanley 
Electric  Manufacturing  Com- 
pany, and  also  was  Consult- 
ing Engineer  for  the  Nevada 
Power,  Mining  &  Milling 
Company,  which  installed  a 
100-mile  transmission  system 
from  Bishop,  California,  to 
Goldfield,  Nev.  In  1906,  he 
accepted  the  position  of 
Asst.  Gen.  Mgr.  and  Engi- 
neer for  the  Nevada  Califor- 
nia Power  Co.,  with  head- 
quarters at  Goldfield.  He 
directed  the  extension  of  the 
company's  system  over  the 
greater  part  of  Southwestern 
Nevada,  the  line  playing 
an  important  part  in  the 

development  of  the  mining  interests  of  the  section. 
In  January,  1910,  Mr.  Poole  formed  a  partner- 
ship with  R.  G.  Manifold,  as  Manifold  &  Poole,  Con- 
sulting Engineers.  They  retained  the  Nevada  Min- 
ing &  Milling  Co.  as  one  of  their  clients  and  in  ad- 
dition have  designed  and  constructed  numerous  im- 
portant hydro-electric  plants  in  California  and  Ne 
vada.  They  are  Engineers  for  the  Nevada-California 
Power  Co.,  Sierras  Construction  Co.,  Southern  Sier- 
ras Power  Co.,  Hydro-Electric  Power  Co.,  Pacific 
Power  Co.,  and  several  others.  Mr.  Poole  and  his 
partner  designed  and  supervised  construction  of  the 
longest  high  voltage  transmission  system  in  the 
world,  from  Bishop,  Cal.,  to  San  Bernerdino,  Cal.  It 
is  237  miles  long,  designed  for  150,000  volts.  They  al- 
so supervised  construction  of  a  10,000-kilowatt  tur- 
bine plant  for  use  in  connection  with  this  system. 
Mr.  Poole  has  been  a  prolific  writer  and  lecturer 
on  technical  matters.  He  was  a  charter  member, 
and  officer  for  many  years  of  the  California  Elec- 
trical Society  and  is  a  member  of  the  American 
Institute  of  Electrical  Engineers. 


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UNT,  SUMNER  P.,  Architect, 
Los  Angeles,  California,  was 
born  May  8,  1865,  in  Brook- 
lyn,  New  York;  his  parents 
were    Stephen    P.    Hunt   and 
Harriet  (Conkling)  Hunt. 
Mr.   Hunt  was   married   on   January   21, 
1892,  to  Miss  Mary  Hancock  Chapman  and 
a  daughter  was  born  to  them,  Louise  Hunt. 

He  was  educated  in 
private  schools  up  to  the 
age  of  fourteen  years, 
when  the  profession  01 
architecture  having  been 
selected  by  him,  he  stud- 
ied that  art  in  the  office 
of  Clarence  B.  Cutler  01 
Troy,  New  York.  Mr. 
Hunt  worked  in  the  of- 
fice of  Mr.  Cutler  in  Troy 
from  1879  until  1887,  and 
in  the  office  of  Mr.  Cut- 
ler in  New  York  until 
1889,  in  which  year  he 
removed  to  Los  Angeles. 

On  arriving  in  Los 
Angeles  Mr.  Hunt  was 
employed  in  the  firm  01 
Calkins  &  Haas  in  that 
city  from  1889  to  1892; 
by  that  time  his  person- 
ality had  been  recognized 
to  such  an  extent  in  the 
class  of  designs  he  had 
been  turning  out  that  he 
felt  empowered  to  enter 
business  for  himself,  and 
so  occupied  himself,  with  a  high  degree  of 
success,  until  1895,  when,  with  Theodore  A. 
Eisen,  he  formed  a  partnership  under  the 
firm  name  of  Eisen  &  Hunt,  which  con- 
tinued until  1899. 

In  1899  he  went  into  partnership  with  A. 
W.  Eager,  under  the  title  of  Hunt  &  Eager, 
which  extended  until  1908,  when  the  firm 
was  altered  to  read  Hunt,  Eager  &  Burns, 
and  in  1910  Mr.  Eager  retired  and  the  firm 
has  since  been  termed  Hunt  &  Burns. 

Owing  to  his  long  residence  in  Los 
Angeles,  and  his  arriving  there  properly 
equipped,  technically  and  artistically,  it  is 
within  bounds  to  say  that  probably  no  one 
architect  has  had  a  greater  domination  over 
the  creation  of  a  type  of  elegance  and  of  ap- 
propriateness and  residences  and  club  houses 
than  that  established  by  Sumner  P.  Hunt. 

A  vast  number  of  those  who  have  resided 
in  Los  Angeles  for  any  great  length  of  time, 


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and  who  have  erected  houses  notable  for 
beauty,  have  employed  Mr.  Hunt  to  prepare 
the  plans  and  execute  the  work. 

In  such  varying  examples  of  architectural 
arts  as  the  notable  home  of  the  Los  Angeles 
Country  Club,  the  most  complete  edifice  ol 
the  kind  in  the  country;  the  Annandale  Coun- 
try Club  and  the  Ebell  Club  House  at  Fig- 
tieroa  and  Eighteenth  street,  the  effectiveness 
and  impressiveness  of  Mr. 
Hunt's  work  can  be  stud- 
ied to  advantage,  when  it 
will  be  seen  how  perma- 
nently he  has  marked  his 
talent  on  the  region 
where  he  has  practised. 

Other  examples  of  his 
capacity  for  adaptation  ol 
plan  to  environment  are 
the  beautiful  home  of  the 
Casa  de  Rosas,  the  pri- 
vate school  building  at 
Adams  and  Hoover 
streets;  the  home  of  Mr. 
J.  F.  Francis,  at  Ninth) 
and  Bonnie  Brae  streets, 
the  homes  of  Mr.  W.  G. 
Kerckhoff  and  Mrs.  Ross 
Clark,  on  Adams  street, 
the  homes  of  Mr.  William 
Lacy  and  Mr.  H.  W. 
O'Melveny,  on  Wilshire 
boulevard,  and  the  resi- 
dence of  Mr.  T.  L.  Duque, 
at  New  Hampshire  ana 
Seventh  streets.  And  in 
another  direction  of  art, 
besides  the  buildings  earlier  mentioned,  the 
buildings  of  the  Los  Angeles  play  grounds 
show  the  happy  versatility  and  comprehen- 
sion that  have  won  for  Mr.  Hunt  a  most  sat- 
isfactory degree  of  success  and  a  recognition 
of  his  purely  artistic  capacity  as  well  as  the 
practical  side  of  his  profession. 

Mr.  Hunt  is  one  of  the  class  of  social  up- 
lifters  who  believe  in  starting  with  the  child 
as  a  working  basis  for  future  citizenship,  and 
in  laying  out  the  playgrounds  he  has  had  in 
mind  not  only  artistic  effect,  but  plans  for 
teaching  the  children  how  to  play  and  at  the 
same  time  to  grow  strong. 

Mr.  Hunt  has  been  elected  a  member  of 
the  local  chapter  of  the  American  Institute 
of  Architects;  of  the  Engineers  and  Archi- 
tects' Association  of  Southern  California;  of 
the  California  Club;  of  the  Los  Angeles 
Country  Club,  the  Crags  Country  Club  and 
the  Sunset  Club. 


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OLT,  WILLIAM  FRANKLIN,  Cap- 
italist, Redlands,  California,  was 
born  in  Mercer  County,  Missouri, 
January  18,  1864,  the  son  of 
James  Holt  and  Nancy  (Brant- 
ley)  Holt.  He  married  Fannie 
Jones  at  Gait,  Missouri,  August  16,  1885,  and  to 
them  were  born  two  daughters,  Chloe  and  Catha- 
rine Holt. 

Mr.  Holt,  who  was  born  on  a  farm,  was  a  hard 
worker  in  his  youth  and  the  only  schooling  he  re- 
ceived was  a  few  months'  attendance  at  the  country 
schools  each  Winter.  He  remained  on  the  farm 
until  he  was  twenty-one  years  of  age,  when  he 
decided  to  go  into  business  for  himself. 

His  first  venture,  a  general  merchandise  estab- 
lishment in  a  small  Missouri  town,  proved  unsuc- 
cessful financially,  but  in  the  five  years  he  was  thus 
engaged  he  acquired  a  valuable  fund  of  knowledge 
as  to  business  affairs  and  when  he  sold  out  his 
store  was  well  equipped  for  subsequent  efforts.  He 
next  went  into  the  banking  business  in  Missouri 
and  conducted  his  bank  for  four  years  very  suc- 
cessfully. He  determined  to  leave  Missouri,  how- 
ever, and  in  1892,  after  selling  out  his  bank,  went 
to  Colorado,  where  he  worked  for  a  few  years  in 
the  employ  of  a  large  manufacturing  concern. 

Upon  severing  his  connection  with  this  house, 
Mr.  Holt  went  to  Southeastern  Arizona  and  estab- 
lished banking  houses  at  Safford  and  Globe.  He 
became  one  of  the  leading  business  men  in  both 
of  these  places  and  during  the  four  years  he  op- 
erated there  was  regarded  as  one  of  the  most  suc- 
cessful and  enterprising  men  of  the  section. 

In  1900  he  sold  out  his  Arizona  interests  and 
moved  to  Redlands,  California,  where  he  began 
a  career  of  development  that  has  placed  him  among 
the  wealthiest  men  of  the  section  and  fixed  him 
as  one  of  the  most  effective  modern  upbuilders  who 
have  ever  operated  in  California  or  any  other  part 
of  the  West.  He  became  interested  in  the  famous 
Imperial  Valley  of  California  with  his  arrival  at 
Redlands  and  immediately  began  the  work  of  pla- 
cing it  among  the  great  producing  sections  of  the 
country.  Being  possessed  of  considerable  wealth, 
a  wonderful  business  experience  and  unlimited  en- 
ergy, he  embarked  in  a  work,  which,  at  the  end  of 
twelve  years,  stands  out  sharply  in  the  history  of 
Western  development. 

He  has  not  confined  his  activities  to  banking, 
or  any  other  single  line  of  progress,  but  has  en- 
gaged in  a  general  career  of  upbuilding  which  in- 
cludes practically  all  phases  of  modern  industry, 
both  agricultural  and  manufacturing.  He  saw  early 
the  possibilities  of  the  valley  and  the  necessity 
for  a  railroad  and  undertook  the  building  of  the 
first  line  ever  projected  to  that  fertile  section  of 
California.  He  was  really  the  first  man  to  appre- 
ciate the  value  of  Imperial  Valley,  but  it  was  not 
long  before  the  eyes  of  others  were  opened,  and 
before  he  had  his  railroad  completed  the  Southern 
Pacific  Company  made  him  an  offer  for  it  which 
he  could  not  ignore  and  he  sold  the  line. 

Assured  that  the  railroad  would  be  put  through 
and  the  country  opened  up  to  settlement  and  de- 
velopment, Mr.  Holt  then  turned  his  attention  to 
other  lines  and  there  stand  today,  as  monuments 
to  his  work,  scores  of  prosperous  enterprises  begun 
by  him.  He  organized  five  banks  in  the  five  prin- 
cipal towns  of  Imperial  Valley  and,  with  his  pre- 
vious experience  in  this  field,  placed  all  of  them 
upon  a  paying  basis  within  a  very  short  time.  He 
also  led  in  the  organization  of  numerous  business 
enterprises,  including  the  organization  of  a  tele- 


phone company  and  the  construction  of  a  telephone 
system  throughout  the  valley. 

Mr.  Holt,  in  due  time,  started  several  newspa- 
pers, which  advertised  to  the  world  the  advantages 
of  the  Imperial  Vailey,  and,  as  in  all  of  his  other 
ventures,  took  an  active  part  in  the  management 
and  direction  of  them.  He  established  several 
dairies  and  built  creameries,  which  are  today  sup- 
plying a  large  part  of  the  dairy  products  consumed 
in  Los  Angeles  and  other  parts  of  California,  and, 
when  the  lands  began  to  produce  fruits  and  other 
crops  in  abundance,  he  built  a  number  of  packing 
houses.  Here  the  products  of  the  Valley  are  pre- 
pared for  shipment  to  the  outside  world,  canta- 
loupes being  the  chief  of  them. 

As  the  country  grew  in  population  Mr.  Holt  in- 
stalled other  utilities,  including  the  Holton  Inter- 
urban  Railway,  which  crosses  the  Valley.  He  also 
built  electric  lighting  plants  in  the  five  leading 
towns  of  the  section,  and  supplemented  these  with 
gas  and  power  plants,  so  that  the  residents  of 
Imperial  Valley,  living  in  a  beautiful  country,  enjoy 
all  the  comforts  of  the  modern  city.  He  caused 
the  installation  of  adequate  water  systems  and  also 
laid  out  and  supervised  the  construction  of  a  splen- 
did system  of  highways  which  make  travel  easy 
and  pleasant  and  compare  favorably  with  any  road- 
ways in  the  country. 

Several  years  ago  it  will  be  remembered,  the 
Colorado  River  broke  its  banks  and  cut  a  new  chan- 
nel, and  for  two  years  or  so  poured  its  waters  in 
the  Salton  Sink,  ultimately  forming  what  is  now 
known  as  "Salton  Sea,"  a  great  inland  body  of 
water  approximately  fifty  miles  long,  fifteen  miles 
wide  and  100  feet  deep  at  its  central  point.  It  was 
finally  turned  back  into  its  channel  by  a  wonder- 
ful piece  of  engineering  work,  done  under  the  di- 
rection of  Col.  Epes  Randolph  of  the  Southern 
Pacific  Railroad  Company,  and  after  more  than  a 
million  dollars  had  been  expended  in  vain  efforts. 

This  break  came  at  a  time  when  the  vast  work 
of  reclamation  and  improvement  in  the  Imperial 
Valley,  headed  by  Mr.  Holt,  was  gaining  its  great- 
est momentum  and  untold  damage  was  done  to  the 
section.  Only  the  ultimate  checking  of  the  river 
prevented  the  complete  destruction  of  this  valley, 
which  is  now  one  of  the  most  remarkable  sections 
in  the  United  States,  if  not  in  the  world,  where 
the  desert  has  been  transformed  into  ranches,  and 
thriving  cities.  Mr.  Holt,  perhaps,  was  the  great- 
est loser  in  that  disastrous  period,  but  he  did  not 
reckon  on  his  losses  as  much  as  ne  did  those  of 
the  settlers  who  had  been  attracted  to  the  country, 
and  he  devoted  himself  tirelessly  to  rebuilding 
where  the  flood  had  wrought  ruin. 

The  break  of  the  Colorado,  together  with  the 
part  played  in  its  repair  and  the  upbuilding  of  the 
Imperial  Valley,  was  made  the  climactic  feature 
of  the  remarkable  story  written  by  Harold  Bell 
Wright,  himself  a  resident  of  the  Valley,  under 
the  title  of  "The  Winning  of  Barbara  Worth."  In 
this  work,  Mr.  Wright  has  painted  a  wonderful 
picture  of  the  Imperial  Valley  and  the  most  com- 
manding figure  of  the  story,  a  banker  named  "Jef- 
ferson Worth,"  is  generally  supposed  to  have  been 
drawn  from  the  life  of  Mr.  Holt.  The  author,  in 
his  foreword,  dedicated  the  work  to  Mr.  Holt  in  the 
following  terms: 

"To  my  friend,  Mr.  W.  F.  Holt,  In  appreciation  of  his 
life  and  of  his  work  Jn  the  Imperial  Valley,  this  story  is 
inscribed." 

Those  familiar  with  the  career  of  Mr.  Holt  in 
the  Imperial  Valley  recognize  him  in  the  charac- 
ter of  "Jefferson  Worth"  at  once,  for  in  various 


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places  in  the  story  the  author  has  sketched  his 
character  with  the  utmost  faithfulness.  Early  in 
the  story  he  shows  the  kindly  side  of  his  charac- 
ter, when  the  banker  adopts  the  infant  Barbara, 
a  waif  of  the  desert,  and  as  the  story  goes  on,  he 
shows  in  turn  the  man's  genius  for  finance,  his 
power  as  an  organizer  and  his  influence  for  the 
upbuilding  of  the  country. 

Interwoven  in  the  story  of  Barbara  Worth  is 
that  of  the  winning  of  the  desert  and  of  a  battle 
between  two  great  financial  powers,  one  headed 
by  "Jefferson  Worth,"  the  other  by  an  Easfern 
magnate,  and  the  description  of  the  first  stages  of 
the  reclamation  work  is  a  fair  statement  of  the 
idea  in  Mr.  Holt's  mind  when  he  first  went  into 
Imperial  Valley.  The  author  says: 

"Lying  within  the  lines  of  the  ancient  beach  and 
thus  below  the  level  of  the  great  river,  were  hundreds  of 
thousands  of  acres  equal  in  richness_  of  soil  to  the  famous 
delta  lands  of  the  Nile.  The  bringing  of  water  from  the 
river  and  its  distribution  through  a  system  of  canals  and 
ditches,  while  a  work  of  great  magnitude  requiring  the 
expenditure  of  large  sums  of  money,  was,  as  an  engineer 
ing  problem,  comparatively  simple. 

"As  Jefferson  Worth  gazed  at  the  wonderful  scene, 
a  vision  of  the  changes  that  were  to  come  to  that  land 
passed  before  him.  He  saw  first,  following  the  nearly 
finished  work  of  the  engineers,  an  army  of  men  beginning 
at  the  river  and  pushing  out  into  the  desert  with  their 
canals,  bringing  with  them  the  life-giving  water.  Soon, 
with  the  coming  of  the  water,  would  begin  the  coming 
of  the  settlers.  Hummocks  would  be  leveled,  washes  and 
arroyos  filled,  ditches  would  be  made  to  the  company's 
canals,  and  in  place  of  the  thin  growth  of  gray-green 
desert  vegetation  with  the  ragged  patches  of  dun  earth 
would  come  great  fields  of  luxuriant  alfalfa,  billowing 
acres  of  grain,  with  miles  upon  miles  of  orchards,  vine- 
yards and  groves.  The  fierce  desert  lire  would  give  way 
to  the  herds  and  flocks  and  home  life  of  the  farmer. 
The  railroad  would  stretch  its  steel  strength  into  this 
new  world ;  towns  and  cities  would  come  to  be  where 
now  was  only  solitude  and  desolation  ;  and  out  from  this 
world-old  treasure  house  vast  wealth  would  pour  to 
enrich  the  peoples  of  the  earth." 

These  things  have  actually  come  to  pass,  and 
Mr.  Holt  was  the  chief  factor  in  bringing  them 
about. 

Closely  following  the  above  quoted  passage,  the 
author  wrote  a  brief  resume  of  the  forces  that  had 
gone  towards  the  conquering  of  the  West  prior  to 
the  advent  of  "Jefferson  Worth,"  and  also  included 
a  brief  biography  of  the  man  which  corresponds 
closely  with  that  of  Mr.  Holt.  Then  follows  a 
clearly  drawn  pen  picture  of  the  character  of  the 
subject,  one  part  of  which  reads: 

"Business,  to  this  man,  as  to  many  of  his  kind,  was 
not  the  mean,  sordid  grasping  and  hoarding  of  money.  It 
was  his  profession,  but  it  was  even  more  than  a  profession  ; 
it  was  the  expression  of  his  genius.  Still  more  it  was. 
through  him,  the  expression  of  the  age  in  which  ne 
lived,  the  expression  of  the  master  passion  that  in  all 
ages  had  wrought  in  the  making  of  the  race." 

This,  too,  is  a  fair  summary  of  the  business 
motives  of  Mr.  Holt,  whose  talents  and  resources 
have  been  used  in  the  development  of  the  vast 
country  he  aided  in  upbuilding  after  having  worked 
his  own  way  from  the  station  of  farmboy  to  that 
of  financier. 

In  the  working  out  of  Mr.  Wright's  story  of  the 
financing  of  the  many  commercial  and  industrial 
projects  incident  to  the  reclamation  and  upbuild- 
ing of  the  Imperial  Valley  the  works  of  Mr.  Holt 
are  closely  paralleled  and  the  author  paints  in 
picturesque  colors  the  dramatic  part  played  by  the 
banker  during  the  trying  period  of  inundation 
which  seriously  threatened  to  ruin  all  that  had 
been  accomplished. 

Needless  to  say,  Mr.  Holt  is  an  extensive  owner 
of  real  estate  and  agricultural  lands  in  the  Im- 
perial Valley,  but  he  has  conducted  this  end  of 
his  enterprises  with  as  much  regard  for  the  gen- 
eral good  and  growth  of  the  country  as  for  his  own 
profit.  For  instance,  he  built  more  than  fifty  brick 


business  buildings  in  the  various  towns  of  the 
Valley  and  rented  them  at  moderate  rates  in  order 
to  encourage  the  establishment  of  good  business 
houses  and  thus  add  to  the  general  improvement 
of  conditions. 

This  tells  but  briefly  of  the  work  done  by  Mr. 
Holt  in  behalf  of  the  Imperial  Valley,  but  serves 
to  show  the  extent  of  his  activities  and  the  fact 
that  he  was  the  chief  spirit  in  the  building  of  this 
great  section,  installing  all  the  improvements 
necessary  to  the  development  of  a  new  country. 

The  Imperial  Valley,  however,  has  not  been  the 
only  place  where  he  has  built  for  progress,  for  in 
the  Palo  Verde  and  Coachella  valleys  he  has  also 
operated  to  a  large  extent.  As  in  the  case  of  the 
former,  he  has  helped  to  give  to  these  two  last 
named  sections  the  benefits  of  modern  invention 
and  is  today  one  of  the  most  active  factors  in  the 
work  of  improving  them. 

The  development  of  Imperial  Valley,  however, 
and  the  successful  operations  of  new  business  en- 
terprises he  considers  the  principal  part  of  his  life 
work.  Having  begun  life  as  a  farmer,  he  is  an 
expert  on  agricultural  matters  and  has  done  a 
great  deal  to  make  the  lands  of  his  particular 
section  produce  crops  in  abundance. 

Mr.  Holt's  one  object  since  locating  in  Cali- 
fornia has  been  to  place  its  fertile  valleys  in  a  posi- 
tion where  they  will  not  only  compare  favorably 
with  the  agricultural  sections  of  other  parts  of  the 
world,  but  excel  them.  Development  work  has 
been  almost  a  passion  with  him  and  he  has  had 
little  time  for  interests  other  than  those  which 
fitted  in  with  his  general  plans  for  improving  the 
country  and  populating  it.  For  this  reason  he  has 
never  taken  much  part  in  politics,  and,  although 
he  could  probably  have  any  office  within  the  gift 
of  the  people  of  his  section,  he  has  never  sought 
nor  held  public  position. 

Mr.  Holt  today  ranks  among  the  leading  finan- 
ciers of  Southern  California  and  has  been  the 
organizer  of  numerous  corporations  which  have 
proved  successful.  He  is  President  of  seven  of 
these,  an  officer  in  various  others  and  holds  stock 
in  scores  of  others.  The  corporations  in  which  he 
holds  the  office  of  President  include  the  Holton 
Power  Company,  the  Holton  Interurban  Railway 
Company,  Imperial  Valley  Gas  Company,  Coachella 
Valley  Ice  and  Electric  Company,  Seeley  Township 
Company  and  the  Los  Angeles  Fire  Insurance  Com- 
pany. 

In  all  of  these  enterprises  Mr.  Holt  is  the  ex- 
ecutive force  and  he  takes  an  active  part  in  the 
affairs  of  each.  Owing  to  his  wide  experience  in 
various  lines  of  business,  he  is  exceptionally  well 
qualified  to  handle  the  affairs  of  these  companies 
and  it  is  due,  in  great  measure,  to  his  ability  as 
an  organizer  and  business  manager  that  they  have 
proved  successful. 

Although  he  has  accomplished  in  a  few  years 
as  much  in  the  way  of  progress  as  many  other 
men  have  in  a  lifetime  of  effort,  Mr.  Holt,  who 
still  is  in  the  prime  of  life  and  possessed  of  won- 
derful vigor,  has  plans  for  further  development 
work  which  will  keep  him  in  active  business  life 
for  many  years  to  come.  Unlike  many  men  of 
accomplishment,  his  chief  characteristic  is  an  ex- 
treme modesty,  which  has  prevented  his  work  from 
being  generally  known,  although  he  enjoys  a  busi- 
ness standing  equal  to  that  of  any  man  on  the 
Pacific  Coast. 

He  is  not  a  clubman  as  the  term  is  generally 
used,  but  is  a  prominent  figure  in  fraternal  cir- 
cles, being  a  member  of  the  Masons,  Knights 
Templar  and  the  Mystic  Shrine.  He  also  belongs 
to  the  Elks. 


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NDERSON,  ANDREW  PETER, 
Mining  Engineer,  Los  Angeles  and 
Oakland,  California,  was  born  in 
Helsingberg,  Sweden,  April  8, 
1862,  the  son  of  Andrew  Anderson 
and  Laura  (Larson)  Anderson. 
He  is  descended  of  a  family  which  has  long  been 
prominent  in  church  affairs  in  Sweden,  his  grand- 
father having  been  a  Bishop  and  various  other 
members  having  held  office  in  the  church-  He 
married  Marguerite  A.  Dick- 
inson at  Deming,  New  Mex- 
ico, February  12,  1892. 

Mr.  Anderson  was 
brought  to  America  by  his 
parents  when  he  was  four 
years  of  age  and  his  life  has 
been  characteristic  of  those 
Americans  who  have  won 
their  way  to  prominence  in 
business  and  professional 
lines  by  their  own  personal 
effort.  His  family  settled  in 
the  central  part  of  Illinois 
and  Mr.  Anderson  received  a 
good  common  school  educa- 
tion, graduating  from  the 
High  School  of  Greenview, 
Menard  County,  Illinois,  in 
1880. 

Finishing  his  studies,  Mr. 
Anderson  went  to  Clarksville, 
Mo.,  where  he  entered  the 
employ  of  a  railroad  com- 
pany. Later  on  he  entered  the 
construction  branch  of  rail- 
roading and  was  thus  en- 
gaged for  nearly  two  years, 
working  in  Missouri,  South- 
ern Iowa  and  New  Mexico, 
when  he  became  a  freighter 
at  Albuquerque,  N.  M.  He 
followed  this  for  some  time, 
but  was  stricken  with  rheu- 
matism and  went  to  the  Hud- 


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son  Hot  Springs  in  Grant  County,  New  Mexico,  in 
search  of  relief. 

This  was  in  the  days  of  stage  coaches,  when 
railroads  were  just  beginning  to  penetrate  the 
desert  regions  and  Mr.  Anderson  worked  as  stable- 
man for  the  owners  of  the  Hot  Springs,  who 
operated  a  line  of  stages.  He  remained  at  the 
Springs  for  about  fifteen  months,  when,  having  re- 
gained his  health  sufficiently,  he  determined  to  go 
in  search  of  gold.  He  began  prospecting  in  New 
Mexico  and  wandered  from  there  into  Arizona  arid 
Colorado. 

Indians  still  were  plentiful  in  those  parts  at  the 
time  and  the  gold-seekers  had  to  be  continually  on 
their  guard.  Mr.  Anderson,  like  the  men  of  his 
day  in  that  country,  went  armed  and  alert  for  any 
sign  of  danger.  In  1888  he  left  off  prospecting  for 
a  year  and  served  as  foreman  of  the  Graphic  Mine 
in  Grant  County,  N.  M.,  going  into  business  for 
himself  at  the  end  of  a  twelvemonth.  He  owned 
and  leased  various  mining  properties  and  worked 
them  with  varied  success  from  1888  until  1892,  and 
at  that  time  was  seized  with  a  desire  to  locate  in 
a  more  populous  part  of  the  country. 

It  so  happened  that  in  1892  the  town  of  Velasco, 
Texas,  was  in  the  midst  of  a  real  estate  boom,  the 
promoters'  promises  including  the  building  of  a 


great  harbor.  Mr.  Anderson  went  to  investigate, 
but  after  studying  the  proposition  decided  that  it 
was  no  place  for  permanent  investment  and  left 
there  for  Butte,  Montana,  where  he  re-entered  the 
mining  business.  He  leased  and  developed  several 
claims,  working  in  the  mines  himself,  until  1895, 
when  he  joined  the  rush  to  Cripple  Creek,  Colo. 

Mr.  Anderson  began  as  a  contractor  in  Cripple 
Creek,  but  soon  was  made  foreman  of  the  Ithaca 
Gold  Mining  Company's  properties,  which  he  oper- 
ated until  1896,  when  he 
went  to  California  for  six 
months.  Returning  to  Crip- 
ple Creek  he  mined  for  a 
short  time,  then  returned 
to  New  Mexico,  having  ob- 
tained a  lease  and  option  on 
the  Graphic  Mine. 

In  1899,  Mr.  Anderson  left 
New  Mexico  to  go  to  Cali- 
fornia again,  and  there,  after 
eight  months  as  foreman  of 
the  Cleveland  Gold  Mine  in 
Shasta  County,  he  became 
foreman  of  the  Bully  Choop 
Mine  in  Trinity  County.  This 
he  worked  for  eight  months, 
then  was  made  foreman  of 
the  Trinity  Copper  Mine  in 
Shasta  County.  One  year 
there  and  he  was  called  back 
to  the  Bully  Choop  as  Super- 
intendent. This  he  resigned 
to  become  Superintendent  of 
the  Sheep  Ranch  Gold  Mine 
in  Calaveras  County,  Cali- 
fornia, and  after  fifteen 
months  there  he  embarked 
upon  his  career  as  a  Mining 
Engineer. 

Mr.  Anderson  started  in 
1904  examination  work  which 
took  him  to  all  parts  of  the 
West.  He  examined  many 
properties  during  the  next 
succeeding  nine  months,  at  the  end  of  that  time  be- 
ing made  Superintendent  of  the  Mammoth  Copper 
Mining  Company  of  Maine,  a  subsidiary  company  of 
the  United  States  Smelting,  Refining  &  Mining  Com- 
pany, which  had  large  holdings  in  Shasta  County, 
California,  and  in  1906  he  was  made  General  Super- 
intendent of  the  mines  owned  by  the  United  States 
Smelting,  Refining  &  Mining  Company,  one  of  the 
largest  and  most  substantial  companies  of  its  char- 
acter in  the  world.  Later  on  he  was  made  Field 
Engineer,  having  charge  of  all  exploration  work  for 
the  company,  also  holding  the  position  of  Consult- 
ing Engineer. 

In  his  present  important  office,  Mr.  Anderson  is 
the  advisory  power  on  all  the  operating  properties 
of  the  U.  S.  Smelting,  Refining  &  Mining  Company, 
including  those  mines  in  Peru,  S.  A.;  Mexico,  New- 
foundland, Utah,  California,  Oregon,  Arizona  and 
New  Mexico. 

Starting  in  life  as  he  did,  Mr.  Anderson  is  one 
of  the  men  who  may  be  justly  placed  among  the 
list  of  "self-made  men,"  for  his  is  today  one  of  the 
leading  positions  in  the  mining  world.  He  is  highly 
regarded  among  his  fellows  and  is  a  member  of  the 
Los  Angeles  Chamber  of  Commerce,  Los  Angeles 
Chamber  of  Mines  and  Oil,  the  Sierra  Madre  Club, 
and  the  Brotherhood  of  Elks. 


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WILLIAM    RANDOLPH     HEARST 


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EARST.  WILLIAM  ^RANDOLPH, 
Editor,  San  Francisco  and  New 
York,  was  born  in  San  Francisco, 
April  29,  18G3,  the  son  of  United 
States  Senator  George  Hearst  and 

Phoebe  (Apperson)  Hearst.  His 

father  had  great  intellectual  powers  and  was  a 
conspicuous  figure  in  the  early  history  of  the  West. 
His  mother  is  a  noted  philanthropist  and  uplifter, 
having  given  vast  sums  to  aid  in  the  education  of 
the  poor.  She  has  established  numerous  kindergar- 
tens and  libraries  in  various  parts  of  the  West  and 
at  the  present  time  occupies  a  place  on  the  Board 
of  Regents  of  the  University  of  California,  to  which 
she  gave  a  building  costing  approximately  four  mil- 
lion dollars.  Mr.  Hearst  married  Miss  Millicent  V. 
Willson  in  New  York  City,  April  28,  1903.  To  them 
there  have  been  born  three  children,  George,  Wil- 
liam Randolph,  Jr.,  and  John  Randolph  Hearst. 

Mr.  Hearst  received  his  elementary  education  in 
the  public  schools  of  his  native  city,  and  later  at- 
tended Harvard  University. 

Upon  his  return  to  San  Francisco  after  comple- 
tion of  his  college  career,  Mr.  Hearst  was  placed  in 
control  of  the  San  Francisco  "Examiner"  by  his 
father,  who  had  himself  up  to  that  time  (1886)  con- 
ducted the  paper  as  an  organ  for  the  people.  This 
inherited  policy  Mr.  Hearst  has  never  changed;  he 
has  made  it  the  guiding  principle  of  all  his  subse- 
quent newspaper  enterprises. 

After  conducting  the  San  Francisco  "Examiner" 
for  nine  years  with  a  large  degree  of  success,  add- 
ing to  its  prestige  as  a  journal  and  its  value  as  a 
property,  Mr.  Hearst's  progressive  spirit  sought 
larger  fields.  Accordingly,  he  went  to  New  York, 
in  1895,  and  purchased  the  old  New  York  "Journal," 
later  acquiring  the  New  York  "Advertiser,"  and 
consolidating  the  two,  issuing  morning  and  after- 
noon editions. 

The  arrival  of  Mr.  Hearst  into  New  York  not 
only  changed  the  journalistic  methods  of  the  me- 
tropolis, but  was  the  beginning  of  a  new  era  in 
newspaper  operation  as  a  whole.  Surrounding  him- 
self with  the  best  talent  to  be  procured,  Mr.  Hearst 
projected  his  ideas  and  his  personality  into  the  field 
in  such  a  manner  that  within  a  short  time  he  was 
recognized  as  the  embodiment  of  a  new  thought  in 
journalism. 

His  cardinal  principles  in  the  conduct  of  his 
papers  have  been  the  protection  of  the  people,  the 
correction  of  government  evils,  city,  state  and 
national,  and  the  enactment  of  legislation  in- 
tended for  the  betterment  of  the  people  as  a 
whole. 

In  following  out  this  policy,  Mr.  Hearst  has  been 
a  potential  influence  in  the  establishment  of  pro- 
gressive reforms,  which  have  purified  politics  and 
raised  the  general  moral  plane  of  life  in  various 
communities. 

After  fighting  strenuously  for  five  years  in  New 
York,  with  the  "Journal"  as  a  militant  power  for 
right,  Mr.  Hearst  invaded  Chicago,  by  establishing 
the  Chicago  "American,"  an  afternoon  paper.  Two 
years  later  the  Chicago  "Examiner,"  a  morning 
issue,  was  founded,  and  that  same  year  the  morn- 
ing edition  of  the  New  York  "Journal"  became 
known  as  "The  New  York  American."  Eight  years 
ago  (1903)  he  established  the  Los  Angeles  "Exami- 
ner," and  a  year  later  the  "American"  in  Boston. 
He  also  owns  the  "Morgen  Journal"  (New  York), 
the  largest  and  most  influential  German  daily  in 
the  United  States,  and  several  other  weekly  and 
monthly  publications. 

All  of  Mr.  Hearst's  newspapers  are  maintained 


along  the  same  general  lines  as  those  upon  which 
he  conducted  his  first  publication.  In  their  respec- 
tive fields  they  are  relentless  in  their  efforts  for  the 
eradication  of  corruption  in  politics*  corporation 
oppression  and  other  evils  of  local  or  national 
extent. 

One  of  Mr.  Hearst's  large  and  most  important 
institutions  is  the  International  News  Service,  origi- 
nally organized  for  gathering  and  distributing  news, 
covering  the  especially  big  events  of  the  world  for 
his  own  publications.  It  is  today  one  of  the  largest 
news  agencies  in  the  world  and  supplies,  in  addi- 
tion to  his  own,  hundreds  of  other  large  news- 
papers. It  has  had  a  most  important  influence  on 
the  newspaper  situation  of  the  world. 

A  fact  worthy  of  mention  is  that  Mr.  Hearst  is 
a  thorough  newspaper  man.  He  knows  the  business 
in  its  every  detail,  from  the  mechanical  to  the  edi- 
torial. He  is  the  active  director  of  his  various 
publications. 

Born  a  Democrat,  Mr.  Hearst  has  been  a  com- 
manding figure  in  the  affairs  of  his  party,  nationally 
and  otherwise.  He  has  fathered  many  sound  poli- 
cies for  the  guidance  of  the  organization,  and  was 
at  one  time  President  of  the  National  Association 
of  Democratic  Clubs.  At  times  his  ideas  have  not 
been  in  harmony  with  those  of  other  leaders,  and 
on  such  occasions  he  has  voiced  his  sentiments  edi- 
torially and  in  public  speeches.  It  was  such  a  situ- 
ation that  led  to  the  formation  by  Mr.  Hearst,  in 
February,  1906,  of  the  Independence  League,  a 
movement  the  purpose  of  which,  as  avowed  by  dele- 
gates in  convention  at  Albany,  N.  Y.,  was  to  over- 
throw boss  rule  and  corporation  control  of  the  Gov- 
ernment. Its  necessity  was  due  to  the  lack  of  a  di- 
rect nominations  law,  which  prevented  progressive 
Democrats  and  Republicans  from  exercising  any 
voice  in  the  selection  of  candidates  or  writing  of 
platforms.  The  cardinal  principles  of  the  Indepen- 
dence League,  as  announced  in  its  national 
platform,  were  direct  nominations,  direct  election 
of  Senators,  income  tax,  initiative,  referendum  and 
recall,  postal  savings  banks,  parcels  post,  inland 
waterways  development,  conservation  of  natural 
resources,  physical  valuation  of  railroads,  no  injunc- 
tion without  notice  and  hearing,  and  all  contempt 
of  court  cases  to  be  tried  by  a  jury;  opposition  to 
child  labor  and  the  manufacture  and  sale  of  prison- 
made  goods;  revision  of  the  tariff;  all  money  to  be 
issued  by  the  Government,  and  "imprisonment  of 
individuals  criminally  responsible  for  trusts,  in- 
stead of  merely  fining  the  stockholders." 

The  general  acceptance  of  these  doctrines  today 
is  apparent  from  their  mere  enumeration. 

Mr.  Hearst  served  in  the  Fifty-eighth  and  Fifty- 
ninth  Congresses,  from  the  Eleventh  District  in 
New  York,  and  during  his  service  at  Washington 
originated  and  carried  to  successful  conclusion, 
oftentimes  in  the  face  of  bitter  opposition,  various 
measures  of  reform.  He  introduced  bills  increas- 
ing the  powers  of  the  Interstate  Commerce  Com- 
mission, and  creating  the  Interstate  Commerce 
Court,  the  principle  of  both  of  which  bills  has  since 
been  enacted  into  law;  a  bill  to  establish  the  Par- 
cels Post;  a  bill  for  the  eight-hour  day,  and  the 
payment  of  the  prevailing  rate  of  wages  by  all 
Federal  contractors  and  sub-contractors;  a  bill  to 
promote  the  construction  of  a  national  system  of 
good  roads;  a  bill  to  increase  the  salaries  of  the 
Justices  of  the  Supreme  Court;  a  bill  to  enlarge 
the  domestic  market  for  farm  products  and  in- 
crease the  industrial  uses  of  denatured  alcohol;  a 
bill  for  the  incorporation  and  regulation  of  all  cor- 
porations engaged  in  interstate  business  under  a 


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national  incorporation  law,  adequately  protecting 
the  public  against  watered  stocks  and  bonds;  a  bill 
to  enable  the  United  States  to  acquire,  maintain 
and  operate  electric  telegraphs,  paying  therefor  by 
the  sale  of  bonds  redeemable  out  of  net  earnings; 
a  bill  to  authorize  the  acquisition  by  the  United 
States  of  the  entire  capital  stock  and  property  of 
the  Panama  Railroad  Company,  and  to  provide  for 
the  maintenance,  operation  and  development  by  the 
Government  of  the  railroad  and  steamship  proper- 
ties and  lines  so  acquired;  a  bill  constituting  a 
rigid  and  adequate  Federal  Corrupt  Practices  Act; 
a  bill  making  railroad  rebating  a  criminal  offense; 
and  a  bill  amending  the  Sherman  Anti-Trust  Law, 
strengthening  it  as  a  criminal  statute  and  making 
it  apply  to  combinations  and  restraints  of  trade  in 
and  monopoly  of  products  of  labor. 

Mr.  Hearst's  battles  in  the  interests  of  the  peo- 
ple have  been  numerous  and  varied,  but  almost 
universally  successful,  and  have  been  of  national 
importance  in  virtually  every  instance.  Following 
are  some  of  the  notable  things  he  did: 

He  frustrated  the  fuel  gas  franchise  grab  in 
New  York,  in  1896,  worth  $50,000,000  to  its  pro- 
moters. 

He  blocked  the  Ice  Trust's  plan  to  raise  its  price 
and  started  suits  to  dissolve  the  combine,  in  1900, 
and  forced  the  price  down  from  60  to  30  cents  a 
hundred  in  three  months.  He  fought  successfully 
in  Legislature  against  "dollar  gas,"  and  compelled 
an  eighty-cent  rate  to  be  put  in  effect;  similar,  but 
shorter,  gas  fights  were  inaugurated  by  him  bring- 
ing about  reductions  in  Boston  and  Chicago.  He 
brought  about  the  conviction  of  the  president  and 
the  payment  of  depositors  in  the  wrecked  Seventh 
National  Bank  of  New  York.  He  caused  the  elec- 
trization of  the  New  York  Central  Railroad  follow- 
ing a  tunnel  disaster  costing  forty  lives.  At  the 
height  of  the  first  anthracite  coal  strike  he  pro- 
duced evidence  showing  combination  between  nine 
Pennsylvania  railroads  and  fought  the  case  with 
such  vigor  that  the  United  States  Government, 
under  President  Taft,  brought  and  won  an  injunc- 
tion suit  against  railroads  holding  stock  of  the  Tem- 
ple Iron  Company,  through  which  the  combination 
was  carried  on,  the  case  finally  reaching  the  United 
States  Supreme  Court.  The  effect  of  this  publicity 
ultimately  led  to  rate  reductions  by  various  rail- 
roads and  the  radical  amendment  of  the  Interstate 
Commerce  law.  He  started  rebating  suits  against 
the  New  York  Central,  the  Delaware,  Lackawanna 
and  Western  and  allied  roads  for  rebating,  which 
resulted  in  the  roads'  paying  large  fines  to  the 
Government. 

Mr.  Hearst  was  thanked  by  Attorney  General 
Moody  for  his  activity  in  the  case  against  the  Sugar 
Trust  for  rebating,  which  resulted  in  the  combine's 
paying  fines  aggregating  $250,000  and  the  ultimate 
exposure  of  its  workings,  which  caused  the  corpora- 
tion to  refund  millions  of  dollars  to  the  Govern- 
ment in  unpaid  duties. 

He  conducted  a  fight  for  twenty-five  years  which 
resulted  in  San  Francisco  getting  a  municipal  water 
supply  and  the  ownership  of  street  railways.  He 
also  produced  the  first  evidence  and  led  in  the 
campaign  against  the  Ruef-Schmitz  graft  ring  in 
San  Francisco,  which  sent  Ruef  to  prison  and  freed 
the  city  from  one  of  the  most  oDnoxious  systems 
of  corruption  in  the  history  of  the  United  States. 
He  also  exposed  the  "120  per  cent  Miller"  syndi- 
cate swindle.  He  caused  the  Southern  Pacific  and 
other  railroads  to  rebuild  their  roads  so  as  to  safe- 
guard human  life  and  directed  scores  of  other  fights 
in  the  various  cities  where  his  papers  are  pub- 
lished which  saved  the  people  millions  of  dollars 
and  lightened  their  burdens  in  divers  ways. 


In  his  various  campaigns  Mr.  Hearst  has  been 
ever  ready  to  espouse  the  cause  of  a  worthy  man 
or  measure,  as  was  indicated  in  his  memorable 
fight  for  the  adoption  of  the  reciprocity  treaty  be- 
tween Canada  and  the  United  States.  But,  on  the 
other  hand  he  has  never  hesitated  to  criticise  the 
unworthy  actions  of  any  public  official,  national  or 
local. 

Mr.  Hearst,  in  times  of  disaster  in  any  part  of 
the  world,  has  been  one  of  the  leaders  in  the  work 
of  aiding  the  poor  and  alleviating  suffering.  In 
1906,  when  San  Francisco  was  stricken  by  earth- 
quake and  destroyed  by  fire,  he  sent  the  first  relief 
train  into  the  city,  following  this  with  several 
others,  and,  altogether,  raised  $250,000  for  the  re- 
lief of  the  sufferers. 

When  news  of  the  catastrophe  was  heard 
he  immediately  instructed  all  of  his  papers  to 
spare  no  expense  and  to  leave  no  stone  unturned  in 
an  endeavor  to  secure  all  supplies  in  their  respect- 
ive cities  and  ship  at  once  to  San  Francisco.  His 
instructions  were  to  hire  special  trains  or  to  attach 
cars  to  any  available  train  in  order  to  reach  the 
stricken  city  at  the  earliest  possible  moment.  From 
Los  Angeles  he  sent  one  special  passenger  train 
containing  provisions,  doctors,  nurses  and  medical 
supplies,  and  later  sent  a  special  from  Chicago  con- 
taining one  hundred  doctors  and  all  available  med- 
ical supplies.  The  steamer  Roanoke  sailed  from 
Los  Angeles,  containing  twenty-two  carloads  of  pro- 
visions, four  of  which  were  contributed  by  Mr. 
Hearst.  Trains,  under  his  lease  and  orders,  were 
made  up  in  Chicago,  New  York  and  Boston,  each 
containing  numerous  cars,  filled  by  him  with  pro- 
visions and  clothing.  Almost  every  day  one  or 
more  cars  from  the  various  headquarters  estab- 
lished by  Mr.  Hearst  throughout  the  country  were 
sent  forth  containing  supplies  contributed  by  him. 
This  was  kept  up  day  after  day  during  the  entire 
period  of  need. 

Five  years  previously,  when  Galveston  was  al- 
most swept  out  of  existence  by  flood,  Mr.  Hearst 
performed  similar  services,  sending  one  relief  train 
from  Chicago  and  one  from  New  York,  which  rushed 
provisions,  doctors  and  nurses  to  the  scene  of  trou- 
ble. He  also  raised  and  sent  $50,000  cash. 

At  other  times  he  contributed  freely  to  the  relief 
of  starving  thousands  during  famine  periods  in 
India  and  Cuba  and  to  disaster  victims  in  other 
parts  of  the  world.  To  the  earthquake  sufferers  in 
Italy  he  sent  $35,000,  composed  of  his  own  and 
other  contributions  made  through  the  efforts  of  his 
publications. 

By  a  vigorous  editorial  campaign  and  personal 
effort,  Mr.  Hearst  was  instrumental  in  securing  re- 
forms in  the  cause  of  humanity  in  the  Congo  dis- 
trict, where  the  natives  had  been  the  objects  of 
cruelty  and  oppression  unequaled  in  any  other 
country  on  the  globe. 

Although  he  has  lived  in  New  York  the  greater 
part  of  the  time  in  recent  years,  Mr.  Hearst  has 
lost  none  of  the  civic  patriotism  he  felt  for  San 
Francisco,  and  when  the  matter  of  the  Panama-Pa- 
cific Exposition  was  up  in  Congress,  threw  all  his 
influence  and  the  weight  of  his  newspapers  into 
the  fight  which  the  business  men  of  the  Bay  City 
were  making  for  the  great  fair.  His  work,  with 
that  of  the  others,  finally  won  the  honor  for  theii 
city. 

Among  his  clubs  are  the  Pacific  Union,  of  San 
Francisco;  the  Manhattan  Club,  Union  Club,  Na- 
tional Democratic  Club,  City  Lunch  Club,  Press 
Club,  National  Yacht  Club,  New  York  Yacht  Club 
and  the  Atlantic  Yacht  Club,  of  New  York,  and  the 
Chicago  Press  Club. 


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H  E  N  E  Y,  WILLIAM  ATWELL, 
Counselor-at-Law  (ex- Judge  Supe- 
rior Court),  Los  Angeles,  Califor- 
nia, was  born  in  Boston,  Massa- 
chusetts, February  18,  1848,  the 
son  of  Benjamin  Franklin  Cheney 
and  Martha  (Whitney)  Cheney.  In  1871,  at  New 
Haven,  Connecticut,  he  married  Anna  E.  Skinner 
of  that  city,  and  to  them  there  was  born  a  son, 
Harvey  D.  Cheney,  now  a  practicing  attorney  in 
Los  Angeles.  Judge  Cheney 
is  descended  of  notable  New 
England  stock,  the  members 
of  his  family  on  both  sides 
having  been  distinguished  in 
the  history  of  Massachusetts. 
Judge  Cheney  was  edu- 
cated in  public  schools  and 
private  academies  of  Boston 
and  was  trained  for  the  min- 
istry. He  preached  for  a 
while  after  graduating,  but 
soon  discovered  that  was  not 
his  vocation  and  gave  it  up 
to  study  law.  Judge  Cheney's 
education  was  interrupted 
when  he  was  eighteen  years 
of  age  by  failing  health.  He 
left  school  for  a  year  and 
spent  the  time  on  a  trading 
vessel. 

He  made  his  first  trip  to 
California  in  the  latter  part 
of  1867,  but  after  remaining 
about  three  years,  returned 
to  Boston.  In  1875  he  again 
went  to  California  and  has 
made  his  home  there  since. 
He  first  located  in  San 

Francisco,  then  settled  in  Plumas  County  and  pros- 
ecuted his  law  studies.  He  was  admitted  to  the 
bar  shortly  after  his  arrival  and  in  1877  was  elected 
Judge  of ,  Plumas  County.  He  remained  on  the 
bench  until  the  old  Constitution  was  changed  and 
the  new  district  created,  in  1880,  and  was  then 
elected  to  the  State  Senate  from  the  district  Plu- 
mas, Butte  and  Lassen  counties.  He  served  in 
the  Senate  for  three  sessions  and  during  that  time 
was  a  member  of  the  Judiciary  Committee,  having 
in  charge  the  revision  of  the  legal  codes.  He  was 
at  this  time  also  in  partnership  with  Creed  Ham- 
mond of  Sacramento. 

In  1882,  before  the  expiration  of  his  term  as 
State  Senator,  Judge  Cheney  moved  to  Los  An- 
geles and  there  took  up  the  practice  of  his  pro- 
fession. He  also  took  an  active  part  in  politics 
and  stumped  the  southern  part  of  the  State  in 
behalf  of  the  national  Republican  party.  Shortly 
after  his  arrival  in  Los  Angeles  he  was  elected  a 
member  of  the  Board  of  Education  and  served  for 
a  year.  He  was  at  this  time  in  partnership  with 
Lieutenant  Governor  John  Mansfield  of  California. 


HON.  W.  A.  CHENEY 


In  1884  Judge  Cheney  was  elected  to  the  Su- 
perior  Bench  of  Los  Angeles  County.  He  and 
Judge  Anson  Brunson  were  the  only  judges  at  that 
time  and,  incidentally,  the  only  Republicans  who 
had  been  elected  to  the  Los  Angeles  County  Bench 
up  to  that  period.  Judge  Cheney  had  charge  of 
the  criminal  department  of  the  court  and  for  six 
years  administered  justice  in  such  manner  that 
his  name  stands  among  the  most  honored  in  the 
history  of  California  jurisprudence. 

In  1891  Judge  Cheney  re- 
tired from  the  bench  to  re- 
enter  private  practice  and 
became  associated  with  Cor- 
nelius Cronin.  Shortly  after- 
ward he  was  chosen  Chief 
Counsel  for  the  Los  Angeles 
Gas  and  Electric  Corporation 
and  subsidiary  companies, 
and  has  served  down  to  date. 
Judge  Cheney  has  been 
one  of  the  staunchest  sup- 
porters of  the  Republican 
party  in  the  West  for  more 
than  a  quarter  of  a  century, 
and,  as  one  of  the  powerful 
orators  in  its  ranks,  has 
spoken  in  dozens  of  cam- 
paigns. He  was  a  prominent 
figure  in  State,  county  and 
district  conventions  from  his 
entry  into  politics  until  press 
of  private  business  pre- 
vented longer  an  active  po- 
litical life. 

He  has  a  philosophy 
which  he  has  put  into  prac- 
tice. It  is  that  a  man,  to  be 
a  successful  counselor  to 

others,  should  "know  everything  about  some 
things  and  something  about  every  thing."  He  be- 
lieves that  whatever  intellectual  power  any  man 
may  have,  whether  small  or  great,  it  may  double 
itself  by  rest  acquired  through  a  process  of  alterna- 
tion. Judge  Cheney  has  exemplified  this  philosophy 
by  turning  his  energies  to  other  directions  than  those 
in  which  he  temporarily  wearied.  He  is,  therefore, 
no  stranger  in  the  field  of  painting,  sculpture  and 
science.  It  is  for  this  professional  and  philo- 
sophic reason  and  because  he  believes  in  getting 
as  much  out  of  life  as  life  has  for  a  man's  mind, 
that  his  life,  despite  his  public  and  semi-public  ac- 
tivities, has  been  that  of  a  student.  He  has 
devoted  much  time  to  the  study  and  discussion  of 
scientific  subjects,  including  biology,  philosophy 
and  sociology.  He  has  been  a  prolific  writer  on 
these  and  legal  matters,  one  of  his  principal  works 
being  a  brief  in  book  form,  entitled  "Can  We  Be 
Sure  of  Mortality." 

Judge  Cheney  stands  at  the  top  of  his  profes- 
sion, is  a  member  of  the  Los  Angeles  Bar  Associa- 
tion and  a  Fellow  of  the  Academy  of  Sciences.  He 
also  is  lecturer  on  Constitutional  Law  at  the  Uni- 
versity of  Southern  California  Law  School. 


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'CORNICK,  WILLIAM  SYLVES- 
TER, Banking,  Salt  Lake  City, 
Utah,  was  born  in  Picton,  Prince 
Edward  County,  Ontario,  Sept. 
14,  1837,  the  son  of  George  Mc- 
Cornick  and  Mary  (Vance)  Mc- 
Cornick.  He  married  Hannah  Keogh,  at  Austin, 
Nevada,  in  January,  1867,  and  to  them  there  were 
born  ten  children:  William  (deceased),  Emma  W., 
Henry  A.,  Harry  (deceased),  Clarence  K.,  Willis  S., 
Lewis  B.,  Anna,  Albert  V., 
and  Genevieve  McCornick. 

Mr.  McCornick's  parents 
were  farmers  and  he  spent 
his  early  days  in  the  trying 
duties  that  go  with  life  on  a 
farm.  The  rudiments  of  his 
education  he  obtained  at 
the  public  schools  of  his  na- 
tive town,  but  he  added  to  it 
by  his  own  efforts  and  taught 
himself  many  things  that 
did  not  appear  in  the  curri- 
culum of  the  school.  He  re- 
mained on  the  farm  until  he 
reached  the  voting  age  and 
then  decided  to  go  forth  in 
the  world. 

He  pointed  for  the  States 
and  the  Golden  West,  which 
seemed  to  offer  the  best  op- 
portunities for  fortune,  and 
located  at  Marysville,  Cal., 
where  he  first  went  to  work 
as  a  rancher.  After  two 
years  there  he  went,  in  1862, 
to  the  mining  regions  of  Ne- 
vada, the  fame  of  the  great 
Comstock  lode  having 
reached  him.  For  the  next  eleven  years  he  was  en- 
gaged in  lumber  and  mining  pursuits  in  various 
parts  of  Nevada  and  at  different  times  was  located 
at  Virginia  City,  Belmont,  Austin  and  Hamilton. 

From  Belmont,  where  he  had  rounded  out  a 
snug  fortune,  he  went  to  Salt  Lake  City,  arriving 
there  in  May,  1873,  and  within  a  month  started  the 
banking  business  of  which  he  is  the  head  today. 
The  house  was  first  known  as  White  and  McCor- 
nick and  it  continued  as  such  until  1875,  when  the 
firm  name  was  changed  to  McCornick  &  Company, 
with  Mr.  McCornick  as  sole  owner.  This  house, 
probably  the  greatest  of  its  kind  in  the  inter- 
mountain  country  and  surely  one  of  the  greatest 
factors  in  the  growth  of  Salt  Lake  City.was  a  one- 
man  proposition  during  the  greater  part  of  its  days 
(the  one  man  being  Mr.  McCornick),  but  in  1910  it 
was  incorporated  as  a  State  Bank,  and  as  such  it 
is  conducted  today. 

From  that  first  venture  Mr.  McCornick  has  be- 
come the  largest  individual  banker  in  Salt  Lake, 
and  in  addition  to  the  great  institution  which  bears 


his  name,  he  has  interests  in  numerous  other 
banks,  among  them  the  Utah  National,  Utah  Sav- 
ings Bank  and  Trust  Company,  Garfield  Banking 
Company,  Twin  Falls  Bank  and  Trust  Company,  in 
all  of  which  he  is  president;  First  National  of 
Nephi,  of  which  he  is  vice  president,  and  the  First 
National  of  Logan,  Utah;  First  National  of  Park 
City  and  First  National  of  Prier  City,  Utah,  in 
which  he  holds  directorships.  His  early  successes 
in  the  mining  lands  of  Nevada  gave  Mr.  McCornick 
an  intimate  knowledge  which 
has  served  as  the  basis  for  a 
wonderful  series  of  invest- 
ments in  that  line,  and  today 
he  holds  numerous  valuable 
interests  in  the  various  min- 
ing properties  of  Utah.  He 
is  a  heavy  stockholder  in  all 
of  them,  organizer  of  many 
and  officer  in  most  of  them. 
Among  his  mining  con- 
nections are  Silver  King 
Coalition  Mining  Company, 
Treasurer  and  Director;  Daly 
West  Mining  Company, 
Treasurer  and  Director;  Cen- 
tennial-Eureka,  the  Grand 
Central.  He  is  also  a  direc- 
tor of  the  American  Smelting 
and  Refining  Company,  the 
Oregon  Short  Line  Railroad 
Company,  the  Utah- Idaho 
Sugar  Company,  Utah  Light 
and  Railroad  Company;  Pres- 
ident Guardian  Casualty  Com- 
pany, President  Raft  River 
Land  and  Livestock  Company, 
in  Idaho;  President  Gold 
Belt  Water  Company,  Utah; 
Vice  President  Consolidated  Wagon  and  Machine 
Company,  Vice  President  Hotel  Utah.  All  of  these 
are  active,  paying  institutions  and  the  brain  of  Mr. 
McCornick  is  an  important  factor  in  the  policies  and 
success  of  each,  because  he  gives  to  them  quite  as 
much  of  his  vigorous,  energetic  methods  as  he  does 
to  his  banking. 

While  not  an  active  politician,  Mr.  McCornick  is 
possessed  of  a  great  civic  pride  and  has  always 
been  ready  to  serve  in  any  way  that  would  benefit 
his  city. 

He  served  as  a  member  of  the  Salt  Lake 
City  Council  in  1888,  and  some  years  later  was  re- 
elected  and  served  as  President  of  that  body.  He 
was  for  seventeen  years  President  of  the  Board  of 
Trustees  of  the  Utah  State  Agricultural  College 
and  did  much  to  advance  education. 

He  was  the  first  President  of  the  Alta  Club,  and 
in  addition  to  his  membership  in  that  belongs  to  the 
Commercial  Club.  He  is  a  man  of  generous  im- 
pulses and  his  personal  philanthropies  have  been 
numerous  and  practical. 


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ERCKHOFF,  WILLIAM 
GEORGE,  Capitalist  and 
Banker,  President,  Pacific 
Light  and  Power  Corpora- 
tion, Los  Angeles,  California, 
was  born  March  30,  1856,  at  Terre  Haute, 
Indiana,  the  son  of  George  Kerckhoff  and 
Philippine  (Newhart)  Kerckhoff.  He  mar- 
ried Louise  Eshman  at  Terre  Haute,  Novem- 
ber 13,  1883.  They  have 
two  daughters,  Gertrude 
and  Marion  Kerckhoff. 

Mr.  Kerckhoff  received 
his  primary  education 
in  the  public  schools  of 
his  native  city  and  at 
the  Gymnasium  Lingen, 
Province  Hanover,  Ger- 
many. 

After  leaving  school, 
he  entered  the  business 
of  his  father  in  Terre 
Haute,  where  he  con- 
tinued until  his  removal 
to  California  in  the  fall 
of  1878.  This  gave  him  a 
thorough  knowledge  of 
the  wholesale  saddler  and 
jobbing  saddlery  hard- 
ware business.  After  ar- 
riving in  California  he 
traveled  throughout  the 
State  and  following  a 
thorough  investiga- 
tion he  decided  that  Los 
Angeles,  although  then 
only  a  city  of  10,000 
people,  gave  the  greatest  promise  of  success. 

The  spring  following  his  location  at  Los 
Angeles,  with  two  associates,he  organized  the 
firm  of  Jackson,  Kerckhoff  &  Kuzner,  lumber 
dealers,  the  firm  later  changing  to  the  Kerck- 
hoff-Cuzner  Mill  and  Lumber  Company, 
wherein  began  one  of  the  great  industrial 
enterprises  that  have  done  so  much  to  de- 
velop the  resources  of  Southern  California. 

Mr.  Kerckhoff  with  associates  established 
a  chain  of  yards  and  docks  along  the  south- 
ern coast  of  California  and  wharves  at  San 
Pedro  (Los  Angeles  Harbor.)  Their  timber 
lands  are  situated  in  several  Western  States, 
with  large  mills  on  the  Umpqua  River,  in 
Oregon.  They  own  a  line  of  lumber  vessels 
which  ply  between  Pacific  Coast  ports.  The 
Company,  with  Mr.  Kerckhoff  as  president, 
has  become  one  of  the  gigantic  enterprises 
of  the  West  and  the  members  of  it  are  among 
the  leading  lumbermen  of  the  country. 


WILLIAM  G.  KERCKHOFF 


In  1898,  Mr.  Kerckhoff  sought  another 
outlet  for  his  energies,  and  with  A.  C.  Balch, 
organized  the  San  Gabriel  Electric  Company, 
which  was  the  pioneer  in  Southern  California 
water  power  development  for  electrical  pur- 
poses. Through  this  company,  which  util- 
ized the  water  power  of  the  San  Gabriel 
river  to  generate  electricity,  Los  Angeles, 
San  Bernardino  and  twelve  other  cities  were 
furnished  with  electric 
lighting  and  power.  This 
original  company  was  the 
basis  of  one  of  the  great- 
est light  and  power  sys- 
tems in  the  world  and 
the  work  of  Mr.  Kerck- 
hoff was  a  factor  domi- 
nant in  its  success.  In 
time  it  was  merged  into 
the  Pacific  Light  and 
Power  Corporation, 
which  now  distributes 
light  and  power  to  all 
parts  of  Southern  Cali- 
fornia. 

The  success  of  the  two 
pioneer  companies  was 
such  that  Mr.  Kerckhoff 
and  his  associates  subse- 
quently organized  the 
San  Joaquin  Light  and 
Power  Corporation,  and 
this  company  now  dis- 
tributes throughout  the 
San  Joaquin  Valley  from 
Merced  to  Bakersfield, 
with  its  plant  and  head- 
quarters located  at  Fresno.  In  addition  the 
company  owns  and  operates  the  electric  rail- 
way and  water  plants  at  Fresno. 

In  recognition  of  his  ability,  Mr.  Kerck- 
hoff was  selected  by  Governor  Budd  of  Cali- 
fornia as  Commissioner  to  manage  the  Yo- 
semite  Valley,  one  of  the  world's  greatest 
scenic  spots.  His  work  in  this  capacity  was 
so  successful  that  he  was  reappointed  for  a 
second  term  by  Governor  Gage. 

Mr.  Kerckhoff  has  numerous  active  inter- 
ests. He  is  President  of  the  Fresno  Irri- 
gated Farms  Co.  and  of  the  First  National 
Bank  of  Kerman,  Cal.,  and  is  a  director  in  the 
Farmers  and  Merchants'  National  Bank,  the 
Southern  Trust  Co.,  both  of  Los  Angeles, 
and  the  S.  P.,  L.  A.  &  S.  L.  Railroad. 

His  clubs  are:  Bohemian  and  Pacific 
Union  of  San  Francisco;  Jonathan,  Los  An- 
geles Country  and  California,  of  Los  An- 
geles, and  Bolsa  Chica  Gun  Club. 


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D. 


UTLER,  SIDNEY  ALLCUT, 
County  Supervisor,  Los  An- 
geles, California,  was  born 
March  10,  1847,  at  *Milwau- 

kee,  Wisconsin,  the  son  of  T. 

Butler  and   Mary  Jane    (Allcut)    Butler. 


He  married  Kitty  Keller  at  La  Crosse,  Wis- 
consin, December  24,  1869,  and  to  them  were 
born  two  children,  Sidney  T.  and  Edward  J. 
Butler.  Mr.  Butler's 
grandfather,  the  Rever- 
end David  Butler,  was 
an  Episcopal  minister  in 
Troy,  New  York,  during 
the  latter  days  of  George 
Washington's  period  and 
served  in  the  pulpit  dur- 
ing the  early  years  of  the 
nineteenth  century.  Mr. 
Butler's  uncle,  the  Rever- 
end Clement  M.  Butler, 
was  rector  of  Trinity 
Church,  Washington,  D. 
C.,  and  served  as  chaplain 
of  the  United  States 
Senate  before  and  during 
the  Civil  War. 

Mr.  Butler  attended 
the  common  schools  of 
his  native  city  up  to  the 
middle  of  the  Civil  War, 
when  he  left  his  books,  in 
1863,  and  enlisted  in  a 
Wisconsin  regiment.  He 
was  one  of  the  youngest 
men  under  arms  in  the 
great  conflict,  taking  part 


SIDNEY  A.  BUTLER 


in  numerous  engagements,  and  in  1865,  was 
mustered  out.  At  that  time  he  returned  to 
his  studies  and  for  eight  months  was  en- 
rolled at  Flint,  Michigan. 

In  the  fall  of  1866,  he  quit  school  finally, 
and  went  to  work  as  Assistant  Agent  of  the 
American  Express  Company  at  La  Crosse, 
Wisconsin.  At  the  end  of  two  years  he  left 
that  position  to  go  with  Cameron  and  Com- 
pany, engaged  in  railroad  construction  work. 
In  a  short  time  he  was  made  superintendent 
of  construction  for  the  firm  at  La  Crosse, 
Wisconsin,  and  served  in  that  capacity  for 
one  year,  when  he  resigned  and  went  to 
Memphis,  Tennessee.  During  the  years 
1869,  70  and  '71,  he  was  assistant  agent  of 
the  Memphis  and  Arkansas  River  Packet 
Company,  but  left  in  the  latter  year  and  re- 
turned to  La  Crosse  for  another  year  of  con- 
struction work.  In  1873  he  went  to  Florida 
as  a  member  of  the  railroad  contracting  firm 


of  Rossiter  and  Company,  but  returned  to 
La  Crosse  in  a  year.  He  then  went  into  the 
banking  business  under  J.  C.  Easton,  owner 
of  a  chain  of  banks  in  the  Northwest,  and 
from  1874  to  1876  was  in  charge  of  the  Eas- 
ton Bank  at  Wells,  Minnesota.  He  rejoined 
the  Cameron  Company  as  agent  at  Chicago 
and  for  three  years  was  again  busy  in  railroad 
construction.  He  left  the  Cameron  Company 
and  went  to  work  with 
A.  A.  Robinson,  Chief 
Engineer  for  Santa  Fe 
Railroad  building.  His 
most  notable  work,  per- 
haps, was  the  building  of 
the  Santa  Fe  Railroad's 
branch  through  the  Grand 
Canyon  of  the  Arkansas 
River,  sometimes  called 
The  Royal  Gorge.  He  as- 
sisted in  building  the 
Santa  Fe  road  between 
Las  Vegas  and  Lamy,  N. 
M.,  then  retired  in  1879, 
and  returned  to  Kansas 
City,  Mo.,  where  he  be- 
came clerk  of  the  Pacific 
Express  Company;  in  six 
months  he  was  general 
agent ;  before  the  end  of  a 
year  the  Pacific  and  Uni- 
ted States  Express  Com- 
panies consolidated  and 
he  was  made  general 
agent  for  both  companies. 
In  1886  he  resigned  and 
went  to  Los  Angeles,  as- 


sisting in   building  a   railroad   to   Flagstaff, 
Arizona. 

In  1889,  he  was  made  agent  of  the  Wells 
Fargo  Company  at  Los  Angeles,  and  held 
that  until  1904,  when  he  was  transferred  to 
San  Francisco.  In  1905,  he  was  made  assist- 
ant superintendent  in  the  Northwest,  and  the 
next  year  put  in  charge  of  the  San  Francisco 
office,  retiring  in  1907.  He  then  returned  to 
Los  Angeles  and  was  the  "father  of  the  good 
roads  movement"  there.  He  organized  the 
Los  Angeles  County  Roads  Association.  He 
was  one  of  the  men  who  caused  Port  San 
Pedro,  Cal.,  to  be  made  a  part  of  the  city.  He 
went  abroad  in  1909,  and  in  Europe  received 
so  many  communications  asking  him  to  run 
for  Supervisor,  that  he  did  so  and  was  elected 
on  the  Republican  ticket  in  1910.  He  is  an 
ex-director  of  the  L.  A.  Chamber  of  Com- 
merce and  was  first  chairman  of  the  Lincoln- 
Roosevelt  Republican  League. 


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ITTINGER,  GEORGE  E.,  retired 
banker,  of  Los  Angeles,  Califor- 
nia, was  born  in  Chicago,  Illinois, 
April  28,  1868.  His  father  was 
George  W.  Bittinger,  a  wholesale 
grocer  of  Chicago,  and  his  mother 

Sarah  Julie  (Pestana)  Bittinger.     He  was  married 

in  Riverside,  California,  in  1892,  to  Laura  Franken- 

heimer.    They  have  one  child,  Merritt  A.  Bittinger. 

Mr.  Bittinger  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of 

Chicago,  and  was  trained  for 

business  life  in  the  Jackson- 
ville (Illinois)  Business  Col- 
lege, graduating  from  there 

in  1885. 

The  next  year  he  moved 

to  California  and   located  at 

Riverside.  His  first  employ- 
ment there  was  in  the  bank 

of  the  old  Riverside  Banking 

Company,    and    he    remained 

with  that  concern  in  various 

positions  until  1893,  when  he 

resigned  to  go  with  the  First 

National   Bank   of   Riverside. 

Within    two    years    he    was 

made    cashier    of   the   bank, 

and    during    the    next    eight 

years    he    brought   the    bank 

up  to  a  position  which  made 

it  one  of  the  strongest  banks 

in   the   State   outside   of   the 

two    principal    cities    of    Los 

Angeles  and  San  Francisco. 
Although  he  never  sought 

or  accepted  public  office,  Mr. 

Bittinger,  an  ardent  Republi- 
can, took  an  active  interest 

in    the    affairs    of    his    party 


GEO.  E.  BITTINGER 


during  his  stay  in  Riverside  and  served  at  various 
times  on  the  County  and  City  Central  Committees. 
He  was  on  the  Central  Committee  during  the  two 
McKinley  campaigns,  1896-1900,  and  in  both  in- 
stances Riverside  polled  a  large  majority  for  the 
martyr  President. 

Mr.  Bittinger  remained  Cashier  of  the  Riverside 
bank  until  1903,  when,  his  record  having  attracted 
attention,  he  was  offered  the  position  of  Cashier  of 
the  Los  Angeles  National  Bank.  He  accepted  and, 
with  seventeen  years  of  banking  experience  to  his 
credit,  he  began  his  duties.  He  continued  as 
Cashier  until  the  consolidation  of  his  bank  with 
the  First  National  of  Los  Angeles.  Mr.  Bittinger 
was  one  of  the  principal  factors  in  this  merger, 
which  involved  the  amalgamation  of  approximately 
$20,000,000  in  assets.  His  part  in  this  transaction 
placed  him  among  the  leaders  of  the  financial 
world  in  Los  Angeles  and  he  was  made  Vice  Presi- 
dent and  Director  of  the  new  institution. 

In  February,  1910,  after  having  followed  the 
banking  business  for  twenty-four  years,  Mr.  Bit- 


tinger resigned  the  Vice  Presidency  of  the  First 
National  in  order  to  devote  himself  to  his  private 
interests,  which  by  this  time  were  extensive. 

Mr.  Bittinger  is  heavily  interested  in  a  variety 
of  substantial  projects  in  Northern  California  and 
Oregon,  and  is  aiding  largely  in  the  development 
of  the  latter  State.  His  interests  include  lumber, 
land,  etc. 

In  addition  to  his  association  with  the  First 
National  Bank,  Mr.  Bittinger  is  also  interested  in 
the  Equitable  Savings  Bank 
of  Los  Angeles,  and  up  to  a 
short  time  ago  was  heavily 
interested  and  an  officer  in 
the  Weed  Lumber  Company, 
the  Klamath  Development 
Company  and  the  California 
Northeastern  Railway  Com- 
pany, three  affiliated  Oregon 
enterprises. 

He  disposed  of  his  inter- 
ests in  them,  the  railroad 
company  being  sold  to  the 
Southern  Pacific  Railroad 
Company. 

Mr.  Bittinger  is  one  of 
the  progressive  type  of  busi- 
ness men,  but  he  is  also 
interested  in  matters  other 
than  business. 

While  he  was  a  resident 
of  the  city  of  Riverside  he 
was  a  Trustee  of  the  Car- 
negie Library  Board  of  that 
place,  and  also  of  the  Arch- 
aeological  Institute  of 
America. 

He  is  a  member  of  the 
Los  Angeles  Chamber  of 
Commerce,  and  for  two  years  was  on  its  Board  of 
Directors. 

He  was  also  Chairman,  during  that  period,  of  the 
Finance  Committee,  which  has  charge  of  all  the 
funds  of  the  organization,  and  was  a  member  of 
the  committee  which  had  in  charge  the  entertain- 
ment of  President  Taft  when  he  visited  Los  Angeles 
in  1909. 

He  also  served  on  other  committees  which  had 
in  charge  improvement  projects  fostered  by  the 
Chamber  of  Commerce  and  intended  to  better  Los 
Angeles. 

He  is  prominent  in  Southern  California  lodge 
circles  and  is  one  of  the  leading  Masons  of  the 
section. 

He  is  a  thirty-second  degree  Scottish  Rite  Mason, 
a  Mystic  Shriner  and  a  Knight  Templar. 

Mr.  Bittinger  is  fond  of  outdoor  life  and  is  an 
enthusiastic  golfer. 

He  is  also  a  member  of  the  California  Club,  the 
Union  League  Club  and  the  Annandale  Country 
Club. 


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ETTS,  ARTHUR,  Merchant,  Los 
Angeles,  California,  was  born  at 
Holmby,  Northamptonshire,  Eng- 
land, June  17,  1862,  the  son  of 
Richard  and  Caroline  (Coleman) 
Letts.  He  married  Florence  Philp, 
August  25,  1886,  at  Toronto,  Canada.  There  are 
three  children,  Florence  Edna,  Gladys  (now  Mrs. 
Harold  Janss)  and  Arthur  Letts,  Jr. 

His  father  was  Richard  Letts,  a  farmer  and  the 
eldest  son  of  a.  Richard  Letts,  the  same  name  hav- 
ing been  bestowed  on  the  eldest  son  for  nine  gen- 
erations. The  farm  was  held  by  a  Richard  Letts 
four  hundred  years  ago. 

Until  1874,  when  he  was  twelve  years  old,  he 
attended  classes  at  Rev.  Hedges'  private  school  for 
boys,  located  near  his  home.  The  next  three  years 
he  spent  at  the  Creaton  Grammar  School,  England. 
He  finished  his  book  education  under  a  private 
coach,  a  Mr.  Meredith. 

At  the  age  of  sixteen  he  was  "articled,"  the 
English  term  for  apprenticed,  to  a  good  man,  pro- 
prietor of  a  dry  goods  store  in  a  small  and  bustling 
town  of  the  neighborhood.  He  served  his  time 
with  credit,  and  for  the  fourth  year  was  engaged  at 
a  salary. 

But  he  did  not  long  remain  in  this  position. 
His  imagination,  and  also  that  of  his  elder 
brother,  had  become  fired  with  the  word  of 
the  opportunities  open  to  the  young  man  in  the  new 
world  across  the  Atlantic.  Lest  they  be  persuaded 
to  stay  by  the  pleadings  of  their  parents,  they  did 
not  tell  of  their  intention  until  they  were  aboard 
the  steamer  at  Liverpool.  Arthur  Letts  got  as  far 
as  Toronto,  Canada,  and  found  employment  in  a 
large  dry  goods  store.  For  several  years  he  was 
with  the  same  firm. 

When  the  Reil  rebellion  broke  out  in  the  North- 
west of  Canada,  he  volunteered,  eager  for  a  taste 
of  outdoor  life  and  the  contact  with  the  wilderness. 
His  position  in  Toronto  was  held  open  for  him 
while  he  went  with  his  regiment  to  the  scene  of  the 
trouble.  He  was  awarded  a  silver  medal  and  clasp 
for  distinguished  service,  and  a  grant  of  land  by  the 
Canadian  government. 

In  the  early  nineties  he  went  to  Seattle,  and 
went  to  work  the  day  he  arrived.  Three  days  later 
came  Seattle's  great  fire,  and  the  firm  he  worked 
for  was  wiped  out.  His  buoyant  spirit  did  not  look 
upon  the  event  as  a  calamity,  and  although  he  had 
not  reckoned  at  once  to  go  into  business  for  him- 
self, he  got  together  a  small  stock  and  began  to 
sell  goods  in  a  tent,  later  renting  one  of  the  first 
storerooms  available. 

But  he  was  not  satisfied  with  results  in  Seattle. 
By  this  time  he  was  studying  his  field  with  a  keener 
eye,  determined  to  locate  in  that  one  spot  that  had 
the  greatest  promise.  Los  Angeles  seemed  to  be 
that  place.  With  only  $500  in  his  pocket  he  arrived 
in  that  city  in  the  year  1896. 

Opportunity  seemed  to  be  waiting  for  him.     At 


the  corner  of  Fourth  and  Broadway,  then  well  on 
the  southern  edge  of  the  business  section,  the  firm 
of  J.  A.  Williams  &  Co.  had  gone  bankrupt.  No 
one  in  the  city  seemed  to  want  either  the  stock  or 
the  location.  Business  was  then  a  half  mile  to  the 
north.  The  stock  inventoried  at  $8167. 

With  the  help  of  an  influential  friend,  who  was 
impressed  with  Mr.  Letts'  knowledge  of  the  busi- 
ness, a  loan  of  $5000  was  secured  from  the  Los 
Angeles  National  Bank.  This  amount  was  used  as 
the  first  payment  for  the  bankrupt  stock,  the  bal- 
ance to  be  paid  in  thirty  days.  He  gave  the  busi- 
ness the  name  of  the  Broadway  Department  Store, 
and  opened  its  doors  February  24,  1896.  At  the  end 
of  the  first  week  the  adjoining  store  caught  fire 
and  the  stock  of  the  new  department  store  was 
seriously  damaged  by  fire.  With  the  insurance 
money  of  $1000  the  undiscouraged  Mr.  Letts  began 
business  again. 

Then  followed  a  growth  more  phenomenal  than 
the  growth  of  the  city.  By  1899  the  Broadway  oc- 
cupied the  entire  ground  floor  of  the  Pirtle  &  Hal- 
let  building.  In  1901,  the  adjoining  Hellman  build- 
ing was  bought;  in  1905  the  upper  floors  of  the 
Pirtle  &  Hallet  building  were  acquired,  and  in  the 
ensuing  year  the  Slauson  building,  adjoining  the 
Hellman.  The  stock  and  trade  of  the  store  are 
now  among  the  largest  on  the  Pacific  Coast.  Mr. 
Letts  is  sole  owner  of  the  great  establishment. 

He  has  always  been  interested  in  education 
and  in  the  welfare  of  young  people.  In  his  own 
store  he  has  maintained  a  school  for  the  younger 
employes.  He  has  been  a  liberal  giver  to  the  Los 
Angeles  Y.  M.  C.  A.,  which  now  has  one  of  the 
finest  buildings  in  America,  and  is  its  president.  He 
is  a  trustee  of  the  State  Normal  College,  and  this  is 
the  only  political  office  he  has  consented  to  hold. 

Horticulture  is  his  chief  hobby.  His  home, 
Holmby  House,  Hollywood,  is  surrounded  by  a  mag- 
nificent garden  of  30  acres,  so  filled  with  a  collec- 
tion of  rare  and  beautiful  trees  and  plants  that  the 
United  States  has  made  of  a  section,  that  devoted 
to  cactus,  a  substation.  He  has  ransacked  the 
world,  in  his  travels,  for  specimens.  He  has  of  late 
become  an  art  collector  and  already  has  a  number 
of  precious  marbles,  which  he  has  placed  in  his 
home  and  garden. 

His  business  interests  and  property  holdings 
outside  of  the  Broadway  Department  Store  are 
known  to  be  heavy,  but  he  prefers  to  keep  his  name 
out  of  the  directorates  of  other  concerns. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  California  Club,  Los  An- 
geles Country  Club,  Automobile  Club,  Los  Angeles 
Chamber  of  Commerce,  Los  Angeles  Realty  Board, 
Municipal  League,  Hollywood  Board  of  Trade,  Fed- 
eration Club,  all  of  Los  Angeles,  and  of  the  Bo- 
hemian Club  of  San  Francisco.  He  is  president  of 
the  Young  Men's  Christian  Association;  president 
Retail  Dry  Goods  Association;  member  Internation- 
al Committee,  Y.  M.  C.  A.;  member  Hollywood 
Lodge,  F.  and  A.  M.,  and  a  Knight  Templar. 


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ILICKE,  ALBERT  C,  Cap- 
italist, Los  Angeles,  Califor- 
nia, was  born  in  Coos  Coun- 
ty, Oregon,  June  22,  1861. 
His  father  was  Carl  Gustavus 
Bilicke  and  his  mother  was  Caroline  Sigis- 
mund  Bilicke.  At  Niagara  Falls,  N.  Y.,  Sept. 
10,  1900,  he  married  Gladys  Huff,  and  of  this 
union  three  children  have  been  born.  They 
are  Albert  Constant, 
Nancy  Caroline  and  Carl 
Archibald. 

Mr.  Bilicke  came  to 
California  in  1868,  set- 
tling in  San  Francisco, 
and  attended  the  public 
schools  of  that  city  until 
1876,  when  he  entered 
Heald's  Business  College 
of  the  same  city.  At  the 
age  of  17  (1878)  Mr.  Bil- 
icke went  to  Arizona, 
where  he  engaged  in  the 
hotel  business,  being 
made  manager  of  the 
Cosmopolitan  Hotel  at 
Florence,  and  after  two 
years  went  to  Tomb- 
stone, Arizona,  where  he 
managed  the  Cosmopoli- 
tan Hotel  of  that  town 
and  also  became  interest- 
ed in  mining  as  superin- 
tendent of  the  Pedro 
Consolidated  Mining 
Company.  Returning  to 
California  in  1885,  Mr. 


A.  C.  BILICKE 


Bilicke  became  proprietor  of  the  Ross  House, 
Modesto,  and  in  1891  became  the  proprietor 
of  the  Pacific  Ocean  House,  Santa  Cruz,  Cal- 
ifornia, a  famous  high-class  resort  in  that  day. 

In  1893  Mr.  Bilicke  first  came  to  Los  An- 
geles, and  shortly  after  his  arrival  became 
the  proprietor  of  one  of  the  most  famous  ho- 
tels of  the  West  of  that  and  the  present  day, 
the  Hollenbeck  Hotel,  of  which  he  is  still  the 
president  and  moving  spirit. 

Although  Mr.  Bilicke's  interests  have 
grown  to  great  magnitude  and  are  spread 
far  and  wide,  among  which  is  the  magnfficent 
Hotel  Alexandria  of  Los  Angeles,  he  still  has 
a  feeling  of  affectionate  regard  and  pride  in 
the  "Hollenbeck"  that  no  other  interest,  no 
matter  the  magnitude,  can  lessen. 

In  1903  Mr.  Bilicke  turned  his  attention 
to  building  and  organized  the  Bilicke-Rowan 
Fireproof  Building  Company,  principally  for 
the  purpose  of  improving  in  the  most  modern 


and  substantial  manner  some  of  the  many 
central  business  sites  which  he  and  his  asso- 
ciates had  acquired.  Notable  among  the 
structures  erected  by  this  company  stands 
the  palatial  Hotel  Alexandria,  erected  in 
1905,  of  which  he  is  president  and  which  has 
added  much  to  the  fame  and  luxurious  hotel 
life  of  Los  Angeles.  The  success  of  this  under- 
taking is  best  told  by  the  fact  that  the  com- 
pany has  just  completed 
an  addition  or  annex  con- 
taining over  300  rooms. 
He  is  president  of  the 
Bilicke  -  Rowan  Annex 
Company,  the  Century 
Building  Company,  or- 
ganized in  1906,  and  of 
the  Central  Fireproof 
Building  Company,  or- 
ganized in  the  same  year. 
He  is  also  the  presiding 
head  of  the  Chester  Fire- 
proof Building  Company, 
which  at  this  time  is 
erecting  the  Title  Insur- 
ance Building,  a  modern 
office  building  at  Fifth 
and  Spring  streets  and  of 
which  it  is  proposed  to 
make  one  of  the  finest  of- 
fice buildings  west  of 
Chicago. 

When  the  business 
district  of  Los  Angeles 
started  south  along 
Broadway  and  Spring 
streets,  Mr.  Bilicke  dis- 


played his  confidence  in  the  future  of  the  city 
by  stepping  far  ahead  and  buying  choice  cor- 
ners on  which  he  could  today  take  a  hand- 
some profit;  but  he  is  not  a  speculator,  he  is 
an  investor,  with  unbounded  confidence  in 
Los  Angeles,  and  is  backing  his  judgment 
with  enormous  investments  in  modern  im- 
provements on  the  properties  which  he  con- 
trols. His  investments  are  almost  entirely 
of  a  character  that  benefit  the  community  at 
large  and  add  beauty  to  the  city. 

While  Mr.  Bilicke's  charities  are  general- 
ly known  to  be  large,  he  sees  to  it  that  the 
details  are  confined  to  the  knowledge  of  him- 
self and  the  recipient. 

In  addition  to  the  high  position  Mr.  Bil- 
icke occupies  in  business,  financial  and  social 
circles,  he  is  a  member  of  the  Jonathan  Club, 
the  Los  Angeles  Country  Club,  Annandale 
Golf  Club  and  the  Valley  Hunt  Club  of 
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RAINBRD,  HENRY  GREEN,  Physi- 
cian, Los  Angeles,  California,  was 
born  at  Londonderry,  New  Hamp- 
shire, May  23,  1852,  the  son  of 
Timothy  Green  Brainerd  and 
Lucinda  R.  (Dewey)  Brainerd. 
His  family  on  both  sides  is  a  noted  one  in  New 
England,  his  mother  being  a  cousin  of  Admiral 
George  Dewey,  hero  of  the  battle  of  Manila  Bay, 
the  engagement  which  gave  the  United  States  its 
first  great  advantage  over 
Spain  during  the  war  of  1898. 
Dr.  Brainerd  was  twice  mar- 
ried, his  first  wife  being  Al- 
ma Loomis,  whom  he  mar- 
ried at  Manchester,  Iowa, 
May,  15,  1879.  Death  called 
her  May  10,  1882,  and  on 
September  3,  1887,  at  Chi- 
cago, Illinois,  he  took  as  his 
bride  Fanny  Howard.  Two 
children  have  been  born  of 
this  union,  Henry  Howard 
and  Fred  Lindley  Brainerd. 

Dr.  Brainerd  received  his 
primary  education  in  Halifax, 
Massachusetts,  but  his  fam- 
ily having  removed  to  Iowa, 
he  prepared  for  College  at 
the  Iowa  Academy,  Grinnell, 
Iowa,  a  preparatory  branch 
of  Iowa  College.  Following 
this  he  went  to  Dartmouth 
College  and  was  graduated 
with  the  degree  of  A.  B.  in 
1874.  He  then  entered  the 
medical  department  of  the 
Iowa  State  University,  and 
later  was  appointed  Assist- 
ant Physician  to  the  Iowa  State  Hospital  for  the 
Insane  at  Mount  Pleasant,  Iowa.  He  served  there 
for  a  year  and  in  1876  enrolled  as  a  student  in  Rush 
Medical  College,  Chicago,  Illinois,  and  received  his 
degree  of  M.  D.  there  in  1878. 

Dr.  Brainerd  then  returned  to  Iowa  and  became 
Assistant  Superintendent  of  the  Iowa  Hospital  for 
the  Insane  at  Independence,  Iowa.  He  served  in 
this  capacity  from  1879  to  1887,  except  for  an  in- 
terval in  1882  and  1883,  when  he  was  in  attendance 
at  the  New  York  Post  Graduate  School. 

In  1887,  Dr.  Brainerd  relinquished  his  position 
at  the  Iowa  institution  and  moved  to  Los  Angeles, 
California,  where  he  opened  a  private  practice 
r/hich  he  has  continued  down  to  date.  From  the 
time  of  his  arrival  in  Southern  California  Dr.  Brain- 
erd has  held  a  prominent  position  in  his  profession. 
The  year  he  located  in  Los  Angeles  Dr.  Brain- 
erd was  appointed  Superintendent  of  the  County 
Hospital  and  he  filled  that  office  continuously  from 
1887  until  1892.  Simultaneously  he  was  a  member 
of  the  faculty  of  the  College  of  Medicine  of  the 


DR.  H.   G.   BRAINERD 


University  of  Southern  California  and  while  con- 
nected with  the  institution  was  honored  in  various 
ways.  From  1887  to  1909,  a  period  of  twenty-two 
years,  he  occupied  the  Chair  of  Neurology,  but 
during  that  time  he  also  held  other  important  of- 
fices in  the  University.  From  1889  to  1896  he  was 
Secretary  of  the  Faculty  and  from  1896  to  1902 
was  Dean  of  the  College  of  Medicine. 

Since  1909  Dr.  Brainerd  has  been  Professor  of 
Neurology  in  the  Los  Angeles  Department  of  the 
College  of  Medicine,  Univer- 
sity of  California.  While  con- 
nected with  the  University 
of  Southern  California,  Dr. 
Brainerd  organized  the  Den- 
tal Department  there  and 
was  the  first  Dean  of  the 
Dental  Faculty. 

Dr.  Brainerd's  career  has 
been  one  of  honor  and 
worthy  accomplishment  and 
he  is  to-day  looked  upon  as 
one  of  the  foremost  practi- 
tioners in  the  United  States. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  lead- 
ing scientific  and  profes- 
sional organizations  and  in 
many  of  them  has  served  as 
officer.  He  is  an  ex-Presi- 
dent of  the  Los  Angeles 
County  Medical  Association 
and  also  held  the  same  office 
in  the  Clinical  and  Patho- 
logical Society  of  Los  An- 
geles, an  organization  of  lim- 
ited membership,  and  made 
up  exclusively  of  men  who 
brought  honor  upon  the  pro- 
fession. 

Dr.  Brainerd  is  a  member  of  the  Los  Angeles 
County  Medical  Association,  the  Los  Angeles  Clini- 
cal and  Pathological  Society,  Southern  California 
Medical  Society,  Medical  Society  of  the  State  of 
California  and  the  American  Medical  Association. 
He  is  always  working  for  the  advancement  of 
his  profession,  taking  an  enthusiastic  interest  in 
the  work  of  the  above  organizations,  and  is  an 
ardent  supporter  of  all  professional  efforts  to 
further  the  science  of  medicine. 

Although  his  life  has  been  one  full  of  activity, 
Dr.  Brainerd  has  found  time  to  contribute  to  the 
literature  of  the  profession  and  has  to  his  credit 
numerous  papers  on  medical  subjects.  His  private 
life  has  been  that  of  a  scholar,  but  he  has  at  all 
times  performed  the  duties  of  citizenship  and  is 
one  of  the  most  patriotic  men  in  the  work  of  up- 
building Los  Angeles  and  the  rich  country  sur- 
rounding it. 

He  holds  membership  in  the  California  Club 
and  University  Club,  both  Los  Angeles  institu- 
tions. 


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LACKSTOCK,  NEHEMIAH,  Sol- 
dier, Counselor  and  Banker,  Los 
Angeles,  California,  was  born  near 
Asheville,  North  Carolina,  Sep- 
tember 29,  1846.  He  is  descend- 
ed of  an  old  Scott-Irish  Southern 
family,  being  the  son  of  James  G.  Blackstock,  M. 
D.,  and  Elizabeth  Ann  (Ball)  Blackstock.  He  mar- 
ried Abbie  Smith  at  Newport,  Tennessee,  Septem- 
ber 25,  1868,  and  to  them  were  born  ten  children, 
eight  of  whom  are  now  liv- 
ing. 

Mr.  Blackstock  received 
his  education  in  private 
schools  of  his  native  State 
prior  to  the  Civil  War  and  at 
the  conclusion  of  that  strug- 
gle, in  which  he  served  the 
Confederacy,  studied  under  a 
private  tutor.  This  was  dur- 
ing the  years  1865-68  and,  in 
addition  to  a  general  literary 
course,  read  for  the  law. 

Upon  the  completion  of 
his  own  education  he  fol- 
lowed the  vocation  of  a 
schoolmaster,  teaching  a 
country  school  near  Newport, 
Tennessee,  during  the  sea- 
sons of  1868  and  1869.  In  the 
latter  year  he  was  admitted 
to  the  Bar  of  Tennessee  and 
to  the  Bar  of  the  Supreme 
Court  of  the  United  States, 
and  in  1870  moved  to  War- 
rensburg,  Missouri.  There 
he  had  a  warm  friend  in 
General  Francis  M.  Cockrell, 
afterwards  United  States 

Senator  and  member  of  the  Isthmian  Canal  Board, 
and  it  was  upon  the  motion  of  this  famous  Mis- 
sourian  that  Mr.  Blackstock  was  admitted  to  the 
Bar  of  that  State. 

Mr.  Blackstock  practiced  in  the  State  and  Fed- 
eral Courts  of  Missouri  for  three  and  a  half  years 
and  in  1875  moved  to  Los  Angeles,  and  he  has  made 
his  home  there  and  in  Ventura  ever  since.  He  re- 
mained in  the  city  only  a  brief  time  at  first  and 
then  moved  to  Ventura  County,  California,  shortly 
after  the  organization  of  that  county.  He  prac- 
ticed law  successfully  in  Ventura  for  about  thirty 
years,  and  there,  in  1897,  Mr.  Blackstock  was  elect- 
ed State  Railroad  Commissioner  and  served  four 
years.  His  administration  was  one  of  the  most  im- 
portant in  the  history  of  the  commission,  that  body 
having  to  deal  with  various  important  policies,  in- 
cluding the  fixing  of  passenger,  freight  and  oil  rates 
on  the  railroads  of  the  State.  These  measures 
were  the  subject  of  extensive  litigation,  but  ulti- 
mately were  upheld  and  form  the  basis  of  numer- 
OUF  latter-day  reforms  in  the  transportation 


N.  BLACKSTOCK 


methods  and  charges  prevailing  in  California. 
Governor  Pardee,  in  the  year  1905,  chose  Mr. 
Blackstock  for  the  office  of  State  Banking  Com- 
missioner, to  fill  the  unexpired  term  of  Guy  B. 
Barham,  and  he  at  that  time  changed  his  resi- 
dence from  Ventura  to  Los  Angeles.  So  satisfac- 
torily did  he  discharge  the  duties  of  the  office,  he 
was  reappointed  for  the  full  term  of  four  years. 
He  held  the  office  for  about  two  and  a  half  years 
more,  resigning  to  enter  the  banking  business. 

He  became  associated 
with  the  Merchants'  Bank 
and  Trust  Company  of  Los 
Angeles  as  Vice  President 
and  Trust  Officer  and  served 
as  such  until  April  1,  1910, 
when  he  resigned  as  Trust 
Officer.  He  still  remains  a 
Director  and  Vice  President. 
In  the  early  part  of  1911 
Mr.  Blackstock  organized  the 
International  Indemnity  Com- 
pany, an  indemnity,  bonding 
and  burglary  insurance  com- 
pany, which  has  its  head- 
quarters in  Los  Angeles.  He 
holds  the  office  of  President 
and  Chief  Counsel  of  the 
company  and  continues  a 
general  legal  practice. 

Mr.  Blackstock's  military 
career  was  quite  as  brilliant 
as  has  been  his  later  work  in 
the  realms  of  law  and  fi- 
nance. At  the  outbreak  of 
the  Civil  War  he  enlisted  in 
the  Twenty-Sixth  North  Caro- 
lina Cavalry  and  before  it 
went  into  active  service  he 

transferred  to  the  First  South  Carolina  Regular  Ar- 
tillery and  served  with  that  regiment  until  the  close 
of  the  war.  He  was  with  his  command  in  all  of  its 
battles,  these  including  numerous  engagements  in 
the  vicinity  of  Charleston.  He  surrendered  with 
Johnson's  army  at  Greensboro,  N.  C.,  and  marched 
home,  two  hundred  miles  on  foot,  but  immediately 
joined  a  company  of  rangers,  remnants  of  his  old 
regiment,  under  command  of  Lieutenant  Simpson. 
They  started  overland  to  join  E.  Kirby  Smith  in 
Louisiana,  intending,  with  a  large  force  of  ex-Con- 
federates, to  tender  their  services  to  Maximilian  in 
Mexico,  but  before  reaching  Louisiana  news  came  of 
the  surrender  of  General  Smith  and  his  forces;  also 
receiving  unfavorable  news  from  Mexico,  the  com- 
pany was  disbanded  and  he  returned  home  to  Co- 
lumbus, N.  C.  Soon  afterward  he  crossed  into 
Tennessee  where  he  began  the  study  of  law. 

Mr.  Blackstock  is  a  Republican  in  politics.  He 
is  a  prominent  Mason,  a  member  of  the  Los  Angeles 
Bar  Association,  and  of  the  National  Geographical 
Society.  His  principal  club  is  the  Union  League. 


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OODS,  HON.  SAMUEL  D.,  Attor- 
ney-at-Law,  San  Francisco,  was 
born  at  Mt.  Pleasant,  Tennessee, 
September  19,  1845,  the  son  of 
James  and  Eliza  (Ann)  Woods. 
His  father,  who  was  a  Presbyter- 
ian clergyman,  was  sent  to  California  by  the 
Board  of  Domestic  Missions  of  the  Presbyter- 
ian Church  to  establish  a  station  in  Stockton, 
and  in  other  parts  of  the  state,  and  after  a  tedious 
trip  of  eight  months  "around 
the  Horn"  reached  his  desti- 
nation in  February,  1850, 
bringing  with  him  his  wife 
and  four  children.  He  first 
settled  in  Stockton,  where 
the  early  boyhood,  and  an 
important  part  of  the  man- 
hood, of  Samuel  D.  Woods 
were  passed. 

After  attending  the  public 
schools  of  Stockton  and  Los 
Angeles,  to  which  latter 
place  the  state  of  his  fath- 
er's health  prompted  his 
father  to  move,  Mr.  Woods  at 
the  age  of  nineteen  taught 
school  in  the  Suisun  hills, 
and  had  for  his  pupils  some 
of  the  subsequently  notable 
figures  of  California  history, 
among  them  the  poet,  Edwin 
Markham.  Later  he  studied 
law  with  Hon  John  Satter- 
lee,  first  superior  judge  of 
San  Francisco,  and  in  1869 
was  admitted  to  the  Bar. 

He  practiced  his  profes- 
sion for  about  ten  years 

when,  his  health  failing,  he  took  to  mining  as  a 
temporary  occupation.  During  the  next  few  years 
his  experience  in  the  open  not  only  stimulated  his 
native  love  of  nature  but  also  lent  much  romance 
to  his  early  manhood.  His  explorations  of  Death 
Valley  gave  him  a  knowledge  of  that  ill-fated  dis- 
trict that  enabled  him  to  assist  in  the  preparation 
of  official  maps  which  have  since  been  improved 
but  little.  He  explored  a  large  part  of  the  Pacific 
Coast,  both  on  horseback  and  on  foot.  On  one  trip 
he  rode  from  Suisun  Valley  to  Seattle,  a  distance 
of  about  800  miles,  consuming  three  months  and 
using  but  one  horse  for  the  journey.  Subsequently 
he  walked  across  Washington  Territory  from 
Olympia  to  the  Columbia  River,  and  tramped  alone 
over  the  most  secluded  parts  of  the  Sierras,  in  Cal- 
ifornia. 

In  1884  Mr.  Woods  resumed  his  law  practice  in 
Stockton,  where  he  took  a  notable  position  both  in 
his  profession  and  in  politics.  As  a  Republican  he 
worked  industriously,  with  citizens  of  various  polit- 
ical faiths,  for  the  welfare  of  his  county  and  of  his 


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state;  and  although  he  did  not  seek  office  he  was 
elected  to  Congress,  from  the  old  Second  District, 
serving  from  December,  1899,  to  March,  1902. 

As  a  Congressman  Mr.  Woods  was  one  of  the 
first  "Insurgents,"  so-called,  by  their  opponents. 
He  opposed  Roosevelt's  plans  for  Cuban  reciproc- 
ity, and  aided  in  preventing  the  realization  thereof 
at  the  general  session.  In  this  session  he  also  voted 
against  the  Panama  Canal  project,  on  the  ground 
of  what  he  deemed  the  fraud  involved  in  the  acqui- 
sition of  the  isthmus,  having 
previously  voted  for  the  Ni- 
caragua Canal.  On  his  re- 
tirement from  Congress  he 
resumed  his  practice  in  San 
Francisco,  and  has  been  en- 
gaged therein  ever  since.  His 
only  other  political  office  was 
that  of  Judge  Advocate,  un- 
der Governor  Budd. 

In  1910  Mr.  Woods'  book, 
"Lights  and  Shadows  of 
Life  on  the  Pacific  Coast" 
was  published.  This  records 
so  many  of  his  own  personal 
experiences  and  reflects  so 
much  of  his  own  spirit  that 
a  word  regarding  it  is  appro- 
priate here.  It  is  an  intense- 
ly interesting,  well  written 
descriptive  and  critical  nar- 
rative of  California,  especial- 
ly of  San  Francisco,  the 
prominent  figures  in  the  pro- 
fessional, theatrical,  com- 
mercial and  public  life  of 
the  state,  from  1849  to  the 
present  day.  It  fairly 
breathes  the  author's  love  of 

nature,  and  the  romance  that  has  persisted  from 
those  early  days  through  all  the  evolution  of  our 
city  and  its  surroundings. 

The  work  is  clearly  a  labor  of  love  and  it  de- 
serves a  permanent  place  in  the  historical  annals 
of  California. 

Another  phase  of  Mr.  Woods'  busy  life  is  shown 
in  the  various  concerns  for  which  he  has  been 
either  an  officer  or  attorney. 

Among  these  corporations  are  included  the  fol- 
lowing: 

Attorney  and  a  Director  of  the  Sierra  Rail- 
way Company  of  California,  Union  Hill  Mining 
Company  of  California,  and  the  Huff  Creek  Coal 
Company  of  West  Virginia;  Secretary,  Bullock 
Lumber  Company;  Attorney,  Standard  Lumber 
Company;  President  and  Attorney,  Realty  Holding 
and  Improvement  Company;  and  Secretary  and 
Attorney,  Sugar-Pine  Timber  Company.  He  has 
never  allowed  himself  any  time  for  Club-life,  and 
is  a  member  of  only  the  San  Francisco  Commercial 
Club. 


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RAHAM,  DAVID  JAMES,  Oil  Op- 
erator, Los  Angeles,  California, 
was  born  in  Birmingham,  Schuy- 
ler  County,  Illinois,  August  22, 
1858.  He  is  the  son  of  James 
Harrison  Graham  and  Francis 
Winnifred  (Smith)  Graham,  both  descended  from 
notable  American  families.  His  paternal  ances- 
tors were  Scotch,  who  settled  in  Virginia  before 
the  Revolutionary  War,  and  one,  Joseph  Graham, 
served  under  General  Lin- 
coln with  such  distinction 
during  that  struggle  that  he 
was  breveted  General  at  the 
fall  of  Yorktown.  David 
Graham,  great-grandfather  of 
Mr.  Graham,  was  a  Captain 
of  Virginia  Militia  during 
the  War  of  1812.  David 
Graham,  grandfather  of  the 
subject  of  this  sketch,  left 
Virginia  in  1829  and  settled 
in  Illinois  and  there  he  and 
Mr.  Graham's  father  became 
prominent  in  the  develop- 
ment of  that  part  of  the 
country,  with  the  distinction 
of  having  established  the 
first  lumber  and  grist  mill 
seen  there.  William  Gra- 
ham, of  the  same  family, 
was  Secretary  of  the  Navy 
in  the  Cabinet  of  President 
Fillmore,  from  1850  to  1852, 
at  which  time  he  resigned 
his  portfolio  to  run  for  Vice 
President  of  the  United 
States  on  the  Whig  ticket 
with  Winfield  Scott.  Mr. 
Graham's  great-grandmother 
on  the  paternal  side  was  a 
cousin  of  James  Madison, 
third  President  of  the  United 
States,  and  a  sister  of  Joel 
Sturgeon,  who  was  killed  in 
the  battle  of  the  Alamo;  his 
grandmother  was  a  niece  of  General  Leslie  Coombs, 
the  famous  Governor  of  Kentucky,  and  descended 
from  Frances  Galloway,  who,  with  her  sister, 
Betsy,  and  Jemima  Boone,  was  captured  by  the 
Indians  in  1776.  His  mother  was  connected  with 
the  Moseleys,  Lockets  and  Salles  of  Frankfort  and 
Lexington,  families  famous  in  Kentucky  since  the 
days  of  Daniel  Boone. 

Mr.  Graham  married  Leolela  Dodd  of  Floyd 
County,  Virginia,  at  Chicago,  Illinois,  November 
12,  1881,  and  they  are  the  parents  of  one  child, 
Lillian  Virginia  Graham,  born  at  Chicago  on  Christ- 
mas Day,  1883. 

Mr.  Graham  lived  on  a  farm  in  his  youth,  work- 
ing the  soil  during  the  Summer  months  and  at- 
tending school  in  Winter.  He  received  his  teach- 
ing in  the  public  schools  of  Birmingham  and 
Plymouth,  Illinois,  situated  in  Schuyler  and  Han- 
cock counties,  respectively.  He  left  school  when 
he  was  seventeen  years  of  age  and  in  1876  went 
to  Sterling,  Illinois,  to  learn  the  printer's  trade. 
He  worked  on  the  "Whiteside  Times"  there  for  ap- 
proximately three  years  and  in  1879  went  to  Chi- 
cago, where  he  worked  at  his  trade.  He  remained 
there  only  a  few  months,  however,  and  then,  in 
the  same  year,  moved  to  Montague,  Texas,  where 
he  worked  on  the  "Texas  Northwest,"  the  official 


paper  of  that  vast  farming  and  stock  raising  coun- 
try. Mr.  Graham  set  up  the  first  tax  list  published 
in  that  county  after  the  Civil  War.  He  also  en- 
gaged in  farming  and  stock  raising  while  there. 
Returning  to  Chicago  in  1882,  Mr.  Graham  en- 
tered the  employ  of  the  American  Express  Com- 
pany, but  left  there  to  go  with  the  Chicago  City 
Railway  Company.  He  held  this  position  until 
1891  and  at  that  time  went  to  California,  locating 
at  Bakersfield.  For  the  next  three  years  he  was 
associated  with  Charles  N. 
Thurlow  as  bookkeeper  and 
estimator  on  contracting 
work  and  upon  severing  his 
connection  with  him,  re-en- 
tered the  newspaper  busi- 
ness with  C.  P.  Fox.  He  re- 
mained in  that  field  only 
about  a  year,  however,  and 
then  went  to  San  Jose.  Cali- 
fornia, in  newspaper  work. 
The  next  year  he  spent  in 
that  place  and  San  Francis- 
co in  newspaper  lines. 

The  three  following  years, 
up  until  1899,  Mr.  Graham  was 
engaged  in  the  printing  busi- 
ness in  Oakland,  California, 
and  he  then  turned  his  at- 
tention to  oil  and  mining,  in 
which  industries  he  has  been 
engaged  down  to  date.  He 
had  examined  the  Sunset  and 
McKittrick  oil  districts  in 
California  as  early  as  1892, 
and  when  he  finally  em- 
barked in  the  business  he 
was  one  of  the  best  equipped 
men  in  the  matter  of  oil 
formation  and  development 
in  that  part  of  the  country. 
His  subsequent  career  at- 
tests to  that,  for  since  the 
discovery  of  the  product  in 
what  is  known  as  the  Kern 
River  District  in  California 
he  has  been  interested  in  its  development. 

During  a  greater  portion  of  his  time  he  has 
been  associated  with  E.  J.  Miley  and  J.  D.  John- 
ston of  Newport,  Rhode  Island,  the  three  having 
organized  various  oil  corporations  and  developed 
a  large  area  of  oil-bearing  land.  They  organized 
the  State  Oil  Company  in  1908,  which  had  large 
holdings  in  the  McKittrick  District,  and  the  King- 
Alban  Oil  Company,  which  have  recently  been  con- 
solidated under  the  name  of  the  State  Consolidated 
Oil  Company,  in  which  corporation  Mr.  Graham  is 
Secretary  and  Treasurer. 

In  1905  Mr.  Graham  and  associates  acquired  the 
great  Plumas-Eureka  gold  mine  in  Plumas  County, 
California,  and  he  has  since  been  giving  a  large 
part  of  his  time  to  mining  interests.  He  is  at  the 
present  time  a  Director  of  the  Johnston-Graham 
Mining  Company,  and  also  of  the  Saratoga  Mining 
and  Development  Company  in  California  and  has 
valuable  interests  in  Arizona  and  Colorado. 

Mr.  Graham  is  an  ardent  supporter  of  the  pol- 
icies of  the  Democratic  party.  His  family  for  gen- 
erations has  espoused  the  Democratic  party  be- 
cause its  members  believed  in  its  principles. 

He  has  never  been  a  member  of  any  fraternity, 
but  holds  membership  in  the  Los  Angeles  Athletic 
Club. 


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ADHAM,  JAMES  EDWARD,  Mayor 
of  the  City  of  San  Diego  and  At- 
torney-at-Law,  San  Diego,  Califor- 
nia, was  born  in  Macomb,  Illinois, 
December  20,  1864,  the  son  of 
James  Franklin  Wadham  and 
Martha  King  (Ware)  Wadham.  He  married  Nellie 
May  George  (by  adoption  Nellie  May  Lockwood) 
at  San  Diego,  August  6,  1895,  and  to  them  there 
have  been  born  six  children,  Martha  Lockwood, 
Helen,  Dorothy,  Amy,  James 
Edward,  Jr.,  and  George  Wad- 
ham.  Mayor  Wadham  is  de- 
scended of  a  noted  English 
family,  one  of  his  great- 
grandfathers, Nicholas  Wad- 
ham,  having  been  the  found- 
er of  Wadham  College  of  Ox- 
ford.  The  college  was  com- 
pleted and  endowed  by  the 
founder's  widow. 

His  family  having  moved 
to  San  Diego  when  he  was 
five  years  of  age,  Mayor  Wad- 
ham  has  lived  there  ever 
since,  and  is  in  the  class  of 
men  who,  by  their  own  ef- 
forts, have  risen  from  news- 
boy to  notable.  He  attended 
the  grammar  and  high 
schools  of  San  Diego  until 
the  early  eighties  and  later 
in  life  read  law  under  Major 
Levi  Chase,  one  of  the  cele- 
brated lawyers  of  Southern 
California.  He  was  admitted 
to  the  Bar  of  California  in 
December,  1886. 

Mayor  Wadham  began 
practice  before  the  end  of  the  year  1886  and  con- 
tinued, with  more  or  less  success,  until  the  Sum- 
mer of  1887,  when  he  left  his  work  temporarily  and 
went  to  Harvard  Law  School,  where  he  took  a 
special  course.  He  then  returned  to  San  Diego 
and  resumed  practice.  For  the  next  six  years 
Mayor  Wadham  practiced  alone,  except  for  brief 
affiliations  with  other  attorneys,  and  in  1897  he 
formed  the  firm  of  Wadham  &  Stearns,  his  as- 
sociate being  Frederick  W.  Stearns.  They  remained 
together  until  1899,  when  Mayor  Wadham  surren- 
dered his  entire  practice  to  Mr.  Stearns  and,  in 
order  to  regain  his  health,  retired  to  devote  his  time 
to  the  management  of  an  extensive  ranch  of  which 
he  was  the  owner. 

Mayor  Wadham  re-entered  the  legal  profession 
in  1902  and  for  more  than  a  decade  has  been  one 
of  the  most  active  practitioners  at  the  bar  of  San 
Diego.  He  has  been  at  all  times  among  the  lead- 
ers of  the  profession  and  appeared  in  numerous  im- 
portant cases,  among  them  several  in  which  Mrs. 
Katherine  Tingley,  "The  Purple  Mother"  of  the 


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Theosophical  Brotherhood,  was  involved.  As  the 
associate  of  Judge  J.  W.  McKinley,  he  aided  in 
winning  a  victory  for  Mrs.  Tingley  in  a  noted  suit 
for  libel,  and  in  1911  appeared  with  Judge  McKin- 
ley as  counsel  for  the  heirs  of  Harriet  W.  Patter- 
son (deceased),  who  sued  successfully  to  break 
the  will  which  gave  to  Mrs.  Tingley  the  residuum 
of  an  estate  amounting  to  $300,000.  This  latter 
was  one  of  the  most  celebrated  cases  in  the  annals 
of  California  jurisprudence  and  the  longest  jury 
trial  on  record  in  San  Diego 
County,  having  continued  for 
eighty  days. 

In  January,  1912,  Mayor 
Wadham  took  into  partner- 
ship T.  B.  Cosgrove,  one  of 
the  capable  young  attorneys 
of  Southern  California,  and 
the  partnership  continues  un- 
der the  name  of  Wadham  & 
Cosgrove- 

Mayor  Wadham  has  been 
a  factor  in  the  politics  of 
San  Diego  for  many  years, 
at  all  times  a  firm  supporter 
of  the  Democratic  party  and 
its  candidates.  When  he  was 
twenty-nine  years  of  age  he 
was  a  candidate  for  State 
Senator  and,  although  he 
lost,  it  was  only  by  193  votes, 
he  having  cut  the  Republi- 
can majority  from  its  normal 
figure,  1500.  He  was  twice 
a  candidate  for  Mayor  of  San 
Diego,  being  defeated  the 
first  time,  but  victorious  on 
his  second  attempt.  He 
was  elected  in  1911  for  a 
term  of  two  years  by  a  majority  of  500  and  is  the 
second  Mayor  to  hold  office  under  the  commission 
form  of  government,  under  which  San  Diego  oper- 
ates. 

During  his  tenure  of  office  Mayor  Wadham  has 
proposed  numerous  measures  for  the  improvement 
of  the  city.  One  of  the  important  measures  that 
he  urged  was  the  purchase  of  a  water  supply  for 
the  city,  which,  when  ratified  by  the  electors,  will 
involve  an  issue  of  $4,000,000  bonds  and  give  to 
San  Diego  one  of  the  best  water  supply  systems 
in  the  country.  Mayor  Wadham  has  championed 
this  project  from  the  time  he  entered  office  and  to 
his  efforts  will  be  largely  due,  when  it  comes  to 
pass,  the  establishment  of  the  municipal  owner- 
ship of  the  water  supply. 

Aside  from  his  public  and  legal  duties,  Mayor 
Wadham  is  an  enthusiastic  motorist  and  good  roads 
advocate  and  a  prominent  member  of  the  Masonic 
fraternity.  He  has  attained  the  Thirty-second  De- 
gree of  the  order  and  also  belongs  to  the  Knights 
Templar  and  the  Mystic  Shrine. 


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I  S  H  E  R  ,  HENRY,  Investments, 
Redlands,  California,  was  born  in 
Pittsburg,  Pa.,  December  18,  1843, 
the  son  of  John  Jacob  and  Frie- 
dericka  Fisher.  His  first  wife 
was  Mary  C.  Clark,  whom  he  mar- 
ried at  Oil  City,  Pennsylvania,  in  1872,  and  who 
died  on  their  first  visit  to  California,  in  1893.  They 
had  one  son,  John  H.,  now  associated  with  his 
father  in  many  of  his  enterprises.  In  1895,  at  New 
York  City,  he  married  Marion  J.  Thomas  of  Wash- 
ington, D.  C.,  granddaughter  of  the  late  Adjutant 
General  Lorenzo  Thomas  of  the  U.  S.  Army.  They 
have  three  children,  Natalia,  George  MacWhorter 
and  Friedericka. 

Mr.  Fisher,  standing  today  with  the  honored 
men  of  the  West,  who  have  developed  the  re- 
sources of  Southern  California,  has  been  in  active 
business  for  nearly  half  a  century,  and  while  build- 
Ing  a  fortune  for  himself  has  builded  for  his  coun- 
try and  his  fellowman.  He  received  his  education 
in  the  public  schools  of  his  native  city,  and  entered 
the  oil  business  in  Oil  City,  Pa.  and  vicinity,  in 
1864.  Mr.  Fisher  was  one  of  the  first  to  recognize 
the  future  importance  of  petroleum  in  the  indus- 
trial and  domestic  life  of  the  world,  and  was  as 
much  a  part  of  the  development  of  Pennsylvania's 
petroleum  resources  as  any  other  single  person,  be- 
coming a  large  producer  and  shipper  and  inter- 
ested in  a  number  of  important  corporations.  Or- 
ganizing the  Fisher  Oil  Company  in  the  early 
eighties,  he  served  as  President  of  that  corpora- 
tion until  he  left  Pittsburg  and  sold  out  his  inter- 
ests to  his  brother.  He  was  a  Director  in  the 
Pittsburg  Petroleum  Exchange  and  first  President 
of  the  Washington  Oil  Company,  organized  with  a 
capital  of  one  million  dollars,  and  one  of  the  most 
successful  in  the  field — now  controlled  by  the 
Standard  Oil  Company. 

In  the  beginning  of  the  oil  production  in  Penn- 
sylvania, transportation  facilities  were  not  of  the 
best  and,  as  markets  for  the  product  were  devel- 
oped, it  behooved  the  oil  men  to  find  an  economical 
method  of  getting  the  petroleum  to  the  railroads. 
Mr.  Fisher  was  one  of  the  originators  of  the  pipe 
line  method  of  transportation,  and  was  a  partner 
in  the  first  three  pipe  line  companies  operating 
in  the  Pennsylvania  district,  devoting  a  part  of  his 
time  between  the  years  of  1868  and  1872  to  this 
business. 

Mr.  Fisher  was  also  one  of  the  organizers  of 
the  Natural  Gas  Company  of  West  Virginia,  which 
supplies  the  city  of  Wheeling  with  natural  gas. 
He  served  as  a  Director  in  this  organization  until 
he  left  Pittsburg.  He  helped  to  organize  and 
served  as  a  Director  in  the  Keystone  Bank  of  Pitts- 
burg. 

In  1893  Mr.  Fisher  took  a  much  needed  vacation 
and  visited  Southern  California.  The  climate  and 
promise  of  the  country  so  impressed  him  that  he 
decided  to  transfer  his  home  to  that  section,  and, 
upon  his  return  to  Pittsburg,  disposed  of  most  of 
his  interests  in  that  locality.  These  included  val- 
uable oil  lands,  gas,  banking  and  other  stocks,  for 
he  was  one  of  the  leading  figures  in  the  business 
life  of  Western  Pennsylvania  and  possessed  of  di- 
versified interests. 

Locating  at  Redlands,  California,  at  a  time  when 
the  country  was  only  slightly  developed,  Mr.  Fisher, 
who  had  closed  one  highly  successful  business  ca- 
reer, entered  upon  another  with  the  same  vigor 


which  had  characterized  his  earlier  operations-  He 
invested  largely  in  business  property  in  Redlands, 
and  has  been  one  of  the  most  potent  influences  in 
the  upbuilding  of  that  city.  His  first  work  in 
California  was  the  organization,  with  others,  of 
the  Redlands  Electric  Light  &  Power  Company 
and  the  Southern  California  Power  Company,  both 
of  which  he  assisted  largely  in  financing;  these 
plants  were  finally  merged  with  the  West  Side 
Lighting  Company  of  Los  Angel.es,  then  into  the 
Edison  Electric  Company,  now  known  as  the  South- 
ern California  Edison  Company,  in  which  Mr. 
Fisher  holds  the  office  of  Vice  President  and  Di- 
rector. 

The  above  water  power  companies  had  an  im- 
portant bearing  on  the  business  growth  of  Red- 
lands  and  surrounding  country,  for,  with  their 
formation,  a  new  life  was  put  into  the  city  and  it 
entered  into  a  period  of  steady  growth,  which  has 
not  subsided  after  several  years.  Realizing  the 
importance  of  transportation  facilities,  Mr.  Fisher 
organized  the  Redlands  Street  Railway  Company, 
the  San  Bernardino  Valley  Traction  Company  and 
Redlands  Central  Railway  Company,  in  two  of 
which  he  held  the  office  of  President,  maintaining 
a  progressive  policy,  which  aided  largely  in  the  de- 
velopment of  the  country  through  which  the  lines 
passed  and  which,  at  present,  is  one  of  the  richest 
and  most  prosperous  in  the  United  States. 

As  a  banker,  Mr.  Fisher  served  for  many  years 
as  a  Director  of  the  First  National  Bank  of  Los 
Angeles,  the  First  National  of  Redlands  and  the 
Redlands  National,  resigning  from  these  as  his 
many  interests  made  it  inconvenient  to  attend  the 
meetings. 

Of  extraordinary  forcefulness  and  resource, 
quick  to  see  the  possibilities  of  a  project  and  pos- 
sessed of  the  ability  to  carry  an  enterprise  to  suc- 
cess, Mr.  Fisher  is  known  through  Southern  Cali- 
fornia as  a  man  of  scrupulous  integrity  and  fair 
play.  He  has  been  a  strenuous  worker  all  of  his 
life,  but  is  fortunate  in  the  possession  of  unusual 
endurance  and  determination,  qualities  which  haVe 
aided  largely  in  the  gratifying  success  which  has 
attended  his  efforts. 

Mr.  Fisher  is  a  patron  of  the  arts  and  has  spent 
considerable  time  traveling  in  the  United  States 
and  abroad.  His  home,  one  of  the  handsomest  in 
Redlands,  is  filled  with  art  treasures,  which  he  has 
collected  during  his  travels  and  which  have  been 
brought  together  for  their  artistic  and  historic 
value.  Although  his  life  has  been  filled  with  im- 
portant business  affairs,  Mr.  Fisher  has  not  de- 
voted his  time  to  these  alone,  but  his  family  has 
always  been  identified  with  the  social  life  of  Red- 
lands,  and  he  helped  to  organize  and  served  as 
President  of  the  Redlands  Country  Club  for  many 
years.  He  is  also  a  member  of  the  University 
Club  of  Redlands,  the  California  Club  of  Los  An- 
geles, and  a  life  member  of  the  Western  Pennsyl- 
vania Exposition  Society  of  Pittsburg.  He  has 
never  taken  an  active  part  in  politics  and  has  avoid- 
ed public  attention,  but  is  a  public-spirited  man, 
always  ready  to  do  his  part  to  help  along  the  wel- 
fare of  his  home  town — Redlands — which  he  con- 
siders the  most  delightful  place  on  earth. 

He  has  been  a  Director  and  faithful  attendant 
of  the  meetings  of  the  Chamber  of  Commerce  of 
Redlands  for  many  years,  serving  on  numerous 
committees  and  taking  a  leading  part  in  all  of  its 
public  enterprises. 


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ARSH,  NORMAN  FOOTE,  Archi- 
tect, Los  Angeles,  California,  was 
born  at  Upper  Alton,  Illinois,  July 
16,  1871,  the  seventh  son  of  Eb- 
enezer  Marsh  and  Kate  (Prevost) 
Marsh.  He  married  Cora  Mae 
Cairns  at  Polo,  Illinois,  January  23,  1901,  and  they 
are  the  parents  of  two  children,  Norman  LeRoy 
and  Marian  Elizabeth  Marsh. 

Mr.  Marsh  received  his  early  education  in  the 
schools  of  his  native  city  and 
was  graduated  from  the  high 
school  of  Upper  Alton  in  1886. 
He  then  studied  art,  litera- 
ture and  science  at  Shurtleff 
College,  Upper  Alton,  for 
three  years  and  followed  this 
with  attendance  at  the  Uni- 
versity of  Illinois.  He  re- 
mained there  five  years  and 
was  graduated  from  the 
School  of  Architecture  with 
the  degree  of  Bachelor  of 
Science  in  the  class  of  1897. 

Upon  leaving  the  univer- 
sity Mr.  Marsh  went  to  Chi- 
cago, Illinois,  as  lucical  en- 
gineer for  the  American  Lux- 
fer  Prism  Company.  He  re- 
mained with  the  company  for 
three  years,  representing 
them  in  various  cities,  includ- 
ing New  York,  Chicago  and 
Philadelphia. 

Resigning  his  position  in 
1900,  Mr.  Marsh  went  to  Los 
Angeles  and  there  began  his 
career  as  an  architect.  He 
formed  a  partnership  with 

J.  N.  Preston  under  the  firm  name  of  Preston  & 
Marsh,  and  while  it  lasted  they  were  among  the 
leaders  of  their  profession,  their  work  being  con- 
fined almost  exclusively  to  handsome  residences. 
At  the  end  of  a  year,  however,  the  partnership  was 
dissolved  and  Mr.  Marsh  then  formed  an  alliance 
with  C.  H.  Russell  under  the  name  of  Marsh  & 
Russell. 

They  remained  in  association  for  nearly  six 
years  and  during  that  time  were  engaged  in  some 
of  the  most  important  architectural  work  in  the 
Southwest.  Their  most  notable  accomplishment, 
perhaps,  was  the  designing  of  Venice,  California, 
one  of  the  most  unique  seashore  resorts  in  the 
United  States.  The  place  is  patterned  after  beau- 
tiful Venice,  Italy,  and  besides  numerous  handsome 
buildings,  has  a  chain  of  canals  through  its  prin- 
cipal section,  these  canals  being  spanned  by  pictur- 
esque bridges-  It  is  the  only  city  of  its  kind  on  the 
Western  Continent  and  stands  a  monument  to  the 
architects. 


NORMAN  F.  MARSH 


In  September,  1907,  Messrs.  Marsh  &  Russell  dis- 
solved partnership,  the  latter  going  to  San  Fran- 
cisco, while  Mr.  Marsh  remained  in  Los  Angeles, 
continuing  his  work  alone.  Since  that  time  he  has 
taken  a  leading  position  among  the  architects  of  the 
country,  devoting  most  of  his  attention  to  public 
buildings,  including  churches,  schools,  libraries,  etc. 
Among  buildings  designed  by  him  are  the  Hol- 
lywood High  School  buildings,  the  first  group  high 
school  in  that  part  of  the  country.  Another  work 
which  has  attracted  attention 
to  Mr.  Marsh  is  the  Pasadena 
High  School,  said  by  Har- 
lan  Updegraff,  specialist  in 
school  administration,  Bu- 
reau of  Education  of  Wash- 
ington, D.  C.,  to  be  the  fin- 
est high  school  structure  in 
the  entire  United  States. 
Other  buildings  designed  by 
Mr.  Marsh  are  the  First 
Methodist  Church  of  Oakland, 
California;  First  Methodist 
Church,  Long  Beach,  Cali- 
fornia; the  First  Baptist 
Church  of  Pomona,  Califor- 
nia, and  the  University  of 
Redlands,  Redlands,  Califor- 
nia, a  handsome  group  of 
modern  fireproof  buildings. 

The  most  recent  work  of 
Mr.  Marsh  and  one  of  the 
best  productions  of  his  ca- 
reer is  the  Columbia  Hospital 
of  Los  Angeles.  This  insti- 
tution is  known  as  the  finest 
of  its  kind  west  of  New  York 
City  and  compares  favorably 
with  any  in  the  metropolis. 

It  is  modern  in  every  detail,  fireproof,  and  equipped 
with  every  device  known  to  modern  science.  Its 
greatest  feature,  perhaps,  is  the  fact  that  its  san- 
itation is  perfect,  due  to  the  installation  by  Mr. 
Marsh  of  a  water  system  for  washing  all  air  enter- 
ing the  hospital,  which  affords  absolute  protec- 
tion. 

These  are  only  a  few  of  the  structures  designed 
by  Mr.  Marsh  in  Southern  California,  there  being 
in  addition  numerous  fine  residences,  and  buildings 
in  the  business  district  of  the  city. 

Mr.  Marsh  makes  his  home  in  South  Pasadena. 
There  he  is  a  member  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  of 
the  Public  Library  and  Chairman  of  the  Board  of 
Trustees  of  the  Memorial  Baptist  Church. 

He  is  an  enthusiastic  worker  for  Southern  Cali- 
fornia's upbuilding  and,  although  he  is  not  a  club- 
man, has  a  wide  circle  of  friends.  He  is  a  thirty- 
second  degree  Mason,  and  has  been  a  member  of 
the  Southern  California  Chapter  of  the  American 
Institute  of  Architects. 


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RASK,  FRANK  ELLSWORTH, 
Consulting  Engineer,  Los  Angeles, 
California,  was  born  at  Industry, 
Maine,  July  26,  1863,  the  son  of 
Nathaniel  Trask  and  Betsy  Helen 
(Wills)  Trask.  He  has  been 
twice  married,  his  first  wife,  Maude  R.  Smith,  whom 
he  married  at  Escondido,  California,  December  20, 
1888,  having  died  in  February,  1908.  She  bore  him 
three  sons,  Harlan,  Olin  and  Elwood.  Mr.  Trask 
took  for  his  second  wife 
Carlotta  Thornton,  the  wed- 
ding ceremony  being  per- 
formed at  Los  Angeles,  July 
1,  1909. 

Mr.  Trask  received  his 
early  training  in  the  public 
schools  of  Bethel,  Maine,  and 
Gould's  Academy  of  that 
place.  He  entered  the  Uni- 
versity of  Maine  in  1883  and 
was  graduated  in  1887  with 
the  degree  of  Bachelor  of 
Civil  Engineering.  Three 
years  later  his  college  con- 
ferred upon  him  the  Master's 
Degree-  Mr.  Trask,  who  is 
today  considered  one  of  the 
greatest  civil  engineers  in 
the  West  and  an  authority  on 
irrigation  matters,  has  been 
in  active  service  since  his  col- 
lege days.  During  the  last 
two  years  of  his  course  he 
was  engaged  on  hydro- 
graphic  surveys  of  the  Pe- 
nobscot  River  under  Profes- 
sor Hamlin  and  F.  P.  Stearns, 
and  from  August  to  Decem- 
ber, 1887,  the  year  of  his 
graduation,  was  assistant  to 
H.  E.  Stoddard,  a  civil  en- 
gineer of  Pomona,  California, 
on  townsite  work  in  the 
southern  part  of  that  State. 

Since  that  time  he  has  been  engaged  in  various  en- 
gineering enterprises  in  California  which  have 
given  him  rank  with  the  leaders  of  his  profession. 
In  the  beginning  of  the  year  1888  he  became 
Chief  Engineer  for  the  Ontario  Land  &  Improve- 
ment Company  and  the  San  Antonio  Water  Com- 
pany, and  in  this  capacity  had  charge  of  various 
important  operations.  For  the  latter  company  he 
designed  and  constructed  extensions  to  the  irriga- 
tion systems  which  it  operated  and  for  the  former 
constructed  eight  miles  of  street  railway. 

About  this  time  Mr.  Trask  inaugurated  a  sys- 
tem of  underground  tunnels  for  water  develop- 
ment, and  by  this  method  added  largely  to  the 
water  supply  of  the  town  and  colony  of  Ontario, 
and  other  sections  of  California. 

In  1889,  Mr.  Trask  was  engaged  in  a  number  of 
important  works,  among  them  the  subdivision  of 
fourteen  hundred  acres  for  the  Pasadena  Rincon 
Land  &  Water  Company,  with  surveys  for  irrigat- 
ing the  tract.  Also,  he  made  extensive  surveys  in 
Mill  Creek  Canyon  and  designed  a  power  plant  for 
the  Mentone  Sandstone  Company  in  the  same  year. 
The  year  1890  Mr.  Trask  served  as  Consulting 
Engineer  for  the  Escondido  Irrigation  District,  de- 
signing its  noted  "Rock-fill"  dam,  and  in  1891  he 
was  Consulting  Engineer  to  the  Sycamore  Water 


F.  E.  TRASK 


Development  Comoanv  on  tunnel  work,  also  being 
engaged  in  making  surveys  for  an  irrigation  sys- 
tem in  the  Pomona  Orange  Belt  Irrigation  District. 
During  1894  Mr.  Trask  made  a  topographic  sur- 
vey of  San  Antonio  Canyon  in  California,  embrac- 
ing twenty-four  square  miles  and  upon  the  conclu- 
sion of  this  task  was  chosen  Consulting  Engineer 
to  the  City  of  Pomona  to  report  upon  the  most 
available  source  of  water  supply.  He  was  also  en- 
gaged in  general  practice,  his  commissions  includ- 
ing that  of  Consulting  En- 
gineer to  the  San  Antonio 
Water  Company,  the  Anita 
Mining  &  Milling  Company 
of  Sonora,  Mexico,  and  vari- 
ous others. 

In  1900,  Mr-  Trask  closed 
his  offices  in  Ontario,  where 
he  had  made  headquarters 
for  about  thirteen  years,  and 
removed  to  Los  Angeles, 
where  he  has  since  been  en- 
gaged in  practice.  In  mov- 
ing he  retained  his  principal 
clients  and  in  the  years  that 
have  intervened  has  added 
many  more  to  them,  includ- 
ing the  Water  Users'  Asso- 
ciation of  San  Gabriel  Valley 
and  a  large  Eastern  clien- 
tiele  for  whom  he  has  made 
various  investigations  and 
reports  of  water  develop- 
ment and  power  projects  on 
the  Pacific  Coast. 

Mr.  Trask  in  1911  con- 
structed the  Ontario  water 
system  at  a  cost  of  $200,000 
and  was  chosen  to  make  a 
report  on  a  like  system  for 
the  city  of  Redlands,  Cali- 
fornia, to  build  which  the 
city  voted  $600,000  bonds. 

These  summarize  in  brief 
the  activities  of  Mr.  Trask, 

but  fail  to  show  adequately  the  importance  of  his 
work.  His  position  as  an  irrigation  expert  has 
caused  him  to  be  employed  in  various  litigations 
and  he  is  generally  regarded  as  one  of  the  chief 
factors  in  the  development  of  water  in  Southern 
California.  Mr.  Trask  has  contributed  frequently  to 
engineering  journals  articles  dealing  with  the  water 
question,  and  one  of  them,  entitled  "Water  Conser- 
vation in  Southern  California,"  printed  in  the 
"Rural  Californian"  in  June,  1903,  has  come  to  be 
regarded  as  an  authority,  the  demand  for  this  paper 
exhausting  two  special  issues.  In  it  Mr.  Trask  dis- 
cussed the  entire  question  of  irrigation  from  scien- 
tific and  practical  standpoints  and  pointed  out  the 
defects  of  the  various  methods  of  procuring  water 
for  agricultural  and  other  purposes.  In  general,  he 
made  a  brief  for  the  conservation  of  water  re- 
sources in  the  great  Southern  California  di'strict 
and  also  outlined  a  method  for  doing  this,  his  plan 
providing  for  a  diversion  of  the  waters  and  the 
creation  of  new  water  supplies.  This  system  has 
benn  largely  adopted  and  has  resulted  in  a  general 
improvement  of  the  lands  and  products  of  the  farms. 
Mr.  Trask  is  a  member  of  the  American  Society 
of  Civil  Engineers,  also  belongs  to  the  Architects 
and  Engineers'  Association  of  Los  Angeles,  Ma- 
sonic fraternity,  and  the  Jonathan  Club. 


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ISLINGBURY,  GEORGE,  Mining 
Engineer,  Los  Angeles,  California, 
was  born  at  East  Ilsley,  Berks 
County,  England,  January  1,  1848, 
the  son  of  Thomas  Kislingbury 
and  Hannah  (Herman)  Kisling- 
bury. He  married  Matilda  Carlyon  at  Colton,  Boyd 
County,  Kentucky,  in  the  year  1873,  and  to  them 
there  were  born  three  children,  May,  Nettie  and 
G.  D.  Kislingbury.  Mrs.  Kislingbury  died  in  1890, 
and  five  years  later  Mr.  Kis- 
lingbury married  the  second 
time.  He  took  his  bride,  Lot- 
tie E.  Coleman,  at  Sail  Lake 
City,  Utah,  and  of  this  union 
there  are  three  children, 
Dorothy,  Isabella  and  Frank- 
lin Kislingbury. 

Mr.  Kislingbury's  parents 
came  to  the  United  States  in 
1857  and  located  at  Mineral 
Point,  Wisconsin,  where  the 
son  was  placed  in  school.  He 
studied  in  the  public  schools 
of  Mineral  Point  until  the 
year  1864,  when  he  deserted 
his  books  and  joined  the 
Union  army  for  service  in 
the  Civil  War.  He  enlisted 
as  a  private  in  Company  K, 
Thirty-seventh  Volunteer  In- 
fantry, and  was  dispatched  to 
the  front  immediately.  He 
served  through  the  Virginia 
campaign  and  participated  in 
the  battle  of  Fort  Steadman, 
Virginia,  March  25,  1865.  One 
week  later  his  company  was 
engaged  in  battle  at  Fort 

Magoon,  near  Petersburg,  Virginia.  Mr.  Kisling- 
bury served  until  mustered  out  at  the  close  of 
hostilities. 

Returning  home,  Mr.  Kislingbury  followed  min- 
ing for  three  years  in  the  lead  and  zinc  mines  of 
Wisconsin.  In  1868  he  removed  to  Colorado  and 
engaged  in  mining  there  about  a  year,  when  he 
went  to  Nevada  and  located  at  White  Pine.  Since 
that  time  he  has  been  engaged  actively  in  mining 
and  the  investigation  of  mines,  his  work  taking  him 
to  all  parts  of  the  Western  Continent. 

Mr.  Kislingbury  has  the  distinction  of  having 
been  the  author  of  the  first  metal  mine  inspection 
bill  presented  to  any  legislature,  his  measure  being 
passed  by  the  State  Legislature  of  Colorado  in  1889. 
After  the  passage  of  the  inspection  law  Mr.  Kis- 
lingbury, recognized  as  an  expert  on  metal  mining, 
was  appointed  by  Governor  Cooper  of  Colorado  to 
the  office  of  State  Mine  Inspector.  This  post  he 
held  during  the  years  of  1889  and  1890,  and  upon 
leaving  office  he  again  took  up  his  life  work — the 
examination  of  mines. 


GEORGE  KISLINGBURY 


Mr.  Kislingbury  is  one  of  the  most  active  men 
in  his  profession  and  has  been  commissioned  by 
large  capitalists  to  examine  and  purchase  mining 
properties  in  various  districts.  His  investigations 
have  included  all  the  mining  States  and  Territories 
of  the  United  States,  Alaska,  British  Columbia, 
Vancouver  and  Prince  of  Wales  Islands,  Ontario, 
Canada;  Honduras,  San  Salvador,  Guatemala  and 
Mexico.  He  has  examined  lead,  zinc,  copper,  gold, 
silver,  cinnabar,  coal,  iron  and  baryta  properties  and 
his  judgment  has  been  ac- 
cepted as  the  final  word  by 
his  clients.  At  one  time  in 
his  career  Mr.  Kislingbury 
devoted  himself  exclusively 
to  exploration  and  examina- 
tion work  for  Captain  J.  R. 
De  Lamar,  a  New  York  capi- 
talist. Mr.  Kislingbury,  for 
nine  years,  was  his  mining 
expert,  and  in  search  of  prop- 
erties for  Captain  De  Lamar, 
Mr.  Kislingbury  traveled  to 
all  parts  of  the  American 
Continent. 

Mr.  Kislingbury  has  been 
a  manager  of  mines  at  dif- 
ferent times  and  holds  a 
mine  manager's  certificate, 
issued  by  the  Examining 
Board  of  the  State  of  Wy- 
oming. Among  the  mines  of 
which  he  has  been  manager 
in  the  West,  the  most  impor- 
tant are  the  Golden  State 
Mine  at  Mercur,  Utah,  and 
the  Bully  Hill  Mine  in  Shas- 
ta County,  California.  His 
principal  work,  however,  is 

searching  for  investments  for  mining  capitalists 
and  his  success  marks  him  as  one  of  the  most 
expert  examiners  of  the  present  day. 

Mr.  Kislingbury  has  never  undertaken  the  pro- 
motion of  mining  properties,  or  the  sale  of  mining 
stocks,  and  has  always  enjoyed  the  confidence  of 
his  clients  to  such  an  extent  that  they  invariably 
have  taken  over  properties  which  he  recommended 
to  them,  either  in  the  United  States  or  elsewhere. 
At  the  present  time  (1912)  Mr.  Kislingbury  is  en- 
gaged in  the  investigation  of  mining  properties  of 
Nevada,  California  and  Old  Mexico  for  wealthy  in- 
vestors, and  in  1911  spent  five  months  in  a  careful 
examination  of  the  Porcupine  District,  in  Ontario, 
Canada. 

He  is  recognized  by  members  of  his  profession 
as  one  of  its  leading  men.  Mr.  Kislingbury  be- 
longs to  the  American  Institute  of  Mining  Engi- 
neers, the  National  Geographical  Society,  the  Ma- 
sons, Odd  Fellows,  and  the  Benevolent  and  Protec- 
tive Order  of  Elks.  His  only  club  is  the  Rocky 
Mountain  Club  of  New  York  City. 


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ELLMAN,  MARCO  H., 
Banker,  Los  Angeles,  Cali- 
fornia, was  born  in  that  city, 
September  14,  1878,  the  son 
of  Herman  W.  Hellman  and 
Ida  (Heimann)  Hellman.  His  father  was 
one  of  the  pioneer  business  men  of  Los  An- 
geles and,  at  the  time  of  his  death,  was  con- 
sidered its  leading  banker  and  one  of  the 

wealthiest     men     in     the     

Southwest.  Marco  H. 
Hellman  married  Reta 
Levis  of  Visalia,  Cal.,  at 
Los  Angeles,  June  10, 
1908,  and  to  them  was 
born  one  child,  Herman 
Wallace  Hellman. 

Mr.  Hellman  was  edu- 
cated in  the  public  schools 
of  Los  Angeles  and  later 
attended  Leland  Stanford 
University.  After  which 
he  started  his  banking 
career  with  the  Farmers 
&  Merchants  National 
Bank  of  Los  Angeles.  He 
worked  there  in  various 
minor  positions  for  a  peri- 
od of  time  and  then  v/as 
made  assistant  cashier  of 
the  institution.  He  re- 
mained with  that  bank  for 
about  six  years  and  later 
resigned  to  accept  a  posi- 
tion as  assistant  cashier 
of  the  Merchants  Na- 
tional Bank  of  Los  An- 


MARCO  H.  HELLMAN 


geles.  He  held  that  position  with  credit  and 
soon  was  promoted  to  cashier,  holding  that 
office  until  he  was  made  vice  president  of 
the  bank,  an  active  position  he  now  holds. 

He  is  now  president,  vice  president  or 
director  of  twenty-one  banks  and  nine  in- 
dustrial corporations  and  is  one  of  the  exec- 
utors of  the  great  Herman  W.  Hellman 
estate.  Coming  from  a  family  rated  among 
fhe  richest  in  the  United  States,  it  is  natural 
that  Mr.  Hellman,  although  a  young  man, 
should  have  attained  a  position  of  prominence 
in  the  financial  world.  His  father  before  him 
was  a  positive  financial  genius,  and  when  he 
died,  had  a  multitude  of  interests,  banking, 
real  estate,  oil,  corporation,  etc. 

As  executor  of  the  vast  estate  of  his 
father,  it  is  necessary  that  Mr.  Hellman  be 
an  active  participant  in  a  great  many  cor- 
porations, and  this  matter  of  necessity,  com- 
bined with  his  native  ability  as  a  financier 


and  business  man,  puts  him  in  the  position 
of  being  the  most  active  young  banker  in  the 
State.  As  a  matter  of  fact  he  holds  more 
offices  in  banks  and  corporations  than  any 
other  three  men  in  Southern  California. 

Mr.  Hellman  has  always  been  too  busy  to 
engage  actively  in  the  political  life  of  his 
native  city,  but  he  has  not  lacked  in  civic 
pride.  He  is  always  among  the  first  men  to 

help   any    movement   for 

the  advancement  of  Los 
Angeles. 

For  instance,  when  the 
Owens  River  Aqueduct 
project  was  proposed  and 
money  was  needed,  and 
the  Eastern  syndicate 
only  accepted  its  allotted 
portion,  Mr.  Hellman 
took  over  and  sold  the  re- 
maining portion  of  the 
bonds  for  the  city,  a 
transaction  involving  at 
least  a  million  dollars. 
With  the  money  obtained 
so  promptly,  the  city  was 
enabled  to  go  ahead  with 
its  work  of  improvement 
and  the  Owens  River 
aqueduct,  a  remarkable 
engineering  work,  soon 
will  be  supplying  pure 
water,  not  only  to  the 
City  of  Los  Angeles,  but 
to  many  towns  and  vil- 
lages in  the  vicinity  of 
the  city. 

An  interesting  incident  in  the  life  of  Mr. 
Hellman  is  that  he  has  spent  practically  all 
his  days  in  one  spot  in  Los  Angeles.  He  was 
born  in  his  father's  old  mansion  at  Fourth 
and  Spring  Streets,  when  that  corner  was 
part  of  the  residential  section  of  the  city.  To- 
day it  is  in  the  very  center  of  the  business 
district  and  in  place  of  the  home,  with  its 
wide  spread  of  lawn,  where  young  Hellman 
played  as  a  child,  there  stands  the  towering 
skyscraper,  the  Herman  W.  Hellman  Build- 
ing, an  imposing  monument  to  the  work  of 
his  father  in  Los  Angeles. 

Mr.  Hellman  is  one  of  the  most  popular 
young  financiers  in  the  country  and  is  a 
member  of  many  clubs.  His  Los  Angeles  af- 
filiations are  the  Jonathan,  Concordia,  Union 
League,  Federal  and  San  Gabriel  Valley 
Country  Clubs.  In  addition  to  these  social 
organizations,  he  is  a  Thirty-second  Degree 
Mason,  a  Mystic  Shriner  and  an  Elk. 


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ERCKHOFF,  HERMAN  HENRY, 
President  of  the  Avawatz  Salt 
and  Gypsum  Company,  Los  An- 
geles, California,  was  born  at  Lin- 
gen,  in  the  Province  of  Hanover, 
Germany,  January  20,  1867,  the 
son  of  George  Kerckhoff  and  Philippine  (Neuhart) 
Kerckhoff.  Mr.  Kerckhoff  was  married  to  Anne 
May  Wethern  at  Los  Angeles,  October  4,  1899,  and 
to  them  have  been  born  two  sons,  Steph- 
ens and  Herman  Kerckhoff. 

Mr.  Kerckhoff,  although 
born  in  Germany  and  de- 
scended of  German  stock,  is, 
in  reality,  an  American,  his 
parents  having  lived  in  In- 
diana for  many  years  before 
he  was  born.  They  moved 
to  Los  Angeles  when  he  was 
a  boy  and  the  greater  part 
of  his  life  has  been  spent  in 
Southern  California. 

He  attended  the  public 
schools  of  Los  Angeles  and 
was  graduated  from  the  high 
school  in  the  class  of  1884. 
He  entered  the  University  of 
California  the  next  year,  tak- 
ing up  special  studies  in 
chemistry,  and  would  have 
graduated  in  the  class  of 
1889,  but  left  in  the  preced- 
ing year  and  went  on  a  tour 
of  Europe. 

Returning  to  Los  Angeles 
in  1889,  Mr.  Kerckhoff  be- 
came associated  with  the 
Kerckhoff-Cuzner  Lumber 


H.  H.  KERCKHOFF 


chosen  President  of  it.  This  concern  has  grown 
into  a  prosperous  industry  and  Mr.  Kerckhoff  still 
is  actively  engaged  in  the  direction  of  its  affairs. 
In  1912  Mr.  Kerckhoff  and  other  capitalists  of 
Los  Angeles  organized  the  Avawatz  Salt  and  Gyp- 
sum Company  and  at  the  present  time  (1912)  is  en- 
gaged in  the  preliminaries  necessary  to  the  begin- 
ning of  operations  by  this  company.  These  include 
erection  of  a  modern  salt  refinery  and  the  building 
of  a  railroad  sixteen  miles  in  length  to  the  mines 
of  the  company  in  the  Death 
Valley  of  California.  This 
company  promises  to  become 
one  of  the  large  industrial 
enterprises  of  the  Pacific 
Coast,  the  holdings  including 
immense  deposits  of  high- 
grade  rock  salt  and  gypsum, 
the  latter  an  important  in- 
gredient in  the  manufacture 
of  cement  and  wall  plaster. 

Mr.  Kerckhoff  has  en- 
tered into  the  conduct  of  the 
company  in  a  manner  char- 
acteristic of  him,  having  sur- 
rounded himself  with  the 
most  capable  men  he  could 
procure  for  the  various  de- 
partments, and  then  started 
work  on  his  plant  immedi- 
ately. Confident  of  the  suc- 
cess of  the  enterprise,  he 
looks  forward  to  adding  an- 
other great  commercial  asset 
to  the  already  large  number 
now  forming  part  of  the  in- 
dustrial strength  of  Southern 
California. 


and  Mill  Company,  of  which  his  elder  brother,  Wil- 
liam G.  Kerckhoff,  was  the  organizer  and  chief 
owner.  Mr.  Kerckhoff  was  appointed  manager  of 
the  company's  branch  yard  at  Pomona,  California, 
and  remained  in  that  position  for  about  a  year, 
being  at  that  time  promoted  to  the  management  of 
the  more  important  branch  of  the  company's  busi- 
ness at  Pasadena.  Being  a  conscientious  worker, 
he  impaired  his  health  through  overzealousness, 
and  at  the  end  of  six  months  was  compelled  to  give 
up  active  business  and  seek  to  regain  his  strength. 

He  was  only  out  of  active  business  for  a  few 
months,  however,  resuming  his  work  as  manager  of 
the  personal  affairs  of  his  father,  who  was  a  man  of 
many  interests  in  Los  Angeles.  He  managed  the 
affairs  of  the  elder  Kerckhoff  for  several  years 
and  upon  the  death  of  the  latter,  organized  the 
Kerckhoff  Estate  Company,  of  which  he  continued 
as  manager. 

In  1900  Mr.  Kerckhoff,  in  addition  to  conducting 
the  family  business,  organized  a  corporation  known 
as  the  Hipolito  Screen  and  Sash  Company,  being 


The  name  of  Kerckhoff  has  long  been  a  conspic- 
uous one  in  the  business  life  of  Los  Angeles.  The 
men  of  the  Kerckhoff  family  have  all  done  their 
share  towards  promoting  the  country  and  develop- 
ing its  resources.  William  G.  Kerckhoff  was  one  of 
the  pioneers  in  the  adaptation  of  water  for  power 
purposes  in  Southern  California.  H.  H.  Kerckhoff 
has  been  associated  with  him  in  a  great  many  of  his 
ventures  and  has  lent  his  aid  towards  their  success. 

Mr.  Kerckhoff,  in  addition  to  his  office  as  Presi- 
dent of  the  Avawatz  Salt  and  Gypsum  Company, 
is  a  director  of  the  Kerckhoff-Cuzner  Lumber  and 
Mill  Company,  Secretary  and  Treasurer  of  the 
Kerckhoff  Estate  Company,  and  interested  in  vari- 
ous other  enterprises. 

He  is  an  enthusiast  for  the  upbuilding  of  the 
Southwest  and  a  believer  in  clean  government,  but 
he  has  never  taken  an  active  part  in  politics. 

He  is  a  Scottish  Rite  Mason,  also  a  member  of 
the  Mystic  Shrine.  He  belongs  to  the  California 
Club,  Jonathan  Club,  University  Club  and  the 
Gamut  Club. 


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LEY,  ADOLFO,  Banker,  Her- 
mosillo,  Sonora,  Mexico,  was 
born  at  Gnesen,  Prussia,  Ger- 
many, May  24,  1864,  the  de- 
scendant  of  families  that  have 
long  been  prominent  in  the  business  and 
financial  affairs  of  the  great  Prussian  German 
state.  His  father  was  Boas  Bley  and  his 
mother  Bertha  Seldner,  daughter  of  a  mer- 
chant. He  married  Man- 
uela  Rivera,  a  beautiful 
Mexican  girl,  at  Guay- 
mas,  Mexico,  November 
19,  1893. 

He  was  a  pupil  in  the 
public  schools  of  his  na- 
tive city  until  he  was  nine 
years  old  and  then  was 
placed  in  the  Gnesener 
Gymnasium,  a  high 
school,  in  which  the  body 
as  well  as  the  brain  of  the 
boy  was  trained.  There 
the  boys  were  taught 
gymnastics  and  physical 
culture,  and  the  value  of 
this  feature  of  his  educa- 
tion is  shown  in  the 
physique  of  Mr.  Bley, 
who,  at  the  age  of  forty- 
eight,  is  a  man  of  won- 
derful strength  and  en- 
durance. Mr.  Bley  re- 
mained at  the  gymna- 
sium for  seven  years,' 
studying  Latin  and  Greek 
the  last  three  years  of  his 
course,  but  in  1880  left  school  to  go  into 
business  life. 

His  uncle,  a  member  of  the  firm  of  Seld- 
ner and  Von  Borstel,  had  gone  to  Mexico 
many  years  previously  and  his  firm  was  one 
of  the  leading  business  houses  of  Guaymas, 
when  young  Bley  started  in  first  as  a  book- 
keeper and  remained  in  that  position  for 
seven  years,  during  which  time  he  became 
thoroughly  conversant  with  the  business.  In 
1887,  he  was  made  representative  of  the  firm 
and  continued  in  that  capacity  until  1890, 
when,  his  exceptional  ability  having  done 
much  for  the  progress  of  the  firm,  he  was 
taken  in  as  a  partner.  He  held  his  interest 
for  more  than  two  years,  then  withdrew  to 
go  into  business  for  himself. 

In  1893,  he  organized  the  Bley  Hermanos, 
with  his  brother  Simon,  for  the  conduct  of  a 
general  merchandise  business.  They  located 
in  Hermosillo  and  the  business  was  a  suc- 


ADOLFO  BLEY 


cess  from  the  start.  They  have  added  to  it 
continually  each  year  and  today  they  are 
among  the  largest  importers  in  the  entire 
republic  of  Mexico.  Mr.  Bley's  administra- 
tion of  his  own  business  won  him  a  position 
among  the  leaders  of  the  commercial  world 
in  the  State  pf  Sonora  and  he  came  within  a 
very  short  time  to  be  regarded  as  one  of  the 
state's  principal  citizens.  In  1897,  with  a 
splendid  record  and  credit 
to  back  him,  Mr.  Bley 
associated  himself  with 
other  enterprising  men 
there  and  they  founded 
the  Banco  de  Sonora  of 
Hermosillo,  now  one  of 
the  most  stable  financial 
institutions  in  the  coun- 
try. Mr.  Bley  was  elect- 
ed a  director  of  the  new 
institution  and  there,  as 
in  his  first  position  in  life, 
his  ability  as  an  executive 
was  recognized  and  with- 
in a  short  time  he  was 
made  president  of  the 
bank,  an  office  he  now 
holds. 

In  the  year  1904,  Mr. 
Bley,  in  company  with  a 
number  of  others,  organ- 
ized the  Compania  Indus- 
trial del  Pacifico,  with  a 
capital  of  $1,000,000.  A 
large  factory  was  built 
near  Hermosillo,  and 
now  is  one  of  the  most 
important  industries  in  the  state  of  Sonora. 

In  1910,  he  with  two  prominent  Sonora 
men,  obtained  another  banking  concession 
from  the  Mexican  government  and  they  es- 
tablished the  Mortgage  and  Farmers  Bank, 
an  enterprise  capitalized  at  $2,000,000.  The 
bank  began  operations  in  March,  1911,  and 
in  six  months  was  a  success.  Its  stockhold- 
ers are,  in  the  majority,  the  same  as  those 
in  the  Banco  de  Sonora.  The  Banco  de  So- 
nora has  a  capital  of  $1,500,000,  and  a  surplus 
of  $1,200,000.  For  the  last  ten  years  it  has 
paid  dividends  of  sixteen  per  cent  on  its  stock. 
Mr.  Bley  is  Vice  President  of  the  Com- 
pania Naviera  del  Pacifico,  a  steamship  line 
operating  between  Mexican,  South  American 
and  United  States  ports.  He  has  been  Presi- 
dent of  the  Chamber  of  Commerce  of  Hermo- 
sillo, Mexico,  for  seven  years. 

Mr.   Bley  speaks   Spanish   like   a   native, 
German,  English  and  French. 


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HMSEN,  MAXIMILIAN  FREDER- 
ICK, Publisher,  Los  Angeles  "Ex- 
aminer," Los  Angeles,  Gal.,  was 
born  in  Pittsburg,  Pa.,  March  14, 
1868,  the  son  of  Frederick  Lorenz 
Ihmsen  and  Josephine  (Darr) 
Ihmsen.  He  married  Angeline 
Arado  in  New  York  City,  March  17,  1894. 

The  Ihmsen  family  is  one  of  the  oldest  in  Penn- 
sylvania, where,  in  the  Pittsburg  district,  they 
built  and  operated  the  first  glass  factory  west  of 
the  Allegheny  Mountains.  This  was  the  begin- 
ning of  one  of  the  biggest  industries  of  that  State 
and  the  name  has  been  closely  identified  with  the 
glass  business  ever  since  the  establishment  of  the 
first  plant  in  Pennsylvania.  The  firm  of  Ihmsen 
&  Co.  was  in  existence  more  than  100  years. 

Mr.  Ihmsen  received  his  preliminary  education 
in  schools  of  Stuttgart,  Germany,  and  in  Allegheny, 
Pa.,  public  schools,  graduating  from  the  high  school 
in  the  latter  place  in  1886.  He  finished  his  stud- 
ies at  the  Pittsburg  Catholic  College,  Pittsburg. 
Leaving  college,  Mr.  Ihmsen  became  a  clerk  in 
the  Pittsburg  postoffice  for  about  a  year,  becoming, 
in  1888,  a  reporter  on  the  Pittsburg  "Leader."  The 
following  year  he  joined  the  staff  of  the  Pittsburg 
"Post."  This  was  at  the  time  of  the  destruction  of 
Johnstown,  Pa.,  by  flood,  and  Mr.  Ihmsen,  who  was 
one  of  the  first  correspondents  that  succeeded  in 
making  their  way  to  the  scene  of  that  disaster,  won 
special  distinction  by  being  the  first  to  reach  the 
now  historic  South  Fork  Dam  in  the  mountains,  the 
giving  way  of  which  had  been  the  cause  of  the 
catastrophe.  His  reports  of  ju&t  how  the  Johnstown 
disaster  occurred  formed  one  of  the  journalistic 
masterpieces  of  that  day  and  attracted  the  attention 
of  the  entire  newspaper  world. 

In  1890  Mr.  Ihmsen  was  sent  to  Washington, 
D.  C.,  as  correspondent  for  the  Pittsburg  "Post," 
and  the  following  year  became  a  member  of  the 
Washington  staff  of  the  New  York  "Herald."  He 
was  thus  engaged  until  1893,  when  he  was  trans- 
ferred to  New  York  as  political  reporter  for  the 
"Herald."  Filling  this  office,  Mr.  Ihmsen  became 
one  of  the  best  known  newspaper  men  in  New 
York  State.  He  was  occupying  this  position,  in 
1895,  when  William  Randolph  Hearst  entered  the 
New  York  newspaper  field  and  engaged  him  to  rep- 
resent the  New  York  "Journal"  at  that  important 
post,  Albany.  The  next  year  he  was  made  City 
Editor  of  the  "Journal,"  and  two  years  later,  when 
the  Maine  was  blown  up,  returned  to  Washington 
in  charge  of  the  Bureau  of  the  Hearst  publications. 
During  the  trying  and  extremely  delicate  mo- 
ments preceding  the  declaration  of  war  with  Spain 
and  throughout  the  war,  Mr.  Ihmsen  was  in  charge 
at  Washington,  the  most  important  seat  of  news  at 
that  time  in  the  country,  and  the  news  dispatches 
from  there  furnished  to  the  Hearst  papers  attract- 
ed world-wide  attention.  Frequently  denied  and 
discredited  momentarily,  their  accuracy  was  in- 
variably established  and  the  reputation  of  these 
papers  for  profound  insight  into  international  di- 
plomacy and  all  that  implies  to  world-news  de- 
velopments, became  firmly  established. 

He  was  in  charge  at  Washington  when  Mr. 
Hearst's  celebrated  fight  for  the  abrogation  of  the 
Clayton-Bulwer  treaty  and  the  immediately  suc- 
ceeding fight  for  the  U.  S.'s  right  to  fortify  the 
Panama  Canal  and  absolutely  control  it,  as  finally 
voiced  in  the  Hay-Pauncefote  treaty,  occurred. 

Mr.  Ihmsen  personally  regards  his  dispatch,  an- 
nouncing the  intention  of  the  United  States  to  in- 
tervene with  a  military  force  in  China  during  the 
Boxer  troubles  as  the  most  gratifying  single  incident 


in  his  newspaper  life.  This  news  was  so  far  in  ad- 
vance of  apparent  developments  that  the  State 
Department,  all  the  Chancelleries  of  Europe  and 
most  of  the  newspapers  of  Europe  and  America, 
u^nied  its  accuracy  for  many  weeks. 

In  1901  he  again  assumed  the  duties  of  City 
Editor  of  the  "Journal."  A  year  later  he  became  the 
Political  Editor  of  the  New  York  "American," 
founded  about  that  time  by  Mr.  Hearst. 

From  the  time  of  his  entry  into  New  York,  Mr. 
Ihmsen  was  active  in  Democratic  politics  of  the 
city  and  State.  He  was  one  of  the  originators  of 
the  movement  for  the  nomination  of  William  Ran- 
dolph Hearst  for  President  of  the  United  States 
at  the  Democratic  National  Convention  in  Chicago, 
in  1904,  and  was  in  personal  charge  of  the  Hearst 
interest  on  the  floor  of  the  convention.  He  or- 
ganized the  Municipal  Ownership  League  of  New 
York  in  1905,  and  that  same  year  managed  Mr. 
Hearst's  campaign  as  the  candidate  of  that  party 
for  the  Mayoralty  of  New  York  City.  This  was  the 
time  when  Mr.  Hearst  was  unquestionably  elected 
to  the  office  of  Mayor  of  New  York  City,  but  was 
counted  out  after  the  returns  had  been  held  up 
and  doctored  by  Tammany,  constituting  one  of  the 
political  outrages  of  history.  In  1906  he  aided  in 
organizing  the  Independence  League,  and  was 
chairman  of  the  League  State  Committee  during 
the  Gubernatorial  campaign  of  that  year. 

In  1907,  during  an  extraordinary  political  upris- 
ing in  New  York  City  on  the  part  of  members  of 
both  of  the  old  line  parties,  a  fusion  ticket  was 
placed  in  the  field,  headed  by  Mr.  Ihmsen,  as 
candidate  for  Sheriff  of  New  York  County.  This 
nomination  Mr.  Ihmsen  accepted  only  because 
the  League,  by  unanimous  resolution,  asked  him  to 
do  so,  a  request  that  was  urged  by  the  Republican 
leaders  as  well.  Although  the  Fusion  ticket  devel- 
oped strength,  it  was  defeated  at  the  hands  of  Tam- 
many, which  had  practiced  the  same  tactics  fol- 
lowed in  the  election  of  1905.  In  the  returns  Mr. 
Ihmsen  was  credited  with  120,671  votes,  and  Foley, 
the  Tammany  candidate,  with  145,388 — Mr.  Ihmsen 
running  considerably  ahead  of  his  ticket. 

Besides  his  efforts  for  political  reform  in  New 
York,  Mr.  Ihmsen  figured  in  various  national  cam- 
paigns, having  been  secretary  of  the  National  Asso- 
ciation of  Democratic  Clubs  from  1900  to  1904,  and 
a  member  of  the  Executive  Committee  of  the  Na- 
tional Democratic  Congressional  Committee  in  1902. 

In  the  latter  part  of  1908,  Mr.  Hearst,  recogniz- 
ing the  growing  importance  of  Los  Angeles  and  his 
interests  there,  sent  Mr.  Ihmsen  to  take  charge  of 
the  Los  Angeles  "Examiner."  After  a  brief  time 
spent  in  studying  the  field  he  assumed  charge  of 
the  "Examiner"  in  February,  1909,  since  when  he 
has  been  the  managing  director  over  every  depart- 
ment of  that  newspaper,  a  work  into  which  he  has 
thrown  his  entire  force  and  energy. 

Since  Mr.  Ihmsen  took  charge  of  the  "Exam- 
iner" that  paper  has  attracted  national  attention 
throughout  the  newspaper  world  owing  to  its  re- 
markable growth — the  gains  and  increases  in  many 
instances  having  established  world  records.  It  is 
to-day  the  leading  newspaper  of  the  Southwest. 

Aside  from  his  part  in  the  upbuilding  of  the 
enterprises  fathered  by  Mr.  Hearst,  with  whom  he 
has  been  closely  associated  for  17  years,  Mr.  Ihmsen 
has  devoted  himself  sincerely  to  upbuilding  Los 
Angeles  and  Southern  California,  and  through  the 
policy  of  encouragement  maintained  in  the  "Ex- 
aminer," has  been  a  potent  influence  in  this  work. 

He  is  a  member,  Democratic  Club  and  Sphinx 
Club,  New  York;  and  California,  Jonathan,  Gamut 
and  Los  Angeles  Athletic  Clubs,  Los  Angeles. 


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OX,  FRANKLIN  IVY,  Attor- 
ney at  Law,  Phoenix,  Arizona, 
was  born  at  Belmont,  Texas, 
December  5,  1856,  the  son  of 
Ivy  Henderson  Cox  and  Mary 
Jane  (Cook)  Cox.  He  married  Mrs-  Annie 
Boyd  at  Phoenix,  September  16,  1883. 

Mr.  Cox,  whose  life  has  run  the  gamut  of 
Western  experience,  is  a  self-educated  man, 
his  entire  work  in  schools 
having   been    accom- 
plished  in   two  terms   at 
the   Soule  University,   at 
C  h  a  p  p  e  1    Hill,    Texas, 
when    he    was    nine    and 
ten  years  old. 

At  the  age  of  fourteen 
years  he  took  his  place 
with  the  cowboys  of 
Texas  and  ran  cattle  for 
several  years.  Giving 
this  up  when  he  was 
about  eighteen  years  old, 
he  moved  to  San  Diego 
County,  California,  with 
his  parents,  where,  with 
J.  S.  Harbinson,  he  en- 
gaged in  the  production 
of  honey.  It  was  in  the 
long  winter  evenings 
spent  on  the  bee  ranch 
that  the  young  man  be- 
gan by  himself  the  read- 
ing and  study  which 
eventually  made  up  for 
his  scant  opportunity  for 
schooling  as  a  boy.  He 
continued  with  Mr.  Harbinson  for  several 
years,  afterward  reading  law  with  Chase  & 
Leach,  a  famous  legal  firm  of  San  Diego, 
composed  of  Major  Levi  Chase  and  Wallace 
Leach,  the  first  mentioned  having  been  one 
of  the  most  celebrated  lawyers  in  the  history 
of  Southern  California. 

In  1879  Mr.  Cox  moved  to  Phoenix,  Ari- 
zona, being  in  the  same  year  appointed  Clerk 
of  the  Board  of  Supervisors  of  Maricopa 
County.  He  was  admitted  to  the  Arizona 
bar  in  1880,  and  in  1884  was  elected  District 
Attorney  of  Maricopa  County.  He  was  re- 
elected  to  the  office  three  times,  serving 
eight  years  in«  all.  From  the  time  of  his  ar- 
rival down  to  date  he  has  been  an  active  fac- 
tor in  the  politics  of  Arizona  and  has  been 
one  of  the  leaders  of  the  Democratic  party 
there  for  more  than  twenty  years. 

At  the  end  of  his  fourth  term  in  the  office 
of  District  Attorney  he  was  offered  the  Dem- 


FRANK   COX 


ocratic  nomination  for  Territorial  Delegate 
to  Congress,  a  nomination  which  practically 
meant  election,  but  he  declined  it,  desiring  to 
continue  in  the  active  practice  of  his  profes- 
sion. A  year  later  he  was  appointed  General 
Attorney  in  Arizona  and  New  Mexico  for  the 
Southern  Pacific  Company,  a  post  which  he 
has  held  from  1893  to  the  present.  In  this 
capacity  he  has  figured  in  a  multitude  of  im- 
portant litigations  bear- 
ing on  land,  water  and 
other  quasi-public  mat- 
ters and  through  his 
work  has  come  to  be  rec- 
ognized as  one  of  the 
leading  attorneys  in  the 
Southwest 

When  Arizona  was  ad- 
mitted to  Statehood,  Mr. 
Cox  was  solicited  by  his 
friends  to  sever  his  con- 
nection with  the  South- 
ern Pacific  and  become  a 
candidate  on  the  Demo- 
cratic ticket  for  election 
as  first  United  States 
Senator  from  the  new 
State.  But  for  business 
reasons  and  out  of  regard 
for  Hon.  Marcus  A. 
Smith,  his  friend  and  as- 
sociate in  many  battles 
for  the  Democratic  party, 
he  declined,  and  lent  his 
support  to  Smith,  who 
was  chosen  for  the  office. 
Mr.  Cox  is  a  member 

of  the  American  Bar  Association  and  is  one 
of  its  four  counsellors  in  the  State  of  Ari- 
zona. Aside  from  his  legal  and  political  ac- 
tivities, he  has  engaged  in  various  business 
enterprises,  especially  cattle  raising,  and  is 
now  President  of  the  Black  Cattle  Company. 
During  the  exciting  days  of  the  eighties, 
when  Arizona  was  the  stamping  ground  of 
warring  Indians  and  lawless  characters  of 
every  sort,  Mr.  Cox  was  one  of  the  men  who 
stood  for  law  and  order  and  took  personal 
part  in  many  thrilling  pursuits  after  outlaws 
and  many  exciting  prosecutions  of  criminals. 
He  is  a  member  of  Arizona  Chapter  No.  1, 
Royal  Arch  Masons ;  Arizona  Lodge  No.  2, 
F.  &  A.  M. ;  Phoenix  Commandery  No.  3, 
Knights  Templar,  and  is  Past  Potentate  of  El 
Zaribah  Temple  of  the  Mystic  Shrine.  His 
clubs  are  the  California  and  Jonathan  of  Los 
Angeles,  Cal. ;  the  Yavapai  of  Prescott,  Ariz., 
and  the  Arizona  of  Phoenix. 


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TONE,  HENRY  HERBERT,  Physi- 
cian and  Surgeon,  Phoenix,  Ari- 
zona, was  born  in  Leeds  County, 
Ontario,  Canada,  November  22, 
1863.  He  is  the  son  of  Uriah 
Stone  and  Sophia  (Arnold)  Stone, 
and  a  direct  descendant  of  Benedict  Arnold,  the 
unfortunate  American  Revolutionary  General,  who, 
after  serving  the  country  heroically  in  the  Revolu- 
tion and  waiting  in  vain  for  the  advancement 
which  his  brilliant  perform- 
ances merited,  turned  to  the 
British.  In  connection  with 
this,  one  of  the  chapters  in 
American  history,  Dr.  Stone 
possesses  numerous  relics, 
among  them  letters  written 
by  Arnold  and  George  Wash- 
ington, the  former's  sword, 
uniform  and  silk  stockings. 
These  mementoes,  of  great 
historical  value,  passed  to 
the  Doctor  upon  the  death  of 
his  mother,  and  the  silk  hose 
which  Arnold  wore  have  now 
been  reduced  to  ashes,  be- 
ing more  than  a  hundred 
years  old. 

Dr.  Stone  married  Isa- 
bell  M.  Walker  in  1884  at 
Perth,  Canada,  and  to  them 
there  was  born  a  son,  Ken- 
neth Arnold  Stone,  at  pres- 
ent connected  with  the  Na- 
tional Bank  of  Commerce  in 
Los  Angeles,  California. 

Dr.  Stone  received  his 
preliminary  e d'u cational 
training  in  the  Athens  High 
School  of  Ontario,  Canada,  and  upon  its  completion, 
took  up  the  study  of  medicine  in  Queens  University 
at  Kingston,  Canada.  He  went  from  there  to  the 
Medical  Department  of  Buffalo  University,  and  was 
graduated  in  the  class  of  1884  with  the  degree  of 
Doctor  of  Medicine. 

For  the  first  few  years  after  his  graduation  the 
Doctor  was  engaged  in  general  practice  in  New 
York  City,  but  gradually  he  began  to  specialize  in 
neurology  and  in  1891,  in  association  with  others, 
established,  at  Durhamville,  New  York,  the  first 
institution  in  New  York  State  for  the  treatment  of 
epileptics.  This  was  a  private  institution,  housed 
in  a  splendid  old  mansion,  with  Dr.  Stone  as  one 
of  the  chief  physicians.  He  was  associated  with 
Dr.  Carter  Gray,  the  noted  alienist  and  neurologist 
of  the  New  York  Post  Graduate  College. 

They  conducted  the  institution,  known  as  the 
New  York  Home  for  Epileptics,  for  several  years. 
Prom  this  grew  Craig  Colony,  the  largest  estab- 
lishment of  its  kind  in  the  United  States,  given 
over  exclusively  to  the  training  and  treatment  of 


DR.  H.  H.  STONE 


epileptics,  and  is  a  most  commendable  institution. 
Moving  to  Phoenix  in  1900,  Dr.  Stone  became  a 
tuberculosis  specialist  and  soon  after  his  arrival 
there  founded  Palm  Lodge,  a  private  sanitarium 
for  the  treatment  of  this  dread  malady,  in  connec- 
tion with  John  Archer  of  St.  Paul.  He  conducted 
this  for  several  years  and  finally  closed  it,  but  in 
1904  established  another,  known  as  a  Charity 
Camp.  This  was  a  public  sanitarium  and  Dr.  Stone 
devoted  four  years  to  the  treatment  of  patients 
who  sought  health  in  the  pe- 
culiar climate  of  Arizona,  but 
lacked  the  means  wherewith 
to  obtain  treatment.  This 
camp  was  the  means  of  sav- 
ing numerous  lives,  but  in 
time  the  Doctor's  other  in- 
terests became  so  great  he 
was  compelled  to  turn  it  over 
to  a  German  charitable  or- 
ganization of  Phoenix,  which 
still  conducts  it  under  the 
name  of  Bethany  Home  and 
is  carrying  forward  the  work 
which  he  began. 

Dr.  Stone  is  classed 
among  the  experts  of  his  pro- 
fession in  matters  pertain- 
ing to  lungs,  diet  and  cli- 
mate, and,  besides  his  public 
and  private  work  to  check 
the  ravages  of  tuberculosis, 
has  been  a  prolific  writer  for 
the  medical  press  upon  these 
subjects,  particularly  with 
reference  to  the  advantages 
and  disadvantages  of  Ari- 
zona's climate  in  the  treat- 
ment of  the  disease. 


The  Doctor  has  been  a  prominent  figure  in  the 
life  of  Phoenix  for  nearly  fourteen  years,  but  has 
never  actively  engaged  in  politics  during  that  time, 
his  only  public  office  having  been  as  a  member  of 
the  Salt  River  Valley  Water  Users'  Association, 
in  which  he  served  for  four  years.  This  body, 
made  up  of  twelve  members,  has  control  over  the 
use  of  the  water  of  the  valley,  its  principal  duty 
being  to  guard  against  waste  in  a  country  where 
water  is  scarce.  He  is  a  conservative  Republican. 

Dr.  Stone  is  devoting  a  large  part  of  his  time 
now  to  the  affairs  of  the  Arizona  Life  Insurance 
Company,  in  which  he  holds  the  offices  of  Vice 
President  and  Medical  Examiner.  He  is  also  active 
in  real  estate  development,  but  has  no  other  cor- 
poration affiliations. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Maricopa  County  Medi- 
cal Society,  American  Medical  Association,  Na- 
tional Sanatorium  Association  and  various  other 
professional  societies.  His  clubs  are  the  Los  An- 
geles Country  Club,  Phoenix  Country  Club  and  the 
Arts  Club  of  Gramercy  Park,  New  York  City. 


IOO 


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OWARD,  VOLNEY  ERSKINE,  In- 
surance, Los  Angeles,  California, 
was  born  in  that  city  February 
6,  1879,  the  son  of  Albert  James 
Howard  and  Katherine  L.  (Whit- 
ing) Howard.  He  married  Hazel 
Monson  at  San  Francisco,  California,  June  4,  1912. 
The  Howard  Family  is  one  of  the  oldest  and  most 
highly  regarded  in  Southern  California,  the  first 
of  the  family  to  settle  there  in  the  early  days  hav- 
ing been  Judge  Volney  E. 
Howard,  grandfather  of  the 
present  Volney  E.  Howard. 
Judge  Howard  was  one  of 
the  honored  members  of  the 
California  Judiciary  for  many 
years  and  during  his  service 
was  one  of  the  striking  fig- 
ures of  the  Bench.  He  was  a 
lawyer  of  the  old  school  and 
an  ardent  advocate  of  the 
doctrine  of  State's  rights,  a 
jurist  whose  memory  is 
among  those  most  honored 
in  the  legal  fraternity. 

Volney  E.  Howard,  who  is 
one  of  the  leaders  of  the  in- 
surance business  in  Southern 
California,  is  a  true  son  of 
the  Golden  State.  He  re- 
ceived his  preliminary  edu- 
cation in  the  public  schools 
of  Los  Angeles,  graduating 
in  1899  with  the  first  com- 
mercial class  of  the  old  Com- 
mercial High  School,  since 
re-named  the  Polytechnic 
High  School  of  Los  Angeles. 
Following  his  graduation, 

Mr.  Howard  decided  to  take  up  fire  insurance  as 
his  field  of  operation  and  became  a  clerk  in  the 
office  of  J.  J.  Mellus  &  Co.,  Los  Angeles  represen- 
tatives of  several  large  fire  insurance  corpora- 
tions. During  the  two  years  he  was  connected 
with  this  firm  Mr.  Howard  learned  the  details  of 
the  business  and  in  1901  was  selected  by  the  Los 
Angeles  agency  of  the  Fire  Insurance  Association 
of  Philadelphia  as  its  cashier.  After  serving  in 
this  capacity  for  a  year  he  was  chosen  by  the 
Aetna  Life  Insurance  Company  to  take  charge  of 
its  accident  insurance  department  in  Los  Angeles. 
He  remained  with  this  company  about  six  years 
and  served  in  various  positions,  including  those 
of  claim  adjuster  and  manager  of  the  liability 
department,  which  latter  he  organized. 

In  1908,  Mr.  Howard  resigned  his  position  and 
embarked  in  the  insurance  business  for  himself 
under  the  title  of  Volney  E.  Howard  &  Co.,  Incor- 
porated. He  engaged  in  general  insurance  and 
met  with  gratifying  success  from  the  outset,  the 
first  two  years'  writings  of  his  company  being 


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in  excess  of  one  hundred  thousand  dollars. 
At  a  later  date  the  firm  was  changed  to  How- 
ard &  Brundige,  and  still  later,  upon  the  retire- 
ment of  his  partner,  Mr.  Howard  styled  his  com- 
pany the  Consolidated  Agency  Company,  Incor- 
porated, under  which  name  it  has  since  been 
known.  He  is  the  President  and  General  Manager 
of  the  company  and  is  regarded  as  one  of  the  suc- 
cessful insurance  men  of  the  Pacific  Coast. 

Among  the  companies  now  represented  by  Mr. 
Howard's  office  are  the  Cali- 
fornia Insurance  Company, 
of  San  Francisco;  Occiden- 
tal Life  Insurance  Company, 
of  Los  Angeles  (Accident 
Department);  London  Guar- 
antee &  Accident  Company, 
of  London,  England;  Union 
Marine  Insurance  Company, 
of  Liverpool;  Aetna  Fire  In- 
surance Company  (Automo- 
bile Department);  London  & 
Lancashire  Guarantee  &  Ac- 
cident Company  (Burglary 
Department) ;  Orient  Fire 
Insurance  Company,  and  the 
Pelican  Fire  Insurance  Co. 

An  enthusiast  for  the  de- 
velopment of  California's 
natural  resources  and  busi- 
ness institutions,  Mr.  How- 
ard has  done  a  great  deal,  in 
a  personal  way,  towards  in- 
creasing the  scope  and  im- 
portance of  California  insur- 
ance corporations,  and  to  his 
efforts  is  due  a  large  amount 
of  the  business  they  carry. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Los 

Angeles  Chamber  of  Commerce.  He  is  particularly 
interested  in  the  completion  of  the  Los  Angeles 
Harbor  project,  having  followed  its  development 
closely  from  the  time  he  witnessed  the  first  rock 
sunk  at  the  start  of  building  the  Breakwater  which 
now  forms  the  Outer  Harbor. 

Mr.  Howard  enjoys  an  unusual  personal  popu- 
larity among  the  business  men  of  his  city  and  is 
one  of  the  leading  clubmen  there.  He  is  noted  as 
an  athlete  and  is  an  ardent  advocate  of  outdoor 
life,  for  in  golf,  yachting,  etc.,  he  receives  his 
chief  recreation.  He  is  prominent  member  of  the 
Los  Angeles  Country  Club,  and  was  a  member  of 
the  Board  of  Directors  of  that  organization,  as  Sec- 
retary, at  the  time  the  club  purchased  the  land 
upon  which  it  is  now  located.  The  increase  in 
value  of  this  purchase  so  enriched  the  club  that  it 
built  one  of  the  handsomest  clubhouses  in  the  world. 
He  also  helped  organize  the  Westmoreland  Golf 
Club,  later  merged  with  the  L.  A.  Country  Club. 

He  is  member,  L.  A.  Country  Club,  the  L.  A. 
Athletic  Club  and  South  Coast  Yacht  Club. 


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ELTON,  JOHN  E.,  Capitalist,  Min- 
ing Interests;  Pasadena,  Cal.,  and 
Nevada,  was  born  in  the  town  of 
Delta,  Fulton  County,  Ohio,  July  4, 
1857,  the  son  of  Benjamin  H.  and 
Mary  Pelton.  He  married  Kate 
Anderson,  February  28,  1881,  at  Denver,  Colorado. 
There  are  four  children,  Leonora  G.,  Edna  D., 
George  S.,  the  oldest  son,  and  Herbert  E.  Pelton. 

Mr.  Pelton  went  to  the  public  schools  of  Delta 
and  to  the  Hamilton  (Ohio)  High  School  until  he 
was  sixteen.  In  1873  he  went  to  Colorado. 

His-  career  from  that  time  has  been  full  of  vicis- 
situdes, with  the  romantic  climax  which  charac- 
terized so  many  in  the  great  West.  Like  most  of 
the  wealth-seeking  young  men  who  went  West,  he 
became  a  miner.  For  a  young  man  of  his  years  he 
showed  wonderful  enterprise  and  determination  to 
succeed,  and  began  at  once  to  lease  and  contract,  in- 
stead of  being  satisfied  with  the  pick  and  shovel 
work  of  the  wage-earning  miner.  The  leases  he 
secured  proved  to  be  good  ones,  and  before  he  was 
twenty  he  became  an  owner  and  operator. 

His  field  of  operations  in  Colorado  extended 
from  Denver  and  the  great  gold  and  silver  fields  in 
its  immediate  vicinity  to  those  of  the  San  Juan  and 
Gunnison  district  in  the  southern  and  south- 
western part  of  the  State.  Frequently  he  returned 
to  the  ground  in  one  mine  what  he  had  taken  from 
another,  and  many  times  the  elusive  gold  vein 
pinched  out  before  him  just  as  he  thought  it  was 
about  to  yield  fortune.  But,  generally  speaking,  he 
did  well.  When  a  brilliant  prospect  failed  to  ma- 
terialize, he  worked  at  modest  profit  some  known 
body  of  ore.  He  became  an  expert  on  the  gold  and 
silver  ores  of  the  district  and  ranked  with  the  en- 
gineers in  the  field. 

Like  most  miners  in  Colorado,  he  was  heavily 
interested  in  silver  properties.  This  was  while 
Colorado  was  the  greatest  of  the  silver  States,  pro- 
ducing more  than  $30,000,000  annually  in  that 
metal,  and  while  the  money  of  the  United  States 
was  on  a  silver  as  well  as  gold  basis.  When  silver 
was  demonetized  in  1893,  Mr.  Pelton  was  in  posses- 
sion of  a  number  of  good  silver  properties,  in  the 
Idaho  Springs,  the  Creede,  and  the  Aspen  districts, 
where  are  found  the  largest  deposits  of  silver  ores 
in  the  world.  All  these  became  worse  than  worth- 
less. And  like  most  Colorado  miners,  he  changed 
his  search  for  silver  to  a  search  for  gold,  and  did 
a  great  deal  towards  the  development  of  a  number 
of  the  great  gold  camps  of  that  State. 

After  the  silver  panic,  during  the  McKinley  ad- 
ministration, he  for  a  time  turned  his  attention  to 
other  pursuits.  He  moved  to  Montrose  in  the 
famous  Uncompahgre  Valley,  Colorado,  and  bought 
a  herd  of  cattle,  and  went  into  the  cattle  business 
on  a  considerable  scale.  This  was  in  the  wildest 
and  most  rugged  country  in  America,  where 
cattle  roam  not  on  the  flat  and  easy  prairie,  but 
must  be  followed  among  the  canyons  and  the  crags 
and  in  the  forests  next  the  snow  line  12,000  feet 
above  the  sea  level.  He  also  went  into  fruit  grow- 
ing, as  it  was  at  that  time  that  the  discovery  was 
made  that  the  valleys  of  Western  Colorado  were 
among  the  best  apple  and  peach-growing  sections 
of  America.  In  the  small  Uncompahgre  community 
he  made  himself  well  known  politically. 

It  was  in  these  days  when  efforts  were  being 
made  to  interest  the  United  States  Government  in 


the  work  of  reclamation  that  Mr.  Pelton,  through 
sheer  love  of  adventure  and  a  comprehensive 
knowledge  of  the  inestimable  benefits  which  would 
accrue  by  reason  of  a  tunnel  through  the  Gunnison 
Canyon,  organized  a  small  crew  of  men,  built  a 
float  called  the  City  of  Montrose,  which  afterward 
figured  largely  in  the  history  of  that  eventful 
period,  and  undertook  to  traverse  the  canyon,  a 
feat  no  man  had  attempted  before. 

This  trip,  which  Mr.  Pelton  expected  would  take 
but  a  few  days,  took  two  weeks,  and  was  only 
accomplished  after  overcoming  almost  insurmount- 
able obstacles.  The  feat  of  traversing  this  moun- 
tain canyon  served,  however,  to  convince  Mr.  Pel- 
ton  that  the  tunnel  project  was  feasible  and  he 
immediately  undertook,  with  his  customary  energy, 
to  set  the  wheels  in  motion.  It  was  largely  through 
Mr.  Pelton's  tireless  efforts  that  the  Government 
was  induced  to  take  up  the  work  of  digging  the 
Gunnison  Tunnel,  which  enterprise  has  since  been 
completed,  diverting  one  of  the  greatest  rivers  of 
the  West  through  a  mountain  range  into  another 
valley.  He  was  rewarded  for  his  large  public-spirit 
and  political  activity  by  President  McKinley,  who 
appointed  him  Receiver  of  Public  Moneys  for  the 
United  States  at  Montrose. 

The  Goldfield  excitement  had  largely  subsided 
and  had  gone  through  the  period  of  wild  catting  and 
stock  jobbing  when  Mr.  Pelton  saw  his  opportunity 
in  Nevada,  and  left  Colorado  in  1907,  moving  to 
Goldfield. 

It  is  from  this  date  that  the  most  interesting 
part  of  Mr.  Pelton's  history  begins.  With  the  capi- 
tal he  had,  he  began  securing  promising  properties. 
He  did  well,  but  made  no  startling  profits  until  he 
met  a  well  known  prospector  in  the  National  dis- 
trict who  wished  to  sell  a  location  which  did 
not  seem  to  indicate  more  than  did  a  hundred 
others  in  the  neighborhood.  He  wanted  $20,000  for 
the  prospect.  Mr.  Pelton  saw  with  his  experienced 
eyes  that  the  expenditure  of  this  sum  would  be 
likely  to  prove  a  good  investment  and  he  made  the 
initial  payment  at  once. 

Within  two  weeks  from  that  time  an  almost 
solid  body  of  gold  ore  was  uncovered  on  an  adjoin- 
ing claim  with  the  result  that  the  man  who  sold 
Mr.  Pelton  the  National  mine  and  those  who  were 
associated  with  him  took  steps  to  get  the  property 
back. 

It  was  now  that  all  of  Mr.  Pelton's  resourceful- 
ness and  business  sagacity  were  called  into  play 
and  for  the  next  few  months  an  absorbing  business 
drama  was  played  with  the  entire  West  as  the 
stage  and  a  number  of  well  known  mining  men  as 
the  leading  characters.  Mr.  Pelton  finally  tri- 
umphed, and  he  found  himself  in  possession  of 
what  has  since  proved  to  be  one  of  the  bonanza 
mines  of  Nevada. 

Up  to  1913,  over  five  million  dollars  in  gold  has 
been  taken  from  this  mine  and  it  is  still  a  heavy 
producer,  promising  to  so  continue  indefinitely. 
It  has  made  this  modest,  unassuming  Westerner 
one  of  the  bonanza  kings  of  the  country,  as  the 
mine  is  held  at  an  enormous  valuation  aside  from 
what  it  has  already  yielded. 

Mr.  Pelton  moved  from  Nevada  to  Pasadena  in 
January,  1911,  purchasing  one  of  the  beautiful 
homes  in  the  city  by  the  foothills.  Here  in  this 
congenial  atmosphere  of  beauty  and  refinement  he 
and  his  family  are  living  quietly. 


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HOMAS,  CHARLES  PRES- 
TON, Surgeon,  Los  Angeles, 
California,  was  born  in  Lin- 
coln, Missouri,  November  12, 
1864,  the  son  of  Eli  C. 
Thomas  and  Eleanor  (Wainwright)  Thomas. 
He  married  Elsie  Beckon  at  Spokane,  Wash- 
ington, November  6,  1902. 

Dr.  Thomas  received  his  early  education 
in  the  public  schools  of 
his  native  town  and  fol- 
lowed this  with  a  two- 
year  course  at  the  Mis- 
souri State  Normal 
School  at  Warrensburg, 
graduating  with  a  certifi- 
cate as  teacher.  He  taught 
in  the  schools  of  Missouri 
during  the  session  of 
1883-84  and  moved  at 
that  time  to  Oregon. 

He  entered  the  medical 
department  of  the  Uni- 
versity of  Oregon  and 
was  graduated  in  1888, 
having  spent  the  last 
year  of  his  studies  in  the 
University  Hospital. 
Shortly  after  his  gradua- 
tion he  went  to  Wilbur, 
Washington,  where  he 
became  head  of  the  Med- 
ical Department  of  the 
Central  Washington 
Railroad,  then  in  course 
of  construction-  After  re- 
maining at  Wilbur  for 
about  eighteen  months  he  was  transferred 
to  Fairhaven,  Washington,  and  remained 
there  in  charge  of  the  company's  medical  af- 
fairs for  about  three  years.  At  the  end  of 
that  time  he  moved  to  Everett,  Washing- 
ton, where  he  remained  until  1896. 

During  these  eight  years  Dr.  Thomas  de- 
voted several  months  of  each  to  special 
study  and  post  graduate  work,  thus  keeping 
apace  of  medical  progress  despite  his  loca- 
tion in  an  undeveloped  section  of  the 
country. 

In  1896  Dr.  Thomas  located  in  Spokane, 
Washington,  where  he  specialized  in  surgery 
and  for  fourteen  and  a  half  years  was  one 
of  the  leading  surgeons  in  the  North- 
western section  of  the  United  States.  Dur- 
ing this  period  he  was  chief  surgeon  for  St. 
Luke's  Hospital  and  performed  thousands  of 
operations. 

Aside    from    his    professional    work,    Dr. 


DR.  C.  P.  THOMAS 


Thomas  was  actively  engaged  in  the  bank- 
ing and  real  estate  business  in  Spokane  and 
occupied  a  leading  position  among  the  busi- 
ness men  of  that  city. 

In  the  year  1910  Dr.  Thomas  visited  Los 
Angeles  and,  deciding  to  make  his  future 
home  there,  sold  out  his  banking  interests 
in  Spokane,  although  he  retained  his  real 
estate  holdings  in  the  northern  city.  He 
opened  offices  in  Los  An- 
geles in  August  of  the 
same  year  and  has  been 
engaged  in  surgical  prac- 
tice there  since. 

As  in  Spokane,  Dr. 
Thomas  invaded  the 
banking  field  in  Southern 
California  shortly  after 
his  ai  rival  there.  He  be- 
gan by  purchasing  the 
Merchants'  National  Bank 
of  Santa  Monica,  Cali- 
fornia, a  suburb  of  Los 
Angeles,  and  has  occu- 
pied the  office  of  Presi- 
dent of  the  institution 
since  that  time.  He  has 
added  enterprises  to  this 
and  is  also  the  holder  of 
a  large  amount  of  real 
estate  in  and  about  Los 
Angeles,  so  that  within 
the  short  space  of  two 
years  he  came  to  be  rec- 
ognized as  one  of  the 
most  active  factors  in 
the  financial  operations 
of  the  great  Southwest. 

Although  he  has  devoted  a  large  portion 
of  his  time  to  business  affairs,  Dr-  Thomas 
also  has  steadily  maintained  his  surgical 
practice  and  is  a  member  of  the  various  pro- 
fessional societies,  including  the  Los  An- 
geles County  Medical  Society,  the  Medical 
Society  of  the  State  of  California  and  the 
American  Medical  Association.  The  doctor 
has  also  contributed  occasionally  papers  to 
the  medical  publications  on  subjects  in 
surgery. 

The  doctor  is  a  believer  in  the  future  of 
Southern  California  and  has  joined  with  the 
forces  engaged  in  the  development  of  Los 
Angeles  and  surrounding  territory,  now  in 
the  midst  of  a  growth  regarded  by  experts 
as  one  of  the  most  phenomenal  in  the  history 
of  the  United  States. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  University  Club 
of  Los  Angeles. 


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IELD,  EDWARD  SALISBURY,  Real 
Estate,  Los  Angeles,  California, 
was  born  in  Leverett,  Massachu- 
setts, October  30,  1840,  the  son  of 
De  Estang  Salisbury  Field  and 
Editha  (Crocker)  Field.  He  mar- 
ried Sarah  M.  Hubbard,  daughter  of  one  of  the  pio- 
neers of  Indianapolis,  Indiana,  at  Indianapolis,  June 
6,  1866,  and  to  them  there  were  born  three  sons 
and  four  daughters.  Two  of  the  sons  died  in  in- 
fancy and  the  remaining  one, 
Edward  Salisbury  Field,  Jr., 
is  a  noted  author  and  artist, 
known  as  an  artist  by  the 
nom  de  plume  of  "Childe 
Harold."  The  eldest  daugh- 
ter, Helen,  is  the  wife  of 
Murray  M.  Harris  of  Los  An- 
geles; the  second  daughter, 
Edith,  is  the  wife  of  Howard 
L.  Rivers,  a  Los  Angeles  mer- 
chant; the  third  daughter, 
Carrie,  is  unmarried,  living 
with  her  parents  at  685  Cor- 
onado  street,  and  the  young- 
est, Florence,  is  the  wife  of 
Harold  L.  Wright  of  San 
Francisco. 

Mr.  Field  is  descended 
from  a  notable  New  England 
family  whose  members  on 
both  sides  of  the  house  have 
played  a  prominent  part  in 
the  development  of  the  coun- 
try. His  father  was  born  on 
the  homestead  at  Leverett, 
August  24,  1813,  and  died  at 
the  residence  of  his  son  in 
Los  Angeles,  March  7,  1900. 

His  mother  died  at  Monson,  Massachusetts,  Janu- 
ary 17,  1888,  and  he  is  the  only  survivor  of  five 
children  born  to  them. 

Early  in  his  life  Mr.  Field's  family  removed  from 
Leverett  to  Amherst,  Mass.,  where  he  received  fair 
education  in  the  public  schools.  At  the  age  of 
eighteen  he  entered  upon  a  five-year  apprenticeship 
to  learn  the  book  and  paper  business.  For  the  first 
year  he  received  $50  and  the  second  year  $75,  out 
of  which  he  had  to  keep  himself.  A  part  of  the 
five  years  he  was  at  Amherst  and  Springfield,  Mass., 
and  the  balance  of  the  time  at  Troy,  New  York. 

In  1864  Mr.  Field  went  to  Indianapolis,  Ind.,  and 
for  a  number  of  years  was  a  partner  in  the  firm 
of  Merrill  &  Field,  law  publishers  and  booksellers. 
He  was  active  in  Christian  work  there,  serving  as 
an  Elder  in  the  Second  Presbyterian  Church,  and  as 
President  of  the  Young  Men's  Christian  Assn. 

Leaving  Indianapolis  in  June,  1883,  Mr.  Field 
transferred  his  home  to  Los  Angeles  and  has  lived 
there  since,  taking  a  prominent  part  in  the  civic 


E.  S.  FIELD 


life  and  upbuilding  of  that  part  of  the  country. 
He  served  two  terms  on  the  Board  of  County  Su- 
pervisors, being  elected  the  first  time  in  1894,  and 
the  second  time  in  1898,  he  being  the  first  Repub- 
lican supervisor  elected  to  succeed  himself.  He  was 
chairman  of  the  board  for  two  years  and  chairman 
of  the  County  Hospital  for  six  years,  during  two 
years  of  which  he  also  served  on  the  County  Farm 
Committee,  the  two  most  important  in  the  board. 
Mr.  Field  has  been  in  the  real  estate  business  since 
locating  in  Los  Angeles  and  is 
today  one  of  the  active  opera- 
tors, despite  the  fact  that  he 
is  past  seventy  years  of  age. 
In  1886  he  subdivided  what 
is  known  as  the  E.  S.  Field 
Occidental  Heights  tract,  ten 
acres  of  which  was  given  to 
Occidental  College,  a  Presby- 
terian institution.  Upon  this 
land  the  first  buildings  of  the 
college  were  erected,  Mr. 
Field  being  one  of  the  incor- 
porators  and,  for  several 
years,  President  of  the  Board 
of  Trustees  of  the  college. 

In  his  realty  operations 
Mr.  Field  has  been  interested 
in  the  development  of  numer- 
ous beautiful  residence  sec- 
tions in  and  around  Los  An- 
geles, among  them  the  Holly- 
wood Ocean  View  tract,  Ar- 
lington Heights  tract,  and  the 
Short  Line  Beach  Land  Com- 
pany, of  which  latter  he  is 
President;  and  the  Pacific 
Wharf  &  Storage  Company, 
of  San  Pedro,  California.  He 

is  or  has  been  connected  with  various  other  enter- 
prises of  a  development  nature. 

Mr.  Field,  who  cast  his  first  vote  for  Abraham 
Lincoln  for  President  of  the  United  States,  has  al- 
ways been  a  Republican  in  politics,  and  has  been  a 
pioneer  in  business,  moral  and  educational  enter- 
prises. As  in  the  days  when  he  was  in  Indianapolis, 
he  has  been  an  ardent  worker  in  the  cause  of 
Christianity.  For  several  years  he  was  an  Elder 
in  the  First  Presbyterian  Church  of  Los  Angeles,  a 
Director  in  the  Young  Men's  Christian  Association 
and  a  member  of  the  State  Executive  Committee  of 
the  Young  Men's  Christian  Association.  His  voice 
has  often  been  heard  from  the  platform  in  the  in- 
terest of  the  Association  and  he  has  often  been 
helpful  in  laying  foundations  upon  which  others 
have  built  and  largely  received  the  reward. 

Mr.  Field's  only  affiliations  outside  of  his  busi- 
ness and  Christian  associations,  are  those  of  the 
Union  League  Club  of  Los  Angeles,  and  the  Royal 
Arcanum. 


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ULLALLY,  THORNWELL,  Assist- 
ant to  the  President,  and  acting 
head  of  the  United  Railroads,  San 
Francisco,  California,  was  born 
at  Columbia,  S.  C.,  January  17, 
1868,  the  son  of  Francis  P.  and 
Elizabeth  K.  (Adger)  Mullally.  His  father,  an  Irish- 
man by  birth,  was  a  distinguished  Presbyterian 
clergyman  of  South  Carolina,  while  his  mother  was 
an  Adger,  an  old  Southern  family  of  that  State. 
Their  son  Thornwell  came  to 
San  Francisco  from  New 
York  in  1906. 

Mr.  Mullally  attended 
Adger  College,  S.  C.,  the  Uni- 
versity of  South  Carolina  and 
the  Hopkins  Grammar 
School,  New  Haven,  Conn. 
He  was  graduated  from  Yale 
in  '92.  While  here  he  was 
an  editor  of  the  Yale  Litera- 
ry Magazine,  a  member  of 
the  "Scroll  and  Key"  Senior 
Society,  and  represented 
Yale  in  a  debate  against 
Harvard  in  1892.  The  faculty 
awarded  him  the  Thomas 
Glasby  Waterman  prize  for 
scholarship,  which  was  given 
to  the  man  who,  in  addition 
to  his  general  high  scholar- 
ship, in  the  opinion  of  the 
faculty,  gave  the  best  prom- 
ise for  the  future.  He  was 
graduated  from  the  New 
York  Law  School  and  sup- 
plemented that  course  at  the 
Law  School  of  the  University 
of  Virginia,  following  which 
he  was  admitted  to  the  bar  of  New  York  City  and 
became  a  member  of  the  firm  of  Atterbury  & 
Mullally. 

Until  early  in  the  year  1906  Mr.  Mullally  was  an 
active  practitioner  in  New  York,  where  he  became 
identified  with  important  interests  connected  with 
his  legal  duties,  as  well  as  independent  of  them. 
But,  although  he  established  in  that  city  a  reputa- 
tion for  legal  and  executive  ability,  he  was  destined 
to  play  a  leading  part  elsewhere  as  assistant  to  the 
president  of  the  United  Railroads  of  San  Francisco. 
He  moved  to  that  city  in  1906. 

As  a  record  of  achievement,  both  during  and  im- 
mediately following  the  earthquake  and  fire  of 
April  18,  1906,  the  work  of  the  United  Railroads, 
as  represented  by  its  acting  head,  Thornwell  Mul- 
lally, is  unique  in  the  annals  of  industrial  accom- 
plishment. From  the  first  moment  of  realization 
of  what  was  happening  he  was  the  personification 
of  courage,  energy  and  decision.  Almost  immedi- 
ately he  recognized  the  immense  responsibility 
resting  upon  him,  and  through  all  the  confusion 


THORNWELL  MULLALLY 


and  obstruction  of  the  days  that  followed  he  was 
obsessed  with  the  sense  of  his  duty  to  restore  the 
transportation  of  the  city  of  San  Francisco. 

Mr.  Mullally  was  appointed  a  member  of  the 
Committee  of  Fifty,  which  temporarily  took  over 
the  government  of  the  city.  He  converted  numbers 
of  his  uniformed  carmen  into  patrolmen,  who  proved 
very  effective  in  preventing  disorder.  As  chairman 
of  the  transportation  committee  of  the  Committee 
of  Fifty  he  was  able  to  aid  materially  in  the  re- 
moval of  debris  and  upbuild- 
ing the  city,  and  by  his  he- 
roic efforts  in  saving  some 
of  the  power  houses  from 
fire  and  dynamite  and  in 
pushing  forward  the  work  of 
reconstruction  of  the  lines,  it 
was  possible  not  only  to  con- 
tinue a  small  part  of  the  car 
service  the  day  after  the 
quake,  but  also,  after  the 
temporary  cessation,  to  run 
the  first  car  on  Saturday, 
April  21st,  or  three  days  after 
the  first  shock.  Through  the 
Mayor,  he  placed  the  entire 
car  service  at  the  disposal  of 
the  city,  and  for  days  passen- 
gers were  carried  free  of 
charge.  He  also  brought  in 
the  first  lot  of  food  supplies 
to  reach  the  city.  To  quote 
from  General  Greely's  report: 
"Considering  the  difficulties 
encountered,  the  most  re- 
markable accomplishment  of 
reconstruction  and  re-estab- 
lishment of  car  service 
known  in  street  railway  his- 
tory was  here  exemplified  by  the  United  Railroads 
of  San  Francisco." 

Mr.  Mullally  has  continued,  in  Mr.  Calhoun's 
absence,  to  act  as  the  latter's  representative  and 
head  of  the  corporation.  The  property,  it  is  con- 
ceded even  by  its  enemies,  is  magnificently  admin- 
istered. The  rolling  stock  is  of  the  highest  grade 
and  the  service  of  the  finest.  He  has  taken  an  active 
part  in  the  commercial  and  social  life  of  the  city, 
wherein  he  is  known  for  his  positive  character, 
courtesy  and  tact.  He  is  also  a  prominent  and 
popular  member  of  the  leading  clubs  and  associa- 
tions, both  here  and  elsewhere,  among  them  the 
University  Club  and  Bar  Association  of  New  York, 
and  the  Pacific-Union,  Bohemian,  Family  and  Uni- 
versity Clubs  of  San  Francisco. 

Mr.  Mullally  is  a  director  of  the  Panama-Pacific 
International  Exposition,  a  member  of  its  various 
committees,  acting  director  of  concessions,  and 
was  active  in  Washington  in  securing  recognition 
of  the  Exposition  by  the  United  States  Govern- 
ment. 


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RIGHT,  EDWARD  THOMAS,  Civil 
Engineer,  Los  Angeles,  California, 
was  born  at  Elgin,  Illinois,  June 
30,  1851,  the  son  of  Paul  Raymond 
Wright  and  Emily  (Harvey) 
Wright.  Mr.  Wright  has  been 
twice  married,  his  first  wife  having  been  Lucy  Nich- 
olson, whom  he  married  at  Cobden,  Illinois,  Decem- 
ber 11,  1873.  Of  this  union  there  were  born  three 
children,  George,  Charles  and  Grace,  the  latter  now 
deceased.  On  March  5,  1912, 
twelve  years  after  the  death 
of  his  first  wife,  Mr.  Wright 
married  Capitola  B.  Wenzil, 
at  San  Diego,  California. 

Mr.  Wright  received  his 
primary  education  in  the 
common  schools  of  his  native 
city  and  later  attended  Elgin 
Academy,  but  did  not  com- 
plete the  course  there,  leav- 
ing at  the  age  of  nineteen 
years  to  enter  business. 

At  that  time  (1870)  he 
went  to  New  Orleans,  Louis- 
iana, and  was  appointed 
Journal  Clerk  of  the  State 
Senate  of  Louisiana.  He  re- 
mained there  during  one  ses- 
sion of  the  Legislature,  re- 
signing at  the  end  of  six 
months'  service  to  return  to 
his  home  in  Illinois.  He 
spent  the  balance  of  the  year 
on  his  father's  'arm.  In  1871 
he  made  plans  to  go  to  Colo- 
rado and  learn  the  stock- 
raising  business.  After  one 
year  of  hardship  and  cold  he 
changed  his  mind  and  went 
to  Indianapolis,  Indiana, 
where  he  took  up  the  study 
of  landscape  architecture  in 
the  office  of  Cleveland  & 
French.  After  studying  the 

profession  Mr.  Wright  represented  Cleveland  & 
French  for  about  two  years  in  various  parts  of  the 
United  States,  the  principal  office  being  in  St.  Paul, 
Minnesota. 

In  1874,  Mr.  Wright  went  to  Chicago,  and  .opene-1 
offices  with  his  brother,  George  F.  Wright,  as  Civil 
Engineers  and  Surveyors.  They  had  hardly  estab- 
lished themselves,  however,  when  Mr.  Wright's 
health  became  impaired  and  he  sought  the  more 
congenial  climate  of  Southern  California.  Locating 
in  Los  Angeles  in  the  early  part  of  1875,  Mr.  Wright 
established  offices  as  Civil  Engineer  and  Surveyor 
and  has  -since  continued  in  that  branch  of  the 
profession.  He  has  been  honored  with  public  office 
on  frequent  occasions. 

Mr.  Wright,  during  his  long  career  in  Los  An- 
geles, has  taken  an  active  part  in  the  development 
of  the  city  and  vicinity  and  is  regarded  as  one  of 
the  real  upbuilders  of  the  Southwest.  He  has 
figured  as  engineer  or  surveyor  in  numerous  large 
land  operations,  his  first  large  contract  having  been 
the  surveying  of  the  Morris  Vinevard  Tract  in  Los 
Angeles  for  the  Hon.  H.  K.  S.  O'Melveny,  one  of  the 
pioneers  of  the  city.  This  tract,  located  at  Pico 
and  Main  streets,  is  now  in  the  center  of  the  mod- 
ern business  district  of  Los  Angeles.  Another  im- 
portant work  done  by  Mr.  Wright  during  the  first 


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years  of  his  residence  in  Los  Angeles  was  the 
survey  and  construction  of  an  irrigation  canal, 
known  as  the  "Cajon  Ditch,"  which  supplies  water 
from  the  Santa  Ana  River  to  the  Anaheim  ranch 
district  near  Los  Angeles.  He  also  designed  and 
surveyed  the  Evergreen  Cemetery  of  Los  Angeles, 
a  picturesque  tract  in  the  eastern  part  of  the  city. 
Mr.  Wright,  in  1883,  was  part  owner  and  one  of 
the  surveyors  of  the  Watts  Subdivision,  a  vast  tract 
north  of  the  city,  which  at  that  time  included  Glen- 
dale,  Tropico  and  Eagle 
Rock,  three  beautiful  and 
well  populated  suburbs  of  Los 
Angeles.  These  sections  were 
originally  owned  between 
several  of  the  early  Spanish 
settlers  and  became  historic 
ranches  before  progress  de- 
manded their  sub-division. 

In  1885,  about  the  time  he 
was  completing  this  work, 
Mr.  Wright,  in  company  with 
three  others,  purchased  7000 
acres  of  land  in  Cucamonga, 
California,  now  a  thriving  ag- 
ricultural center,  and  in- 
stalled modern  improvements 
which  formed  the  basis  of 
the  present  town. 

Mr.  Wright's  work  in  Los 
Angeles,  combined  with  his 
staunch  support  of  the  Re- 
publican party,  won  him  po- 
litical consideration  early  in 
his  career.  In  1879,  within 
four  years  of  his  arrival,  he 
was  elected  County  Survey- 
or and  served  in  that  office 
until  1882,  a  period  of  many 
public  improvements  in  and 
around  the  city.  In  1882  he 
was  elected  a  member  of 
the  Board  of  Education  and 
served  as  such  for  two 
years,  his  associates  being 

Frank  A.  Gibson,  George  S.  Patten,  J.  M.  Elliott 
and  W.  G.  Cochran,  all  important  factors  in  the 
history  of  Los  Angeles. 

In  1884,  Mr.  Wright  was  elected  County  Sur- 
veyor a  second  time  and  served  until  1886,  at 
which  time  he  retired  from  public  life  temporarily 
to  attend  to  his  private  affairs.  In  1895,  however, 
he  was  again  called  out  of  retirement  by  his  party 
and  was  elected  County  Surveyor  for  the  third 
time.  Upon  the  expiration  of  his  term  in  1898  he 
refused  to  run  again  and  he  has  been  engaged  in 
private  work  since  that  time. 

Mr.  Wright's  various  administrations  as  County 
Surveyor  were  marked  by  numerous  improvements 
which  contributed  to  the  progress  and  growth  of 
the  city  and  county. 

In  addition  to  his  professional  activities,  Mr. 
Wright  has  been  a  factor  in  the  social  life  of  Los 
.Angeles  for  many  years  and  was  among  the 
fourriprs  of  what  are  today  the  leading  clubs 
of  the  city.  He  was  a  charter  member  of  the 
Jonathan  Club,  the  California  Club  and  the  Union 
League  Club,  but  has  resigned  from  the  latter 
two.  He  has  boen  a  member  of  the  American  So- 
ciety of  Civil  Engineers  for  twenty-seven  years 
and  is  also  a  member  of  the  Engineers  and  Archi- 
tects' Association  of  Los  Angeles. 


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JAMES   SLAUSON 

LAUSON,  JAMES,  Capitalist,  Los 
Angeles,  California,  was  born  at 
Austin,  Nevada,  Oct.  7,  1865.  His 
father  was  Jonathan  Sayre  Slau- 
son  and  his  mother  Sarah  R. 
(Blum)  Slauson.  He  moved  to 
California  when  a  child,  settling  in  San  Francisco 
in  1870,  went  to  Los  Angeles  in  1874,  where  he 
has  since  resided. 

In  1880  he  began  his  business  career  when  he 
entered  the  Los  Angeles  County  Bank,  since  dis- 
incorporated. He  remained  with  this  banking  firm 
for  five  years. 

He  accepted  the  secretaryship  of  the  Azusa 
Land  and  Water  Company  in  1885.  In  1890  he  set 
out  six  hundred  acnes  of  orchard  land,  owned  now 
by  the  Azusa  Foothill  Citrus  Company,  of  which  he 
is  president,  and  from  that  time  has  been  develop- 
ing agricultural  undertakings  in  connection  with 
his  banking  interests. 

Mr.  Slauson  has  been  identified  with  agricul- 
tural pursuits  in  Southern  California  for  many 
years,  and  his  work  in  dealing  with  big  land  or- 
ganizations and  in  promoting  agricultural  enter- 
prises has  been  uniformly  successful.  He  is  ac- 
tively interested  in  a  number  of  corporate  organi- 
zations, among  which  are  the  following:  Azusa 
Foothill  Citrus  Company,  president;  Azusa  Agri- 
cultural Water  Company,  president;  First  National 
Bank,  Azusa,  director;  Equitable  Savings  Bank, 
Los  Angeles,  director;  Western  Union  Oil  Com- 
pany, director;  Sixth  Agricultural  Association,  di- 
rector; Los  Angeles  Chamber  of  Commerce,  presi- 
dent. 

He  is  a  director  of  the  California  Club,  vice 
president  of  the  Bolsa  Chico  Gun  Club,  active  mem- 
ber Los  Angeles  Country  Club,  Annandale  Country 
Club,  University  Club  and  Sunset  Club,  of  which  he 
was  president  in  1910.  He  is  a  director  and  treas- 
urer of  the  Los  Angeles  Symphony  Association. 


DANA   R.   WELLER 

ELLER,  DANA  REID,  Attorney-at- 
Law,  Los  Angeles,  California,  was 
born  in  Oneoto,  Superior  County, 
Minnesota,  March  24,  1874.  His 
father  was  Levi  W.  Weller  and  his 
mother  Cordelia  (Woods)  Weller. 
He  married  Jessica  Rhodes  in  Los  Angeles,  Cal., 
October  14,  1897.  To  them  was  born  a  daughter, 
Katherine  Weller. 

Mr.  Weller  was  taken  to  Los  Angeles  when  he 
was  an  infant.  He  received  his  education  in  the 
grammar  schools  of  Los  Angeles,  Los  Angeles  High 
School,  and  finally  in  the  Los  Angeles  Normal. 

Upon  leaving  school,  Mr.  Weller  entered  the  of- 
fice of  his  present  partner,  John  T.  Jones,  as  a 
stenographer  and  student.  This  was  in  August, 
1903.  He  read  law  for  approximately  two  years, 
and  in  April,  1895,  he  was  admitted  to  the  bar  by 
the  Supreme  Court  of  California.  In  1899  he  was 
admitted  to  practice  before  the  District  and  Circuit 
Courts  of  the  United  States  in  1899.  With  his  ad- 
mission to  the  bar  Mr.  Weller  was  taken  into  part- 
nership by  Mr.  Jones,  and  the  firm  has  continued 
down  to  date  under  the  title  of  Jones  and  Weller. 
In  addition  to  his  legal  work,  Mr.  Weller  is  in- 
terested in  various  business  organizations.  Also  he 
is  a  conspicuous  figure  in  the  military  circles  of 
Los  Angeles.  He  served  through  the  Spanish-Amer- 
ican war  as  Major  of  the  Seventh  California  Infan- 
try, U.  S.  Volunteers,  his  service  continuing  from 
May  to  December,  1898;  from  Sept.  16,  1899,  to  June 
30,  1901,  he  was  captain  of  the  Forty-fourth  U.  S. 
Infantry,  U.  S.  Volunteers,  the  latter  service  being 
in  the  Philippines. 

Mr.  Weller  is  a  member  of  the  Union  League 
Club  of  Los  Angeles,  of  which  organization  he  was 
president  in  1909;  Chamber  of  Commerce,  San  Ga- 
briel Country  Club,  Los  Angeles  City  Club,  United 
Spanish  War  Veterans,  Roosevelt  Camp  No.  9,  and 
Grand  Master  of  Masons  in  California  in  1911. 


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DR.   HENDERSON   HAYWARD 

AYWARD,  HENDERSON,  Retired 
Physician  and  Banker,  Los  An- 
geles, California,  was  born  in 
York  County,  Pennsylvania,  on 
November  18,  1844.  His  parents 
were  Dr.  Joseph  Hayward  and 
Sally  (Brearley)  Hayward.  He  was  married 
to  Julia  Dibble  on  April  22,  1897,  in  San  Francisco. 
Dr.  Hayward  has  eight  children  by  a  former  mar- 
riage; Julia  Brearley  Hayward  being  the  daughter 
of  the  present  Mrs.  Hayward. 

Dr.  Hayward  attended  the  Cumberland  Valley 
Institute  at  Mechanicsburg,  Pennsylvania,  from 
1855  to  1858.  He  then  studied  in  the  Medical  De- 
partment of  the  Georgetown  University,  Washing- 
ton, D.  C.,  from  which  he  graduated. 

From  October,  1864,  to  April,  1865,  Dr.  Hayward 
served  as  Hospital  Steward  in  the  United  States 
Army,  under  Colonel  L.  A.  Edwards,  who  on  being 
detailed  as  Chief  Medical  Officer  of  the  Bureau 
of  Refugees,  Freedmen  and  Abandoned  Lands,  ap- 
pointed him  Chief  Clerk  of  the  Medical  Depart- 
ment of  the  Bureau. 

Dr.  Hayward  spent  most  of  the  time  of  1869  and 
1871  regaining  his  health  which  had  become  im- 
paired, but  in  1871  he  settled  in  Delaware  County, 
near  Philadelphia  and  practiced  medicine  until 
1893,  when  his  health  again  became  impaired  and 
he  had  to  finally  relinquish  his  practice.  He  came 
to  Los  Angeles  in  December,  1894,  and  became  a 
permanent  resident.  He  engaged  in  the  oil  busi- 
ness first,  as  secretary  and  treasurer  of  the  Coalin- 
ga  Oil  Company  and  subsequently  as  director  in  the 
Reed  Crude  and  Rice  Ranch  Oil  Companies.  In 
1898  Dr.  Hayward  became  interested  in  real  estate 
investments  and  in  1906  retired  from  all  active 
business  pursuits.  He  is  a  director  of  the  Security 
Savings  Bank  and  the  Merchants'  Bank  and  Trust 
Company.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Los  Angeles 
Country  and  the  University  Clubs. 


WALTER  GRESHAM 

RESHAM,  WALTER,  Attorney-at- 
law,  Galveston,  Texas,  was  born 
July  22,  1841,  in  King  and  Queen 
County,  Virginia,  the  son  of  Ed- 
ward Gresham  and  Isabella 
(Mann)  Gresham.  He  married 
Josephine  C.  Mann  at  Galveston,  October  28,  1868. 
There  were  born  nine  children,  Edward  (deceased), 
Estha,  Walter  (deceased),  William  (deceased),  Jos- 
ephine C.,  T.  Dew,  Frank  S.,  Beulah  and  Philip. 

Prior  to  1857,  he  attended  the  Stevensville 
Academy  in  his  native  county,  then  entered  Edge- 
hill  Academy,  remaining  until  early  in  1861,  when 
he  enlisted  in  the  Confederate  Army.  He  quit  the 
army  and  entered  the  University  of  Virginia,  but 
re-enlisted  the  following  spring.  After  a  year  he 
returned  to  the  University  and  stayed  there  until 
he  received  his  degree  of  B.  L.,  June,  1863.  A 
third  time  he  joined  the  Confederate  forces  and 
remained  until  the  surrender  at  Appomatox  in  1865, 
serving  in  the  9th  and  24th  Virginia  Cavalry. 

The  year  following  the  war's  close  he  went  to 
Galveston  and  began  law  practice,  taking  an  active 
part  in  politics.  He  served  in  the  20th,  21st  and  22d 
Legislatures  of  Texas  and  the  53d  Congress,  secur- 
ing the  Congressional  appropriation  which  made 
Galveston  a  deep  water  port.  He  was  on  the  com- 
mittee which  formulated  the  commission  form  of 
government  for  Galveston  and  obtained  from  the 
Legislature  the  tax  donation,  which  provided  that 
city's  protective  works  against  floods.  He  was 
Pres.  Trans-Mississippi  Commercial  Congress  and 
Vice  Pres.  Nat.  Rivers  and  Harbors  Congress. 

Mr.  Gresham  was  in  various  partnerships,  the 
last  being  with  his  son  Walter,  who  died  in  1905.  In 
addition  to  his  legal  practice,  he  is  president  of  the 
Galveston  and  Western  Railway,  and  formerly  sec- 
ond vice  president  and  director  of  the  Gulf,  Colo- 
rado and  Santa  Fe  Railway  and  director  of  the 
Galveston,  La  Porte  and  Houston  Railway. 


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ORD,  TIREY  LAFAYETTE,  Attor- 
ney and  General  Counsel  for  the 
United  Railroads,  San  Francisco, 
California,  was  born  in  Monroe 
County,  Missouri,  December  29, 
1857,  the  son  of  Jacob  Harrison 
Ford  and  Mary  Winn  (Abernathy)  Ford.  He  comes 
from  a  long  line  of  agricultural  forbears  and  was 
himself  born  on  a  farm.  In  the  first  ship  that 
sailed  from  Holland  to  Virginia,  in  January,  1700, 
was  a  band  of  French  Huguenots  whom  William, 
Prince  of  Orange,  after  he  became  King  of  Eng- 
land, had  invited  to  make  their  home  in  America, 
and  among  these  first  French  immigrants  were 
Pierre  Faure  (later  called  Peter  Ford),  his  wife 
and  child,  his  brother,  Daniel,  and  his  two  sisters. 
From  the  time  that  this  Pierre  Faure  first  settled 
on  his  allotted  land  along  the  James  River,  in  Vir- 
ginia, to  the  death  of  Jacob  Harrison  Ford,  father 
of  the  subject  of  this  sketch,  in  Kansas  City,  Mis- 
souri, in  November,  1908,  his  American  ancestors 
have  been  tillers  of  the  soil.  Mr.  Ford  married 
Miss  Emma  Byington,  daughter  of  the  Hon.  Lewis 
Byington,  one  of  the  leading  pioneers  of  Sierra 
County,  in  Downieville,  California,  February  1, 
1888.  To  them  were  born  three  children — Relda 
(now  Mrs.  Fred  V.  F.  Stott)  and  Byington,  and 
Tirey  Lafayette  Ford,  Jr. 

The  phrase  "born,"  or  "raised  on  the  farm"  has 
been  elevated  in  America  from  a  term  somewhat 
jocular  to  one  of  something  like  distinction,  such 
is  the  character  of  the  men  chiefly  responsible  for 
the  elevation.  And  from  milking  cows  at  daybreak, 
husking  corn  and  performing  other  feats  on  some 
cultivated  acres,  even  though  the  latter  be  situated 
in  the  Show-Me  State  of  Missouri,  to  an  attorney 
generalship  and  the  post  of  general  counsel  of 
one  of  the  richest  corporations  in  the  country  is  a 
progression  that  doesn't  mar  the  acquired  nature 
of  the  foregoing  phrase.  This,  in  brief,  is  the  ca- 
reer, at  a  glance,  of  General  Ford. 

The  district  school  of  the  county,  1863  to  1873, 
and  the  higii  school,  from  which  he  was  graduated 
in  1876,  gave  him  his  early  education.  During  these 
years,  however,  he  worked  at  night  and  on  Sat- 
urdays "doing  chores"  to  pay  his  expenses,  and  on 
the  other  weekdays  rode  his  father's  mules  to  the 
schoolhouse. 

When  he  was  19  years  of  age  he  reached  Cali- 
fornia via  an  emigrant  train,  February  11,  1877, 
and  started  his  Western  life  as  a  ranch  hand  in 
the  Sacramento  Valley.  This  healthful,  if  not 
especially  remunerative,  occupation  held  him  in 
Butte  and  Colusa  counties  for  the  next  two  years. 
But  on  January  1,  1880,  stimulated  by  the  posses- 
sion of  a  few  hundred  dollars  he  had  accumulated, 
and  by  a  legal  ambition  he  had  perchance  inherited 
from  his  mother's  father,  an  attorney,  he  began  the 
study  of  the  law  in  the  office  of  Colonel  Park  Hen- 
shaw  at  Chico.  Less  than  three  years  of  this  suf- 
ficed to  fit  him  for  admittance  to  the  bar,  in  August, 
1882. 

The  outlook  he  found  on  his  return  to  Chico, 
however,  was  not  brilliant.  With  neither  office, 
money  nor  clients  he  became  depressed  and  wrote 
to  his  father  for  a  little  financial  encouragement. 
The  sire  answered  in  a  letter  full  of  wise  advice, 
but  lacking  the  more  substantial  stimulus.  As  the 
son  was  not  of  the  quitting  variety,  however,  he 
managed  to  make  his  way  to  Oroville,  where  he 


hung  out  his  shingle,  and,  pending  the  desired  lure 
thereof,  helped  his  little  income  by  keeping  books 
for  some  of  the  merchants  of  the  town. 

In  January,  1885,  he  moved  to  Downieville, 
where  his  legal  efforts  met  with  a  little  better  re- 
ward. His  progress  thenceforward  was  rapid, 
marked  by  his  election  in  1888,  and  again  in  1890, 
to  the  District  Attorneyship  of  Sierra  County,  to 
the  State  Senate  in  1892,  wherein  he  served  from 
1893  to  1895,  and,  on  his  change  of  residence  to 
San  Francisco,  by  his  appointment  to  the  attorney- 
ship  of  the  State  Board  of  Harbor  Commissioners. 

In  all  these  offices  he  made  a  brilliant  record. 
As  a  Senator  he  had  the  special  distinction  of  vot- 
ing, with  only  one  colleague,  against  the  "free  and 
unlimited  coinage  of  silver  at  the  ratio  of  16  to  1," 
and  as  attorney  for  the  Harbor  Commission  solved 
the  difficult  legal  problem,  thereby  giving  to  San 
Francisco  the  area  known  as  Channel  street,  now 
a  part  of  the  city's  harbor. 

In  January,  1899,  after  considerable  opposition 
frem  the  regular  Republican  organization,  so  called, 
he  became  Attorney  General  of  California.  The 
policy  to  which  he  adhered  throughout  his  term  he 
outlined  to  his  deputies  thus:  "With  lawmaking  and 
with  State  policies  this  office  has  nothing  to  do. 
The  Governor  and  the  Legislature  will  attend  to 
that.  Our  business  is  to  know  the  law,  to  dis- 
close it  as  we  find  it  and  to  protect  and  maintain 
the  State's  legal  rights." 

Among  his  noteworthy  acts  in  this  capacity 
was  his  argument  on  rehearing  before  the  Supreme 
Court  whereby  he  secured  a  reversal  of  the  former 
decision  touching  the  inheritance  tax  on  the  Le- 
land  Stanford  estate  and  thus  converted  the  $250,- 
000  involved  to  the  use  of  the  public  schools  of 
San  Francisco. 

General  Ford's  appointment,  in  August,  1902,  as 
general  counsel  for  the  United  Railroads  obliged 
him  to  resign  his  Attorney  Generalship.  To  insure 
the  continuance  of  the  office  on  the  plane  he  him- 
self had  chosen,  he  selected  for  his  successor  his 
friend  and  former  mountain  neighbor,  U.  S.  Webb, 
at  that  time  the  District  Attorney  of  Plumas 
County.  In  this  instance  he  triumphed  again  over 
the  opposition  of  the  so-called  regular  Republican 
organization. 

In  April,  1905,  after  some  hesitation,  he  accepted 
the  appointment  from  Governor  Pardee  to  member- 
ship on  the  State  Board  of  Prison  Directors.  Here, 
too,  his  work  has  been  distinguished  by  the  same 
system  of  thoroughness  he  had  applied  to  all  his 
previous  offices.  His  creation  of  the  special  bureau 
for  paroled  prisoners,  by  means  of  which  985  pris- 
oners have  been  paroled,  and  his  able  and  elab- 
orate report  on  the  principal  reformatories  in  the 
United  States  have  added  not  a  little  lustre  to  his 
record  as  a  public  officer. 

General  Ford  is  a  member  of  the  Pacific  Union, 
Bohemian,  Union  League,  Press,  Transportation, 
Commercial,  Amaurot  and  Southern  Clubs,  as  well 
as  of  the  American  Academy  of  Political  and  Social 
Sciences  of  Philadelphia,  the  American  Prison  As- 
sociation, the  American  Humane  Association  and 
the  Golden  Gate  Commandery,  K.  T.  For  many 
years  he  has  been  one  of  the  trustees  of  the  Me- 
chanics' Institute.  He  is  also  a  golf  enthusiast  and 
characteristically  has  reduced  his  operations  on  the 
links  to  a  system. 


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KEEN,  BURTON  E.,  Presi- 
dent, Amalgamated  Oil  Co.  of 
Los  Angeles,  Cal.,  was  born 
in  Wisconsin,  Sept.  6,  1868, 
his  parents  being  Richard 
Green  and  Amanda  Hill  (Bush)  Green. 
On  January  14,  1905,  Mr.  Green  mar- 
ried Miss  Lilian  Wellborn,  a  daughter  of 
Judge  Olin  Wellborn,  U.  S.  Dist.  Judge. 
They  have  two  little 
daughters,  Dorothy  and 
Liliore. 

As  a  boy  he  attended 
the  public  schools  of 
Wisconsin  and  the  Beav- 
er Dam  Academy  of  the 
same  State.  In  1886  his 
parents  moved  to  Califor- 
nia, and  in  1889  he  grad- 
uated from  the  High 
School  of  Los  Angeles. 

Soon  after  his  gradua- 
tion he  went  to  Redlands 
and  became  interested  in 
orange  culture,  which  he 
pursued  successfully  for 
five  years.  This  occupa- 
tion did  not  afford  suf- 
ficient activity  and  he  re- 
turned to  Los  Angeles  to 
seek  a  larger  field  of  busi- 
ness possibilities. 

At  this  time  the  oil 
industry  seemed  to  offer 
the  greatest  opportuni- 
ties, and  associating  him- 
self with  M.  H.  Whittier 
they  entered  the  oil  business  under  the  firm 
name  of  Green  &  Whittier.  Mr.  Whittier, 
as  a  practical  oil  operator,  looked  after  the 
drilling  operations,  while  Mr.  Green  attended 
to  the  administrative  and  financial  portion  of 
the  business.  The  first  operations  confined  to 
the  Los  Angeles  field  were  undertaken  with 
excellent  judgment  and  satisfactory  results. 
After  drilling  one  of  the  first  wells  in  the 
Coalinga  district,  because  of  greater  activity 
in  the  Kern  River  district  they  transferred 
their  operations  to  the  vicinity  of  Bakersfield, 
and  soon  had  a  splendid  production.  The 
Green  &  Whittier  Oil  Co.  was  one  of  the 
three  original  companies  which  were  com- 
bined to  form  the  Associated  Oil  Co.  Mr. 
Green  was  elected  director  and  member  of  the 
executive  committee,  and  is  still  one  of  its 
board  of  directors.  The  Associated  Oil  Co. 
probably  does  the  largest  volume  of  business 
of  any  oil  company  on  the  Pacific  Coast. 


BURTON  E.  GREEN 


In  1905  the  Amalgamated  Oil  Co.  was 
formed,  with  activities  confined  principally  to 
Southern  California,  where  it  does  the  bulk 
of  the  oil  business.  Soon  after  its  formation 
Mr.  Green  was  elected  president,  and  still 
fills  this  position.  He  is  also  largely  interest- 
ed in  and  president  of  the  Belridge  Oil  Co., 
one  of  the  newer  oil  companies,  which,  on  ac- 
count of  its  tremendous  holdings  of  32,000 
acres  in  the  rich  Lost 
Hills  district,  promises  to 
be  an  important  factor  in 
the  oil  business  of  the 
State. 

Aside  from  his  oil  in- 
terests he  is  largely  inter- 
ested in  the  Booth-Kelly 
Lumber  Co.,  a  corpora- 
tion owning  approximate- 
ly 200,000  acres  of  excel- 
lent timber  land  in  Ore- 
gon and  a  number  of  large 
mills,  near  several  ot 
which  it  has  been  instru- 
mental in  building  up 
towns.  Mr.  Green  is  also 
the  largest  stockholder  in 
the  Rodeo  Land  &  Water 
Co.,  a  corporation  owning 
a  valauble  tract  of  about 
3000  acres  of  land  near 
Los  Angeles.  A  portion 
of  it  has  been  subdivided 
and,  as  Beverly  Hills,  is 
known  as  one  of  the  most 
exclusive  subdivisions  in 
Southern  California. 

Outdoor  life  appeals  strongly  to  Mr. 
Green,  and  whenever  his  business  affairs  per- 
mit he  indulges  in  hunting,  fishing,  golf  and 
motoring.  As  a  member  of  the  Bolsa  Chica 
Gun  Club,  the  Flatrock  Club  (whose  grounds 
are  in  Idaho)  and  the  San  Ysidro  Rancho  Co. 
of  Mexico,  he  has  ample  opportunity  to  grat- 
ify his  shooting  and  fishing  proclivities,  while 
his  membership  in  the  Los  Angeles  and  San 
Francisco  Country  clubs  give  him  access  to 
the  best  links  to  test  out  his  prowess  as  a 
golfer. 

His  enjoyment  of  club  life  is  further  evi- 
denced by  his  membership  in  the  California 
Club,  the  Jonathan  Club  and  Crags  Country 
Club  of  Los  Angeles,  and  the  Pacific  Union 
Club  and  the  Bohemian  Club  of  San  Fran- 
cisco. 

In  all  of  his  clubs  he  has  a  large  circle  of 
friends  and  acquaintances  among  whom  he  is 
most  pleasantly  and  favorably  known. 


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OCHRAN,  GEORGE  IRA, 
President  of  the  Pacific  Mu- 
tual Life  Insurance  Company, 
attorney  and  financier,  Los 
Angeles,  Cal.,  was  born  in 
Oshawa,  Province  of  Ontario,  Canada, 
on  July  1,  1863,  son  of  Rev.  George 
Cochran,  D.  D.,  and  Catherine  Lynch  (Da- 
vidson) Cochran.  Mr.  Cochran  has  been 
twice  married.  His  first 
wife  was  Alice  Maud  Mc- 
Clung,  whom  he  wedded 
in  Canada  on  August  6, 
1890;  his  second  wife  was 
a  sister  of  the  first, 
Isabelle  May  McClung, 
and  was  married  to  Mr. 
Cochran  in  Los  Angeles 
on  April  3,  1907. 

His  education  was  had 
in  private  schools  in  To- 
kyo, Japan ;  Collegiate 
Institute,  Toronto,  and 
the  University  of  To- 
ronto ;  he  was  admitted 
as  barrister-at-law  at  Os- 
good  Hall,  Toronto, 
shortly  after  graduation, 
and  was  admitted  to  prac- 
tice in  the  Supreme  Court 
of  California  in  February, 
1888,  the  year  of  his  ar- 
rival in  Los  Angeles, 
where  he  has  since  made 
his  home  and  the  scene  of 
his  busy  career. 

His     primary   occupa- 


GEO.  I.  COCHRAN 


tion  of  the  practice  of  law,  combined  with 
long  and  studious  visits  to  Europe  and  the 
Orient,  served  to  prepare  his  mind  and  de- 
velop his  mentality  for  the  tasks  which  they 
were  to  undertake ;  qualities  which  were  fur- 
ther strengthened  by  an  inheritance  of  strong 
character  and  rectitude  from  his  forbears ;  his 
father  was  a  most  prominent  religious  factor 
in  Toronto,  and  his  mother  was  a  descendant 
of  the  Wesleys,  the  founders  of  the  Metho- 
dist Church ;  it  is  thus  an  atavistic  trait  of 
Mr.  Cochran  to  display  those  qualities  of 
conscience  and  of  righteousness  which  carry 
conviction  of  his  honesty  and  capacity. 

A  recital  of  his  financial  positions  will 
serve  to  show  the  scope  of  his  business  activ- 
ity: He  is  president  of  the  Pacific  Mutual 
Life  Insurance  Co.,  president  of  the  Pacific 
Mutual  Indemnity  Co.,  director  of  the  Los 
Angeles  Trust  and  Savings  Bank,  director  of 
the  Southern  California  Edison  Co.,  director 


of  the  Broadway  Bank  &  Trust  Co.,  director 
of  the  Anglo-California  Trust  Co.  of  San 
Francisco,  president  of  the  Rosedale  Ceme- 
tery Association  of  Los  Angeles,  director  of 
the  Rindge  Land  &  Navigating  Co.,  president 
of  the  Holland  Land  &  Water  Co.,  director  of 
the  Empire  Navigation  Co.,  president  of  the 
Southern  California  Cremation  Society,  direc- 
tor of  the  Seaside  Water  Co.,  vice  president 

of    the     Maclay    Rancho 

Water  Co.,  and  interest- 
ed as  investor  in  a  myr- 
iad of  other  enterprises. 

But  a  formal  recital 
of  the  positions  attained 
by  Mr.  Cochran  make  a 
faint  reflection  of  his  po- 
tency and  activity  in 
business  affairs. 

As  president  of  the 
Pacific  Mutual  Life  In- 
surance Co.,  Mr.  Cochran 
finds  himself  the  execu- 
tive of  one  of  the  great 
insurance  associations  of 
the  country;  one  that 
originated  in  the  West, 
but  which  has  been  con- 
ducted with  such  acumen 
and  wisdom  as  to  have 
become  one  of  the  fore- 
most financial  institutions 
of  the  country.  His  life 
insurance  company  car- 
ries over  $20,000,000  of 
investments,  supervised 
and  directed  by  him  ;  when 


added  to  this  duty  are  the  immense  details  of 
his  other  enterprises,  the  fact  that  he  is  able  to 
conduct  all  of  this  business  without  the  os- 
tentation of  exclusiveness  that  surrounds 
most  great  financiers,  and  that  he  has  main- 
tained a  simplicity  and  directness  of  method 
which  marked  his  earlier  years,  the  steadfast- 
ness and  reliability  of  the  man  become  ap- 
parent. He  was  a  member  of  the  Los  Angeles 
City  Charter  Commission  in  1893,  is  a  trustee 
of  the  State  Normal  School  at  Los  Angeles, 
is  a  member  of  the  Republican  County  Cen- 
tral Committee;  he  is  a  trustee  of  the  Young 
Men's  Christian  Association,  and  trustee  and 
treasurer  of  the  University  of  So.  California. 
He  belongs  to  the  California,  Jonathan, 
University,  Los  Angeles  Athletic,  Los  An- 
geles Country  and  Union  League  clubs,  and 
Federation  of  Clubs  of  Los  Angeles ;  also  the 
Pacific  Union  and  the  Bohemian  clubs  of  San 
Francisco. 


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OLLIDAY,  WILLIAM 
HARRISON,  Banker,  Los 
Angeles,  Cal.,  was  born  at  St. 
Louis,  Mo.,  July  27,  1863.  His 
father  was  Samuel  Newton 
Holliday  and  his  mother  Maria  (Fithian) 
Holliday.  He  married  Flora  Adeline  Bald- 
win at  Los  Angeles,  October  30,  1889,  and  to 
them  was  born  one  child,  Maria  Louise  Hol- 
liday. Mr.  Holliday  re- 
ceived his  early  education 
in  the  schools  of  St.  Louis 
and  upon  completion  of 
his  studies  there  went  to 
Phillips  Exeter  Academy 
to  prepare  for  university 
work.  Graduating  from 
the  Academy  in  1881  he 
entered  Harvard  Univer- 
sity the  following  year 
and  was  graduated  in 
1886.  Upon  completion 
of  his  education  Mr.  Hol- 
liday went  on  a  tour  of 
Europe.  He  remained 
abroad  for  an  entire  year, 
visiting  practically  every 
place  of  interest  in  the 
Old  World,  and  then  re- 
turned to  the  United 
States. 

His  first  employment 
was  in  a  bank,  and  the 
story  of  his  career,  begin- 
ning there,  is  the  chron- 
icle of  a  financier  growing 
up  with  the  business.  He 
went  to  Los  Angeles  upon  his  return  to  his 
native  land,  and  in  May,  1887,  became  a 
bookkeeper  in  the  Farmers  and  Merchants' 
Bank  of  that  city.  He  remained  there  for 
.two  months  and  then  took  charge  of  the 
books  of  the  old  Southern  California  Na- 
tional Bank  of  Los  Angeles. 

When  the  Southern  California  National 
Bank  was  succeeded  by  the  Merchants'  Na- 
tional Bank,  Mr.  Holliday  went  along  with 
the  assets  and  good  will,  and  has  been  with 
that  bank  ever  since,  a  matter  of  more  than 
24  years.  In  quick  succession  he  went  from 
the  bookkeeper's  desk  to  the  teller's  window, 
from  that  to  assistant  cashier,  and  in  1895  he 
was  made  cashier  of  the  institution.  This  of- 
fice he  held  until  1906,  when  he  was  elected 
president  of  the  bank,  a  trust  he  has  admin- 
istrated to  the  present.  That,  in  a  few  words, 
is  the  .story  of  how  Mr.  Holliday  rose  to  the 
top  of  his  profession  and  acquired  the  knowl- 


WILLIAM  H.  HOLLIDAY 


edge  which  makes  him  one  of  the  leading 
financiers  of  the  West,  but  it  does  not  tell  the 
whole  story  of  his  activity  in  the  commercial 
and  banking  life  of  the  city  of  his  adoption, 
for  he  has  not  confined  himself,  in  later  years, 
to  directing  the  affairs  of  one  bank.  Instead, 
he  is  interested  in  a  multitude  of  concerns 
and  the  busy  life  he  leads  may  be  gleaned 
from  the  following  lists: 

He  is  president  of  the 
First  National  Bank  of 
Covina,  Cal.,  and  is  on  the 
Board  of  Directors  of  the 
Security  Savings  Bank  of 
Los  Angeles,  the  First 
National  Bank  of  Azusa, 
Cal. ;  First  National  Bank 
of  Glendale,  Cal.,  and  the 
First  National  Bank  of 
Artesia,  Cal. ;  Title  Guar- 
antee and  Trust  Co.  of 
Los  Angeles,  and  Globe 
Grain  and  Milling  Co.  of 
the  same  city. 

The  banks  in  which 
Mr.  Holliday  is  interested 
form  a  financial  chain  in 
and  around  Los  Angeles 
and  control  many  millions 
of  dollars,  in  the  adminis- 
tration of  which  he  is  a 
powerful  factor. 

In  addition  to  the 
above,  other  financial  as- 
sociations have  claimed 
much  of  his  attention. 
For  one  term  he  was 
President  and  Chairman  of  the  Executive 
Committee  of  the  Los  Angeles  Clearing 
House  Association,  preceding  Mr.  Stoddard 
Jess  in  that  office. 

With  one  exception  Mr.  Holliday  is  the 
oldest  active  banker,  in  point  of  service,  in 
the  City  of  Los  Angeles.  He  has  been  con- 
tinually in  harness  for  nearly  a  quarter  of  a 
century,  and,  with  the  exception  of  the  two 
months  he  put  in  with  the  Farmers  and 
Merchants'  Bank  when  he  first  went  to  Los 
Angeles,  has  been  connected  all  that  time 
with  the  same  house. 

Individually  and  as  a  member  of  the  Los 
Angeles  Chamber  of  Commerce,  Mr.  Holli- 
day has  aided  greatly  in  the  upbuilding  and 
modernizing  of  Los  Angeles  aYid  is  regarded 
as  one  of  its  civic  leaders. 

He  is  a  thirty-second  degree  Mason,  a 
Mystic  Shriner  and  a  member  of  the  Califor- 
nia and  the  Los  Angeles  Country  Clubs. 


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ALCH,  ALLAN  CHRISTO- 
PHER, General  Manager,  Pa- 
cific Light  &  Power  Co.,  the 
Southern  California  Gas  Co., 
and  vice  president  of  the  San 
Joaquin  Light  and  Power  Corporation,  Los 
Angeles,  California,  is  a  native  of  New  York 
State,  being  born  at  Valley  Falls,  March  13, 
1864.  His  father  was  Ebenezer  Atwood 
Balch  and  his  mother 
Hannah  (Hoag)  Balch. 
On  April  29,  1891,  at 
Oakland,  Cal.,  he  mar- 
ried Janet  Jacks. 

Mr.  Balch  was  edu- 
c  a  t  e  d  in  the  public 
schools  of  his  native 
State,  including  the  Cam- 
bridge High  School,  after 
which  he  entered  Cornell 
University,  graduating  in 
1889  with  the  degrees  of 
M.  E.  and  E.  E. 

Immediately  after  his 
graduation  Mr.  Balch  de- 
cided to  go  West,  where 
greater  opportunities 
were  to  be  found.  In 
1889  he  moved  to  Seattle, 
where  he  became  a  mem- 
ber of  the  firm  of  Baker, 
Balch  &  Co.,  and  shortly 
after  a  director  and  gen- 
eral manager  of  the  Home 
Electric  Co.  of  that  city. 

This  company  was 
merged  with  several 
other  similar  organizations  and  formed  the 
Union  Electrical  Company,  of  which  Mr. 
Balch  was  made  the  general  manager.  He 
remained  in  this  position  for  two  years,  re- 
signing in  1891  to  accept  a  better  office  with 
the  Union  Power  Company  of  Portland,  Ore. 
He  was  made  manager  of  that  company, 
which  supplied  light  and  power  in  Portland, 
especially  all  power  for  operation  of  the 
street  railways  there. 

In  1896  he  moved  to  Los  Angeles,  where 
he  became  one  of  the  founders  of  the  San 
Gabriel  Electric  Company,  the  Sierra  Power 
Company  and  the  Mintone  Power  Company, 
three  large  corpora  dons  with  gigantic  plans 
for  the  future  development  of  power  in  the 
Southwest.  Later  these  companies  were 
merged  into  the  corporation  known  as  the 
Pacific  Light  and  Power  Company.  Included 
in  this  large  organization  were  the  San  Ber- 
nardino Gas  and  Electric  Company,  the  Riv- 


ALLAN    C.    BALCH 


erside  Power  Company  and  the  San  Antonio 
Heights  Railway  Company. 

In  conjunction  with  H.  E.  Huntington 
and  W.  G.  Kerckhoff,  Mr.  Balch  purchased 
the  City  Gas  Company,  now  the  Southern 
California  Gas  Company.  The  management 
of  these  gigantic  institutions  demanded  a 
man  of  exceptional  training.  Mr.  Balch,  with 
his  qualifications  consisting  of  education,  ex- 
perience and  executive 
ability,  was  selected  to 
occupy  the  position  of 
general  manager  of  the 
combined  organizations. 
Other  corporations  have 
been  merged  into  the  Pa- 
cific Light  and  Power 
Company,  all  of  which 
come  under  Mr.  Balch's 
direction. 

In  1902  W.  G.  Kerck- 
hoff and  Mr.  Balch 
bought  the  San  Joaquin 
Light  and  Power  Com- 
pany, bringing  the  execu- 
tive offices  of  that  con- 
cern to  Los  Angeles.  A 
short  time  later  the  gas, 
railway  and  power  cor- 
porations of  Bakersfield 
and  Merced  were  pur- 
chased  by  them  and 
merged  into  the  immense 
organization  under  the 
general  managership  of 
A.  G.  Wishon. 

Mr.  Balch  is  heavily 
interested  in  the  Coalinga  Water  and  Elec- 
tric Company,  which  is  in  itself  a  corporation 
of  no  mean  consequence ;  also  in  the  Fresno 
Irrigated  Farms  Company,  the  Summit  Lake 
Improvement  Company  and  the  Lerdo  Land 
Company.  He  is  a  large  stockholder  and 
holds  office  in  the  following:  General  Man- 
ager, Pacific  Light  and  Power  Company; 
General  Manager,  Southern  California  Gas 
Company ;  Vice  President,  San  Joaquin  Light 
and  Power  Corporation,  and  Vice  President 
Coalinga  Light  and  Power  Company. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  California  Club, 
the  Los  Angeles  Country  Club  and  the  Crag's 
Country  Club  of  Los  Angeles ;  and  also  of 
the  Bohemian  Club  and  Pacific  Union  Club 
of  San  Francisco. 

He  is  a  thirty-second  degree  Mason,  a 
Knight  Templar,  a  Shriner,  and  while  at 
Cornell  University  was  a  member  of  the 
Greek  Letter  Fraternity,  Alpha  Delta  Phi. 


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AMPTON,  WILLIAM  E.,  Manufac- 
turer, Los  Angeles,  California, 
was  born  in  Illinois,  August  18th, 
1852.  His  father  was  William  Ed- 
ward Hampton  and  his  mother 

Matilda     M.     (Eastin)     Hampton. 

He  was  married  to  Frances  Wilhoit,  of  Charleston, 
Illinois,  in  the  private  chapel  of  the  Sisters  of  Prov- 
idence in  Indianapolis,  Indiana,  by  the  Right  Rever- 
end Francis  Silas  iChatard,D.D.,  Bishop  of  Vincennes. 

At  the  age  of  fifteen  years 
he  began  his  first  work  in 
the  wholesale  and  retail  gro- 
cery of  Wright-Minton  & 
Co.,  of  Charleston,  Illinois. 
After  working  in  this  estab- 
lishment for  three  years  he 
became  the  traveling  agent 
and  cashier  for  the  commis- 
sion house  of  C.  P.  Troy  & 
Co,,  of  New  York,  remaining 
in  this  position  until  1876. 

At  this  time  he  returned 
to  Charleston,  Illinois,  and 
established  the  dry  goods 
house  of  Ray  &  Hampton.  In 
1879  Mr.  Hampton  purchased 
the  entire  interest  of  his 
partner  and  continued  in  the 
dry  goods  business  in  his 
own  name  very  successfully 
until  1886,  when  he  retired 
and  moved  to  the  Pacific 
Coast,  and  after  living  a  re- 
tired life  and  traveling  for 
two  years,  moved  to  San 
Francisco. 

In  1890  he  built  a  factory 
in  San  Francisco  for  the 

manufacture  of  patent  non-shrinking  wooden  tanks, 
and  this  was  the  birth  of  an  industry  which  he  has 
built  up  until  today  it  is  the  largest  manufacturing 
concern  of  its  kind  in  the  world.  He  managed  and 
conducted  the  original  business  for  two  years  in  the 
name  of  "W.  E.  Hampton"  and  then  changed  the 
name  of  the  business  to  "Pacific  Tank  Co.,  W.  E. 
Hampton,  Proprietor,"  and  continued  the  business 
under  this  name  for  eleven  years,  having  estab- 
lished branches  and  agencies  throughout  the 
Pacific  Coast  States  and  then  had  the  business  in- 
corporated under  the  name  of  "Pacific  Tank  Com- 
pany," Mr.  Hampton  retaining  the  presidency  and 
active  management  of  the  business. 

In  1898  Mr.  Hampton  decided  to  make  his  home 
in  Los  Angeles,  moved  his  residence  to  this  city 
and  built  a  factory  for  the  manufacture  of  his 
product.  In  1904  he  built  another  factory  at  Olym- 
pia,  Washington,  and  when  this  was  destroyed  by 
fire  in  1909,  he  built  a  factory  in  Portland,  Oregon, 
giving  him  a  chain  of  factories  in  San  Francisco, 
Los  Angeles  and  Portland,  Oregon,  from  which  he 


WILLIAM  E.  HAMPTON 


ships  his  product  to  all  parts  of  the  world.  In 
1900  Mr.  Hampton  purchased  the  controlling  in- 
terest of  the  California  Redwood  Pipe  Company 
and  organized  as  its  successor  the  National  Wood 
Pipe  Company.  A  year  later  he  branched  out  into 
the  manufacturing  and  contracting  business  on  a 
larger  scale  in  Los  Angeles,  organizing  the  Pacific 
Coast  Planing  Mill  Company,  built  a  large  factory 
and  took  the  active  management  of  this  company. 
In  1906,  the  year  of  the  great  fire  in  San  Fran- 
cisco, Mr.  Hampton  pur- 
chased the  stock  and  busi- 
ness of  the  Mercantile  Box 
Co.  of  that  city,  reorganized 
it  and  built  the  plant  which 
he  still  owns  and  operates 
on  Berry  street  in  San  Fran- 
cisco. 

In  1909  the  business  of 
the  Pacific  Tank  Company 
and  the  National  Wood 
Pipe  Company  was  con- 
solidated under  the  cor- 
porate name  of  "Pacific  Tank 
&  Pipe  Company,"  the  com- 
bined business  now  being 
under  Mr.  Hampton's  per- 
sonal management,  and  he  is 
today  President  and  General 
Manager  of  the  manufactur- 
ing companies  which  he  has 
established,  Pacific  Tank  & 
Pipe  Company,  Pacific  Coast 
Planing  Mill  Company,  Na- 
tional Wood  Pipe  Company 
and  Mercantile  Box  Com- 
pany, with  offices  and  fac- 
tories in  San  Francisco,  Los 
Angeles  and  Portland,  Ore- 
gon. He  also  holds  directorships  in  the  following 
companies  and  organizations:  Los  Angeles  Trust 
and  Savings  Bank,  Olympia  National  Bank,  Asso- 
ciated Jobbers  of  Los  Angeles,  Municipal  League  of 
Los  Angeles,  Columbus  Club  of  Los  Angeles,  and  is 
President  of  the  Industrial  Realty  Company  of  Los 
Angeles.  He  holds  a  similar  position  with  the  Fac- 
tory Site  Company,  and  is  Vice  President  of  the 
Tidings  Publishing  Company. 

At  the  present  time  he  is  a  member  of  the  Spe- 
cial Harbor  Committee  of  the  Chamber  of  Com- 
merce, which  has  in  its  hands  the  future  of  the 
Los  Angeles  Harbor.  This  committee  is  working 
in  conjunction  with  the  civic  authorities  on  plans 
by  which  they  hope  to  make  it  one  of  the  most 
important  ports  to  be  engaged  in  world  trade  with 
the  completion  of  the  Panama  Canal. 

Mr.  Hampton  is  Past  Grand  Knight  of  the 
Knights  of  Columbus  of  Los  Angeles,  and  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  California,  Jonathan,  Newman,  Colum- 
bus and  Gamut  Clubs  of  Los  Angeles  and  of  the 
Los  Angeles  Country  Club. 


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ARTORI,  JOSEPH  F., 
Banker,  Los  Angeles,  Cal., 
was  born  on  Christmas  Day, 
in  the  year  1858,  at  Cedar 

Falls,     Iowa,     the     son     of 

Joseph  and  Theresa  (Wangler)  Sartori.  He 
married  Margaret  Rishel,  at  Le  Mars,  Iowa, 
in  June,  1886.  He  received  the  elementary 
portion  of  his  education  in  the  public  schools 
of  Cedar  Rapids,  Iowa, 
then  went  to  Germany, 
where  he  spent  one  year 
(1877-78)  at  the  Univer- 
sity of  Freiburg.  Return- 
ing to  the  United  States, 
he  entered  Cornell  Col- 
lege, at  Mount  Vernon, 
Iowa,  and  was  graduated 
from  there  with  the  de- 
gree of  Bachelor  of  Sci- 
ence in  1879.  He  then  en- 
tered the  Law  Depart- 
ment of  the  University  of 
Michigan  at  Ann  Arbor, 
and  was  graduated  from 
there  in  1881. 

Upon  completion  of 
his  college  course  he  en- 
tered the  law  office  of 
Leslie  M.  Shaw  (former- 
ly Secretary  of  the  Treas- 
ury and  now  president  of 
a  bank  in  Philadelphia), 
at  Dennison,  Iowa,  and 
studied  for  eight  months. 
He  was  admitted  to  the 
Bar  at  the  end  of  that 
time,  and  from  1882  to  1887  he  practiced  his 
profession  as  a  partner  of  Congressman  I.  S. 
Struble,  of  Iowa. 

In  1887  Mr.  Sartori  gave  up  his  legal  prac- 
tice in  Iowa  and  moved  to  California,  settling 
March  19,  1887,  in  the  then  new  town  of 
Monrovia.  It  was  there  that  he  made  his  first 
venture  into  the  banking  field,  establishing 
the  First  National  Bank  of  that  place.  He 
was  its  first  cashier,  and  served  as  such  until 
1889,  and  is  its  vice  president  at  the  present 
time.  Arriving  in  California  during  the  years 
of  its  great  boom,  Mr.  Sartori  saw  opportuni- 
ties for  greater  successes  in  the  larger  field  of 
Los  Angeles,  and  in  1889  he  transferred  his 
residence  to  that  city. 

He  organized,  in  February,  1889,  the  Se- 
curity Savings  Bank,  undoubtedly  the  largest 
of  its  kind  in  the  entire  Southwest,  and  has 
been  connected  with  its  management  from 
the  day  it  began  business.  He  was  elected 


JOSEPH  F.  SARTORI 


president  of  the  institution  in  January,  1895, 
and  has  been  its  executive  head  since  then.  At 
the  present  time  the  bank  has  capital  stock 
and  surplus  of  more  than  $2,000,000  and  total 
resources  exceeding  $33,000,000. 

The  history  of  Mr.  Sartori's  banking  ca- 
reer in  Los  Angeles  would  record  in  detail 
but  one  constant  succession  of  advances,  en- 
largements and  accretions.     He  has  put  into 
it    not    only    a    complete 
academic  knowledge,  but 
practical     methods      and 
seemingly  unerring  judg- 
ment. 

Coming  from  Swiss- 
Italian  ancestry  of  honor- 
able record  and  deep  im- 
print on  the  conscious- 
ness of  the  people  of  that 
portion  of  Europe,  Mr. 
Sartori,  when  he  entered 
the  banking  world,  met 
with  unexpected  and 
hearty  support  from  a 
great  number  of  persons 
who  had  known  his  fam- 
ily name  in  Europe,  and 
to  whom  the  probity  and 
capacity  of  the  Sartoris 
meant  reliability. 

His  remarkable  in- 
sight into  banking  and 
economic  conditions  was 
never  better  illustrated 
than  in  his  fight  before 
the  California  Legisla- 
ture in  1911  for  real  re- 
forms in  the  State  banking  laws  and  over- 
sight of  State  financial  institutions.  He  ap- 
peared before  the  committees  on  banks  and 
banking  as  the  leader  of  the  reform  forces, 
and  his  arguments  had  a  palpable  beneficial 
effect  upon  the  legislation  which  resulted. 

In  addition  to  his  presidency  of  the  Secur- 
ity Bank  in  Los  Angeles,  which  is  housed  in 
one  of  the  most  beautiful  structures  in  the 
country,  Mr.  Sartori  is  vice  president  of  the 
Monrovia  Bank,  which  he  helped  to  found; 
has  been  a  director  for  twelve  years  in  the  L. 
A.  Brick  Co.,  and  is  actively  interested  in  nu- 
merous ranch  properties  in  and  about  Cali- 
fornia. He  is  also  a  director  of  the  San  Pedro, 
Los  Angeles  and  Salt  Lake  Railroad. 

He  is  president  of  the  California  Club  and 
holds  memberships  in  the  following:  Jona- 
than, Annandale  Golf,  Crags  Country,  L.  A. 
Athletic  and  the  L.  A.  Country  clubs,  of 
which  latter  he  was  a  charter  member. 


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ICKNELL,  FREDERICK  THOMP- 
SON, Physician  and  Surgeon,  Los 
Angeles,  California,  was  born  at 
Jericho,  Chittenden  County,  Ver- 
mont, on  April  20,  1842,  his  par- 
ents being  Nathaniel  and  Fanny 
Thompson  Bicknell.  In  the  family  blood  is 
that  of  Hannah  Dustin  and  R.  H.  Dana. 
Dr.  Bicknell  was  twice  married,  his  first  wife 
being  Etta  Cooper  of  Lake  Mills,  Wisconsin, 
and  to  them  a  daughter,  now 
Mrs.  Etta  Florence  Bicknell 
Zombro,  was  born  at  Neosho, 
Missouri.  On  December  6, 
1882,  he  married  Carrie  E. 
Fargo  at  San  Francisco. 

Dr.  Bicknell  resided  in 
Vermont  until  1852,  when  he 
moved  with  his  parents  to 
Lake  Mills,  Jefferson  County, 
Wisconsin,  where  he  worked 
on  his  father's  farm  and  at- 
tended district  school  until 
he  was  seventeen  years  old. 
Then  he  attended  Albion 
Academy,  at  Albion,  Wiscon- 
sin, where  he  studied  during 
the  fall  terms  and  taught 
school  in  the  winter  terms. 
On  August  15,  1862,  he  en- 
listed in  the  army  in  Com- 
pany A,  Twenty-third  Wis- 
consin Regiment,  and  re- 
mained in  active  service  un- 
til mustered  out  at  the  end  of 
the  war,  July  4,  1865. 

While  in  the  army  his  ser- 
vice was  in  the  Department 
of  the  Mississippi,  first  under 
General  Grant,  from  the  beginning  to  the  end  of 
the  Vicksburg  campaign.  Then  through  the  Red 
River  campaign  under  General  Banks  and  General 
A.  J.  Smith.  Then  came  the  Mobile,  Alabama, 
campaign  under  General  Canby. 

Throughout  the  entire  war  Dr.  Bicknell  was  a 
soldier  in  the  ranks,  and  while  his  discharge  re- 
cords thirteen  pitched  battles,  it  does  not  tell  of  the 
unnumbered  skirmishes  and  scouting  expeditions 
where  danger  and  death  were  no  less  in  evidence 
than  in  the  most  active  battles.  A  blistered  scalp 
from  the  sharpshooter's  bullet,  knocked  down  by 
the  concussion  of  a  nearby  exploding  shell,  and  a 
gun  shattered  in  his  hands,  were  but  a  few  of  the 
close  calls  experienced  by  him. 

Upon  receiving  his  discharge  in  1865  he  returned 
to  Madison,  Wisconsin,  and  entered  the  State  Uni- 
versity, studying  there  and  working  in  summer  on 
the  farm  until  1867,  when  he  began  studying  medi- 
cine in  the  office  of  Dr.  John  Faville  of  Madison ;  he 
then  attended  Rush  Medical  College  in  Chicago, 
graduating  in  1870. 


DR.  F.  T.  BICKNELL 


In  the  fall  of  that  same  year  Dr.  Bicknell  set- 
tled in  the  City  of  Neosho,  Missouri,  in  partner- 
ship with  Dr.  Lewis  Wills.  In  the  spring  of  1872 
Dr.  Bicknell  returned  to  Lake  Mills,  Wisconsin,  and 
married  Etta  Cooper,  and  returned  at  once  to 
Neosho.  A  daughter  was  born  to  them,  but  Mrs. 
Bicknell  survived  the  event  but  a  little  more  than 
a  month. 

In  the  fall  of  1873  Dr.  Bicknell  went  with  his 
old  preceptor,  Dr.  John  Faville,  to  New  York  and 
took    a    postgraduate    course 
at  Bellevue  College  and  Hos- 
pital. 

After  a  short  return  to 
Wisconsin,  he  went  to  Cali- 
fornia in  April,  1874.  Find- 
ing the  Panamint  mining  ex- 
citement on,  he  went  as 
physician  and  surgeon  to 
that  region  for  the  Panamint 
Mining  and  Milling  Com- 
pany, at  that  time  owned  by 
United  States  Senators 
Jones  and  Stewart  of  Ne- 
vada. On  the  close  of  the 
camp  he  served  in  the  same 
capacity  at  the  Caso  Mine  of 
Darwin,  and  then  practiced 
at  Independence,  in  Inyo 
County,  where  he  had  charge 
of  the  County  Hospital.  He 
later  went  to  Bishop  Creek, 
a  larger  town  of  the  valley. 
In  the  summer  of  1881 
Dr.  Bicknell  returned  to 
Lake  Mills,  Wisconsin,  to  get 
his  little  daughter,  Miss  Etta, 
whom  his  mother-in-law  had 
been  fostering;  he  there  be- 
came engaged  to  his  present  wife,  who  was  Miss 
Carrie  Fargo,  and  returned  to  Los  Angeles. 
Miss  Fargo  came  to  San  Francisco,  at  which 
place  Dr.  Bicknell  met  her,  and  the  marriage 
took  place  December  6,  1882. 

After  his  marriage  Dr.  Bicknell  returned  at  once 
to  Los  Angeles  and  since  that  time  his  only  busi- 
ness has  been  the  practice  of  medicine  and  surgery. 
Among  the  leading  professional  organizations 
with  which  Dr.  Bicknell  is  associated  are  the  fol- 
lowing: He  is  a  member  of  the  American 
Medical  Association  and  of  his  State  and  County 
societies.  He  is  ex-President  Southern  California 
Medical  Society;  ex-President  Los  Angeles  County 
Medical  Society;  ex-President  of  the  California 
Hospital,  and  ex-Professor  Gyocology  of  the  Medi- 
cal College  of  Southern  California. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  University  Club,  of  the 
Chamber  of  Commerce,  and  of  the  Masonic  Order, 
Southern  California  Lodge,  No.  278,  F.  and  A.  M. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Grand  Army  of  the  Repub- 
lic, Stanton  Post. 


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UTTON,  WILLIAM  JAY, 
President  of  the  Fireman's 
Fund  Insurance  Company, 
San  Francisco,  California,  was 
born  in  Bangor,  Maine,  Jan- 
uary 23,  1847,  the  son  of  Henry  Button  and 
Frances  Gushing  (Stevens)  Button.  Of  Eng- 
lish origin,  he  counts  among  his  distinguished 
American  ancestors  his  paternal  great-grand- 
father, Colonel  Samuel 
Button  of  Revolutionary 
fame,  and  a  maternal  for- 
bear, Chief  Justice  Gush- 
ing, who  had  the  addition- 
al honor  of  swearing  in 
George  Washington  as 
President  of  the  United 
States.  On  Becember 
15,  1868,  Mr.  Button  was 
married  in  San  Francisco 
to  Miss  Mary  Grayson 
Heydenfeldt,  and  is  the 
father  of  Robert  McMil- 
lan, Henry  Stevens,  Wil- 
liam Grayson,  Frank 
Gushing,  Mary  Page  and 
Mrs.  Gertrude  (Button) 
Howell. 

His  education  may  be 
summed  up  as  follows: 
A  few  years  in  a  primary 
school  in  Bangor,  the 
public  schools  in  San 
Francisco  from  1855  to 
1860,  the  next  three  years 
at  the  San  Francisco 
High  School,  and  from 


WILLIAM  J.  BUTTON 


1863  to  1867  at  the  old  City  College,  where 
he  took  a  course  in  classics  and  higher  math- 
ematics, whence  he  was  graduated  into  the 
North  British  Insurance  Co.  as  junior  clerk. 

In  a  few  months  he  left  that  company  to 
organize  the  Marine  Bepartment  of  the  Fire- 
man's Fund.  Thenceforth  his  rise  was  rapid, 
marked  on  the  way  up  by  his  selection  as 
secretary  of  the  Marine  Bepartment  in  1869, 
assistant  secretary  in  1873,  general  secretary 
of  the  company  in  1880,  vice  president  and 
manager  in  1890,  and  by  his  election  to  the 
presidency  in  1900. 

Buring  these  years  Mr.  Button  has 
built  a  lasting  reputation  as  an  expert  in  ma- 
rine underwriting.  His  company  has  today 
the  most  extensive  system  of  agents  of  any 
American  company  west  of  the  Ohio  River 
and  is  the  only  California  organization  of  any 
kind  represented  in  every  State  and  city  of 
the  United  States. 


The  Fireman's  Fund  was  a  heavy  loser  in 
the  San  Francisco  disaster  of  1906,  and,  with 
all  its  records  burned,  its  local  assets  largely 
unsalable  and  facing  almost  6,000  claims,  ag- 
gregating over  $11,000,000,  the  case  certainly 
looked  hopeless.  Under  Mr.  Button's  direc- 
tion a  new  company — the  Fireman's  Fund 
Corporation — was  formed,  with  a  million  dol- 
lars of  new  capital  and  a  million  of  surplus. 
The  new  corporation  then 
reinsured  all  the  outstand- 
ing policies  and  continued 
the  business  just  as 
though  no  disaster  had  oc- 
curred. Instead  of  35  or 
40  cents  on  the  dollar, 
\vhich  experts  reported 
might  be  realized  within 
three  years  under  a  re- 
ceivership, the  company 
paid  all  policy-holding 
claimants  their  first  50 
cents  within  three 
months.  Within  a  year 
the  agency  plant  and  out- 
standing business 
throughout  the  United 
States  were  repurchased 
from  the  corporation,  its 
stockholders'  subscrip- 
tions returned  to  them  in 
cash  or  re-invested  in  the 
stock  of  the  old  compa- 
ny, and  in  April,  1907,  the 
old  Fireman's  Fund  re- 
sumed its  old  position. 
For  ten  years  Mr.  But- 


ton was  pres.  or  vice  pres.  of  the  Board  of 
Fire  Underwriters  of  the  Pacific,  and  for  20 
years  chairman  of  legislative  committee ;  pres. 
Board  of  Marine  Underwriters  of  San  Fran- 
cisco 21  years,  and  35  years  a  member  of  its 
adjustment  committee.  He  was  on  the  com- 
mittee of  three  who  selected  the  executive 
committee  of  the  Panama-Pacific  Exposition, 
and  is  pres.  of  the  Fireman's  Fund  Insurance 
Company,  Home  Fire  and  Marine  Insurance 
Company,  Chairman  San  Francisco  Municipal 
conference  of  1911,  vice  pres.  Merchants'  -Ex- 
change of  the  California  Bevelopment  Board, 
treas,  Presidio  and  Ferries  Railroad,  chair- 
man of  Trustees  First  Congregational 
Church,  director  San  Francisco  Chamber  of 
Commerce,  vice  pres.  Hospital  for  Children 
and  Training  School  for  Nurses. 

Clubs :  Union  League,  Commercial,  Pa- 
cific-Union, Commonwealth,  Presidio  Golf,  S. 
F.  Golf  and  Country  and  Claremont  Country. 


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RANT,  JOSEPH  DONO- 
HOE,  President  of  the  Mur- 
phy-Grant Co.,  San  Fran- 
cisco, California,  was  born  in 
that  city,  March  28,  1858,  the 
son  of  Adam  Grant  and  Emma  F.  (Gum- 
mer)  Grant.  Of  Scotch-English  ancestry,  he 
has  carried  through  life  the  qualities  of 
shrewdness,  integrity  and  affability  presumed 
to  inhere  in  that  happy  combination.  His 
father,  Adam  Grant,  was  a  true  Highland 
Scotchman,  who  went  to  California  in  1850, 
and  in  San  Francisco  founded  the  pioneer 
and  long  famous  dry  goods  house  of  Murphy, 
Grant  &  Co.,  which  his  son,  Joseph,  has  suc- 
cessfully controlled  since  1904.  The  latter 
was  married  in  Portland,  Ore.,  June  28,  1897, 
to  Miss  Edith  Macleay,  daughter  of  Donald 
Macleay,  one  of  Portland's  oldest  and  most 
noted  bankers  and  merchants.  Josephine 
and  Edith  Grant  are  the  children  of  this  mar- 
riage, and  Douglas  Grant  is  a  son  by  Mr. 
Grant's  first  wife. 

Joseph  D.  Grant's  early  education  was  re- 
ceived in  the  Lincoln  Grammar,  1866-67;  the 
next  three  years  at  the  old  Washington 
School,  of  which  Miss  Jene  Parker  was  prin- 
cipal, and  from  1870-75  at  the  Boys'  High 
School.  In  the  latter  year  he  entered  the 
College  of  Social  Science  of  the  University 
of  California,  but  left  one  year  before  grad- 
uation; a  year  later  he  toured  the  greater 
part  of  Europe  and  the  East,  and  for  five 
months  attended  the  Sorbonne  lectures  on 
Political  Economy  and  Literature. 

In  1881  he  returned  to  San  Francisco  and 
entered  the  firm  of  Murphy,  Grant  &  Co.  He 
began  at  the  bottom  and  progressed  through 
all  the  various  departments. 

Throughout  the  greater  part  of  this  pe- 
riod, however,  many  outside  activities,  such 
as  his  large  ranches  in  California  and  inter- 
ests in  Oregon  claimed  his  attention,  but  did 
not  swerve  him  from  his  main  purpose,  the 
mastery  of  the  details  aforesaid.  He  re- 
garded as  a  precious  legacy,  with  all  the  re- 
sponsibilities the  term  implies,  his  succes- 
sion to  the  ownership  of  the  oldest  commer- 
cial house  in  its  own  line  on  the  Pacific  Coast. 
In  1904  Mr.  Grant  became  the  owner  of 
the  business  and  President  of  the  corpora- 
tion. Since  then  the  expansion  of  the  trade 
has  been  due  as  much  to  the  efficiency  of  the 
management  as  to  the  natural  growth  of  the 
commerce.  In  the  first  quarter  of  the  year 
1906,  preceding  the  great  fire,  the  sales  ex- 
ceeded those  of  any  previous  similar  period 
in  the  history  of  the  house,  and  this  disaster 


called  for  the  maximum  of  managerial  and 
executive  ability.  As  in  the  case  of  every 
business  alike  afflicted,  entire  rehabilitation 
was  a  necessity.  All  sources  of  supply  were 
cut  off,  and  new  stock  and  new  quarters  had 
to  be  procured.  This  practical  re-creation 
was  begun  within  seven  days  after  the  fire. 

On  April  25,  1906,  or  just  one  week  after 
the  destruction  of  the  business  section  of  San 
Francisco,  the  house  reopened  with  a  stock 
of  goods  in  the  Tribune  Building,  Oakland, 
and  on  April  18,  1907,  the  anniversary  of  the 
fire,  the  firm  moved  into  a  substantial  con- 
crete building  on  the  corner  of  Sansome  and 
Market  streets.  But  as  soon  as  the  necessary 
supplies  and  materials  could  be  secured  the 
Class  "A"  Adam  Grant  Building,  on  the  cor- 
ner of  Sansome  and  Bush  streets,  was 
erected  on  lines  that  will  permit  its  enlarge- 
ment to  double  its  present  size.  This  is  a 
model  of  modern  construction  for  the  dis- 
patch of  business  and  for  the  convenience  of 
customers ;  and  therein,  on  July  25,  1908,  or 
a  little  more  than  two  years  after  the  earth- 
quake, the  company  was  completely  installed 
ready  for  business  that  now  covers  this  ex- 
tensive territory :  California,  Nevada,  Ore- 
gon, Idaho,  Washington,  Alaska,  Lower  Cal- 
ifornia, Arizona,  New  Mexico,  the  Hawaiian 
Islands,  Tahiti  and  Manila. 

The  principal  directors  of  the  firm  are 
now  Joseph  D.  Grant,  President,  and  Charles 
R.  Havens,  Vice  President  and  Manager. 

Besides  his  presidency  of  the  Murphy- 
Grant  Co.,  and  of  the  North  Central  Improve- 
ment Association,  he  is  a  director  of  the  First 
National  Bank  of  San  Jose,  Mercantile  Trust 
Co.  of  San  Francisco,  Mercantile  National 
Bank,  Security  Savings  Bank,  Donohoe-Kel- 
ley  Banking  Co.,  Natoma  Consolidated  Co., 
Coast  Counties  Light  and  Power  Co.,  and  the 
Charities  Indorsement  Committee. 

He  is  a  life  trustee  of  Stanford  Univer- 
sity, as  well  as  of  the  Academy  of  Sciences, 
a  member  of  the  Council  of  the  Academy  of 
Pacific  Coast  History,  the  American  Astro- 
nomical Society  and  the  Seismological  So- 
ciety, and  for  two  years  was  President  of  the 
S.  F.  Art  Association.  His  club  memberships 
include  the  Union,  and  the  Rocky  Mountain, 
of  New  York;  the  Pacific-Union,  Bohemian, 
Olympic,  Press,  of  which  two  last  he  is  a  life- 
member;  Golf  and  Country,  and  the  Com- 
monwealth, all  of  San  Francisco;  Menlo 
Country  and  Burlingame  Country,  of  San 
Mateo,  of  the  latter  of  which  he  is  also  a  life 
member,  and  the  Chi  Phi  Fraternity  of  the 
University  of  California. 


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OMEROY,  ABRAM  EHLE,  Real 
Estate  Operator  and  Investments, 
Los  Angeles,  California,  although 
born  in  Athens,  Michigan,  Octo- 
ber 2,  1838,  is  a  typical  Califor- 
nian,  having  moved  to  that  State 
in  January,  1853.  His  father  was  Charles  W.  Pom- 
eroy  and  his  mother  Permelia  (Valentine)  Pom- 
eroy.  On  December  6,  1871,  he  married  Florence 
A.  Wilcox  at  San  Jose,  California,  and  they  have 
one  son,  Walter  V.  Pomeroy. 

Mr.  Pomeroy  was  edu- 
cated in  the  grammar  schools 
of  California,  and  after  con- 
cluding his  preparatory 
schooling  entered  the  Uni- 
versity of  the  Pacific  at  San 
Jose,  California,  where  he  re- 
ceived the  degrees  A.  B.  and 
A.  M.,  graduating  in  1864. 

Shortly  after  leaving  his 
Alma  Mater  he  was  appoint- 
ed Deputy  County  Clerk  of 
Santa  Clara  County,  which 
position  he  held  with  such 
credit  that  on  the  completion 
of  his  services  as  Deputy  he 
was  elected  County  Clerk. 
For  eight  years  he  held  these 
two  positions,  and  it  is  with 
pleasure  that  he  looks  at 
those  early  offices  at  a  time 
when  he  was  a  young  man 
just  out  of  college. 

Mr.  Pomeroy  lived  in 
those  days  in  the  central  and 
northern  portions  of  the 
State — San  Jose,  San  Fran- 
cisco and  Sacramento.  His 

father  was  a  significant  force  in  the  building  of 
the  little  Sacramento  and  Shingle  Springs  Rail- 
road. Associated  with  him  in  this  project  of  em- 
pire and  railroad  building  was  the  noted  engineer, 
Theodore  P.  Judah.  The  latter  was  a  personal 
friend  of  the  Crockers  of  San  Francisco  and  played 
an  important  part  as  chief  engineer  in  the  construc- 
tion of  the  overland  roads. 

Railroad  building  in  the  early  days  of  California 
was  far  different  from  what  it  is  today.  The  steel 
for  the  rails  had  to  come  across  the  Isthmus  or 
around  the  Horn,  and  had  to  be  driven  inland  by 
means  of  ox  teams  or  equally  slow  transportation. 
The  obstacles  were  in  time  overcome,  and  what  Mr. 
Pomeroy  and  his  associates  originally  started  as  the 
Sacramento  and  Shingle  Springs  line  eventually 
was  merged  into  the  Central  Pacific,  the  system 
which  forced  its  mighty  steam  monsters  across 
the  mountains,  bringing  thousands  of  Western  col- 
onists to  populate  the  fertile  California  valleys  and 
form  cities. 

In   1881   Mr.   Pomeroy   severed  his   connections 


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with  all  interests  in  Northern  California  and  in 
that  year  settled  in  Los  Angeles.  From  that  date 
up  to  the  present  writing  he  has  been  identified 
with  the  business,  educational  and  political  move- 
ments in  Southern  California  to  such  an  extent 
that  he  is  recognized  as  one  of  the  progressive  and 
representative  men  of  Southern  California. 

During  his  career  in  Los  Angeles  his  adminis- 
trative traits  were  recognized  by  his  appointment 
as  Trustee  of  the  State  Normal  School  at  Los  An- 
geles, where  he  assisted  in  the 
advance  of  that  institution  to 
a  remarkable  degree  during 
\his  nine  years  of  service. 
His  work  as  Chairman  of  the 
Los  Angeles  City  Board  ©f 
Education,  during  three 
years,  was  productive  of  the 
most  valuable  results,  his 
business  faculties  enabling 
him  to  meet  and  overcome 
the  constantly  arising  em- 
barrassment of  overcrowded 
school  buildings. 

During  his  long  residence 
in  Los  Angeles  he  has  fol- 
lowed the  real  estate  busi- 
ness and  left  his  imprint  on 
the  geography  of  the  coun- 
try. He  has  been  a  town  site 
promoter  of  unusual  activity. 
Mr.  Pomeroy  and  assistants 
promoted  the  city  of  Long 
Beach  and  the  following 
towns  and  subdivisions:  The 
Rancho  and  town  of  Temec- 
ula,  the  Rancho  and  town  of 
San  Jacinto,  the  town  of  Al- 
hambra,  of  Gardena,  of  Her- 

mosa  Beach,  the  Providencia  Rancho,  the  town 
of  Burbank,  the  Grant  Tract,  the  Los  Berros  Tract 
in  San  Luis  Obispo,  and  many  tracts  and  subdi- 
visions in  Glendale,  Pomona  and  neighboring 
Southern  California  cities.  All  of  these  sections 
are  now  well  populated  and  are  among  the  most 
thriving  in  the  southern  part  of  California. 

Other  organizations  in  which  he  is  interested 
are  the  A.  E.  Pomeroy  Company,  real  estate;  mana- 
ger of  the  Grant  building  and  vice  president  of  the 
State  Mutual  Building  and  Loan  Association.  He 
has  been  a  Trustee  of  the  University  of  the  Pa- 
cific and  is  now  Secretary  of  the  Board  of  Trustees 
of  the  University  of  Southern  California. 

In  these  latter  positions  he  has  instituted  many 
improvements  and  his  influence  has  been  as  strong 
as  he  exerted  in  connection  with  public  education. 
He  has  attained  the  thirty-second  degree  in 
Masonry,  is  a  charter  member  of  the  California 
Club  and  a  member  of  the  University,  Union 
League  and  Federation  Clubs,  and  a  charter  mem- 
ber of  the  Los  Angeles  Chamber  of  Commerce. 


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AYMONVILLE,  BERNARD, 
Vice  President  of  the  Fire- 
man's Fund  Insurance  Com- 
pany of  San  Francisco,  Cali- 
fornia, was  born  on  March  24, 
1860,  at  Bowmanville,  Cook  County,  Illinois 
(now  a  part  of  Chicago).  His  ancestors  came 
from  the  Ardennes  and  the  Rhine  Provinces, 
where  for  many  generations  they  were  prom- 
inent in  the  iron  mining 
and  smelting  industry. 
His  grandfather,  Joseph* 
Faymonville,  settled  in 
the  country  which  subse- 
quently became  Cook 
County,  Illinois,  in  1837, 
when  Chicago  was  still 
known  as  Fort  Dear- 
born. He  is  the  son  of 
Tillman  J.  Faymonville, 
eldest  son  of  Joseph  Fay- 
monville, above  referred 
to,  and  of  ^Catherine 
(Fisher)  Faymonville. 

Mr.  Faymonville  was 
married  at  San  Jose,  Cali- 
fornia, on  April  19,  1881, 
to  Miss  Dora  Belle  Ries, 
a  descendant  of  an  old 
Holland  Dutch  family  of 
Northern  New  York. 
Their  three  children  are 
Le  Roy  B.  (now  de- 
ceased), Philip  R.  and 
Bernard  Faymonville,  Jr. 
The  family  has  resided 
in  San  Francisco  since 
March,  1882.  During  1865  to  1873  he 
'attended  the  public  schools  of.  his  native 
town,  then  took  a  two  years'  course  in  the 
preparatory  school  of  Professor  J.  P.  Lauth 
in  Chicago. 

He  entered  the  employ  of  a  real  estate 
and  brokerage  firm  in  the  same  city  in  1875, 
and  for  the  two  following  years  applied  him- 
self to  mastering  the  varied  duties  and  work 
usual  to  such  offices  located  in  a  growing 
and  pushing  community. 

Broader  opportunities  and  the  lure  of 
California  drew  him  to  this  State  in  Septem- 
ber, 1877.  Settling  first  at  Fresno,  then  a 
newly  established  county  seat,  he  secured 
employment  in  an  abstract  and  real  estate 
office,  and  soon  acquired  on  his  own  account 
a  number  of  insurance  agencies.  After  sev- 
eral years,  by  means  of  perseverance  and 
consolidation,  he  had  built  up  one  of  the 
largest  local  insurance  agencies  in  Central 


BERNARD  FAYMONVILLE 


California,  consisting  of  forty-three  com- 
panies. 

During  this  period  he  was  also  actively 
interested  in  promoting  the  colonization  of 
Fresno  County. 

The  fire  insurance  profession  appealed  to 
him  strongly,  and  realizing  that  progress  and 
success   depended   on   broader  opportunities 
and  a  larger  field,  he  accepted  on  March  1. 
1882,  the  position  of  Spe- 
cial Agent  for  the  whole 
Pacific     Coast      for      the 
Fireman's     Fund     Insur- 
ance Company. 

Since  that  date  he  has 
been  continuously  in  the 
employ  of  that  distin- 
g  u  i  s  h  e  d  corporation, 
sharing  its  successes,  as 
well  as  the  reverses 
which  overtook  it  during 
the  trying  times  follow- 
ing the  great  San  Fran- 
cisco disaster.  From  this 
it  emerged  stronger  and 
more  powerful  than  ever, 
and  in  a  manner  that  will 
always  reflect  the  great- 
est credit  on  the  State  of 
California. 

In  1887  Mr.  Faymon- 
ville was  elected  Assist- 
ant Secretary  of  the  com- 
pany, and  three  years 
later  he  became  its  Secre- 
tary. 

In  1893  he  was  elected 

Second  Vice  President  and  First  Vice  Presi- 
dent in  1900.  This  position  he  now  holds. 
He  is  Vice  President  of  the  Executive  Com- 
mittee of  the  Board  of  Underwriters  of  the 
Pacific,  President  of  the  Underwriters'  Fire 
Patrol,  and  President  of  the  Underwriters' 
Inspection  Bureau. 

He  has  served  as  Supervisor  and  as  Presi- 
dent of  the  Board  of  Fire  Commissioners  of 
the  City  of  San  Francisco. 

Mr.  Faymonville  has  contributed  various 
articles  on  insurance  to  papers  and  periodi- 
cals devoted  to  that  subject,  and  also  to 
associations. 

He  is  much  interested  in  club  life,  being 
a  member  of  the  Pacific  Union  Club,  the 
Bohemian  Club,  the  Olympic  Club,  and  of 
the  San  Francisco  Golf  and  Country  Club, 
and  the  Presidio  Golf  Club. 

He  is  also  a  member  of  the  Country  Club 
of  Bear  Valley,  in  Marin  County. 


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IRD,  ABRAHAM  C,  Trans- 
portation Service  (retired), 
Compton,  California,  born  in 
Pike  County,  Illinois,  March 
4,  1843.  He  is  the  son  of  the 
Rev.  William  H.  Bird  and  Evelyn  Bird.  In 
1868  he  married  Sarah  E.  Lippincott  at  Pana, 
Illinois.  There  are  five  surviving  children 
of  his  marriage,  three  ot 
whom  are  married:  Mrs. 
Alberta  Bird  Childs,  Mrs. 
Martha  B.  Olmstead, 
Mrs.  Evelyn  B.  Huston, 
Kathryn  Bird  and  Wil- 
liam H.  Bird. 

Mr.  Bird  attended  the 
public  school  and  acad- 
emy in  Illinois.  At  the 
time  President  Lincoln 
issued  his  call  for  75,000 
volunteers  in  the  spring 
of  1861,  Mr.  Bird,  like 
many  other  young  men  of 
that  period,  left  school 
and  entered  the  army  as 
a  private.  He  enlisted  in 
the  Twenty-second  Illi- 
nois Infantry.  With  his 
regiment  he  served  one 
year  and  a  half  and  re- 
signed by  permission  in 
order  to  enlist  for  three  years  in  Troop 
K,  Fourth  United  States  Cavalry.  He 
was  a  soldier  of  the  Union  four  years 
and  eight  months ;  during  that  long  period 
he  fought  in  many  of  the  deadly  bat- 
tles of  the  Civil  War,  and  remained  in  the 
service  until  after  'Lee  had  surrendered  at 
A.ppomattox  and  the  last  gun  had  been 
fired. 

Mr.  Bird  was  mustered  out  of  the  service 
November  28,  1865.  He  was  one  of  the 
lucky  ones  to  get  early  employment  after  re- 
turning from  the  war,  and,  being  determined 
to  succeed,  he  accepted  the  first  employment 
that  seemed  to  offer  future  success.  He  went 
to  work  as  night  watchman  for  the  St.  Louis, 
Alton  and  Terre  Haute  Railroad.  He  was 
soon  promoted  to  the  position  of  station 
clerk.  Within  a  few  years  he  was  made 
general  clerk  in  the  freight  department  of 
the  general  office  in  St.  Louis.  In  the  early 


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seventies  he  resigned  that  position  to  become 
chief  clerk  of  the  freight  department  of  the 
St.  Louis,  Kansas  City  and  Northern  Rail- 
road Company.  Within  two  years  he  was 
promoted  to  the  general  freight  agency  of 
that  company. 

On  December  31,  1882,  he  resigned  to 
take  a  similar  position  on  the  Chicago,  Mil- 
waukee and  St.  Paul 
Railroad,  on  which  road 
he  held  several  posi- 
tions, that  of  freight 
traffic  manager,  general 
traffic  manager  and 
third  vice  president  in 
charge  of  traffic.  He 
remained  with  that  com- 
pany continuously  for 
for  more  than  twenty-one 
years.  His  experience 
was  invaluable  to  him  in 
many  ways,  and  when  he 
retired  in  the  spring  of 
1903  it  was  to  accept  a 
somewhat  similar  offer 
for  the  Gould  system  of 
roads,  being  vice  presi- 
dent of  each  company  and 
traffic  director  of  all. 
Headquarters  were  in 
Chicago.  Capability  and 
knowledge  of  railroad  traffic  and  general  af- 
fairs placed  him  prominently  among  the  men 
of  the  Gould  system. 

His  long  years  of  constant  work  in  the 
service  of  the  Middle  West  railroad  brought 
about  a  physical  collapse,  which  induced  him 
to  withdraw  from  service  in  September,  1906. 
After  a  long  term  in  the  hospital  in  Denver, 
and  later  in  a  sanitarium  at  Lamanda  Park, 
California,  he  retired  to  a  little  ranch  which 
he  had  owned  many  years,  at  Compton,  Cali- 
fornia. He  takes  as  much  interest  in  over- 
looking his  affairs  now  as  he  took  in  former 
years  in  keeping  the  trains  well  filled,  and 
with  a  great  deal  more  comfort. 

Mr.  Bird  has  always  been  an  active 
lodge  man.  He  is  a  thirty-second  degree 
Mason,  a  member  of  the  California  Club  in 
Los  Angeles;  he  is  president  of  the  Comp- 
ton Chamber  of  Commerce  and  is  a  member 
of  the  Board  of  City  Trustees. 


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ASS,  ALONZO  B.,  President 
of  the  Home  Telephone  and 
Telegraph  Company,  Los  An- 
geles, California,  is  a  native 
of  New  York  State.  He  was 
born  July  4,  1856,  at  Albion.  His  father  was 
P.  C.  Cass  and  his  mother  Amanda  M.  (Her- 
rick)  Cass.  He  was  married  in  Muskogee, 
Oklahoma,  June  21,  1885,  to  Emily  F.  Tufts 
(deceased),  to  which 
union  there  were  born 
eight  children,  Frank  T. 
Cass,  Phil,  Louis,  Donald, 
Quincy,  Harold,  Emily 
F.  and  Alonzo  B.  Cass, 
Jr.  On  August  23,  1909, 
he  married  Martha  T. 
Muir,  at  Los  Angeles,  and 
adopted  her  three  chil- 
dren, John,  William  and 
Robert. 

Mr.  Cass  attended  the 
public  schools  of  New 
York  State,  and  finished 
his  education  at  the  Al- 
bion Academy,  Albion, 
New  York. 

He  *  started  in  the 
business  world  at  Ash 
Grove,  Missouri,  in  1879, 
in  the  general  merchan- 
dise line  as  the  firm  of 
Green  and  Cass.  From 
there  Mr.  Cass  moved 
south  to  Oklahoma, 
where  at  Muskogee  he 
continued  in  the  general 
merchandise  business  between  the  years  of 
1880  and  1887.  Two  of  his  brothers,  Frank 
H.  and  B.  H.  Cass,  with  Leo  B.  Newberry, 
were  his  associates,  for  one  year  in  that  city. 
He  was  also  in  the  same  business  in  Atoka, 
Oklahoma,  in  1883-1884;  at  South  Canadian 
in  1884-1886,  and  at  McAllister,  Oklahoma, 
from  1887  up  to  1888.  He  was  also  a  member 
of  the  firm  of  Govigan  and  Cass,  druggists, 
at  Muskogee. 

On  arriving  in  Los  Angeles,  in  1888,  Mr. 
Cass  immediately  went  into  business  with 
his  brothers  as  the  firm  of  Cass  Brothers 
Stove  Company,  which  continued  under  that 
name  until  1890.  In  that  year  the  firm  be- 
came known  as  the  Crandall  and  Cass  Com- 
pany, continuing  to  1893.  Between  the  years 
of  1893-1906,  the  Company  was  known  as  the 
Cass  and  Smurr  Stove  Company,  when  it 
came  under  its  present  name,  Cass,  Smurr, 
Damerel  Company. 


During  his  years  in  business  in  Los  An- 
geles, Mr.  Cass  established  a  substantial  rep- 
utation for  himself  among  the  representative 
and  progressive  men  of  that  city.  His  suc- 
cess in  whatever  field  he  pleased  to  enter  won 
the  hearty  endorsement  of  able  men. 

Mr.  Cass  was  one  of  the  original  founders 
of  the  Central  Bank,  now  the  Central  Na- 
tional Bank.  His  keen  perception  in  the 
business  world  and  his 


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wide  acquaintance  among 
men  of  affairs  were 
forces  which  worked  for 
the  upbuilding  of  the 
bank  which  today  is  one 
of  the  sound  institutions 
of  Los  Angeles. 

In  1906,  when  the 
Home  Telephone  and  Tel- 
egraph Company  was 
forging  to  the  front,  Mr. 
Cass  was  elected  Presi- 
dent of  that  corporation. 
Immediately  he  set  about 
to  make  the  Company  a 
success. 

Four  years  later  be- 
cause of  his  successful 
work  with  the  Home  Tel- 
ephone Company,  in  Los 
Angeles,  Mr.  Cass  was 
made  President  of  the 
Bay  Cities  Home  Tele- 
phone Company  of  San 
Francisco. 

When  the  Home  Tele- 
phone Company  was  first 
founded  in  1898,  Mr.  Cass  became  its  first 
subscriber  for  stock  and  has  stood  by  the 
corporation  ever  since.  He  was  shortly  aft- 
er elected  vice  president  of  the  company, 
and  today  occupies  the  position  of  chief  ex- 
ecutive, directing  the  tremendous  workings 
of  the  system. 

He  still  retains  his  interest  with  the  Cass, 
Smurr,  Damerel  Company,  and  holds  the 
vice  presidency  of  that  firm.  He  is  a  director 
of  the  Central  National  Bank,  and  holds 
many  other  important  interests.  He  was 
president  of  the  Chamber  of  Commerce  in 
1901,  was  the  first  president  of  the  Municipal 
League  and  a  trustee  of  the  State  Normal 
School  for  four  years. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  California,  Jona- 
than, Sunset,  and  Union  League  Clubs  of  Los 
Angeles,  is  vice  president  of  the  Young  Men's 
Christian  Association,  and  a  member  of  the 
Federation  and  City  Clubs. 


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HERMAN,  MOSES  H.,  Railroad 
Builder  and  Banker,  Los  Angeles, 
Cal.,  was  born  in  West  Rupert, 
Bennington  County,  Vt.,  Dec.  3, 
1853,  of  sturdy  New  England 
stock  which  dates  back  far  into 
the  colonial  days  in  America  and  originally  came 
from  England.  He  married  in  1885,  Harriet  E. 
Pratt,  daughter  of  R.  H.  Pratt,  one  of  the  distin- 
guished builders  of  the  Central  Pacific  Railway. 
They  have  three  children,  Robert,  Hazeltine  and 
Lucy  Sherman. 

He  graduated  from  the  Oswego  (N.  Y.)  Normal 
School.  Then,  long  before  he  was  out  of  his  teens, 
he  taught  district  school  in  New  York  State,  leaving 
before  he  was  twenty  to  go  to  Los  Angeles. 

He  did  not  stay  long  in  Los  Angeles,  but  went 
into  the  sparsely  settled  territory  of  Arizona,  to  the 
then  remote  mining  town  of  Prescott.  There  he 
continued  his  calling  of  teaching  until  1876,  when 
he  first  came  to  public  notice. 

Although  only  twenty-three,  he  impressed  Gover- 
nor A.  F.  K.  Stafford  of  Arizona  as  the  suitable  man 
to  represent  Arizona  at  the  Philadelphia  Exposition 
or  World's  Fair  in  1876,  the  first  of  the  series  of 
America's  great  world  displays.  His  duties  kept 
him  at  Philadelphia  the  one  summer,  after  which 
he  started  on  his  return  to  the  Pacific  Coast.  He 
took  back  with  him  his  sister,  now  the  wife  of  the 
Hon.  E.  P.  Clark,  of  Los  Angeles.  They  started  the 
journey  by  way  of  the  Isthmus  of  Panama,  taking  a 
Pacific  Mail  steamship  at  New  York.  While  in  the 
Windward  passage,  near  the  island  of  Cuba,  the 
steamer  was  wrecked.  For  three  days  the  disabled 
vessel  was  kept  afloat,  drifting  helplessly  about, 
when  finally  the  passengers  and  crew  were  rescued 
by  a  steamer  running  from  South  America  to  Liver- 
pool. After  various  vicissitudes  the  two  reached 
Los  Angeles  in  safety. 

Upon  the  return  of  young  Sherman  to  Arizona, 
Governor  John  C.  Fremont  of  Arizona  appointed 
him  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction  for  the 
Territory.  Arizona  had  at  the  time  of  his  acces- 
sion to  office  practically  no  public  school  system, 
but  he  created  and  organized  one  so  complete  that 
even  the  most  isolated  communities  could  enjoy  the 
benefits  of  education,  a  remarkable  situation  in  the 
West  of  those  early  days.  When  his  appointive 
term  was  over  the  office  became  elective.  He  was 
nominated  on  the  Republican  ticket  and  was  elect- 
ed by  a  large  fnajority.  Arizona  was  strongly  Dem- 
ocratic at  the  time,  and  he  had  the  added  distinction 
of  being  the  only  Republican  to  be  elected  to  office. 
During  this  term  the  Legislature  asked  him  to  re- 
write the  school  laws  of  Arizona.  His  draft  was 
adopted  unanimously  without  change,  and  remains 
the  school  law  of  Arizona  to  this  day,  after  more 
than  thirty  years. 

Still  less  than  thirty  years  of  age,  he  was  a  con- 
spicuous public  figure  in  Arizona  at  the  expiration 
of  his  second  term  as  school  superintendent.  He 
was  then  immediately  appointed  Adjutant  General 
of  the  Territory  by  Governor  F.  A.  Tritle.  He  found 
the  National  Guard  situation  as  he  had  found  that 
of  the  public  schools.  There  was  no  organization 
and  everything  had  to  be  done  from  the  beginning. 
He  was  reappointed  Adjutant  General  by  Governor 


C.  Meyer  Zulic,  and  during  this  term  of  office 
he  put  the  National  Guard  on  a  solid  basis. 

While  he  was  yet  a  public  official  he  began  the 
foundation  of  his  business  career.  In  1884,  at  the 
age  of  thirty-one,  he  started  the  Valley  Bank  of 
Phoenix,  Phoenix,  Arizona.  He  was  its  first  presi- 
dent. This  bank  has  now  the  largest  resources  of 
any  in  the  State.  He  remained  actively  interested 
in  its  affairs,  which  prospered,  until  1889,  when  he 
happened  to  make  a  visit  to  Los  Angeles. 

There  he  discovered  a  new  opportunity.  Los  An- 
geles was  then  just  well  started  on  its  career  of 
great  growth.  A  syndicate  of  Chicago  men  had  just 
completed  a  costly  cable  tramway  system.  The 
cable  system  was  frequently  paralyzed  by  the  win- 
ter rains,  which  washed  sand  into  the  cable  slots, 
causing  delay  for  days  at  a  time.  General  Sher- 
man knew  that  in  a  couple  of  the  Eastern  cities 
electric  street  railway  systems  had  been  successful- 
ly started.  It  occurred  to  him  that  the  failure  of 
the  cable  system  left  an  opening  for  the  electric. 
He  acted  at  once  on  the  idea,  enlisted  his  brother- 
in-law,  E.  P.  Clark,  raised  capital,  secured  a  fran- 
chise, and  built  the  first  tracks  of  the  Los  Angeles 
Railway.  General  Sherman  was  the  President  of 
the  system  and  Mr.  Clark  vice  president  and  gen- 
eral manager.  Soon  thereafter  the  electric  system 
absorbed  the  cable  railway. 

The  success  of  the  first  electric  venture  was 
such  that  the  Los  Angeles  and  Pasadena  Electric 
Railway  was  organized  and  built  to  Pasadena  and 
Altadena  by  Goneml  Sherman  and  Mr.  Clark.  Later 
this  property,  as  well  as  the  Los  Angeles  railway 
system,  was  sold  to  H.  E.  Huntington. 

The  next  venture  in  the  electric  railway  field 
was  the  construction  by  the  brothers-in-law  of  the 
Los  Angeles  Pacific  Railway  to  Hollywood,  Soldiers' 
Home,  Santa  Monica,  Ocean  Park,  Redondo  and 
other  points.  They  covered  with  a  close  network 
all  the  territory  between  Los  Angeles  and  the  Santa 
Monica  bay  beaches.  They  sold  this  system  to  the 
late  E.  H.  Harriman,  not  long  before  his  death,  for 
a  very  large  sum  of  money. 

Mr.  Sherman  and  Mr.  Clark  were  the  pioneer 
electric  railway  builders  of  the  Pacific  Coast,  and 
have  the  credit  of  building  the  greatest  interurban 
system  in  the  world.  The  systems,  now  consoli- 
dated, all  of  which  they  started,  make  Los  Angeles 
an  interurban  center  greater  than  any  half  dozen 
cities  in  America  combined.  Mr.  Sherman  is  still  a 
director  in  all  the  "Harriman"  electric  railways  in 
Southern  California. 

He  did  not  confine  his  railroad  construction  to 
Los  Angeles.  As  early  as  1884  he  ouilt  the  Phoenix 
Railway.  This  line  he  still  owns.  He  extended  it 
in  1910  to  Glendale,  Arizona,  to  connect  with  the 
Santa  Fe  system. 

He  is  a  stockholder  in  the  Farmers  and  Mer- 
chants' National  Bank  and  the  Southern  Trust  Com- 
pany of  Los  Angeles,  and  has  very  extensive  oil 
interests.  He  is  a  director  in  many  companies  and 
is  one  of  the  large  property  owners  of  California 
and  Arizona. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  California  Club,  the  Jona- 
than Club,  Country  Club,  Bolsa  Chica  Gun  Club  and 
others  of  Los  Angeles,  and  of  the  Chamber  of  Com- 
merce. He  is  also  a  member  of  the  Bohemian 
Club  of  San  Francisco. 


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W.  J.  HUNSAKER 

UNSAKER,  WILLIAM  JEFFER- 
SON, Lawyer,  Los  Angeles,  Cal., 
was  born  September  21,  1855,  in 
Contra  Costa  County,  Cal.,  the  son 
of  Nicholas  Hunsaker  and  Lois  E. 
(Hastings)  Hunsaker.  Lansing 
Warren  Hastings,  his  maternal  grand  uncle,  was  a 
member  of  the  First  Constitutional  Convention  of 
California.  Mr.  Hunsaker  married  Florence  Vir- 
ginia McFarland  February  26,  1879,  at  San  Diego, 
Cal.  There  are  four  children — Mary  Cameron, 
Florence  King,  Rose  Margaret  and  Daniel  McFar- 
land Hunsaker. 

He  attended  the  public  schools  of  Contra  Costa 
County  and  San  Diego  up  to  the  age  of  16,  when  he 
left  to  learn  the  printer's  trade.  He  began  as  a 
printer's  devil  on  the  "Bulletin"  in  San  Diego, 
worked  as  a  journeyman  printer  on  the  "Bulletin" 
and  the  San  Diego  "World"  for  two  years  and  a 
half,  then  took  up  the  study  of  law  in  the  office  of 
A.  C.  Baker,  afterwards  Chief  Justice  of  the  Su- 
preme Court  of  Arizona.  He  was  admitted  to  the 
bar  by  the  District  Court  of  San  Diego  County,  1876, 
and  by  the  California  Supreme  Court  in  1882;  prac- 
ticed at  San  Diego,  1876  to  1880,  when  he  located 
at  Tombstone,  Ariz.,  remaining  there  one  year. 
He  then  returned  to  San  Diego  and  in  1882  was 
elected  District  Attorney  for  the  county.  He 
served  until  1884,  when  he  resumed  private  prac- 
tice. In  1886  he  formed  a  partnership  with  E.  W. 
Britt  as  Hunsaker  and  Britt.  In  1892  Mr.  Hunsaker 
moved  to  Los  Angeles  and  has  since  resided  and 
practiced  his  profession  there.  In  1900  he  and  Mr. 
Britt  resumed  their  partnership  relations,  which 
still  continue.  Mr.  Hunsaker  has  figured  in  many 
notable  cases,  among  others  the  Robert  Crawford 
Smith  and  Dalter  will  contests  and  the  Tingley  and 
Hearne  libel  cases.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Am. 
Bar  Ass'n,  Cal.  State  Bar  Ass'n,  University,  Jona- 
than and  California  Clubs. 


WILLIAM  BAYLY 


AYLY,  WILLIAM,  Mining,  Los  An- 
geles, California,  is  a  native  of 
Missouri,  having  been  born  at  Lex- 
ington, that  State,  in  the  year 
1856.  He  is  the  son  of  Charles  B. 


y    Bayly  and  Matilda  (Russell)   Bay- 


ly. He  married  Eva  Houghton  at  Del  Norte,  Colo- 
rado, in  the  year  of  1876,  and  to  them  there  have 
been  born  two  children — William  Bayly,  Jr.,  and 
Charles  H.  Bayly. 

Mr.  Bayly  is  one  of  those  successful  American 
business  men  who  did  not  have  opportunity  or 
time  to  devote  to  his  education  before  going  out 
into  the  world  to  start  his  life  career.  His  family 
having  moved  from  Lexington  to  St.  Louis,  Mis- 
souri, when  he  was  a  child,  he  attended  the  public 
schools  of  the  latter  city  in  the  Civil  War  period. 
At  the  age  of  16  years  he  gave  up  his  studies  and 
decided  to  seek  his  fortune  in  the  West.  He  went 
to  Colorado  and  engaged  in  the  hardware  business 
with  Alva  Adams,  a  pioneer  of  Colorado,  who  after- 
wards became  Governor  and  is  today  one  of  the 
richest  men  in  the  Silver  State  and  one  of  those 
who  have  done  much  to  develop  tfaat  common- 
wealth. Between  them  the  two  young  merchants 
built  up  a  thriving  business. 

Mr.  Bayly  remained  in  this  business  for  twenty 
years,  during  which  time  he  made  a  considerable 
fortune.  After  two  decades  in  the  one  line,  he  en- 
gaged in  the  mining  business  and  has  been  in  it 
ever  since.  He  has  mined  on  an  extensive  scale 
in  Colorado,  Utah,  Nevada  and  California,  and  to- 
day is  one  of  the  conspicuous  men  in  the  busness. 

He  left  Denver  in  1895  and  went  to  Los  Angeles 
to  establish  his  home.  Since  becoming  a  citizen  of 
the  Southern  California  metropolis  he  has  aided  in 
every  movement  for  the  development  of  the  city 
and  Southern  California. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  California  Club  of  Los 
Angeles. 


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GEORGE  J.  DENIS 

ENIS,  GEORGE  JULES,  Lawyer, 
Los  Angeles,  Cal.,  born,  New  Or- 
leans, June  20,  1859;  son  of  Henry 
Denis  and  Georgine  (Cenas) 
Denis.  Married  Alberta  Johnston, 
daughter  Gen.  Albert  Sidney  John- 
ston, Confederate  hero,  at  Los  Angeles,  Nov.  30, 
1885.  Was  one  daughter,  Alberta  Denis  (deceased). 
From  his  fifth  to  fourteenth  year,  Mr.  Denis 
was  in  France  and  there  received  preliminary  edu- 
cation in  the  Cibot-Melin  Institute,  Paris.  Re- 
turning to  America,  attended  Beechwood  Academy, 
Osyka,  Miss.,  and  Christian  Brothers'  School  at 
Pass  Christian,  Miss.  Later  entered  Washington 
and  Lee  University,  Lexington,  Va.,  graduating 
1878,  with  degree  A.  B.  In  1880  was  graduated 
from  Tulare  University  Law  School,  New  Orleans. 
Practiced  law  there  two  years.  In  1882,  removed 
to  Los  Angeles;  joined  the  "Times"  as  a  reporter. 
In  less  than  a  year  went  to  "Herald."  After  eight- 
een months  with  "Herald,"  he  entered  law  office  of 
S.  C.  Hubbell  as  a  clerk.  May,  1884,  became,  for 
one  year,  editor  and  owner  of  "Express,"  then  re- 
sumed law  practice.  Was  Asst.  Dist.  Atty.,  Los  An- 
geles County,  1885-86,  and  U.  S.  Dist.  Atty.  1888-89. 
During  latter  term  he,  with  Joseph  H.  Call,  recov- 
ered for  the  U.  S.  from  the  S.  P.  Co.  millions  acres 
land.  In  1893-97  again  served  as  U.  S.  Dist.  Atty., 
and  inaugurated  all  prosecutions  under  Geary  Chi- 
nese Exclusion  Act.  During  term  of  1884  the  great 
railroad  strike,  in  which  Eugene  V.  Debs  was  con- 
spicuous, occurred.  Mr.  Denis  obtained  the  only 
convictions  from  a  jury  as  result  of  the  disturb- 
ances. From  1899-03,  served  as  member  Code  Com- 
mission, which  revised  laws  of  California.  In  1886 
formed  partnership  with  Max  Loewenthal,  which 
still  exists.  For  many  years  firm  has  been  attorneys 
for  S.  P.  Ry.  Co.,  and  in  1907  obtained  judgment  of 
$1,500,000  against  Cal.  Development  Co.  Member, 
Calif.,  Annandale  Country  and  L.  A.  Country  clubs. 


LYNN  HELM 

ELM,  LYNN,  Attorney,  Los  An- 
geles, California,  was  born  in 
Chicago,  111.,  Oct.  29,  1857,  and  is 
the  son  of  Henry  Thomas  Helm,  a 
distinguished  lawyer  of  Illinois, 
and  Julia  Lathrop  Helm.  He  was 
married  April  26,  1888,  in  Chicago,  to  Annie  Hor- 
lock,  and  three  children  have  been  born  to  them, 
Elisabeth,  Lynn,  Jr.,  and  Harold  Helm. 

Mr.  Helm  entered  Lake  Forest  Academy  in  1865 
and  there  received  bis  education  and  preparation 
for  college,  leaving  in  1875  for  Princeton  Univer- 
sity, from  which  he  was  graduated  in  1879  with  the 
degree  of  A.  B.  He  received  the  degree  of  Master 
of  Arts  in  1882. 

After  leaving  college  he  studied  law  in  the  office 
of  his  father,  and  in  1881  was  admitted  to  practice 
in  Indiana  and  Illinois. 

He  practiced  in  Chicago  until  1896,  when  he 
moved  to  Los  Angeles,  and  since  that  time  has 
handled  many  notable  cases,  among  them  the  Lowe 
and  Dobbins  gas  cases  and  the  case  of  Dobbins  vs. 
City  of  Los  Angeles,  which  he  won  finally  in  the 
Supreme  Court  of  the  United  States. 

He  has  been  Referee  in  Bankruptcy  of  the 
United  States  District  Court  of  Southern  District 
of  California  for  Los  Angeles  County  since  1901, 
and  also  acted  as  Master  in  Chancery  for  the 
United  States  Circuit  Court  in  that  district.  He 
also  has  written  several  legal  works  and  was  se- 
lected as  a  commissioner  to  the  Conference  on  Uni- 
form Laws  and  contributed  much  to  the  new  ideas 
embodied  in  the  work  of  that  body. 

Mr.  Helm  is  a  member  of  the  State,  City  and 
American  Bar  Associations  and  is  president  of  the 
State  Bar  Association. 

He  is  a  director  of  the  University  Club,  and  also 
belongs  to  the  California  Club,  Los  Angeles  Country 
Club,  Annandale  Country  Club  and  the  Crags 
Country  Club. 


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ROWN,  FRANK  LAMPSON, 
Capitalist,  San  Francisco, 
California,  was  born  at  Ken- 
osha,  Wisconsin,  March  4, 
1860,  the  son  of  Charles  Cur- 
tis Brown  and  Katherine  Jane  Brown.  He 
married  Harriet  Walker  at  Oakland,  Cali- 
fornia, January  1,  1894,  and  of  their  union 
there  have  been  born  three  children,  Kath- 
erine (now  Mrs.  Thorn- 
ton White),  Lawrence 
Walker  and  Harriet 
Walker  Brown. 

He  began  at  an  early 
age  to  fight  the  battles  of 
life  and  has  been  at  it 
ever  since,  and  has  been 
with  a  constantly  enlarg- 
ing field  of  operations,  as 
well  as  a  considerable 
number  of  victories  to 
his  credit.  Leaving  the 
St.  James  Parish  School, 
of  Milwaukee,  Wisconsin, 
when  he  was  just  twelve 
years  of  age,  he  found 
employment  in  the  gen- 
eral offices  of  the  North 
Western  Telephone  Com- 
pany, at  Kenosha.  The 
following  year  he  shifted 
the  scene  of  his  youthful 
activities  to  the  office  of 
the  North  Western  Wov- 
en Wire  Mattress  Com- 
pany, and  remained  with 
this  corporation  for  ten 
years,  getting  his  commercial  experience  and 
taking  his  course  in  what  he  has  called  the 
"University  of  Hard  Knocks." 

With  a  degree,  of  useful  knowledge  at 
least,  of  what  the  struggle  for  success  means, 
he  moved  in  1883  to  Portland,  Oregon,  where 
he  became  Secretary  of  the  Staver,  Walker 
Company,  and  when  the  firm  was  succeeded 
by  Mitchell,  Lewis  and  Staver,  retained  his 
secretaryship  in  the  new  company.  He  was 
also  made  secretary  of  the  Portland  Trac- 
tion Company — to  the  considerable  increase 
of  his  income  and  of  his  opportunities. 

In  1893  Mr.  Brown  moved  to  San  Fran- 
cisco to  act  as  Pacific  Coast  agent  of  the 
Washburn  &  Moen  Manufacturing  Company 
of  Worcester,  Mass.  This  was  succeeded 
by  the  American  Steel  and  Wire  Company, 
with  which  he  remained  as  Pacific  Coast 
manager  until  1900.  He  then  became  general 
sales  agent  for  the  Shelby  Steel  Tube  Com- 


pany, with  headquarters  at  Cleveland,  Ohio. 
He  had  not  been  in  Oakland  long,  however, 
before  his  ideas  began  to  expand,  possibly 
under  the  influence  of  the  climate  and  the 
contagion  of  progress ;  and  in  1903  he  organ- 
ized the  Pacific  Steel  and  Wire  Company  for 
which  he  became  the  general  manager.  With 
this  fresh  stimulus  to  larger  endeavors  he 
soon  formed  the  Telephone  Electric  Equip- 
ment Company,  and  later 
seeing  the  great  promise 
of  the  oil  fields,  and  of 
the  development  of  power 
in  California  he  organized 
the  Palmer  Oil  Company, 
the  Great  Western  Power 
Company  and  many  other 
large  corporations. 

Mr.  Brown  has  been 
very  active  in  develop- 
ment and  construction 
work  that  will  benefit  not 
only  the  individuals  most 
directly  concerned,  but 
also  the  state  at  large. 
And  this  is  especially 
true  of  his  connections 
with  the  preparations  for 
the  Panama-Pacific  Ex- 
position. From  the  start 
he  has  been  a  member  of 
the  executive  and  ex- 
ploitation committees,  so 
ardent  and  busy  in  the 
cause  that  his  own  im- 
portant private  affairs 
have  suffered  somewhat. 


FRANK  L.  BROWN 


Characteristically,  he  has  devoted  his  ener- 
gies to  the  work,  and  regards  whatever  suc- 
cess he  may  attain  therein  as  a  personal  as 
well  as  a  civic  duty  and  triumph.  And  in  the 
meantime  he  manages  to  prove  his  good 
citizenship  by  his  activity  on  the  executive 
committee  of  the  California  Development 
Board,  and  on  the  council  of  the  Unitarian 
Club  of  San  Francisco. 

Mr.  Brown's  club  life  is  no  exception  in 
the  variety  of  his  interests.  He  is  a  popular 
member  of  the  Bohemian,  the  Cosmos,  the 
Commercial,  the  Unitarian,  Union  League 
and  Press  Clubs  of  San  Francisco,  and  of  the 
Claremont  Country  Club  of  Oakland,  the 
Arlington  of  Portland,  Oregon;  the  Lawyers 
of  New  York,  as  well  as  of  the  Society  of 
Colonial  Wars  and  Sons  of  the  American 
Revolution. 

Though  a  San  Franciscan  in  spirit,  he 
has  resided  in  Oakland  since  1893. 


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OLE,  LOUIS,  M.,  Merchant, 
Los  Angeles,  California,  is  a 
native  of  Chicago,  Illinois, 
born  March  24,  1870.  His 
father  is  Dr.  Samuel  Cole,  of 
Chicago,  Illinois,  and  his  mother  Ricka  (Din- 
kelspiel)  Cole.  On  January  6,  1904,  he  mar- 
ried Frida  Hellman  at  Los  Angeles. 

Mr.  Cole  received  his  early  education  in 
the  Grammar  and  High 
Schools  of  Denver.  Colo- 
rado, and  later  took  a 
business  course  at  the 
Bryant  and  Stratton  Busi- 
ness College  in  Chicago. 

In  1887,  he  moved  to 
California  and  entered 
the  employ  of  the  Kutner- 
Goldstein  Company  at 
Hanford,  as  bookkeeper. 
He  remained  at  that  point 
in  this  capacity  and  that 
of  manager  until  January, 
1892,  when  he  was  ap- 
pointed to  the  position  of 
manager  of  the  com- 
pany's branch  store  at 
Fowler,  California.  He 
remained  there  a  few 
months  and  then  was 
shifted  to  Lemoore,  Cali- 
fornia, to  take  charge  of 
another  store  for  the  same 
company.  He  managed 
that  business  until  1896, 
when  he  resigned  to  go 
into  business  for  himself. 


LOUIS  M.  COLE 


He  opened  a  general  merchandise  store  at 
Huron,  Fresno  County,  California,  and  soon 
built  up  a  lucrative  trade.  He  tired  of  the 
small  town,  however,  and  in  1897,  sold  out 
and  returned  to  his  native  city — Chicago.  He 
remained  in  Chicago  from  1897  until  1901  and 
for  two  years  of  that  time,  1899  and  1900,  was 
on  the  road  for  a  Chicago  house. 

In  the  month  of  January,  1901,  he  decided 
to  return  to  California  and  settled  at  Bakers- 
field,  occupying  the  position  of  general  man- 
ager of  another  large  merchandise  concern. 
He  held  this  place  for  more  than  two  years 
and  during  that  time  did  much  to  improve  the 
business  of  his  employer. 

October,  1903,  Mr.  Cole  resigned  his  posi- 
tion in  Bakersfield  and  moved  to  Los  An- 
geles with  the  intention  of  starting  business 
again  for  himself.  After  looking  over  his 
ground  for  two  months,  he  bought  into  the 
Simon  Levi  Company,  then  in  its  infancy. 


He  has  been  actively  engaged  in  the  affairs 
of  this  company  ever  since  and  is  at  present 
treasurer  of  the  company. 

When  he  entered  the  Levi  Company,  it 
was  only  a  few  months  old,  with  a  compara- 
tively small  amount  of  business.  Today  it  is 
one  of  the  largest  produce  and  grocer's  spe- 
cialty corporations  in  the  Southwest,  doing  a 
yearly  business  that  runs  far  beyond  the  mil- 
lion dollar  mark. 

The  company  has  a 
subsidiary  known  as  the 
Royal  Packing  Company 
and  of  this  Mr.  Cole  is 
secretary-treasurer. 

Mr.  Cole  is  a  man  of 
diversified  interests, 
which  cover  many  lines 
in  Southern  California. 
In  addition  to  the  Simon 
Levi  Company,  he  is 
treasurer  of  the  Herman 
W.  Hellman  Building  in 
Los  Angeles,  one  of  the 
modern  office  structures 
of  the  city,  having  held 
the  office  since  1908. 
About  a  year  after  he  was 
given  this  office  he  was 
made  president  of  the 
Purcell,  Gray,  Gale  Com- 
pany, Inc.,  a  large  insur- 
ance agency  company  op- 
erating in  California  and 
the  entire  Southwest. 

Another  important  con- 
cern with  wnich  Mr.  Cole 
became  identified  in  1909,  is  the  American 
Warehouse  and  Realty  Company  of  which 
he  is  secretary. 

In  the  little  more  than  seven  years  fol- 
lowing his  arrival  in  Los  Angeles,  Mr.  Cole 
has  risen  to  a  prominent  position  in  com- 
mercial affairs.  He  is  a  director  of  the 
Chamber  of  Commerce  and  was  president  of 
the  Produce  Exchange  covering  the  years 
1906-7  and  1907-8.  He  is  an  influential,  pub- 
lic-spirited man  who  is  doing  much  towards 
the  upbuilding  of  Los  Angeles.  Mr.  Cole 
has  never  held  any  political  office,  but  has 
always  taken  a  keen  interest  in  politics  and 
is  a  fighter  for  clean  government. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Cosmos  Club  of 
San  Francisco  and  several  clubs  in  Los  An- 
geles, among  them  the  San  Gabriel  Valley 
Country,  Los  Angeles  Athletic  and  the  Con- 
cordia.  He  is  a  Knight  of  Pythias,  an  Elk, 
Scottish  Rite  Mason  and  Shriner. 


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OWELL,  LOUIS  WESTON, 
Mining,  Los  Angeles,  Califor- 
nia, was  born  in  the  town  of 
New  Madrid,  Missouri,  May 
3,  1866,  the  son  of  Edmund 
Powell  and  Virginia  Nash  (Fontaine)  Pow- 
ell. He  married  Miss  Allie  Moore  Jewell, 
November  26,  1884,  at  Hagerstown,  Mary- 
land, and  of  their  union  there  have  come  five 
children — Jennie  Jewell,  Ralph  Edmund, 
Ruth  Fontaine,  George  Benedict  and  Dor- 
othy Anne  Powell. 

Mr.  Powell's  education  spread  over  a 
period  of  many  years  and  was  divided  into 
three  parts.  First  he  attended  private  schools 
and  studied  under  tutors  in  his  home  town, 
then  went  to  the  public  schools  of  St.  Louis, 
Missouri,  and  finally  entered  Washington 
and  Lee  University,  at  Lexington,  Virginia. 
Immediately  upon  the  conclusion  of  his 
college  work  Mr.  Powell  engaged  in  mercan- 
tile business  and  other  pursuits  in  Missouri, 
but  removed  to  Virginia  in  the  early  nine- 
ties and  there  he  became  secretary  and  treas- 
urer of  the  Buena  Vista  Company,  a  respon- 
sible concern  engaged  in  mining,  manufac- 
turing and  town  building.  While  there  Mr. 
Powell,  in  a  manner  characteristic  of  the 
man,  took  an  active  part  in  the  affairs  of 
Buena  Vista  and  served  as  a  member  of  the 
City  Council. 

He  remained  in  Buena  Vista  until  the  lat- 
ter part  of  the  year  1895,  but  at  that  time 
moved  to  Bessemer,  Gogebic  County,  Mich- 
igan, where  he  was  engaged  with  Ferdinand 
Schlesinger.  Schlesinger  had  formerly  been 
the  iron  ofe  king  of  the  Lake  Superior  dis- 
trict, owning  some  of  the  largest  mines,  rail- 
roads and  ore  boats  on  the  Great  Lakes.  In 
the  early  nineties  he  had  failed  in  business, 
and,  turning  all  of  his  property  over  to  his 
creditors  went  to  Mexico.  There  he  recouped 
his  shattered  fortunes  to  a  considerable  de- 
gree, and  it  was  on  his  return  to  the  Michi- 
gan fields  that  Mr.  Powell  became  associated 
with  him  in  the  iron  ore  business.  During 
the  next  five  years  Mr.  Powell  worked  assid- 
uously with  Schlesinger  and  in  that  time 
aided  him  greatly  in  his  work  of  re- 
establishing himself  in  the  business  world. 
His  work  in  the  interests  of  Schlesinger 


attracted  the  attention  of  iron  and  ore  lead- 
ers to  Mr.  Powell,  and  by  the  beginning  of 
January,  1900,  his  reputation  as  an  expert  and 
manager  had  become  such  that  he  was  pre- 
vailed upon  by  the  Carnegie  Company  to  en- 
ter into  the  work  of  developing  ore  properties 
for  it.  The  Carnegie  Company  previously  had 
been  interested  somewhat  in  the  iron  ore  busi- 
ness, but  at  this  time  decided  to  go  into  it 
more  actively  than  ever  before.  Accordingly, 
Mr.  Powell  was  appointed  agent  for  the  Oli- 
ver Iron  Mining  Company  and  vice  president 
of  the  Pittsburg  Steamship  Company.  Both 
these  organizations  were  subsidiaries  of  the 
Carnegie  Company  and  had  charge,  respec- 
tively, of  the  mining  and  steamship  ore  trans- 
portation ends  of  it. 

Mr.  Powell  made  his  headquarters  in  Du- 
luth,  Minnesota,  situated  in  the  heart  of  the 
Northern  Ore  ranges  and  one  of  the  greatest 
ore  shipping  points  in  the  world.  There,  as 
in  his  previous  connection  with  Mr.  Schles- 
inger, Mr.  Powell  won  fame  for  himself 
and  added  largely  to  his  standing  in  his 
profession. 

When  the  United  States  Steel  Corpora- 
tion, capitalized  at  $1,000,000,000,  was  organ- 
ized, it  took  in  not  only  the  largest  steel  and 
iron  companies  in  the  United  States,  but  also 
took  the  best  men  from  each  company  to  be 
directing  powers  in  the  new  concern.  The 
magnitude  of  the  Steel  Corporation  and  its 
operations  is  known  to  everyone  and  its  suc- 
cess is  due  largely  to  the  work  of  the  picked 
men  who  became  the  executive  heads  of  its 
various  departments.  Mr.  Powell  was  one  of 
these  men,  chosen  for  the  post  of  assistant  to 
the  president  of  the  Oliver  Iron  Mining  Com- 
pany, which  bore  the  same  relation  to  the 
steel  combine  as  it  had  to  the  Carnegie  Com- 
pany before  the  latter  was  absorbed.  To  this 
company  was  assigned  all  of  the  mining  busi- 
ness of  the  corporation,  and  Mr.  Powell's  part 
in  its  affairs  was  even  more  important  than 
it  had  been  previously. 

In  addition  to  his  office  as  assistant  to  the 
president,  Mr.  Powell  was  appointed  vice 
president  of  the  steamship  company  and  thus 
continued  the  work  he  had  begun  several 
years  before  in  the  employ  of  the  Carnegie 
interests. 


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These  two  offices  gave  Mr.  Powell  direct 
charge  of  the  mining  and  transportation  de- 
partments of  the  world's  greatest  industrial 
institution,  and  subsequently  he  was  placed 
in  charge  of  its  timber  land  department, 
which  put  him  actively  in  charge  of  all  its 
timber  and  ore  holdings.  In  this  capacity 
he  purchased  thousands  of  acres  for  his 
company. 

In  January,  1906,  after  having  spent  more 
than  ten  years  in  the  Northern  Ore  regions, 
during  which  he  acquired  international  prom- 
inence as  a  mining  operator,  Mr.  Powell  de- 
serted the  iron  and  steel  industry  for  copper. 
He  resigned  his  position  with  the  Steel  Cor- 
poration and  went  at  once  to  Bisbee,  Arizona, 
where  he  became  vice  president  and  general 
manager  of  the  Calumet  and  Arizona  and 
allied  interests  in  charge  of  their  mines  and 
smelter  operations. 

At  this  period  of  his  career  Mr.  Powell 
began  works  quite  as  extensive  and  important 
as  those  he  had  performed  in  the  interest  of 
the  Steel  Corporation.  They  included,  in  ad- 
dition to  his  mining  and  smelting  activities, 
the  building  of  railroads,  property  develop- 
ment and  town  making. 

This  part  of  his  life  Mr.  Powell  justly  re- 
gards with  pride,  for  when  he  started  in  the 
development  of  the  copper  properties  now 
known  as  the  Superior  and  Pittsburg  Copper 
Company  his  friends  and  others  in  the  busi- 
ness thought  he  was  going  up  against  a  hope- 
less task.  He  persisted,  however,  matching 
his  faith  and  experience  against  the  opinions 
of  the  men  who  predicted  failure  as  the  only 
reward  for  his  efforts.  He  was  undertaking  a 
monumental  contract  in  trying  to  make  these 
properties  pay,  but  with  characteristic  energy 
and  determination  he  went  at  it  and  continued 
at  it,  until  today  the  company's  holdings  are 
regarded  as  some  of  the  best  copper  enter- 
prises in  the  land. 

This  successful  accomplishment  will  al- 
ways stand  as  a  memorial  to  the  ability  and 
perseverance  of  the  man. 

The  Superior  and  Pittsburg  was  not  the 
only  great  success  of  Mr.  Powell,  however, 
for  when  he  took  charge  of  the  smelter  of  the 
Calumet  and  Arizona  it  was  in  an  extraordi- 
narily poor  condition.  He  caused  it  to  be  re- 
built to  a  large  extent  and  then  put  in 
operation. 

Mr.  Powell  was  the  main  factor  in  the 
founding  of  Warren,  Arizona,  the  beautiful 
little  suburban  town  just  outside  of  Bisbee, 
and  he  constructed  the  Warren-Bisbee  Elec- 
tric Railroad  lines,  connecting  the  two  places. 


Warren  today  is  a  thriving  town  and  is  rap- 
idly becoming  an  attractive  residence  place, 
Mr.  Powell  himself  making  his  home  there, 
although  his  office  is  in  Los  Angeles. 

After  his  first  successes  in  the  copper 
fields  of  Arizona,  Mr.  Powell  became  gen- 
eral manager  of  the  Cananea  Central  Copper 
Company,  vice  president  of  the  Cananea  Con- 
solidated Copper  Company,  president  of  the 
Cananea-Duluth  Copper  Company  and  a  num- 
ber of  other  corporations  subsidiary  to  the 
Greene  Cananea  Copper  Company,  the  lar- 
gest copper  operators  in  the  Southwest  and 
the  forces  of  which  were  responsible  for  open- 
ing up  that  field. 

All  of  this  work  in  Arizona  Mr.  Powell 
accomplished  in  the  remarkably  short  period 
of  four  years,  and  at  the  end  of  that  time,  or 
in  July,  1910,  resigned  his  positions  with  the 
Calumet  and  Arizona  and  the  Superior-Pitts- 
burg  companies  to  devote  his  time  and  atten- 
tion to  his  private  interests.  These  latter  in- 
clude the  Elenita  Development  Company  and 
the  Powmott  Development  Company,  in  both 
of  which  he  occupies  the  position  of  presi- 
dent; the  Sierra  Madre  Consolidated  Mining 
Company  and  the  San  Antonio  Copper  Com- 
pany, holding  directorships  in  both. 

Mr.  Powell  is  the  principal  factor  in  the 
operations  of  all  of  these  enterprises  and  is 
today  among  the  leading  individual  copper 
developers  of  the  Southwest. 

Despite  his  continuous  and  close  applica- 
tion to  his  work,  Mr.  Powell  has  taken  a  keen 
interest  in  politics  and  government  wherever 
he  has  been,  and  in  addition  to  his  service  as 
City  Councilman  in  Buena  Vista,  Va.,  he  was 
Chairman  of  the  Board  of  County  Supervisors 
of  Gogebic  County,  Michigan,  during  his 
residence  in  that  State.  He  was  also  a  dele- 
gate from  the  Territory  of  Arizona  to  the  Re- 
publican National  Convention  in  Chicago,  in 
1908,  which  nominated  William  H.  Taft  for 
the  presidency. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  American  Institute 
of  Mining  Engineers  and  takes  a  leading  part 
in  the  affairs  of  that  body.  He  is  also  a  thir- 
ty-second degree  Mason. 

His  popularity  in  business  as  well  as  so- 
cial circles  is  attested  by  his  club  member- 
ships, which  include  the  Kitchi  Gammi  Club 
of  Duluth,  Minnesota;  the  Old  Pueblo  Club 
of  Tucson,  Arizona,  and  the  Douglas  County 
Club  of  Arizona;  the  California  and  Sierra 
Madre  clubs  of  Los  Angeles,  California;  the 
Northland  Country  Club  of  Duluth,  and  the 
Warren  District  Country  Club  of  Warren, 
Arizona.  He  is  also  a  member  of  the  Broth- 
erhood of  Protective  Order  of  Elks. 


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HIPPS,  WILLIAM  ARTHUR,  Min- 
ing and  Exploration,  Los  Angeles, 
California,  was  born  in  Toronto, 
Canada,  December,  20,  1859,  the 
son  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  William 
Phipps.  He  married  Edith  I.  Belli 
at  Calumet,  Michigan,  July  18,  1894. 

Major  Phipps  was  descended  of  a  fine  old  line  of 
Britishers,  with  the  Scotch  strain  predominant  in 
the  family.  His  forbears  for  generations  had  been 
prominent  in  the  life  of  the  Dominion  and  various 
branches  attained  distinction  in  the  United  States. 
His  wife,  the  daughter  of  Camillo  Belli,  an  Italian 
artist,  comes  also  of  a  notable  house,  her  ancestors 
having  been  of  the  Italian  nobility,  the  possessors 
of  a  castle  which  stands  to-day  one  of  the  historic 
landmarks  of  Italy. 

Major  Phipps,  noted  as  a  man  of  high  scholarly 
attainments,  received  the  preliminary  part  of  his 
education  in  the  public  schools  of  Toronto  and 
though  he  was  graduated  from  the  University  of  To- 
ronto, he  received  a  large  part  of  his  training  at 
the  hands  of  private  tutors.  From  them  he  learned 
the  higher  subjects,  including  languages,  in  several 
of  which  he  was  exceptionally  fluent. 

From  early  boyhood  Major  Phipps,  despite  the 
advantages  of  travel  and  a  cultured  family  circle, 
preferred  the  out-of-doors  for  his  habitat  and  his 
life  is  pointed  to  as  one  of  the  most  picturesque 
in  the  West.  When  he  was  a  young  man  he  joined 
the  Canadian  militia  as  a  cadet  and  because  of  his 
exceptional  ability  as  a  marksman  and  woodsman, 
was  promoted  to  the  rank  of  Major.  While  serving 
with  his  command,  Major  Phipps  saw  a  great  deal  of 
active  service  in  the  Northwest,  operating  in  con- 
junction with  the  celebrated  Northwest  Mounted  Po- 
lice. With  the  daring  men  of  the  Mounted  Police  he 
endured  the  many  hardships  and  dangers  of  their 
campaigns  in  the  interest  of  peace  and  order.  For 
days  at  a  time  he  was  in  the  saddle,  with  only 
short  respite  for  food  and  sleep,  in  the  pursuit  of 
outlaws  of  that  section,  which,  in  the  late  sixties 
and  early  seventies,  was  one  of  the  wildest  regions 
on  the  North  American  continent.  Young  militia- 
men, like  Major  Phipps,  were  compelled  to  under- 
go unusual  hardships  and  only  the  strongest  of 
them  survived. 

Major  Phipps'  father  was  a  private  banker  and 
stock  broker  in  Toronto,  a  man  of  considerable 
wealth  and  of  substantial  standing,  and  when  his 
two  sons,  the  Major  and  his  brother  Frank,  had 
attained  the  age  of  sixteen  years,  they  were  taken 
into  the  bank  and  there  trained  for  the  business. 
While  they  learned  the  details  of  banking  and 
brokerage  they  also  studied  at  home  under  private 
tutors,  so  that  when  they  were  of  age  they  not 
only  had  thorough  business  training,  but  also  were 
splendidly  educated  in  literature,  languages  and 
the  arts. 

After  attaining  his  majority  Major  Phipps  left 
the  employ  of  his  father  and  went  to  the  North- 
west, while  his  brother  went  into  the  insurance 
business  and  is  to-day  a  prosperous  insurance 
broker  of  Collinswood,  Ontario.  Shortly  after  this 
the  elder  Phipps  sold  out  his  banking  and  stock 
interests  and  retired  from  business,  while  Major 
Phipps,  who  had  always  a  tendency  to  travel,  vis- 
ited various  parts  of  Western  Canada  and  the 
United  States,  as  a  rancher,  prospector  and  hunter. 


finally  locating  in  Calumet,  the  center  of  the 
mineral  territory  of  Northern  Michigan. 

With  a  partner,  Major  Phipps  purchased  a  small 
newspaper  there  and  operated  it  for  several  years, 
he  assuming  the  duties  of  editor.  In  this  capacity 
he  showed  unusual  talent  as  a  writer  and  a  poet, 
and,  being  a  man  of  strong  mind,  did  not  hesitate 
to  express  himself  editorially  against  evil.  Through 
his  virile  writings  he  was  enabled  to  bring  about 
various  reforms  in  the  little  community,  but  he  also 
brought  upon  himself  many  bitter  enmities  and  much 
trouble.  On  one  occasion  he  was  arrested  and 
imprisoned  for  attacking  a  churchman  in  his  news- 
paper, but  within  a  short  time  he  was  vindicated 
and  given  his  liberty,  the  majority  of  public  opin- 
ion upholding  him  in  his  editorial  stand. 

While  in  Northern  Michigan  Major  Phipps  took 
an  active  interest  in  mining  affairs,  in  addition  to 
his  newspaper  work,  and  was  a  stockholder  in 
various  mining  companies,  one  of  which  was  the 
celebrated  Calumet  &  Hecla  Mine.  With  the 
profits  he  made  in  these  ventures  Major  Phipps 
bought  into  others,  some  of  which  proved  success- 
ful, while  others  were  unfortunate.  Being  a  man 
of  keen  foresight  and  a  splendid  judge  of  ore  lands, 
he  was  on  the  lookout  continually  for  new  mining 
territory  and  made  frequent  trips  of  exploration 
to  various  sections  in  the  hunt  for  properties. 

It  was  during  one  of  these  trips  that  Major 
Phipps  came  upon  the  property  which  was  destined 
to  make  himself  and  others  millionaires  and  open 
up  to  development  one  of  the  richest  copper  mines 
in  the  world.  He  had  heard  of  copper  finds  in 
Arizona,  so  left  Michigan  and  went  to  the  Bisbee- 
Warren  District  of  the  Territory,  where  he  met 
the  locators  of  what  is  now  known  as  the  Calumet 
&  Arizona  Mine.  Securing  a  lease  on  the  proper- 
ty, the  Major  immediately  set  about  to  organize 
the  Calumet  &  Arizona  Copper  Company,  having 
for  his  associates  a  number  of  wealthy  Michigan 
friends  who  had  been  his  loyal  supporters  at 
various  hazardous  periods  in  his  newspaper  career. 

After  successfully  promoting  his  company,  Ma- 
jor Phipps  returned  to  Arizona  and  began  the  ac- 
tual work  of  mining  the  copper  which  has  since 
poured  millions  into  the  pockets  of  its  owners. 
The  Major  was  for  several  years  the  controlling 
stockholder  and  the  dominating  factor  in  the  Calu- 
met &  Arizona,  but  sold  out  his  interests  a  little 
at  a  time,  until,  finally,  he  retained  a  comparative- 
ly small  holding. 

Being  progressive  and  enterprising,  and  a  man 
of  unbounded  energy,  the  money  he  obtained  from 
the  sale  of  his  Calumet  &  Arizona  stocks  he  put 
into  other  properties  and  it  was  not  long  before 
he  was  one  of  the  largest  individual  mining  oper- 
ators in  the  Territory  of  Arizona.  Among  other 
properties  owned  by  him  were  the  Black  Diamond 
Mine  in  Arizona,  also  the  Dragoon,  operated  by  the 
Dragoon  Copper  Company,  of  which  he  was  Presi- 
dent. A  third  notable  property  controlled  by  him 
at  one  time  was  the  Italie  Mine,  near  Bakersfield, 
California,  operated  by  the  Italie  Gold  Mining  Com- 
pany, in  which  he  held  the  office  of  President. 

During  his  connection  with  these  properties  the 
Major  was  unusually  active.  In  the  management 
of  his  operating  properties  and  the  search  for  new 
deposits  Major  Phipps,  who  was  a  splendid  horse- 
man, rode  thousands  of  miles  and  is  said  to  have 


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covered  practically  every  traversable  foot  of  the 
Territory  of  Arizona. 

About  the  time  he  attained  his  great  success 
as  a  copper  operator,  Major  Phipps'  attention  was 
attracted  to  the  steel  industry,  then  on  the  eve  of 
the  great  consolidation  which  resulted  in  the 
United  States  Steel  Corporation,  the  billion  dollar 
concern  in  which  his  relative,  Henry  Phipps,  was 
one  of  the  principal  factors.  With  the  foresight 
characteristic  of  the  man,  Major  Phipps  purchased 
holdings  in  a  number  of  small  steel  companies  in 
different  parts  of  the  United  States  and  when  the 
great  consolidation  was  brought  about  took  stock 
in  the  combine  in  exchange  for  his  smaller  inter- 
ests. His  business  judgment  in  this  deal  was 
vindicated  by  the  realization  of  a  handsome  for- 
tune from  the  increase  in  the  value  of  his  stocks 
a  few  years  later. 

About  the  year  1905,  Major  Phipps,  who  had 
been  wont  to  divide  his  time  between  Arizona  and 
Pittsburg,  established  his  headquarters  in  Los  An- 
geles, and  there,  besides  looking  after  his  mining 
and  steel  business,  became  interested  in  various 
other  business  enterprises.  One  of  these  was  the 
American  Machinery  &  Construction  Company, 
of  which  he  was  a  Director,  and  another  was  the 
Mason  Smokeless  Combustion  Company,  in  which 
he  was  President  and  a  heavy  stockholder.  This 
company  was  organized  for  the  manufacture  of  a 
patented  device  designed  to  arrest  smoke  from 
manufacturing  plants  and  thereby  add  to  the  clean- 
liness of  municipalities. 

While  a  man  of  diversified  business  interests, 
Major  Phipps  was  always  the  cultivated  man  of 
many  talents,  a  scholar,  poet,  literateur,  raconteur 
and  fine  host.  His  study  of  many  subjects  made  him 
regarded  by  his  friends,  who  included  brilliant 
writers,  artists,  lawyers  and  doctors,  as  one  of  the 
most  thoroughly  posted  men  in  the  United  States. 
He  has  been  described  by  John  McGroarty,  a 
well  known  California  editor,  as  one  of  the  most 
profound  students  of  literature  and  history  with 
whom  he  had  ever  come  in  contact.  This  was  in- 
stanced in  1911,  when  Mr.  McGroarty  was  at  work 
on  the  celebrated  "Mission  Play,"  a  story  of  the 
monastery  days  in  California  which  was  staged 
in  the  environment  of  the  historic  San  Gabriel  Mis- 
sion. Knowing  Major  Phipps'  capacity  for  histor- 
ical knowledge,  Mr.  McGroarty,  who  was  a  warm 
personal  friend  of  the  Major,  sought  his  advice  on 
various  matters  connected  with  the  preparation  of 
this  beautiful  dramatic  effort.  The  result  was  that 
Major  Phipps  collaborated  with  him  on  a  part  of 
it  and  his  assistance  was  later  declared  by  Mr.  Mc- 
Groarty to  have  been  of  great  value  to  him. 

In  his  earlier  days  Major  Phipps  was  a  famous 
hunter  of  big  game  and  stalked  his  quarry  from 
the  mountains  of  America  to  the  wilds  of  Africa. 
He  had  a  wonderful  fund  of  hunting  anecdotes  and 
some  of  his  exploits  formed  the  basis,  at  different 
times,  of  interesting  fiction.  He  not  only  was  a 
splendid  shot  and  a  huntsman,  but  he  also  was  an 
enthusiastic  fisherman  and  in  his  latter  days  his 
collection  of  fishing  tackle,  including  some  excep- 
tionally fine  rods  and  reels,  was  one  of  his  choicest 
treasures. 

The  Major's  wife  shared  with  him  this  love  of 
the  open  country  and  accompanied  him  on  many 
of  his  expeditions.  In  fact,  for  several  years  they 
spent  their  vacations  in  the  mountains,  taking  with 


them  some  of  their  closest  friends,  and  spending 
several  months  in  fishing  and  hunting.  On  these 
expeditions  they  traveled  in  a  specially  appointed 
camp  wagon,  drawn  by  powerful  mules,  and,  having 
a  corps  of  cooks  and  attendants,  they  enjoyed  the 
life  of  freedom  which  appealed  to  both  so  strongly. 
At  a  later  period  Major  Phipps  had  a  magnificent 
camp  wagon  constructed  from  plans  drawn  by  him- 
self, which  contained  many  original  ideas  for  an 
outfit  of  this  kind,  including  a  perfectly  appointed 
kitchen  and  folding  beds.  This  entire  establishment 
was  drawn  by  a  span  of  magnificent  horses,  valued 
at  $1500  apiece,  instead  of  mules  as  formerly  used. 

In  his  home  life  Major  Phipps  was  a  lavish  host 
and  entertained  his  intimates  frequently  at  select 
little  banquets,  which  were  notable  for  their  charm 
of  appointment  and  the  interesting  forms  of  en- 
tertainment. At  these  gatherings  Mrs.  Phipps  was 
a  gracious  hostess  and  she,  being  a  singer  of  ex- 
ceptional talent,  aided  largely  in  their  success. 

One  of  Major  Phipps'  most  intimate  friends  and 
guests  at  these  affairs  was  Dr.  M.  L.  Moore,  of  Los 
Angeles,  who  was  his  physician  for  five  years. 
Major  Phipps  and  Dr.  Moore  were  born  on  the 
same  day  and  it  was  their  custom  to  celebrate 
their  birthdays  together. 

During  the  Summer  of  1911  Major  Phipps  be- 
came ill  and  after  being  confined  to  his  bed  for 
several  weeks,  died  on  August  2,  1911.  His  demise 
was  a  great  shock  to  Mrs.  Phipps,  for  during  the 
seventeen  years  of  their  married  life  they  had  been 
inseparable  companions. 

Being  a  man  of  scholarly  instincts,  Major  Phipps' 
friends  were  among  the  most  intellectual  class  of 
every  community  wherein  he  chanced  to  be,  but 
he  was  mourned  by  many  others  than  his  im- 
mediate circle,  for  he  was  a  generous  philanthropist, 
noted  for  the  fact  that  he  never  sent  a  supplicant 
away  empty-handed.  During  the  last  few  years  of 
his  life  he  maintained  a  private  list  of  benefactions, 
the  beneficiaries  being  unknown  even  to  his  most 
intimate  friends.  In  this  way  he  gave  away  thou- 
sands of  dollars  annually.  One  of  his  best  known 
philanthropies  was  the  sustaining  of  old  friends  of 
his  mining  days  who  had  not  been  so  fortunate  as 
he  in  their  search  for  fortune,  and  it  was  said  of 
him  that  he  had  enabled  scores  of  them  to  get  a 
new  start  in  life. 

Major  Phipps  possessed  a  great  deal  of  individ- 
uality and  this  was  forcibly  illustrated  in  his  per- 
sonal life  and  surroundings.  He  had  a  penchant 
for  precious  stones  and  possessed  a  private  col- 
lection of  gems,  possibly  one  of  the  largest  and 
most  diversified  in  the  United  States. 

He  loved  the  beautiful  things  in  life,  and  al- 
though he  had  mining  properties  and  other  busi- 
ness interests  in  various  parts  of  the  United  States 
and  Mexico,  to  which  he  could  have  devoted  all  his 
time,  he  preferred  his  books  or  painting  (for  he 
was  a  capable  artist  in  addition  to  his  other  accom- 
plishments) to  the  mere  wealth  that  his  properties 
represented. 

Following  the  death  of  Major  Phipps,  his  widow 
traveled  for  some  months,  but  later  settled  in  a 
beautiful  home  in  Hollywood,  Los  Angeles. 

Mrs.  Phipps  has  carried  on  the  philanthropies 
of  Major  Phipps  to  a  certain  extent  and  plans  at  a 
future  date  to  establish  a  sanitarium  on  a  splendid 
ranch  which  she  owns  near  Duarte,  California,  as 
a  memorial  to  her  husband. 


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NOX,  FRANK,  Banking,  Salt 
Lake  City,  Utah,  was  born  at 
Washington,  Iowa,  the  son 
of  William  Knox  and  Eliza- 
beth (Short)  Knox.  He  mar- 
ried Julia  M.  Granby,  at  Red  Oak,  Iowa,  in 
1882,  and  to  them  there  have  been  born 
three  children :  De  Witt,  George  G.  and 
Frances  May  Knox.  His  father  being  a 
farmer  and  stock  raiser, 
Mr.  Knox  spent  his  early 
days  on  the  farm. 

He  attended  the  pub- 
lic schools  and  wOund  up 
his  studies  with  a  brief 
attendance  at  Washing- 
ton Academy,  in  his  na- 
tive town. 

Mr.  Knox  began  his 
business  career  as  mes- 
senger for  the  First  Na- 
tional Bank  of  Washing- 
ton, Iowa,  at  the  age  of 
fifteen  years  and  contin- 
ued with  that  organiza- 
tion until  he  had  attained 
the  position  of  Assistant 
Cashier. 

He  resigned  from  that 
post  in  1885  and  then 
moved  to  Osborne,  Kan- 
sas, where  he  organized 
the  First  National  Bank, 
in  which  he  was  one  of 
the  principal  owners  and 
Cashier. 

This  was  the  real  be- 
ginning of  his  career  as  a  financier,  and  in 
addition  to  his  holdings  at  Osborne  he  be- 
came associated  as  President  and  chief  owner 
of  two  State  banks  in  the  Sunflower  State. 
He  was  actively  engaged  in  the  conduct  of 
the  three  institutions  until  November,  1889, 
and  at  that  time  he  decided  to  move  further 
West. 

Accordingly  he  sold  out  all  of  his  inter- 
ests in  the  Kansas  institutions  and  went  to 
Salt  Lake  City,  Utah.  He  arrived  there  in 
January,  1890,  and  immediately  set  about 
organizing  the  National  Bank  of  the  Re- 
public. 

This  concern  was  opened  for  business  in 
May,  1890,  and  Mr.  Knox  was  chosen  its 
president  and  general  manager. 

He  has  continued  as  such  ever  since 
and  has  been  the  directing  factor  in  all  its 
success  during  the  twenty-one  years  that 
have  elapsed. 


FRANK  KNOX 


The  bank  began  business  as  a  brand  new 
enterprise,  without  any  old  following,  the  in- 
tegrity and  financial  strength  of  its  backers 
being  its  best  recommendation.   It  has  grown 
to  be  one  of  the  largest  financial  institutions 
between  Denver  and  the  Pacific  Coast,  being 
a   Government   depository   with   the   largest 
deposits  of  any  National  bank  in  the  State. 
Mr.  Knox's  time  has  been  given  over  al- 
most entirely  to  the  man- 
agement of  the  bank,  and 
as  a  consequence  he  has 
had  little  opportunity  to 
engage    actively    in    any 
other  business. 

His  interests  outside 
of  the  bank  consist  of 
large  holdings  in  real 
estate  in  Salt  Lake  and 
mining  in  Utah  and 
Nevada. 

Mr.  Knox  takes  an 
active  part  in  the  affairs 
of  the  American  Bankers' 
Association,  of  which  he 
is  a  prominent  member. 
He  has  been  chosen  vice 
president  for  Utah  sev- 
eral times  and  served  one 
term  on  the  executive 
council. 

His  position  in  the 
financial  world  and  his 
native  energy  have  made 
him  a  man  conspicuous 
in  the  civic  upbuilding  of 
Salt  'Lake  City,  and  de- 
spite his  close  application  to  his  banking  du- 
ties he  has  always  been  among  the  leaders 
in  any  movement  which  had  for  its  object 
the  betterment  of  Salt  'Lake  City  proper  and 
the  State  of  Utah  as  a  whole. 

He  is  also  a  generous-hearted  philanthro- 
pist, bestowing  his  charities  with  lavish  hand 
and  little  ostentation. 

Mr.  Knox  has  been  an  extensive  traveler 
in  Europe  and  the  United  States  and  has  a 
remarkable  following  of  friends  in  financial 
circles  throughout  the  nation. 

He  has  always  maintained  a  keen,  patri- 
otic interest  in  the  political  affairs  of  his 
adopted  city,  but  has  never  held  office. 

A  man  of  striking  personality  and  mag- 
netism, Mr.  Knox  is  very  popular  among  his 
associates  and  is  a  leading  clubman. 

He  holds  memberships  in  the  Alta  Club, 
the  Country  Club  and  the  Commercial  Club, 
all  of  Salt  Lake. 


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ELLS,  ARTHUR  GEORGE, 
General  Manager,  Atchison, 
Topeka  and  Santa  Fe  Rail- 
way Coast  Lines,  Los  An- 
geles, California,  was  born 
at  Guelph,  Ontario,  Canada,  November  18, 
1861,  the  son  of  Arthur  Wells  and  Georgina 
Dora  (Ridout)  Wells.  Mr.  Wells  comes 
from  a  long  line  of  English  origin  and  his 
grandfather  fought  under 
Wellington  in  Spain 
against  the  great  Napo- 
leon. He  married  Ger- 
trude Alice  Barnard,  Oc- 
tober 15,  1884,  at  St. 
Joseph,  Missouri.  There 
are  two  children,  Helen 
A  u  d  1  e  y  and  Louise 
Wells. 

Mr.  Wells  is  one  of 
the  notable  examples  of 
the  men  who  have  begun 
their  railroad  careers  in 
the  humblest  positions 
and  through  application, 
tact  and  ambition  have 
arisen  to  the  highest 
places.  The  office  he 
holds  now,  in  1911,  is  one 
of  the  most  important  on 
the  railroads  of  this 
country. 

He  attended  the  pub- 
lic and  high  schools  of 
Guelph,  Canada,  until  he 
was  fifteen  years  of  age, 
and  then  at  once  entered 
the  railway  service  to  acquire  an  experience 
which  quickly  drove  him  to  the  top. 

His  first  work  was  as  an  apprentice  ma- 
chinist in  the  shops  of  the  Kansas  City,  St. 
Joseph  &  Council  Bluffs  Railroad  at  St. 
Joseph,  Missouri,  in  the  year  1876. 

He  was  chosen,  four  years  later,  for  the 
position  of  clerk  of  the  mechanical  depart- 
ment of  the  same  road.  After  satisfactorily 
filling  this  position  he  resigned,  and  with 
considerable  experience  gained  he  became 
clerk  to  the  purchasing  agent  of  the  Atlantic 
and  Pacific  Railroad. 

In  March,  1882,  he  was  offered  a  clerical 
position  at  San  Marcial,  New  Mexico,  for 
the  Atchison,  Topeka  and  Santa  Fe  Rail- 
road. 

In  June,  1882,  he  became  chief  clerk  to 
the  general  superintendent  of  the  Atlantic 
and  Pacific  Railroad  at  Albuquerque,  New 
Mexico,  which  became  another  step  in  his 


A.  G.  WELLS 


advancement.  In  this  position  he  came  in 
touch  with  every  department  of  railroad 
management,  and  it  was  here  that  he  re- 
ceived the  experiences  which  qualified  him 
for  higher  positions. 

He  wanted  something  besides  office  ex- 
periences,  so   he   found   the   place   of   train- 
master of  the  same  road  open  to  him.     Here 
he  had  direct  command  of  the  movement  of 
trains,    an    experience 
which    proved    invaluable 
to     him.       Shortly     after 
this,    October,     1886,    he 
was  offered  and  accepted 
the  office  of  assistant  to 
the    general    manager    of 
the  Ohio  and  Mississippi 
Railway. 

In  January,  1890,  he 
accepted  the  general 
superintendency  of  the 
Ohio,  Indiana  and  West- 
ern Railway,  which  was 
absorbed  by  the  Cleve- 
land, Cincinnati,  Chicago 
and  St.  Louis  Railway, 
and  was  successively  su- 
perintendent of  the  Peo- 
ria,  Indianapolis  and  St. 
Louis  divisions  of  that 
road. 

The  Santa  Fe  system, 
in  1893,  sought  his  ser- 
vices to  fill  the  office  of 
assistant  to  the  first  vice 
president  of  that  great 
railroad.  He  qualified  in 
this  office  and  was  given  the  independent 
general  superintendence  of  the  Atlantic  and 
Pacific  Railroad,  a  road  where  he  had  been 
employed  in  humble  capacities  during  his 
earlier  railway  experiences. 

He  was  general  superintendent  of  the 
Southern  California  Railway,  and  of  the  San 
Francisco  and  San  Joaquin  Railway,  all 
three  branches  of  the  Atchison,  Topeka  and 
Santa  Fe  system.  Since  1901  he  has  been 
general  manager  of  the  trio  of  roads,  with 
residence  and  general  offices  at  Los  Angeles. 
Mr.  Wells  has  been  well  liked  in  every 
community  in  which  he  has  settled,  and  has 
been  given  social  honors  in  all  of  his  station 
cities.  At  Los  Angeles  he  has  been  presi- 
dent of  the  California  Club  and  is  a  member 
of  the  Pacific  Union  Club  of  San  Francisco, 
the  Los  Angeles  Country  Club,  the  Cuya- 
maca  Club  of  San  Diego,  and  the  Commer- 
cial Club  of  Albuquerque,  New  Mexico 


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AMILTON,  WALTER  RA- 
LEIGH, Geologist  and  Engi- 
neer, San  Francisco,  Califor- 
nia, was  born  near  Modesto, 
California,  August  10,  1880, 
the  son  of  Henry  Hamilton  and  Nora  (Cough- 
lin)  Hamilton.  He  married  Mattie  Dunn  at 
Oroville,  California,  on  May  27,  1905,  and  to 
them  there  was  born  one  child,  Fay  Ham- 
ilton. 

From  1886  to  1895  Mr. 
Hamilton  attended  the 
public  schools  of  Stanis- 
laus County,  California, 
and  in  the  latter  year  en- 
tered the  University  of 
the  Pacific,  from  which  he 
was  graduated  into  Le- 
land  Stanford  University 
in  1898.  This  course  was 
interrupted  by  two  years' 
work  in  the  mines  and  on 
dredgers,  after  which  he 
returned  to  the  Universi- 
ty and  graduated  with  the 
degree  of  A.  B.  in  1904. 

Mr.  Hamilton  is  an- 
other instance  of  the  col- 
lege-trained man  who 
"makes  good"  as  a  stu- 
dent and  makes  better  as 
a  graduate,  thus  increas- 
ing the  already  long  roll 
of  honor.  A  student  ath- 
lete while  at  Stanford 
University,  where  he  was 
a  winner  of  the  mile  run 
in  the  inter-collegiate  games,  and  also  as  a 
substitute  on  the  football  team,  as  well  as 
something  of  a  "dig"  in  his  major  subjects — 
geology  and  the  natural  sicences — he  has  car- 
ried into  his  post-graduate  life  a  husky  con- 
stitution and  a  well-equipped  mind,  which 
have  contributed  much  to  his  success. 

Shortly  after  his  graduation  from  Stanford 
Mr.  Hamilton  began  his  professional  career 
as  engineer  of  the  Standard  Consolidated 
Mining  Company,  at  Bodie.  California,  and 
was  soon  made  assistant  superintendent. 
This  property  changed  hands  in  1906,  and  fol- 
lowing the  general  "shake  up"  that  occurred 
Mr.  Hamilton  left  for  Manhattan,  Nevada, 
where  he  was  employed  for  two  months  as  a 
surveyor.  Returning  to  San  Franciso,  he 
secured  the  position  as  assayer  for  the  Ymir 
Gold  Mines,  Ltd.,  of  British  Columbia,  but 
subsequently  found  that  "the  principal  thing 
that  was  limited  was  the  gold."  In  January, 


W.  R.  HAMILTON 


1907,  he  left  this  limited  company,  somewhat 
richer  in  experience  than  in  substance. 

The  next  four  months  found  him  acting  as 
engineer  for  the  Southern  Pacific  Railroad 
Company,  from  which  employ  he  stepped  into 
the  important  position  of  assistant  geologist 
for  the  Associated  Oil  Corporation,  but  after 
six  months  in  this  capacity  in  the  land  de- 
partment he  was  promoted  to  the  full  charge 
thereof.  Here  he  per- 
formed the  valuable  work 
of  organizing  the  present 
geological  department,  of 
which  he  became  chief 
geologist,  with  that  title. 
Here,  while  acting  as  ad- 
viser, he  put  a  staff  of 
competent  geologists  in 
the  field  and  laid  the 
foundation  of  what  is  to- 
day the  most  efficient 
geological  department 
that  any  company  in  the 
oil  field  can  boast. 

In  1910  Mr.  Hamilton 
became  associated  with 
W.  P.  Hammon  as  direc- 
tor of  field  operations  in 
oil.  These  are  gradually 
extending  and  enlarging 
the  scope  of  his  activities, 
which  at  present  include 
the  Montebello  Oil  Com- 
pany, the  Oak  Ridge,  the 
Gato  Ridge,  the  Coalinga 
Syndicate  and  the  Oil 
Field  Syndicate  Oil  Com- 
panies. As  these,  however,  are  in  a  somewhat 
tentative  state  of  organization,  their  names 
are  subject  to  change. 

Mr.  Hamilton  is  an  apt  illustration  of  the 
value  of  developing  one's  natural  bent  by  con- 
centrating on  the  work  best  adapted  to  the 
task.  In  his  life  he  has  followed  the  same 
habits  of  devotion  to  the  work  in  hand  that 
characterized  his  university  experience  and 
has  had  little  time  or  inclination  for  clubs  and 
organizations.  Those  to  which  he  belongs  all 
have  bearing  on  his  professional  duties,  and 
are  the  American  Institute  of  Mining  Engi- 
neers, American  Association  for  the  Advance- 
ment of  Science,  National  Geographical  Soci- 
ety and  Le  Conte  Geological  Club.  He  has 
contributed  articles  on  geological  subjects  to 
magazines,  the  most  important,  perhaps,  of 
which  treatises  is  his  paper,  written  in  col- 
laboration with  Mr.  H.  H.  Kessler,  on  the 
"Orbicular  Gabbro  of  Dehesa,  California." 


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A.  G.  SPALDING 


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PALDING,  ALBERT  GOODWILL, 
Capitalist,  Point  Loma  and  San 
Diego,  California,  and  Chicago, 
Illinois,  was  born  at  Byron,  Ogle 
County,  Illinois,  September  2,  1850- 
His  parents  were  James  Lawrence 
Spalding  and  Harriet  Irene  (Goodwill)  Spalding. 

The  Spalding  patronymic  is  a  very  old  and  hon- 
orable Anglo-Saxon  name,  probably  derived  from 
the  town  of  Spalding,  in  Lincolnshire,  England, 
which  place  gained  its  title  from  the  tribal  name, 
Spaldas,  left  by  the  Romans  after  the  conquest. 

The  Spaldings  trace  back  their  lineage  to  fhe 
sea-kings  of  the  Baltic,  for  they  are  doubtless  of 
D--p;sh  origin,  and  all  their  endowments  of  spirit, 
brain  and  brawn,  show  them  to  be  still  in  posses- 
sion of  the  strenuous  qualities  of  their  fighting 
Saxou  forbears. 

Members  of  the  Spalding  family  have  been 
prominently  known  in  music,  literature,  the  arts 
and  sciences,  from  early  times.  In  the  commercial 
world,  in  the  pulpit,  as  authors,  journalists,  jurists, - 
surgeons,  and  in  all  the  learned  professions,  the 
name  Spalding  appears  frequently  and  in  high 
places.  Albert  Spalding,  namesake  and  nephew  of 
A.  G.  Spalding,  is  now  one  of  the  world's  most 
famous  violinists. 

The  geographical  influence  of  the  Spalding 
family  in  America  is  wide-spread,  there  being 
towns  named  Spalding  in  Illinois,  Michigan,  Wis- 
consin, Missouri,  Ohio,  Nebraska,  Alabama,  Iowa 
and  Maine,  this  name  doubtless  having  been  given 
in  recognition  of  the  achievements  or  personal 
worthiness  of  descendants  of  Edward  Spalding,  of 
the  Massachusetts  Bay  colony,  who,  first  coming 
to  Virginia,  about  A.  D.  1619,  later  took  up  his 
home  in  New  England,  where  he  founded  the 
American  branch  of  the  Spalding  family. 

When  Albert  G.  Spalding  was  about  eight  years 
old,  his  father  died  and  the  lad  removed  with  his 
mother  from  Byron  to  Rockford,  Illinois,  where  he 
entered  the  public  schools  and  laid  the  foundation 
for  his  education. 

The  Spaldings  had  always  been  noted  for  splen- 
did physical  development,  strong,  aggressive  tem- 
perament, keen  and  analytical  judgment.  It  was 
quite  natural  then  that  a  scion  of  such  a  family 
should  early  in  life  manifest  the  possession  of 
faculties  peculiarly  adapting  him  for  the  great 
American  game  of  baseball,  which  made  its  advent 
only  a  few  years  in  advance  of  his  olrth.  He  first 
learned  of  this  pastime  from  a  paroled  soldier  of 
the  Civil  War,  who,  returning  from  the  front, 
wounded,  brought  to  Rockford  interesting  stories 
of  a  new  game  played  by  soldiers  of  both  armies 
between  engagements  on  the  field  of  battle. 

Young  Spalding  soon  found  himself  practicing 
this  new  sport  with  his  companions  on  the  com- 
mons at  Rockford.  He  was  quick  to  acquire  the 
rudiments  of  the  game  and  gained  especial  pro- 
ficiency as  a  pitcher  in  a  very  short  time.  He  first 
played  with  the  juvenile  Pioneers,  composed  of 
Rockford  school  boys,  but  it  was  not  long  until  his 
services  were  in  demand  in  teams  made  up  of 
players  much  older  than  he.  He  was  secured  by 
the  Forest  City  Club,  of  Rockford,  for  which  or- 
ganization he  won  deserved  fame,  for  the  players 
of  that  team  defeated  every  ball  club  of  any  pre- 
tensions in  the  Middle  West  and  then  went  upon 
a  sensationally  victorious  journey  through  the 
large  cities  of  the  East- 

From  the  Forest  Citv  amateur  club  he  was  in- 
duced to  go  to  the  original  Boston  Club  of  profes- 
sionals, for  which  organization  he  won  the  cham- 


pionship pennant  four  years  in  succession — 1872-3-4 
and  5.  He  then  went  with  some  of  his  Boston 
teammates  to  Chicago,  in  1876,  where,  pitching  for 
the  White  Stockings,  of  which  he  was  also  man- 
ager, he  again  won  the  flag,  establishing  a  record 
that  has  never  yet  been  equaled  by  any  profes- 
sional league  pitcher.  During  these  five  years,  Be 
played  almost  daily,  pitching  in  nearly  every  game. 

In  1876,  he  was  instrumental,  with  William  A. 
Hulbert,  in  organizing  the  National  League  of 
Baseball  Clubs.  This  marked  an  era  in  the  game, 
for  previous  to  that  date  all  national  organizations 
had  been  associations  of  baseball  players. 

Coincident  with  the  formation  of  the  great  pio- 
neer major  league,  Mr.  Spalding  threw  himself, 
with  all  the  force  of  his  energetic,  battling  nature, 
into  a  fight  for  the  elimination  of  drunkenness, 
rowdyism  and  gambling  from  the  national  pastime. 
To  his  efforts,  as  to  those  of  no  other  man  perhaps, 
is  due  the  fact  that  these  evils,  which  at  one  time 
threatened  the  very  life  of  America's  national 
game,  were  driven  out. 

Ever  since  the  formation  of  the  National  League, 
until  the  organization  of  the  National  Commission, 
Mr.  Spalding  has  been  prominent  in  the  councils 
of  those  who  have  directed  the  large  affairs  of  the 
game,  and  in  1901,  when  a  concerted  effort  was 
made  by  certain  magnates  to  syndicate  baseball — as 
the  theatrical  interests  of  the  country  have  been 
gathered  under  a  trust — he  made  the  fight  single- 
handed  that  resulted  in  the  overthrow  of  a  scheme 
that  would  have  prostituted  a  nation's  pastime. 

One  of  the  most  notable  achievements  of  Mr. 
Spalding's  baseball  career  was  the  organization 
and  carrying  out  of  a  project  to  introduce  the 
American  game  to  foreign  lands.  This  he  did  in 
1888,  by  enlisting  the  services  of  two  teams  of  star 
professionals,  whom  he  took  on  a  world  girdling 
voyage,  visiting  Hawaii,  New  Zealand,  Australia, 
India,  Egypt,  Italy,  France  and  Great  Britain,  play- 
ing games  in  all  those  counties,  showing  its  quali- 
ties before  the  peoples  of  the  Antipodes,  exhibiting 
its  peculiarities  with  the  Sphinx  as  a  back  stop, 
and  demonstrating  the  ability  of  American  base- 
ball players  to  acquit  themselves  with  credit  in 
contests  with  the  best  of  British  cricketers  at  the 
national  game  of  Great  Britain  and  her  colonies. 

In  1911,  Mr.  Spalding  published  a  book  entitled 
"America's  National  Game,"  which  is  the  most  pre- 
tentious volume  ever  written  on  the  subject  of 
baseball.  This  book  has  had  a  very  wide  sale, 
which  still  continues,  owing  to  its  historical  excel- 
lence and  literary  merits. 

While  paying  a  visit  to  England  in  1874,  in  con- 
nection with  the  first  trip  of  American  ball  players 
to  a  foreign  country,  Mr.  Spalding's  quick  eye  de- 
tected commercial  conditions  that  led  to  the  later 
establishment  of  the  great  sporting  goods  house  of 
A-  G.  Spalding  &  Bros.  In  seeking  to  secure  an 
outfit  that  would  equip  him  to  play  the  game  of 
cricket  in  good  form,  Mr.  Spalding  noted  that  in 
London  shops  everything  was  specialized.  Did  he 
want  a  cricket  ball,  he  must  get  it  from  one  house. 
Did  he  want  a  cricket  hat  or  cap,  he  must  go  to 
another.  For  a  cricket  uniform  or  shoes,  he  had  to 
find  the  shop  of  Smith,  or  Jones,  or  Robinson.  The 
result  of  his  tedious  shopping  inspired  in  his 
mind  the  question,  Why  not  have  an  athletic  goods 
emporium  where  all  the  accessories  of  sport  can  be 
bought  under  one  roof?  Why  should  there  not  be 
established  a  house  where  the  uniforms  and  imple- 
ments of  every  form  of  sport  could  be  purchased? 

The  problem  thus  presented  to  the  ambitious 
young  ball  player  filled  his  mind  until  it  found  a 


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solution  in  the  formation,  in  1876,  of  a  copartner- 
ship between  A.  G.  Spalding  and  his  brother,  J. 
Walter  Spalding,  at  Chicago.  The  history  of  A.  G. 
Spalding  &  Bros,  has  no  place  here,  but  the  fact 
that  the  business  of  the  small  concern  that  was 
founded  in  1876  has  grown  until  it  requires  the  aid 
of  an  army  of  employes,  and  branch  houses  in  all 
leading  cities  of  the  United  States,  Canada,  Great 
Britain  and  Australia  to  meet  the  demands  upon  it, 
is  certainly  a  tribute  to  the  business  sagacity  of 
A.  G.  Spalding,  its  founder. 

Mr.  Spalding  has  had  a  political  career,  brief  but 
sensational.  The  first  primary  election  of  Cali- 
fornia bearing  upon  the  choice  of  U.  S.  Senator, 
was  held  August  16,  1910.  The  last  preceding  Leg- 
islature had  enacted  the  first  measure  providing 
for  such  an  election.  The  bill  had  provoked  much 
discussion  and  occupied  a  good  deal  of  the  session. 
Finally,  shortly  before  adjournment,  it  was  enacted 
into  law,  receiving  the  unusual  endorsement  of  a 
unanimous  vote  of  all  members,  representing  every 
shade  of  political  partisanship. 

The  law  as  passed  provided  for  a  choice  of  can- 
didates for  the  United  States  Senatorship  fty  the 
several  legislative  districts  of  the  State.  It  was 
in  accord  with  the  spirit  of  the  Constitution  of  the 
United  States.  It  was  to  safeguard  the  rights  and 
interests  of  the  people  of  all  sections.  It  was  recog- 
nized that  by  no  other  means  could  fair  represen- 
tation be  given  to  suburban  peoples.  It  was  known 
that  choice  of  representatives  in  the  upper  house 
of  Congress,  under  popular  vote,  would  mean  the 
selection  invariably  of  candidates  from  the  con- 
gested localities;  that  the  rural  districts,  though 
having  plenty  of  available  Senatorial  timber,  would 
forever  be  eliminated,  as  in  other  vears.  from  all 
hopes  of  preferment  for  their  favorite  sons. 

There  had  been  for  a  long  time  in  California  an 
unwritten  political  law  that  United  States  Sena- 
torial representation  should  alternate  between  the 
northern  and  southern  sections  of  the  State;  that 
is.  that  when  the  Senator  who  was  to  continue  in 
office  had  his  home  north  of  the  Tehachapi  the  one 
to  be  elected  should  live  south  of  that  line.  It 
happened  that  first  after  the  passage  of  the  pri- 
mary law,  the  election  to  be  held  was  to  fill  the 
place  made  vacant  in  the  United  States  Senate  by 
the  expiration  of  the  term  of  Senator  Frank  Flint, 
of  Los  Angeles-  As  Hon.  Geo.  Perkins,  the  hold- 
over Senator,  was  from  Oakland,  it  was  conceded 
that  the  new  candidate  should  be  from  the  South. 

Senator  Flint  declining  to  be  a  candidate  for  re- 
election. Los  Angeles  placed  two  Republicans  in 
the  field,  John  D.  Works  (Lincoln-Roosevelt  fac- 
tion), and  Mr.  E.  A.  Meserve,  the  opposition. 

Prominent  citizens  of  San  Diego,  and  friends 
from  different  parts  of  the  State,  urged  Mr.  Spalding 
to  enter  the  race.  He  declined  the  honor,  assuring 
his  would-be  constituents  that  he  had  no  political 
ambitions:  had  never  been  a  candidate  for  public 
office  "nd  had  no  faith  to  believe  he  could  be  made 
United  States  Senator  under  existing  political  con- 
ditions in  California,  since  he  belonged  to  no  fac- 
tion, but  was  simply  a  Republican.  His  friends, 
however,  were  importunate,  and  he  at  last  con- 
sented, reluctantly,  to  be  a  candidate. 

He  had  jnst  thirty  days  in  which  to  make  his 
campaign.  The  primary  election  was  held  August 
10.  The  result  showed  that  A.  G.  Spalding  had 
carried  the  legislative  districts  of  the  State,  under 
the  nrimarv  law,  by  an  overwhelming  majority 
over  both  his  competitors.  E.  A.  Meserve  received 
the  vote  in  five  districts.  John  D.  Works  had  ma- 
jorities in  forty  districts,  and  A.  G.  Spalding  carried 
seventy-five  districts,  and,  many  eminent  lawyers 


declared,  was  clearly  entitled  to  an  election  by 
the  Legislature  under  a  law  of  its  own  enactment. 

Then  began  a  remarkable  exhibition  of  political 
pulling  and  hauling  to  secure  the  election  of  John 
D.  Works.  The  Spalding  people  contended  that  in- 
asmuch as  Mr.  Spalding  had  carried  a  majority  of 
the  districts  he  should  be  elected  U.  S.  Senator  by 
the  Legislature  when  it  assembled.  The  Works  peo- 
ple held  to  the  view  that  the  popular  majority  se- 
cured by  Works  entitled  him  to  the  Senatorship.  The 
controversy  raged  fiercely  over  the  construction  of 
the  primary  law  and  as  to  whether  or  not  members 
of  the  Legislature  were  bound  by  the  will  of  the 
voters  in  their  district  as  reflected  in  the  election. 

The  political  organization  which  was  in  control 
of  the  State  and  the  State  Legislature  declared 
that  Works  should  be  chosen  and  Mr.  Spalding  was 
defeated.  Former  U.  S.  Senator  Cornelius  Cole  of 
Los  Angeles  declared  this  defeat  of  Mr.  Spalding 
and  the  election  of  John  D.  Works  "the  most  in- 
famous political  outrage  of  modern  times." 

Whatever  the  merits  of  the  controversy  in  other 
respects,  the  fact  remains  that  the  contention  in  be- 
half of  Spalding's  choice  was  based  upon  the  strict 
letter  of  the  primary  law,  while  that  of  his  competi- 
tor was  founded  solely  upon  the  desires  of  political 
party  managers. 

Since  making  his  home  in  California,  about  a 
dozen  years  ago,  Mr.  Spalding  has  been  deeply  in- 
terested in  and  closely  connected  with  the  good 
roads  movement.  He  began  by  personal  activity 
in  behalf  of  road  improvement  in  the  vicinity  of 
his  home  on  Point  Loma.  The  excellence  of  the 
roads  constructed  by  him,  at  his  own  expense, 
attracted  attention  of  the  people  of  San  Diego,  who, 
through  the  local  authorities,  urged  him  to  build  a 
similar  road  connecting  the  city  with  Ocean  Beach, 
Roseville  and  the  United  States  Military  and  Naval 
Reservation.  This  has  become  famous  as  one  of 
the  best  boulevard  systems  of  America.  It  was 
largely  through  Mi.  Spalding's  personal  efforts  that 
the  Government  was  induced  to  make  an  appropria- 
tion of  $40,000  for  an  extension  of  this  system 
along  the  crest  of  Point  Loma,  to  the  Old  Spanish 
Lighthouse,  a  magnificent  scenic  drive. 

As  a  result  of  his  boulevard  work,  he  was  urged 
to  take  charge  of  a  movement  to  secure  a  bond  is- 
sue of  $1,250,000  for  the  construction  of  about  500 
miles  of  roads  in  the  back  county  of  San  Diego 
County.  The  issue  carried  by  a  very  large  majority 
of  the  county  votes,  and  a  Commission  (A.  G.  Spald- 
ing, John  D.  Spreckels  and  E.  W.  Scripps)  was  ap- 
pointed to  undertake  the  enterprise.  The  work  was 
placed  in  the  hands  of  A.  B.  Fletcher  (later  Chief 
Eng.,  Cal.  State  Highway  Comms.),  who  laid  the 
foundation  for  the  system. 

Mr.  Spalding  was  elected  Vice  Pres.  of  the 
"Ocean-to-Ocean"  Highway  Assn.,  with  headquar- 
ters at  Los  Angeles;  but  learning  that  the  organiza- 
tion proposed  to  construct  the  western  length 
through  a  pathless  desert  of  shifting  sands,  he  de- 
clined to  serve. 

Mr.  Spalding  is  President  and  executive  head 
of  the  San  Diego  Securities  Company,  having  an 
authorized  capital  of  $2,000,000,  with  $1,250,000  paid 
up.  The  company  owns  in  fee  simple  several  miles 
of  harbor  frontage  on  San  Diego  Bay,  and  consid- 
erably over  one  thousand  acres  of  beautiful  villa 
property  on  the  scenic  crest  of  Point  Loma.  It  also 
owns  valuable  property  at  National  City  as  well  as 
the  land  upon  which  is  located  the  club  house  and 
18-hole  course  of  the  Point  Loma  Golf  Club. 

Mr.  Spalding  is  a  member  of  the  French  Legion 
of  Honor,  and  possesses  the  medal  of  that  order. 
He  belongs  to  numerous  social  and  commercial 
clubs  in  the  larger  cities  of  the  country. 


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ARRETT,  WILLIAM  ERNEST, 
Consulting  Gas  Engineer,  New 
York,  N.  Y.,  Los  Angeles  and 
San  Francisco,  California,  was 
born  in  Nashville,  Tennessee,  Feb- 
ruary 16,  1870,  the  son  of  Albert 
Read  Barrett  and  Marie  Louise  (Barnes)  Barrett. 
He  married  Charlotte  Josephine  Ricker  at  Law- 
rence, Massachusetts,  October  13,  1893,  and  to  them 
there  was  born  a  daughter,  Gretchen  Crommelin 
Barrett.  He  is  descended  of 
old  American  stock,  his  an- 
cestors on  both  sides  of  the 
family  having  been  men  of 
affairs  in  the  days  of  the 
Revolution.  One  of  these, 
John  Crommelin,  of  New 
York  City,  was  one  of  the 
original  organizers  of  Trinity 
Parish,  and  his  great  grand- 
uncle,  John  Barrett,  gave 
his  life  to  the  Republic  at 
the  Battle  of  Lexington. 
Lewis  Barnes,  his  maternal 
great-g  randfather,  was  a 
banker  at  Portsmouth,  New 
Hampshire,  and  the  owner 
of  a  line  of  ocean  ships  sail- 
ing between  New  York  and 
France.  B.  F.  Barrett,  his 
paternal  grandfather,  estab- 
lished the  Barrett  Roofing 
Company  of  Chicago. 

Mr.  Barrett  received  his 
early  education  in  public  and 
private  schools  of  Philadel- 
phia, Pennsylvania,  and  also 
attended  the  first  public  man- 
ual training  school  in  the 
United  States,  established  by 
Lieutenant  Robert  Crawford, 
of  the  United  States  Navy. 
He  concluded  his  studies  at 
the  University  of  Pennsyl- 
vania, graduating  in  the  class 
of  1889  with  the  degree  of  Mechanical  Engineer. 

Prior  to  his  graduation,  Mr.  Barrett  determined 
to  specialize  in  gas  engineering  and,  following  the 
receipt  of  his  degree,  became  Assistant  Engineer 
to  James  E.  Leadley,  of  the  Hanley  &  Leadley  Con- 
struction Company,  which  had  the  contract  for 
building  a  water  gas  plant  for  the  Philadelphia  Gas 
Improvement  Company.  He  continued  in  this  po- 
sition for  about  eight  months,  resigning  to  become 
Assistant  Superintendent  of  the  Globe  Gas  Light 
Company,  of  Philadelphia,  which  was  later  merged 
with  the  United  Gas  Improvement  Company  of  the 
same  city.  Subsequently  he  became  Cadet  Engi- 
neer in  the  construction  department  of  the  corpora- 
tion and  was  then  promoted  to  the  position  of  Con- 
struction Engineer,  which  he  filled  until  1893. 

At  this  time  he  went  to  Montgomery,  Alabama, 
as  General  Manager  of  the  Montgomery  Railway 
&  Light  Company,  remaining  there  for  a  year. 
During  this  time  he  brought  about  the  consolida- 
tion of  the  two  competing  companies,  thus  bringing 
the  business  down  to  an  economical  basis. 

Returning  to  Pennsylvania,  in  1894,  Mr.  Barrett 
took  the  management  of  the  Lower  Merion  Gas 
Company,  a  subsidiary  of  the  United  Gas  Improve- 
ment Company  covering  the  territory  from  Phila- 
delphia to  Paoli,  Pennsylvania.  After  several  years 


W.   E.   BARRETT 


Mr.  Barrett  acquired  all  the  electric  properties  in 
that  section,  and  in  May,  1903,  merged  these  com- 
panies into  the  Merion  &  Radnor  Gas  &  Elec- 
tric Company,  retaining  the  management  of  the 
new  concern. 

While  a  resident  of  Lower  Merion  Township, 
Mr.  Barrett,  who  is  a  Republican  in  his  political 
affiliations,  was  elected  a  member  of  the  first  Board 
of  Commissioners  of  the  Township,  serving  from 
1900  to  March,  1904.  While  on  the  Board  he  de- 
signed and  supervised  the 
construction  of  the  entire 
system  of  drainage  in  the 
place,  forty-tour  miles  of 
sewers,  and  also  was  en- 
gaged in  other  civic  improve- 
ments. 

In  January,  1904,  Mr.  Bar- 
rett resigned  the  manage- 
ment of  the  corporation  he 
had  organized  and  went  to 
Scranton,  Pennsylvania, 
where  he  took  charge  of  the 
gas  department  of  the  Scran- 
ton  Gas  &  Water  Company, 
remaining  in  that  capacity 
until  1906. 

Upon  leaving  Scranton, 
Mr.  Barrett  was  appointed 
Chief  Consulting  Gas  Engi- 
neer for  J.  G.  White  & 
Company,  of  New  York,  the 
largest  engineering  firm  in 
the  world.  He  still  retains 
this  position  and  during  the 
six  years  he  has  occupied  it 
has  designed  and  constructed 
several  notable  plants  in 
various  parts  of  the  United 
States.  Among  others  he 
built  the  entire  gas  works  at 
Moline,  Illinois,  which  sup- 
plies gas  to  the  cities  of  Mo- 
line  and  Rock  Island.  This 
was  one  of  the  most  remark- 
able engineering  feats  in  the  history  of  gas  con- 
struction, he  having  completed  in  seventy-eight 
days  a  plant  having  3,000,000  feet  per  day  capacity. 
In  the  early  part  of  1912,  Mr.  Barrett  was  com- 
missioned by  his  company  to  engineer  the  con- 
struction of  a  12-inch  natural  gas  pipe  line  115 
miles  long,  extending  from  the  Midway  oil  fields 
of  California  to  the  city  of  Los  Angeles.  In  this 
work  he  occupied  the  unique  position  of  managing 
himself,  he  being  General  Manager  and  Consult- 
ing Engineer  of  the  Midway  Gas  Company,  and  also 
Assistant  General  Manager  of  the  Southern  Cali- 
fornia Gas  Company. 

The  work  in  which  Mr.  Barrett  is  engaged  in 
California  is  one  of  the  largest  natural  gas  enter- 
prises- in  the  country  and  an  industry  of  great 
importance  to  its  home  State. 

Mr.  Barrett,  who  is  generally  considered  one  of 
the  leading  experts  of  his  profession,  is  a  member 
of  the  American  Gas  Institute,  New  York  Electric 
Society,  Natural  Gas  Association  of  America,  Amer- 
ican Society  of  Electrical  Engineers-Associate,  Illi- 
nois Gas  Association  and  the  Los  Angeles  Chamber 
of  Mines  and  Oil.  His  clubs  are  the  Montana  Club, 
Helena,  Montana;  Engineers'  Club  of  Northeast 
Pennsylvania  and  the  Los  Angeles  Athletic  Club, 
of  Los  Angeles. 


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YRNE,  JOHN  JOSEPH,  Assistant 
Passenger  Traffic  Manager  of  the 
Santa  Fe  Railroad,  Los  Angeles, 
California,  is  a  native  of  the 
Dominion  of  Canada.  He  was 
born  at  Hamilton,  Ontario,  in 
1859.  His  father  was  Andrew  W.  Byrne  and  his 
mother  Mary  (Flannigan)  Byrne. 

In   Chicago,   Illinois,   June   8,   1892,   he   married 
Mary  Castle.    There  are  three  children,  Constance, 
Beatrice     and     John     Castle 
Byrne. 

He  was  educated  in  the 
schools  of  Hamilton,  Canada, 
in  which  city  he  spent  his 
early  life. 

Mr.  Byrne  has  been  a 
railroad  man  all  of  his  busi- 
ness life,  which  began  in 
1873,  with  the  Great  Western 
Railway  system  in  Canada. 
There  he  worked  his  way 
from  the  position  of  office 
boy  in  that  company,  with 
promotion  after  promotion 
following  in  rapid  succes- 
sion, until  today  he  holds  an 
enviable  place  in  the  rail- 
road world.  However,  the 
history  of  his  success  has 
not  been  a  jump  from  office 
boy  to  the  top,  but  has  been 
a  series  of  many  merited  ad- 
vances, with  years  of  per- 
sistent study  and  the  devel- 
opment of  a  genius  for  his 
chosen  work. 

From  office  boy  in  the 
auditor's  office  of  the  Great  Western  Railway  he 
was  advanced  to  clerk  in  the  same  office,  December 
19,  1877. 

On  October  14,  1880,  he  became  clerk  in  the 
General  Passenger  Agent's  office  of  the  Chicago 
and  Alton  Railway,  with  offices  at  Chicago.  From 
that  date  until  one  year  later  he  acted  in  the  ca- 
pacity of  rate  clerk  on  the  St.  Louis,  Iron  Moun- 
tain and  Southern  Railway. 

His  next  advance  was  into  the  office  of  the  Gen- 
eral Passenger  Department  of  the  Missouri  Pacific 
Railway. 

From  January  1,  1882,  until  March  of  the  fol- 
lowing year  he  was  employed  in  the  same  position 
with  the  Michigan  Central  Railwa>. 

During  the  next  two  years  he  was  made  secre- 
tary of  the  Chicago  Railroad  Association,  with  of- 
fices in  that  city,  and  at  the  same  time  he  acted 
as  chief  clerk  in  the  General  Passenger  office  of 
the  Michigan  Central  system. 

On  April  1,  1885,  he  went  to  Oregon,  where  he 
became  the  general  passenger  and  ticket  agent  of 
the  Oregon  Railway  and  Navigation  Company. 


J.  J.  BYRNE 


In  August,  1887,  he  was  made  passenger  agent 
for  the  Atlantic  and  Pacific  Railway  of  San  Fran- 
cisco, with  headquarters  situated  in  that  city.  He 
became  a  typical  Western  railroad  man,  display- 
ing that  interest  in  the  growth  and  upbuilding  of 
the  Far  West  which  was  so  essential  to  the  pros- 
perity of  his  interests.  He  devoted  his  princi- 
pal efforts  to  colonization  work,  thereby  creat- 
ing the  phenomenal  growth  of  railway  sys- 
tems on  the  Pacific  Coast. 

From    December    1,    1887, 

until  the  following  Septem- 
ber, he  acted  in  the  capacity 
of  chief  clerk  of  the  Pas- 
senger Department  of  the 
Chicago,  Santa  Fe  and  Cali- 
fornia Railway,  with  its 
headquarters  located  at  Chi- 
cago. He  was  next  made  as- 
sistant general  passenger 
and  ticket  agent  of  the  road, 
which  office  he  retained  un- 
til January  1,  1890,  when 
on  the  consolidation  of  that 
system  with  the  Santa  Fe 
lines  he  went  over  to  the 
parent  organization  and  re- 
mained in  various  capacities 
up  to  January  31,  1895,  when 
he  took  up  the  important  du- 
ties of  assistant  passenger 
traffic  manager  of  that  rail- 
road. Meanwhile  he  was 
made  general  passenger 
agent  for  the  Southern  Cali- 
fornia Railway,  a  subsidiary 
interest,  and  on  March  1, 
1896,  was  appointed  gen- 
eral passenger  agent  of  the  Atlantic  and  Pacific 
Railroads,  another  Santa  Fe  interest,  both  of 
which  were  later  merged  into  the  growing  Santa 
Fe  System.  • 

On  July  1,  1899,  he  was  made  general  passenger 
agent  of  the  San  Francisco  and  San  Joaquin  Valley 
Railroad,  another  line  that  was  ultimately  consoli- 
dated with  the  Santa  Fe  system.  On  October,  1905, 
he  became  assistant  passenger  traffic  manager  of 
the  Santa  Fe  Railroad. 

For  twenty-seven  years  he  has  been  in  the  rail- 
road profession,  during  which  time  he  has  worked 
with  most  of  the  leading  Western  and  Canadian 
railroads.  When  he  received  a  position  he  stayed 
with  it  until  he  had  successfully  mastered  the  du- 
ties of  the  office,  and  as  a  result  he  is  today  ac- 
knowledged to  be  one  of  the  best  equipped  railroad 
men  in  the  West.  His  work  in  behalf  of  Southern 
California  has  been  one  of  the  strong  factors  in 
the  upbuilding  of  that  country. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  California,  Sunset,  Celtic, 
Gamut  and  Los  Angeles  Country  Clubs;  belongs  to 
the  Los  Angeles  Chamber  of  Commerce  and  the 
Merchants  and  Manufacturers'  Association. 


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NOOK,  CHARLES  ED- 
WARD, Attorney  at  Law. 
Oakland,  was  born  in  San 
Francisco,  February  19,  1863, 
the  son  of  William  S.  and 
Susan  Helen  (Louchran)  Snook.  His  pa- 
ternal ancestors  arrived  in  America,  from 
England,  in  1812,  and  became  residents  of 
New  York  State,  while  his  mother's  family, 
which  was  of  Irish  ori- 
gin, settled  in  Vermont 
On  February  19,  1889, 
Charles  E.  Snook  .  was 
married  in  Oakland  to 
Miss  Jennie  Wade.  The 
children  of  this  marriage 
are  Charles  Wade,  born 
June  19,  1890;  Preston 
Edward,  March  9,  1896, 
and  Helen  Jean  Snook, 
December  30,  1898. 

From  1868  to  1875  Mr. 
Snook  attended  the  pri- 
mary and  grammar 
schools  of  Oakland,  and 
for  the  next  three  years 
was  a  student  at  the  Oak- 
land High  School,  which 
he  left  in  1879  to  enter 
the  employ  of  Goldberg, 
Bowen  &  Co.,  grocers. 

Beginning  as  a  sugar 
boy  he  remained  with  his 
employers  until  he  be- 
came a  buyer  for  the 
house,  in  January,  1886. 
During  the  last  two  and 
a  half  years  of  this  period  he  studied  law 
under  the  direction  of  Judge  S.  P.  Hall,  of 
the  Appellate  Bench,  and  on  February  1, 
1886,  was  admitted  to  the  Bar  in  San  Fran- 
cisco, prior  to  this  time  having  been  in  court 
but  once,  and  that  time  for  the  purpose  of 
seeing  a  murder  trial. 

Immediately  after  his  admittance  to  the 
Bar  Mr.  Snook  opened  an  office,  with 
Messrs.  Lowenthal  and  Sutter,  at  220  San- 
some  street,  San  Francisco,  for  the  general 
practice  of  his  profession.  This  at  first  was 
of  very  moderate  proportions,  but  gradually 
drew  him  into  the  land  law  branch  of  it, 
where  progress  became  somewhat  more  rapid. 
After  one  year  of  this  connection  he  formed  a 
partnership  under  the  firm  name  of  Sutter  & 
Snook,  and  engaged  in  a  general  civil  prac- 
tice, consisting  chiefly  of  mechanics'  liens, 
probate  matters,  etc. 

In  1888.  the  political  field  having:  become 


CHARLES 


somewhat  attractive  to  him,  Mr.  Snook  was 
a  candidate  for  the  office  of  Justice  of  the 
Peace,  in  Oakland,  and  was  elected  on  the 
Republican  ticket.  Taking  office,  December 
1,  1887,  he  served  four  years,  so  successfully 
that  he  was  induced  to  run  for  the  District 
Attorneyship  of  Oakland.  In  this  he  was 
again  the  victor,  and  assumed  the  duties  of 
his  position  on  January  1,  1893.  During  his 
six  years'  incumbency  he 
was  prosecutor  in  a  wide 
variety  of  cases,  includ- 
ing several  murder  trials. 
His  work  attracted  espe- 
cial interest  during  his 
prosecution  of  the  Super- 
visors of  the  County  of 
Alameda,  who  had  been 
charged  with  paying  ex- 
orbitant bills,  with  gen- 
eral extravagance  and 
misconduct  in  office. 

In  1895  Mr.  Snook 
formed  a  partnership  with 
Mr.  S.  L.  Church,  who 
was  his  chief  deputy  in 
the  office  of  District  At- 
torney. This  has  been  a 
notably  happy  combina- 
tion, developing  an  ex- 
tensive and  important 
practice,  especially  on  the 
east  side  of  the  Bay, 
chiefly  in  corporation 
law.  Following  the  cus- 
E.  SNOOK  torn  prevalent  in  England, 

and  in  most  large  Ameri- 
can legal  firms,  the  partners  have  specialized 
in  different  branches  of  the  profession,  Mr. 
Snook  handling  the  civil  end  and  Mr.  Church 
the  criminal  branch  of  the  business.  Mr. 
Snook  was  Secretary  of  the  State  Central 
Committee  under  Pardee,  and  is  an  enthusi- 
astic supporter  of  the  Progressive  wing 
of  the  party.  Throughout  the  Pardee  admin- 
istration he  was  attorney  for  the  Regents  of 
the  University  of  California,  but  was  retired 
after  serving  ten  months  of  the  Gillette 
regime. 

His  firm  acts  as  the  local  attorneys  for 
the  W.  P.  Ry.  Co.,  Oakland  &  Antioch  Ry. 
Co.,  Security  Bank  &  Trust  Co.,  Judson  Mfg. 
Co.,  H.  C.  Capwell  Co.,  Pacific  Coast  Lumber 
&  Mill  Co.,  and  Hale  Bros.  He  is  P.  G.  M.  of 
the  A.  O.  U.  W.,  a  Blue  'Lodge  Mason,  K.  T., 
and  a  Mystic  Shriner. 

His  clubs  are  the  Athenian  and  the  Nile 
of  Oakland. 


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ANNA,  GEORGE,  Investments,  Los 
Angeles,  California,  was  born  in 
Salem,  Washington  County,  New 
York,  December  18,  1845,  the  son 
of  Robert  Hanna  and  Mary  Ann 
(Rea)  Hanna.  He  is  of  Scotch- 
Irish  descent.  He  married  Julia  Mandigo  at  Auro- 
ra, Illinois,  on  Christmas  Day,  1872,  and  to  them 
there  were  born  two  children.  Rea  Hanna,  the 
elder,  is  now  United  States  Consul  at  Georgetown, 
British  Guiana.  The  daugh- 
ter is  Pauline  Hanna. 

Mr.  Hanna  attended  the 
public  schools  of  his  native 
town  until  he  was  nine  years 
of  age  and  his  parents  mov- 
ing at  that  time  to  Illinois, 
he  finished  his  studies  in  the 
public  schools  of  Aurora. 

He  began  his  business 
career  at  the  age  of  sixteen 
years  as  a  clerk  in  a  grocery 
store.  He  only  remained  in 
that  position  about  a  year 
and  then  became  a  clerk  in 
a  drug  house,  where  he 
worked  for  about  two  years. 
His  father  and  brother 
owned  a  general  merchandise 
store  in  Aurora,  and  in  1865 
Mr.  Hanna  bought  out  the 
interest  of  his  father,  who 
was  desirous  of  retiring  from 
business.  The  firm  then  be- 
came known  as  Hanna 
Brothers  and  for  the  next 
eight  years  Mr.  Hanna  de- 
voted his  time  to  the  busi- 
ness. 

In  1873  the  brothers  sold 
their  Aurora  business  and 
went  to  Chicago  where  they 
engaged  in  real  estate  opera- 
tions. They  handled  their 
own  property,  but,  at  the  end 

of  two  years  sold  out  and  returned  to  Aurora, 
where  they  again  engaged  in  the  general  mercan- 
tile business.  In  1881,  his  two  brothers,  who  were  in 
partnership  with  him,  sold  their  interests  in  the 
store  and  he  continued  it  alone.  He  was  thus  en- 
gaged for  about  five  years,  when  he  made  a  trip 
.  to  California,  and  was  so  charmed  with  the  country 
that  he  returned  the  following  January.  At  that 
time  he  remained  about  two  months  and  made  some 
fortunate  real  estate  investments  which  determined 
him  upon  locating  permanently  in  Los  Angeles. 

Accordingly,  he  returned  to  Illinois,  and  in  Sep- 
tember, 1887,  having  disposed  of  his  business  there, 
he  moved  his  family  to  Los  Angeles.  He  had  pur- 
chased an  orange  grove  in  the  Vernon  district, 
just  outside  of  the  city  limits  of  Los  Angeles,  on 
his  first  trip  We&t,  and  he  made  his  home  there. 
For  the  first  five  years  he  was  engaged  in  orange 
growing  and  also  took  an  active  part  in  the  affairs 
of  Vernon,  being  a  school  Trustee  and  Deputy 
County  Assessor. 

In  the  late  eighties,  Mr.  Hanna  was  appointed 
Receiver  for  the  Visalia  Water  Company  of  Tulare 
County,  California,  and  within  a  few  months  had 
the  property  in  a  paying  condition.  In  1892,  upon 
closing  the  receivership,  Mr.  Hanna  leased  his 
orange  ranch  at  Vernon,  and  located  temporarily 


GEO.  HANNA 


in  Tulare  County.  There  he  became  interested  in 
various  enterprises  and  accepted  the  managership 
of  a  company  which  was  engaged  in  extensive  ir- 
rigation projects,  one  of  which  was  the  irrigation 
ditch  from  the  Kaweah  River  to  Exeter,  California, 
now  one  of  the  finest  orange-growing  sections  in 
the  State  of  California. 

In  1895,  Mr.  Hanna  formed  the  West  Los  Angeles 
Water  Company,  which  supplied  water  to  Hollywood, 
the  National  Soldiers'  Home  at  Sawtelle,  and  other 
places  adjacent  to  Los  An- 
geles. Later  Mr.  Hanna  and 
his  associates  purchased  the 
West  Side  Water  Company 
of  Los  Angeles  and  further 
extended  their  territory  to 
include  all  of  the  western 
part  of  the  city  proper.  Mr. 
Hanna  was  one  of  the  princi- 
pal stockholders  of  this 
company  and  served  as  Gen- 
eral Manager  for  a  period  of 
twelve  years.  During  this 
time  he  established  himself 
as  one  of  the  pioneers  in  the 
field  of  public  utilities  and 
aided  materially  in  the  up- 
building of  a  large  part  of 
the  West  Side  of  Los  Ange- 
les. In  1904,  Mr.  Hanna  and 
associates  sold  the  West 
Side  Water  Company  and  a 
portion  of  the  holdings  of  the 
West  Los  Angeles  Company, 
lying  in  the  city  limits,  to 
the  City  of  Los  Angeles. 
Two  years  later  they  sold 
the  remaining  holdings  of 
the  West  Los  Angeles  Com- 
pany to  the  Union  Hollywood 
Water  Company. 

Previous  to  the  last 
named  deal,  Mr.  Hanna  pur- 
chased a  large  interest  in 
the  Security  Land  &  Loan 

Company,  a  corporation  of  which  H.  J.  Whitley 
was  President  and  General  Manager,  and  purchased 
about  50,000  acres  of  land  in  the  San  Joaquin  Val- 
ley. The  tract  included  the  towns  of  Angiola,  Cor- 
coran and  Waukena,  California.  Mr.  Hanna  as- 
sumed the  duties  of  local  representative  of  the 
company  and  was  one  of  the  principal  factors  in 
the  development  of  that  section  of  California. 
He  was  active  in  that  work  for  about  three 
years  and  in  1910  returned  to  Los  Angeles,  where 
he  acquired  an  interest  in  the  Van  Nuys  and 
Lankershim  Lands  in  the  San  Fernando  Valley. 
Since  that  time  he  has  been  active  in  that  locality. 
Besides  the  above  mentioned  company,  Mr. 
Hanna  is  interested  in  various  other  enterprises, 
these  including  the  Corcoran  Water  Company,  of 
which  he  is  President;  the  Security  Land  &  Loan 
Company,  in  which  he  is-  Vice-President,  and  the 
Corcoran  Land  Company  of  which  he  is  President. 
He  is  interested  in  several  banks  throughout  Cali- 
fornia as  a  Member  of  the  BoaM  of  Directors. 
These  are  the  Home  Savings  Bank,  Los  Angeles; 
First  National  Bank  of  Corcoran,  Vir^t  National 
Bank  of  Van  Nuys,  and  the  Bank  of  Lani?rrshim. 

Mr.  Hanna  is  a  member  of  the  Hollywood  Lodge 
of  Masons  and  a  prominent  Republican,  although 
he  takes  no  active  part  in  politics. 


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INDLEY,  CURTIS  HOL- 
BROOK,  Attorney  at  Law, 
and  President  of  the  San 
Francisco  Bar  Association, 
was  born  at  Marysville,  Cali- 
fornia, December  14,  1850,  the  son  of  Charles 
Lindley  and  Anna  Eliza  (Downey)  Lindley. 
His  paternal  ancestors  came  to  this  country 
from  England  about  the  year  1684  and  set- 
tled in  Connecticut,  while 
his  mother's  family, 
which  was  of  Scotch  or- 
igin, chose  Virginia  as  a 
place  of  residence.  His 
forbears  on  both  sides  of 
the  house  fought  in  the 
war  for  American  Inde- 
pendence. Charles  Lind- 
ley, a  graduate  of  the 
Yale  Law  School,  reached 
California  in  1849,  where 
he  first  engaged  in  the 
practice  of  the  law,  and 
subsequently  became 
Judge  of  Yuba  County. 

Curtis  H.  Lindley  was 
married  at  Santa  Clara, 
California,  June  14,  1872, 
to  Miss  Lizzie  Menden- 
hall,  daughter  of  Wm.  M. 
Mendenhall,  a  California 
Pioneer  of  1845.  The 
children  of  this  marriage 
are  Josephine  and  Curtis 
M.  Lindley. 

After  a  course  in  the 
Grammar  School  o  f 
Marysville  he  entered  Santa  Clara  College, 
Santa  Clara,  California,  in  1863,  and  re- 
mained there  two  years.  From  1865  to  1866, 
inclusive,  he  was  a  student  at  Eagleswood 
Military  Academy,  Perth  Amboy,  N.  J.  Re- 
turning to  California  he  attended  McClure's 
Military  Academy  and  the  San  Francisco 
High  School,  during  the  years  1868-70.  In 
the  latter  year  he  entered  the  University  of 
California,  where  he  remained  until  1872,  and 
then,  having  studied  law,  in  connection  with 
the  regular  academic  work,  took  his  Bar  ex- 
aminations for  admittance  to  practice. 

In  the  first  half  of  the  interval  1866-68  he 
was  apprenticed  as  a  machinist  to  the  Union 
Iron  Works  of  San  Francisco,  and  in  the 
following  year,  though  under  age,  enlisted 
in  the  Second  United  States  Artillery,  but 
was  honorably  discharged  in  1868. 

Shortly  prior  to  his  admittance  to  the  Bar 
in  1872  he  was  appointed  Secretary  of  the 


CURTIS  H. 


California  Code  Commission,  a  position  which 
he  filled  until  the  codes  were  finally  adopted 
and  published.  In  1882  Mr.  Lindley  moved 
to  Stockton,  and  in  the  following  year  was 
appointed  City  Attorney,  serving  until  the 
latter  part  of  1884,  when  he  again  shifted  the 
scene  of  his  efforts,  this  time  to  Amador 
County,  having  been  appointed  by  the  Gov- 
ernor, Superior  Judge  of  that  County.  He 
returned  to  private  prac- 
tice in  1885,  and  a  year 
later  formed  a  partner- 
ship, in  San  Francisco, 
with  Henry  Eickhoff, 
which  has  continued. 

During  these  years 
Judge  Lindley  estab- 
lished a  reputation  not 
only  as  an  attorney,  but 
also  as  a  student  of  juris- 
prudence, and  in  1900 
was  made  Honorary  Pro- 
fessor in  the  Department 
of  Jurisprudence  of  the 
University  of  California. 
In  the  same  year  he  be- 
came a  lecturer  in  the 
same  department  of  the 
Leland  Stanford  Jr.  Uni- 
versity. 

Though  his  practice 
has  been  of  a  general  na- 
ture, chiefly  devoted  to 
mining,  water  and  gener- 
al corporation  law,  the 
LINDLEY  atmosphere  in  which  he 

was  born,  and  his  subse- 
quent experience  as  a  judge  in  Amador 
County  have  inspired  him  with  more  than  an 
ordinary  interest  in  the  mineral  industry.  He 
is  the  author  of  "American  Law  of  Mines 
and  Mineral  Lands,"  now  in  its  second  edi- 
tion, and  is  Honorary  Professor  of  the  Law 
of  Mines,  University  of  California. 

In  July,  1911  he  became  a  Director  of  the 
Panama-Pacific  International  Exposition  to 
succeed  Mr.  W.  B.  Bourn,  who  resigned.  He 
is  also  a  director  of  the  Natomas  Consolidat- 
ed of  Cal.,  George  Wm.  Hooper  Co.,  and  the 
Geo.  Wm.  Hooper  Estate  Co.  For  the  year 
1910  he  was  President  of  the  Cal.  Bar  Assn., 
and  is  now  President  of  the  Bar  Assn.  of  San 
Francisco.  He  is  also  a  member  of  the  Cal. 
Academy  of  Science,  American  Bar  Assn. 
and  associate  member  of  the  American  Insti- 
tute of  Mining  Engineers.  His  clubs  are  the 
Pacific-Union,  University,  Commonwealth 
and  Cosmos,  all  of  San  Francisco. 


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REENWAY,  JOHN  CAMPBELL, 
General  Manager  of  the  Calumet 
&  Arizona  Mining  Company,  War- 
ren, Arizona,  was  born  in  Hunts- 
ville,  Alabama,  July  6,  1872,  the 
son  of  Dr.  Gilbert  Christian 
Greenway  and  Alice  (White)  Greenway.  He  is 
descended  of  a  notable  line  of  Southerners,  his 
father  and  grandfather  having  been  soldiers  under 
the  Confederate  flag.  Isaac  Shelby,  first  Governor 
of  Kentucky,  and  Captain  John  Campbell,  of  King's 
Mountain  fame,  two  members  of  the  family  stand 
conspicuous  in  Colonial  day  history. 

Mr.  Greenway,  who  ranks  today  with  the  world's 
great  mine  managers,  had  splendid  educational  ad- 
vantages, but  to  this  he  added  practical  experience. 
He  was  graduated  from  the  Episcopal  High  School 
at  Alexandria,  Virginia,  then  entered  Andover  Acad- 
emy at  Andover,  Mass.  He  attended  the  University 
of  Virginia  and  from  there  went  to  Yale  University, 
where  he  received  his  technical  training.  He  was  a 
conspicuous  figure  in  Yale  from  his  freshman  year, 
when  he  was  chosen  a  member  of  the  "University" 
football  team.  He  was  graduated  with  the  degree 
of  Ph.  B.;  was  voted  President  of  his  class,  also  the 
most  popular  man.  He  played  right  end  on  the 
famous  McCormick  and  Hinkey  football  elevens  of 
1892  and  1893  and  was  catcher  for  the  famous 
"Dutch"  Carter  on  the  'varsity  baseball  nines  of 
those  years — all  part  of  the  history  of  the  university. 

Upon  leaving  college  Mr.  Greenway  sought  to 
learn  the  practical  side  of  the  steel  business,  be- 
ginning at  the  very  bottom.  His  first  employment 
was  as  helper  in  the  Duquesne  furnaces  of  the 
Carnegie  Steel  Company,  where  he  worked  for  a 
dollar  and  thirty-two  cents  per  day.  In  time  he 
was  advanced  to  the  post  of  foreman  of  the  Me- 
chanical Department  and  was  thus  engaged  when 
the  Spanish-American  war  was  declared  in  1898. 

Leaving  his  work,  he  hastened  alone  to  San 
Antonio,  Texas,  and  there  enlisted  as  a  private  in 
the  famous  Rough  Rider  Regiment,  of  which  Theo- 
dore Roosevelt  was  Colonel.  He  served  throughout 
the  war  with  his  regiment  and,  brief  though  those 
hostilities  were,  was  twice  promoted,  on  one  oc- 
casion for  "bravery  and  gallantry  in  action."  He 
was  promoted  to  Second  Lieutenant,  and  at  the 
battle  of  San  Juan  Hill  was  advanced  to  First  Lieu- 
tenant because  of  the  extraordinary  courage  dis- 
played by  him  in  that  historic  engagement.  He 
was  also  recommended  to  Congress  by  Colonel 
Roosevelt  for  the  brevet  of  Captain.  In  his  his- 
tory of  the  "Rough  Riders,"  Colonel  Roosevelt  paid 
a  splendid  tribute  to  Captain  Greenway: 

"A  strapping  fellow,  entirely  fearless,  modest 
and  quiet,  with  the  ability  to  take  care  of  the  men 
under  him  so  as  to  bring  them  to  the  highest  point 
of  soldierly  perfection,  to  be  counted  upon  with 
absolute  certainty  in  every  emergency;  not  only 
doing  his  duty,  but  always  on  the  watch  to  find 
some  new  duty  which  he  could  construe  to  be  his, 
ready  to  respond  with  eagerness  to  the  slightest 
suggestion  of  doing  something,  whether  it  was 
dangerous  or  merely  difficult  and  laborious." 

Returning  from  Cuba  with  a  splendid  war  rec- 
ord, Greenway  re-entered  the  steel  business,  and, 
after  a  year,  was  promoted  Assistant  Superinten- 
dent of  the  United  States  Steel  Corporation's  mines 
at  Ishpeming,  Michigan.  His  work  in  this  connec- 
tion was  of  such  high  caliber  that  when  the  Steel. 
Corporation  purchased  of  J.  J.  Hill  the  Great  North- 
ern Iron  Ore  lease  on  the  Mesaba  Range  in  North- 
ern Minnesota  he  was  chosen  for  the  post  of  Gen- 
eral Superintendent  of  the  undertaking.  This  was 
one  of  the  most  extensive  operations  ever  launched 


by  the  great  corporation,  and  Captain  Greenway's 
conduct  of  it  was  a  personal  triumph,  almost  as 
celebrated  as  the  famous  Hill  ore  lands  themselves. 

Going  to  the  range  in  the  late  summer  of  1906, 
Captain  Greenway  located  the  town  of  Coleraine, 
on  the  shore  of  a  picturesque  lake,  and  began  work 
immediately.  His  entire  stay  in  that  region  was 
characterized  by  a  perfection  of  organization,  in 
which  regard  for  the  hundreds  of  men  who  worked 
under  him  was  mingled  with  a  strict  discipline 
which  made  the  enterprise  one  of  the  great  indus- 
trial successes  of  his  generation.  In  addition  to 
the  actual  work  of  superintending  the  operation 
of  the  plant,  Captain  Greenway  also  served  as 
monitor  of  the  town  and  its  people.  He  encouraged 
home-building,  governed  the  place  with  an  iron 
hand  in  the  matter  of  gambling  and  other  forms  of 
dissipation  and,  in  addition,  caused  the  installation 
of  various  utilities  and  numerous  public  conven- 
iences. These  latter  included  a  library,  a  perfectly- 
equipped  hospital,  a  school  building  costing  $75,000, 
an  athletic  field  and  extensive  parks.  His  other 
public  services  included  his  inducing  the  Steel  Cor- 
poration to  install  the  sewer,  water  and  light  sys- 
tems of  the  town  without  expense  to  the  employes. 

"The  World  Today,"  referring  to  him  and  his 
work  on  the  Mesaba  Range,  characterized  him: 

"A  man  of  exemplary  habits,  who  inhibits  dissi- 
pation by  example;  a  tireless  worker,  this  man  who 
does  things  is  of  that  new  type  of  Americans  who 
can  serve  corporations  and  at  the  same  i.ime  serve 
their  day  and  generation." 

Upon  the  completion  of  his  work  in  the  Mesaba 
region  Captain  Greenway,  1910,  accepted  appoint- 
ment as  General  Manager  of  the  mining  operations 
of  the  Calumet  &  Arizona  Mining  Company  of  Bis- 
bee,  Arizona.  His  offices  are  located  at  Warren, 
a  suburb  of  Bisbee,  and  in  the  handling  of  the  af- 
fairs of  the  company  he  has  displayed  the  same 
talent  for  effective  organization  and  telling  results 
that  distinguished  him  in  his  previous  work. 

The  Calumet  &  Arizona  Mining  Company  is  the 
lustiest  young  copper  giant  of  Arizona,  now  rank- 
ing as  the  tenth  largest  copper  producer  in  the 
world  and  just  beginning  to  get  into  its  stride. 
The  Calumet  &  Arizona  Mining  Company  is  the 
only  large  copper  company  in  Arizona  not  running 
its  own  stores  and  railroad,  consiiering  it  both  a 
fair  and  let  live  policy  to  leave  such  to  others. 

The  Calumet  &  Arizona  Mining  Company  is  now 
building  the  most  modern  smelter  in  the  world  for 
its  increasing  tonnage  of  Bisbee  ores,  at  Douglas, 
and,  under  Captain  Greenway's  aggressive  manage- 
ment, is  acquiring  additional  properties  of  promise 
in  many  Arizona  camps. 

In  addition  to  his  professional  work,  Captain 
Greenway  has  taken  an  active  personal  interest  in 
public  affairs  and,  while  he  has  never  been  a  seeker 
for  public  office,  has  been  a  steadfast  supporter  of 
Colonel  Roosevelt  in  political  matters.  The  two 
men  became  close  personal  friends  during  Their 
army  days  and  this  has  grown  steadily  stronger. 

Captain  Greenway  was  one  of  the  sponsors  of  the 
National  Progressive  Party  and  was  one  of  the  self- 
constituted  committee  which  brought  that  party 
into  being  by  inviting  and  personally  escorting 
Colonel  Roosevelt  to  the  Progressive  National  Con- 
vention, held  in  Chicago,  June,  1912. 

He  was  elected  by  the  Progressive  party  as 
Presidential  Elector  of  the  State  of  Arizona,  was  a 
member  of  the  Board  of  Regents  of  the  University 
of  Arizona,  is  President  of  the  Yale  Alumni  Asso- 
ciation of  Arizona.  President  of  the  Warren  Dis- 
trict Country  Club  and  a  member  of  the  Sons  of 
the  American  Revolution. 


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DR.   E.   R.   BRADLEY 

RADLEY,  EDWARD  RICKEY, 
Physician  and  Surgeon,  Los  An- 
geles, California,  was  born  at 
Folsom,  Cal.,  February  24,  1865, 
the  son  of  Cyrus  H.  Bradley  and 
Cordelia  A.  Bradley.  On  April  18, 
1894,  he  married  Virginia  Burton  Williamson  at 
Los  Angeles.  There  was  born  one  child,  Gertrude 
Muriel  Bradley. 

Dr.  Bradley  was  taken  to  Los  Angeles,  in  1873, 
and  attended  school  in  that  city.  He  graduated 
from  high  school  in  1885  and  entered  the  College 
of  Medicine,  University  of  Southern  California,  at 
Los  Angeles.  He  was  graduated  with  the  degree 
of  M.  D.  in  1888,  and  put  in  the  next  year  at  the 
Bellevue  M3edical  College  (N.  Y.),  receiving  a  de- 
gree there  in  1889.  He  then  filled  a  vacancy  on 
the  staff  of  Bellevue  Hospital,  but  resigned  to  re- 
turn to  Los  Angeles  and  enter  private  practice. 

Most  of  his  work  has  been  devoted  to  children. 
For  ten  years  after  returning  to  Los  Angeles,  he 
acted  as  physician  to  the  Los  Angeles  Orphans' 
Home  and  when  his  growing  practice  would  not 
permit  him  to  continue  actively  in  the  work  of 
caring  for  the  little  sufferers,  he  served  on  the 
consulting  staff.  At  the  same  time  he  looks  after 
several  smaller  institutions. 

A  lover  of  his  profession  and  especially  of  that 
branch  including  infants  and  children,  he  spent 
much  time  in  traveling  and  visiting  the  children's 
hospitals  in  the  Old  World,  studying  methods  of 
the  institutions. 

He  has  also  written  a  number  of  papers  on 
diseases  of  children  and  delivers  lectures  at 
mothers'  gatherings  in  which  he  has  given  valu- 
able instruction  on  the  care  of  children. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Los  Angeles  County,  Cal- 
ifornia State  and  American  Medical  Associations. 
He  also  belongs  to  the  Federation  Club,  L.  A.  Cham- 
ber of  Commerce  and  the  Y.  M.  C.  A. 


W.   C.  PATTERSON 


ATTERSON,  WILSON  CAMP- 
BELL, Banker,  Los  Angeles,  Cal., 
born  in  Greenfield,  O.,  Jan.  10, 
1845.  The  son  of  Robert  D.  and 
Margaret  (Hollyday)  Patterson. 
Married  Virginia  Monette  Moore, 
Jan.  8,  1874,  at  Chillicothe,  O.  There  are  two  chil- 
dren, Ada,  now  Mrs.  Harry  R.  Callender,  and  Hazel, 
now  Mrs.  John  Stuart. 

Mr.  Patterson  attended  district  school  until  fif- 
teen, then  went  to  Salem  Academy,  Salem,  O., 
where  he  was  a  classmate  of  Senator  Foraker.  At 
eighteen  he  enlisted  in  Company  A,  First  Ohio 
Heavy  Artillery,  serving  from  July  4,  1863,  to  close 
of  war.  Re-entered  Salem  Academy  for  three 
months. 

Went  to  work  as  clerk  in  offices  of  County  Clerk, 
County  Treasurer  and  Probate  Judge,  Chillicothe! 
O.  In  1869  became  bookkeeper  for  wholesale  gro- 
cery firm,  and  with  them  to  Jan.  26,  1888,  when  his 
health  broke  down  and  he  went  to  Los  Angeles. 

There  became  member  of  wholesale  commission 
firm  of  Curtis  &  Patterson,  afterward  W.  C.  Patter- 
son Co.  In  November,  1898,  was  elected  Pres.  L.  A. 
National  Bank,  and  continued  as  such  until  consoli- 
dation with  First  National  Bank,  when  he  was  made 
Vice  Pres.  of  the  new  bank,  a  place  he  still  holds. 
Is  director  and  officer  in  other  important  corpora- 
tions. Was  trustee,  Whittier  Reform  School;  mem- 
ber, Cal.  State  Board  of  Charities  and  L.  A.  Board 
of  Education;  director,  L.  A.  Public  Library;  twice 
delegate  to  Washington  in  fight  for  free  harbor; 
Pres.  L.  A.  Clearing  House  and  Pres.  Chamber  of 
Commerce. 

He  is  a  member  and  for  two  years  was  Pres. 
University  Club;  was  Pres.  Sunset  Club,  member 
Union  League,  Annandale  Country  and  California 
Clubs,  Municipal  League,  Archaeological  Institute 
and  other  organizations.  He  is  a  Knight  Templar 
and  Scottish  Rite  Mason. 


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DR.   GUY   COCHRAN 

OCHRAN,  DR.  GUY,  Physician  and 
Chief  Surgeon  of  the  San  Pedro, 
Los  Angeles  and  Salt  Lake  Rail- 
road, Los  Angeles,  California,  is  a 
native  of  Illinois,  born  September 
4,  1873.  He  is  the  son  of  Dr.  Wil- 
liam George  Cochran  and  Anna  M.  (Hunt)  Cochran. 
At  San  Francisco,  June  7,  1899,  he  married  Miss 
Alice  I.  Cowen.  They  have  two  children,  Carolyn 
and  Guy  Cochran,  Jr. 

Dr.  Cochran,  having  moved  to  Los  Angeles  in 
1880,  attended  both  the  public  and  high  schools  of 
that  city.  He  studied  at  Lawrenceville  Preparatory 
School,  N.  J.,  in  1891;  entered  Stanford  University, 
1892,  graduating,  1896,  with  degree  A.  B.;  went  to 
College  of  Physicians  and  Surgeons,  Columbia  Uni- 
versity. He  received  his  M.  D.  in  1900. 

Dr.  Cochran  next  became  resident  surgeon  at 
the  Bellevue  Hospital,  New  York,  two  years.  Dur- 
ing that  time  he  was  assistant  demonstrator  of 
anatomy  in  the  College  of  Physicians  and  Surgeons. 
At  the  end  of  that  period  he  took  a  year's  work  at 
the  St.  Mary's  Children's  Hospital,  New  York,  as 
interne,  June,  1903.  He  then  spent  several  months 
abroad  at  medical  clinics,  returning  to  America  and 
Los  Angeles  in  1903. 

He  was  appointed  assistant  chief  surgeon  of  the 
San  Pedro,  Los  Angeles  and  Salt  Lake  Railroad, 
and  two  years  later  chief  surgeon.  He  is  chief  sur- 
geon of  the  Pacific  Telephone  Company  and  of  the 
Los  Angeles  division  of  the  Standard  Oil  Company. 

Between  1902  and  1903  he  was  assistant  in 
physiology  for  the  College  of  Physicians  and  Sur- 
geons. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  American  Medical  Asso- 
ciation, the  Los  Angeles  County  and  State  Medical 
Society,  the  Pathological  Society,  Symposium  So- 
ciety, Bellevue  Alumni  Association  and  others. 

His  clubs  are  the  California,  Annandale  Coun- 
try, Los  Angeles  Country  and  Cragg's  Country.  | 


GRANT  JACKSON 

ACKSON,  GRANT,  Attorney,  Los 
Angeles,  California,  was  born  at 
Petaluma,  Sonoma  County,  Cali- 
fornia, June  13,  1869,  the  son  of 
William  Jackson  and  Mary  C. 
(Francis)  Jackson.  He  is  de- 
scended from  an  old  family  of  Southerners,  his 
father  and  great-grandfather  having  been  soldiers. 
The  latter,  Robert  Jackson,  was  captain  of  a  com- 
pany of  Tenesseeans  in  the  War  of  1812, 
and  his  father  was  a  major  of  Missouri  Volunteers 
who  fought  for  the  Union  in  the  Civil  War,  and 
represented  his  county  in  the  Legislature  in  1855. 
The  Major  was  a  delegate  to  the  Constitutional  Con- 
vention called  by  his  cousin,  the  Governor  of  Mis- 
souri, for  the  purpose  of  passing  a  secession  ordi- 
nance. He  here  helped  to  defeat  the  efforts  to  carry 
Missouri  out  of  the  Union,  and  assisted  in  deposing 
the  disloyal  State  Government  and  the  election  of  a 
set  of  officers  loyal  to  the  nation.  He  fought 
through  the  entire  war. 

After  the  Civil  War,  Major  Jackson  moved  to 
California,  and  there  the  son  was  born.  The  younger 
Jackson  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  Lom- 
poc  and  Santa  Barbara,  California.  In  1887  he  began 
the  study  of  law  in  the  office  of  the  Hon.  W.  C. 
Stratton,  a  pioneer  lawyer  then  living  at  Santa 
Barbara,  and  in  1891  was  admitted  to  practice  by 
the  Supreme  Court  of  California.  He  practiced  at 
Santa  Barbara  until  1902,  when  he  moved  to  Los 
Angeles. 

Since  his  entry  into  the  life  of  that  city  he  has 
had  a  fruitful  practice  and  has  been  a  conspicuous 
figure.  His  offices  are  at  Suite  918  Security  Build- 
ing. He  is  a  Republican  in  politics,  of  progressive 
tendencies;  is  a  member  of  the  Municipal  League, 
Chamber  of  Commerce,  the  Chamber  of  Mines,  the 
City  Club,  and  is  a  Native  Son  of  the  Golden  West. 
His  clubs  are  the  Gamut  and  Union  League  of  Los 
Angeles. 


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J  ATSON,  CAPT.  WILLIAM,  Presi- 
dent, Matson  Navigation  Co.,  San 
Francisco,  was  born  in  Sweden, 
October  18,  1849.  Coming  of  a 
seafaring  race,  he  has  remained 
true  to  his  traditions,  and  by  in- 
herited industry,  and  not  only  his  ability  to  make 

his  own   opportunities,  but  also  to   improve   them 

when  made,  he  has  won  a  leading  place  in  mari- 
time and  commercial  circles  on  the  Pacific  Coast. 
Until     he     was     fourteen 

Years  old,  he  attended  public 

schools  in  Sweden,  but  even 

then  took  an  intermission  of 

a  year  to  go   to  sea  at   the 

early  age  of  ten.     Returning 

to    school,    he    stayed    there 

until    1863,    and    then    sailed 

for  New  York  in  the  Aurora, 

a  Nova  Scotian  vessel. 

After    remaining    a    short 

time   there   he   took   passage 

in   the   Bridgewater   for   San 

Francisco,      coming      around 

the  Horn,  and  not  long  after 

his   arrival    secured    a    berth 

as    sailor   on     the     old     ship 

John  J. 

On  this  he  took  a  trip  to 

Puget    Sound    and    northern 

ports.      He    then    transferred 

to  the  bark  Oakland,  return- 
ing to   the   Sound,   but  after 

this  trip  became  a  sailor  on 

San    Francisco    Bay    on    the 

schooner    William    Frederick. 

At  the  end  of  two  years  he 

was    captain    of   this    vessel, 

engaged    chiefly    in    carrying 


CAPT.  WILLIAM  MATSON 


coal  from  Mt.  Diablo  to  the  Spreckels  Sugar  Refin- 
ery, situated  then  at  Eighth  and  Brannan  streets, 
where,  it  is  interesting  to  note,  Adolph  Spreckels 
was  at  that  time  checking  the  cargoes  Captain  Mat- 
son  was  delivering  from  his  schooner.  Captain 
Matson  subsequently  was  made  captain  of  the 
schooner  Mission  Canal,  which  he  used  for  the 
same  purpose. 

In  1882  Captain  Matson  built  the  Emma  Claudina 
to  run  to  the  Sandwich  Islands,  and  thenceforward 
the  evolution  from  a  comparatively  small  business 
to  the  present  extensive  operations  of  the  Matson 
Navigation  Company  was  rapid.  The  enterprise 
began  in  the  carrying  of  merchandise,  especially 
of  plantation  stores,  to  the  islands  and  returning 
with  cargoes  of  sugar.  This  led  to  gradually  ex- 
panding interests  at  both  ends  of  the  line,  which 
kept  pace  with  the  commercial  development  of  the 
country,  with  which  Captain  Matson  was  ever  in 
close  touch.  After  three  years  he  sold  the  Emma 
Claudina  and  built  the  brig,  Lurline,  for  the  same 
trade.  Soon  he  had  three  vessels  running,  and  to 


this  little  fleet  he  constantly  added,  gradually  re- 
placing the  sailing  vessels  with  iron  and  steam,  as 
necessity  dictated.  Successively  thereafter  the  flo- 
tilla was  increased  by  the  Santiago,  Roderick  Dhu, 
Falls  of  Clyde,  Marion  Chilcott,  Monterey,  all  iron 
vessels,  and  then  the  steamers  Hilonian,  Enterprise 
and  Rosecrans.  The  last  steamers  built,  within  the 
past  few  years,  are  the  Lurline,  named  after  his 
daughter,  the  Hyades  and  the  Wilhelmina,  each  of 
which  vessel  has  a  carrying  capacity  of  about  nine 
thousand  tons. 

After  the  discoveries  of 
oil  and  the  development  of 
the  industry,  Captain  Mat- 
son  had  some  of  his  sailing 
vessels  converted  into  oil 
carriers,  the  first  to  be  in- 
stalled on  this  coast,  and 
about  the  same  time  be- 
came heavily  interested  in 
the  oil  business  itself.  To- 
gether with  William  Crock- 
er, William  Irwin  and  John 
A.  Buck  he  built  the  pipe 
line  from  Gaviota  to  the 
Santa  Maria  oil  fields,  a  dis- 
tance of  forty-five  miles,  and 
then  constructed  one  hun- 
dred and  twelve  miles  more, 
from  Coalinga  to  Monterey. 
At  the  end  of  four  or  five 
years,  however,  he  sold  his 
oil  interests  to  the  Associat- 
ed Oil  Company;  but  a  few 
years  ago  returned  to  the 
fields,  organized  the  Hono- 
lulu Consolidated  Oil  Com- 
pany, and  is  now  more  heav- 
ily interested  than  ever,  his 
monthly  payroll  alone  averaging  about  $110,000. 

For  many  years  Captain  Matson  was  a  director 
of  the  Merchants'  Exchange,  and  for  a  period  was 
president  of  the  Chamber  of  Commerce,  which  ab- 
sorbed the  former  body.  Although  he  gives  most  of 
his  attention  to  his  navigation  and  oil  interests  he 
holds  office  in  many  corporations.  He  is  president 
of  the  Matson  Navigation  Co.,  Honolulu  Consolidat- 
ed Oil  Co..  Commercial  Petroleum  Co.,  Atlas  Won- 
der Mining  Co.,  Wonder  Water  Co;  director  of  the 
National  Ice  Co.,  Honolulu  Plantation  Co.,  Paauhau 
Sugar  Plantation  Co.,  Hakalau  Plantation  Co.  and 
others.  What  little  recreation  he  permits  himself 
he  finds  chiefly  in  horesback  riding,  automobiling 
and  in  cultivating  his  taste  for  fast  trotters,  of 
which  he  owns  some  excellent  performers.  He  has 
also  found  time  to  join  the  clubs  and  is  a  member 
of  the  Pacific-Union,  Bohemian  and  Commonwealth. 
One  of  the  high  honors  conferred  upon  Cap- 
tain Matson  was  his  appointment  as  Consul  of 
Sweden,  giving  him  jurisdiction  over  the  Pacific 
Coast,  Alaska,  Idaho,  Utah,  Nevada  and  Arizona. 


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son 


ECKETT,  DR.  WESLEY 
WILBUR,  Physician  and 
Surgeon,  Los  Angeles,  Cali- 
fornia, was  born  in  Portland, 
Oregon,  May  31,  1857.  He  is 
of  Lemuel  D.  Beckett,  the  first 
Justice  of  Peace  of  Portland,  Oregon, 
and  a  pioneer  of  that  State,  and  Sarah 
S.  (Chew)  Beckett.  On  January  1,  1882,  he 
married  Iowa  Archer  at 
San  Luis  Obispo,  Cali- 
fornia, there  being  two 
sons  as  a  result  of  the 
union :  Wilbur  Archer 
and  Francis  H.  Beckett. 

Dr.  Beckett  was  edu- 
cated in  the  public 
schools  of  California,  and 
at  a  later  period  taught 
school  in  San  Luis  Obis- 
po County,  California,  for 
over  six  years.  He  grad- 
uated from  the  Los  An- 
geles Medical  Depart- 
ment of  the  University 
of  California,  April  11, 
1888,  receiving  the  de- 
gree of  M.  D.  He  then 
studied  in  New  York  for 
a  period  of  one  year,  tak- 
ing post  graduate  work 
at  the  Post  Graduate 
Hospital  of  that  city. 

After  completing  his 
medical  education,  Dr. 
Beckett  returned  to  Los 
Angeles,  where  he  has 
practiced  for  a  period  of  over  twenty-two 
years.  His  medical  achievements  follow  one 
after  another,  and  today  his  accomplishments 
in  the  medical  and  scientific  world  have 
reached  a  point  where  Dr.  Beckett  is  recog- 
nized as  a  man  of  national  repute.  His  re- 
searches in  the  field  of  surgery  and  materia 
medica  have  placed  him  among  the  foremost 
physicians  in  the  country. 

Dr.  Beckett's  principal  work  has  been  in 
the  field  of  surgery,  although  he  has  main- 
tained a  general  practice  since  he  first  opened 
his  offices.  During  his  years  of  practice  he 
has  been  a  constant  student  and  has  taken  an 
active  part  in  the  medical  history  of  South- 
ern California.  He  is  noted  for  his  readiness 
to  devote  his  time  to  the  needy  poor,  having 
done  brilliant  work  for  many  poor  people. 
His  work  in  the  field  of  charity  deserves 
much  praise. 

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civic  affairs  as  well,  has  Dr.  Beckett  played 
a  leading  role  during  the  last  twenty  years. 
In  a  business  way  he  is  associated  with  a 
number  of  influential  companies  of  Los  An- 
geles and  holds  directorships  in  a  number  of 
organizations.  He  is  not  only  an  executive 
director,  but  is  also  medical  director  of  the 
Pacific  Mutual  Life  Insurance  Company,  is 
treasurer  and  director  of  the  California  Hos- 
pital and  is  a  director  in 
the  following  organiza- 
tions :  Pacific  Mutual 
Indemnity  Company,  Cit- 
izens' Trust  and  Savings 
Bank,  Seaside  Water 
Company,  Orwood  Land 
Company  and  the  San 
Pedro  Water  Company. 

He  is  a  member  of 
and  ex-president  of  the 
following  professional  so- 
cieties: California  State 
Medical  Society,  South- 
ern California  Medical 
Society,  Los  Angeles 
County  Medical  Society, 
and  the  Los  Angeles 
Clinical  and  Pathological 
Society,  and  is  a  member 
of  the  American  Medical 
Association  and  the  Pa- 
cific Association  of  Rail- 
way Surgeons.  During 
the  years  1901  and  1902 
he  served  as  a  member  of 
the  Los  Angeles  City 
Board  of  Health. 
On  May  12,  1911,  Dr.  Beckett  was  ap- 
pointed by  President  Taft  First  Lieutenant 
of  the  Medical  Relief  Corps  of  the  United 
States  Army.  This  position  will  not  become 
an  active  office  unless  the  United  States  is 
at  war  or  unless  some  deadly  plague  gets  a 
hold  in  the  army,  but  at  the  same  time  it  is 
a  unique  distinction,  approved  by  the  Presi- 
dent of  the  United  States  and  passed  through 
the  Senate. 

Dr.  Beckett  is  also  Professor  of  Gynecol- 
ogy  and  Surgery  of  the  Los  Angeles  Medical 
Department  of  the  University  of  California. 
He  is  a  trustee  of  the  University  of  Southern 
California  and  is  active  in  educational  circles. 
His  work  is  not  limited  to  any  field,  but  is 
known  to  every  progressive  movement  for 
the  advancement  of  his  community.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  California,  Federation  and 
Union  League  Clubs  of  Los  Angeles  and  of 
the  Bohemian  Club  of  San  Francisco. 


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OEBIG,  JULIUS,  Ph.  D.,  Chemical 
and  Mining  Engineer,  Los  Angeles, 
California,  was  born  in  Mettlach, 
a  manufacturing  town  near  the 
city  of  Trier,  in  the  Valley  of 
Moselle,  Germany,  March  9,  1855. 
His  father  was  Christian  Koebig  and  his  mother 
Julia  (Schmeltzer)  Koebig.  His  grandfather  on 
the  maternal  branch  of  the  family  was  a  promi- 
nent Professor  of  Natural  Science  in  the  Univer- 
sity of  Trier,  Germany.  This  institution  has  been 
a  leading  University  for  centuries,  but  was  closed 
by  the  great  Napoleon  at  the  beginning  of  the 
last  century  during  his  reconstruction  work  among 
the  States  of  the  Federation  of  the  Rhine.  The 
Koebigs  have  been  a  prominent  family  of  tanners 
in  the  city  of  Homburg,  in  the  Palatia,  Germany, 
for  centuries  and  have  furnished  many  officials 
and  mayors  for  that  city.  The  first  mayor  from 
the  family  mentioned  in  German  history  dates 
back  to  the  Thirty  Years  War,  1648,  and  the  tan- 
nery at  Homburg,  which  has  been  the  property  of 
the  Koebigs  for  centuries,  is  still  owned  by  the 
family.  On  December  5,  1889,  at  San  Francisco, 
California,  Dr.  Koebig  married  Marie  P.  Kohler, 
the  daughter  of  Charles  Kohler,  a  prominent  wine 
merchant  of  that  city.  There  are  two  daughters, 
Julie  and  Theodora,  and  one  son,  Hans  Koebig. 

Dr.  Koebig  was  educated  in  the  German  schools 
at  Karlsruhe,  in  the  Grand  Duchy  or  Baden,  one 
of  the  States  of  the  German  Federation.  He  took 
his  preparatory  studies  in  the  Gymnasium,  from 
which  he  graduated  at  the  age  of  sixteen  years. 
He  then  entered  the  Technical  University  of  Karls- 
ruhe, from  which  he  graduated  as  a  Chemical  and 
Mining  Engineer  in  1874.  Upon  graduation  he  was 
appointed  Assistant  Professor  of  Chemistry  at  the 
Royal  Technical  University  of  Stuttgart,  Germany, 
which  he  held  for  a  year. 

In  the  fall  of  1875  he  entered  the  German  Army 
as  a  one-year  volunteer  and  just  one  year  later 
received  the  qualification  of  a  commissioned  officer. 
About  the  same  time  he  was  appointed  Assistant 
Professor  of  Chemistry  and  Mineralogy  in  the  Uni- 
versity of  Strassburg,  Germany.  This  institution 
conferred  on  him,  in  June,  1878,  the  degree  of 
Doctor  of  Philosophy. 

Early  in  the  following  year  he  left  the  Uni- 
versity to  accept  the  position  of  Directing  Chemist 
for  the  rebuilding  and  remodeling  of  the  celebrated 
Aniline  Dye  Works,  near  Frankfurt  on  the  Main, 
Germany.  When  Dr.  Koebig  took  charge  of  that 
business  there  were  only  seventeen  men  in  the 
employ  of  the  company.  When  he  resigned  three 
years  later  the  establishment  had  grown  to  such 
an  extent  that  there  were  employed  almost  four 
hundred  men.  The  Aniline  Dye  Works  is  now  rec- 
ognized as  one  of  the  largest  and  most  successful 
of  its  kind  in  Germany. 

Upon  leaving  the  position  of  Directing  Chemist 
at  the  dye  works  Dr.  Koebig  devoted  one  year  to 
private  studies  at  the  Universities  of  Darmstadt 
and  Munich.  While  studying  there,  during  the  win- 
ter of  1882,  he  was  called  by  the  European-Ameri- 
can Tunnel  Company  of  Denver,  Colorado,  to  make 
an  investigation  of  the  mining  resources  of  Gilpin 
County,  Colorado.  The  object  was  to  construct 
a  working  and  drainage  tunnel  to  facilitate  deep 


mining  in  the  mining  properties  of  the  county. 
The  mouth  of  the  tunnel  was  to  be  located  below 
Central  City,  Colorado.  This  important  investiga- 
tion occupied  six  months,  and  in  the  summer  of 
1883  Dr.  Koebig  was  able  to  return  to  Germany. 
He  immediately  resumed  his  scientific  study  and 
research  work  there,  continuing  it  until  the  winter 
of  1883. 

Before  the  year  closed  he  returned  to  the 
United  States,  and,  in  conjunction  with  his  brother, 
A.  H.  Koebig,  opened  offices  at  Milwaukee,  Wiscon- 
sin, as  Consulting  Mining  and  Chemical  Engineers. 
The  chief  work  accomplished  by  the  Koebigs  there 
was  the  investigation  of  the  iron  deposits  in  Wis- 
consin and  Michigan  and  particularly  along  the 
Gogebic  range.  After  a  thorough  study  of  the 
mineral  resources  of  this  famous  range,  there  ap- 
peared the  first  scientific  report  on  the  iron  de- 
posits of  that  region,  the  work  of  Dr.  Koebig  and 
his  brother. 

In  the  latter  part  of  1884  Dr.  Koebig  left  Mil- 
waukee to  take  charge  of  silver  mines  in  Calico, 
California,  where  both  he  and  his  brother  were 
heavily  interested.  At  first  this  property  gave 
promise  of  great  production,  but  a  fall  in  the  price 
of  silver  soon  made  that  mine  unprofitable. 

Dr.  Koebig  settled  at  San  Francisco,  Califor- 
nia, in  1886,  where  he  constructed  and  operated  a 
fertilizer  plant  in  connection  with  the  Mexican 
Phosphate  and  Sulphur  Company.  This  business 
proved  a  success  and  Dr.  Koebig  continued  in  it 
for  four  years,  withdrawing  in  the  spring  of  1890 
to  enter  a  new  line  of  his  profession. 

At  that  time  he  became  a  member  of  the  firm 
of  Kohler  &  Frohling,  wine  merchants  in  San  Fran- 
cisco, in  charge  of  scientific  work. 

Dr.  Koebig  returned  to  his  favorite  engineering 
profession  in  1894,  at  that  time  opening  offices  in 
San  Francisco  as  a  Consulting  Chemical  and  Min- 
ing Engineer.  He  developed  and  maintained  a  large 
business  in  that  and  surrounding  cities,  and  became 
known  in  that  section  of  the  State  as  one  of  the 
most  substantial  men  of  his  profession.  He  con- 
tinued in  the  north  until  1902  when  he  moved  his 
offices  to  Los  Angeles,  California,  where  he  has 
since  remained. 

During  the  years  1894  and  1895,  while  operat- 
ing in  San  Francisco,  the  University  of  California, 
located  at  Berkeley,  California,  sought  his  services 
as  a  lecturer  and  engineer.  He  traveled  through 
the  different  counties  of  the  State  in  the  interest  of 
promoting  beet  sugar  in  California  in  connection 
with  the  Farmers'  Institute.  About  this  period  Dr. 
Koebig  also  gave  a  course  of  lectures  on  the  manu- 
facture of  beet  sugar  at  the  University  of  Cali- 
fornia. 

Dr.  Koebig's  principal  work  has  consisted  in 
inspecting  mining  properties  and  manufactories. 
He  has  also  made  an  extensive  study  of  agriculture. 
His  latest  study  has  dealt  with  means  for  the  de- 
velopment of  the  great  untouched  resources  of 
Southern  California  in  connection  with  the  estab- 
lishment of  the  manufacture  of  heavy  chemicals. 

Dr.  Koebig  is  a  member  of  the  Bankers'  Club 
of  Los  Angeles,  the  Society  of  Chemical  Industry 
of  London,  England,  and  is  Ex-President  of  the  Ger- 
man General  Benevolent  Association,  which  operat- 
ed the  German  Hospital  at  San  Francisco. 


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REDERICKS,  JOHN  D.,  District 
Attorney  of  Los  Angeles  County, 
California,  was  born  September 
10,  1869,  at  Burgettstown,  Penn- 
sylvania, the  son  of  Rev.  James 
T.  Fredericks  and  Mary  (Patter- 
son) Fredericks.  He  married,  in  1896,  Agnes  M. 
Blakeley,  and  they  have  four  children,  Doris,  John 
D.,  Jr.,  Deborah,  and  James  B.  Fredericks.  Mr. 
Fredericks  comes  from  a  professional  family,  every 
man  on  the  paternal  side  in 
the  direct  line  of  descent  for 
more  than  two  hundred 
years  having  been  either  a 
physician,  minister  or 
lawyer. 

He  attended  the  public 
schools  of  his  native  town 
and  Trinity  Hall  Military 
Academy,  Washington,  Pa., 
until  qualified  to  enter  Wash- 
ington and  Jefferson  College. 
He  graduated  from  that  insti- 
tution in  1890  and  then 
moved  to  Los  Angeles. 

He  taught  at  the  Whittier 
State  School  for  three  years 
and  meanwhile  read  law.  He 
passed  the  State  Bar  exami- 
nation and  opened  an  office 
for  practice  at  Los  Angeles 
in  1893.  He  enjoyed  a  lucra- 
tive practice  and  was,  in 
1899,  appointed  Deputy  Dis- 
trict Attorney  for  Los  An- 
geles. 

As  deputy  he  conducted  a 
number  of  criminal  cases 
with  notable  success,  enough 
to  attract  the  attention  of  his  party  and  the  voters, 
and,  as  a  consequence,  he  was  nominated  and 
elected  District  Attorney  of  Los  Angeles  County  in 
1902,  and  served  with  such  satisfaction  that  he  was 
re-elected  in  1906  and  again  in  1910. 

In  1906  he  handled  the  famous  oiled  roads  pat- 
ent litigation,  in  which  the  counties  and  the  cities 
of  California  tried  to  break  the  patent  on  oiled 
roads.  He  maintained  for  his  county  and  the  rest 
of  the  counties  of  California  that  the  process  was 
not  patentable,  and  although  the  claimants  of  the 
patent  fought  hard,  and  were  of  great  strength,  he 
was  successful  and  the  process  became  public 
property. 

But  the  most  notable  of  all  his  criminal  prosecu- 
tions was  that  against  the  McNamara  brothers, 
which  he  headed  in  behalf  of  Los  Angeles  County 
in  the  year  1911.  John  J.  McNamara,  secretary- 
treasurer  of  the  International  Bridge  and  Structural 
Iron  Workers'  Association,  and  James  B.  Mc- 
Namara, his  brother,  were  accused  of  blowing  up 
the  Los  Angeles  Times  building  with  dynamite, 


JOHN  D.  FREDERICKS 


with  the  loss  of  much  property  and  many  lives; 
also  of  a  score  of  other  dynamiting  crimes  all  over 
the  United  States.  The  case  attracted  world-wide 
attention  because  the  charge  seemed  to  implicate 
union  labor  in  general,  and  because  union  men 
most  generally  believed  them  not  guilty  of  the 
crime  and  prepared  at  great  length  to  defend  them. 
It  was  in  this  case  that  W.  J.  Burns,  the  detective, 
figured.  Fredericks  and  Burns  and  the  prosecution 
generally,  were  accused  by  Gompers,  head  of  the 
American  Federation  of  La- 
bor, and  by  Eugene  Debs,  of 
a  conspiracy  against  union 
labor  and  of  a  diabolical  plot 
to  take  the  lives  of  labor 
leaders.  The  case  aroused 
class  feeling  to  a  higher 
pitch  than  it  had  ever  been 
before  in  the  history  of  the 
United  States. 

District  Attorney  Freder- 
icks made  of  himself  a  na- 
tional figure  by  the  manner 
in  which  he  brought  the  trial 
to  a  close.  He  handled  the 
general  evidence,  and  evi- 
dence which  under  his  per- 
sonal direction  had  been  se- 
cured, in  such  a  manner  that 
it  became  plain  to  the  de- 
fendants and  their  attorneys 
that  escape  was  simply  im- 
possible. 

He  discovered  alleged  at- 
tempts to  bribe  jurors  and 
one  case  where  money  had 
been  paid  over.  He  undoubt- 
edly could  have  convicted  the 
McNamara  brothers  in  open 
trial,  but  he  fully  knew  that  a  very  large  proportion 
of  the  labor  union  people  of  the  United  States  and 
their  sympathizers  would  not  have  had  faith  in  the 
action  of  the  court;  would  think  it  only  the  logical 
sequel  of  a  conspiracy,  already  suspected  and 
charged;  so,  with  the  evidence  at  hand,  he  forced 
the  McNamaras  to  a  confession  which  left  not  a 
shred  of  doubt  of  the  fact  of  their  guilt. 

The  outcome  of  this  celebrated  case  is  consid- 
ered the  most  important  single  event  in  the  history 
of  the  conflict  between  capital  and  labor  in  the 
United  States,  and  will  no  doubt  be  of  incalculable 
benefit  to  both  bodies. 

He  served  as  adjutant  in  the  Seventh  Regiment, 
California  Volunteers,  during  the  Spanish-American 
war.  He  is  a  member  of  the  University  Club, 
the  Union  League  Club  and  the  City  Club, 
the  Automobile  Club  of  Los  Angeles,  the  Los  An- 
geles Chamber  of  Commerce,  the  Long  Beach 
Commandery  of  the  Knights  Templar,  the  Fra- 
ternal Brotherhood,  the  California  Club,  the  Los 
Angeles  Country  Club  and  the  Gamut  Club. 


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URYEA,  EDWIN,  JR.,  Engineering 
(firm  of  Duryea,  Haehl  &  Oilman), 
San  Francisco,  California,  was 
born  in  Craigville,  Orange  County, 
New  York,  July  12,  1862,  the  son 
of  Edwin  Duryea  and  Hannah 
(Rumsey)  Duryea.  His  first  paternal  ancestor  to 
reach  this  country,  in  1675,  was  of  Huguenot  origin, 
while  the  Rumseys  were  English  residents  of  the 
Isle  of  Guernsey.  Mr.  Duryea  married  Miss  Roberta 
Vincent  Taylor,  in  December, 
1888,  at  Ithaca,  New  York, 
and  five  children  have  been 
born  of  the  union,  Robert, 
Margaret,  Anne,  Philip  and 
Helen  Duryea. 

Mr.  Duryea  had  his  first 
schooling  in  Craigville,  in 
the  district  school,  from  1866 
to  1876.  He  was  graduated 
in  1879  from  the  Chester 
Academy,  and  from  Cornell 
University  with  the  class  of 
'83  and  the  degree  of  B.  C.  E. 
Soon  thereafter  he  started, 
and  from  1883  to  1885  was 
employed  by  the  Northern 
Pacific  Railroad,  first  as 
townsite  and  special  sur- 
veyor, and  later  on  the  con- 
struction of  a  large  bridge  at 
Duluth,  Minn.  The  following 
year,  while  engaged  on  a 
bridge  to  span  the  Missis- 
sippi River,  near  Burlington, 
Iowa,  he  rose  from  the  posi- 
tion of  transit  man  to  the  su- 
perintendency  of  the  work. 
The  next  few  years  found 
him  on  the  construction  of  costly  bridges  crossing 
the  Missouri,  Mississippi  and  the  Ohio  rivers,  and 
involving  difficult  problems  of  foundation  work,  as 
well  as  "river  control"  and  "day's  labor"  under  the 
engineer's  direction. 

In  1889  he  shifted  the  scene  of  his  operations  to 
Kansas  and  Michigan,  on  railroad  surveys  and  con- 
struction, and  until  1891  was  engineer  of  bridges 
and  building  for  one  thousand  miles  of  railroad  sys- 
tem in  the  latter  State.  His  next  move  along  the 
curve  was  to  what  his  profession  deems  the  impor- 
tant post  of  contractor's  engineer,  or  superinten- 
dent. In  this  capacity  he  made  surveys  and  de- 
signs for  two  large  stockyards  near  Chicago,  in- 
cluding plans  for  sewerage,  water  supply,  harbors, 
etc.,  and  subsequently  was  associated  with  the  same 
firm  on  the  change  of  the  horse  car  line  on  Third 
avenue,  New  York  city,  to  a  cable  system.  Toward 
the  close  of  this  period,  1891-1895,  he  was  contrac- 
tor's engineer  for  a  $1,000,000  dam  for  the  same 
city,  and  contractor's  superintendent  for  other  dams 
for  the  water  supply  of  New  York,  in  which  work 


EDWIN  DURYEA,  JR. 


he  had  charge  of  at  least  400  men. 

From  1895  to  1900  Mr.  Duryea  was  resident  en- 
gineer at  times  on  the  Brooklyn  end  of  the  Wil- 
liamsburg  suspension  bridge  over  the  East  River, 
between  New  York  and  Brooklyn,  and  during  the 
latter  part  of  this  period  acted  as  assistant  engineer 
on  plans  and  estimates  for  a  proposed  bridge  over 
the  Hudson  River  at  New  York  city.  Among  his 
notable  achievements  while  in  private  practice 
may  be  mentioned  his  plans  for  foundation  of  Har- 
lem bridge,  designs  for  rapid 
transit  tunnel  under  Harlem 
river,  and  report  to  district 
attorney  on  safety  of  New 
York  and  Brooklyn  suspen- 
sion bridge  and  on  responsi- 
bility for  neglect  involved. 

In  December,  1902,  Mr. 
Duryea  came  to  California  as 
chief  engineer  for  the  Bay 
Cities  Water  Co.,  and  has 
since  been  associated  with 
this  corporation  and  with  its 
allied  interests.  In  this  con- 
nection his  work  has  been 
largely  in  the  field  of  water 
supply  and  power  transmis- 
sion; and  his  plans  for  the 
Santa  Clara  County  water 
supply,  his  expert  duties  as 
engineer  for  San  Francisco 
in  the  water  rate  suit  with 
the  Spring  Valley  Company, 
and  his  testimony  for  the 
New  Liverpool  Salt  Com- 
pany in  their  famous  suit  for 
damages  against  the  Canal 
Company  of  the  Imperial 
Valley,  wherein  the  judg- 
ment depended  chiefly  upon  the  engineer's  opinion, 
and  has  since  been  affirmed  by  the  Court  of  Ap- 
peals in  favor  of  the  plaintiff,  are  among  the  many 
factors  contributing  to  the  reputation  which  he 
brought  to  this  coast. 

After  the  great  fire  of  1906  Mr.  Duryea  was  a 
member  of  the  "Committee  of  Forty"  to  advise 
on  the  rehabilitation  of  San  Francisco.  He  was 
also  chairman  of  the  sub-committee  on  water  sup- 
ply, and  general  chairman  of  the  committee  formed 
to  report  on  the  damage  to  structures. 

His  latest  big  appointment  is  that  of  engineer 
in  charge  of  the  South  San  Joaquin  Irrigation 
district. 

Among  his  civic  and  social  connections  may  be 
mentioned  his  four  years'  trusteeship  of  Palo  Alto 
and  his  membership  in  the  American  Society  of 
Civil  Engineers,  the  Brooklyn  Engineers'  Club  and 
the  Cornell  Association  of  Civil  Engineers  of  New 
York. 

Mr.  Duryea  is  a  thirty-second  degree  Mason, 
Scottish  Rite. 


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ARTIN,  JOSEPH,  General 
Manager  of  the  National  Ice 
and  Cold  Storage  Company, 
San  Francisco,  California, 
was  born  in  Fordsham,  Che- 
shire, England,  April  21,  1854.  He  is  the  son 
of  Joseph  Martin  and  Mary  (Grace)  Martin, 
being  descended  of  the  Martin  stock  of  Eng- 
land. Mr.  Martin  married  Belle  Green  at 
Sacramento,  California, 
May  23,  1889,  and  to 
ihem  have  been  born  two 
children,  Joseph  Martin, 
Jr.,  and  Chester  Miller 
Martin. 

Mr.  Martin  received  his 
general  education  at  Ov- 
erton  College,  in  his  na- 
tive town.  Later  he  em- 
barked for  America  to 
seek  his  fortune  and  ar- 
rived in  San  Francisco 
October  21,  1868,  after 
making  the  trip  from 
England  in  the  British 
ship  Cordillera,  by  way 
of  Cape  Horn.  He  has 
made  his  home  there  ever 
since. 

His    first    employment 
was  in  the    ice    business 
and  he  has  been  in  that 
field       practically       ever 
since,  being  at  the  pres- 
ent time  one  of  the  lead- 
ers of  the  industry.     He 
remained  in  San  Francis- 
co until  1872,  then  made  a  trip  to  England 
and   various   parts   of   Europe   for   his   com- 
pany, returning  to  the  United  States  the  fol- 
lowing year. 

Later  Mr.  Martin  became  a  gold  miner  in 
California  and  Nevada,  being  located  for  a 
time  at  Virginia  City.  Nevada.  In  1875, 
however,  he  gave  up  mining,  and,  returning 
to  San  Francisco,  re-engaged  in  the  ice  busi- 
ness, with  which  he  has  been  identified  since. 
In  1878  he  organized  the  Mountain  Ice  Com- 
pany and  after  operating  it  with  success  for 
five  years,  formed,  in  1883,  another  comoany 
known  as  the  Floriston  Ice  Comoany.  Later 
he  aided  in  the  organization  of  the  Union  Ice 
Company. 

Early  in  the  eighties  Mr.  Martin  organ- 
ized the  first  company  for  the  shipment  of 
California  fruits  to  Eastern  markets  under 
ice.  tlrs  being  the  starting  ooint  for  the  ores- 
ent  refrigerator  car  service  which  is  now  one 


of  the  most  important  industries  in  the 
United  States  and  the  chief  reliance  of  the 
great  California  fruit-growing  business. 

Along  this  same  line,  Mr.  Martin  was  in- 
strumental in  sending  to  Australia  one  of  the 
first  ice  and  cold  storage  machines  ever  seen 
in  that  country  and  this  formed  the  basis  of 
the  meat-shipping  business  in  the  Southern 
Continent,  which  now  furnishes  a  large  por- 
tion of  the  meat  con- 
sumed annually  in  the 
British  Isles. 

Mr.  Martin,  aside  from 
being  a  pioneer  in  the  ice 
manufacturing  business, 
has  been  one  of  its  great- 
est upbuilders,  and  has 
done  quite  as  much  as 
any  other  man  to  advance 
the  industry,  especially 
on  the  Pacific  Coast.  At 
different  times  he  organ- 
ized a  score  or  more  ice 
manufacturing  and  cold 
storage  concerns,  each 
one  operating  its  own 
plant,  and  these  are  now 
all  controlled  by  the  Na- 
tional Ice  and  Cold  Stoi 
age  Company,  which  cor- 
poration he  helped  to  or- 
ganize and  of  which  he  is 
the  directing  force  at  the 
oresent  time. 

Although  Mr.  Martin 
has  at  different  times  in- 
vested in  various  oil  and 
mining  propositions,  his  chief  interests  have 
been  in  the  ice  and  cold  storage  business.  In 
addition  to  his  position  with  the  National 
Company,  Mr.  Martin  is  Vice  President  of 
the  Fresno  Consumers'  Ice  Company,  and 
holds  the  same  office  in  the  Nevada  National 
Ice  and  Cold  Storage  Company.  He  is  also 
a  Director  in  the  Commercial  Petroleum 
Company  and  the  Atlas  Wonder  Mining 
Company,  and  is  Secretary  of  the  Sparks- 
Reno  Electric  Railroad. 

In  1909,  Mr.  Martin  went  on  a  tour  around 
the  world,  primarily  to  visit  the  ice  and  cold 
storage  plants  of  the  various  countries,  but 
he  also  combined  business  and  pleasure,  tak- 
ing the  members  of  his  family  with  him. 

Mr.  Martin  is  a  member  of  the  Elks  and 
the  Transportation  Club,  of  San  Francisco, 
but  he  is  not  a  clubman  in  the  accepted  mean- 
ing of  the  term,  for  he  finds  his  chief  recrea- 
tion in  the  home  circle. 


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ANNA,  RICHARD  HENRY,  Justice 
of  the  Supreme  Court  of  New 
Mexico,  Santa  Fe,  New  Mexico, 
was  born  at  Kankakee,  Illinois, 
July  31,  1878,  the  son  of  Isaac 
Bird  Hanna  and  Belle  (Hall) 
Hanna.  He  married  Clara  Zimmer  at  Santa  Fe  on 
February  8,  1905. 

Justice  Hanna  received  his  preliminary  educa- 
tion in  the  public  schools  of  Kankakee,  leaving  the 
High  School  to  enter  North- 
western Academy  at  Evans- 
ton,  Illinois  and  was  gradu- 
ated in  1898.  Shortly  after 
his  graduation,  Justice  Han- 
na moved  to  Flagstaff,  Ari- 
zona, where  he  entered  the 
service  of  the  United  States 
Government  as  a  forest  ran- 
ger. It  was  while  serving  in 
this  capacity  that  he  decided 
to  take  up  the  study  of  law 
and  in  1900  he  entered  the 
Law  School  of  the  University 
of  Colorado  at  Boulder,  from 
which  he  was  graduated  in 
the  class  of  1903  with  the 
degree  of  Bachelor  of  Laws. 

Immediately  following  the 
completion  of  his  studies,  he 
moved  to  New  Mexico,  locat- 
ing at  Santa  Fe,  and  began 
practice.  In  May,  1904,  he 
succeeded  to  the  practice  of 
George  W.  Knaebel  and  from 
that  time  forward  has  been 
one  of  the  leaders  of  the  pro- 
fession in  the  Southwest. 
He  was  elected  Secretary  of 
the  New  Mexico  Territorial 
Bar  Association  in  1904  and 
served  until  1907.  Also,  he  was 
Secretary  of  the  Territorial 
Law  Library  Board  for  seven 
years  (1904-11),  resigning 
this  when  he  became  a  candidate  for  the  bench. 

In  1909  Justice  Hanna  formed  a  partner- 
ship with  Francis  C.  Wilson  under  the  name 
of  Hanna  &  Wilson,  this  continuing  until  January 
1,  1912,  when  he  ascended  the  Bench  of  the 
Supreme  Court.  This-  is  the  only  office  for  which 
Justice  Hanna  has  ever  stood  as  a  candidate 
and  he  has  the  distinction  of  having  been  one  of 
the  youngest  men  in  the  history  of  the  country 
to  be  honored  by  election  to  such  high  office. 
Elected  in  November,  1911,  he  drew  a  term  of 
seven  years  and  since  assuming  the  duties  of  this 
important  branch  of  the  first  State  Government 
of  New  Mexico  he  has  made  a  splendid  record  for 
fairness  and  careful  handling  of  the  problems 
which  have  presented  themselves  to  the  court  for 
settlement. 

During  his  legal  career,  which  extended  over 
a  period  of  nine  years,  Justice  Hanna  conducted 
a  general  practice,  but  was  looked  upon  as  an 
authority  in  irrigation  matters.  This  is  one  of 
the  most  important  branches  of  modern  develop- 
ment in  the  Southwest  and  Justice  Hanna's  pre- 
vious experience  as  a  forest  ranger,  together 
with  the  great  amount  of  time  he  devoted  to  the 
study  of  this  subject,  placed  him  in  a  position  to 
deal  with  this  class  of  litigation  more  intelligently 


HON.   R.   H.   HANNA 


than  attorneys  less  familiar  with  that  subject. 
Justice  Hanna  has  been  affiliated  with  the  Pro- 
gressive wing  of  the  Republican  party  and  for  ten 
years  has  taken  an  active  part  in  all  political  cam- 
paigns in  New  Mexico,  but  neither  sought  nor  ac- 
cepted any  public  office  until  he  was  nominated 
for  the  position  to  which  he  was  elected  at  the 
first  State  election  held  in  his  adopted  State.  His 
choice  as  the  candidate  for  the  Supreme  Court 
was  non-partisan  and  occasioned  an  unusual,  pop- 
ular demonstration  in  which 
voters  of  other  parties  joined. 
In  March,  1911,  Justice 
Hanna  was  designated  as 
one  of  a  committee  of  three, 
by  the  Progressive  Republi- 
cans of  New  Mexico,  to  visit 
Washington,  D.  C.  for  the 
purpose  of  working  for  the 
so-called  Flood  Resolution 
(providing  an  easier  method 
of  amendment  of  the  State 
Constitution),  Governor  Hag- 
trman  and  General  Viljoen, 
being  other  members  of  the 
committee.  Through  the  co- 
operation of  the  Democratic 
Committee  from  New  Mexico 
and  the  Democrats  and  Pro- 
gressive Republicans  in  Con- 
gress they  were  successful 
in  gaining  their  point,  over 
the  opposition  of  all  the  cor- 
porate interests  in  New  Mex- 
ico and  the  Regular  Republi- 
can organization.  Following 
the  adoption  of  the  Flood 
Resolution  by  Congress  the 
people  of  New  Mexico  rati- 
fied it  by  a  large  majority, 
thus  making  the  State  Con- 
stitution possible  of  amend- 
ment. The  position  of  Jus- 
tice Hanna  and  his  col- 
leagues was  generally  mis- 
understood and  greatly  misrepresented  and  they 
were  charged  with  opposition  to  Statehood,  but 
subsequent  events  proved  the  correctness  of  their 
position. 

To  Justice  Hanna  this  appears  to  be  one  of  the 
most  important  features  of  the  new  State's  Consti- 
tution because  it  permits  of  adjusting  the  law  more 
readily  to  the  rapidly  changing  conditions. 

Since  a&suming  office  as  a  member  of  the  Su- 
preme Court,  Justice  Hanna  and  his  associates 
have  had  to  deal  with  numerous  important  and 
intricate  problems  of  law  and  in  the  handling  of 
these  he  has  displayed  extraordinary  powers  of  an- 
alysis. His  decisions  are  distinguished  for  their 
clearness  and  brevity,  being  stripped  of  all  un- 
necessary language  in  arriving  at  the  point. 

Besides  his  legal  activities,  Justice  Hanna  has 
taken  part  in  the  upbuilding  of  Santa  Fe  as  a 
city,  having  served  as  President  of  the  Santa  Fe 
Commercial  Club  during  the  year  1910.  He  is  also 
a  Director  of  the  United  States  National  Bank  and 
Trust  Company  of  Santa  Fe. 

Justice  Hanna  is-  a  prominent  factor  in  fraternal 
affairs.  His  memberships  include  the  Santa  Fe 
Club,  Elks  and  Masons.  He  is  a  thirty-second 
degree  Mason,  Deputy  of  the  Supreme  Council  of 
the  A.  A.  S.  R.  of  Freemasonry. 


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ATCHELDER,  GEORGE  AIKEN, 
Vice  President  E.  H.  Rollins  & 
Sons,  Bonds,  San  Francisco,  Cali- 
fornia, was  born  in  that  city  April 
13,  1860,  the  son  of  Joseph  Moody 
Batchelder  and  Elizabeth  (Aiken) 
Batchelder.  He  married  Mary  Whittemore  Kitt- 
redge,  daughter  of  Jonathan  Kittredge,  a  California 
pioneer,  in  San  Francisco,  March  19,  1885,  and  two 
children  were  born  to  them,  Doris  Elizabeth  (Mrs. 
De  Lancy  Lewis)  and  Kittredge  Batchelder. 

Mr.  Batchelder  comes  in  direct  descent  through 
eight  generations  from  the  Reverend  Stephen 
Batchiler  of  Hampshire,  EnglanJ,  who  landed  in 
Boston  from  the  "William  and  Francis"  June,  1632. 

Oliver  Wendell  Holmes  speaks  of  the  Reverend 
Stephen  as  "that  terrible  old  sinner  and  ancestor 
of  great  men."  There  has  been  some  controversy 
a?  to  the  fitness  of  the  first  distinction,  but  of  the 
second  there  can  be  no  doubt.  Among  his  well- 
known  descendants  are  Daniel  Webster,  orator; 
John  Greenleaf  Whittier,  poet;  General  Benjamin 
F.  Butler,  soldier  and  lawyer,  Wm.  Pitt  Fessenden, 
statesman;  Caleb  Gushing,  diplomat;  General  R. 
N.  Batchelder,  Grant's  Chief  Quartermaster  of  the 
Army  of  the  Potomac,  and  many  others  of  lesser 
note.  George  Aiken  inherited  his  wanderlust  from 
the  Reverend  Stephen,  who  took  his  B.  A.  at  St. 
John's  College,  Oxford,  in  1586,  afterwards  lived 
in  Holland  and  England,  and  sailed  for  America 
in  1632,  after  receiving  from  Charles  I  a  grant  of 
arms,  notable  as  one  of  the  few  given  for  services 
performed  in  America — "Vert,  a  plow  in  fess;  in 
base  the  sun  rising,  Or."  He  returned  to  England, 
dying  in  1660,  in  the  one  hundredth  year  of  his  age. 

George  A.  Batchelder's  mother's  family  came 
from  Londonderry,  in  the  North  of  Ireland,  in  1660. 
His  forbears  proved  their  patriotism  in  the  Colo- 
nial, the  Revolutionary  and  the  Civil  wars. 

Joseph  M.  Batchelder  reached.  California  in 
1850,  but  went  to  China  in  the  sixties  and  died  of 
sunstroke  at  Miyanosta,  Japan,  in  1893.  He  raised 
the  sunken  steamship  Ajax,  which  had  blocked  the 
river  at  Shanghai;  built  the  first  ocean-going 
steamship  constructed  in  China,  the  Yangtzi,  and 
was  shipowner,  transporting  the  troops  of  the 
Mikado  in  the  war  with  the  Tycoon  in  1869. 

Mr.  Batchelder's  education  has  been  varied  and 
somewhat  cosmopolitan.  In  1866-67  he  attended  a 
private  school  in  Shanghai,  China;  in  1868  a  pub- 
lic school  in  New  Hampshire;  the  Mount  Pleasant 
Academy,  Amherst,  Massachusetts,  1869-70;  Al- 
len's English  and  Classical  School,  West  Newton, 
Massachusetts,  1871-73;  the  Japanese  Government 
Business  School  and  the  University  of  Tokio, 
1874-79,  and  at  the  Columbia  Law  School,  Wash- 
ington, D.  C.,  in  1882-83.  This  extensive  schooling 
was  supplemented  by  traveling  when  pirates  were 
afloat  and  traveling  was  not  merely  tripping  in 
express  trains  and  floating  hotels,  all  of  which 
combined  to  broaden  his  viewpoints.  A  three 
months'  voyage  to  Shanghai,  via  Honolulu  and 
Foochow,  on  the  barque  Valetta,  Captain  Cavan- 
augh,  in  1866;  a  cruise  in  a  private  yacht  through 
the  Inland  Sea  of  Japan,  in  1867,  while  the  Tycoon 
still  reigned;  a  return  to  San  Francisco  in  March, 


1868,  on  the  China,  Captain  Cobb,  with  Anson 
Burlingame's  first  Chinese  Embassy;  back  to  Mas- 
sachusetts via  Panama  in  the  same  year,  thence  to 
Japan  again  in  1873  on  the  America,  Captain  Free- 
man, and  from  1873  to  1880  traveling,  attending 
school  in  Tokio  and  acting  as  Assistant  Secretary 
at  the  United  States  Legation,  form  a  kaleidoscop- 
ic record  that  suggests  a  course  of  moving-picture 
shows.  An  official  touch  is  added  by  the  fact  that 
the  American  Government  rented,  for  ten  years,  as 
its  Legation  in  Japan,  the  residence  of  Mr.  Batch- 
elder's  father. 

The  roving  spirit  again  seized  Mr.  Batchelder 
in  1897  and  sent  him  to  Europe  in  that  year;  again, 
in  1902,  to  the  South  Seas,  and  Tahiti  in  1904,  and 
around  the  world  in  1907-08. 

Mr.  Batchelder's  active  business  life  began  in 
1880,  when  he  entered  the  Quartermaster's  Depot, 
U.  S.  A.,  in  San  Francisco,  and  rose  in  two  years 
to  the  post  of  chief  clerk  of  the  depot.  From  1882 
to  1883  he  was  a  clerk  in  the  War  Department  at 
Washington,  and  in  October  of  the  latter  year  he 
became  treasurer  of  the  Dakota  Investment  Com- 
pany at  Grand  Forks  in  the  Red  River  Valley  of 
the  then  Territory  of  Dakota. 

In  1885  he  became  an  officer  of  the  corporation 
of  E.  H.  Rollins  &  Sons  as  Western  manager,  and 
in  1892  went  to  Denver,  Colorado,  to  take  charge 
of  its  business  there.  Two  years  later,  in  1894,  he 
opened  the  San  Francisco  branch  of  the  house, 
which  thereby  became  the  pioneer  bond  house  of 
the  Pacific  Coast.  Since  that  date  he  has  placed 
more  than  thirty  millions  of  outside  capital  in  Cal- 
ifornia municipalities  and  corporations. 

In  1894  Mr.  Batchelder  introduced  on  this  Coast 
the  business  of  dealing  solely  in  municipal  and 
corporation  bonds.  The  San  Francisco  office  force 
of  E.  H.  Rollins  &  Sons  consisted  of  a  bookkeeper 
and  a  stenographer,  with  a  local  business  of  per- 
haps $500,000  annual  volume.  Today  the  estab- 
lishment embraces  twenty-six,  with  a  volume  of 
some  $11,000,000  annually.  It  was  not  until  1905 
that  the  second  bond  house  was  established  in 
San  Francisco,  since  which  time  some  half  a  do/en 
other  houses  have  been  added. 

Mr.  Batchelder  has  been  a  director  of  numerous 
corporations  in  various  States,  and  amoii.?  these 
his  directorship  of  the  Bay  Counties  Power  Com- 
pany, which  broke  all  previous  records  for  long- 
distance transmission  of  electric  power,  and  that 
of  the  Western  Pacific  Railway,  the  first  railroad 
to  brenk  into  California  against  the  will  of  the 
Southern  Pacific,  are  those  in  which  he  took  great- 
est pride,  officially  speaking. 

After  the  Continental  rather  than  the  American 
custom,  he  retired  from  active  business  at  tin  age 
of  50.  He  is  now,  he  says,  "taking  life  easy  after 
the  English  and  Japanese  modes,"  enjoying  his 
home  and  giving  as  much  time  as  he  can  spare 
therefrom  to  certain  necessary  business  interests 
and  to  his  clubs  and  societies.  Of  the  latter  he 
has  a  varied  assortment.  Among  them:  The  So- 
ciety of  Colonial  Wars,  D.  C.,  the  Bohemian  Club, 
the  Pacific  Union  Club,  the  Military  Order  of  the 
Loyal  Legion,  California  Commandery,  and  tne 
Menlo  Country  Club. 


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m  RANK,  NATHAN  H.,  Attor- 
*  ney,  was  born  in  San  Francis- 
co, California,  June  3,  1858, 
the  son  of  Jacob  Frank  and 
Eva  (Meyer)  Frank.  His  pa- 
ternal ancestors  were  Bavarian  Jews  and  his 
mother  is  a  native  of  Frankfort-on-the-Main. 
He  married  Charlotte  Elizabeth  Petterson  at 
San  Francisco,  September  19,  1881,  and  they 
are  the  parents  of  five 
sons  and  a  daughter.  Four 
of  the  children,  including 

the  daughter,  were  at  col- 
lege at  the  same  time,  and 
one  son,  Irving  H.  Frank, 
is  now  associated  with  his 
father  in  law  practice. 

The  public  schools  of 
Suisun,  Solano  County, 
from  1863  to  1873,  and 
then  a  private  course  un- 
der the  principal,  C.  W. 
Childs,  prepared  him  for 
the  University  of  Califor- 
nia, from  which  he  was 
graduated  in  1877  a  Ph.  B. 
Two  years  later  he  took 
the  degree  of  L.  L.  B. 
from  the  Columbia  Law 
College  of  New  York,  and 
after  waiting  a  month  to 
become  of  age  he  was  ad- 
mitted to  the  bar  of  New 
York. 

On  his  return  to  San 
Francisco  he  associated 
himself  with  the  firm  of 
Wheaton  &  Scrivner,  patent  lawyers,  with 
whom  he  remained  until  1881.  He  then  went 
to  New  Mexico  to  scan  the  field  there.  Dis- 
appointed in  the  outlook,  he  returned  to 
San  Francisco.  Shortly  after  his  second  re- 
turn he  entered  the  office  of  Milton  Andros. 
After  a  brief  term  in  a  clerical  capacity  he  be- 
came the  partner  of  Mr.  Andros,  under  the 
firm  name  of  Andros  &  Frank,  which  part- 
nership lasted  until  1900. 

Mr.  Frank's  practice,  though  of  a  general 
nature,  has  been  chiefly  in  maritime  and  in- 
surance law  and  in  the  Federal  courts.  In 
the  course  thereof  he  has  had  many  cases  of 
public  interest  and  handled  practically  all  the 
causes  on  this  coast  arising  out  of  seizure,  as 
prize,  of  American  vessels  and  cargoes  during 
the  Russo-Japanese  War.  Important  among 
these  is  his  successful  attempt  to  establish  a 
principle  differing  from  that  apparently  set- 
tled by  the  English  law  during  the  Napoleon- 


NATHAN  H.  FRANK 


ic  wars.  This  law  held  that  a  vessel  insured 
against  "capture,  seizure  and  detention"  was 
not  covered  for  a  loss  due  to  condemnation 
for  carrying  false  papers.  From  time  imme- 
morial, however,  it  had  been  the  practice  of 
vessels  engaged  in  blockade  running  to  carry 
false  papers  to  enable  the  vessels  to  accom- 
plish their  purpose,  and  the  policy  gave 
them  the  liberty  of  running  the  block- 
ade. But  in  this  case 
counsel  for  the  insurance 
company  contended  that 
as  the  steamer  was  cov- 
ered by  an  English  policy 
the  English  law  should 
govern.  Testimony  of 
two  of  the  ablest  English 
barristers,  one  of  whom 
has  since  been  elevated  to 
the  bench  of  the  High 
Court  of  Justice  of  Eng- 
land, was  taken  to  prove 
that  the  loss  was  not  cov- 
ered by  the  policy.  Mr. 
Frank,  however,  took  the 
position  that  everything 
usual  and  customary  in 
accomplishing  the  voyage 
was  covered  by  the  insur- 
ance, and  hence  condem- 
nation for  carrying  false 
papers  was  within  the 
policy.  His  contention 
sustained  by  the  United 
States  Circuit  Court  and 
subsequently  by  the  Cir- 
cuit Court  of  Appeals, 


discountenanced  the  old  English  law. 

Another  achievement  especially  note- 
worthy is  his  establishment  of  the  present 
standard  form  of  charter-party  and  bill  of 
lading  necessitated  by  the  hazardous  trade 
to  Alaska,  ships  for  which,  at  the  beginning 
of  the  gold  excitement,  hailed  from  San  Fran- 
cisco but  were  chartered  by  Seattle  firms. 

During  his  extensive  experience  he  has 
become  the  attorney  for  a  large  variety  of 
companies  and  interests,  which  rely  upon  him 
with  the  utmost  confidence.  Among  these 
are  the  Barneson-Hibbard  Co.,  J.  D.  Spreck- 
els  and  Bros.  Co.,  Oceanic  Steamship  Co.,  the 
Charles  Nelson  Co.,  Robert  Dollar  S.  S.  Co., 
Los  Alamos  Oil  and  Development  Co.,  the 
Alaska  Exploration  Co.,  and  for  many  years, 
as  a  member  of  the  firm  of  Andros  &  Frank, 
the  Pacific  Mail  Steamship  Co. 

Mr.  Frank  has  not  been  very  active  in  club 
life,  though  he  is  a  member  of  several. 


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PIRO,  SOLON,  Mine  Opera- 
tor, Salt  Lake  City,  Utah, 
was  born  in  Kurnik,  Germa- 
ny, March  1,  1863,  the  son  of 
Leopold  Spiro,  and  Ernestine 
(Aschheim)  Spiro.  He  married  Ida  Mae 
Marks,  October  16,  1909,  at  Cincinnati,  Ohio. 
Mr.  Spiro  studied  in  private  schools  and 
business  colleges  of  Germany  until  1881, 
when  his  uncle,  Mayer  S. 
Aschheim,  persuaded  him 
to  leave  the  Fatherland 
and  go  to  Park  City, 
Utah,  there  to  assist  in 
the  conduct  of  a  large 
mercantile  establishment. 
From  the  day  of  his  ar- 
rival he  began  to  lay  the 
foundation  of  his  fortune, 
which  has  become  one  of 
the  most  substantial  in 
Utah.  He  devoted  him- 
self to  the  business  of  his 
uncle,  but  early  saw  that 
the  real  opportunities 
were  in  mining.  In  the 
Park  City  district  he 
studied  the  reduction  to- 
gether with  the  business 
of  mining  generally. 

With  the  little  capital 
at  his  command  he 
bought  interests  in  prom- 
ising claims,  as  the  op- 
portunities offered.  He 
used  the  technical  knowl- 
edge which  he  had  ac- 
quired, to  the  best  advantage,  and  rarely 
made  a  false  investment.  He  began  mining 
on  a  small  scale,  but  his  interests  advanced 
rapidly  and  he  formed  a  number  of  success- 
ful mining  companies.  About  1899  his  min- 
ing interests  became  so  important  that  he 
was  compelled  to  give  up  his  mercantile 
business  and  devote  all  his  time  to  mining. 
He  made  money  out  of  going  shares.  He 
acquired  an  intimate  knowledge  of  the 
various  mines  of  his  district,  and  on  the 
strength  of  his  judgment  became  a  large 
holder  of  some  of  the  best  investment  stocks 
in  Utah. 

One  of  his  greatest  strokes  of  business 
finesse  and  practical  organization  was  the 
formation  of  the  Silver  King  Consolidated 
Mining  Company,  the  property  of  which  is 
rapidly  developing  into  one  of  the  greatest 
mines  in  the  Park  City  district.  He  is  presi- 
dent and  general  manager  of  the  company, 


SOLON  SPIRO 


and  in  this  dual  capacity  has  demonstrated 
an  extraordinary  ability  both  in  the  financial 
and  development  end  of  the  business. 

It  has  been  through  his  knowledge  of  the 
district  in  which  this  company's  territory  is 
located  and  his  indomitable  determination 
to  obtain  a  square  deal  that  his  company 
holds  its  present  position.  At  one  time  he 
decided  that  the  Silver  King  Coalition  Mines 
Company,  a  neighboring 
property,  had  trespassed 
on  his  company's  prop- 
erty and  taken  out  a  large 
amount  of  ore.  He  finally 
filed  a  suit  to  recover  the 
value  of  it,  but  was  har- 
assed by  counter  suits 
and  every  possible  obsta- 
cle that  the  powerful  in- 
terests back  of  his  com- 
pany's adversary  could 
place  in  his  way.  The 
odds  against  him  in  this 
fight  were  tremendous, 
for  the  Silver  King  Coali- 
tion is  made  up  of  many 
of  the  strongest  iiid 
brainiest  financiers  in 
America,  and  they  put  up 
a  struggle  that  lasted  for 
more  than  three  years. 
Lacking  the  large  finan- 
cial resources  of  his  op- 
ponents, he  met  power 
with  tenacity  and  put  up 
a  battle,  which,  in  addi- 
tion to  being  crowned 


with  success  for  his  stockholders,  will  always 
be  remembered  as  one  of  the  most  notable 
contests  in  the  vivid  history  of  mining  in  the 
West.  He  finally  secured  judgment  for 
$750,000. 

In  addition  to  his  Silver  King  Consolidated 
connections,  Mr.  Spiro  is  president  and  gen- 
eral manager  of  the  Little  Bell  Consolidated 
Mining  Company,  a  dividend  paying  propo- 
sition, also  located  in  the  Park  City  district; 
director  of  the  Merchants'  Bank  of  Salt  Lake 
City,  Utah,  and  is  also  a  stockholder  in 
numerous  other  mining  and  business  ven- 
tures. 

He  is  essentially  a  man  of  progress  and  is 
interested  in  many  ways  in  the  upbuilding  of 
his  city. 

He  is  identified  with  the  Commercial 
Club  of  Salt  Lake  and  is  a  prominent 
member  of  the  Benevolent  and  Protective 
Order  of  Elks. 


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PRECKELS,     ADOLPH 
BERNARD,  Vice  Pres.,  J.  D. 
Spreckels    &    Bros.    Co.,    San 
Francisco,   was   born   in   that 
city,    January    5,     1857,    the 
son  of  Claus  and  Anna  C.  (Mangels)  Spreck- 
els.    His  father,  Claus  Spreckels,  who  was 
born  in  Germany,  came  from  New  York  to 
San  Francisco  in  1856,  and  his  activities  in 
California  are  today  not  only  an  important 
part   of  the   industrial   history   of  this   State 
but  also  of  the  United  States  and  the  Ha- 
waiian   Islands.     Having  become   interested 
in  the  sugar-growing  industry,  he  established 
the  Bay  Sugar  Refinery,  in  1868,  at  the  cor- 
ner of  Battery  and  Union  streets,  and  after 
three  or  four  years  of  success  in  this  founded 
the  California  Sugar  Refinery  at  Eighth  and 
Brannan,    in    competition   with   the   concern 
conducted  by  James  Gordan,  Wm.  T.  Cole- 
man  and  others.     By  the  use   of  improved 
machinery  and  modern  methods  he  soon  got 
control  of  the  local  market,  and  about  1882 
moved  to  the   Potrero,   where   he   built  the 
huge  establishment  his  sons  are  now  operat- 
ing so  successfully.     About  1876  he  had  be- 
gun to  buy  sugar  lands  and  plantations  in 
the  Hawaiian  Islands,  to  which  holdings  he 
subsequently  largely  added.     In  1888  he  de- 
termined to  fight  to  a  finish  the  Sugar  Trust, 
which  had  been  trying  to  force  him  from  the 
refining  field.     He  built  in  Philadelphia  the 
largest    refinery    in    the    world,    carried    the 
battle  to  the  trust's  own  ground  and  won  a 
memorable    victory.      The    trust    afterwards 
bought  this  refinery  at  his  own  figures.     His 
largest  contribution,  perhaps,  to  the  indus- 
trial development  of  California  was  his  es- 
tablishment of  the  beet  sugar  industry,  first 
at  Watsonville,  and  then  at  Salinas.    This  is 
now  also  the  largest  of  its  kind  in  the  world, 
employing  thousands  of  men  and  proving  a 
great  boon  especially  to  the  farmers  of  the 
State.     Another  of  his  important  services  to 
California  was  his  pioneer  opposition  to  the 
Southern    Pacific    monopoly.      This    he    ex- 
pressed by  aiding  in  the  financing  of  the  San 
Francisco  and  San  Joaquin  Valley  Railroad, 
which    was    subsequently    absorbed    by    the 
Santa  Fe.     He  was  one  of  California's  most 
public-spirited  citizens,  ever  ready  to  aid  any 
project  he  believed  to  be  for  the  State's  best 
interests.    His  son,  Adolph,  together  with  the 
latter's  brothers,  are  continuing  his  activities 
with  conspicuous  success,  and  are  among  the 
commercial  and  financial  leaders  of  the  Pa- 


cific Coast.  On  May  11,  1907,  Adolph  Spreck- 
els was  married  in  Philadelphia  to  Miss  Alma 
de  Bretteville,  daughter  of  Victor  de  Brette- 
ville,  some  of  whose  maternal  ancestors 
played  notable  parts  in  the  history  of  France, 
especially  during  the  French  Revolution. 
The  children  of  this  marriage  are  Alma  de 
Bretteville  Spreckels,  born  Aug.  23,  1910, 
and  Adolph  F.  Spreckels,  Oct.  30,  1911. 

Mr.  Spreckels  obtained  his  first  schooling 
in  private  schools  of  San  Francisco,  two  of 
which,  that  of  Dr.  Huddart,  corner  of  Bryant 
and  Second  streets,  and  the  establishment  of 
George  Bates,  were  among  the  old  land- 
marks that  have  passed  away.  From  1869  to 
1871  he  attended  school  in  Hanover,  Ger- 
many, and  after  his  return  to  San  Francisco 
was  a  student  at  the  South  Cosmopolitan 
Grammar  School,  from  '72  to  '74.  He  then 
entered  Heald's  Business  College,  from  which 
he  was  graduated  at  the  end  of  nine  months. 
In  1876  Mr.  Spreckels  began  his  business 
career  as  a  clerk  in  the  California  Sugar  Re- 
finery at  Eighth  and  Brannan  streets.  After 
serving  about  four  years  as  clerk  he  became 
secretary  of  the  company,  and  in  1881  formed 
a  partnership  with  his  brothers  under  the 
firm  name  of  J.  D.  Spreckels  &  Bros.  Co.,  of 
which  he  was  made  vice  president,  an  office 
he  has  since  retained. 

When  the  firm  was  incorporated  it  be- 
came the  general  agent  for  the  Oceanic 
Steamship  Co.,  with  vessels  running  be- 
tween San  Francisco  and  the  Sandwich 
Islands.  The  business  was  that  of  general 
shipping  and  commission,  handling  all  kinds 
of  freight,  as  well  as  a  passenger  traffic,  and 
confining  its  trade  chiefly  to  San  Francisco 
and  the  Islands.  This  soon  grew  to  very  large 
proportions,  which  were  gradually  increased 
by  the  acquisition  and  development  of  the 
firm's  sugar  and  plantation  interests  in  Ha- 
waii. For  six  or  seven  years  the  company 
ran  a  line  of  large  steamers  to  Australia,  car- 
rying freight  and  passengers,  and  also  be- 
came agents  for  the  Kosmos  Line,  which 
plied  chiefly  between  Hamburg,  Germany, 
and  South  American  and  Central  American 
ports. 

For  many  years  the  Government  of  New 
South  Wales  had  been  paying  the  Spreckels 
a  subsidy  for  running  their  vessels.  This 
was  finally  cut  off,  but  the  company  still  con- 
tinued the  service,  until  in  1906,  shortly  after 
the  earthquake,  they  were  obliged  to  stop 
what  had  for  some  time  been  a  losing  ven- 


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ture.  Recently,  however,  the  wonderful  de- 
velopment of  the  fuel  oil  industry  in  Califor- 
nia has  combined  with  the  firm's  knowledge 
of  commercial  needs  to  prompt  the  restora- 
tion of  the  line,  and  the  brothers  are  now 
converting  the  vessels  into  oil  burners.  They 
are  still  the  agents  for  the  Oceanic  Line,  in 
which  they  are  also  large  stockholders. 

Since  the  incorporation  of  the  firm  its 
business  has  developed  from  a  basis  of  hun- 
dreds of  thousands  of  dollars  to  that  of  many 
millions,  not  only  through  the  natural  com- 
mercial expansion  of  the  country,  but  also 
through  the  remarkable  growth  of  the  beet 
sugar  industry,  which  Claus  Spreckels  had 
established  at  Watsonville  and  Salinas.  If 
any  indication  of  the  company's  prosperity 
were  needed  it  would  suffice  to  visit  the 
great  refinery  in  the  Potrero,  or  the  beautiful 
new  office  building  recently  completed,  in 
Grecian  style  of  architecture,  at  the  corner  of 
California  and  Davis  streets. 

Beyond  Mr.  Spreckels'  business  activities 
he  has  found  time  to  prove  a  useful  citizen 
in  other  directions.  As  Park  Commissioner 
under  Governor  Budd,  and  during  the  three 
administrations  of  Mayor  Phelan,  as  well  as 
through  Mayor  Schmitz's  term,  he  has  done 
much  for  the  improvement  and  beauty  of 
Golden  Gate  Park.  In  both  the  Phelan  and 
Schmitz  regimes  he  was  president  of  the 
commission,  and  on  Jan.  8  of  the  present  year 
was  again  appointed  to  the  Board  of  Park 
Commissioners  by  Mayor  Rolph. 

Mr.  Spreckels'  services  as  Park  Commis- 
sioner are  greater  than  they  are  generally 
known  to  be.  Prompted  by  his  enthusiasm 
for  the  general  beautification  of  the  park  and 
by  his  genuine  public  spirit,  he  is  responsible 
for  some  of  the  most  useful  and  ornamental 
features  in  this  great  pleasure  ground.  It 
was  he  who  induced  his  father  to  give  the 
beautiful  and  imposing  Music  Stand,  which 
is  said  to  be  the  handsomest  in  any  American 
park,  and  which  remains  a  monument  to  the 
generosity  and  thoughtfulness  both  of  father 
and  son.  He  was  also  the  main  factor  in  the 
building  of  the  huge  stadium  which  has 
proved  such  a  boon  to  the  lovers  of  open-air 
athletics,  young  and  old,  as  well  as  to  the 
amateur  drivers  of  fast  trotters  that  show 
their  paces  on  the  speedway  encircling  the 
stadium  proper.  Another  important  sugges- 
tion of  Mr.  Spreckels  for  use  and  adornment 
of  the  park  is  the  huge  Dutch  windmill,  near 
the  extreme  western  edge  of  the  grounds. 
This  has  made  possible  Spreckels  Lake,  so 
named  after  the  projector  of  the  windmill, 


and  other  smaller  lakes,  into  which  the  mill 
pumps  the  necessary  water. 

For  many  years  Mr.  Spreckels  has  been  a 
racer  and  a  breeder  of  thoroughbred  horses, 
and  has  owned  and  raised  some  of  the  great- 
est performers  in  the  history  of  the  sport  on 
this  coast.  Among  these  were  such  notable 
winners  as  Gallant.  Cadmus  and  the  remark- 
able four-miler,  Candid.  The  most  note- 
worthy of  all  Mr.  Spreckels'  thoroughbreds, 
and  said  to  be  the  greatest  racehorse  pro- 
duced in  California,  is  Dr.  Leggo,  who  won 
the  Burns  Handicap,  and  shortly  after  an- 
other great  stake  over  the  same  distance,  a 
mile  and  a  quarter,  at  Los  Angeles.  The 
Doctor  was  raised  by  Mr.  Spreckels,  and  is 
now  in  the  stud  on  the  stock  farm  near  Napa 
City.  Other  famous  sires  there  are  Solitaire, 
which  Mr.  Spreckels  bought  from  Sir  Ed- 
ward Cassel,  after  this  horse  had  won  the 
Queen's  Vase  at  Ascot  and  many  other  im- 
portant races  in  England;  Puryer  D.,  an 
Eastern-bred  stallion,  and  Voorhees,  a  son  of 
Solitaire.  Among  the  best  of  the  brood  mares 
on  the  farm  is  Sevens,  which  Mr.  Spreckels 
named  at  the  suggestion  of  a  friend,  after  he 
had  held  four  sevens  on  four  different  occa- 
sions. 

He  is  also  especially  fond  of  driving 
horses,  of  standard-bred  stock,  and  finds  his 
recreation  partly  in  cultivating  this  taste. 
Formerly  he  was  an  enthusiastic  yachtsman, 
and  as  owner  of  the  Consuelo  and  the  Lur- 
line  has  figured  conspicuously  in  yachting 
circles. 

Mr.  Spreckels  is  widely  known  for  his  af- 
fability, genial  nature  and  kindliness,  but 
despite  these  popular  qualities  has  remained 
aloof  from  politics  and  public  life,  strictly  so- 
called.  He  has  preferred  to  serve  his  fellow- 
men  in  other  ways  and  has  never  been  lack- 
ing in  benevolence. 

Outside  of  his  connection  with  the  J.  D. 
Spreckels  &  Brothers  Company  he  has  other 
important  business  interests  requiring  his  at- 
tention. Among  these  are  the  Western 
Sugar  Company,  the  Oceanic  Steamship 
Company,  of  both  of  which  he  is  vice  presi- 
dent, and  the  Sunset  Monarch  Company,  of 
which  he  is  a  director. 

His  clubs  are  the  Pacific-Union,  Bohem- 
ian, Union  League,  Merchants,  San  Fran- 
cisco Yacht  Club  and  the  Olympic  Athletic, 
of  which  last  he  is  a  life-member. 

At  present  he  resides  in  Sausalito,  Marin 
County,  but  will  soon  move  into  the  hand- 
some home  he  is  building  at  the  corner  of 
Washington  and  Octavia  streets,  San  Fran- 
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OOK,  WILLIAM  SPENCER  (de- 
ceased), Capitalist,  Los  Angeles, 
California,  was  born  at  Jackson- 
ville, Illinois,  the  &on  of  Cornelius 
Hook  and  Ann  (Spencer)  Hook. 
He  married  Mary  Barbee,  daugh- 
ter of  an  eminent  Indiana  jurist,  at  Lafayette,  In- 
diana, April  2,  1885.  They  had  two  sons,  William 
S.  Hook,  Jr.,  and  Barbee  S.  Hook. 

Mr.  Hook,  who  was  one  of  a  large  family  of 
children,  had  scant  opportunities  for  education  in 
his  youth,  being  compelled  to  leave  school  when  he 
was  only  twelve  years  of  age  to  aid  in  the  support 
of  the  house.  The  teaching  he  had  obtained  was 
in  the  common  schools  of  the  district,  which  at  that 
time  were  not  extensive  educational  institutions. 

His  first  position  after  leaving  school  was  in  a 
general  merchandise  store  at  Jacksonville,  where 
he  worked  for  several  years  in  various  capacities, 
but  principally  as  a  clerk.  He  left  that  place  in 
the  late  fifties  to  take  a  position  as  a  clerk  in  the 
private  bank  of  M.  P.  Ayers  &  Company,  an  old 
established  financial  institution  of  Jacksonville. 
Having  been  denied  adequate  educational  opportu- 
nities himself,  Mr.  Hook  learned  higher  mathe- 
matics by  studying  with  a  younger  sister,  who  was 
more  fortunate  than  he  in  this  respect.  In  this  way 
he  fitted  himself  for  advancement  in  the  financial 
world  and  was  rapidly  promoted  in  the  Ayers  bank. 
Within  a  few  years  Mr.  Hook  was  admitted  to 
partnership  and  rapidly  became  one  of  the  leading 
financiers  of  that  section  of  the  Middle  West.  He 
devoted  himself  exclusively  to  banking  for  many 
years,  but  in  the  early  eighties  decided  to  enter 
the  broader  field  of  railroad  operation.  He  had 
plans  for  the  development  of  the  State  of  Illinois 
by  means  of  a  network  of  steam  railroads  and  he 
began  work  by  purchasing  the  Jacksonville  & 
Southeastern  Railroad,  a  line  which  tapped  a  rich 
section  of  the  State.  In  rapid  succession  he  added 
other  lines  to  this  and  it  was  not  long  before  he 
was  realizing  his  plans  for  opening  up  Illinois  to 
wider  commercial  advantages. 

He  then  turned  his  attention  to  street  railroads 
and  purchased  the  horse  car  lines  of  Jacksonville 
and  transformed  them  into  electric  roads,  being  one 
of  the  earliest  men  to  introduce  modern  traction 
facilities  in  the  West.  He  brought  the  street  rail- 
way service  to  a  high  state  of  efficiency  and  then 
turned  his  attention  again  to  further  improvement 
of  his  steam  railroad  properties.  His  plans  in- 
cluded the  construction  of  a  great  steel  bridge  and 
other  work,  but  the  financial  depression  of  1893 
interfered  and  he  was  compelled  to  abandon  opera- 
tions temporarily,  although  at  any  other  time  he 
could  have  commanded  millions  of  capital  in  East- 
ern financial  centers. 

In  the  spring  of  1894,  Mr.  Hook  and  his  wife 
went  to  California  on  a  pleasure  trip  and  halted 
for  a  time  in  Los  Angeles.  It  was  not  then  the 
metropolitan  city  of  the  present  and  was  lacking  in 
many  respects,  including  modern  street  railway 
facilities.  This  feature  appealed  strongly  to  Mr. 
Hook,  who  had  modernized  the  tractions  of  his  na- 
tive city,  and  although  he  was  nearing  the  age  of 
retirement,  he  determined  to  give  the  city  a  modern 
transportation  system.  Accordingly  he  arranged 
for  the  purchase  from  the  city  of  a  franchise  grant- 
ing him  a  route  through  the  Southwestern  portion 
of  Los  Angeles,  then  returned  to  Illinois  to  close 
out  some  of  his  less  important  business  affairs. 


In  February,  1895,  Mr.  Hook  and  his  family  re- 
turned to  Los  Angeles  and  there  established  a  per- 
manent residence.  His  franchise  having  been 
granted  the  previous  August,  he  began  work  at 
once  on  the  construction  of  his  railroad.  In  Au- 
gust, 1895,  just  about  a  year  after  the  granting  of 
his  franchise,  he  began  to  operate  cars  under  the 
name  of  the  Los  Angeles  Traction  Company,  of 
which  he  and  other  members  of  the  Hook  family 
were  sole  owners. 

In  the  growth  of  a  city  no  factor  is  more  potent 
than  its  street  railways.  Outlying  tracts  of  land, 
commanding  sweeping  vistas  of  mountain,  valley 
and  ocean  remain  ranch  property  or  lie  in  fallow 
fields  until  touched  by  a  car  line,  when  there  soon 
follows  a  speedy  transformation  into  graded  streets, 
green  lawns,  spacious  grounds  and  all  that  goes  to 
make  a  desirable  residence  district,  while  the 
ranch  land  becomes  valuable  suburban  property. 
Nowhere  has  there  been  a  more  striking  illustra- 
tion of  this  than  in  Los  Angeles,  with  its  almost 
unprecedented  growth  and  the  rapid  expansion  of 
its  boundary  line,  owing  unquestionably  to  its  splen- 
didly equipped  electric  railway  lines. 

With  the  building  of  Mr.  Hook's  first  line,  run- 
ning through  the  Southwestern  part  of  the  city, 
the  transportation  of  Los  Angeles  was  brought  up 
to  a  modern  standard  and  the  territory  through 
which  it  passed  was  quickly  changed  from  an  un- 
developed stretch  of  land  into  a  beautiful  residen- 
tial district.  Tracts  were  opened,  real  estate 
values  advanced,  wide  boulevards  built  and  this 
section,  known  now  as  the  West  Adams  District  of 
Los  Angeles,  is  made  up  of  palatial  residences  and 
is  one  of  the  most  exclusive  and  fashionable  home 
districts  in  America.  Leading  the  way  for  others, 
Mr.  Hook,  in  1895,  built  a  magnificent  residence 
there  and  it  has  long  been  one  of  the  show  places 
of  Los  Angeles,  being  owned  now  by  William  H. 
Holliday,  a  wealthy  banker  to  whom  Mrs.  Hook 
sold  the  property  in  1912. 

His  first  line  proving  a  success,  Mr.  Hook  built 
other  traction  lines  in  Los  Angeles  and  had  plans 
for  the  building  of  an  interurban  system  that  would 
join  Los  Angeles  with  Pasadena  and  Santa  Monica, 
California.  He  was  prevented  by  failing  health, 
however,  from  realizing  these  plans.  Never  a  ro- 
bust man,  he  began  to  feel  the  effects  of  his  long 
and  active  career,  and  in  1903,  after  a  determined 
battle  against  illness,  was  compelled  to  retire  from 
participation  in  active  business.  Shortly  after  this 
he  disposed  of  all  his  traction  interests. 

This  practically  closed  the  business  career  of 
Mr.  Hook,  his  death  ensuing  in  Philadelphia,  Penn- 
sylvania, less  than  a  year  later,  .on  June  24,  1904. 
He  was  laid  to  rest  in  his  native  city. 

During  his  life  Mr.  Hook  occupied  a  leading 
position  among  the  financial  interests  of  the  United 
States  and  was  a  staunch  supporter  of  the  Republi- 
can party,  but  like  many  other  substantial  men  he 
devoted  himself  to  business  and  took  no  active  part 
in  politics.  Owing  to  the  diversity  of  his  interests 
and  the  fact  that  he  had  to  conserve  all  of  his 
efforts  for  his  work,  he  devoted  little  or  no  time  to 
clubs,  spending  his  leisure  in  resting  for  the  next 
day's  activities.  He  was  liberal  but  unostentatious 
in  his  charities  and  although  he  was  one  of  the 
most  enterprising  capitalists  of  the  West,  was  little 
known  outside  of  business  circles. 

His  widow  and  sons  survive  him. 


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ECHTMAN,ALBERT  JOHN, 
Vice  President  and  Treasurer, 
Fresno  Irrigated  Farms  Co., 
San  Francisco,  Cal.,  was  born 
in  Minneapolis,  Minn.,  July  18, 
1857,  the  son  of  Henry  Hechtman  and  Sophia 
K.  (Weinell)  Hechtman.  His  grandfather 
came  to  this  country  from  Bavaria,  first  set- 
tled in  Erie,  Pennsylvania,  but  subsequently 
moved  to  Minneapolis, 
then  known  as  St.  An- 
thony Falls,  and  engaged 
in  the  real  estate  busi- 
ness. Mr.  Hechtman's 
father,  a  well-known  soap 
manufacturer  of  Min- 
neapolis, was  a  member 
of  the  Territorial  Legis- 
lature of  1857.  The  son 
went  to  California  in 
1876,  and  in  December, 
1880,  was  married  at  Mi- 
nersville  to  Miss  Caroline 
Cooper.  By  this  mar- 
riage he  is  the  father  of 
Judson  O.,  born  in  1881 ; 
Henry  A.,  in  1882;  Wal- 
ter I.,  1888,  and  C.  Belle 
Hechtman,  1891. 

Mr.  Hechtman  attend- 
ed the  public  schools  of 
his  native  town,  and  for  a 
while  he  was  a  student  at 
the  business  college.  In 
1871  he  was  graduated 
from  the  University  of 
Minnesota,  whence  he 
joined  his  father  in  the  Minnesota  Soap  Com- 
pany of  St.  Paul,  Minn. 

After  several  years  in  this  business  he 
spent  several  more  in  traveling  and  taking 
life  comparatively  "easy."  He  was  unhamp- 
ered by  any  urgent  needs,  and  was  deter- 
mined to  let  the  strenuous  life  wait  upon  the 
necessity  of  leading  it.  Reaching  San  Fran- 
cisco in  1876,  he  went  shortly  thereafter  to 
his  uncle's  ranch,  which  at  that  time  was  sit- 
uated within  the  present  city  limits  of  'Los 
Angeles.  Here  he  lived  for  the  next  few 
years,  getting  a  practical  experience  of  ranch 
life  and  forming  the  ideas  of  irrigation  which 
he  has  since  developed  into  a  positive  hobby. 
Toward  the  end  of  this  decade  he  became  in- 
terested in  mining,  went  over  into  Trinity 
county,  invested  in  some  gravel  and  quartz 
properties  there,  and  by  working  in  various 
capacities  acquired  a  practical  knowledge  of 
the  business.  This  experience  was  valuable, 


A.  J.  HECHTMAN 


but  somewhat  costly.  In  1880  Mr.  Hecht- 
man shifted  the  field  of  his  activities  to  rail- 
roading, and  until  1884  was  assistant  agent 
of  the  Southern  Pacific  at  Los  Angeles,  ris- 
ing, from  '85  to  '90,  to  the  post  of  General 
Agent  of  the  Union  Pacific  Railway.  He 
then  became  attracted  by  the  fruit  shipping 
business,  wherein  he  was  made  vice  presi- 
dent of  the  Porter  Brothers  Company,  com- 
posed of  Nate  R.  Sals- 
bury,  Washington  Porter 
and  Fred  Porter.  With 
them  he  remained  nine 
years,  gradually  enlarg- 
ing his  interests  until 
they  included  the  consid- 
erable number  of  con- 
cerns of  which  he  is  now 
an  officer. 

During  these  years  Mr. 
Hechtman  was  located 
variously  between  Los 
Angeles,  S  a  c  r  a  m  e  nto, 
Fresno  and  Kerman, 
stimulating  his  interest  in 
irrigation  by  much  read- 
ing and  practical  obser- 
vation. He  has  gathered 
together  a  large  library, 
and  although  his  tenden- 
cies have  been  chiefly 
commercial,  art  and  liter- 
ature are  with  him  al- 
most an  avocation.  He  is 
fond  of  automobiling,  and 
was  formerly  an  ardent 
hunter  and  angler. 
Besides  his  vice  presidency  of  the  Fresno 
Irrigated  Farms  Company  he  is  vice  presi- 
dent of  the  First  National  Bank  of  Kerman, 
and  the  Cal.  Stock  Food  Co.  and  president  of 
the  Abbott  Orchard  Co.  From  1897  to  1902 
he  was  a  director  of  the  Booth-Kelley  Lum- 
ber Co.  and  of  the  Cal.  Pine  Box  &  Lumber 
Co.  For  three  years  he  was  vice  president  of 
the  Oregon  Land  &  Livestock  Co.;  formerly 
a  director  of  the  Truckee  River  General 
Electric  Co.,  Reno  Light,  Power  and  Water 
Co.,  and  the  Floriston  Pulp  and  Paper  Co. 
His  clubs  and  associations  are:  Pacific- 
Union,  Bohemian,  Press,  San  Francisco  Golf 
and  Country;  California,  of  Los  Angeles; 
Sequoia,  of  Fresno;  Sutter,  of  Sacramento, 
and  the  Madera  County;  Merchants'  Ex- 
change, San  Francisco;  Cal.  Development 
Board,  San  Francisco  Chamber  of  Commerce, 
Society  for  the  Prevention  of  Cruelty  to  Ani- 
mals and  the  S.  P.  C.  C. 


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LAYTON,  NEPHI  W.,  Man- 
ager Inland  Crystal  Salt  Com- 
pany, Salt  Lake  City,  Utah, 
was  born  in  that  city  October 
8,  1855.  He  is  the  son  of 
William  Clayton  and  Augusta  (Braddock) 
Clayton.  He  married  Sybella  White  John- 
son at  Salt  Lake,  June  26,  1884,  and  of  their 
union  there  have  been  five  children — Sybella 
W.,  Charles  C.,  Law- 
rence, Irving  and  Robert 
W.  Clayton. 

Mr.  Clayton  had  a 
very  limited  opportunity 
for  education  and  was 
forced  to  leave  the  grade 
school  of  Salt  Lake, 
which  he  had  attended, 
when  he  was  12  years 
old  and  go  to  work.  He 
has  been  steadily  engaged 
in  business  since  that 
time,  and  as  a  result  of 
earnest  endeavor  and  in- 
born ability  has  attained 
an  eminent  position  in  the 
business  life  of  his  State. 
His  first  employment 
was  in  a  salt  mill,  where 
he  received  wages  of  50 
cents  a  day.  He  worked 
there  for  several  years, 
but  at  the  same  time  he 


N.  W.  CLAYTON 


works  after  leaving  the  employ  of  the  Terri- 
tory was  the  building  of  the  famous  Saltair 
Pavilion  in  Utah,  which  was  followed  by  his 
assisting  in  the  incorporation  and  building  of 
the  Salt  Lake  and  Los  Angeles  Railroad,  con- 
necting Salt  Lake  with  the  pavilion.  These 
were  among  the  most  important  improve- 
ments made  in  Utah  up  to  that  time. 

In  addition  to  these  two  enterprises  and 
the  Crystal  Salt  Company, 
Mr.  Clayton  is  interested 
in  various  others.  Among 
them  are  the  Clayton  In- 
vestment Company,  of 
which  he  is  president 
and  general  manager; 
the  Utah  Sulphur  Com- 
pany, the  Consolidated 
Music  Company,  Delray 
Salt  Company  of  Detroit 
and  the  Clayton  Land 
and  Cattle  Company.  Of 
all  these  corporations  Mr. 
Clayton  is  president  and 
a  heavy  stockholder.  He 
has  numerous  minor  in- 
terests scattered  through- 
out the  United  States. 
He  gives  his  personal  at- 
tention to  the  more  im- 
portant ones  and  is  the 
principal  influence  in 
their  successful  operation. 


was  fitting  himself  for  better  things  in  life 
and  spent  his  nights  studying.  By  his  own 
efforts  he  was  able  to  teach  himself  many 
things  he  had  missed  by  leaving  school,  and 
when  he  was  17  years  of  age  he  obtained  a 
position  as  office  boy  in  the  office  of  the  Ter- 
ritorial Auditor  of  Utah. 

He  remained  in  that  office  in  various  ca- 
pacities until  he  was  21  years  of  age,  and  at 
that  time  was  elected  to  the  position  of  Ter- 
ritorial Librarian  and  Recorder  of  Marks  and 
Bonds.  He  retained  that  for  a  number  of 
years  and  then  was  elected  Territorial  Audi- 
tor of  Accounts,  taking  charge  of  the  depart- 
ment where  he  had  gone,  a  few  years  before, 
as  office  boy. 

He  served  as  Territorial  Auditor  until 
1890,  when  he  resigned  to  engage  in  the  salt 
refining  business,  a  field  in  which  he  has  won 
a  foremost  position.  Among  his  earlier 


Mr.  Clayton  is  also  a  director  and  stock- 
holder in  the  Utah  National  Bank  and  holds 
directorships  in  numerous  smaller  corpora- 
tions. 

He  has  been  active  in  the  affairs  of  Utah 
for  the  greater  portion  of  his  life  and  has 
been  most  prominent  among  the  men  who  de- 
veloped the  resources  of  that  State,  bringing 
it  up  to  a  position  among  the  leading  com- 
monwealths of  the  Union. 

In  1894,  in  recognition  of  his  services  to 
the  State,  he  was  chosen  by  Governor  Caleb 
W.  Webb  to  be  his  aide-de-camp,  and  when 
Utah  was  admitted  to  Statehood  was  made 
Commissary  General,  with  the  rank  of  Colo- 
nel, on  the  Governor's  staff.  He  continued 
in  that  office  until  1904. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Alta,  Country  and 
Commercial  Clubs  of  Salt  Lake  City  and  is 
one  of  the  most  popular  men  in  the  city. 


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AWGOOD,  HARRY,  Civil  and 
Hydraulic  Engineer,  Los  Angeles, 
California,  is  a  native  of  the 
British  Empire,  being  born  in 
Derbyshire,  England,  on  April 
28,  1853.  He  is  the  son  of  Wil- 
liam Hawgood  and  Sarah  A.  (Pike)  Hawgood.  He 
married  Harriet  E.  McWain  of  Vermont  in  1887  in 
Oregon. 

Mr.  Hawgood  received  his  education  in 
schools  of  England.  He  at- 
tended the  City  of  London 
School,  one  of  the  oldest  in- 
stitutions of  its  nature  in 
the  British  Empire,  having 
been  founded  In  1442;  it  is 
closely  identified  with  the 
Universities  of  Oxford  and 
Cambridge.  While  attend- 
ing this  school  he  was  a 
fellow  student  of  the  man 
who  is  today  at  the  head  of 
British  politics,  Premier  As- 
quith.  Later  he  studied 
civil  and  mechanical  engi- 
neering on  municipal  water 
works,  and  afterward  in  one 
of  the  largest  shipbuilding 

yards  on  the  River  Thames. 

Shortly  after  finishing 
his  studies  in  England  he 
received  in  1874  an  appoint- 
ment which  carried  him  into 
South  Africa,  where  he  was 
engaged  in  designing  struc- 
tures for  the  Cape  of  Good 
Hope  government  railways, 
serving  under  a  five  years' 
contract.  He  became  Assistant  Resident  Engineer 
in  the  Maintenance  Department  of  the  government 
railways  in  that  region,  where  he  fulfilled  his  con- 
tract to  the  day.  He  returned  to  England  in  1879, 
and  received  commendatory  letters  from  the  Brit- 
ish Government  officials,  and  in  1880  came  to 
America  and  located  at  Madison,  Wisconsin.  Short- 
ly afterward  he  was  made  Assistant  Engineer  of 
Construction  on  the  Madison  and  Milwaukee  line 
of  the  Chicago  and  Northwestern  Railway  and  his 
rise  in  the  engineering  world  was  rapid. 

In  1881  he  was  made  Locating  Engineer,  recon- 
noitering  for  extensions  of  the  Utah  Northern  Rail- 
way, now  the  Oregon  Short  Line,  in  Idaho  and 
Montana.  He  continued  in  this  capacity  for  two 
years  and  laid  out  and  constructed  some  of  the 
most  difficult  pieces  of  railway  construction  known 
in  that  region. 

In  1884  he  was  Resident  Engineer  in  charge  of 
construction  from  Le  Grande  to  Baker  City,  Oregon, 
on  the  Oregon  Railway  and  Navigation  System. 

A  year  later  he  resigned  to  follow  private  prac- 
tice in  hydraulic  and  railroad  engineering  at  Port- 


land,  Oregon.  He  met  with  success  and  in  a  short 
time  became  Consulting  Engineer  for  the  Receiver 
of  the  Oregonian  Railroad  and  the  Chief  Engineer 
of  Construction  on  the  Portland,  Willamette  Valley 
Railway.  He  was  appointed  by  the  Governor  of 
Oregon  as  one  of  the  commissioners  to  determine 
and  fix  the  length  of  the  navigable  draw-span  on  the 
railroad  bridge  across  the  Willamette  River.  In  May, 
1888,  after  the  purchase  of  the  P.  and  W.  V.  Railway 
by  the  Southern  Pacific  System,  Mr.  Hawgood 
became  Resident  Engineer 
for  that  road  and  was  lo- 
cated at  Los  Angeles  in 
charge  of  the  lines  between 
that  city  and  El  Paso,  Texas. 
He  continued  in  that  posi- 
tion up  to  1894,  when  he  re- 
signed to  enter  Into  practice 
as  Consulting  Engineer. 

When  the  San  Pedro- 
Santa  Monica  Harbor  contro- 
versy arose  Mr.  Hawgood 
took  a  prominent  part  in  that 
matter,  making  a  thorough 
study  of  the  question.  In 
1896  he  made  the  engineer- 
ing argument  in  favor  of  San 
Pedro  before  the  Commerce 
Committee  of  the  United 
States  Senate,  and  later  ar- 
gued the  same  question  in 
Los  Angeles  before  what  was 
known  as  the  Walker  Harbor 
Board,  a  special  board  ap- 
pointed by  the  President  of 
the  United  States  to  select 


HARRY  HAWGOOD 


draulics  and  power  engineering  up  to  1900. 
At  that  time  he  accepted  the  position  of 
Chief  Engineer  in  the  location  and  con- 
struction of  the  San  Pedro,  Los  Angeles  and  Salt 
Lake  Railroad,  notable  among  his  structures  being 
the  large  concrete  viaduct  over  the  Santa  Ana 
River  near  Riverside.  In  1904,  his  services  with 
the  railroad  company  being  finished,  he  resumed 
practice  as  Consulting  Engineer. 

Since  locating  in  Los  Angeles,  in  1888,  Mr.  Haw- 
good  has  been  engaged  as  a  hydraulic  consulting 
engineer  by  the  City  of  Los  Angeles  and  other  mu- 
nicipalities. He  has  done  excellent  service  for  the 
Los  Angeles  City  Water  Company,  the  Kern  River 
Company,  the  Pacific  Light  and  Power  Company 
and  various  others  throughout  the  West. 

Mr.  Hawgood  has  an  international  reputation. 
He  holds  memberships  in  the  following:  Institution 
of  Civil  Engineers,  London;  American  Society  of 
Civil  Engineers;  American  Railway  Engineering 
Association,  and  was  formerly  President  of  the  En- 
gineers and  Architects'  Association  of  So.  Cal.  He 
is  a  member  of  the  Jonathan  Club  of  Los  Angeles. 


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OTTENGER,  FRANCIS  MARION, 
Physician,  Los  Angeles,  Cal.,  was 
born  at  Sater,  Ohio,  Sept.  27,  1869. 
His  father  was  Thomas  Pottenger 
and  his  mother  Hannah  Ellen 
(Sater)  Pottenger.  On  his  moth- 
er's side  his  ancestry  runs  direct  to  Oliver  Crom- 
well. April  5,  1894,  Dr.  Pottenger  married  Carrie 
Burtner,  of  Germantown,  Ohio,  and  Aug.  29,  1900, 
married  Adelaide  Gertrude  Babbitt,  at  Sacramento, 
Cal.  By  his  second  wife 
there  are  three  children, 
Francis  Marion,  Jr.,  Robert 
Thomas  and  Adelaide  Marie 
Pottenger. 

Dr.  Pottenger,  one  of  the 
leading  lung  specialists  in 
Southern  California,  and  one 
of  the  world's  leading  cru- 
saders in  the  fight  against 
tuberculosis,  was  born  on  an 
Ohio  farm.  He  began  his 
studies  in  the  public  schools 
of  Sater  and  in  the  Prepara- 
tory Department  of  Otter- 
bein  University,  Westerville, 
Ohio,  for  his  higher  educa- 
tion, from  1886  to  1888.  He 
then  entered  the  collegiate 
department  of  Otterbein,  re- 
maining until  1892,  when  he 
was  graduated  with  the  de- 
gree of  Ph.  B.  He  obtained 
the  degree  of  A.  M.  in  1907, 
and  the  honorary  degree  of 
LL.  D.  in  1909.  Determining 
upon  medicine  for  his  life 
work,  he  spent  the  next  year 
at  the  Medical  College  of 

Ohio.  Another  year  in  the  Cincinnati  College  of 
Medicine  and  Surgery  and  he  received  his  degree 
of  M.  D.,  graduating  with  the  highest  honors  of  his 
class  and  winning  the  first  gold  medal. 

He  left  school  April  3,  1894,  two  days  later  was 
married,  and  before  the  end  of  the  month  was  in 
Europe,  where  he  spent  his  honeymoon  and  did 
post-graduate  work  in  leading  hospitals  of  the  old 
world,  particularly  those  of  Vienna.  Returning  in 
December,  1894,  he  began  practice  at  Norwood, 
Ohio,  and  became  assistant  to  Dr.  Charles  A.  L. 
Reed,  a  noted  surgeon  of  Cincinnati.  About  the 
same  time  he  was  made  assistant  to  the  Chair  of 
Surgery  of  his  Alma  Mater. 

In  1895,  his  wife  developing  tuberculosis,  Dr. 
Pottenger  surrendered  his  practice  and  went  to 
Monrovia,  Cal.,  where  he  re-engaged  in  practice. 
His  wife's  health  failing  to  improve,  he  gave  up 
his  work  a  second  time  and  returned  to  her  home, 
near  Dayton,  Ohio,  there  to  devote  all  his  time  to 
her  care,  until  she  died,  in  1898.  It  had  been  Dr. 
Pottenger's  intention  to  specialize  in  diseases  of 
children  and  obstetrics,  but  when  his  wife  died  he 


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decided  that  much  more  important  work  could  be 
done  in  tuberculosis,  and  he  took  up  tuberculosis 
as  a  life  study.  He  returned  to  California  to  re- 
sume practice,  but  in  1900  suspended  temporarily 
while  he  did  post-graduate  work  in  New  York.  Re- 
turning to  California  in  1901,  he  opened  offices  in 
Los  Angeles  as  a  tuberculosis  specialist,  the  first 
ethical  physician  on  the  Pacific  Coast  to  specialize 
in  this  line.  In  1903,  in  the  picturesque  and  health- 
ful environs  of  Monrovia,  he  established  the  Pot- 
tenger Sanatorium  for  Dis- 
eases of  the  Lungs  and 
Throat,  which  has  grown  to 
be  one  of  the  famous  institu- 
tions of  the  world.  From  a 
capacity  of  eleven,  it  has 
grown  until  now  it  houses 
more  than  one  hundred  pa- 
tients. The  success  of  the 
institution  as  a  scientific  life 
saving  station  has  been 
due  to  the  personal  efforts 
of  Dr.  Pottenger,  who  has 
continually  strived  for  better 
methods.  With  this  thought 
in  mind,  he  has  visited  the 
leading  sanatoria  of  Europe 
and  America,  attended  many 
scientific  gatherings  and  as- 
sociated with  the  leaders  of 
the  universe  in  the  war 
against  the  plague.  He  has 
written  a  book  on  the  sub- 
ject, in  addition  to  about  sev- 
enty-five separate  papers, 
and  has  delivered  numerous 
lectures  on  the  subject. 

Through    Dr.    Pottenger's 
efforts  the  Southern  Califor- 


nia Anti-Tuberculosis  League  was  founded,  and  he 
was  its  President  for  three  years. 

Among  the  noted  and  learned  societies  of  which 
he  is  a  member,  the  following  are  given:  The  Los 
Angeles  County  Medical  Association,  the  Los  An- 
geles Clinical  and  Pathological  Society,  the  South- 
ern California  Medical  Society,  the  Medical  Society 
of  California,  the  American  Medical  Association, 
the  American  Academy  of  Medicine,  the  American 
Therapeutic  Society,  the  American  Climatological 
Association,  the  Mississippi  Valley  Medical  Asso- 
ciation; Los  Angeles,  California,  National  and  In- 
ternational Associations  for  the  Study  and  Preven- 
tion of  Tuberculosis,  the  American  Sanatorium 
Association,  the  American  Academy  of  Political 
and  Social  Science,  the  Archaeological  Institute  of 
America,  and  the  National  Geographical  Society. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  California  Club,  the  Uni- 
versity Club  and  the  Gamut  Club,  of  Los  An- 
geles. 

In  August,  1911,  he  was  appointed  First  Lieuten- 
ant in  the  Medical  Reserve  Corps,  of  the  United 
States  Army. 


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AGGARTY,  JOHN  JOSEPH,  Mer- 
chant, Los  Angeles,  California, 
was  born  in  London,  England, 
May  25,  1864.  He  is  the  son  of 
John  Haggarty  and  Elizabeth  Ann 
(Atkinson)  Haggarty,  and  married 
Bertha  M.  Schnider  at  St.  Paul,  Minnesota,  Au- 
gust 24,  1901. 

Mr.  Haggarty  remained  in  his  native  England 
until  he  had  passed  his  majority,  receiving  his 
education  and  business  training  there  before  he 
crossed  the  Atlantic  to  seek  his  fortune  in  the 
United  States.  He  attended  the  public  schools  of 
London,  later  attending  a  private  boarding  school 
situated  in  Richmond,  Yorkshire.  This  finished  his 
actual  schooling  and  at  the  age  of  nineteen  he  \vas 
well  equipped  for  a  business  career. 

He  preferred  to  learn  a  special  line,  however, 
and  so  in  1883  apprenticed  himself  to  William  Bryer 
&  Company,  a  large  drygoods  establishment  in 
King  William  street,  London.  He  served  there 
four  years  and  in  that  time  became  exceptionally 
proficient  in  the  business,  which  he  had  taken  se- 
riously from  the  start  and  which  he  had  studied 
in  its  every  detail. 

Upon  the  completion  of  his  apprentice  term 
Mr.  Haggarty  sailed  for  America,  arriving  in  1887. 
His  first  engagement  in  the  New  World  was  with 
Nugent  Brothers,  a  large  drygoods  concern  of  St. 
Louis,  Missouri.  He  remained  with  the  firm  for 
about  four  years,  principally  as  buyer  in  the  gar- 
ment department,  in  which  he  was  a  specialist. 

Mr.  Haggarty  left  the  Nugent  Brothers  to  ac- 
cept a  better  position  with  Scruggs,  Vandervourt 
&  Barney,  another  large  house,  who  appointed  him 
assistant  buyer  for  the  firm.  He  only  held  the 
position  two  years,  however,  for  at  the  end  of  that 
period  of  time,  or  in  1893,  he  went  to  Duluth,  Min- 
nesota, as  a  buyer  for  the  Silverstein  &  Bondy 
Company  of  that  place.  He  remained  in  Duluth 
for  nine  years,  during  which  time  he  established 
himself  firmly  in  the  business  life  of  the  city.  In 
1902  the  promise  of  Southern  California  appealed 
to  him,  so,  he  severed  his  connection  with  the  Du- 
luth house  and  located  in  Los  Angeles.  He  imme- 
diately became  associated  with  Jacoby  Brothers 
of  that  city,  as  buyer  and  manager  of  their  gar- 
ment department. 

During  his  three  years  and  a  half  connection 
with  the  Jacoby  firm  Mr.  Haggarty  built  up  a  tre- 
mendous business  in  his  particular  line  and,  inci- 
dentally, saved  enough  money  to  go  into  business 
for  himself  on  a  small  scale.  He  began  by  secur- 
ing a  building  on  Broadway,  in  the  center  of  the 
Los  Angeles  business  district,  and  there  laid  the 
foundation  for  one  of  the  most  successful  busi- 
nesses in  the  commercial  history  of  the  city.  He 
called  his  store  the  New  York  Cloak  and  Suit 
House,  an  incorporated  institution,  in  which  he  was 
President  and  chief  stockholder.  The  business  was 
started  on  a  comparatively  small  investment,  but 
within  a  short  time  it  had  leaped  to  a  leading  posi- 


tion in  the  business  life  of  the  city  and  at  the  pres- 
ent time  Mr.  Haggarty  estimates  that  the  transac- 
tions of  the  house  exceed  a  million  dollars  an- 
nually. 

When  his  first  venture  had  proved  a  success,  due 
in  large  measure  to  his  expert  knowledge  of  the 
business,  Mr.  Haggarty  determined  to  extend  his 
activities  and,  accordingly,  purchased  a  controlling 
interest  in  another  large  house  known  as  the  Paris 
Cloak  and  Suit  House.  This  company  is  on  a  par 
with  his  first  establishment  and  also  does  a  tre- 
mendous business.  Into  it  he  brought,  besides  cap- 
ital, the  wide  experience  and  natural  business  abil- 
ity which  had  made  him  a  success  in  life.  He  is  re- 
garded today  as  one  of  the  shrewdest  business  men 
in  the  Southwest  and  one  of  the  most  accomplished 
buyers  in  the  foreign  and  domestic  markets. 

Mr.  Haggarty  devotes  his  personal  attention  to 
the  management  of  his  stores  and  notwithstanding 
the  fact  that  he  goes  to  the  New  York  markets  four 
times  a  year,  makes  an  annual  trip  to  the  fashion 
centers  of  Europe.  This  latter  he  considers  abso- 
lutely necessary  in  order  that  he  may  keep  in  close 
touch  with  the  famous  designers  and  originators, 
especially  those  of  Paris.  He  has  made  his  busi- 
ness a  life  study  and  is  regarded  in  the  United 
States  and  Europe  as  an  authority. 

In  addition  to  his  own  affairs,  Mr.  Haggarty  is 
a  close  student  of  world  politics  and  of  business 
conditions  in  general  and  an  accurate  reader  of  the 
effect  of  current  events  upon  business. 

he  is  of  an  optimistic  temperament  and  a  thor- 
ough believer  in  the  prosperity  of  the  country 
which  he  has  adopted  for  his  home. 

Mr.  Haggarty,  in  addition  to  being  a  successful 
merchant,  is  a  man  of  artistic  inclinations  and  has 
surrounded  himself  with  the  best  of  literature, 
paintings  and  music.  After  settling  permanently  in 
Southern  California  he  began  to  plan  a  magnificent 
home  for  himself.  This  ideal  home  is  in  the  fash- 
ionable West  Adams  section  of  Los  Angeles.  He 
has  christened  the  place  Castle  York,  and  it  will 
long  stand  as  one  of  the  most  magnificent  private 
residences  on  the  Pacific  Slope.  The  building  is  of 
Norman  Gothic  architecture,  after  the  style  of  the 
Fourteenth  century,  and  cost  more  than  $100,000. 
It  is  surrounded  by  spacious  grounds,  with  sunken 
gardens  and  a  conservatory  of  rare  plants  as  two 
of  its  most  beauteous  exterior  features. 

The  interior  of  the  Castle  is  in  keeping  with 
the  artistic  feelings  of  the  owner,  arranged  in  ex- 
cellent taste  and  with  excellent  regard  for  those 
refinements  that  are  to  be  found  in  the  home  of 
gentlefolk.  In  order  to  enjoy  the  classic  music  to 
which  he  is  a  devotee,  Mr.  Haggarty  has  caused 
to  be  built  in  the  home  a  magnificent  pipe  organ, 
one  of  the  most  perfect  instruments  of  its  kind 
privately  owned  in  the  United  States. 

Mr.  Haggarty  is  a  member  of  the  Gamut  Club 
and  Los  Angeles  Athletic  Club,  but  is  really  not  a 
clubman,  his  inclinations  being  towards  domes, 
ticity. 


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ANN,  FREDERICK  ALEX- 
ANDER, Railroads,  Los  An- 
geles, California,  was  born  at 
Market  Hill,  County  Armagh, 
Ireland,  May  7,  1854,  the  son 
of  William  Wann  and  Margaret  (Mitchell) 
Wann.  He  married  Carrie  Van  Court,  Au- 
gust, 21,  1901,  at  Lemmington,  England. 
Mr.  Wann  is  one  of  the  men  who  has 
risen  gradually  and  con- 
sistently to  a  top  position 
in  the  railroad  world 
through  industry  and 

rigid  application  to  duty 
and  through  a  thorough 
mastering  of  the  details 
of  railroad  operation.  He 
holds  today  a  place 
among  the  great  man- 
agers of  railroads  on  the 
Pacific  Coast,  and  in  the 
course  of  his  career  has 
held  offices  of  c  o  n  - 
sequence  on  some  of  the 
most  important  railroad 
systems  in  the  United 
States. 

His  parents  sent  him 
to  the  Royal  School,  at 
Armagh,  Ireland,  until 
1868,  when  he  was  four- 
teen years  old.  He  then 
came  to  the  United 
States.  A  few  months 
later  he  was  at  Lawrence, 
Kansas,  a  clerk  in  the 
office  of  the  General  Su- 
perintendent of  the  Kansas  Pacific  Railroad. 

Four  years  later,  in  1873,  when  he  was 
only  nineteen  years  old,  he  was  offered,  and 
accepted,  the  position  of  Chief  Clerk  in  the 
offices  of  the  Missouri,  Kansas  and  Texas 
Railroad  at  Sedalia,  Missouri,  a  position  of 
responsibility. 

Three  years  later,  1876,  at  the  age  of 
twenty-two,  he  was  appointed  the  General 
Agent  in  New  York  City  of  the  Missouri, 
Kansas  and  Texas  Railroad,  and  was  one  of 
the  youngest  men  to  ever  hold  a  railroad 
position  of  such  importance  in  the  country's 
largest  city. 

He  was  offered  the  office,  in  1880,  of  Gen- 
eral Agent  for  the  Cleveland,  Cincinnati, 
Chicago  and  St.  Louis  Railway,  known  as 
the  "Big  Four,"  at  St.  Louis,  Missouri,  and 
after  a  year  he  accepted  the  even  more  im- 
portant position  of  Assistant  General  Freight 
Agent  of  the  Chicago  and  Alton  Railroad  at 


FREDERICK  A.  WANN 


St.  Louis.  In  the  management  of  the  freight 
department  of  this  system  he  remained  for 
more  than  two  decades,  being  advanced  to 
the  post  of  General  Freight  Agent  in  1896, 
with  headquarters  at  Chicago. 

After  eight  years  as  General  Freight 
Agent  of  the  Chicago  and  Alton  Railroad,  he 
resigned  to  accept  the  Vice  Presidency  of 
the  C.,  H.  &  D. — Pere  Marquette  system. 
He  then  took  his  place 
among  the  big  managers 
of  railroads.  He  resigned 
this  post  to  retire  to  pri- 
vate life  December  31, 
1905.  He  made  his  home 
at  Cape  Cod,  Massachu- 
setts. 

He  did  not  long  re- 
main in  retirement.  He 
was  sought  out  by  the 
new  Clark  enterprise,  the 
San  Pedro,  Los  Angeles 
and  Salt  Lake  Railroad, 
and  offered  the  post  of 
General  Traffic  Manager. 
He  accepted  and  took  up 
his  headquarters  at  Los 
Angeles,  in  December, 
1906. 

One  of  the  chief  duties 
of  his  office  was  that  of 
organization.  The  San 
Pedro,  Los  Angeles  and 
Salt  Lake  Railroad  had 
just  begun  operation  and 
it  was  necessary  to  create 
traffic  and  to' organize  the 
necessary  machinery  for  its  handling,  as 
well  as  to  attend  to  the  necessary  duties  of 
administration.  For  this  duty  he  was  par- 
ticularly chosen  because  of  his  long  experi- 
ence at  the  head  of  the  freight  department 
of  the  Chicago  &  Alton  road. 

Mr.  Wann  has,  in  the  five  years  of  his 
residence  in  Los  Angeles,  become  much  in- 
terested in  the  activities  of  the  city,  and  his 
name  is  frequently  seen  connected  with 
matters  of  public  and  semi-public  moment. 
He  has  been  especially  interested  in  the 
development  of  Los  Angeles  harbor  at 
San  Pedro,  where  lies  the  terminus  of  the 
San  Pedro,  Los  Angeles  &  Salt  Lake  Rail- 
road. 

In  Los  Angeles  he  is  a  member  of  the 
California  Club.  He  also  belongs  to  the  Illi- 
nois Athletic  Club  of  Chicago,  the  Alta 
Club  of  Salt  Lake,  and  the  Commercial  Club 
of  the  s.ame  city. 


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UTCHISON,  WILLIAM  G., 
Merchant  and  Manufacturer, 
Los  Angeles,  Cal.,  was  born 
March  31,  1859,  at  Plymouth, 
Pa.,  the  son  of  James  B. 
Hutchison  and  Ann  (McGuffie)  Hutchison. 
He  married  Laura  Chauvin,  October  23,  1894, 
at  Los  Angeles,  California. 

Mr.  Hutchison  attended  the  public  schools 
of   his   native   town    and. 
later,  the  Wyoming  Sem- 
inary of  Kingston,  Pa. 

He  left  school  in  1874, 
when  fifteen  years  old,  to 
work  for  his  father,  who 
owned  the  Phoenix  Coal 
Company  of  Pittston,  Pa. 
His  father  sold  out  after 
two  years,  but  he  was 
employed  by  the  new 
firm,  who  still  continued 
the  business  under  the 
original  incorporated 
name.  At  the  age  of  nine- 
teen he  was  made  super- 
intendent of  the  mines, 
the  youngest  mine  su- 
perintendent in  the  an- 
thracite coal  region.  Two 
years  later  he  resigned 
his  position  and  such  was 
the  esteem  in  which  his 
employes  held  him  that 
they  presented  him  with 
a  gold  watch  and  chain. 

He  was  stirred  by  a  de- 
sire to  go  West,  and 
chose  Denver,  at  that  time  in  the  midst  of  its 
first  boom.  He  was  given  a  position  by  a  gas 
fixture  firm  and  was  their  accountant  for  a 
number  of  years,  and  later  in  various  capaci- 
ties thoroughly  familiarized  himself  with  the 
business. 

He  moved  to  Los  Angeles  in  September, 
1887,  and  went  into  business  for  himself.  On 
a  small  scale  at  first,  as  the  town  demanded, 
he  manufactured  lighting  fixtures,  and  con- 
ducted a  retail  and  wholesale  store.  His  his- 
tory and  that  of  his  business,  have  been  a 
part  of  the  growth  of  the  City  of  Los  An- 
geles. He  equipped  his  factory  to  manufac- 
ture every  variety  of  gas  and  electric  fix- 
tures and  brought  to  Los  Angeles  the  most 
skillful  of  workmen  and  artists,  until  his  firm 
became  noted  for  the  artistic  work  of  which 
it  was  capable.  In  the  quantity  of  its  yearly 
output,  the  firm  of  W.  G.  Hutchison  Com- 
pany is  one  of  the  largest  in  the  country,  sur- 


WM.  G.  HUTCHISON 


passed  only  by  firms  in  New  York,  Chicago 
and  Philadelphia;  in  the  value  of  its  output 
it  has  few  rivals,  owing  to  the  artistic  and 
high-priced  work  demanded  by  the  excep- 
tionally wealthy  population  of  Southern 
California. 

Mr.  Hutchison  is  known  in  his  city  as  a 
man  unselfishly  devoted  to  the  public  good. 
He  is  a  public  man  of  the  type  that  does  not 
seek  paid  public  office, 
but  instead  assumes  of- 
fices for  which  there  is  no 
pay  except  the  satisfac- 
tion derived  from  helping 
his  city  and  its  inhabi- 
tants. He  has  for  ten 
years  been  a  member  of 
the  Merchants  and  Manu- 
facturers' Association, 
and  on  January  18,  1912: 
he  was  chosen  its  presi- 
dent, an  honor  conferred 
on  him  by  about  fourteen 
hundred  of  the  most  in- 
fluential business  men  of 
Los  Angeles.  This  or- 
ganization is  one  of  the 
most  powerful  and  effi- 
cient of  its  kind  in  the 
United  States.  It  has  a 
membership  com- 
posed  of  practically  every 
man  of  consequence  in 
Los  Angeles  and  South- 
ern California.  It  helps, 
in  the  most  practical  fash- 
ion, to  bring  legitimate 
industries  to  Los  Angeles.  It  prevents  the 
exploiting  of  frauds.  It  has  charge  of  the 
charitable  demands  made  upon  the  city's 
merchants.  It  critically  examines  every  pub- 
lic project  affecting  the  business  men,  and 
passes  upon  its  worthiness.  As  a  director  for 
a  number  of  terms,  Mr.  Hutchison  has  been 
lavish  with  his  time  and  energy.  His  col- 
leagues elected  him  to  the  office  of  president 
as  a  surprise.  He  is  also  vice  president  and 
director  of  the  L.  A.  Convention  League  and 
a  member  of  the  Chamber  of  Commerce. 

His  business  interests  at  the  present  time 
are  concentrated  in  the  W.  G.  Hutchison 
Company,  of  which  he  is  president,  and  the 
Phoenix  Lighting  Fixture  Company,  of 
which  he  is  a  director. 

He  belongs  to  the  California  Club,  the 
Los  Angeles  Country  Club,  the  Union 
League  Club,  Los  Angeles  Athletic  Club,  is 
a  Thirty-second  Degree  Mason  and  a  Shriner. 


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RIGHT,  JOHN  BITTINGER,  At- 
torney at  Law,  Tucson,  Arizona, 
was  born  in  Denver,  Colorado, 
January  29,  1872,  the  son  of 
Charles  Weston  Wright  and  Har- 
riet S.  (Pfouts)  Wright.  He  mar- 
ried Mary  P.  McPhee,  of  Denver,  in  the  latter  city, 
October  12,  1897,  and  to  them  there  have  been 
born  four  children,  Charles  M.,  Jean  M.,  Sallie 
Angell  and  Mary  Fisher  Wright.  Mr.  Wright  is 
descended  of  a  family  which 
has  been  prominent  in  Amer- 
ican public  life  since  pre- 
Revolutionary  times,  five 
members  having  served  as 
Governors  of  as  many  states. 
James  Wright  was  the  last 
Colonial  Governor  of  Geor- 
gia, Silas  Wright,  Governor  of 
New  York,  William  Wright, 
Governor  of  New  Jersey, 
Robert  Wright,  Governor  of 
Maryland  and  Joseph  Wright 
Governor  of  Indiana.  Mr. 
Wright's  father  was  the 
first  Attorney  General  of 
the  State  of  Colorado. 

Mr.  Wright  obtained  his 
preliminary  education  fn  the 
schools  of  Denver  and  then 
entered  the  University  of 
Notre  Dame,  at  South  Bend, 
Indiana,  where  he  was  a 
student  for  five  years.  Leav- 
ing Notre  Dame  he  took  up 
the  study  of  law  in  the  Uni- 
versity of  Michigan,  at  Ann 
Arbor  and  was  graduated  in 
the  class  of  1894. 

Upon  leaving  the  University,  Mr.  Wright  went 
to  Tucson,  Arizona  to  practice  law  and  has  been 
so  engaged  ever  since.  He  was  successful  from 
the  time  he  arrived  there  and  within  two  years 
was  one  of  the  leading  attorneys  of  the  city.  On 
November  3,  1896,  he  was  elected  District  Attorney 
of  Yuma  County,  Arizona,  of  which  Yuma  is  the 
County  Seat,  and  served  in  this  capacity  in  addi- 
tion to  that  of  City  Attorney  of  Yuma  until  Janu- 
ary 1,  1899.  At  that  time  he  re-entered  private 
practice  and  took  his  place  among  the  leaders  of 
the  Arizona  Bar. 

In  1903,  Mr.  Wright  was  appointed  City  Attor- 
ney of  Tucson  and  served  in  mat  office  during 
the  term,  1904  and  1905.  He  then  returned  to 
private  practice,  but  continued  to  take  an  active 
interest  in  political  and  public  affairs  and  since 
that  time  has  held  office  at  various  periods. 

Mr.  Wright  has  been  Secretary  of  the  Board  of 
Public  School  Trustees  of  Tucson  for  eight  years 
and  for  five  years  has  been  a  member  of  the  Public 
Library  Commission  of  the  same  city. 


JOHN    B.  WRIGHT 


A  coincidence  in  the  life  of  Mr.  Wright  as  com- 
pared with  that  of  his  father  is  that  the  latter  was 
chosen  first  Attorney  General  of  the  State  of  Colo- 
rado and  his  son  was  the  last  Attorney  General  of 
the  Territory  of  Arizona,  a  position  to  which  he 
was  appointed  by  Governor  Sloan,  May  3,  1909,  and 
in  which  he  served  until  Arizona  became  a  State 
on  February  14,  1912. 

The  elder  Wright  was  one  of  the  picturesque 
figures  of  the  legal  profession  for  many  years  prior 
to  his  death  and  was  gener- 
ally credited  with  having 
done  a  great  deal  for  the  up- 
building of  Arizona. 

John  B.  Wright  has  been 
a  stalwart  supporter  of  the 
Republican  party  from  the 
time  he  was  able  to  vote  and 
during  his  residence  in  Ari- 
zona has  been  one  of  the 
leaders  in  the  affairs  of  the 
party.  He  has  been  in  prac- 
tically all  of  the  Republican 
State  and  County  Conven- 
tions of  Pima  County  for  the 
last  eighteen  years  and  at 
various  times  has  served  as 
a  member  of  the  State  and 
County  Central  Committees. 
Being  an  orator  of  unusual 
power,  he  has  delivered 
numerous  public  addresses 
and  is  relied  upon  by  his 
party  as  one  of  its  strongest 
assets  during  campaigns,  not 
only  because  of  his  ability 
as  a  logical  and  convincing 
speaker,  but  also  because  he 
enjoys  a  remarkable  popu- 
larity throughout  the  State. 

In  addition  to  his  political  and  professional 
activities,  Mr.  Wright  has  also  become  interested 
in  a  number  of  business  enterprises  in  Arizona 
and  is  a  Director  of  and  Attorney  for  twelve  of  the 
largest  mining  corporations  operating  in  Arizona. 
He  is  interested  also  in  a  number  of  cattle,  irriga- 
tion and  manufacturing  companies,  serving  as  legal 
adviser  to  all  of  them. 

The  companies  with  which  Mr.  Wright  is  identi- 
fied are  taking  an  important  part  in  the  develop- 
ment of  Arizona's  resources  and  Mr.  Wright,  who 
is  generally  regarded  as  one  of  the  enthusiastic 
workers  for  the  growth  of  his  adopted  State,  has 
been  one  of  the  guiding  factors  in  all  of  their  oper- 
ations. He  has  also  figured  prominently  in  various 
public  movements  and  has  lent  his  efforts,  when- 
ever called  upon,  to  advance  the  interests  of  Tucson. 
Mr.  Wright  is  a  member  of  the  Old  Pueblo 
Club  of  Tucson,  the  Arizona  Society,  Sons  of  the 
American  Revolution  and  also  holds  membership 
in  various  other  organizations. 


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UTHRIDGE,  CHARLES  FULTON, 
Deep  Sea  Dredging,  Los  Angeles, 
Gal.,  was  born  at  Cable,  Cham- 
paign County,  Ohio,  September  12, 
1862,  the  son  of  Jehu  Guthridge 
and  Elizabeth  (Middleton)  Guth- 
ridge. His  parents  were  of  Scotch  descent,  both 
natives  of  Ohio.  Mr.  Guthridge  married  Florence 
Montgomery  at  Columbus,  Ohio,  March  14,  1889, 
and  to  them  there  have  been  born  two  sons,  Ralph 
A.  and  Russell  M.  Guth- 
ridge. 

Mr.  Guthridge,  whose 
father  was  engaged  in  farm- 
ing in  Ohio,  spent  his  boy- 
hood on  the  farm,  attending 
public  school  in  the  winter 
months  up  to  his  sixteenth 
year. 

His  first  venture  into 
business  was  made  when  he 
became  a  clerk  in  a  drygoods 
establishment  at  U  r  b  a  n  a, 
Ohio,  a  position  he  held  until 
1884.  At  this  time  he  be- 
came associated  with  a  large 
carpet  and  curtain  house  in 
Columbus,  Ohio,  remaining 
with  it  about  seven  years. 

Resigning  his  position  to 
become  agent  for  the  Mutual 
Life  Insurance  Co.  of  New 
York,  in  Franklin  County, 
Ohio,  Mr.  Guthridge  operated 
successfully  in  that  field  for 
seven  years,  or  until  1896,  at 
which  time  he  decided  to  re- 
move to  Los  Angeles.  Short- 
ly after  his  arrival  there  he 
purchased  the  Keystone  Mills 
of  that  city.  These  mills,  the 
oldest  in  Southern  Califor- 
nia, were  part  of  the  manu- 
facturing history  of  Los  An- 
geles, having  been  estab- 
lished in  the  year  1887. 

Under    Mr.    Guthridge's    management    they    were 
greatly  enlarged  and  modernized. 

In  1902  Mr.  Guthridge  sold  out  his  milling  prop- 
erty and  went  into  the  telephone  business,  as  Su- 
perintendent and  General  Manager  of  the  Con- 
struction Department  of  the  U.  S.  Long  Distance 
Telephone  and  Telegraph  Co.  He  was  so  employed 
for  about  a  year,  and  during  that  time  supervised 
the  construction  of  all  the  main  lines  owned  by 
the  company  from  Santa  Barbara,  Cal.,  southward. 
He  severed  his  connection  with  the  company  in 
1903  and,  with  others,  organized  the  Pacific  Coast 
Telephone  Construction  Company  for  the  purpose 
of  building  independent  telephone  plants  in  South- 
ern California.  They  organized  and  constructed 
the  system  of  the  San  Fernando  Valley  and  Re- 
dondo  Telephone  Co.  and  the  Santa  Paula,  Oxnard 
and  Santa  Monica  Telephone  companies.  In  all 
of  these  corporations,  except  the  Santa  Monica 
Company,  Mr.  Guthridge  holds  the  offices  of  Sec- 
retary, Treasurer  and  Director,  and  took  an  active 
part  in  their  management  until  1909. 

In  1909  Mr.  Guthridge  became  associated  with 
the  North  American  Dredging  Company  of  Nevada, 
as  Secretary  01  the  company,  but  within  a  short 
time  was  elected  Vice  President  and  Director.  He 
is  also  a  member  of  the  Board  of  Directors  of  the 


C.  F.  GUTHRIDGE 


North  American  Dredging  Company  of  Texas. 
These  companies  are  engaged  in  deep  sea  dredg- 
ing, canal  building  and  harbor  improvement,  also 
the  manufacture  of  dredging  equipment.  Mr.  Guth- 
ridge, as  the  representative  of  his  company,  has 
been  in  personal  charge  of  the  work  of  giving  Los 
Angeles  a  harbor,  this  work  consisting  of  dredging 
the  entrance  to  the  harbor,  deepening  channels 
for  the  Outer  Harbor  Dock  and  Wharf  Company, 
dredging  the  harbor  at  Wilmington,  California,  a 
part  of  the  general  harbor 
plans,  and  the  filling  of  land 
around  the  town.  They  also 
dug  the  channel  for  the  Con- 
solidated Lumber  Company, 
up  to  their  plant,  and  are  en- 
gaged in  making  the  fill  of 
what  is  known  as  the  Hunt- 
ington  Concession,  the  first 
municipal  owned  dock,  for 
the  city  of  Los  Angeles.  It 
will  be  known  as  Municipal 
Dock,  No.  1. 

These  works  have  an  im- 
portant part  in  the  making 
of  Los  Angeles  Harbor,  and 
Mr.  Guthridge's  work  will 
figure  quite  as  importantly 
as  that  of  the  engineers. 

This  is  the  greatest  pub- 
lic enterprise  ever  under- 
taken by  the  city  of  Los  An- 
geles, and  upon  its  comple- 
tion will  have  cost  many  mil- 
lions of  dollars.  Los  An- 
geles, as  the  largest  city  of 
Southern  California,  is  ex- 
pected to  reap  great  benefits 
through  the  building  of  the 
Panama  Canal  and  although 
the  city  proper  lies  several 
miles  inland  from  the  ocean 
the  splendid  harbor,  in  the 
building  of  which  Mr.  Guth- 
ridge has  been  an  important 
factor,  will  place  her  among 

the  most  important  Pacific  Coast  ports  of  entry. 
Mr.  Guthridge  is  one  of  the  most  substantial 
business  men  of  the  Southwest  and  devotes  the 
greater  part  of  his  time  to  his  work,  but  he  is  also 
a  man  of  great  public  spirit.  He  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  important  "Committee  on  Commerce" 
of  the  Los  Angeles  Chamber  of  Commerce  and  has 
rendered  valuable  assistance  in  all  matters  pertain- 
ing to  the  commercial  expansion  of  the  city. 

He  is  a  Republican  and  has  served  his  party  in 
various  capacities,  but  never  has  been  a  candidate 
or  seeker  for  any  public  office.  He  has,  however, 
held  committee  appointments  and  served  as  dele- 
gate to  various  county  conventions. 

During  his  residence  in  Ohio  Mr.  Guthridge 
served  for  three  years  as  a  member  of  the  Third 
Regiment,  Ohio  National  Guard,  and  retired  with 
the  rank  of  sergeant.  His  company  was  one  of 
those  called  years  ago  to  quell  a  riot  in  Cincinnati. 
Mr.  Guthridge  also  is  prominent  in  fraternal 
circles,  being  a  member  of  Marathon  Lodge  No. 
182,  Knights  of  Pythias,  the  Royal  Arcanum,  and 
Al  Borak  Temple  No.  75,  D.  O.  K.  K.  He  first 
became  affiliated  with  the  Knights  of  Pythias  at 
Columbus,  Ohio,  being  initiated  on  the  same  even- 
ing as  the  late  President  William  McKinley,  who 
was  at  that  time  Governor  of  Ohio. 


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ENMAN,  WILLIAM,  Attor- 
ney and  Publicist,  San  Fran- 
cisco, California,  was  born  in 
San  Francisco  in  1872,  the 
son  of  James  Denman  and 
Helen  V.  (Jordan)  Denman.  His  father  was 
principal  of  the  first  school  in  San  Francisco 
under  the  State  system  and  retired  fifty-one 
years  later  as  the  president  of  the  Board  of 
Education.  He  is  thor- 
oughly American,  his 
first  American  ancestor 
having  arrived  in  1631. 

He  was  married  in 
San  Francisco,  April  4, 
1905,  to  Leslie  Van  Ness, 
daughter  of  the  well- 
known  lawyer  Thomas 
C.  Van  Ness. 

From  1881  to  1885 
Mr.  Denman  attended 
the  Clement  Grammar 
School ;  from  1885  to  1886 
the  old  Lincoln  Gram- 
mar, and  was  graduated 
from  Lowell  High  in 
1889.  Prior  to  entering 
the  University  of  Califor- 
nia in  1890,  he  punched 
cattle  in  Nevada  for  a 
year,  an  experience  that 
stood  him  in  good  stead 
years  later  at  the  time  of 
the  great  fire  in  San 
Francisco,  when  he  im- 
pressed over  a  hundred 
teams,  sometimes  at  the 
point  of  the  pistol,  and  had  food  supplies 
moving  from  the  transport  dock  through  the 
cinders  to  the  refugee  camps  while  the  city 
was  yet  burning. 

After  his  graduation  from  the  Univer- 
sity, in  1894,  he  took  one  year  in  the 
Hastings  College  of  the  Law,  then  en- 
tered the  Harvard  Law  School  and  was 
graduated  therefrom  in  1897  with  the  degree 
of  LL.  B.  Although  taking  an  active  part  in 
both  athletic  and  military  life  at  the  Univer- 
sity, he  became  a  member  of  the  Phi  Beta 
Kappa,  the  honor  society.  Returning  to 
California,  he  was  admitted  to  the  State  Bar 
in  1898,  and  immediately  began  active  prac- 
tice. 

Mr.  Denman's  professional  experience 
has  been  of  a  widely  diversified  nature,  both 
in  the  Federal  and  in  the  State  courts,  and 
marked  by  a  number  of  important  cases, 
especially  in  maritime  law.  The  litigation 


WILLIAM    DENMAN 


growing  out  of  the  sinking  of  the  Rio  de  Ja- 
neiro, the  explosion  of  the  Progreso,  the  col- 
lision of  the  Columbia  and  San  Pedro,  as  well 
as  other  causes  he  argued  in  the  Admiralty 
courts,  aroused  interest  both  in  the  profes- 
sion and  in  the  community  at  large.  From 
1902  to  1906  Mr.  Denman  was  lecturer  and 
assistant  professor  of  law  in  the  Hastings 
College  and  the  University  of  California. 

In  1911  he  formed  a 
partnership  with  George 
Stanley  Arnold  under  the 
name  of  Denman  &  Ar- 
nold, the  firm  conducting 
a  general  practice,  with 
offices  in  the  Merchants' 
Exchange  building  in  San 
Francisco.  He  became  a 
member  of  the  non-parti- 
san party  when  yet  in  col- 
lege. His  faith  in  the 
ultimate  removal  of  the 
national  parties  from  mu- 
nicipal elections  was  jus- 
tified nearly  twenty  years 
later  by  the  acceptance 
by  San  Francisco  of  the 
charter  amendment 
drafted  by  him  prohibit- 
ing party  nominations 
and  party  designations 
on  the  ballot. 

In  1908  the  Mayor  ap- 
pointed him  chairman  of 
a  committee  of  public  cit- 
izens to  report  on  the 
causes  of  municipal  cor- 
ruption in  San  Francisco,  and  as  chairman 
he  drafted  the  report  subsequently  known 
by  his  name.  Mr.  Denman  has  also  been 
very  active  in  the  work  of  the  Bar  As- 
sociation and  organized  the  State-wide 
movement  for  the  non-partisan  election  of 
judges.  He  campaigned,  however,  in  opposi- 
tion to  the  recall  of  judges  at  popular  elec- 
tions, advocating  simplified  procedure  before 
the  Legislature.  He  defended  the  constitu- 
tionality of  the  eight-hour  law  for  women, 
his  opposition  to  the  attempt  by  the  Ameri- 
can Protective  Association  to  inject  re- 
ligion into  politics,  his  drafting  of  the  major- 
ity election  law  now  in  force  in  San  Fran- 
cisco and  his  organization  of  the  campaign 
for  its  passage. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  University,  the  Pa- 
cific-Union, the  Unitarian,  the  Common- 
wealth and  the  Sierra  clubs,  as  well  as  the 
Bar  Association. 


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OOTH,  HIRAM  EVANS,  At- 
torney -  at  -  Law,  Salt  Lake 
City,  Utah,  was  born  on  a 
farm  near  Postville,  Iowa,  Oc- 
tober 25,  1860,  the  son  of  Jos- 
eph Booth  and  Caroline  (Bishop)  Booth.  He 
is  descended  from  the  ancient  Booth  family 
of  Lancashire  and  Yorkshire,  England.  Mr. 
Booth  was  twice  married,  his  first  wife  being 
Carrie  M.  Robinson, 
whom  he  married  August 
26,  1886,  and  who  was 
claimed  by  death  in  De- 
cember of  the  following 
year.  One  child,  Viola 
Katherine,  was  born  to 
them.  On  May  29,  1889, 
Mr.  Booth  married  Lil- 
lian B.  Redhead,  at  Post- 
ville, and  of  this  union 
there  are  two  children, 
Mrs.  C.  E.  W.  Bowers 
and  Irma  A.  Booth. 

Mr.  Booth  was  educa- 
ted in  the  public  schools 
of  Iowa  and  also  studied 
under  private  tutors.  He 
read  law  with  the  Hon. 
Frank  Shinn  of  Carson, 
Iowa,  and  was  admitted 
to  practice  in  the  Su- 
preme Court  of  that  State 
in  1885.  After  admission 


HIRAM  E.  BOOTH 


to  the  bar  he  purchased  a  half  interest  in  the 
Carson  Critic  and  was  the  editor  and  man- 
ager of  it  from  1885  to  1887,  when  he  formed 
a  law  partnership  with  Mr.  Shinn,  withdraw- 
ing in  1888  to  go  to  Utah.  He  was  admitted 
to  practice  by  the  Supreme  Court  of  Utah  in 
1889  and  has  practiced  there  continually 
since.  He  formed  a  partnership  with  John 
G.  Gray  and  later  E.  O.  Lee  entered  the  firm, 
which  was  known  as  Booth,  Lee  &  Gray.  In 
1898  Mr.  Gray  went  to  Seattle  and  Judge 
M.  L.  Ritchie,  now  of  the  Utah  State  District 
Court,  entered  the  firm,  but  retired  from  it 
in  1907,  when  he  was  re-elected  to  the  bench, 
and  later  State  Senator  Carl  A.  Badger  took 
his  place  in  the  firm.  Other  partners  were 
taken  in  and  the  firm  is  now  known  as  Booth, 
Lee,  Badger,  Rich  &  Parke.  Messrs.  Booth 
and  Lee  have  been  in  partnership  longer  than 
any  other  law  firm  in  Utah.  Mr.  Booth  has 


held  office  frequently,  as  follows:  Elected 
to  upper  House  of  last  Territorial  Legisla- 
ture of  Utah,  serving  in  1894;  elected  to  first 
State  Senate  of  Utah,  1896;  member  Execu- 
tive Committee  Republican  party  in  Utah, 
1904;  appointed  by  President  Roosevelt 
U.  S.  Attorney  for  Utah,  1906;  reappointed 
by  President  Taft  June  27,  1910,  and  is  now 
serving  in  that  capacity;  appointed  Judge  Ad- 
vocate General  for  Utah 
by  Governor  Spry  in 
January,  1909,  and  is  a 
Colonel  on  the  Governor's 
Staff. 

As  United  States  At- 
torney Mr.  Booth  was  as- 
sociated with  Hon.  Fred 
A.  Maynard  in  the  coal 
land  fraud  cases  in  Utah, 
which  resulted  in  a  vic- 
tory for  the  Government, 
and  was  also  associated 
with  Messrs.  Kellogg  and 
Severance  in  the  merger 
suit  brought  by  the  Unit- 
ed States  against  the 
Union  Pacific,  Oregon 
Short  Line,  Southern  Pa- 
cific and  other  railroads 
to  dissolve  an  unlawful 
merger:  The  case  is  pend- 
ing on  appeal  in  the  Su- 
preme Court  of  the  Unit- 
ed States.  Both  these  cases  are  among  the 
most  notable  actions  in  which  the  Govern- 
ment has  sought  to  protect  its  lands  and  to 
force  coroporations  to  operate  in  accordance 
with  the  laws  of  the  United  States. 

In  1905  Mr.  Booth  was  one  of  the  incor- 
porators  and  president  of  the  Intermountain 
Republican  Printing  Company,  publishers  of 
the  Intermountain  Republican,  which  was 
consolidated  in  1909  with  the  Salt  Lake  Her- 
ald and  is  now  known  as  the  Herald- 
Republican. 

Mr.  Booth  is  the  inventor  and  patentee  of 
the  "claraphone,"  used  on  commercial  phono- 
graphs and  leased  to  the  Columbia  Phono- 
graph Company.  He  has  also  invented  im- 
provements for  telephone  receivers. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Commercial  Club 
of  Salt  Lake  City  and  has  been  in  Wasatch 
Lodge,  A.  F.  and  A.  M.,  since  1892. 


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COTT,  JOSEPH,  Attorney  at  Law, 
Los  Angeles,  California,  was  born 
at  Penrith,  County  of  Cumberland, 
England,  July  16,  1867.  His  father 
was  Joseph  Scott,  of  Scotch  bor- 
der stock,  and  his  mother,  Mary 
(Donnelly)  Scott,  was  a  native  of  Wexford,  Ireland. 
On  June  6,  1898,  he  married  Bertha  Roth  at  Los 
Angeles,  California.  To  them  were  born  eight  chil- 
dren: Joseph,  Jr.,  Mary,  Alfonso,  George,  Cuthbert, 
John  Patrick,  Helen,  and  Josephine. 

Mr.  Scott  received  his  first  education  in  his  na- 
tive country,  where  he  attended  Ushaw  College, 
Durham,  from  1880  until  1888.  He  matriculated 
with  honors  at  London  University  in  1887,  being  the 
gold  medalist  of  his  class.  At  St.  Bonaventure's 
College,  Allegany,  N.  Y.,  he  received  the  degree  of 
A.  M.  in  1893,  and  the  honorary  degree  of  Ph.  D.  at 
Santa  Clara  College,  Santa  Clara,  California,  in  1907. 
Mr.  Scott  came  to  America  from  England  in 
1889,  and  entered  into  journalistic  work  in  New 
York  City.  In  this  he  had  little  remuneration  and 
about  that  period  he  had  the  hardest  struggles  of 
his  life.  He  was  unused  to  manual  work,  but  dur- 
ing his  financial  difficulty  he  took  employment  of 
various  kinds,  in  some  cases  consisting  of  the 
hardest  kinds  of  physical  labor.  In  1890,  St.  Bona- 
venture's College,  Alleghany,  N.  Y.,  accepted  his 
application  for  the  position  of  Senior  Professor  of 
Rhetoric  and  English  Literature.  He  held  this  po- 
sition until  1893,  when  he  resigned  and  removed  to 
Los  Angeles,  where  he  took  up  the  study  of  law. 
He  was  admitted  to  practice  in  the  Supreme  Court 
of  California  in  April,  1894,  and  subsequently  in 
the  Supreme  Court  of  the  United  States,  and  has 
recently  been  admitted  to  the  Supreme  Court  of 
Arizona,  owing  to  the  large  litigation  requiring  his 
attention  in  Arizona. 

His  varied  attainments  have  given  him  a  re- 
markable professional  career.  Gifted  with  a  force- 
ful and  impressive  delivery — frank  and  outspoken 
to  a  fault — he  has  the  happy  faculty  of  impressing 
both  court  and  jury  with  the  sincerity  of  his  pur- 
poses. 

The  following  is  a  pen  picture  of  Mr.  Scott,  as 
seen  by  Mr.  H.  D.  Wheeler,  a  writer  of  San  Fran- 
cisco, California: 

"He's  the  two-fistedest,  fightin'st  Irishman  that 
ever  stepped  as  a  lawyer  into  a  California  court. 

"Give  a  man  an  average  mental  equipment  and 
a  superb  physical  make-up;  put  him  through  a 
course  of  book-learning,  hod-carrying,  teaching,  law- 
practicing  and  prominent  citizening  among  the  real 
elite  of  a  big  city — and  when  you  shoot  him  out  at 
the  other  end,  it's  a  bet  that  you'll  find  'something 
different.' 

"Ever  ready  to  join  an  issue,  he  strikes  boldly, 
fearlessly,  confidently — his  weapon  the  passionate, 
compelling  eloquence  that  God  gave  the  Irish." 

In  the  limited  time  left  from  his  busy  life  as  a 
lawyer,  he  has  found  time  to  engage  himself  in 


civic  affairs  in  which  he  has  become  a  leading  fac- 
tor, especially  in  matters  educational,  and  thus 
furthering  the  interest  and  growth  of  Los  Angeles 
and  Southern  California.  His  energy  and  enthusi- 
asm in  this  line  won  for  him  from  President  Taft  the 
compliment  of  being  "California's  greatest  booster." 
He  is  therefore  greatly  in  demand  on  numerous 
public  occasions  throughout  the  State  and  nation 
and  has  frequently  been  called  upon,  by  reason  of 
his  felicity  of  speech,  to  represent  the  city  of  Los 
Angeles  upon  social  and  civic  occasions.  He  was 
the  principal  speaker  in  behalf  of  the  city  of  Los 
Angeles  at  the  banquet  given  upon  the  visit  of 
President  Taft  to  Los  Angeles  in  1908,  and  presided 
as  toastmaster  at  the  banquet  in  honor  of  the 
Admirals  and  officers  of  the  battleship  fleet  of  the 
United  States  Navy  on  its  memorable  trip  around 
the  world  in  1908. 

Mr.  Scott  is  now  and  has  been  for  the  last  six 
years  one  of  the  Directors  of  the  Los  Angeles  Cham- 
ber of  Commerce,  and  during  his  term  as  President 
of  the  Chamber  of  Commerce  in  1910,  he  was  one  of 
the  representatives  of  the  California  delegation 
sent  to  Washington  to  fight  for  the  World's  Exposi- 
tion to  be  held  at  San  Francisco,  and  his  successful 
work  in  that  behalf  won  praise  on  every  hand  for 
which  he  was  honored  by  being  elected  honorary 
Vice  President  of  the  Panama-Pacific  International 
Exposition  Company.  He  is  a  well-known  figure 
throughout  the  State  of  California,  stimulating  as- 
semblies by  his  vigorous  speeches  to  boost  for  Cali- 
fornia and  extolling  the  boundless  resources  of  the 
State. 

In  the  last  eight  years  he  has  been  a  member  of 
the  non-partisan  Board  of  Education  of  the  city  of 
Los  Angeles,  and  has  served  for  five  years  as  its 
President.  He  has  been  one  of  the  mainstays  of 
the  School  Department  in  divorcing  it  from  politics 
and  in  securing  efficiency  and  merit  alone  as  the 
only  tests  for  the  teachers. 

His  work  in  behalf  of  the  teaching  force  of  the 
city  of  Los  Angeles  in  insisting  upon  recognition 
of  their  right  to  adequate  remuneration  attracted 
the  attention  of  the  National  Educational  Associa- 
tion in  consequence  of  which  he  was  invited  to 
address  them  upon  that  subject  in  1911,  which  he 
did  with  characteristic  force  and  earnestness  so  as 
to  compel  attention  to  the  subject,  the  result  being 
that  a  committee  was  appointed  to  determine  the 
best  ways  and  means  of  promoting  the  purposes 
set  forth  in  his  address. 

He  is  Vice  President  of  the  Southwest  Museum, 
and  also  a  member  of  the  Executive  Committee  of 
the  Southwest  Society,  and  the  Archaeological  In- 
stitute of  America.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Los  An- 
geles Bar  Association,  California  State  Bar  Associa- 
tion, and  the  American  Bar  Association. 

His  club  affiliations  are  the  California,  the  Un- 
ion League,  the  Sunset,  the  Newman,  the  Los  An- 
geles Athletic,  and  the  Celtic  Clubs;  honorary  mem- 
ber, City  Teachers'  Club. 


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WILLIS  G.  HUNT 

UNT,  WILLIS  GUSTAVUS,  Mer- 
chant, Los  Angeles,  California, 
was  born  on  a  farm  in  Unity, 
Me.,  in  1862.  His  father  was 
Gustavus  A.  Hunt  and  his  mother 
Ellen  Susan  (Ayer)  Hunt.  He 
married  Miss  Mariam  Eskridge,  March  23,  1911,  at 
Los  Angeles. 

Mr.  Hunt  received  his  education  in  the  public 
schools  of  his  native  State,  and  left  home  at  the 
age  of  18,  and  went  into  a  wholesale  dry  goods 
house  in  Portland,  Maine.  He  remained  with  this 
company  for  five  years,  four  years  of  which  he 
was  on  the  road  as  traveling  salesman.  After 
that  he  went  to  Boston  and  traveled  for  another 
dry  goods  house  for  four  years  more. 

At  the  age  of  26  he  went  to  Los  Angeles,  Cal., 
and  engaged  in  the  wholesale  paper  business,  as 
manager  of  a  branch  house  of  the  Pacific  Roll 
Paper  Company  of  San  Francisco.  After  about 
one  year  he  bought  out  the  stock  of  the  Pacific 
Roll  Paper  Company  and  engaged  in  the  paper 
business  on  his  own  account. 

Mr.  Hunt  is  president  and  general  manager 
of  the  Pioneer  Paper  Company,  but  devotes  most 
of  his  time  to  the  oil  refining  and  roofing  paper 
manufacturing  business,  which  is  run  in  connec- 
tion with  the  paper  company. 

He  is  one  of  the  most  progressive  men  of  the 
city  of  Los  Angeles,  and  the  industry  of  which 
he  is  the  head  is  one  of  great  commercial  im- 
portance. He  has  always  taken  part  in  any  move- 
ment having  for  its  object  the  betterment  of  his 
adopted  city,  and  is  one  of  the  great  Southwestern 
boomers.  He  is  also  interested  in  developing  a 
large  lemon  and  orange  ranch  at  Upland,  Cal.,  and 
owns  much  property. 

He  is  prominent  in  social  circles  in  the  city, 
holding  memberships  in  the  California  Club,  Jona- 
than Club  and  the  Los  Angeles  Country  Club. 


R.  I.  ROGERS 

OGERS,  ROBERT  IRWIN,  Bank- 
ing, Los  Angeles,  California,  was 
born  at  El  Paso,  Woodford  County, 
Illinois,  November  22,  1868,  the 
son  of  Samuel  Talmadge  Rogers 
and  Mary  Virginia  (Pickrell) 
Rogers.  He  married  Mabel  Josephine  Clement, 
June  28,  1895,  at  Willoughby,  Ohio. 

He  attended  the  public  schools  of  El  Paso,  Illi- 
nois, and  later  the  high  schools  of  the  same  town. 
Then  he  went  to  Eureka  College,  Eureka,  Illinois, 
and  completed  his  course  there.  To  finish  his  edu- 
cation he  went  abroad,  attending  the  Teichmann- 
ische  Institute  at  Leipsic,  Germany,  for  two  years. 
Mr.  Rogers  returned  to  America  in  1891.  On 
March  28th  of  the  same  year  he  went  to  Pasadena. 
He  started  to  work  for  the  National  Bank  of  Cali- 
fornia at  Los  Angeles,  October  11,  1891.  Two 
months  later  he  was  advanced  to  the  receiving 
tellership;  four  years  later  he  was  made  paying 
teller.  January  1,  1900,  he  was  made  assistant 
cashier.  Went  to  the  First  National  Bank  of 
Pasadena,  February,  1905. 

As  cashier,  he  remained  with  that  institution 
two  years,  and  then  returned  to  the  National  Bank 
of  California,  at  Los  Angeles,  as  cashier,  in  Janu- 
ary, 1907.  He  was  elected  vice  president  of  the 
institution  the  same  year. 

His  business  interests  have  grown,  and  he  is 
now  an  investor  in  various  other  enterprises  and 
properties. 

Mr.  Rogers  is  a  stockholder  and  director  in  the 
bank  with  which  he  has  been  identified  so  many 
years,  and  also  a  stockholder  and  director  of  the 
First  National  Bank  of  Pasadena  and  the  Pasadena 
Savings  &  Trust  Co. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  California  Club,  Los 
Angeles;  Los  Angeles  Country  Club,  Crags  Country 
Club  and  University  Club,  of  Los  Angeles,  and  the 
Valley  Hunt  Club  of  Pasadena. 


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ROY  P.  HILLMAN 

ILLMAN,  ROY  PALMER,  Banker, 
Los  Angeles,  California,  was 
born  at  Mantorville,  Minnesota, 
January  21,  1879.  His  father  was 
William  F.  Hillman  and  his 
mother  was  Emma  Palmer.  At 
Los  Angeles,  October  22,  1902,  he  married  Grace 
Laubersheimer. 

Mr.  Hillman  came  to  Los  Angeles  from  his  na- 
tive state  in  January,  1888,  attending  the  gram- 
mar school,  and  later  graduating  from  the  high 
school  in  1899.  He  was  first  employed  by  the  De- 
partment of  Electricity  of  Los  Angeles,  until  1900, 
when  he  accepted  the  position  of  messenger  and 
clearing  house  clerk  in  the  Los  Angeles  National 
Bank,  which  position  with  subsequent  promotions 
he  held  until  1902.  He  then  accepted  the  position 
of  note  teller  with  the  German-American  Savings 
Bank,  which  he  held  for  a  year,  and  in  1903  was 
made  paying  teller  in  the  Southwestern  National 
Bank  of  Los  Angeles. 

In  1904,  in  connection  with  Charles  E.  Anthony 
and  his  son,  Earle  C.  Anthony,  Mr.  Hillman  in- 
corporated the  Western  Motor  Car  Company,  and 
engaged  actively  in  the  automobile  business  until 
December,  1904.  The  banking  business  had  taken 
great  hold  on  Mr.  Hillman,  and  in  January,  1905, 
he  again  entered  the  employ  of  tne  German-Amer- 
ican Savings  Bank,  and  later  in  the  same  year 
was  elected  assistant  cashier.  In  1909  he  was 
elected  secretary  of  this  bank,  and  now  holds  the 
dual  position  of  secretary  and  assistant  cashier. 
Mr.  Hillman  was  president  of  the  Automobile  Club 
of  Southern  California  during  the  year  1910. 

Mr.  Hillman  is  well  known  in  financial  circles 
and  is  president  of  the  Crystal  Salt  Company.  He 
is  a  member  of  the  California,  Union  League  and 
City  Clubs  of  Los  Angeles  and  the  San  Gabriel 
Valley  Country  Club.  He  is  also  a  member  of  the 
Los  Angeles  Chamber  of  Commerce. 


MARK  G.  JONES 

ONES,  MARK  GORDON,  Presi- 
dent Merchants'  Bank  and  Trust 
Company,  Los  Angeles,  was  born 
at  San  Francisco,  December  22, 
1859.  His  father  was  John  Jones, 
a  pioneer  merchant,  who  went  to 
Australia  from  England,  and  from  Australia  came 
to  California  with  a  shipload  of  mercnandise,  land- 
ing at  Monterey  in  1850.  His  mother  was  Doria 
Deighton-Jones.  On  February  11,  1885,  he  married 
Blanche  E.  McDonald,  at  Los  Angeles.  They  have 
three  children,  Deighton  G.  McD.,  Mark  McD., 
and  Francis  M.  McD. 

Mr.  Jones  attended  the  old  Los  Angeles  High 
school,  and  later  entered  St.  Augustine's  College, 
Benicia,  Cal.,  graduating  in  1879. 

After  his  graduation  he  went  to  Los  Angeles 
to  manage  the  estate  of  his  mother.  After  her 
death  (March,  1908)  he  was  appointed  adminis- 
trator. 

In  1889  Mr.  Jones  was  elected  to  the  office  of 
county  treasurer  of  Los  Angeles  County,  and 
served  until  1893.  He  was  re-elected  to  the  office, 
the  term  expiring  January,  1907.  He  has  the  dis- 
tinction of  being  the  only  incumbent  renominated 
for  any  county  office  up  to  that  date.  In  1906  he 
was  the  chief  organizer  of  the  Inglewood  Park 
Cemetery  Association,  and  was  elected  and  still 
is  its  president  and  treasurer.  In  1908  he  was 
elected  to  and  still  retains  the  presidency  of  the 
Merchants'  Bank  and  Trust  Company,  and  is  to- 
day its  active  head.  He  also  is  president  of  the 
Merchants'  Building  Company. 

He  is  now  centering  all  the  estate  and  his  per- 
sonal interests  at  Los  Angeles. 

He  is  a  member  of  Ramona  Parlor,  Native 
Sons  of  the  Golden  West;  Knights  Templar,  L.  A. 
Commandery,  No.  9;  Signet  Chapter,  Southern 
California  Blue  Lodge,  and  Al  Malaikah  Temple. 
Mystic  Shrine. 


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'NEAR,  GEORGE  WASH- 
INGTON, Capitalist,  Com- 
mission and  Grain  Merchant, 
San  Francisco,  Cal.,  was  born 
at  Washington,  Maine,  on 
March  27,  1830.  His  paternal  ancestor,  John 
McNear,  came  from  the  north  of  Scotland 
about  the  year  1725.  He  settled  in  the  Pro- 
vince of  Maine,  where  he  became  prominent 
in  the  Indian  wars  and 
was  noted  for  his  brav- 
ery during  the  trouble- 
some Colonial  times. 

George  W.  McNear 
was  married  in  1859  to 
Amanda  Marie  Church, 
daughter  of  Reverend  Al- 
bert Church  of  Bangor, 
Maine.  There  are  four 
sons  and  two  daughters. 
The  sons  are  all  substan- 
tial business  men ;  the 
oldest  son,  George  W. 
McNear,  Jr.,  was  many 
years  manager  for  his 
father's  interests  at  Liv- 
erpool, England,  and  rep- 
resented the  firm  on  the 
continent. 

Mr.  McNear  received 
his  education  in  his  na- 
tive State,  and  he  early 
showed  a  great  profi- 
ciency in  mathematics 
and  the  study  of  naviga- 
tion, the  most  distin- 
guished calling  of  that 
period.  He  came  from  a  hardy  race  of  sea- 
going men  and  his  attention  naturally  turned 
to  that  line. 

At  the  age  of  fifteen  he  went  to  sea,  and 
after  making  several  voyages  in  foreign  lands 
and  along  the  Atlantic  coast,  he  landed  in 
New  Orleans  in  February,  1854,  at  the  age  of 
seventeen.  Regardless  of  his  youth  he  was 
at  once  given  command  of  a  schooner  plying 
on  the  waters  of  Mississippi  Sound  and  Lake 
Pont  Chartrain. 

In  1856,  at  the  age  of  nineteen,  he  became 
a  part  owner  and  the  master  of  a  steamboat 
plying  the  same  waters,  which  he  managed 
successfully  until  1860.  He  then  decided  to 
dispose  of  his  interest  in  the  South  and  go  to 
California. 

He  left  New  Orleans  in  June,  1860,  to 
visit  the  home  of  his  father  in  Maine,  prepar- 
atory to  his  western  trip,  where  he  remained 
a  few  weeks,  and  then,  in  July,  he  started 


GEORGE  W.  McNEAR 


from  New  York  for  California,  via  the  Isth- 
mus of  Panama.  After  the  usual  adventures 
of  the  trip,  he  arrived  in  San  Francisco  on 
August  2,  1860,  and  joined  his  brother  in 
Petaluma.  The  brothers  soon  formed  the 
partnership  of  McNear  &  Brother,  commis- 
sion and  grain  merchants. 

In  March,  1861,  the  firm  opened  a  branch 
of  the  business  in  San  Francisco,  and  in  1867 
they  sent  their  first  ship- 
load of  wheat  to  Europe. 
He  withdrew  from  part- 
nership with  his  brother 
in  1874  and  established 
the  house  of  George  W. 
McNear,  now  well  known 
all  over  the  world.  He 
commenced  shipping 
grain  to  Europe  on  an  ex- 
tensive scale,  and  has 
continued  to  be  the  lead- 
ing shipper  of  the  Pacific 
Coast. 

Later,  Mr.  McNear 
concentrated  his  shipping 
facilities  at  Port  Costa, 
building  warehouses  and 
docks  where  he  could 
load  ten  deep  water  ships 
at  a  time.  In  1894  he  ac- 
quired the  flour  mills  and 
warehouses  of  Starr  & 
Co.,  located  at  Wheat- 
port  and  Vallejo,  Cal.,  the 
largest  establishments  of 
their  kind  on  the  Pacific 
Coast,  adding  this  great 
milling  business  to  his  other  large  interests. 
He  also  owned  some  twenty-five  warehouses 
in  the  interior  of  the  State.  These,  combined 
with  his  Port  Costa,  Wheatport  and  Vallejo 
warehouses  aggregate  a  storage  capacity  of 
more  than  8,000,000  bushels  of  grain. 

During  his  busy  life  Mr.  McNear  has 
found  time  to  turn  his  attention  most  suc- 
cessfully to  other  important  interests.  He 
was  President  of  and  largely  instrumental  in 
building  the  first  electric  street  railroad  sys- 
tem in  Oakland,  Cal.,  and  was  Pres.  of  the 
First  National  Bank  of  Oakland.  His  under- 
takings are  managed  with  cool  judgment,  de- 
termination and  energy,  and  these  traits, 
combined  with  constant  application  to  busi- 
ness, have  won  him  his  wonderful  and  most 
substantial  success.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
best  clubs  of  the  Coast  and  has  been  one  of 
the  staunchest  friends  of  San  Francisco,  al- 
ways active  in  the  best  public  movements. 


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ICE,  WINDSOR  VOLNEY, 
Mining  and  Banking,  Salt 
Lake  City,  Utah,  was  born  at 
Riceburg,  Province  of  Que- 
bec, April  6,  1849,  the  son  of 
Martin  Rice  and  Permilla  (Vincent)  Rice. 
He  married  Mary  Belle  Browne,  at  Dun- 
ham, Quebec,  October  20,  1876,  and  they 
have  two  children  (adopted),  Isabella  and 
Gordon  Rice. 

Mr.  Rice  received  his 
education  in  Stanbridge 
Academy,  Stanbridge 
East,  in  Quebec,  but  at 
the  age  of  sixteen  years 
gave  up  his  studies.  He 
went  immediately  to 
Grand  Haven,  Michigan, 
and  spent  eight  years  in 
that  region,  the  last  four 
of  which  he  was  in  charge 
of  the  Ottawa  Iron 
Works  at  Ferrysburg, 
near  Grand  Haven. 

At  the  age  of  twenty- 
four  Mr.  Rice  returned  to 
his  native  town  and  there 
formed  a  partnership 
with  his  younger  brother 
under  the  firm  name  of 
Rice  Brothers.  They 
conducted  a  foundry,  ma- 
chine shops,  grist  and 
sawmills  and  were  among 
the  most  successful 
young  men  in  the  busi- 
ness life  of  Quebec.  Mr. 
Rice  had  studied,  while  in  Michigan,  to  com- 
plete the  education  he  interrupted  in  his 
youth,  and  by  the  time  he  took  charge  of 
his  own  business  was  a  qualified  mechanical 
engineer.  ' 

Although  he  made  a  success  of  his  first 
independent  venture,  Mr.  Rice  was  not  sat- 
isfied, but  sought  larger  fields,  and  in  1887, 
after  approximately  fifteen  years  in  business, 
sold  out  his  interests  and  headed  for  the 
mining  territory  of  Utah. 

Fortified  with  a  full  knowledge  of  me- 
chanics and  a  wide  business  experience,  he 
arrived  in  Park  City,  April  2,  1887,  and  it 
was  not  long  before  he  was  an  active  figure 
in  the  mining  industry  there.  He  worked 
for  one  year  in  the  office  of  the  Anchor  Min- 
ing Company,  but  at  the  end  of  that  period 
he  undertook  the  management  of  mining 
properties.  At  different  times  he  was  in 
charge  of  the  Anchor,  Woodside  and  other 


W.  V.  RICE 


companies ;  also  he  served  as  manager  of  the 
Union  Concentrating  Company,  the  Park 
City  Water  Works  Company  and  the  Park 
City  Electric  Company.  In  all  of  these  en- 
terprises Mr.  Rice's  progressive  methods 
were  a  part  of  their  success. 

In  time  Mr.  Rice  became  one  of  the  big 
miners  in  Park  City,  and  was  one  of  the 
original  incorporators  of  the  Silver  King 
Mining  Company,  own- 
ers of  the  most  famous 
silver  property  ever  dis- 
covered in  the  world.  He 
is  at  the  present  time  a 
director  of  the  Silver 
King  Coalition  Mining 
Company,  successor  of 
the  original  corporation. 
About  twelve  years 
ago  Mr.  Rice  moved  to 
Salt  Lake.  He  was  en- 
gaged in  mining  in  Ne- 
vada, Idaho  and  Colorado 
prior  to  1909,  but  at  that 
time  gave  up  active 
work,  though  still  retain- 
ing his  interests  in  those 
three  States.  He  is  now 
giving  practically  all  of 
his  time  to  banking  and 
commercial  pursuits  in 
Salt  'Lake. 

His  affiliations  at  the 
present  time,  in  addition 
to  the  Silver  King  Coali- 
tion, include :  First  Na- 
tional Bank,  Ely,  Ne- 
vada, President  and  Director;  First  Na- 
tional Bank,  Park  City,  Director ;  National 
Copper  Bank,  Salt  Lake,  Vice  President 
and  Director;  Castle  Valley  Railroad  Com- 
pany, President  and  Director;  Keith- 
O'Brien,  mercantile,  Pres.  and  Director; 
Reno  Grocery  Co.,  Pres.  and  Director;  Ne- 
vada Douglas  Copper  Co.,  Treas.  and  Direc- 
tor; Continental  Life  Ins.  &  Investment  Co., 
Sec.  and  Direc. ;  Castle  Valley  Coal  Co. ; 
Direc. ;  Nevada  Copper  Belt  R.  R.,  Direc. 

Mr.  Rice  is  among  the  most  enthusias- 
tic upbuilders  of  Salt  Lake.  He  also  takes 
.  a  keen  personal  interest  in  the  Y.  M.  C.  A. 
and  for  four  years  was  President  of  the  Salt 
Lake  Branch.  He  resigned  a  year  ago,  after 
becoming  one  of  the  largest  contributors  to 
a  fund  "of  $150,000  to  retire  mortgages  and 
other  indebtedness  on  the  property. 

His  clubs  are  the  Alta,  Commercial,  Ca- 
nadian and  Country,  of  Salt  Lake  City. 


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ERRILL,  FREDERICK  JAMES 
HAMILTON,  Geologist  and  Min- 
ing Engineer,  Los  Angeles,  Cali- 
fornia, was  born  in  New  York 
City,  April  30,  If  61,  the  son  of 
Hamilton  Wilcox  Merrill  and 
Louisa  (Kauffman)  Merrill.  The  family  is  descend- 
ed from  Nathaniel  Merrill,  who  emigrated  from 
Suffolk  County,  England,  and  settled  in  Newbury, 
Massachusetts,  in  1635.  A  son  of  Nathaniel,  John 
Merrill,  migrated  to  Hart- 
ford County,  Connecticut, 
and  John's  great  grandson, 
Jared  Merrill,  who  lived  at 
Simsbury,  married  Abigail 
Phelps,  a  descendant  of  Wil- 
liam Phelps,  whose  family 
has  been  identified  with  the 
Farmington  River  Valley. 
Shortly  after  the  Revolu- 
tionary War  Jared  migrated 
to  Whitest.own,  Oneida  Coun- 
ty, New  York,  and  later  to 
Byron,  G  e  n  e  s  e  e  County, 
where  Hamilton  Wilcox  was 
born  in  1814.  He  graduated 
with  honor  at  the  United 
States  Military  Academy, 
West  Point,  in  1838,  and 
served  in  the  Florida  and 
Mexican  wars,  successively 
as  Second  and  First  Lieuten- 
ant and  Captain  in  the  Sec- 
ond Regiment  of  United 
States  Dragoons.  In  the  War 
with  Mexico  he  was  brevetted 
Major  for  gallantry  at  the 
battle  of  El  Molino  del  Rey. 
Major  Merrill  was  after- 
wards stationed  at  various 

frontier  posts  in  Texas  and  in  the  Indian  Territory, 
and  in  1856  retired  from  the  army  to  practice  real 
estate  law  in  New  York  City. 

Frederick  married  Winifred  Edgerton  in  New 
York  City,  September  1,  1887,  and  they  are  the 
parents  of  four  children,  Louise,  Hamilton,  Wini- 
fred and  Edgertou. 

Dr.  Merrill  received  splendid  educational  train 
ing  in  his  youth,  having  been  a  pupil  in  private 
schools  and  a  student  at  Charlier  Institute,  New 
York  City,  from  1876  to  1879,  after  which  he  en 
tered  Columbia  College  School  of  Arts,  where  he 
studied  from  1880  to  1883.  In  the  latter  year  he 
entered  the  Columbia  School  of  Mines,  and  was 
graduated  in  1885  with  the  degree  of  Ph.  B.  Five 
years  later  his  college  conferred  upon  him  the 
degree  of  Ph.  D. 

For  some  years  after  his  graduation  (1886-1890) 
Dr.  Merrill  was  Fellow  in  Geology  at  Columbia 
College,  and  during  the  same  period  was  an  As- 
sistant in  the  Geological  Survey  of  the  State  of 
New  Jersey.  His  successful  work  in  this  field 
caused  him  to  be  appointed  Assistant  State  Geolo- 
gist of  New  York,  a  position  he  held  from  1890  to 
1893,  while  at  the  same  time  he  was  Assistant 
Director  of  the  New  York  State  Museum.  In  1894 


DR.  F.  J.  H.  MERRILL 


he  was  appointed  Director  of  the  Museum  and  held 
this  position  for  ten  years.  He  also  served  from 
1899  to  1904  as  State  Geologist  of  New  York. 

While  in  the  service  of  his  State  Dr.  Merrill 
was  honored  on  several  occasions  by  being  selected 
to  represent  it  at  various  expositions.  In  1893  he 
was  Director  of  the  Scientific  Exhibit  of  the  State 
of  New  York  at  the  World's  Columbian  Exposi- 
tion, Chicago,  and  occupied  the  same  position  at  the 
Pan-American  Exposition  at  Buffalo  in  1901.  In 
1904  he  was  Director  oi'  the 
Mining  Exhibit  of  New  York 
State  at  the  Louisiana  Pur- 
chase Exposition,  St.  Louis, 
and,  upon  the  conclusion  of 
his  duties  in  this  connection, 
resigned  from  the  State  serv- 
ice to  devote  himself  to  the 
private  practice  of  his  pro- 
fession. 

From  1904  to  date  Dr. 
Merrill  has  been  in  practice 
as  Consulting  Geologist  and 
Mining  Engineer,  and,  as 
such,  occupies  a  leading  po- 
sition among  the  experts  of 
his  profession.  From  1904 
to  1906,  he  had  offices  in 
New  York  City  and,  in  the 
latter  year,  moved  to  No- 
gales,  Arizona,  where  he 
maintained  headquarters  for 
about  four  years,  conducting 
mining  operations  in  the 
State  of  Sonora,  Mexico,  and 
making  mine  examinations  in 
the  adjacent  regions.  In  1910 
he  left  Nogales  and  opened 
offices  in  Los  Angeles,  where 
he  has  remained. 

Since  locating  in  the  Southwest  Dr.  Merrill  has 
been  engaged  in  important  mining  and  geological 
work  in  the  copper,  silver  and  gold  deposits  of  Ari- 
zona, California  and  Nevada  and  of  Siualoa,  Chihua- 
hua and  Sonora,  Mexico,  and  especially  in  the  dry 
placers  of  the  latter  State.  Ho  has  t.lso  examined 
many  oil  properties  in  California,  Wyoming  and 
elsewhere.  Aside  from  his  active  professional 
work,  Dr.  Merrill  has  been  a  liberal  contributor 
to  the  literature  of  his  profession.  His  writings 
include  numerous  reports  as  State  Geologist  of  New 
York  and  Director  of  the  New  York  State  Museum, 
and  many  contributions  to  scientific  periodicals. 
He  has  also  prepared  and  published  several  geo- 
logic maps  of  New  York  and  contributed  the  geol- 
ogy of  the  crystalline  rocks  to  the  New  York  City 
Folio  of  the  United  States  Geological  Survey.  He 
is  a  Fellow  of  the  American  Association  for  the 
Advancement  of  Science,  Geological  Society  of 
America,  and  New  York  Academy  of  Sciences; 
member,  American  Institute  of  Mining  Engineers; 
Mining  and  Metallurgical  Society  of  America,  and 
New  England  Historic  Genealogical  Society. 

He  is  also  a  member  of  the  Military  Order  of 
Foreign  Wars;  of  the  University  Club  of  New  York 
City,  and  of  the  Sierra  Madre  Club  of  Los  Angeles. 


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HRISTY,  LLOYD  BENNETT, 
Banker  and  Mayor  of  Phoenix, 
Arizona,  was  born  in  Osceola, 
Iowa,  March  10,  1863,  the  son  of 
Col.  William  Christy  and  Carrie 
(Bennett)  Christy.  He  married 
Mary  Emma  Culver  at  Phoenix,  December  23,  1897, 
and  to  them  there  have  been  born  four  beautiful 
girls,  Mary,  Doris,  Margaret  and  Katherine  Christy. 
Mr.  Christy  is  of  Scotch  descent,  his  great-grand- 
father on  the  paternal  side, 
the  first  of  the  family  in 
America,  having  come  over 
here  by  way  of  Ireland.  His 
maternal  ancestors,  however, 
have  been  in  the  United 
States  since  pre-Revolution- 
ary  times,  various  members 
having  served  in  the  War  for 
Independence.  Mr.  Christy's 
father  was  one  of  the  leading 
financiers  of  Phoenix  when 
he  died,  but  in  his  earlier 
days  had  been  a  prominent 
figure  in  the  affairs  of  Iowa. 
He  served  as  Lieutenant  Col- 
onel of  an  Iowa  regiment 
during  the  Civil  War  and 
later  was  elected  to  the  of- 
fice of  State  Treasurer. 

Mr.  Christy,  who  is  re- 
garded as  one  of  the  most 
progressive  men  of  Phoenix, 
received  his  preliminary  ed- 
ucation in  the  public  schools 
of  Des  Moines,  Iowa,  being 
graduated  from  the  High 
School  there  in  the  class  of 
1883.  After  a  lapse  of  sev- 
eral years,  he  entered  the 
University  of  Southern  Cali- 
fornia and  was  graduated  in 
1890  with  the  degree  of  Bach- 
elor of  Science. 

Practically  ever  since  he 


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left  college  Mr.  Christy  has  been  in  the  banking 
business  and  for  twenty  years  has  been  with  one 
institution — the  Valley  Bank  of  Phoenix,  recognized 
as  the  most  substantial  institution  in  Arizona.  He 
entered  the  employ  of  the  bank  in  1892  as  runner 
and  worked  his  way  up  through  the  various  de- 
partments, until,  at  the  end  of  eleven  years,  he 
had  held  every  office  in  the  place  with  the  excep- 
tion of  Cashier  and  President.  Upon  the  death, 
in  1903,  of  his  father,  who  was  President,  Mr. 
Christy  succeeded  to  the  office  of  Cashier,  and  he 
has  held  it  from  that  time  down  to  date.  In  this 
capacity  he  has  had  practical  charge  of  the  bank 
for  several  years  and  by  his  own  personal  popu- 
larity has  added  considerable  to  the  bank's  prestige. 
Mr.  Christy  is  a  Progressive  Republican  in  his 
political  tendencies  and,  with  his  brother,  Captain 
Christy,  who  served  in  the  volunteer  army  during 
the  Spanish-American  war,  is  among  the  strongest 
adherents  of  Colonel  Roosevelt  in  the  Southwest. 
Politics,  however,  have  been  more  or  less  incidental 
in  Mr.  Christy's  affairs  and  the  office  of  Mayor  is 
the  only  one  he  ever  sought  or  accepted.  Being  an 
enthusiastic  worker  for  the  growth  and  advance- 
ment of  Phoenix,  he  has,  during  his  administration, 
advocated  and  put  into  operation  numerous  reforms 
and  civic  improvements  tending  to  place  the  city 


among  the  leading  municipalities  of  the  Southwest. 
For  instance,  when  Mr.  Christy  was  elected  to 
office  in  May,  1909,  there  was  not  a  foot  of  paved 
street  in  the  city,  while  in  1912  there  is  more  than 
two  miles  of  asphalt  paving  in  the  central  section 
and  plans  under  way  for  more.  Another  issue 
which  he  has  advocated  and  will  bring  to  success- 
ful conclusion  is  that  providing  a  public  park  and 
playground  system  for  the  city. 

Early  in  his  term,  Mr.  Christy  brought  about  the 
municipal  ownership  of  the 
Phoenix  sewage  system. 
When  he  assumed  the  man 
agement  of  the  city's  affairs 
its  sewage  system  was  a 
small  affair,  privately  owned, 
and  he  brought  about  a  bond 
issue  of  $400,000  for  the  pur- 
chase and  extension  of  it, 
thus  putting  the  sanitary 
condition  of  the  city  on  a 
higher  plane  than  had  ever 
been  known. 

Mayor  Christy  has  also 
been  active  against  gambling 
and  other  forms  of  vice  and, 
with  the  aid  of  the  Council, 
has  practically  eliminated 
the  objectionable  interests 
from  the  city.  Among  other 
things,  he  caused  the  num- 
ber of  saloons  to  be  limited 
to  twenty  and  imposed  ether 
regulations  which  make 
Phoenix  one  of  the  best  con- 
ducted municipalities,  in  this 
respect,  in  the  United  States. 
In  1911  Mayor  Christy  ap- 
pointed a  Citizens'  Commit- 
tee of  thirty-two  members  to 
study  the  commission  form 
of  government  and  report  on 
a  plan  for  eharter  levision, 
whereby  the  conduct  of 
city  affairs  would  be  placed 
on  a  more  economical  basis  than  under  the  couu- 
cilmanic  plan.  The  commission  reported  in  favor 
of  the  change  and  the  voters,  at  a  special  election, 
held  June  6,  1912,  ratified  their  recommendation 
and  named  an  official  Charter  Commission,  to  en- 
gage in  the  work  of  revising  the  charter. 

These  are  only  a  few  of  the  works  accomplished 
by  Mr.  Christy  during  the  first  three  years  of  his 
administration,  but  they  serve  to  show  the  sin- 
cerity of  purpose  with  which  he  has  governed  the 
city. 

In  addition  to  his  banking  interests  and  his  re- 
form work,  Mr.  Christy  has  other  business  interests 
which  place  him  among  the  most  influential  men 
in  the  city's  affairs.  He  is  a  Director  in  several  cor- 
porations, the  principal  ones  being  the  Arizona  Fire 
Insurance  Company,  of  which  he  is  Treasurer  and 
Director,  and  the  Phoenix  Title  and  Trust  Com- 
pany, wherein  he  is  a  Director. 

He  is  a  strong  supporter  of  the  Young  Men:s 
Christian  Association  and  aided  in  raising  a  fund 
in  excess  of  $100,000,  which  was  used  in  the  erec- 
tion of  a  handsome  building  in  Phoenix. 

Mr.  Christy  is  prominent  in  Masonic  circles, 
being  a  member  of  the  Mystic  Shrine  and  Knights 
Templar.  He  also  belongs  to  the  Sigma  Chi  fra- 
ternity. 


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INDSAY,  LYCURGUS,  Mining  Op- 
erator, Los  Angeles,  California, 
was  born  in  Princeton,  Missouri, 
October  18,  1859,  the  son  of  Wil- 
liam Lindsay  and  Nancy  (Boat- 
man) Lindsay.  He  married  Eva 
R.  Robson  at  Newport,  Kentucky,  in  the  year  1881, 
and  to  them  there  were  born  two  children,  Roberta 
and  Gladys  Lindsay. 

Mr.  Lindsay,  who  is  recognized  as  one  of  the 
real  developers  of  natural  resources  in  the  South- 
west, has  spent  the  greater  part  of  his  life  west 
of  the  Rocky  Mountains.  When  he  was  two  years 
old  (1861)  he  was  taken  by  his  parents  across  the 
plains  to  California,  the  family  locating  in  Sonoma 
County,  the  center  of  a  great  deciduous  fruit-grow- 
ing country.  He  spent  his  early  childhood  there, 
but  later  in  his  boyhood  lived  in  Texas,  Kansas, 
Illinois  and  other  parts  of  the  Middle  West.  He 
received  his  education  principally  through  private 
teachers  and  was  graduated  from  the  High  School 
at  Humboldt,  Kansas,  in  the  year  1877,  supplement- 
ing this  with  a  business  course  in  a  college  at 
Jacksonville,  Illinois.  He  also  received  higher 
instruction  from  Professor  Bickler,  a  noted  edu- 
cator of  Austin,  Texas. 

When  he  was  eighteen  years  of  age,  Mr.  Lind- 
say embarked  in  the  grain  and  cattle  business  in 
Southeastern  Texas  and  after  a  few  years,  moved 
to  Kansas,  where  he  engaged  in  the  cattle  and  flour 
milling  business.  The  cattle  in  that  day  were 
driven  over  the  trails  from  Texas  through  the  In- 
dian Territory  to  Kansas  and  the  Northwestern 
States,  and  Mr.  Lindsay  was  one  of  the  successful 
cattlemen  of  his  section.  He  had  a  well-equipped 
and  prosperous-  flour  mill,  but  in  1889  it  was  de- 
stroyed by  fire,  and  instead  of  rebuilding,  he  went 
to  Kansas  City,  Missouri,  not  far  from  his  birth- 
place, and  engaged  in  the  grain  brokerage  busi- 
ness. He  continued  in  that  for  about  three  years, 
but  at  the  end  of  that  period  closed  his  offices  and 
moved  to  Los  Angeles. 

For  the  first  year  after  his  return  to  California, 
Mr.  Lindsay  was  concerned  in  various  enterprises, 
but  in  1893  transferred  his  headquarters  to  No- 
gales,  Arizona,  on  the  International  border  between 
the  United  States  and  Mexico,  and  took  up  mining. 
This  was  the  beginning  of  a  new  phase  of  his 
career,  one  in  which  he  met  with  numerous  trials, 
but  through  determination  and  a  natural  ability, 
he  overcame  his  difficulties.  His  first  mining  ven- 
ture was  the  Mexicana  Mine,  in  the  wonderfully 
rich  State  of  Sonora,  Mexico,  and  later  he  took 
charge  of  the  Santa  Rosa  Lea  Mine  as  Superin- 
tendent. His  success  in  the  handling  of  these  prop- 
erties quickly  placed  Mr.  Lindsay  among  the  lead- 
ers of  the  mining  industry  in  the  Southwest  and 
his  work  since  that  time,  involving  the  ownership 
and  management  of  numerous  important  projects, 
has  been  attended  almost  invariably  with  success. 
In  1895,  Mr.  Lindsay  turned  his  attention  to  the 
centuries-old  copper  mines  of  Cananea,  Mexico,  and 
he  located  and  opened  for  development  what  has 
since  proved  to  be  one  of  the  greatest  groups  in 
the  history  of  copper.  These  mines  were  worked  by 
the  early  Spanish  invaders,  but  for  many  years  they 
had  resisted  the  efforts  of  the  best  mining  experts 


to  turn  them  into  paying  property.  Mr.  Lindsay 
led  the  way  in  the  development  of  these  mines, 
which  were  later  divided  into  sections  and  worked 
with  great  success  by  various  interests.  He  had  a 
number  of  rich  claims  and  continued  as  one  of  the 
principal  factors  in  the  operation  of  the  district 
until  1907,  when  he  sold  the  last  of  his  mines,  the 
Cananea  Central,  to  the  Cole-Ryan  syndicate  of 
New  York.  This  property  is  now  known  as  the 
Greene-Cananea  mine  and  is  famous  as  one  of  the 
most  productive  copper  properties  in  the  world. 

Mr.  Lindsay  was  a  developing  force  also  in  the 
Denocrita  mines,  which  he  later  sold  to  the  H.  H. 
Hoffman  Syndicate  of  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  and  which, 
like  the  Cananeas,  have  proved  to  be  among  the 
wealth-producing  properties  of  Northern  Sonora. 
Another  valuable  property  which  he  held  and  oper- 
ated for  some  time  in  the  northern  part  of  Mexico 
was  the  Indiana-Sonora  Mine,  which  he  disposed 
of  to  the  Phelps-Dodge  Company,  owners  of  the 
Copper  Queen  and  other  noted  mining  properties. 

Mr.  Lindsay's  success  in  the  mining  business  is 
partly  due  to  an  inherited  disposition  toward  the 
business,  his  father  having  been  one  of  the  pioneer 
mining  and  milling  men  at  Virginia  City,  Nevada, 
when  that  famous  camp  was  opened.  The  son  still 
retains  interests  in  several  mining  companies  in 
Nevada  and  during  the  historic  Goldfield  boom  was 
one  of  the  early  operators.  Besides  his  Nevada 
interests,  Mr.  Lindsay  still  retains  valuable  mine 
holdings  in  Mexico,  although  since  the  sale  of 
his  Cananea  property  he  has  been  gradually  with- 
drawing from  the  mining  business  and  expects  even- 
tually to  devote  himself  to  other  affairs  exclu- 
sively. 

Since  1905,  Mr.  Lindsay  has  made  his  perma- 
nent home  in  Los  Angeles  and  has  become  inter- 
ested in  various  enterprises  which  place  him 
among  the  substantial  men  of  the  community.  He 
is  a  Director  of  the  Los  Angeles  Trust  Company 
and  one  of  the  largest  stockholders  in  the  First 
National  Bank  of  Los  Angeles,  two  of  the  strongest 
financial  institutions  in  the  Southwest,  in  addition 
to  being  one  of  the  principal  owners  and  a  Director 
of  the  First  National  Bank  of  Nogales,  Arizona. 
Another  important  business  which  claims  his  at- 
tention is  the  Independent  Sewer  Pipe  Works  of 
Los  Angeles,  of  which  he  is  controlling  stockholder. 
This  company's  plant  manufactures  all  kinds  of 
building  material  and  gives  employment  to  several 
hundred  people. 

His  public  spirit,  as  well  as  that  of  his  asso- 
ciates, is  shown  by  the  exceptionally  artistic  build- 
ing in  which  the  Los  Angeles  Trust  Company  is 
housed,  a  building  which  is  a  splendid  example  of 
how  beauty  and  utility  can  be  combined. 

Aside  from  the  various  interests  mentioned,  Mr. 
Lindsay  is  the  owner  of  an  immense  amount  of 
land  in  old  Mexico  and  is  engaged  in  cattle-raising 
on  a  large  scale,  this  enterprise  being  one  of  the 
largest  cattle  and  stock  ranches  in  the  State  of 
Sonora. 

Although  he  has  never  taken  an  active  part  in 
politics,  Mr.  Lindsay  is  regarded  as  one  of  the 
strong  men  of  Los  Angeles,  and  a  man  of  great 
generosity.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Jonathan  Club, 
California  Club,  and  the  Los  Angeles  Athletic  Club. 


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ANN,  CHARLES  SPENCER,  Real 
Estate  Development,  Los  An- 
geles, California,  was  born  in  Val- 
paraiso, Indiana,  October  11,  1872, 
the  son  of  William  Freeman 
Mann  and  Louise  (Spencer) 
Mann.  His  family  is  one  of  the  oldest  in  America, 
he  being  a  descendant  of  Horace  Mann,  the  cele- 
brated educator.  Mr.  Mann  married  Mary  C.  Por- 
ter at  Salt  Lake  City,  Utah,  November  11,  1902, 
and  to  them  there  have  been 
born  two  children,  Nella 
Louise  and  Francis  Elizabeth 
Mann. 

Mr.  Mann  attended  the 
grammar  and  high  schools  of 
his  native  city  and  was 
graduated  from  the  Univers- 
ity of  Valparaiso  in  the  class 
of  1890.  Following  the  com- 
pletion of  his  college  course, 
Mr.  Mann  went  to  Chicago, 
Illinois,  and  there  entered 
into  the  real  estate  busi- 
ness. This  was  in  1891,  two 
years  before  the  opening  of 
the  World's  Columbian  Ex- 
position, and  one  of  the 
principal  sections  handled 
by  his  firm  was  near  the 
Midway  Plaisance,  at  that 
time  an  undeveloped  sec- 
tion, but  later  made  world 
famous  as  the  great  amuse- 
ment thoroughfare  of  the 
World's  Fair. 

In  1893,  Mr.  Mann  moved 
to  Los  Angeles  with  the  in- 
tention of  continuing  in  the 
real  estate  business  there, 

but  realty  at  that  time  was  in  a  period  of  depres- 
sion and  he  obtained  employment  with  a  mercan- 
tile house.  He  remained  with  this  concern  for 
about  three  years,  when  real  estate  became  more 
active  in  Los  Angeles,  ana  he  re-entered  that  field 
as  an  employe  of  Easton,  Eldridge  &  Co.,  one  of 
the  largest  real  estate  firms  in  the  city  at  that 
time,  with  holdings  in  all  parts  of  the  State.  Mr. 
Mann  was  in  charge  of  the  company's  real  estate 
department  in  Los  Angeles  until  the  year  1902, 
when  he  determined  to  enter  upon  a  business  ven- 
ture of  his  own. 

Mr.  Mann  specialized  in  the  sale  of  properties 
northwest  of  the  city  proper,  when  a  shortage  of 
water  existed  in  that  part  of  Los  Angeles,  and  he, 
with  others,  organized  the  Hollywood  Water  Com- 
pany, in  1904,  for  the  purpose  of  supplying  water 
to  the  residents  of  that  section  known  as  Holly- 
wood. Mr.  Mann  served  as  President  of  the  com- 
pany until  it  was  merged,  several  years  later,  with 
the  Hollywood  Union  Water  Company. 


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Another  important  phase  of  Mr.  Mann's  career 
as  a  developer  was  that  dealing  with  the  opening 
of  new  residential  districts  in  the  beautiful  coun- 
try surrounding  Los  Angeles.  He  was  a  pioneer 
in  presenting  the  residential  possibilities  of  the 
various  canyons,  and  in  this  capacity  brought 
about  the  settlement  of  Laurel  Canyon  in  West 
Hollywood,  now  one  of  the  beautiful  residence  dis- 
tricts of  Southern  California.  This  section,  now 
known  as  "Bungalow  Land,"  was  opened  in  1907 
and  is  now  a  vast  park,  with 
attractive  homes  and  beauti- 
ful scenery  as  its  chief 
characteristics. 

Mr.  Mann  has  been  one  of 
the  most  active"  men  in  the 
development  of  picturesque 
locations  in  the  vicinity  of 
Los  Angeles  and  has  also 
taken  the  lead  in  various 
other  lines  of  improvement, 
all  having  for  their  general 
object  the  upbuilding  of  the 
country.  For  instance,  in 
1910,  he  organized  a  com- 
pany and  constructed  the 
first  and  only  trackless  trol- 
ley in  the  United  States,  a 
transportation  line  still  in 
operation  and  the  main  car 
line  from  Hollywood  up  the 
canyon  to  "Bungalow  Land." 
This  is  one  of  the  unique 
railways  of  the  world,  and 
quite  as  practical  as  those 
operating  over  steel  rails. 

In  the  early  part  of  1912, 
Mr.  Mann  organized  the 
Canyon  Castle  Corporation, 
one  which  has  for  its  object 

the  operation  of  a  hotel,  modeled  along  the  lines 
of  an  old  feudal  castle,  but  modern  in  equipment 
and  operation.  The  structure  is  not  complete  as 
yet,  but  through  it  Mr.  Mann  and  his  associates 
hope  to  make  Laurel  Canyon  one  of  the  great 
tourist  places  of  the  West. 

Associated  with  Mr.  Mann  in  Canyon  Castle 
Corporation  and  its  hotel  project  are  S.  S.  Porter, 
and  his  father-in-law,  both  hotel  men  of  broad 
experience. 

Mr.  Mann  is  ranked  with  the  progressive  men 
of  the  Southwest  and  has  a  substantial  standing 
in  commercial  circles.  Besides  the  Castle  Canyon 
Corporation,  he  is  President  of  the  Bungalow  Land 
Improvement  Company,  the  Laurel  Canyon  Land 
Company  and  the  Laurel  Canyon  Utilities  Com- 
pany. 

t  He  is  a  member  of  the  Los  Angeles  Cham- 
ber of  Commerce,  Los  Angeles  Realty  Board,  the 
Jonathan  Club  and  the  Benevolent  Protective 
Order  of  Elks. 


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OBERTS,  OSCAR  WILSON,  Cattle 
Raiser,  San  Simon,  Arizona,  was 
born  near  Lexington,  Missouri, 
November  25,  1854,  the  son  of 
Captain  Westley  Roberts  and 
Mary  (McGee)  Roberts.  He  mar- 
ried Anna  E.  Ruch  at  Los  Angeles,  California,  De- 
cember 17,  1901.  Mrs.  Roberts,  who  was  a  widow, 
had  a  daughter  by  her  former  marriage,  Miss 
Semon  Ruch  (now  the  wife  of  Dr.  R.  L.  Byron). 

Mr.  Roberts  is  of  old 
Southern  ancestry,  his  for- 
bears having  settled  in  Vir- 
ginia in  the  Colonial  days. 
His  grandfather  moved  to 
Kentucky  and  there  his 
father  was  born.  The  latter 
emigrated  to  Missouri  and  in 
the  Civil  War  served  as  a 
Captain  under  General  Price. 
He  had  been  a  Santa  Fe 
freighter  and  returned  to 
Missouri  to  enlist  in  the  Con- 
federate service,  sacrificing 
all  of  his  business  interests. 
He  was  captured  by  the 
Union  forces,  but  was  re- 
leased later  and  left  Missouri 
with  his  family  in  May,  1863. 
They  started  across  the 
plains  with  an  ox  team, 
headed  for  California,  but 
halted  at  Salt  Lake  City  dur- 
ing the  gold  excitement  in 
that  region.  Later  they 
moved  to  Montana,  where 
the  elder  Roberts  engaged  in 
the  cattle  business  for  sev- 
eral years.  At  the  end  of  that  time  they  again  took 
up  the  trail  to  California,  landing  in  Los  Angeles 
in  October,  1869.  The  elder  Roberts  not  only  was 
prominent  as  a  cattleman,  but  also  was  one  of  the 
original  locators  of  Denver,  Colorado.  He  also  put 
down  one  of  the  first  oil  wells  in  California. 

Oscar  W.  Roberts  received  the  first  part  of  his 
education  in  the  public  schools  of  Missouri  and  Salt 
Lake  City  and  studied  under  a  private  teacher  in 
Montana.  He  entered  the  public  schools  of  Los 
Angeles  and  later  attended  St.  Vincent's  College 
there. 

In  1873,  after  leaving  school,  Mr.  Roberts  went 
to  Idaho,  where  his  father  owned  a  large  cattle 
ranch  on  the  Snake  River.  He  had  been  a  cowboy 
since  childhood  and  immediately  took  his  place  on 
the  range.  He  managed  his  father's  business  until 
the  latter  sold  out  and  returned  to  Los  Angeles 
in  1876.  After  selling  his  cattle  the  elder  Roberts 
engaged  in  the  oil  business  in  Ventura,  California, 
as  superintendent  and  part  owner  of  the  Los  An- 
geles Oil  Company,  whose  property  later  was  sold 


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to  Messrs.  Hardison  and  Stewart,  forming  the  basis 
of  the  Union  Oil  Company,  which  they  organized. 
Mr.  Roberts  aided  his  father  in  putting  down  the 
first  well  and  in  the  location  of  other  oil  properties 
which  the  former  owns  today.  One  of  these,  the 
Little  Sespe,  is  one  of  the  good  producing  prop- 
erties of  California  at  the  present  time- 
In  1879  Mr.  Roberts  was  chosen  Superintendent 
of  the  Frazier  gold  mine  in  Ventura  County,  and 
operated  this  until  the  winter  of  1880,  when  he 
resigned  and  went  to  Ari- 
zona. He  halted  at  Tucson 
a  short  time,  went  to  Tomb- 
stone and  finally  located  at 
the  old  town  of  Eureka,  N. 
M.,  a  mining  camp  twenty 
miles  south  of  the  Southern 
Pacific  Railroad.  Mr.  Rob- 
erts went  to  work  in  a  mine 
for  a  time,  later  became 
storekeeper  and  finally  re- 
sumed the  vocation  of  cattle 
raiser.  Like  most  men  of 
that  day,  he  experienced 
many  dangers  and  had  nu- 
merous thrilling  escapades. 
During  one  week  ten  men 
were  killed  in  Eureka,  three 
being  shot  to  death  while  sit- 
ting at  a  table  with  him. 

While  operating  the  store 
Mr.  Roberts  served  as  Post- 
master and  changed  the 
name  of  the  town  from  Eure- 
ka to  Hachita.  He  also  was 
interested  in  cattle  and  in 
1887  gave  up  the  mercantile 
business  to  devote  himself  to 
his  stock  interests,  which  included  a  ranch  near  Ha- 
chita. Haggin,  Hearst  and  Head,  owners  of  the 
"Diamond  A"  property,  had  a  large  ranch  surround- 
ing his  and  chose  him  manager  of  their  business, 
the  largest  cattle  enterprise  in  the  Southwest.  For 
seven  years  he  had  full  charge  of  the  ranch.  This 
was  when  the  Apaches  were  on  the  warpath,  and 
his  work  was  not  lacking  in  exciting  adventures. 

In  1894  Mr.  Roberts  sold  out  his  interests  to 
the  "Diamond  A"  and  returned  to  Los  Angeles,  en- 
gaging in  real  estate,  oil  and  other  ventures.  How- 
ever, he  renewed  his  cattle  business  in  Arizona  and 
this  has  been  his  principal  work  since,  his  ranch 
being  located  at  San  Simon. 

Mr.  Roberts  has  taken  an  active  part  in  politics 
and  served  for  many  years  on  the  Democratic  Cen- 
tral Committees  of  Cochise  County,  Arizona,  and 
Grant  County,  N.  M.  He  was  a  candidate  for  Sheriff 
of  Grant  County  in  1891,  but  failed  of  election,  lu 
1909  he  was  elected  to  the  Twenty-fifth  Arizona 
Legislature  and  served  until  Statehood  was  granted. 
Mr.  Roberts  is  a  Master  Mason,  a  member  of 
the  Sierra  Madre  Club  of  Los  Angeles,  and  Presi- 
dent of  the  Hassayampa  Club,  an  Arizona  society. 


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CORE,  DR.  MELVIN  L., 
Physician  and  Surgeon,  Los 
Angeles,  California,  was  born 
at  South  Bend,  Indiana,  De- 
cember 20,  1859.  He  is  the 
son  of  Dr.  Robert  Melvin  Moore  and  Maria 
(Asire)  Moore.  He  married  Elizabeth  Hol- 
ler, at  South  Bend,  Indiana,  in  1879.  They 
have  two  children,  Dr.  Edward  Clarence 
Moore  and  Lillian,  now 
Mrs.  Le  Roy  Edwards. 

Dr.  Moore's  male  an- 
cestors were  all  identified 
with  the  medical  profes- 
sion since  about  the  time 
of  the  Declaration  of  In- 
dependence. His  father 
was  the  first  graduate 
physician  in  the  State  of 
Ohio  and  practiced  in 
South  Bend  and  vicinity 
for  more  than  a  score  of 
years,  being  one  of  the 
most  highly  respected 
men  in  the  community. 

Dr.  Melvin  Moore  is 
one  of  the  most  thorough 
men  in  the  profession  to- 
day. He  received  his 
early  education  in  the 
public  schools  of  South 
Bend,  and  upon  the  con- 
clusion of  this  work  en- 
tered Valparaiso  Univer- 
sity, at  Valparaiso,  Ind., 
where  he  finished  his  aca- 
demic studies  in  1878. 
Leaving  his  native  state  that  year,  he  went 
to  Rush  Medical  College,  at  Chicago,  111., 
where  he  began  the  study  of  medicine.  He 
spent  three  years  there  and  was  graduated 
with  the  degree  of  M.  D.  in  1880. 

Although  he  was  a  qualified  physician, 
and  could  have  started  in  practice  at  once, 
Dr.  Moore  decided  that  he  would  study  fur- 
ther in  order  to  better  equip  himself  for  his 
professional  career.  Accordingly  he  went  to 
New  York  and  entered  Bellevue  College.  He 
spent  two  years  there,  applying  himself  prin- 
cipally to  surgery,  and  in  1882,  after  two 
years  in  the  institution,  he  was  given  another 
degree  of  medicine.  After  practicing  a  num- 
ber of  years,  Dr.  Moore  went  abroad  to  study 
the  methods  and  hospitals  of  the  Old  World. 
He  first  went  to  Berlin,  where  he  took  post- 
graduate work  under  the  tutelage  of  some  of 
Germany's  greatest  surgeons,  and  after  a  con- 
siderable period  there  went  to  Vienna  to 


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study  under  the  great  specialists  of  that  city. 
He  was  highly  regarded  by  his  mentors  there 
and  was  given  numerous  opportunities  to  im- 
prove his  knowledge  of  the  subject  he  desired 
to  master. 

Dr.  Moore  began  practice  at  South  Bend, 
Ind.,  where  he  followed  in  his  father's  foot- 
steps for  five  years.     His  health  failed  him, 
and  in  1887  he  left  that  state  and  moved  to 
Los    Angeles,    California, 
where  he  has  been  identi- 
fied in  a  professional  and 
social  way  for  over  twen- 
ty-four years. 

He  returned  to  In- 
diana for  a  brief  interval 
and  then  spent  a  winter 
in  Central  Florida.  After 
that  short  period  in  the 
health  resorts  of  Florida 
he  moved  permanently  to 
Southern  California. 

He  formed  a  partner- 
ship with  Dr.  F.  T.  Bick- 
nell,  of  Los  Angeles,  and 
they  were  associated  for 
sixteen  years.  Both  part- 
ners earned  lasting  repu- 
tations. 

Dr.  Moore  at  an  early 
period  began  the  study  of 
gynecology  and  obstet- 
rics. His  proficiency  and 
ability  in  those  subjects 
gave  him  an  authorita- 
tive standing  in  that 
branch  of  the  profession 
and  in  1892  he  was  appointed  Professor  of 
Obstetrics  at  the  Medical  College  of  the  Uni- 
versity of  California,  located  at  Berkeley. 
That  professorship  he  has  retained  for  nine- 
teen years. 

He  is  most  highly  respected  in  profes- 
sional and  social  circles  of  California  an  J  has 
played  a  prominent  part  in  the  upbuilding  of 
the  medical  profession  of  Southern  Califor- 
nia and  the  entire  West. 

Dr.  Moore  holds  membership  in  the  lead- 
ing professional  societies  of  the  country,  such 
as  the  American  Medical  Association,  Los 
Angeles  County  Medical  Society,  District 
Medical  Society  of  Southern  California, 
Pathological  Society  of  Los  Angeles,  and 
the  Medical  Society  of  the  State  of  Cali- 
fornia. 

He  is  an  Elk  and  a  member  of  both 
the  University  Club  and  the  California  Club 
of  Los  Angeles. 


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OORE,  DR.  EDWARD 
CLARENCE,  Physician  and 
Surgeon,  Los  Angeles,  Cali- 
fornia, was  born  January  20, 
1882,  at  South  Bend,  Indiana, 
the  son  of  Dr.  Melvin  L.  Moore  and  Eliza- 
beth (Holler)  Moore.  He  married  Helen 
Rowland  at  Los  Angeles,  April  18,  1906,  and 
to  them  have  been  born  two  children,  Wil- 
liam Rowland  and  Helen 
Elizabeth  Moore. 

Dr.  Moore  is  the 
youngest  of  a  line  of  phy- 
sicians noted  in  America 
for  more  than  a  hundred 
years,  and  known  partic- 
ularly in  Indiana  and 
in  California  as  men  of 
high  scholarly  attain- 
ments. His  grandfather, 
Dr.  Robert  Moore,  was 
the  first  graduate  physi- 
cian of  the  State  of  In- 
diana and  his  father  is 
one  of  the  most  prominent 
physicians  in  the  West. 

Dr.  Moore  was  taken 
to  Los  Angeles  by  his 
parents  when  he  was 
three  years  of  age  and  has 
spent  his  life  there  since 
that  time.  He  attended 
the  public  schools  of  Los 
Angeles  in  his  boyhood 
and  upon  completion  of 
his  high  school  work  went 
back  to  his  native  State, 
where  he  studied  for  one  year  at  Notre  Dame 
University,  the  famous  Hoosier  State  edu- 
cational institution.  This  was  the  year  1897. 
The  next  year  he  returned  to  school  at  Los 
Angeles,  entering  the  Belmont  Preparatory 
School  to  fit  himself  for  an  admission  to  the 
University  of  California.  He  was  at  the 
preparatory  school  for  two  years. 

He  determined  to  follow  in  the  footsteps 
of  his  father  and  early  ancestors,  and  in 
1900  he  was  admitted  to  the  medical  depart- 
ment of  the  University  of  California.  This 
necessitated  four  years  of  study,  at  the  end 
of  which  period  he  was  graduated  with  the 
degree  of  Doctor  of  Medicine  in  June,  1904. 

Dr.  Moore's  father  at  that  time,  as  now, 
was  a  leader  in  the  profession  in  Los  An- 
geles, and  as  he  has  studied  extensively  in 
the  laboratories  and  hospitals  in  Europe  in 
fitting  himself  for  his  practice,  he  was  ena- 
bled to  give  of  his  great  knowledge  and  ex- 


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perience  to  his  son.  The  latter,  immediately 
upon  passing  the  State  examinations,  went 
into  partnership  with  his  father.  His  pro- 
fessional life,  from  the  day  of  starting,  was  a 
most  active  one  and  for  three  years  he 
worked  with  his  father,  devoting  himself 
principally  to  surgery.  In  1907  there  came  a 
period  when  he  felt  he  could  quit  his  practice 
for  additional  study.  He  went  to  Rochester, 
Minnesota,  where  he  be- 
came clinical  assistant  to 
the  celebrated  brother 
surgeons,  Drs.  Mayo, 
whose  famous  sanitarium 
in  the  little  northwestern 
town  is  one  of  the  most 
famous  institutions  in  the 
world  of  surgical  science. 
People  go  to  the  Mayos 
from  all  parts  of  the 
world,  and  some  of  their 
feats  in  surgery  have  not 
only  startled  the  medical 
profession,  but  have  made 
history  for  it.  To  be  an 
associate  of  these  great 
surgeons  is  a  privilege  ac- 
corded to  few  men.  Dr. 
Moore  was  with  the 
Mayos  for  a  year,  during 
which  time  he  aided  them 
in  the  performance  of 
many  of  their  wonderful 
operations  and  gained  an 
experience  that  is  almost 
invaluable  to  him.  Later, 
in  1911,  he  spent  three 
months  additional  with  the  Drs.  Mayo. 

Returning  to  Los  Angeles  in  1908,  he  re- 
sumed his  practice  with  his  father  as  chief 
surgeon  of  the  firm  of  Drs.  Moore,  Moore  & 
White,  and  at  the  present  time  handles  noth- 
ing but  surgical  cases. 

Dr.  Moore's  expert  work  in  the  field  of 
surgery  placed  him  on  the  faculty  of  the  Los 
Angeles  Dept.  of  Medicine  of  the  University 
of  Cal.,  which  position  he  has  retained.  He 
was  made  one  of  two  surgeons  to  the  L.  A. 
Aqueduct  Commission  and  is  one  of  the  at- 
tending surgeons  to  L.  A.  County  Hospital. 
He  is  a  Director  of  the  California  Hos- 
pital and  is  an  active  member  of  the  Ameri- 
can Medical  Association.  He  is  also  a  mem- 
ber of  the  L.  A.  Clinical  and  Pathological  So- 
ciety, L.  A.  County  Medical  Society,  Cal. 
State  Medical  Society  and  others.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  California  and  the  Los  An- 
geles Country  clubs. 


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OYNER,  FRANK  HALL, 
Highway  Engineer,  Los  An- 
geles, California,  is  a  New 
Englander  by  birth,  being 
born  at  North  Egremont, 

Massachusetts,      January      20,      1862.      His 

father    was     Looniis     M.    Joyner    and    his 

mother     Mary     L.     (Cross)     Joyner.       Mr. 

Joyner    is    a    direct    descendant    of    Joseph 

Loomis,    who    settled    in 

Windsor,  Connecticut,  in 

1639,     and     the     original 

founder    in    America    of 

the  large  Loomis  family. 

He     is      also      descended 

from  Robert  Joyner,  one 

of  the  heroes  of  the  Rev- 
olutionary    War.       On 

both  sides  Mr.  Joyner  is 

a  pure  Yankee.    He  mar- 
ried   Clara    Estelle    Cur- 

tiss,   October  4,   1888,  at 

Brooklyn,      New      York. 

There  is  one  child,  Mary 

C.  Joyner. 

Mr.  Joyner  attended  a 

district  school    in    North 

Egremont,      Mass.,      and 

later  the  High  School  of 

Great    Barrington,    Mass. 

He    studied    at    Carter's 

Commercial     College, 

Pittsfield,       Mass.,      and 

took     a     course     at     the 

Massachusetts      Agricul- 
tural College,  Amherst. 
The  first  actual  work 


F.  H. 


of  his  career  began  in  1881,  when  he  became 
a  chainman  with  the  New  York,  West  Shore 
and  Buffalo  Railroad.  His  intelligent  effort 
won  him  the  advanced  position  of  assistant 
engineer,  which  station  he  held  for  nearly 
three  years.  In  1885  he  was  made  resident 
engineer  for  the  Wisconsin  Central  Railroad, 
with  headquarters  at  Des  Plaines,  Illinois. 
There  he  remained  and  practiced  for  the  fol- 
lowing year. 

In  the  latter  part  of  1886  Mr.  Joyner  be- 
came engineer  at  the  end  of  track  and  assist- 
ant superintendent  of  construction  with  the 
Fitzgerald  and  Mallory  Company,  and  the  D. 
M.  and  A.,  a  branch  of  the  Missouri  Pacific 
system.  He  was  continued  in  this  position 
for  a  period  of  over  a  year.  During  all  this 
time  Mr.  Joyner  was  not  merely  performing 
his  duty,  he  was  making  a  deep  study  all  the 
while  of  the  great  engineering  problems  of 
the  day  and  seeking  that  branch  which  held 


the  greatest  promise  for  the  future. 

In  1887  he  left  railroad  engineering  to 
take  a  responsible  position  with  Morrison 
and  Corthell,  engineers  in  Chicago.  He  was 
given  charge  of  the  preparation  of  stone  for 
the  bridge  over  the  Ohio  River  at  Cairo  and 
bridges  over  the  Mississippi  River  at  St. 
Louis  and  at  Memphis.  He  had  charge  of 
the  construction  of  a  number  of  minor 

bridges    in     and     around 

Chicago. 

He  also  filled  the  of- 
*fice  of  City  Engineer  at 
Bedford,  Indiana,  where 
he  continued  until  the 
latter  part  of  1891,  when 
he  resigned  and  at  the 
same  time  resigned  from 
the  Morrison  and  Cor- 
thell Company. 

•In  1892  he  accepted  a 
position  with  the  Pejep- 
scot  Paper  Company,  one 
of  the  largest  establish- 
ments of  its  kind  in  the 
State  of  Maine.  He  be- 
came Assistant  Engineer 
on  the  construction  of 
dams  and  pulp  mill  plants 
for  this  company. 

Mr.  Joyner  took  up 
highway  engineering  in 
1896.  His  first  services 
in  that  great  field  were 
with  the  Massachusetts 

TOYNER  Highway        Commission. 

•*  After  two  successful  years 

he  was  advanced  to  Division  Engineer  in 
1898,  which  position  he  held  until  February 
1,  1911,  when  he  resigned  to  accept  the  posi- 
tion of  Engineer  in  charge  of  Maintenance 
and  Repair  of  Main  Highways  of  Los  An- 
geles County. 

His  fame  as  a  highway  engineer  had  be- 
come so  well  known  throughout  a  greater 
part  of  the  continent  that  during  the  early 
part  of  1911  the  Los  Angeles  County  High- 
way Commission,  finding  themselves  in  need 
of  a  professional  head,  determined  to  send 
for  him. 

He  accepted  their  offer  and  went  at  once 
to  Los  Angeles  and  took  up  the  duties  of  the 
position. 

He  held  the  position  until  the  following 
July,  when  he  was  appointed  Chief  Engi- 
neer for  the  Los  Angeles  County  High- 
way Commission,  which  position  he  holds  at 
the  present  time. 


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ILSON,  JOHN  CHARLES, 
Stock  and  Bond  Broker,  San 
Francisco,  was  born  in  San 
Francisco,  July  21,  1870,  the 
son  of  John  Charles  and  Ag- 
nes (Cowan)  Wilson.  His  parents,  who  were 
of  Scotch  and  English  origin,  were  among  the 
early  residents  of  San  Francisco,  where  his 
father  was  well  known  as  a  large  dealer  in 
cqke  and  pig  iron,  and  evi- 
dently transmitted  to  their 
son  the  qualities  of  shrewd- 
ness and  energy  pre- 
sumed to  inhere  in  the 
Scotch-English  blood.  J. 
C.  Wilson,  from  his  boy- 
hood, has  been  what  is 
known  as  a  "hustler,"  and 
the  remarkable  success 
which  has  attended  his 
efforts  bear  ample  testi- 
mony to  the  ability  he 
has  put  into  them.  On 
February  10,  1904,  he  was 
married  in  the  old  Palace 
Hotel  of  San  Francisco  to 
Miss  Mabel  C.  Cluff, 
daughter  of  the  well- 
known  merchant,  William 
Cluff.  The  children  of 
this  marriage  are  Daniel 
Lynch,  Thomas  Cluff  and 
Mabel  Wilson.  By  a  for- 
mer union  he  is  also  the 
father  of  J.  C.  Wilson,  Jr. 
After  attending  the  pri- 
mary and  grammar 
schools  of  San  Francisco  he  entered  Sack- 
ett's  School,  in  Oakland,  where  from  1886  to 
1889,  inclusive,  he  took  the  regular  commer- 
cial course,  together  with  Latin  and  the 
higher  mathematics,  and  studied  to  equip 
himself  for  the  business  career  he  had 
planned,  primarily  to  enter  the  firm  with 
which  his  father  was  connected,  that  of  J. 
Macdonough  &  Co. 

From  1890  to  1902  he  was  a  clerk  in  this 
house,  in  which  he  also  had  a  contingent  in- 
terest. Not  being  afraid  of  jolts  he  took  any- 
thing that  came  his  way,  from  marking  and 
handling  sacks  to  balancing  a  ledger,  and 
rose  rapidly  to  a  responsible  position.  In 
1900  the  company  sold  to  the  Western  Fuel 
Company,  in  which  Mr.  Wilson  became  a 
director.  This  function  he  discharged  for 
the  next  two  years,  but  found  the  business 
insufficiently  active  for  his  abundant  en- 
ergies. He  desired  something  requiring 


T.  C.  WILSON 


initiative,  originality  and  the  traits  that  make 
for  genuine  progress.  He  found  this  desider- 
atum in  the  course  of  which  he  subsequently 
adopted,  that  of  a  broker  for  clients  dealing 
in  stocks,  bonds,  grains,  provisions,  oil  and 
similar  industries.  On  September  20,  1905, 
he  became  a  member  of  the  San  Francisco 
Stock  and  Bond  Exchange,  and  began  the 
career  which  has  led  to  his  present  position 
of  the  leading  stock 
broker  on  the  Pacific 
Coast. 

The  remarkable  expan- 
sion of  his  business  is 
fairly  well  indicated  by 
the  important  connections 
he  has  made  in  the  last 
six  years.  On  September 
17,  1908,  he  joined  the 
New  York  Stock  Ex- 
change,  the  Chicago 
Stock  Exchange  on  Sep- 
tember 19th  of  the  same 
year,  and  on  August  9, 
1911,  the  New  York  Cot- 
ton Exchange. 

Through  these  years 
Mr.  Wilson,  by  concen- 
trating his  energies  on 
the  work  in  hand,  giving 
his  clients  every  facility, 
and  by  an  absolute  ab- 
sence of  failures  winning 
their  confidence,  has  grad- 
ually enlarged  his  busi- 
ness to  a  very  wide  scope. 
Of  this  fact  the  character 


of  his  eastern  correspondents,  among  them 
such  firms  as  Harris,  Winthrop  &  Co.,  is  an- 
other index. 

Outside  of  his  brokerage  business  he  has 
considerable  real  estate  interests,  and  a  large 
social  acquaintance.  Beyond  this  the  many 
financiers  from  the  East,  who  visit  the  coast, 
are  in  a  measure  responsible  for  Mr.  Wilson's 
reputation  as  a  lavish  entertainer. 

For  a  period  of  six  years,  from  1900  to 
1905,  inclusive,  Mr.  Wilson  was  a  Yosemite 
Park  commissioner,  under  both  Governor 
Gage  and  Governor  Pardee,  but  has  not  oth- 
erwise been  very  active  politically.  He  has 
for  years  been  a  prominent  and  popular 
clubman,  and  among  his  many  clubs  and  or- 
ganizations are  the  Pacific-Union,  Bohemian. 
Family,  Cosmos  and  Merchants'  Exchange, 
of  S.  F. ;  Burlingame  Country,  San  Mateo 
Polo,  of  San  Mateo  County ;  California,  of  L. 
A.;  Masons,  and  K.  T.  (Cal.  Commandery). 


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EAN  JACOB,  Retired  Lumberman, 
Alhambra,  California,  was  born  in 
Upper  Stillwater,  Maine,  January 
19,  1837,  the  son  of  Jacob  W.  Bean 
and  Jane  (Danforth)  Bean.  He 
married  Cynthia  A.  McPheters  at 
Orono,  Maine,  October  14,  1860,  and  to  them  were 
born  eight  children,  Charles  Robie,  Daisy  (de- 
ceased), Roscoe  F.  (deceased),  Willian  H.,  Flor- 
ence Estelle  (deceased),  Anne  E.,  Eugene  E.  and 
Mary  Ella  Bean.  Of  the  five  surviving  children  all 
are  married  and  Mr.  Bean  has  eleven  grandchil- 
dren. Mr.  Bean's  family  is  of  Scotch  origin,  the 
earliest  members  of  record  having  been  seafarers. 
The  family  was  transplanted  to  New  Hampshire 
the  latter  part  of  the  seventeenth  century  and  re- 
mained there  for  many  generations,  later  scattering 
to  other  parts  of  New  England,  and  Mr.  Bean  and 
his  older  brother  were  the  first  to  move  Westward. 
His  father  was  in  the  transportation  business  in 
Maine  and  served  many  years  as  a  County  official. 
Mr.  Bean  received  his  education  in  the  common 
schools  of  Orono,  Maine,  but  at  an  early  age  went 
to  work  in  a  general  store.  He  then  entered  the 
employ  of  his  father  as  a  freighter,  but  after  a 
short  time  when  he  was  of  an  age  when  boys 
usually  devote  themselves  to  play,  he  went  into  the 
woods  of  Maine  and  entered  into  the  arduous  life 
of  the  logging  camp.  Although  a  boy  in  years,  he 
was  possessed  of  extraordinary  strength  and  endur- 
ance, and  early  took  his  place  among  the  men  of 
the  camp.  He  worked  in  various  branches  of  the 
logging  industry  and  by  the  time  he  attained  his 
majority  was  a  proficient  lumberman. 

In  the  early  part  of  1858,  Mr.  Bean  abandoned 
the  lumber  industry  to  join  the  gold  seekers  of 
California,  making  the  trip  to  San  Francisco  by 
way  of  the  Isthmus  of  Panama.  He  joined  the 
prospectors  in  the  Sacramento  district,  but  was  un- 
successful in  his  quest  and  before  the  end  of  the 
year  gave  up  the  effort  and  returned  to  Maine. 

For  the  next  five  years  he  worked  in  the  forests 
and  mills  of  Maine  and  in  1863,  he  and  an  older 
brother,  Charles  Bean,  went  to  Stillwater,  Min- 
nesota. They  were  immediately  employed  by  Gen- 
eral S.  F.  Hersey,  one  of  the  pioneer  lumberman 
of  Minnesota,  as  "timber  cruisers,"  and  within  a 
short  time  were  admitted  as  members  of  the  firm 
of  Hersey  &  Staples,  which  thereupon  became 
Hersey,  Staples  &  Bean.  Mr.  Bean  was  placed  in 
charge  of  all  the  logging  operations  of  the  firm  and 
spent  the  greater  part  of  each  year  in  the  woods. 
About  1872  the  firm  became  Hersey,  Bean  & 
Brown  and  some  years  later,  upon  the  withdrawal 
of  E.  S.  Brown,  it  became  known  as  Hersey  & 
Bean,  continuing  as  such  until  1900,  when  the  firm 
practically  retired  from  the  lumber  business.  Dur- 
ing the  days  of  its  activity  this  firm  was  one  of 
the  largest  lumber  and  mercantile  establishments 
in  the  Northwest.  Its  timber  holdings  in  Min- 
nesota and  Wisconsin  covered  160,000  acres  and 
during  forty  years  of  operation  its  mills,  among 
the  largest  and  best  equipped  in  that  section,  cut 
billions  of  feet  of  lumber.  Its  standing  pine  cov- 
ered a  vast  area  in  the  territory  near  the  St. 
Croix  River  and  its  principal  mill,  located  at  Still- 
water,  was  valued  at  $300,000.  About  1900  the 
company  wound  up  its  cutting  and  ceased  opera- 
tions, but  its  mills  were  leased  for  some  years  to 
other  lumbering  concerns,  being  finally  dismantled. 
The  firm  of  Hersey  &  Bean  still  owns  about  70,- 
000  acres  of  land  In  Wisconsin  and  Minnesota,  and 
of  recent  years  has  dealt  largely  in  farm  lands. 
Although  his  original  company  quit  lumbering 


Mr.  Bean  did  not,  he  having  been  one  of  the  or- 
ganizers in  1895,  of  the  Foley-Bean  Lumber  Com- 
pany. The  company  had  large  interests  in  what  had 
been  the  Mille  Lacs  Indian  Reservation  in  Minne- 
sota, and  its  plant  at  Milaca,  one  of  the  most  mod- 
ern in  the  country,  cut  32,000,000  feet  annually.  In 
addition  to  mills,  the  company  owned  stores,  yards, 
shops,  steamboats  and  other  equipment  and  em- 
ployed more  than  three  hundred  men.  Mr.  Bean 
was  a  factor  in  its  management  until  1906. 

As  a  lumberman  Mr.  Bean  ranked  with  the  lead- 
ers and  was  interested  with  such  men  as  Frederick 
Weyerhauser,  greatest  of  all  lumber  magnates  and 
James  J.  Hill,  the  empire  builder  of  the  Northwest. 
He  enjoyed  the  confidence  of  business  men  in  all 
parts  of  the  Northwest  and  during  his  career  of 
more  than  sixty  years  never  was  questioned  on  any 
contract  or  agreement  into  which  he  entered. 

About  1901  he  suffered  a  severe  paralytic  stroke 
and  was  compelled  to  relinquish  the  active  manage- 
ment of  his  properties,  but  he  had  trained  his  sons 
in  the  business  and  turned  the  management  of  his 
affairs  over  to  them. 

Mr.  Bean  is  a  heavy  individual  landowner  and  has 
various  other  interests.  One  tract  in  Winconsin  held 
under  the  name  of  the  Jacob  Bean  Land  Com- 
pany, contains  27,000  acres.  He  is  President  of  the 
Company,  but  its  actual  direction  is  in  the  hands 
of  his  son,  W.  H.  Bean.  Several  other  interests  of 
Mr.  Bean  are  incorporated  under  the  name  of  the 
Jacob  Bean  Investment  Company,  a  famiry  corpora- 
tion, of  which  he  is  President. 

Mining  has  proved  an  unfortunate  field  for  Mr. 
Bean  from  the  time  of  his  first  venture  in  Cali- 
fornia. Later  in  life,  when  he  had  amassed  a  large 
fortune  he  bought  a  property  in  Montana,  but  had 
to  give  it  up  after  losing  $300,000.  He  accepted 
this  great  loss  philosophically,  never  complaining. 

From  the  time  he  was  able  to  vote  he  has  sup- 
ported the  Republican  party  and  was  prominent 
in  its  affairs  in  Minnesota.  Governor  Merriam  of 
Minnesota,  appointed  him  Surveyor  General  of  the 
Stillwater  District  in  1888,  and  he  was  re-appointed 
in  1890  by  Governor  Knute  Nelson  (later  U.  S.  Sen- 
ator), serving  until  1892.  At  that  time  he  returned 
to  his  private  business  and  consistently  declined  to 
accept  any  public  office  afterwards. 

Since  the  year  1893  Mr.  Bean  has  had  his  home 
at  Alhambra,  California,  his  estate  being  one  of  the 
most  beautiful  in  Southern  California.  When  he 
purchased  the  place,  which  covers  120  acres,  it 
was  a  barley  patch,  but  since  that  time  Mr.  Bean 
has  built  a  magnificent  home  and  spent  thousands 
of  dollars  in  beautifying  the  grounds.  A  large  part 
of  the  estate  is  devoted  to  oranges  and  forms  one 
of  the  finest  ranches  in  Los  Angeles  County. 

In  his  later  years  Mr.  Bean  has  spent  all  of  his 
time  at  his  home  and  has  his  recreation  in  reading 
and  motoring.  Although  he  is  seventy-six  years 
of  age  and  endured  great  suffering  at  the  time  he 
was  stricken  by  paralysis,  he  stills  retains  a  re- 
markable amount  of  physical  endurance  and  takes 
an  active  interest  in  the  management  of  his  estate. 

A  marked  characteristic  of  Mr.  Bean,  whose  for- 
tune was  builded  by  hard  work,  is  his  generosity, 
and  for  many  years  he  has  maintained  private 
philanthropies,  known  only  to  his-  family. 

At  seventy-six  he  is  happy  in  the  companionship 
of  his  children  and  grand-children,  but  up  to  a 
short  time  ago  had  that  of  his  wife,  who  shared 
with  him  in  his  success  and  cheered  him  in  times 
of  stress.  They  celebrated  their  golden  wedding 
anniversary  October  14,  1910,  but  within  a  year 
she  passed  away,  her  death  occurring  July  1,  1911. 


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ELBY,  JAMES  EDWARD, 
Lawyer,  Los  Angeles,  Cali- 
fornia, was  born  on  the  Isle 
of  Man,  November  8,  1862, 
the  son  of  William  Kelby  and 
Isabella  (Brew)  Kelby.  He  married  M. 
Eugenia  De  Haven  at  Council  Bluffs,  Iowa, 
January  17,  1894,  and  to  them  there 
has  been  born  one  child,  Alta  Dahlia  Kelby. 
Mr.  Kelby,  who  came  to 
the  United  States  when 
he  was  fifteen  years  of 
age,  attended  an  Episco- 
pal academy  and  was 
prepared  for  college  un- 
der Professor  John  D. 
Brown.  He  intended  tak- 
ing a  theological  course 
and  entering  the  ministry 
as  a  profession,  but  a 
sudden  and  radical 
change  in  his  views 
about  that  time  made  it 
inconsistent  for  him  to 
enter  college  and  he  took 
up  other  studies. 

Upon  his  arrival  in  this 
country  Mr.  Kelby  lo- 
cated at  Galena,  Illinois, 
and  there  became  a  clerk 
in  a  general  store.  He 
served  in  this  capacity 
for  several  years  and 
while  so  engaged  also 
took  up  the  study  of  law 
with  W.  D.  McHugh.  In 
1887  he  moved  to  Oma- 
ha, Nebraska,  still  continuing  his  law  studies, 
and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  that  State  in 
1889. 

Immediately  following  his  admission  to 
practice,  Mr.  Kelby  entered  the  office  of  the 
late  Charles  J.  Green,  attorney  for  the  Burl- 
ington Railroad,  with  whom  he  remained  un- 
til April,  1895.  At  that  time  he  was  ap- 
pointed assistant  to  the  General  Solicitor  of 
the  same  company,  Charles  F.  Manderson, 
twice  United  States  Senator  from  Nebraska. 
Upon  Mr.  Manderson's  retirement  from  the 
position  in  January,  1907,  Mr.  Kelby  was  ap- 
pointed General  Solicitor  for  the  Burlington, 
and  continued  to  serve  in  that  office  for  the 
next  five  years. 

Toward  the  latter  part  of  his  tenure  Mr. 
Kelby's  wife's  health  became  impaired  and 
he  determined  to  move  their  home  to  a  more 
congenial  climate.  Accordingly,  in  January, 
1912,  he  resigned  his  connection  with  the 


JAS.  E.  KELBY 


Burlington,  after  twenty-three  years  of  ser- 
vice in  the  company's  law  department,  and 
moved  to  Los  Angeles. 

Mr.  Kelby  immediately  formed  a  partner- 
ship with  George  C.  Martin,  a  former  asso- 
ciate in  Omaha,  and  within  sixty  days  after 
his  arrival  was  appointed  attorney  in  South- 
ern California  for  the  Union  Pacific  Railroad, 
a  position  he  now  holds  in  addition  to  his 
private  practice. 

During  his  tenure  as 
General  Solicitor  for  the 
Burlington,  Mr.  Kelby 
figured  in  numerous  im- 
portant cases  for  the 
company,  these  including 
the  handling  of  all  its 
land  cases  and  rate  issues 
before  the  Interstate 
Commerce  Commission 
and  other  governmental 
bodies. 

Mr.  Kelby  has  always 
been  a  strong  supporter 
of  the  Democratic  party 
and  during  his  residence 
in  Nebraska  was  a  prom- 
inent figure  in  local  and 
national  politics.  In  the 
campaign  of  1890  and 
1891  Mr.  Kelby  took  the 
stump  in  the  interest  of 
William  Jennings  Bryan, 
who  was  at  that  time 
running  for  Congress  the 
first  time.  Mr.  Bryan,  who 
later  was  to  become  the 
leader  of  the  Democratic  party  and  a  three- 
time  candidate  for  the  Presidency  of  the 
United  States,  was  running  in  the  First  Ne- 
braska District,  of  which  Douglas  County 
was  a  part  and  Mr.  Kelby  delivered  numer- 
ous addresses  through  that  part  of  the  dis- 
trict. 

From  that  time  on  Mr.  Kelby  was  a  firm 
supporter  of  Bryan,  supporting  him  through 
his  subsequent  campaigns.  He  also  was  one 
of  the  charter  members  of  the  Jacksonian 
Democratic  Club  of  Omaha  and  had  a  voice 
in  the  affairs  of  the  party  councils. 

Mr.  Kelby  has  distinguished  himself  as  an 
orator,  and  was  one  of  the  strongest  speakers 
in  the  ranks  of  the  Democratic  party.  He  is 
a  Mason,  Knight  Templar  and  member  of  the 
Mystic  Shrine.  His  clubs  are  the  Omaha 
Commercial  Club,  Omaha  Country  Club, 
Palimpsest  Club.  Chicago  Athletic  Club  and 
the  University  Club  of  Omaha. 


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REENE,  COLONEL  WILLIAM 
CORNELL  (deceased),  Copper 
Mining,  Cattle  Owner,  and  Lum- 
berman, Cananea,  Mexico,  and 
New  York,  was  born  August  26, 
1853,  at  Duck  Creek,  Wisconsin, 
the  son  of  Townsend  Greene  and  Eleanor  (Cornell) 
Greene.  Colonel  Greene  was  descended  from  seri- 
ous thinking  Quaker  stock  which  dates  back,  on  the 
paternal  side,  to  the  beginning  of  the  eighteenth 
century  and  on  his  mother's  side  to  the  first  set- 
tlers of  Westchester  County,  New  York.  Colonel 
Greene  was  twice  married,  his  first  wife  having 
been  Mrs.  Ella  Moson.  Of  this  union  there  were 
two  children,  one  of  whom,  Mrs.  Harry  Langslow, 
of  Rochester,  New  York,  is  living.  His  second  wife 
was  Miss  Mary  Proctor,  by  whom  he  had  six  chil- 
dren, Virginia,  William,  Frank,  Florence,  Kirk  and 
Charles  Greene. 

Colonel  Greene  was  educated  in  a  private  school 
at  Chappaqua,  Westchester  County,  New  York, 
where  he  spent  a  greater  part  of  his  youth.  At  the 
age  of  sixteen  he  left  school  to  accept  a  clerkship 
with  the  house  of  O.  H.  Angevin  &  Co.,  New  York 
City.  About  1870,  the  words  of  Horace  Greeley 
were  ringing  in  the  ears  of  every  American  boy: 
"Young  man,  go  West!"  Being  fired  by  ambition, 
Colonel  Greene,  a  mere  boy,  left  the  Empire  State 
and  turned  to  the  great  West  where  he  was  to  play 
such  a  prominent  part  later.  He  secured  a  posi- 
tion with  the  Northern  Pacific  Railroad,  at  that 
time  extending  its  line  across-  the  Dakota  Territory. 

Colonel  Greene  spent  only  a  few  months  with  the 
Northern  Pacific,  then  went  to  what  is  now  the  site 
of  Fargo,  North  Dakota.  His  picturesque  career 
might  have  been  far  different  had  it  not  been  for 
the  fascinating  tales  of  mining  and  cattle-ranching 
which  reached  him  from  the  border  Territories  of 
Arizona  and  New  Mexico,  but  these  caused  him  to 
try  his  fortune  in  the  unknown  Southwest.  Arriv- 
ing in  Arizona  in  the  early  seventies,  he  began  his 
mining  career  by  prospecting  in  the  neighborhood 
of  Prescott.  At  a  little  later  date,  he  gave  up  min- 
ing temporarily  to  become  a  cattleman,  and  pur- 
chasing a  ranch  in  the  San  Pedro  Valley  of  Arizona, 
with  the  capital  gained  in  mining  ventures,  he  be- 
came a  successful  cattle  and  land-owner. 

Having  retained  some  mineral  interests,  he 
made  additional  investments  in  scattered  claims 
throughout  Arizona  and  in  three  or  four  years  he 
had  gained  control  of  several  mining  properties. 
Shortly  after  his  arrival  in  the  Southwest,  Colonel 
Greene  had  casually  visited  the  site  of  the  future 
city  of  Cananea,  Mexico,  but  at  that  time  the  place 
showed  only  an  abandoned  mine,  broken-down 
buildings  and  the  ancient  pits  and  shafts  that  had 
been  sunk  by  the  Aztecs  and  their  successors,  the 
Spaniards,  in  quest  of  the  fabulous  El  Dorado. 

On  a  subsequent  visit  to  Cananea,  Colonel 
Greene  was  so  impressed  with  the  properties  in 
that  vicinity  that  he  determined  to  get  possession 
of  them  and  in  1880  he  purchased  from  the  widow 
of  Governor  Pesquiera  of  the  State  of  Sonora,  Mex- 
ico, the  Cananea  group,  consisting  of  several  scat- 
tered mines  and  ancient  workings.  At  that  time 
the  Cananeas  were  generally  believed  to  have  been 
worked  out  and  that  it  would  prove  profitless  to  at- 
tempt to  develop  them  further.  Several  interests 
had  previously  failed  in  operating  the  properties 
and  it  was  thought  by  mining  men  of  that  time  that 
Colonel  Greene  was  wasting  capital  on  a  fruitless 
enterprise.  However,  his  judgment  was  fully  vin- 
dicated to  a  point  far  beyond  even  his  dreams. 

Following  the  purchase  of  the  properties,  there 


ensued  a  long  period  of  litigation  in  the  courts  of 
Mexico  and  the  United  States.  He  started  develop- 
ment work  on  a  large  scale,  but  had  hardly  begun 
active  work  when  several  rival  interests  endeav- 
ored to  prove  in  the  courts  that  he  did  not  hold 
proper  title  to  the  Cananea  mines  and  it  took  long 
years  of  waiting  and  toiling  before  Colonel  Greene 
was  able  to  establish  his  rights.  The  litigation 
cost  him  thousands  of  dollars  and  necessitated  nu- 
merous trips  across  the  continent  and  to  the  capital 
of  Mexico.  Few  men  would  have  possessed  the 
courage  and  persistency  to  cling  to  the  struggle 
with  the  same  grip  that  he  held  on  Cananea  and  it 
was  at  this  stage  of  his  career  that  the  world  first 
realized  the  striking  executive  ability  and  strength 
of  character  which  marked  the  man.  But  through 
it  all,  litigation,  fighting  Yaqui  Indians  in  Mexico 
and  enemies  in  the  United  States,  Colonel  Greene 
stood  the  same  resolute,  indomitable  character — 
fearless,  immovable,  alone.  He  emerged  from  the 
struggle  the  possessor  of  the  Cananea  mines. 

Early  in  1897,  Colonel  Greene  organized  the 
Cobre  Grande  Copper  Company  and  a  short  time 
later  he  pooled  several  of  his  smaller  organizations 
into  one  gigantic  corporation  and  in  1899  organized 
the  Greene  Consolidated  Copper  Company.  In  a 
short  time  what  had  been  a  barren  waste  in  the 
mountains  of  Sonora  became  a  thriving  city  of  ten 
thousand  persons.  As  if  by  magic  the  city  grew, 
schools,  churches,  libraries,  and  a  hospital  for  the 
employes,  were  established  by  Colonel  Greene. 

He  constructed  a  modern  broad-gauge  railroad 
from  the  town  of  Naco,  Arizona,  to  Cananea,  built 
and  operated  eleven  miles  of  narrow-gauge  road  on 
the  property  and  started  the  Banco  de  Cananea. 

While  reaping  his  reward  from  his  copper  mines, 
Colonel  Greene  was  equally  active  in  other  mineral 
properties,  his  cattle  and  landed  interests.  In  1906 
he  purchased  from  the  Federal  Copper  Company  a 
smelter  at  El  Paso,  Texas,  and  the  same  year  or- 
ganized, with  John  D.  Ryan,  of  Butte,  and  Thomas 
F.  Cole,  of  Duluth,  the  famous  Greene-Cananea 
Copper  Company,  which  consisted  of  the  consoli- 
dation of  several  properties.  At  a  later  date  the 
Greene  Gold  &  Silver  Company,  with  properties  in 
Mexico,  was  organized  and  shortly  afterward 
Colonel  Greene  secured  valuable  Mexican  lumber 
concessions  from  President  Diaz. 

Colonel  Greene  thereupon  became  heavily  inter- 
ested in  timber  and  organized  the  Sierra  Madre 
Land  &  Water  Company,  a  gigantic  corporation 
with  a  capitalization  of  $15,000,000.  This  organiza- 
tion owned  several  million  acres  of  valuable  tim- 
ber lands  in  Chihuahua  and  Eastern  Sonora,  Mex- 
ico, and  it  was  planned  to  handle  more  lumber  than 
any  other  organization  of  the  kind  in  the  South- 
west, Colonel  Greene  being  President  and  the  di- 
recting head  of  the  concern. 

He  was  President,  Greene  Cattle  Co.;  Greene 
Consolidated  Coal  Co.,  Turkey  Track  Cattle  Co., 
Cananea  Realty  Co.,  Greene-Kirk  Gold  &  Silver  Co., 
Greene  Consolidated  Copper  Co.,  Cananea  Consoli- 
dated Copper  Co.,  Greene  Consolidated  Gold  Co., 
Greene  Gold  &  Silver  Mining  Co.,  Balvanera  Mining 
Co.,  Belen  Mining  Co.,  Cananea  Cattle  Co.,  Gyayno- 
pita  Copper  Co.,  International  Ore  Treating  Co., 
Rio  Grande,  Sierra  Madre  &  Pacific  Railroad  Co., 
Santa  Brigida  Gold  Co.,  Sierra  Madre  Land  &  Lum- 
ber Co.  He  was  Vice  President,  Greene-Cananea 
Copper  Co.,  and  a  Director,  Cananea  Central  Cop- 
per Co.,  and  Greene  Land  &  Cattle  Co. 

Since  the  death  of  Colonel  Greene,  which  oc- 
curred at  Cananea,  on  August  5,  1911,  Mrs.  Greene 
has  made  her  home  in  Los  Angeles. 


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ERRY,  WILLIAM  HAYES,  Los  An- 
geles, Cal.  (deceased),  was  born  at 
Newark,  O.,  Oct.  7,  1832.  He  was 
the  son  of  John  and  Ann  Perry. 
He  married  Elizabeth  Dalton  In 
1858  at  Los  Angeles.  The  chil- 
dren, of  whom  there  are  three  are:  Mrs.  Charles 
M.  Wood,  Mrs.  E.  P.  Johnson,  Jr.,  and  Charles 
Frederick  Perry. 

After  receiving  his  education  in  the  public 
schools  of  Newark,  Ohio,  Mr. 
Perry,  as  yet  a  boy,  was  ap- 
prenticed to  a  cabinetmaker 
and  turner,  whose  trade  he 
learned  and  started  to  fol- 
low in  Newark. 

He  gave  it  up,  however, 
in  1853,  and  joined  a  party 
of  men  and  women,  headed 
by  Captain  Hollister,  (who 
finally  settled  at  Santa  Bar- 
bara, Cal.),  who  were  on 
their  way  to  California.  The 
little  band  of  pioneers 
crossed  the  Missouri  River 
at  Bennett's  Ferry,  near 
Council  Bluffs,  Iowa,  and 
after  a  perilous  journey  be- 
set with  the  usual  hardships, 
including  several  attacks  by 
Indians,  they  arrived  in  Los 
Angeles  in  February  of  1854. 

Mr.  Perry  arrived  there 
with  little  or  no  capital,  but 
it  was  only  a  short  time  un- 
til, through  working  at  his 
trade,  he  was  able  to  open 
the  first  furniture  store  in 
Los  Angeles.  His  stock  con- 
sisted first  of  goods  of  his  own  manufacture,  but 
there  were  added  to  it  gradually  goods  which 
he  had  sent  down  from  San  Francisco.  His  busi- 
ness prospered,  and  in  1856  he  took  in  a  partner, 
one  Brady,  whom  Wallace  Woodwortb.  bought  out 
in  1858.  This  partnership  continued  for  the  next 
twenty-five  years,  or  until  Mr.  Woodworth's  death 
in  1883,  under  the  firm  name  of  Perry  &  Wood- 
worth. 

In  1865  Mr.  Perry  obtained  a  franchise  from 
the  city  of  Los  Angeles  to  light  the  city  with 
gas,  and  organized  the  first  gas  company,  the 
Los  Angeles  Gas  Company,  in  which  he  filled 
the  office  of  General  Manager  for  five  years, 
when  he  sold  the  company  to  the  present  cor- 
poration. 

In  1873,  he  went  into  the  lumber  and  build- 
ing supply  business  in  a  very  large  way,  the  first 
organization  being  incorporated  as  the  W.  H.  Perry 
Lumber  and  Mills  Company.  This  was  followed 
by  the  organization  of  the  Los  Angeles  &  Hum- 
boldt  Lumber  Company  at  San  Pedro,  the  Pioneer 


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Lumber  and  Mill  Company  at  Colton,  and  the 
Los  Angeles  Storage  Commission  and  Lumber 
Company.  He  set  up  the  first  steam  engine  in 
Los  Angeles. 

In  1879  Mr.  Perry  was  elected  President  and 
Manager  of  the  Los  Angeles  City  Water  Com- 
pany, which  at  the  time  was  heavily  involved,  but 
under  his  management  it  was  soon  put  on  a  sound 
basis.  He  held  this  office  for  a  period  of  twenty- 
five  years. 

The  principal  offices  held 
by  him  in  his  latter  days 
were:  President,  W.  H. 
Perry  Lumber  and  Mill  Com- 
pany; President,  Pioneer 
Lumber  and  Mill  Company; 
President,  Los  Angeles  City 
Water  Company;  President, 
Crystal  Springs  Water  Com- 
pany. 

He  was  a  stockholder  in 
and  closely  identified  with 
many  other  substantial  in- 
terests throughout  the  Coast 
section,  including  the  South- 
ern California  Pipe  &  Clay 
Company,  of  which  he  was 
president  and  director;  Cos- 
mopolis  Mill  &  Trading 
Company,  of  Gray's  Harbor, 
Wash.,  president;  Vallejo  & 
Napa  Electric  Railroad; 
Charles  Nelson  Shipping 
Company,  San  Francisco; 
Bard  Oil  &  Asphalt  Com- 
pany, Olinda  Crude  Oil  Com- 
pany, Gas  Consumers'  Asso- 
ciation and  National  Elec- 
tric Company,  both  of  San 
Francisco;  Western  Union  Oil  Company,  of  Santa 
Barbara,  Cal.;  Reed  Oil  Company,  of  Kern  county, 
Cal.,  and  the  Home  Telephone  Co.,  of  Los  Angeles. 

He  was  also  interested  in  banking  and  was 
a  firm  believer  in  the  promise  which  the  real  es- 
tate business  of  Los  Angeles  held  forth,  with  the 
result  that  he  was  one  of  the  most  active  oper- 
ators in  that  field  in  the  city.  He  served  as  a 
director  of  the  Farmers'  and  Merchants'  Bank  of 
Los  Angeles,  having  been  one  of  the  impelling 
factors  in  the  success  of  that  institution  from  its 
earliest  days.  He  was  also  a  stockholder  of  the 
American  National  Bank  of  Los  Angeles,  and  like- 
wise identified  with  the  Nevada  Bank  and  the 
Union  Trust  Company,  of  San  Francisco. 

Mr.  Perry,  despite  his  manifold  business  inter- 
ests and  social  obligations,  had  found  time  to  ally 
himself  with  the  Masonic  organization,  being  a 
member  of  the  blue  lodge,  chapter  and  comman- 
dery,  and  was  a  thirty-second  degree  Scottish  Rite 
Mason.  Mr.  Perry  was  public-spirited,  charitable 
and  generous.  He  died  October  29,  1906. 


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OTT,  FRANK  KANNING,  Presi- 
dent of  the  Frank  K.  Mott  Com- 
pany and  Mayor  of  Oakland,  Cali- 
fornia, was  born  in  San  Francisco, 
January  21,  1866,  the  son  of  Peter 
D.  and  Fannie  (Kanning)  Mott. 
When  he  was  two  years  old  the  family  moved  to 
Oakland  and  established  their  home  there.  He 
was  married  in  San  Francisco,  January  10,  1911,  to 
Mrs.  Gertrude  Bennett.  From  1872  to  1877  he  at- 
tended the  Prescott  Gram- 
mar School  in  Oakland,  and 
on  the  death  of  his  father,  in 
1877,  he  was  induced  by  his 
mother  and  George  F.  Began 
to  enter  the  latter's  Classical 
School,  an  institution  which 
prepared  students  for  the 
University.  After  a  year's 
attempt  to  digest  Latin  and 
Greek  roots,  for  which  he 
had  little  liking,  his  desire  to 
contribute  to  the  support  of 
his  mother  prompted  him  to 
seek  permanent  employment. 

During  his  year  at  Mr. 
Degan's  Academy  he  had 
made  a  little  money  by 
"carrying  a  route"  in  Oak- 
land for  the  San  Francisco 
Bulletin,  but  in  1879,  when 
he  was  thirteen  years  old,  he 
found  the  opening,  for  which 
he  was  looking,  in  the  West- 
ern Union  Telegraph  Com- 
pany. Here  he  acted  as 
messenger  boy,  and  before 
the  end  of  the  year,  when 
the  telephone  system  was 
installed,  he  became  clerk,  and  the  first  telephone 
operator  in  Oakland. 

He  was  subsequently  promoted  to  the  post  of  as- 
sistant lineman  and  collector,  but  as  his  income  was 
still  insufficient  for  his  needs  he  abandoned  this 
business,  and  in  1882  entered  the  hardware  store  of 
George  S.  Brown  as  clerk.  Brown  sold  out  to  W. 
C.  Fife  in  1884,  but  Mr.  Mott  continued  to  act  as 
clerk  until  1889,  when,  the  business  passing  to  E. 
A.  Howard  &  Co.,  he  became  a  partner  in  the  firm. 
He  remained  as  such  until  1899,  and  then  purchased 
the  Howard  interest  in  the  Oakland  store,  which 
he  conducted  alone  until  January  1,  1907.  He  then 
sold  out  to  enter  the  real  estate  business,  in  which, 
as  successor  to  Breed  &  Bancroft,  he  is  still  active. 

Through  these  years  of  success  in  his  own  pri- 
vate affairs  he  was  equally  busy  and  effective  in 
other  commercial  activities.  By  inducing  a  number 
of  the  Oakland  merchants  to  join  a  sort  of  tentative 
Chamber  of  Commerce  he  practically  pioneered  the 
movement  for  the  establishment  of  the  Merchants' 
Exchange,  of  which  he  was  made  a  director.  He 


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was  also  a  director  of  the  Board  of  Trade  and  pre- 
sided at  the  meetings  which  were  held  for  the  pur- 
pose of  forming  the  present  Chamber  of  Commerce. 
The  same  qualities  that  have  distinguished  his 
business  record  have  been  conspicuous  in  his  politi- 
cal life.     At  the  age  of  twenty-one  he  was  a  dele- 
gate to  the  County  Convention  of  1887,  and  through 
successive  years  he  was  also  a  delegate  to  the  City 
Conventions.     His  first  political  office  was  that  of 
member  of  the  City  Council,  to  which  he  was  ap- 
pointed, January  1,   1895,  by 
Mayor    Pardee.      Subsequent- 
ly elected  for  the  full  term, 
for    one    year   he    served    as 
President  of  the  Council.   He 
was  renominated  for  another 
term,   but   declined   for   busi- 
ness   reasons.      In    1899    he 
was  again  nominated  by  the 
Republican     Convention,     in- 
dorsed     by      the      Municipal 
League     and     elected     by     a 
handsome   majority.     He   re- 
tired in  1901,  but,  yielding  to 
the  importunities  of  friends, 
he  was  nominated  in  1905  by 
the    Republicans    for    Mayor, 
indorsed     by    the    Municipal 
League   and   Democrats,   and 
elected  by  a  large   majority. 
With  the  same  indorsements, 
plus  that  of  the  Union  Labor 
party,    he    was   re-elected    in 
1907,   1909   and   1911,   and   is 
strenuously   and    characteris- 
tically    today     carrying     out 
his  pledges,  to  the  immense 
advantage     of     the     city     of 
Oakland.      Mayor    Mott    has 

always  been  aligned  with  the  elements  that  stand 
for  public  spirit  and  civic  improvement.  He  is 
ambitious  to  unite  the  various  factions  into  a 
unified  movement  for  the  city's  real  progress,  and 
the  many  enterprises  successfully  undertaken 
through  his  administrations  for  the  civic  better- 
ment of  Oakland  argue  eloquently  for  his  sincerity 
and  ability. 

Besides  his  presidency  of  the  Frank  K.  Mott 
Company,  he  is  President  and  Director  of  the  Pied- 
mont Hills  Improvement  Company,  the  Pleasant 
Valley  Improvement  Company,  the  Suburban  De- 
velopment Company,  Humboldt  County  Land  and 
Development  Company;  Vice  President  of  the  Ma- 
sonic Temple  Association;  Director,  Security  Bank 
and  Trust  Company  and  the  Mascot  Copper  Com- 
pany. 

His  clubs  are:  Nile,  Athenian,  of  Oakland,  and 
the  Union  League  of  San  Francisco.  He  is  also  a 
member  of  the  B.  P.  O.  E.,  Knights  of  Pythias, 
Masons,  Scottish  Rite,  Knights  Templar,  Moose 
Lodge,  and  the  Native  Sons  of  the  Golden  West. 


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COTT,  ALBERT  WOODBURN,  Jr., 
Merchant  and  Attorney  at  Law, 
San  Francisco,  Cal.,  was  born  in 
San  Francisco,  Nov.  6,  1869,  the 
son  of  Albert  W.  and  Georgia  C. 
(Smith)  Scott.  Of  English-Scotch 
origin,  his  ancestors  were  among  the  early  resi- 
dents of  New  England,  especially  of  Vermont  and 
Maine.  His  father,  A.  W.  Scott,  came  from  Ver- 
mont to  San  Francisco  in  1851,  and  in  1855  estab- 
lished himself  as  a  feed  mer- 
chant, dealing  in  hay,  grain 
and  forage  of  all  kinds.  He 
not  only  built  up  a  great  busi- 
ness, from  which  the  present 
firm  of  Scott,  Magner  &  Mii- 
ler  has  grown,  but  also  be- 
came an  important  factor  in 
public  and  civic  affairs,  serv- 
ing many  times  as  school  di- 
rector, Supervisor  and  in 
other  municipal  capacities. 
He  died  December  5,  1908, 
widely  known  for  his  integri- 
ty, manhood  and  charitable 
deeds,  in  which  his  wife  ably 
and  unassumedly  co-operated 
with  him.  Their  son,  who  re- 
tains the  Junior  in  honor  of 
his  father's  memory,  was 
married  in  San  Francisco  to 
Miss  Ruth  Pearl  Van  Vactor, 
daughter  of  Judge  William 
Van  Vactor  of  Placer  county. 

After  a  course  through  the 
public  schools  of  San  Francis- 
co, A.  W.  Scott,  Jr.,  entered 
the  Boys'  High  School,  from 
which  he  was  graduated  in 
1887  into  the  University  of  California.  Leaving 
this  institution  before  graduation,  he  studied  law, 
and  in  1903  passed  the  Supreme  Court  examina- 
tions for  the  bar.  Five  years  later  he  was  also 
admitted  to  practice  before  the  United  States  Su- 
preme Court. 

From  1891  to  1895  Mr.  Scott  was  in  business  with 
his  father,  but  for  the  next  three  years  devoted 
himself  chiefly  to  his  profession,  in  partnership 
with  Judge  A.  A.  Sanderson.  In  1898,  however,  he 
organized  the  present  firm,  under  the  name  of 
Scott  &  Magner,  which  was  consolidated  in  1909 
with  the  old-established  house  of  W.  A.  Miller  & 
Co.,  and  changed  to  Scott,  Magner  &  Miller,  Inc. 

Although  this  corporation  has  developed  into  the 
largest  concern  on  the  Pacific  Coast  engaged  in 
the  shipping  and  wholesale  trading  of  forage,  A. 
W.  Scott,  Jr.,  has  been  especially  prominent  in 
connection  with  the  civic  betterment  of  San  Fran- 
cisco. During  the  trying  period  following  the 
great  disaster  of  1906,  he  organized  an  important 
section  of  the  Red  Cross  work  and  was  one  of  the 


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most  efficient  aids  in  the  relief  of  the  sufferers. 
He  next  turned  his  attention  to  the  crying  need  of 
clearing  the  streets  of  the  debris  that  blocked 
traffic  and  progress.  Organizing  the  Citizens' 
Street  Repair  Association,  of  which  he  was  made 
president,  he  raised  by  subscription  a  fund  of 
$50,000,  engaged  a  large  force  of  workmen,  and 
with  the  aid  of  the  merchants  and  draying  firms, 
soon  opened  the  channels  of  trade.  The  memora- 
ble "House  Cleaning  Day"  was  Mr.  Scott's  concep- 
tion, on  which  occasion,  and 
inspired  by  his  example,  the 
populace  bent  to  the  task  of 
sweeping  the  streets  and 
carting  away  the  dirt  that 
obstructed  them.  It  is  esti- 
mated that  on  that  day  more 
than  30,000  loads  were  moved 
and  by  this  volunteer  work 
of  the  citizens  fully  $100,000 
worth  of  labor  performed. 

Another  notable  achieve- 
ment of  Mr.  Scott  was  his 
organizing  the  Civic  League, 
comprising  sixty-five  Im- 
provement Clubs  that  repre- 
sented every  part  of  San 
Francisco.  Later  he  was 
president  of  the  Industrial 
Peace  Conference,  and  served 
on  the  arbitration  commit- 
tees that  endeavored  to  end 
the  strikes  in  the  telephone, 
street  railway,  iron  manufac- 
turing and  laundry  compa- 
nies. In  the  last  two  men- 
tioned he  was  an  important 
factor  in  the  successful  set- 
tlement. His  work  as  a 
member  of  the  Executive  Sanitary  Committee  in 
charge  of  the  health  campaign  when  San  Francisco 
stamped  out  for  all  time  the  plague  that  followed 
the  earthquake  and  fire  was  equally  noteworthy. 

Mr.  Scott  was  one  of  the  original  organizers  and 
directors  of  the  Panama-Pacific  International  Ex- 
position, and  as  chairman  of  the  Congressional 
Committee  and  one  of  the  five  commissioners  that 
went  to  Washington  to  win  the  fight  from  New 
Orleans,  he  was  largely  instrumental  in  San  Fran- 
cisco's victory. 

In  recognition  of  his  good  work  and  character  a 
non-partisan  convention  of  250  merchants  of  San 
Francisco  assembled  and  made  Mr.  Scott  their  can- 
didate for  Mayor,  but  to  promote  harmony  he  re- 
tired in  favor  of  Mr.  Rolph,  the  successful  aspirant. 
Mr.  Scott  is  secretary  and  treasurer  of  Scott, 
Magner  &  Miller,  Inc.,  director  of  the  S.  F.  Mer- 
chants' Association,  S.  F.  Life  Insurance  Co.,  Death 
Valley  Nitrate  Co.,  of  which  he  is  chief  owner,  and 
has  large  mining  and  realty  interests  all  over  Cali- 
fornia. He  is  also  a  member  of  prominent  social 
clubs  of  the  city. 


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HOUP,  PAUL,  Railroads,  Los  An- 
geles, California,  was  born  in 
San  Bernardino,  California,  in  the 
year  1874,  the  son  of  T.  V.  and 
Sarah  S.  Shoup.  He  married 
Miss  Rose  Wilson,  of  San  Fran- 
cisco, in  1900,  and  has  three  children,  Carl,  Jack 
and  Louise  Shoup. 

Mr.  Shoup  began  the  education  which  has 
helped  him  climb  to  a  top  place  in  the  manage- 
ment of  railroads,  at  Knox- 
ville  and  later  Oskaloosa, 
Iowa,  his  parents  having 
moved  to  that  State  when 
he  was  three  years  old.  He 
continued  his  education  in 
the  high  schools  of  San  Ber- 
nardino, Cal.,  having  re- 
turned to  the  place  of  his 
birth  in  1887. 

As  soon  as  Mr.  Shoup  had 
finished  his  schooling  he 
went,  in  1891,  to  work  in  a 
minor  position  in  the  me- 
chanical department  of  the 
Santa  Fe  Railroad,  at  San 
Bernardino.  He  later  mas- 
tered telegraphy  believing  it 
to  be  essential  to  railroad 
advancement  and  soon  be- 
came one  of  the  operators 
for  the  Southern  Pacific  Rail- 
road Company.  Then  began 
a  period  of  unusually  hard 
work  and  of  advancements, 
the  rapidity  of  which  later 
has  had  few  parallels  in  the 
railroad  world  of  America. 

In    quick    succession    he 

was  ticket  clerk,  freight  clerk,  assistant  agent, 
assistant  commercial  agent,  advertising  clerk, 
train  service  clerk,  clerk  of  rates  and  divisions  and 
theatrical  clerk,  in  the  passenger  department  of 
the  Southern  Pacific  Company.  In  the  year  1896 
he  went  to  San  Francisco.  His  industry,  so  in- 
telligently applied,  and  his  familiarity  with  the 
administration  of  railroad  affairs,  commended  him 
to  the  attention  of  the  executive  offices  at  San 
Francisco,  and  to  the  special  attention  of  the 
Assistant  General  Passenger  Agent,  and  he  was 
chosen  as  chief  clerk  to  that  official. 

Not  long  after  this  he  received  his  first  exec- 
utive position,  that  of  District  Freight  and  Pas- 
senger Agent  at  San  Jose.  His  record  in  that  office 
caused  him  to  be  chosen  Assistant  General  Freight 
Agent  of  the  Oregon  Short  Line,  a  part  of  the 
Harriman  System,  and  when  he  was  thoroughly 
familiar  with  the  administration  of  that  office  he 
was  transferred  to  the  important  office  of  Assistant 
General  Passenger  Agent  of  the  Southern  Pacific 
Company,  again  locating  at  San  Francisco. 


PAUL    SHOUP 


His  counsel  now  became  so  valuable  that  he 
was  taken  into  the  inner  circle  of  the  financial 
heads,  and  made  assistant  general  manager  of  the 
Southern  Pacific  Company,  in  charge  of  the  elec- 
tric lines  of  that  company. 

Meanwhile  the  two  great  systems  of  electric 
interurbans,  which  center  about  Los  Angeles, 
were  being  built  by  Sherman  &  Clark  and  H.  E. 
Huntington,  until  in  mileage,  capitalization  and 
business  the  two  exceeded  all  but  two  of  the  trans- 
continental railways  in  Cali- 
fornia. By  successive  pur- 
chase the  Southern  Pacific 
Company  acquired  all  the 
various  units,  until  in  1910, 
it  was  in  possession  of  them 
all. 

Paul  Shoup  was  chosen 
Vice  President  and  Manag- 
ing Director  of  the  combined 
interurbans  of  Southern  Cali- 
fornia, now  known  under  the 
single  title  of  Pacific  Electric 
Railway,  the  largest  and 
finest  system  in  the  world, 
operating  over  one  thousand 
miles  of  highly  improved 
track,  and  employing  thou- 
sands of  men.  All  of  this  is 
under  the  direction  of  Paul 
Shoup,  who  gives  his  per- 
sonal attention  at  all  times 
to  every  man  and  detail  of 
this  gigantic  system. 

The  Southern  Pacific 
Company  also  owns  electric 
lines  at  Fresno,  Stockton, 
Sacramento,  San  Jose,  Ala- 
meda,  Oakland,  and  other 

cities  of  California,  all  of  which  are  under  his  per- 
sonal charge. 

He  is  the  active  Vice  President  and  Managing 
Director  of  the  Pacific  Electric  Railway,  Visalia 
Electric  Railway,  Stockton  Electric  Railway, 
Fresno  Traction  Company,  San  Jose  Railroads  and 
Peninsular  Railway. 

Since  Mr.  Shoup's  accession  to  his  present  of- 
fice he  and  his  associates  have  determined  upon 
the  extension  of  the  Los  Angeles  system  of  inter- 
urbans until  the  whole  country  south  of  Tehachapi 
to  San  Diego,  and  from  Redlands  to  the  coast,  is 
as  intimately  connected  by  electric  service  as  are 
the  various  parts  of  a  city.  The  sum  of  $100,- 
000,000  has  been  voted  for  the  construction  of 
these  extensions  and  to  care  for  underlying  bonds. 
A  number  of  improvements  are  already  under  way. 
The  transformation  of  Southern  California,  by 
merging  into  one  both  city  and  country,  will  be  the 
result. 

Under  the  direction  of  Paul  Shoup  will  come  the 
construction  and  operation  of  these  vast  extensions. 


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OSEBERRY,  LOUIS  HEATON,  At- 
torney, Los  Angeles,  California, 
was  born  in  Oakland,  California, 
February  5,  1880.  He  is  the  son 
of  James  Swan  Roseberry  and 
Emma  Jane  (Adamson)  Roseber- 
ry. Married  Jeannette  Morton  at  Santa  Barbara, 
May  20,  1912.  Mr.  Roseberry  is  descended  of  a 
family  many  centuries  old.  Of  Scottish  origin,  its 
members  scattered  to  various  parts  of  the  Old 
World  several  centuries  ago,  some  settling  in  the 
North  of  England,  others  in  the  North  of  Ireland, 
a  third  branch  in  Wales,  a  fourth  in  Germany,  and 
a  fifth  in  Austria.  One  of  the  early  notables  of  the 
family  was  Sir  Archibald  Primrose,  who  was  ele- 
vated to  the  peerage  in  Scotland  in  1700  and  in 
1703  took  the  title  of  Earl  of  Roseberry.  The 
various  branches  of  the  family  contributed  to  the 
early  settlers  of  America,  the  first  dating  about 
1740.  The  different  families  were  located  in  Mary- 
land, Pennsylvania,  New  Jersey,  Massachusetts  and 
other  Colonies  and  the  men  took  part  in  the  Revo- 
lutionary War  and  the  various  Indian  Wars  which 
marked  the  early  history  of  the  United  States. 

Mr.  Roseberry  received  his  primary  education 
in  the  public  schools  of  Visalia,  California,  and 
also  attended  the  High  School  at  Oakland  from 
1896  to  1898.  He  entered  Leland  Stanford  Uni- 
versity the  following  year  and  was  graduated  in 
the  class  of  1903  with  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of 
Arts.  He  returned  to  the  University  the  following 
year  for  post-graduate  work,  but  his  studies  were 
interrupted  by  an  epidemic  of  typhoid  fever  in  the 
vicinity  of  the  University. 

He  had  studied  law  at  the  University  and  upon 
leaving  there  in  August,  1904,  went  to  Santa  Bar- 
bara, California,  where  he  continued  to  read  in  the 
offices  of  Judge  B.  F.  Thomas  and  Henley  C.  Booth. 
At  the  end  of  three  months  he  went  before  the 
State  Supreme  Court  for  examination  and  was  ad- 
mitted to  practice  in  December,  1904.  He  imme- 
diately opened  offices  in  Santa  Barbara  and  con- 
tinued there  until  his  removal  to  Los  Angeles  in 
the  early  part  of  1912. 

Early  in  his  career  as  an  attorney,  Mr.  Rose- 
berry  became  active  in  local  and  State  politics  in 
Santa  Barbara,  espousing  the  cause  of  the  Progres- 
sive Republicans.  He  was  the  organizer  of  the 
Progressive  Republican  League  of  Santa  Barbara 
and  was  one  of  the  most  active  men  in  the  fight  to 
overthrow  what  was  known  as  the  Old  Republican 
"Organization"  of  that  county. 

In  1908,  the  year  William  Howard  Taft,  as  the 
candidate  of  the  Regular  Republican  Party,  swept 
the  country  in  his  campaign  for  President,  Mr. 
Rosenberry,  a  stanch  adherent  of  the  progressive 
policies  of  the  party,  was  elected  to  the  State  Sen- 
ate of  California  from  the  Thirty-third  District  for 
a  term  of  four  years.  His  fight  against  the  ma- 
chine organization  of  his  own  party  was  one  of  the 
sensations  of  the  California  campaign  and  his  suc- 
cess had  much  to  do  with  strengthening  the  cause 
of  the  progressive  element  in  that  State.  Two 
years  after  his  election  Mr.  Roseberry  espoused 
the  cause  of  Hiram  Johnson,  Progressive  Republi- 


can candidate  for  Governor,  and  his  work  in  that 
campign  aided  materially  in  the  election  of  his 
candidate.  He  served  as  Chairman  of  the  County 
Convention  and  was  selected  as  one  of  the  Dele- 
gates to  the  State  Convention  which  nominated 
Johnson  for  Governor. 

During  the  campaign  Senator  Roseberry  took 
the  stump  and  made  numerous  speeches  in  support 
of  the  Johnson  candidacy.  Although  a  young  man 
his  sincerity  and  ability  as  an  orator  had  already 
impressed  his  constituency,  because  for  several 
years  previous  he  had  appeared  as  orator  on  va- 
rious occasions,  delivering  addresses  on  Memorial 
Day,  Fourth  of  July,  etc. 

Senator  Roseberry,  during  the  four  years  of  his 
term,  was  one  of  the  most  energetic  and  progres- 
sive members  of  the  State  Legislature.  He  not 
only  introduced  numerous  bills  having  for  their 
object  the  public  good,  but  led  his  colleagues  in 
battling  for  their  adoption.  Among  the  measures 
introduced  by  him  and  passed  were  the  Roseberry 
Employers'  Liability  Law  and  the  Constitutional 
Amendment  (adopted  by  the  voters  in  1911)'  pro- 
viding for  civil  service  in  all  State,  County  and  City 
offices.  Both  these  acts  were  introduced  in  1911, 
but  two  years  previously  he  had  introduced  what 
was  known  as  the  Roseberry  Postal  Primary  Law, 
which  was  later  withdrawn  in  order  to  make  room 
for  the  present  Primary  Law  under  which  Cali- 
fornia now  nominates  all  candidates  for  public 
offices. 

While  in  the  Senate,  he  also  procured  for  Santa 
Barbara  the  State  Normal  School  of  Manual  Arts 
and  Home  Economics  for  the  training  of  teachers 
in  these  branches  of  education,  the  only  institution 
of  its  kind  in  the  United  States. 

Senator  Roseberry  was  prevailed  upon  by  Gov- 
ernor Johnson,  in  September,  1911,  to  accept  the 
post  of  Attorney  for  the  State  Board  of  Health  for 
a  term  of  four  years.  At  the  beginning  of  the 
year  1912  he  was  chosen  as  Trust  Attorney  for 
the  Security,  Trust  and  Savings  Bank  of  Los  An- 
geles and  he  now  occupies  both  positions. 

In  connection  with  his  position  as  Trust  At- 
torney for  the  Security  Bank,  Senator  Roseberry 
has  charge  of  all  matters  dealing  with  trusts,  es- 
tates and  legacies  and  occupies  a  leading  position 
among  the  financiers  of  the  West.  In  addition  to 
his  political  and  legal  work,  Senator  Roseberry,  in 
1911,  organized  the  Sunset  Assurance  Association, 
the  only  mutual  insurance  company  in  the  State 
of  California.  This  organization,  for  which  Senator 
Roseberry  is  special  counsel,  operates  on  the  gen- 
eral assessment  plan  and,  although  not  very  old, 
has  already  proved  one  of  the  most  successful  of 
its  kind  in  the  United  States. 

Senator  Roseberry  has  been  a  prolific  writer 
on  social,  civic  and  commercial  subjects  and  has 
devoted  much  time  to  the  youth  of  the  country, 
having  been  for  several  years  a  member  of  the 
Advisory  Board  of  the  Success  Magazine. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  California  Bar  Associa- 
tion, the  National  Geographic  Society,  the  Inter- 
national Peace  Society,  Native  Sons  of  the  Golden 
West,  and  the  Order  of  Elks.  His  clubs  are  the 
Jonathan,  Gamut  and  City  Clubs  of  Los  Angeles. 


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AN  DYKE,  HENRY  SEW- 
ARD,  Attorney  at  Law,  Los 
Angeles,  California,  was  born 
at  Oakland,  California,  Au- 
gust 31,  1871,  the  son  of 
Walter  Van  Dyke  and  Rowena  (Cooper) 
Van  Dyke.  He  married  Katherine  Skiles 
Moulton  at  Santa  Barbara,  California,  Jan- 
uary 20,  1912.  Mr.  Van  Dyke's  family  is  of 
Dutch  origin,  the  first  of 
the  family  in  America 
having  been  John  Van 
Dyke,  who  came  over  in 
the  early  part  of  the  Sev- 
enteenth Century.  His 
father  was  Associate  Jus- 
tice of  the  Supreme 
Court  of  California  at 
the  time  of  his  death. 
His  wife  is  a  daughter  of 
E.  H.  Moulton,  President 
of  the  Tri-State  Tele- 
phone Company  at  Min- 
neapolis, Minnesota. 

Mr.  Van  Dyke  received 
his  early  training  in  the 
public  schools  of  Oakland 
and  the  family  removing 
to  Los  Angeles  in  1886, 
he  entered  the  High 
School  there  and  was 
graduated  in  1889.  He 
then  entered  the  Univers- 
ity of  California  and  was 
graduated  in  the  class  of 
1893  with  the  degree  of 
Bachelor  of  Arts. 

Upon  leaving  college  Mr.  Van  Dyke  de- 
cided to  take  up  the  study  of  law  and,  re- 
turning to  Los  Angeles,  began  reading  in 
the  offices  of  the  Clerk  of  the  Federal  Court. 
Within  eighteen  months  he  went  before 
the  Supreme  Court  of  California  for  exami- 
nation and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  on  Oc- 
tober 30,  1894.  He  did  not  engage  in  prac- 
tice immediately,  but  decided  to  continue 
his  studies  and  entered  the  office  of  Joseph 
Hutchinson  of  San  Francisco  as  clerk,  read- 
ing law  meantime. 

In  1895  Mr.  Van  Dyke  parted  from  Mr. 
Hutchinson  'and  returned  to  Los  Angeles, 
where  he  became  connected  with  the  office 
of  W.  J.  Hunsaker,  one  of  the  leading  law- 
yers of  the  city.  At  the  end  of  a  year  he 
opened  offices  for  the  practice  of  law  and 
has  been  engaged  continually  since  that 
time  (1896). 

Mr.  Van  Dyke  practiced  alone  until  1898, 


H.  S.  VAN  DYKE 


and  in  that  year  closed  his  Los  Angeles  of- 
fice and  went  to  San  Francisco,  where  he 
was  engaged  for  about  five  years,  but  in 
1903  he  returned  to  Los  Angeles  and  he  has 
maintained  his  offices  there  down  to  date. 
He  became  a  member  of  the  firm  of  Lawler, 
Allen  and  Van  Dyke  at  that  time,  the  style 
remaining  the  same  until  1907,  when  L.  W. 
Jutten  joined  the  firm,  the  name  being 
changed  to  Lawler,  Allen, 
Van  Dyke  and  Jutten. 
This  association  remained 
until  1909,  when  Oscar 
Lawler,  senior  member  of 
the  firm,  resigned  to  ac- 
cept appointment  as  As- 
sistant United  States  At- 
torney General,  a  position 
which  required  his  pres- 
ence in  Washington,  D.C. 
Allen,  Van  Dyde  and 
Jutten  continued  their 
work  until  the  firm  was 
amalgamated  with  that 
of  Gray,  Barker  and 
Bowen,  shortly  after  Mr. 
Lawler's  departure.  After 
two  years  the  Honorable 
Frank  P.  Flint,  whose 
term  as  United  States 
Senator  from  California 
had  just  closed,  entered 
the  firm  and  the  name  was 
shortened  to  Flint,  Gray 
and  Barker,  under  which 
form  it  is  known  today. 
This  firm,  of  which  Mr. 

Van  Dyke  is  an  active  member,  is  one  of  the 
best  known  in  California  and  enjoys  one  of 
the  most  extensive  practices  in  the  entire 
State. 

Mr.  Van  Dyke,  who  ranks  high  in  the  legal 
profession  of  the  Southwest,  is  a  loyal  son 
of  California  and  one  of  the  most  enthusiastic 
workers  for  the  betterment  of  Los  Angeles 
and  the  rest  of  Southern  California. 

He  is  a  supporter  of  the  principles  of 
the  Republican  party,  but  has  never  taken 
an  active  interest  in  politics,  nor  been  a 
seeker  for  public  office. 

Mr.  Van  Dyke  is  a  member  of  the  Los  An- 
geles Bar  Association,  the  American  Bar  As- 
sociation and  various  clubs,  including  the 
Bohemian  Club  of  San  Francisco,  California 
Club  of  Los  Angeles,  Los  Angeles  Country 
Club,  and  others. 

He  is  also  a  member  of  the  Holland  Society 
of  N.  Y.  and  the  National  Economic  League. 


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ATES,  HOWARD  B.,  Physician  and 
Surgeon,  Los  Angeles,  California, 
was  born  at  San  Jose,  California, 
November  23,  1867.  He  is  the  son 
of  Freeman  Gates  and  Adelaide 
(Rhodes)  Gates,  born  respective- 
ly in  New  Hampshire  and  New  York.  He  was 
married  to  Dr.  Amelia  Levinson  in  San  Francisco, 
California,  in  1898.  Dr.  Gates'  father  was  one  of 
the  pioneers  of  California,  arriving  in  the  Golden 
State  in  1850,  after  a  trip  by 
way  of  Panama.  He  engaged 
in  mining,  but  was  forced  to 
give  up  this  work  on  account 
of  poor  health.  He  settled  in 
San  Jose  in  1852  and  organ- 
ized the  first  public  school 
system  of  the  city.  Later  he 
established  a  higher  place  of 
learning,  known  as  Gates  In- 
stitute, and  there  many  of 
California's  leading  men  re- 
ceived their  academic  train- 
ing, among  them  being  Del- 
phin  M.  Delmas,  the  noted 
lawyer;  Senator  James  R. 
Low,  T.  S.  Montgomery  and 
A.  E.  Pomeroy,  well  known 
in  Los  Angeles.  Among  Dr. 
Gates'  connections  on  the 
maternal  side  is  Judge  Au- 
gustus L.  Rhodes,  who  served 
sixteen  years  on  the  Supreme 
Bench  of  California,  solving 
many  of  the  early  intricate 
problems  presented  to  the 
court,  in  such  a  clear,  logical 
manner  as  to  make  him  per- 
manently revered  by  the  legal 


DR.   H.   B.   GATES 


profession  of  the  State.  Now,  at  the  age  of  ninety- 
three  years,  he  is  an  honored  citizen  of  the  commu- 
nity where  he  lives  and  his  home  is  the  mecca  of 
all  distinguished  visitors  to  that  section. 

Dr.  Gates  received  his  early  education  at  his 
father's  institute  and  later  in  the  public  schools 
of  San  Jose.  The  early  death  of  his  father  caused 
Dr.  Gates  and  his  two  brothers — Carroll  and  Eg- 
bert— to  enter  into  business  life,  so  that  the  doc- 
tor's road  to  a  professional  training,  like  that  of 
many  others  who  are  eventually  successful,  was 
filled  with  obstacles.  He  finally  succeeded  in  en- 
tering the  University  of  California  with  the  class 
of  1891,  graduating  with  the  degree  of  Ph.  B. 

Finances  were  still  a  serious  problem  with  him, 
but  by  obtaining  a  position  as  teacher  in  an 
evening  school  he  was  enabled  to  take  up 
the  study  of  medicine  in  Cooper  Medical  College 
of  San  Francisco.  There  he  passed  the  first  two 
years  of  his  medical  course,  going  to  New  York 
City  at  the  end  of  that  period  as  a  student  in  the 
New  York  Homeopathic  College  and  Hospital.  He 


received  the  degree  of  Doctor  of  Medicine  in  1895, 
and  supplemented  this  course  with  post-graduate 
work  in  special  branches  of  his  profession. 

Concluding  his  studies,  Dr.  Gates  returned  to 
the  city  of  his  birth  and  began  the  practice  of  his 
profession  among  the  friends  and  surroundings  of 
his  boyhood.  Here  is  found  a  history  of  uninter- 
rupted success  and  much  appreciation  from  Dr. 
Gates'  friends.  He  was  elected  first  Health  Officer 
of  Santa  Clara  County,  California,  serving  two  years 
(1898-1899),  which  work  he 
carried  on  in  addition  to  his 
private  practice.  For  five 
years  he  was  physician  to 
the  Orphans'  Home,  a  serv- 
ice in  which  he  took  a  great 
deal  of  interest  and  delight. 
In  1902  Dr.  Gates  and  his 
wife,  also  a  physician,  spent 
six  months  in  Chicago  and 
New  York  studying.  They 
returned  to  San  Jose  and  in 
1905  Dr.  Gates  was  appointed 
to  take  charge  of  the  County 
Hospital.  Here,  as  in  his 
work  as  Health  Officer,  pio- 
neer work  was  necessary,  as 
the  Santa  Clara  County  Hos- 
pital, like  all  similar  institu- 
tions of  that  date,  had  not 
been  put  on  a  hospital  basis. 
With  the  aid  of  his  excep- 
tionally capable  wife  ard  a 
very  progressive  Board  of 
Supervisors,  a  thoroughly  up- 
to-date  hospital  and  training 
school  was  organized  and  es- 
tablished, with  the  result 
that  it  is  second  to  none  in 
the  State  of  California  at  the  present  time. 

From  July,  1906,  to  July,  1908,  Dr.  Gates  and 
his  wife  traveled  over  Europe,  studying  under  the 
most  famous  men  in  the  Universities  of  Vienna 
and  Berlin,  and  enjoying  at  the  same  time  close 
contact  with  the  peoples  of  these  countries.  Upon 
the  conclusion  of  their  two-year  stay  they  returned 
to  San  Jose,  where  he  again  took  up  his  practice 
and  the  hospital  work,  to  which  both  were  devoted. 
But  during  his  absence  his  mother  and  brothers 
had  definitely  located  in  Los  Angeles,  where  the 
eldest  brother,  Carroll,  had  long  been  one  of  the 
leading  citizens  and  anxious  to  have  the  family 
around  him  to  enjoy  the  never-ending  delights  of 
the  Southland.  So,  in  order  that  they  might  all 
be  together,  Dr.  Gates  and  his  wife  moved  to  Los 
Angeles  in  November,  1909,  where  he  took  up 
practice. 

Dr.  Gates  is  a  member  of  various  medical  so- 
cieties and  of  several  clubs,  including  the  Cali- 
fornia, University  and  Los  Angeles  Country  Clubs 
and  Los  Angeles  Athletic  Club. 


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ENDERSON,  CHARLES 
ANDREW,  Electric  Rail- 
ways, Los  Angeles,  Cali- 
fornia, was  born  in  Peoria, 
Illinois,  February  1,  1860. 
He  is  the  son  of  John  Morrison  Henderson 
and  Julia  (Bradley)  Henderson. 

Mr.  Henderson  had  only  about  five  years' 
schooling  in  his  youth  and  his  position  in  the 
business  world  he  has 
made  for  himself.  He 
entered  the  public  school 
at  Peoria  when  he  was 
six  years  of  age  and  left 
in  1871,  when  he  was 
about  eleven,  to  become 
a  cash  boy  in  a  large  dry 
goods  establishment  in 
Peoria.  Despite  his 
youth  he  was  advanced 
by  his  employers  to  a 
clerkship  and  he  was 
working  in  that  capacity 
when  he  left,  in  1874,  to 
go  into  the  railroad  busi- 
ness. 

His  first  position  in  the 
railroad  world  was  in  the 
Passenger  Traffic  Depart- 
ment of  the  Toledo,  Pe- 
oria and  Western  Rail- 
w  a  y  Company,  with 
headquarters  in  Peoria. 
After  working  in  that 
branch  of  the  service  for 
a  time,  Mr.  Henderson 
was  transferred  to  the 
Maintenance  of  Way  Department,  in  which 
he  worked  as  clerk  until  the  Toledo,  Peoria 
and  Western  was  absorbed  by  the  Wabash 
Railroad,  and  he  was  then  transferred  to  the 
Transportation  Department. 

While  with  the  Wabash,  Mr.  Henderson 
was  connected,  in  alternate  years,  with 
either  the  Transportation  or  Maintenance  of 
Way  Department  and  while  in  the  latter  he 
acquired  practical  knowledge  of  the  con- 
struction part  of  railroading,  his  work  caus- 
ing him  to  locate,  at  different  times,  in  Pe- 
oria. Springfield,  Decatur  and  Chicago, 
Illinois. 

In  1889,  Mr.  Henderson  was  offered  the 
position  of  Chief  Clerk  to  the  Superintendent 
of  the  Jacksonville  Southeastern  Line,  with 
headquarters  at  Jacksonville,  Illinois,  and  he 
thereupon  resigned  from  the  Wabash.  The 
Jacksonville  Southeastern  was  controlled  at 
that  time  by  the  late  William  S.  Hook  and 


C.  A.  HENDERSON 


Mr.  Henderson  was  associated  with  him  for 
many  years  succeeding.  In  addition  to  his 
work  as  Chief  Clerk,  Mr.  Henderson  was 
Purchasing  Agent  for  the  company  and  rafter 
serving  in  this  dual  capacity  for  several 
years,  was  made  General  Superintendent  of 
the  road,  in  which  position  he  remained  until 
he  retired  from  the  railroad  business  in 
Jacksonville,  about  1893,  or  the  early  part  of 
1894. 

At  that  time  Mr.  Hen- 
derson separated  from 
Mr.  Hook,  but  by  a 
strange  coincidence  of 
business  they  were 
brought  together  again 
in  Los  Angeles,  only 
this  time  in  electric  rail- 
ways, with  Mr.  Hender- 
son in  one  company  and 
Mr.  Hook  at  the  head  of 
another.  The  latter  had 
started  a  traction  line  in 
Los  Angeles  in  1894  and 
Mr.  Henderson  having 
gone  to  visit  relatives  in 
that  city,  was  chosen  the 
following  year  (1895)  as 
Auditor  for  the  Los  An- 
geles Railway  Company, 
rival  of  the  Hook  lines. 
He  was  also  given  the 
duties  o  f  Purchasing 
Agent  for  the  road  and 
from  that  time  to  the 
present  has  been  one  of 
the  leading  factors  in  the 
work  of  the  company. 

In  November,  1910,  Mr.  Henderson  was 
appointed  Secretary  and  Treasurer  of  the 
company,  in  addition  to  his  other  duties  and 
in  July,  1911,  was  made  Assistant  General 
Manager  of  the  company,  still  holding  his 
other  offices.  In  his  new  position  Mr.  Hen- 
derson has  had  active  charge  of  the  larger 
portion  of  the  electric  railways  of  Los  An- 
geles and  is  regarded  as  one  of  the  leading 
traction  men  of  the  Southwest. 

Besides  his  railway  offices,  Mr.  Henderson 
has  various  outside  interests,  these  including 
the  Southwest  Land  Company,  of  which  he 
is  Vice  President. 

Mr.  Henderson  is  a  Mason  (Knight  Tem- 
plar and  Shriner)  and  holds  membership  in 
the  leading  clubs  of  Los  Angeles,  including 
the  California,  Jonathan  and  Gamut  Clubs, 
the  Los  Angeles  Country  Club  and  the  Los 
Angeles  Athletic  Club. 


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VERSOLE,  HENRY  OWEN, 
Physician,  Los  Angeles,  Cali- 
fornia, was  born  at  his 
lather's  country  place,  near 
Columbus,  Ohio,  July  4,  1877. 
He  is  the  son  of  Miller  Eversole  and  Louisa 
(MacNaughten)  Eversole,  and  married  Mary 
Sherman  Clark,  second  daughter  of  Eli  P. 
Clark,  at  Los  Angeles,  September  15,  1910. 

The  doctor's  grand- 
father, .Henry  Eversole, 
left  his  Virginia  home 
early  in  the  nineteenth 
century  and,  with  his 
family,  settled  in  the 
broad  rich  farm  lands  of 
central  Ohio.  Miller 
Eversole,  his  youngest 
son,  married  Louisa,  the 
third  daughter  of  Owen 
and  Susan  MacNaughten. 
Owen  MacNaughten's 
parents  came  from  Scot- 
land to  New  York  and 
later  went  to  Ohio  and 
Pennsylvania,  where  the 
young  Scotchman,  Owen, 
met  and  married  Susan 
Baker,  whose  family  es- 
tate is  now  a  part  of  the 
city  of  Philadelphia. 

Miller  Eversole's  youth 
was  spent  mostly  in  the 
country  and  at  the  age  of 
sixteen  years  he  began 
teaching  school.  A  few 
years  later  found  him  in 
college  and  then  teaching  languages  in 
Pleasanton  Academy,  near  Lancaster,  Ohio. 
After  his  marriage  he  devoted  most  of  his 
time  to  managing  his  country  estates.  On 
July  4,  1878,  the  first  anniversary  of  his 
son's  birth,  he  was  killed  by  lightning,  leav- 
ing the  doctor  as  his  only  child. 

Dr.  Eversole's  early  education  was  under 
the  direction  of  his  grandfather,  Owen  Mac- 
Naughten, until  the  death  of  the  latter,  after 
which  he  had  the  advantage  of  tutors  and 
travel  until  he  reached  the  age  of  twenty- 
one.  At  this  time  the  Spanish-American 
War  fired  his  enthusiasm  and  he  sailed  from 
San  Francisco,  August  11,  1898,  for  the  Phil- 
ippines, attached  to  the  Volunteer  Engineer 
Corps  of  the  U.  S.  Army.  He  contracted 
fever  in  Honolulu,  and  it  is  due,  orobably,  to 
his  experience  in  the  temporary  hospitals  at 
Honolulu  and  the  long  years  he  spent  in 
search  of  health,  almost  irretrievably  lost, 


DR.  HENRY  OWEN  EVERSOLE 


that  he  became  interested  in  the  study  of 
medicine;  for  in  1904  Dr.  Eversole  entered 
the  Medical  Department  of  the  University  of 
California.  He  was  graduated  in  the  class  of 
1908  with  the  degree  of  Doctor  of  Medicine, 
and  after  this  he  did  post-graduate  work  in 
the  clinics  of  Columbia  and  Johns  Hopkins 
Universities,  until  he  left  for  Europe  to  do 
special  work  in  the  clinics  and  laboratories  of 
Drs.  Cohenheim,  Klem- 
perer  and  Pick  in  Berlin. 
This  was  followed  bv  one 
year's  study  in  the  Uni- 
versity of  Vienna,  inter- 
spersed with  practical 
work  in  the  clinics  of  Drs. 
Schlessinger,  Kovacs,  Von 
Noorden,  Braun,  Finger, 
Cohn  and  Sterk.  Later,  he 
spent  several  months  in 
the  laboratory  of  Dr.  Carl 
Spengler,  the  celebrated 
specialist  of  Davos  Platz, 
Switzerland's  great  est 
health  resort,  at  original 
research  under  his  per- 
sonal direction. 

Returning  to  Los  An- 
geles, he  entered  upon 
private  practice,  devoting 
the  greater  time  to  the 
study  of  tuberculosis  and 
at  the  same  time  continu- 
ing the  research  begun  in 
Europe. 

In  the  spring:  of  1911, 
Dr.  Eversole  and  his 
bride  returned  to  Europe,  where  he  spent  six 
months  in  the  clinics  of  Vienna,  Munich 
and  Davos  Platz.  He  returned  to  Los  An- 
geles in  November  of  the  same  year  and  re- 
sumed his  practice. 

Dr.  Eversole,  who  is  engaged  in  a  conscien- 
tious effort  to  eradicate  tuberculosis,  con- 
ducts a  free  clinic  in  Los  Angeles  to  which  he 
devotes  two  days  of  each  week.  He  has  writ- 
ten various  articles  on  the  subject  and  one  of 
the  most  important  of  his  works  is  the  trans- 
lation into  English  of  the  researches  of  Dr. 
Spengler,  who  has  devoted  his  life  to  the 
study  of  Immunity  and  Tuberculosis. 

Dr.  Eversole  is  a  member  of  the  various 
medical  and  scientific  organizations.  These 
include  the  American  Medical  Association. 
California  State  Medical  Society  and  the  Los 
Angeles  County  Medical  Society. 

He  is  also  a  member  of  the  University 
Club,  Nu  Sigma  Nu,  and  Theta  Nu  Epsilon. 


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SBORN,  SIDNEY  P.,  Secretary  of 
State  of  Arizona,  Phoenix,  Ari- 
zona, was  born  in  that  city  May 
17,  1884,  the  son  of  Neri  Osborn 
and  Marilla  (White)  Osborn.  He 
married  Miss  Marjorie  Grant  at 
Los  Angeles,  California,  September  17,  1912.  Mr. 
Osborn,  who  bears  the  distinction  of  being  one  of 
the  youngest  men  to  hold  such  an  important  office  in 
the  history  of  the  United  States,  is  descended  from 
Southern  ancestry,  his  father 
having  been  a  Kentuckian 
and  his  mother  a  native  of 
Texas.  The  elder  Osborn 
was  one  of  the  pioneers  of 
Arizona,  having  made  the 
trip  across  the  plains  with 
an  ox  team  in  1863.  He  lo- 
cated at  Phoenix  and  has 
made  his  home  there  since, 
being  at  one  time  one  of  the 
largest  landowners  in  Mari- 
copa  County. 

Sidney  P.  Osborn  received 
his  education  in  the  public 
schools  of  Phoenix,  graduat- 
ing from  the  High  School  in 
the  class  of  1903.  For  sev- 
eral years  prior  to  his  gradu- 
ation, however,  he  had  been 
earning  a  livelihood  as  a 
newspaper  carrier,  delivering 
his  papers  in  the  early  morn- 
ing prior  to  the  time  for  re- 
porting in  the  classroom. 

Shortly  after  his  gradua- 
tion Mr.  Osborn  was  chosen 
private  Secretary  to  J.  F. 
Wilson,  Territorial  Delegate 
to  Congress  from  Arizona, 
and  for  the  next  two  years 
he  spent  the  greater  part  of 
his  time  in  Washington, 
D.  C.  Here  he  learned  "poli- 
tics," with  the  result  that  he 

has-  made  a  remarkable  record  for  a  man  of  his  years. 
Returning  to  his  home  town  in  1905,  he  entered 
the  newspaper  business  as  a  reporter  on  the  Ari- 
zona Democrat.  Later  he  worked  as  a  reporter  on 
the  Phoenix  Sun,  a  newspaper  established  by  the 
Rev.  Sam  Small,  the  noted  evangelist.  He  remained 
with  the  Sun  during  its  brief  but  brilliant  lifetime. 
He  returned  to  the  Democrat  upon  the  closing  of 
the  Sun's  career  and  served  in  various  departments 
of  that  newspaper,  including  the  editorial,  adver- 
tising and  circulation  branches  and  became  one  of 
the  best  all-round  newspapermen  of  Phoenix. 

Politics,  however,  held  the  greatest  charm  for 
him  and  since  the  time  he  left  Washington  he  has 
been  a  prominent  figure  in  the  affairs  of  the  Demo- 
cratic party  in  Arizona.  In  1906  he  was  elected 
chairman  of  the  Democratic  City  Committee  of 
Phoenix  and  has  served  as  such  since  (1912).  He 
also  served  for  several  years  as  Secretary  of  the 
Maricopa  County  Committee. 

In  1910,  following  the  passage  of  the  enabling 
act  by  which  Congress  granted  Statehood  to  Ari- 
zona, Mr.  Osborn  resigned  his  newspaper  position 
temporarily  and  entered  vigorously  into  the  cam- 
paign for  election  of  delegates  to  the  Constitutional 
Convention  and  despite  his  youth  was  elected  a 
Delegate  to  the  body,  defeating  several  strong  Re- 


SIDNEY  P.   OSBORN 


publicans  who  were  running  in  Maricopa  County. 
The  Constitutional  Convention  met  on  October 
10,  1910,  and  during  the  time  it  continued  in  session 
Mr.  Osborn  took  an  active  part  in  its  deliberations. 
He  served  as  a  member  of  various  committees  hav- 
ing in  charge  the  drafting  of  the  Constitution, 
among  them  that  on  suffrage  and  elections.  Being 
a  keen  observer  of  laws  and  conditions,  Mr.  Os- 
born drafted  a  recall  provision  for  inclusion  in  the 
Constitution  and  offered  it  for  adoption  on  the 
floor  of  the  Convention. 
There  were  several  similar 
provisions  presented,  but  the 
one  finally  adopted1  by  the 
framers  of  the  basic  law  of 
the  State  was  substantially 
the  same  as  that  offered  by 
Mr.  Osborn.  It  was  this  meas- 
ure which  brought  him 
prominently  to  notice  in  the 
political  field.  It  will  be  re- 
membered that  President 
Taft  refused  to  sign  the  bill 
admitting  Arizona  to  State- 
hood until  that  part  of  the 
recall  provision  relating  to 
the  Judiciary  was  stricken 
out.  This  was  done,  but  at 
the  first  session  of  the  Legis- 
lature the  feature  was  re- 
turned to  the  Constitution, 
thus  permitting  Mr.  Osborn's 
measure  to  stand  as  origin- 
ally introduced. 

At  the  close  of  the  Consti- 
tutional Convention,  Mr.  Os- 
born returned  to  his  news- 
paper work  and  continued  as 
a  reporter  until  he  was  called 
upon  to  accept  the  nomina- 
tion for  Secretary  of  State 
by  the  Democratic  party.  He 
made  a  splendid  pre-primary 
campaign  and  received  the 
nomination  at  the  election 

October  24,  1911,  over  one  of  the  most  influential 
Democrats  in  the  State.  During  this  campaign 
Mr.  Osborn  visited  every  county  in  the  State  and 
made  speeches  in  nearly  every  town.  He  repeated 
his  canvass  shortly  afterward  and  at  the  first  gen- 
eral election  December  12,  1911,  was  elected  to 
office  by  a  majority  of  1196. 

Taking  office  February  14,  1912,  Mr.  Osborn  has 
since  devoted  himself  to  the  duties  of  his  office, 
which  were  particularly  numerous  because  practi- 
cally a  complete  reorganization  of  the  State  Gov- 
ernment was  involved.  Under  the  Constitution  of 
Arizona  the  Secretary  of  State  also  is  ex-officio 
Lieutenant  Governor  and  Mr.  Osborn,  twenty-seven 
years  of  age  at  the  time  of  taking  office,  will  be 
called  upon  to  act  as  Governor  whenever  the  Execu- 
tive should  be  unable  to  attend  to  his  duties. 

Although  he  is  not  an  orator,  Mr.  Osborn  is  one 
of  the  forceful  speakers  in  the  Democratic  ranks  of 
Arizona  and  during  the  numerous  campaigns  in 
which  he  has  figured  has  been  very  effective  as  a 
debater,  largely  because  of  his  intimate  knowledge 
of  public  questions.  He  was  one  of  the  speakers 
for  Woodrow  Wilson  in  the  campaign  of  1912,  which 
resulted  in  Mr.  Wilson's  election  to  the  Presidency. 
Mr.  Osborn  is  a  member  of  the  B.  P.  O.  Elks  and 
the  famous  Bachelor  Club  of  Phoenix. 


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ARDINER,  JOHN  PEDEN,  Civil 
Engineer,  Los  Angeles,  California, 
was  born  in  Creswick,  Australia, 
November  7,  1871,  the  son  of  Wil- 
liam Gardiner  and  Barbara  (Pe- 
den)  Gardiner.  He  married  Vir- 
ginia M.  Bowman  at  Oakland,  California,  December 
26,  1906. 

Mr.  Gardiner  entered  the  public  school  in  Gee- 
long,  Victoria,  in  the  year  1880,  and  after  finishing 
there     enrolled     in     Geelong 
College,  from  which  he  was 
graduated  in  1888.     He  then 
entered  Melbourne   Universi- 
ty and  was  graduated  in  the 
class  of  1893  as  a  Bachelor 
of  Civil  Engineering. 

For  approximately  two 
years  after  he  left  the  uni- 
versity Mr.  Gardiner  was  en- 
gaged in  engineering  work 
in  Melbourne,  and  in  1895 
sailed  for  America.  He  ar- 
rived in  Los  Angeles  in  Au- 
gust of  the  same  year  and 
became  associated  in  various 
electrical  and  irrigation 
works,  and  in  1898  had 
charge  of  the  engineering 
work  in  connection  with  the 
building  of  the  Southern 
California  Power  Company's 
plant  in  the  Santa  Ana  Can- 
yon, under  Mr.  E.  M.  Boggs. 

In  December,  1898,  Mr. 
Gardiner  left  this  field  to 
study  railroad  construction 
and  accepted  a  position  in 
Kingman,  Arizona,  to  build  a 

line  to  the  mines  of  Chloride,  Arizona.  Finishing 
this  work  in  June,  1899,  he  accepted  a  position 
with  the  Oregon  Short  Line  Railroad,  with  head- 
quarters at  Salt  Lake  City,  Utah,  and  remained 
there  until  July,  1901. 

At  that  time  Mr.  Gardiner  became  connected 
with  the  El  Paso  Northeastern  Railroad  System, 
and  after  serving  for  two  years  as  Engineer  of 
Construction,  continued  his  railroad  work  by  accept- 
ing a  position  with  the  Moffatt  Railroad,  running 
from  Denver  to  Salt  Lake  City. 

In  March,  1905,  he  left  the  Moffatt  road  to  enter 
the  Reclamation  Service  of  the  United  States,  and 
aided  in  laying  out  what  was  known  as  the  Huntley 
Project  in  Montana,  but  left  that  in  September  of 
the  same  year  and  joined  the  New  York  Central 
Railroad. 

He  remained  with  the  New  York  Central  Road 
for  about  six  months,  leaving  to  take  charge  of  the 
construction  of  a  large  mill  and  cyanide  plant  at  the 
Guadaloupe  Mine  in  Durango,  Mexico.  This  work 


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kept  him  engaged  until  July,  1907,  and  upon  its 
completion  he  made  an  extensive  trip  through  the 
lower  part  of  Mexico,  returning  by  way  of  the  Pa- 
cific Coast,  whence  he  sailed  to  visit  his  Austra- 
lian home. 

When  he  first  came  to  America  Mr.  Gardiner's 
idea  was  to  spend  five  years  in  the  study  of  engi- 
neering practice  in  this  country,  with  particular 
attention  to  electric  light  and  power  development, 
railroad  and  irrigation  problems.  At  the  end  of 
his  five  years'  time,  however, 
Mr.  Gardiner  found  the  work 
in  the  new  country  so  inter- 
esting he  decided  to  remain 
in  the  United  States. 

After  a  stay  in  Australia 
he  returned  to  America  in 
April,  1908,  and  associated 
Mmself  with  Manifold  & 
Poole,  Mechanical  and  Elec- 
trical Engineers  at  Los  An- 
geles, engaged  in  the  devel- 
opment of  electric  power  in 
Inyo  and  Mono  counties,  Cal- 
ifornia. 

This  development  work 
kept  Mr.  Gardiner  occupied 
for  about  two  years,  but  in 
1910  he  resigned  his  con- 
nection with  Manifold  & 
Poole  and  decided  to  devote 
his  entire  time  to  caring  for 
his  private  interests.  During 
his  several  years  in  the 
Western  country  Mr.  Gardi- 
ner became  possessed  of  con- 
siderable property  and  he  is 
at  the  present  time  engaged 
in  the  development  of  his 
holdings  in  Los  Angeles  and  vicinity. 

Outside  of  his  immediate  personal  business,  Mr. 
Gardiner  holds  an  interest  in  the  firm  of  Ball  & 
Welch,  Propy,  Ld.,  one  of  the  largest  dry-goods 
establishments  in  Australia. 

Mr.  Gardiner  for  many  years  has  been  an  en- 
thusiastic patron  of  the  arts  and  has  become  noted 
as  an  amateur  collector.  He  now  has  an  inter- 
esting private  gallery,  including  several  especially 
noteworthy  studies.  Because  of  his  artistic  incli- 
nations, he  has  been  honored  by  election  as  an 
associate  member  of  the  Southern  California  Art 
Club,  and  to  this  he  devotes  a  considerable  portion 
of  his  time,  although  he  is  an  ardent  supporter 
of  any  movement  which  means  for  the  develop- 
ment of  the  city  in  which  he  has  elected  to  make 
his  future  home. 

In  addition  to  his  Southern  California  Art  Club 
membership,  Mr.  Gardiner  is  a  member  of  the 
American  Society  of  Civil  Engineers  and  the  Jona- 
than Club  of  Los  Angeles. 


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ENNITT,  EPHRAIM  JAMES,  Bank- 
er, Phoenix,  Arizona,  was  born  in 
Schuyler  County,  New  York,  June 
13,  1853,  the  son  of  John  McClure 
Bennett  and  Clymena  M.  Shutts. 
He  married  Emma  Ruth  Bennett, 
eldest  daughter  of  Guy  Bennett,  at  Phoenix,  Ari- 
zona, October  3,  1888.  Mr.  Bennitt  is  descended 
of  a  family  whose  American  branch  is  almost  as 
old  as  the  nation  itself,  the  earlier  members  hav- 
ing settled  in  the  Wyoming  Valley  of  Pennsylvania 
in  pre-revolutionary  times.  Later,  members  of 
the  family  transferred  their  residence  to  the 
Chemung  Valley  of  New  York,  where  Mr.  Bennitt's 
grandfather,  Colonel  Green  Bennett,  was  a  promi- 
nent figure  in  military  affairs. 

Mr.  Bennitt  received  his  early  training  in  the 
public  schools  of  his  native  county  and  upon  the 
completion  of  his  studies  there,  attended  Alfred 
University,  at  Alfred,  New  York.  He  left  in  his 
sophomore  year  to  enter  the  civil  engineering  de- 
partment of  Union  College  at  Schenectady,  New 
York,  from  which  he  was  graduated  in  the  class 
of  1875,  with  the  degree  of  C.  E. 

Mr.  Bennitt,  who  has  been  one  of  the  practical 
upbuilders  of  Phoenix  and  Salt  River  Valley,  left 
his  home  in  Watkins,  New  York,  early  in  June, 
1875,  for  Junction  City,  Kansas,  then  the  Western- 
most railroad  point,  whence  they  intended  to  start 
for  the  gold  fields  of  Arizona.  Before  they  started, 
they  were  joined  by  Mr.  Bennitt's  father,  mother  and 
younger  brother,  and  the  four  became  part  of  a  train 
of  eighty  persons  who  journeyed  with  ox  teams 
across  the  continent.  They  arrived  at  Prescott, 
Arizona,  near  the  site  of  Fort  Whipple,  then  the 
military  headquarters  for  the  Southwest,  on  Nov- 
ember 3,  1875,  after  five  months  on  the  road. 

The  Winter  of  1875-76,  Mr.  Bennitt,  with  some 
of  the  party  who  had  come  with  him,  spent  in  the 
Bradshaw  Mountain  district  mining  for  gold,  but 
were  unsuccessful  and  he,  with  a  friend,  George 
C.  Waddell,  went  into  the  general  mercantile  busi- 
ness at  Tiger  Mine,  near  the  Bradshaw  basin. 
They  conducted  this  store  for  several  years,  or  un- 
til the  mine  was  closed  down  in  1880. 

With  Emil  Eckhoff,  Mr.  Bennitt  then  spent  sev- 
eral months  in  the  survey  and  location  of  a  rail- 
road planned  by  its  promoter,  Charles  A.  Hensey, 
of  Philadelphia,  to  run  between  Phoenix  and  old 
Maricopa,  about  ten  miles  west  of  where  the  pres- 
ent city  of  Maricopa  stands.  Owing  to  his  inabil- 
ity to  get  satisfactory  rates  for  the  handling  of 
supplies  and  material  for  this  road,  which  was  the 
first  projected  under  the  Territorial  Exemption 
Act,  it  never  got  beyond  the  survey  stage. 

When  it  became  definitely  known  that  the  road 
could  not  be  built,  Mr.  Bennitt  returned  to  Pres- 
cott and  opened  offices  for  the  practice  of  his 
profession,  but  closed  them  in  about  a  year  and  ac- 
cepted a  position  as  clerk  in  the  general  store  of 
M.  Goldwater  &  Sons.  He  remained  in  this  posi- 
tion for  about  two  years,  then  in  company  with 
Colonel  William  Christy,  went  to  Phoenix,  where 
he  has  remained  since.  With  Colonel  Christy,  Mr. 
Bennitt  organized  and  opened  the  First  National 
Bank  of  Phoenix  in  October,  1882.  It  was  the  first 
Bank  to  operate  with  federal  charter  in  Arizona. 
Six  months  after  opening,  it  went  into  liquidation 
as  a  National  Bank,  and  Mr.  Bennitt  and  his  asso- 
ciates organized  the  Valley  Bank,  as  it  is  known 
to-day.  This  Bank,  starting  with  a  capital  of 
$50,000  has  grown  to  be  the  largest  financial  in- 
stitution in  the  State  of  Arizona.  The  capital  was 
increased  to  $100,000  by  the  suspension  of  cash 


dividends  for  three  years,  at  the  end  of  which  time 
a  hundred  per  cent  stock  dividend  was  declared. 
Mr.  Bennitt  started  in  as  Assistant  Cashier  of  the 
original  bank  and  for  ten  years  worked  unceasing- 
ly, with  the  result  that  at  the  end  of  a  decade, 
failing  health  caused  him  to  resign  his  active  con- 
nection with  the  bank,  although  he  still  remained 
a  stockholder  and  director. 

About  this  time  Mr.  Bennitt  opened  a  loan  and 
investment  business,  which  he  has  continued 
under  the  name  of  E.  J.  Bennitt  &  Company, 
and  for  several  years  devoted  himself  to  this  al- 
most exclusively.  In  1891  he  had  regained  his 
strength  and  with  James  A.  Fleming  and  P.  J.  Cole, 
organized  the  Phoenix  National  Bank  on  March  12, 
1892,  he  taking  the  office  of  Cashier.  He  occupied 
this  post  for  about  three  years,  then  resigned  and 
resumed  his  own  business  exclusively.  He  con- 
fined his  attention  to  it  until  1903,  when,  upon  the 
death  of  Colonel  Christy,  he  again  actively  engaged 
in  the  management  of  the  Valley  Bank,  as  Presi- 
dent, a  position  he  still  retains. 

Mr.  Bennitt,  for  thirty  years,  has  been  one  of 
the  financial  leaders  of  Phoenix  and  has  been  one 
of  the  principal  factors  in  the  development  of  the 
city  and  its  tributary  territory.  As  a  banker  and 
business  man,  he  was  aided  in  the  projection  of 
various  irrigation  works,  including  the  Arizona 
Canal,  which  traverses  the  Salt  River  Valley  for 
forty  miles  and  has  been  the  means  of  reclaiming 
a  vast  section  of  country  for  agricultural  purposes. 
He  also  helped  organize  the  first  Commercial  Club 
of  Phoenix  and  also  the  Phoenix  Board  of  Trade. 

In  the  early  days,  he  lent  himself  to  every  move- 
ment intended  for  the  betterment  of  the  city  and 
the  increase  of  its  commercial  importance,  and, 
with  certain  others,  opened  and  operated  a  private 
thoroughfare,  a  Boulevard,  known  as  Central  Ave- 
nue, which  is  the  most  beautiful  thoroughfare  in 
Salt  River  Valley.  He  also  took  an  active  interest 
in  social  affairs  and  was  among  the  organizers  of 
the  first  fire  company  and  athletic  club  in  Phoenix. 
He  helped  organize  Trinity  Episcopal  Mission,  later 
made  a  pro-Cathedral,  and  has  served  as  a  member 
of  the  vestry  since  its  formation. 

Mr.  Bennitt  was  one  of  the  organizers  of  the 
Maricopa  Club,  now  known  as  the  Arizona  Club, 
of  Phoenix,  and  also  was  a  leading  figure  in  Mason- 
ic affairs  for  many  years.  He  is  a  thirty-second 
degree  Mason,  helped  to  organize  the  Knights 
Templar  Commandery  and  was  the  second  Com- 
mander in  1894.  He  was  elected  Grand  Commander 
for  Arizona,  in  1895,  and  also  served  during  1900 
as  Imperial  Potentate  of  the  Mystic  Shrine. 

For  many  years,  Mr.  Bennitt,  who  is  a  Demo- 
crat in  his  political  beliefs,  took  an  active  part  in 
the  affairs  of  his  party  and  served  several  terms 
as  City  Treasurer  of  Phoenix,  but  has  steadfastly 
declined  to  accept  any  strictly  political  office. 

For  several  years  past,  Mr.  Bennitt  has  been  a 
member  of  the  Board  of  Governors  of  the  Salt 
River  Valley  Water  Users'  Association,  which  is 
composed  of  the  water  users  in  Salt  River  Valley 
who  receive  water  from  the  Roosevelt  Reservoir. 
It  is  the  governing  body  of  the  great  irrigating 
and  electrical  supply  system  of  the  Valley. 

These  are  just  a  few  of  the  enterprises  with 
which  Mr.  Bennitt  has  been  connected,  but  they 
serve  to  illustrate  the  part  he  has  taken  in  the  up- 
building of  the  City.  Aside  from  the  interests  al- 
ready mentioned,  Mr.  Bennitt  is  concerned  in  vari- 
ous commercial  enterprises,  including  Goldwater 
Bros.,  the  McNeil  Co.  and  the  Alhambra  Brick  & 
Tile  Co.,  all  agents  in  the  growth  of  the  City. 


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ELMER  E.  COLE 

OLE,  ELMER  E.,  Real  Estate,  Los 
Angeles,  Gal.,  was  born  in  New 
Hampshire,  December  21,  1863. 
He  is  the  son  of  H.  L.  Cole  and 
Emily  (Phipps)  Cole.  He  mar- 
ried Laura  M.  Mayhew  at  Minne- 
apolis, Minn.,  in  1893,  and  to  them  have  been  born 
two  sons,  Lloyd  and  Harold  Cole. 

Mr.  Cole  attended  the  public  schools  of  Port- 
land, Maine,  and  Boston,  Mass.,  until  he  was  six- 
teen years  old.  At  the  age  of  eighteen  he  was  a 
traveling  salesman  for  a  Boston  cutlery  company, 
and  continued  in  that  capacity  until  he  was  twenty- 
three  years  of  age,  when  he  resigned  and  went  to 
Minneapolis,  embarking  in  the  real  estate  business. 
He  dealt  principally  in  farming  and  ranch  lands 
and  for  thirteen  years  was  an  important  factor  in 
developing  that  section.  During  these  thirteen 
years  he  met  with  both  success  and  reverses,  but 
lie  kept  at  it  and  subsequently  achieved  a  lasting 
success.  In  1900  he  sold  his  interests  in  the  Northwest 
and  moved  to  Los  Angeles.  He  immediately  opened 
"brokerage  offices,  dealing  in  stocks,  bonds  and  min- 
ing properties.  He  remained  at  this  occupation 
until  1905,  when  he  gave  up  the  stock  and  bond 
end  of  his  business  and  confined  himself  to  real 
estate  and  lands.  He  holds  extensive  mining  in- 
terests, extending  from  Northern  California  to  Old 
Mexico.  Since  engaging  in  the  real  estate  business  in 
Los  Angeles,  Mr.  Cole  has  handled  some  large 
deals  in  acreage  tracts,  among  them  being  the  sale 
of  1500  acres  south  of  Playa  del  Rey,  California. 
He  deals  extensively  in  city  property  and  is  the 
owner  of  some  of  the  most  valuable  real  estate  in 
the  business  center  of  Los  Angeles. 

He  formerly  was  a  member  of  the  Los  Angeles 
Stock  Exchange,  and  is  a  member  of  the  Chamber 
of  Commerce,  Realty  Board,  Masons,  Los  Angeles 
Automobile  Club,  Los  Angeles  Athletic  Club, 
Gamut  Club  and  California  Club  of  Los  Angeles. 


M.   S.  HELLMAN 

ELLMAN,  MAURICE  S.,  Banker, 
Los  Angeles,  Cal.,  was  born  in  that 
city,  September  3,  1864.  He  is  the 
son  of  the  late  Samuel  Hellman 
and  Adelaide  (Adler)  Hellman,  his 
family  being  identified  with  the 
business  and  financial  history  of  Los  Angeles  for 
many  years.  He  married  Alice  Schwarzschild,  at 
San  Francisco,  Cal.,  July  16,  1889,  and  to  them  there 
have  been  born  three  children,  Melville  S.,  Lucile  S. 
and  S.  Jack  Hellman. 

Mr.  Hellman  was  educated  in  the  schools  of  his 
native  city  and  graduated  from  high  school,  with  an 
exceptional  record,  in  1880. 

Two  years  after  he  left  school  he  went  into  the 
stationery  business  with  his  father,  and  at  the  end 
of  three  years,  when  his  father  decided  to  give  up 
the  business,  he,  with  a  partner  named  Stassforth, 
bought  the  business  and  continued  it  under  the 
firm  name  of  the  Hellman-Stassforth  Company 
This  association  existed  up  to  1894,  when  Mr.  Hell 
man  sold  out  his  interest  and  went  into  the  bond 
brokerage  business  with  J.  F.  Sartori. 

One  year  after  this  he  was  elected  vice  presi- 
dent of  the  Security  Savings  Bank,  and  he  gave  up 
all  outside  business  connections  to  devote  himself 
exclusively  to  banking.  He  has  remained  vice  presi- 
dent of  the  bank  down  to  date  and  in  addition  is  in- 
terested in  other  banking  institutions,  holding  the 
vice  presidency  and  directorship  of  the  Title  Insur- 
ance and  Trust  Company.  In  keeping  with  the  his- 
tory of  his  family,  Mr.  Hellman  has  become  one  of 
the  leading  bankers  of  Los  Angeles  and  is  an  im- 
portant factor  in  the  development  of  that  city. 

He  takes  an  active  interest  in  the  public  affairs 
of  Los  Angeles.  He  is  also  an  ardent  booster  and 
belongs  to  most  of  the  civic  clubs  and  improvement 
associations. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Concordia  Club  and  the 
Los  Angeles  Country  Club. 


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DR.   CHAS.   C.   BROWNING 

ROWNING,    CHARLES    CLIFTON, 

Physician,  Los  Angeles,  California. 
Born  May  25, 1861,  Denver,  Illinois. 
Son  of  Enoch  Clifton  Browning 
and  Sophia  Louisa  (Pennock) 

Browning.     Married  Helen  E.  Til- 

lapaugh  at  Denver,  Illinois,  August  26,  1885.     They 
have  one  child,  Helen  Gilberta  Browning. 

Dr.  Browning  attended  preparatory  school,  Shel- 
byville,  Missouri,  1878-79;  Shelbina  College,  1880; 
Christian  University,  1881;  Missouri  State  Univer- 
sity, 1881-83,  receiving  degree  of  M.  D.  Practiced 
in  Illinois  until  1888.  At  the  University  of  City  of 
New  York,  1888-89. 

Served  interneships  at  the  New  York  House  Re- 
lief and  the  Insane  Asylum,  Blackwell's  Island. 
In  1891  he  went  to  Califiornia,  locating  at  San 
Jacinto.  Remained  there  until  1893,  then  went  to 
Highland,  California,  and  in  1905  moved  to  Los 
Angeles. 

He  was  Medical  Director  Pottenger  Sanatorium, 
Monrovia,  from  1905  to  April,  1910;  incorporator 
and  vice  president  Pottenger  Sanatorium  Company; 
organizer  and  first  vice-president  First  Bank  of 
Highland;  incorporator  and  first  secretary  High- 
land Domestic  Water  Company;  incorporator  of  San 
Bernardino  County  Savings  Bank;  incorporator  and 
vice-president  Highland  Fruit  Growers'  Association; 
member  of  staff  Medical  Department  University  of 
Southern  California;  ex-president  of  the  Redlands 
Medical  Society,  San  Bernardino  County  Medica1 
Society  and  the  Highland  Library  Club. 

Member  of  all  the  important  medical  societies, 
National,  International,  California  and  Los  Angeles 
Associations  for  the  Study  and  Prevention  of  Tu- 
berculosis, and  National  Child  Labor  Society.  Also 
of  Monrovia  Board  of  Trade  and  Municipal  Water- 
ways Association.  Belongs  to  University  and  City 
Clubs  of  Los  Angeles;  Elks,  Knights  Templar,  Mys- 
tic Shrine  and  Eastern  Star. 


J.  WISEMAN  MACDONALD 

ACDONALD,  JAMES  WISEMAN, 
Attorney-at-Law,  Los  Angeles, 
Cal.,  was  born  in  Mazomanie, 
Wisconsin,  Jan.  17,  1866,  the  son 
of  Allan  Macdonald  and  Eleanor 
(Wiseman)  Macdonald.  He  is  a 
descendant  of  the  famed  Macdonalds  of  Clan  Ran- 
ald, of  the  Western  Highlands  of  Scotland,  whose 
name  is  frequently  mentioned  in  song  and  story. 
He  married  Jane  Boland  in  San  Francisco,  June  23, 
1902.  They  have  three  children,  Allan,  Eleanor 
and  James  Wiseman  Macdonald,  Jr. 

Mr.  Macdonald,  although  born  an  American, 
spent  his  boyhood  and  part  of  his  early  manhood  in 
England.  His  father  died  in  1869,  and  the  mother 
took  the  children  back  to  England  to  her  original 
home  where  she  was  born.  He  was  educated  at  the 
Grant  School,  a  private  institution  at  Burnly,  Lan- 
cashire, England,  conducted  by  the  late  W.  M. 
Grant,  one  of  the  best  known  educators  of  England. 
On  the  death  of  his  mother  he  immediately  re- 
turned to  America,  coming  to  Los  Angeles  in  1891. 

In  1892  he  was  admitted  to  the  bar  before  the 
Supreme  Court  of  California. 

He  has  served  two  terms  as  trustee  of  the  L.  A. 
Bar  Association,  and  was  Lecturer  on  Corporations 
for  the  University  of  So.  Cal.  He  is  a  director  and 
attorney  for  the  Park  Bank  of  L.  A.,  and  president 
of  the  Dimond  Estate  Co.  of  S.  F.,  a  close  corpora- 
tion having  large  real  estate  holdings  in  and  near 
that  city.  He  has  been  for  many  years  legal  ad- 
viser of  the  Catholic  Bishops  of  Monterey  and  of 
Los  Angeles.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Knights  of 
Columbus  and  of  the  California  Club. 

An  interesting  phase  of  the  history  of  the  Mac- 
donald family  is  that  for  several  generations  they 
were  under  the  displeasure  of  the  present  royal 
family  on  account  of  their  adherence  to  the  Stuart 
cause  and  the  part  they  took  in  the  Jacobite  wars 
of  1715  and  1745. 


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DMONDSON,  HORACE  WILLIAM, 
Mining  Engineer,  Los  Angeles, 
California,  was  born  in  Bradford, 
England,  June  23,  1877,  the  son 
of  Joseph  Souden  Edmondson  and 
Maria  Louise  (Wray)  Edmondson. 
He  married  Louise  M.  Sahlberg  of  Osage  City, 
Kansas,,  at  Santa  Ana,  California,  May  25,  1909. 
Mr.  Edmondson,  who  is  one  of  the  practical  men 
of  the  mining  world  and  an  engineer  of  experience, 
has  spent  the  greater  part  of 
his  life  in  the  United  States. 
He  was  brought  over  here  by 
his  parents  in  childhood  and 
spent  his  boyhood  in  the  city 
of  New  York.  He  received 
his  preliminary  education  in 
the  public  schools  of  the 
metropolis  and  followed  this 
with  two  years'  attendance 
at  the  College  of  the  City  of 
New  York,  in  the  civil  en- 
gineering department. 

Leaving  school  when  he 
was  eighteen  years  of  age, 
Mr.  Edmondson  went  to  the 
West  and  from  that  time 
down  to  date  has  been  ac- 
tively engaged  in  mining 
work,  holding  at  the  present 
time  commissions  from  one 
of  the  most  successful  min- 
ing corporations  in  the 
United  States.  From  1895 
to  1905  Mr.  Edmondson  was 
employed  in  various  engineer- 
ing and  mining  operations, 
working  in  Alaska,  Montana, 
Idaho,  Oregon  and  other 

parts  of  the  Northwest.  He  had  charge  of  under- 
ground work,  assaying  and  other  branches  of  min- 
ing engineering  in  these  different  sections  and 
also  spent  a  large  part  of  the  ten  years  in  the 
management  of  mines. 

By  the  year  1905  Mr.  Edmondson  was  estab- 
lished as  one  of  the  expert  metallurgical  mining 
engineers  of  the  country  and  in  that  year  was 
appointed  General  Manager  of  the  Parral  Corpora- 
tion, Limited,  which  owned  extensive  mining  prop- 
erty in  Parral,  State  of  Chihuahua,  Mexico,  and 
served  in  this  capacity  for  more  than  a  year.  At 
the  same  time  he  was  Consulting  Engineer  for  the 
Balsas  Valley  Company,  operating  in  Mexico- 
Resigning  his  commission  with  the  Parral  Cor- 
poration, Mr.  Edmondson  took  up  the  duties  of 
General  Superintendent  and  Constructing  Engineer 
for  the  Rio  Plata  Mining  Company.  This  com- 
pany owns  valuable  silver  deposits  In  Chihuahua 
and  Mr.  Edmondson  had  charge  of  the  construc- 
tion of  the  plant  which  has  turned  out  a  large 


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amount  of  silver  bullion  in  the  last  few  years. 
In  1907,  his  work  completed  for  the  Rio  Plata 
Mining  Co.,  Mr.  Edmondson  accepted  the  position 
as  Manager  for  the  Quebradillas  mine,  mill  and 
smelter  in  Parral  and  operated  the  work  for  more 
than  a  year.  In  addition  to  his  duties  in  his  posi- 
tion, Mr.  Edmondson  maintained  a  general  practice 
as  Consulting  Engineer  and  made  examinations  for 
various  mining  interests  in  Mexico. 

The  Rio  Plata  Mining  Company  offering  him  the 
position  of  General  Superin- 
tendent of  its  property  in 
1909,  Mr.  Edmondson  ac- 
cepted it  and  has  been  with 
the  company  continually 
since.  For  the  first  two 
years  after  rejoining  the 
company  he  spent  practically 
all  of  his  time  at  the  mines 
in  Mexico,  but  in  1911,  with 
the  work  of  Consulting  Engi- 
neer added  to  his  responsi- 
bilities, his  field  was  greatly 
enlarged  and  for  about  a 
year  he  has  been  engaged  in 
mine  examinations  for  his 
company,  not  only  in  Mex- 
ico, but  in  sections  of  the 
United  States  and  Canada. 
In  this  work  Mr.  Edmondson 
has  been  in  close  associa- 
tion with  D.  W.  Shanks,  Vice 
President  and  General  Man- 
ager of  the  company,  and 
one  of  the  successful  mining 
operators  of  the  United 
States.  It  was  largely 
through  the  efforts  of  Mr. 
Shanks  and  the  men  he 

gathered  around  him  that  the  Rio  Plata  was  placed 
among  the  paying  properties  of  Mexico. 

It  is  worthy  of  note  in  connection  with  this  prop- 
erty that  Pasqual  Orozco,  leader  of  the  revolution 
of  1912  against  the  Madero  Government  in  Mexico, 
was  a  freight  contractor  engaged  in  the  transporta- 
tion of  silver  ore  from  the  mine  just  prior  to  the 
revolutionary  outbreak  in  1910  which  resulted  in 
the  overthrow  of  Diaz. 

Mr.  Edmondson,  who  is  a  giant  in  physique,  has 
had  a  picturesque  career  in  Mexico,  where  war  and 
rebellion  have  existed  all  around  the  scene  of  his 
operations,  but  dislikes  reference  to  this  phase  of 
his  life.  He  prefers  to  be  known  for  his  profes- 
sion only  and  in  this  he  has  attained  a  splendid 
standing. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  American  Institute  of 
Mining  Engineers  and  of  the  Mexican  Institute 
of  Mining  Metallurgy  of  Mexico  City.  He  is  also 
prominent  in  Masonic  circles,  with  the  Thirty-second 
Degree  rank,  and  is  a  Noble  of  the  Mystic  Shrine- 


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AIN,  FERDINAND  RAN- 
DALL, President,  Southern 
Counties  Gas  Company,  Los 
Angeles,  California,  was  born 
at  Chatham,  New  York,  May 
3,  1861,  the  son  of  Milton  Bain  and  Charlotte 
M.  (Nash)  Bain.  He  has  been  twice  mar- 
ried, his  first  wife  having  been  Hattie  J. 
Kenworthy,  whom  he  married  at  Pough- 
keepsie,  New  York,  De- 
cember 9,  1885.  To  them 
there  were  born  three 
daughters,  Ethel,  Mary 
and  Kathleen  Bain.  His 
second  wife  was  Ger- 
trude M.  Benchley-Miller, 
whom  he  married  in  New 
York  City,  February  1, 
1911. 

Mr.  Bain  received  his 
preliminary  education  in 
private  schools  of  Dover 
Plains,  New  York,  and 
was  graduated  from 
Bishop's  Preparatory 
School  at  Poughkeepsie, 
New  York,  in  1878.  His 
parents  dying  that  year, 
he  gave  up  his  plans  for 
a  college  career  and  en- 
gaged in  the  real  estate 
and  investment  business 
in  Poughkeepsie. 

Mr.  Bain  was  engaged 
in  this  field  for  about 
twenty-five  years  and 
during  that  time  was  one 
of  the  prominent  figures  in  the  financial  and 
political  life  of  the  city.  Early  in  his  career 
he  purchased  the  street  railway  system  of 
Poughkeepsie,  known  as  the  Poughkeepsie 
and  Wappingers  Falls  Railroad  and  served 
for  two  years  as  its  President  and  General 
Manager.  He  sold  the  property  to  another 
syndicate  at  that  time  and  shortly  afterward, 
in  company  with  Former  Governor  Benjamin 
.  Odell,  Jr.,  of  Newburgh,  purchased  the 
Electric  Light  and  Gas  Company  of  New- 
burgh,  New  York.  He  was  elected  President 
of  this  corporation  and  served  in  that  capac- 
ity for  a  year,  when  he  sold  his  interest  in 
order  to  look  after  other  affairs. 

From  this  time  on  Mr.  Bain  branched  out 
in  various  financial  lines  and  for  many  years 
was  one  of  the  conspicuous  figures  in  bank- 
ing, realty,  railroad  and  other  utility  corpo- 
rations. He  held  the  office  of  President  for 
two  years  in  the  Poughkeepsie  Gas  and  Elec- 


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trie  Company  and  for  several  years  after 
leaving  that  office  retained  a  large  interest  in 
the  company.  While  he  was  President  of 
the  company  he  also  held  the  same  office  in 
the  Varick  Realty  Company,  which  owned  a 
square  block  of  property  in  New  York's  busi- 
ness district,  the  site  of  one  of  the  largest 
mercantile  buildings  in  the  metropolis.  He 
maintained  offices  at  35  Wall  street. 

He  still  had  extensive 
interests  in  Poughkeepsie 
and  other  parts  of  New 
York  at  this  time,  being 
a  director  in  the  Farmers 
and  Manufacturers'  Na- 
tional Bank  of  that  city 
and  an  officer  in  various 
other  corporations.  In 
1904  his  New  York  busi- 
ness had  increased  to 
such  an  extent  he  was 
compelled  to  relinquish 
his  real  estate  and  invest- 
ment enterprises  in 
Poughkeepsie,  with  the 
exception  of  the  gas  and 
bank  holdings,  and  trans- 
fer his  headquarters  to 
New  York  City. 

For  about  seven  years 
he  was  practically  inac- 
tive and  spent  this  time 
principally  in  traveling 
Europe.  He  purchased  a 
large  interest  in  the 
Southern  Counties  Gas 
Company,  a  corporation 
which  had  taken  in  many  of  the  gas  plants  of 
the  Southern  part  of  California,  and  was 
elected  Vice  President  and  General  Manager. 
Within  a  short  time  he  was  elected  President 
of  the  company. 

In  Poughkeepsie  Mr.  Bain  was  active  in 
civic  affairs,  was  elected  a  member  of  the 
Board  of  Aldermen  in  1886  and  re-elected  in 
1888.  At  the  expiration  of  his  second  term 
he  was  elected  Supervisor  for  two  years. 

In  1894  he  was  appointed  City  Assessor  for 
the  purpose  of  reorganizing  the  assessment 
system  of  the  city  and  held  the  office  two 
years.  He  was  Secretary  for  fourteen  years 
of  the  Dutchess  County  Agricultural  Society, 
resigning  when  he  moved  to  New  York  City. 
Mr.  Bain  is  a  member  of  the  Down  Town 
Club,  and  the  Republican  Club  of  New  York ; 
the  Gamut,  L.  A.  Country  Club  and  the  Un- 
ion League  of  Los  Angeles;  also  the  L.  A. 
Chamber  of  Commerce. 


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AY,  CASSIUS  MASON,  Refrigerat- 
ing Engineer  and  Inventor,  Los 
Angeles,  California,  was  born  at 
North  East,  Pennsylvania,  Novem- 
ber 17,  1862,  the  son  of  Ira  R. 
Gay  and  Diana  (Mason)  Gay.  He 
married  Julia  I.  Fessenden  at  Chicago,  Illinois, 
September  20,  1885,  and  to  them  there  have  been 
born  six  children,  Byron  S.,  Norman  H.,  Ira  F., 
Edith  A.,  Bertha  A.  and  Cassias-  Mason  Gay,  Jr. 

Mr.  Gay  received  a  public 
school  education,  graduating 
from  the  Westfleld,  New 
York,  High  School  in  1880, 
and  followed  this  with  a 
year's  study  at  Bryant  & 
Stratton's  Commercial  Col- 
lege, Buffalo,  New  York,  and 
later  took  a  post-graduate 
course  in  mathematics  and 
physics  under  a  private  tu- 
tor. 

His  father  being  engaged 
in  the  flour  milling  business, 
Mr.  Gay's  first  work  was  in 
that  line.  After  remaining 
in  that  business  for  some 
time,  he  left  his  father  to  be- 
come Secretary  to  the  Gen- 
eral Manager  of  the  Flint  & 
Pere  Marquette  Railroad.  He 
remained  in  that  capacity  un- 
til 1884,  when  he  resigned  to 
take  a  position  with  the  Con- 
solidated Ice  Machine  Com- 
pany of  Chicago.  He  was 
with  this  concern  about  six 

years-  then,  in  1890,  organized  C.   M.   GAY 

the    Carthage    Ice    &    Cold 

Storage  Company,  at  Carthage  Mo.  Mr.  Gay  held 
the  controlling  interest  in  the  company  and  also 
served  as  General  Manager.  In  1893  he  sold  his 
interest  and  went  to  Winfield,  Kansas,  where  he 
organized  the  Winfield  Ice  &  Cold  Storage  Com- 
pany. 

This  company  he  conducted  until  1895  and  then 
sold  out  to  J.  P.  Baden,  at  the  same  time  being 
appointed  Manager  of  the  Baden  interests.  The 
capital  of  the  Company  being  steadily  increased, 
its  operations  were  similarly  broadened  until,  in 
1900,  the  produce  business  it  handled  was  the 
largest  of  any  plant  in  the  West.  While  manag- 
ing the  Winfield  business  Mr.  Gay  had,  in  1896, 
designed  and  erected  the  Southern  Ice  &  Cold 
Storage  Company's  plant  at  Fort  Worth,  Texas. 
In  1897,  Mr.  Gay  went  abroad  and  investigated 
the  development  and  practice  of  Refrigeration  in 
foreign  countries. 

In  1900  Mr.  Gay  severed  his  connection  with  the 
Baden  interests  to  become  Manager  of  the  Pitts- 
burg  office  of  The  Vilter  Manufacturing  Company, 


of  Milwaukee,  Wisconsin.  He  also  acted  as  Con- 
sulting Engineer  and  Refrigerating  Expert  for  the 
Company,  maintaining  his  headquarters  in  Pitts- 
burg  until  the  year  1905,  when  he  transferred  to 
Los  Angeles  as  General  Coast  Representative  for 
his  Company.  There  he  has  taken  a  leading  po- 
sition among  professional  men. 

In  1907,  Mr.  Gay  was  sought  out  by  the  Santa 
Fe  Railroad  Company  to  solve  the  problem  of  pre- 
cooling  fruits  directly  in  cars  so  that  they  could 
be     transported     great     dis- 
tances.    He  conducted  a  se- 
ries of  experiments  and  other 
investigations  into  the  condi- 
tions of  railroad  refrigerator 
service,   and   the   result   was 
the     designing     and     patent- 
ing  by   him  of  a   system   of 
pre-cooling     in     cars     which 
upon  trial  proved  so  entirely 
successful  that  the  Santa  Fe 
Railroad  adopted  his  designs 
and  patents  and  built  a  great 
pre-cooling  and  icing  station 
at      San      Bernardino,      Cali- 
fornia.    This   plant   was   de- 
signed   and    constructed    by 
Mr.  Gay.     It  has  an  ice-mak- 
ing  capacity    of    80,000    tons 
of  ice  per  annum,  ice  storage 
capacity    of    30,000    tons,    a 
pre-cooling    capacity    of    120 
cars  per  day,  and  a  car  icing 
capacity  of  240  cars  per  day. 
Experts  acknowledge  this 
to   be   the   largest   and  most 
efficient  plant  of  its  kind  in 
the  world,   and  the   pre-cool- 
ing  of   fruits   by   the   train- 
load     prior     to     their     being   shipped   to   distant 
markets  marked  an  epoch  in  the  history  of  trans- 
portation.    Mr.  Gay,  with  his  system  of  balanced 
air  circulation  in  cars,  not  only  shortened  the  time 
of  handling  and  transportation  of  perishable  fruits, 
but  also  made  certain  the  preservation    of    their 
fresh   qualities.     This   means   much   to   California, 
adding    greatly    to    the    value    of    her    large    fruit 
industry. 

For  many  years  a  contributor  to  leading  en- 
gineering journals  and  a  recognized  authority  in 
refrigeration,  his  inventions  in  the  new  field  of 
railroad  pre-cooling  work  has  placed  him  in  the 
first  rank  as  a  successful  pioneer  and  inventor  in 
this  field. 

Mr.  Gay  is  a  member  of  the  International  and 
American  Association  of  Refrigerating  Engineers. 
He  is  also  a  member  of  the  Los  Angeles  Chamber 
of  Commerce  and  in  fraternal  circles  is  a  Thirty- 
second  Degree  Mason.  His  clubs  are  the  Los  An- 
geles Athletic  and  the  Athenian,  of  Oakland,  Cali- 
fornia. 


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COTT,  IRVING  MURRAY  (de- 
ceased), Ironmaster,  Mechanical 
Engineer  and  Ship  Builder,  San 
Francisco,  CaL,  was  born  at  "He- 
bron Mills,"  Baltimore  County, 
Maryland,  December  25,  1837.  He 
was  the  son  of  John  and  Elizabeth  (Littig)  Scott 
and  the  great-great-grandson  of  Abraham  and  Eliza- 
beth Dyer  Scott,  who  emigrated  to  America  from 
Cumberland,  England,  in  1722,  bringing  a  certificate 
of  good  standing  in  the  Eng- 
lish Society  of  Friends.  Abra- 
ham Scott  purchased  a  tract 
of  land  in  Maryland,  known 
as  "Old  Regulation,"  from 
Lord  Baltimore  in  1723,  and 
there  established  a  grist 
mill,  a  fulling  mill,  a  tan 
yard  and  store,  and  from 
these  mills  the  place  became 
known  as  "Hebron  Mills," 
and  there  Irving  Murray 
Scott  was  born  one  hundred 
and  fifteen  years  after  his 
ancestor  came  to  America, 
and  there  his  sister  still  re- 
sides. 

He  married  Laura  Hord, 
daughter  of  John  Redd  and 
Seaneth  Tennis  of  Kentucky, 
October  7,  1863,  and  is  sur- 
vived by  two  children,  Alice 
Webb  and  Laurance  Irving 
Scott. 

From  "Old  Nick,"  the 
miller  at  Hebron  Mills,  he 
first  acquired  a  taste  for 
knowledge  and  mechanics. 

He  attended  the  public 
schools  and  later  the  Milton 
Academy,  where  he  studied 
for  three  years  under  John 
Emerson  Lamb.  Leaving 
there,  he  declined  his 
father's  offer  of  a  profes- 
sional course,  preferring  mechanics,  and  he  accord- 
ingly was  apprenticed  to  Obed  Hussey,  of  Balti- 
more, inventor  of  the  reaping  machine,  with  whom 
he  learned  the  engineering  and  wood-working 
trades.  Completing  this,  he  worked  for  several 
years  in  Baltimore  supervising  the  construction  of 
engines,  meantime  devoting  his  leisure  to  study. 
He  enrolled  in  the  Mechanics'  Institute,  dividing 
his  time  between  mechanical  drawing,  German  and 
lectures.  In  1860  Mr.  Scott  was  engaged  as  a 
draughtsman  by  the  Union  Iron  Works  of  San 
Francisco,  which  at  that  time  employed  only  22 
men,  and  was  chiefly  engaged  in  manufacture  of 
mining  machinery.  In  1861  became  chief  draughts- 
man, and  in  1863  a  partner  in  business,  with  posi- 
tion of  Superintendent,  which  was  later  changed  to 
Gen.  Mgr.,  a  post  he  held  until  his  death.  Under 
his  guidance  the  Union  Iron  Works  became  a  mam- 
moth iron  and  ship  building  concern,  with  millions 
of  capital  and  thousands  of  men  in  its  employ. 

In  1880  Mr.  Scott  made  a  trip  around  the  world 
with  James  Fair,  studying  closely  the  shipyards  of 
England  and  France.  When  he  returned  he  practi- 
cally rebuilt  the  Union  Iron  Plant  in  San  Francisco, 
and  in  1884,  when  it  became  a  corporation,  he 
caused  shipbuilding  to  be  made  a  part  of  its  work. 
In  addition  to  private  vessels,  it  has  built  numerous 


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warships  for  the  United  States  and  other  govern- 
ments. The  battleship  "Oregon,"  at  the  time  of  its 
completion  one  of  the  most  powerful  battleships  in 
the  world,  was  its  product.  In  1898  Mr.  Scott  went 
to  St.  Petersburg  to  advise  the  Russian  Govern- 
ment on  battleship  construction. 

Mr.  Scott  was  largely  interested  in  banking, 
mining  and  other  fields,  and  to  him  was  largely  due 
the  development  of  the  Clipper  Gap  Iron  Co.,  one  of 
the  richest  in  California.  Incidentally  he  was  the 
inventor  of  improved  cut-off 
engines  and  other  machines, 
and  designed  the  machinery 
for  the  famous  Comstock 
Mines.  He  was  vitally  inter- 
ested in  educational,  histori- 
cal and  literary  affairs;  was 
president  of  the  Art  Associa- 
tion of  the  Mechanics'  Insti- 
tute; regent  of  the  Univer- 
sity of  California;  trustee  of 
the  Leland  Stanford,  Jr., 
University  and  the  Free  Li- 
brary; president  of  the  S.  F. 
Art  Association,  Washington 
Irving  Literary  Society,  Addi- 
sonian  Literary  Society  and 
the  Howard  Street  Literary 
Society,  and  in  1880  was  pres- 
ident of  the  Authors'  Carni- 
val. He  served  several  terms 
as  president  of  Mechanics'  In- 
stitute. He  was  a  fluent  writ- 
er and  has  contributed  to 
magazines  upon  labor  and 
other  subjects.  As  early  as 
1869  Mr.  Scott  won  the  com- 
mendation of  William  Sew- 
ard  for  an  address  delivered 
before  the  Mechanics'  Insti- 
tute, and  in  later  years  was 
a  popular  speaker  at  public 
gatherings  and  patriotic 
events,  having  delivered  ora- 
tions at  the  unveiling  of 

statues  to  Francis  Scott  Key  and  Starr  King  in 
Golden  Gate  Park,  San  Francisco.  He  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  State  Prison  Board  under  Governor 
Stoneman,  and  member  of  the  staff  of  Governor 
Perkins  of  California. 

He  was  at  one  time  a  candidate  for  the  State 
Senate.  He  also  served  as  president,  in  1891,  of  the 
Cal.  Commission  to  the  World's  Columbian  Exposi- 
tion. In  1892  he  made  a  second  trip  to  Europe. 

He  was  nominated  for  State  Senator  and  dele- 
gate to  form  the  State  Constitution;  member  of  the 
Freeholders  to  form  Charter  of  San  Francisco,  1895; 
appointed  member  of  the  Hundred  to  formulate  a 
Charter  for  S.  F.,  1896;  elected  Rep.  presidential 
elector,  1886;  Pres.,  Commercial  Museum  of  S.  F., 
1900;  Chairman  of  Committee  to  receive  President 
McKinley,  1901;  spoken  of  for  Vice  President  of  the 
United  States  during  McKinley's  campaign  for 
President;  made  Doctor  of  Philosophy  by  Santa 
Clara  College  for  distinguished  services  to  the  State 
in  1901. 

He  was  a  member  of  the  Pacific-Union,  Bur- 
lingame,  Army  and  Navy,  University,  Bohemian, 
Union  League,  Press  Clubs  and  Society  of  the 
American  Wars,  of  San  Francisco,  and  the  Lawyers' 
Club  and  National  Arts  Society  of  New  York. 
Mr.  Scott  died  in  San  Francisco,  April  28,  1903. 


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TANTON,  WILLIAM,  Retired  At- 
torney, Capitalist,  Pasadena,  Cali- 
fornia, was  born  at  Salem,  Ohio, 
August  28,  1832,  the  son  of  Dr. 
Benjamin  Stanton  and  Martha 
(Townsend)  Stanton.  He  has  been 
twice  married,  his  first  wife  having  been  Ellen  K. 
Irish,  of  Pittsburg,  Pennsylvania,  whom  he  wed 
in  1870.  She  died  in  1897,  leaving  him  a  daughter, 
Emily  Stanton,  now  Mrs.  Oliver  S.  Picher,  wife  of 
the  General  Manager  of  the  Picher  Lead  Works, 
Joplin,  Missouri.  He  married  a  second  time  in 
1903,  his  wife  being  Mrs.  Sophronia  (Harbaugh) 
Nevin. 

Mr.  Stanton  attended  the  primary  schools  near 
his  home  until  he  was  sixteen  years  of  age  and  for 
the  next  three  years  attended  a  select  school.  At 
the  age  of  nineteen  he  determined  upon  civil  en- 
gineering as  a  profession  and  took  a  position  as 
rodman  in  a  corps  engaged  in  surveying  what  is 
now  the  Pittsburg,  Fort  Wayne  &  Chicago  Railroad, 
through  Ohio  and  Indiana.  He  gave  this  up  at  the 
end  of  three  years,  however,  and  turned  his  atten- 
tion to  the  study  of  law  in  the  Cincinnati  Law 
School. 

Admitted  to  the  bar  of  Ohio  in  1859,  immediately 
following  his  graduation,  Mr.  Stanton  opened 
offices  in  Cincinnati  for  the  practice  of  his  profes- 
sion, and  during  the  sixteen  years  he  remained  in 
practice  was  one  of  the  prominent  attorneys  of  Cin- 
cinnati. He  allied  himself  with  the  Republican 
party  early  in  his  career  and  two  years  after  he 
entered  professional  ranks  was  elected  to  the  State 
Legislature  as  the  representative  of  his  district. 
Mr.  Stanton  served  three  terms  in  the  Ohio  House, 
from  1861  to  1867,  and  during  that  time  took  a 
leading  part  in  the  handling  of  various  important 
legislative  acts.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Judiciary 
Committee  and  was  Chairman  of  the  Committee  on 
Public  Schools  of  the  House.  The  period  during 
which  he  served  in  the  Legislature  was  one  of  the 
most  important  in  its  history.  He  figured  in  two 
notable  Senatorial  contests,  casting  his  vote  for 
Benjamin  F.  Wade  on  one  occasion  and  for  John 
Sherman  on  another  in  their  contests  for  seats  in 
the  United  States  Senate. 

In  1867,  upon  his  retirement  from  public  life, 
Mr.  Stanton  resumed  the  active  practice  of  his 
profession  in  Cincinnati  and  continued  it  until  1875, 
when,  on  account  of  failing  health,  he  closed  his 
offices  and  moved  to  New  Brighton,  Pennsylvania. 
After  three  years  there  he  moved  to  Sewickley, 
near  Pittsburg.  He  lived  there  for  several  years 
and  took  an  active  interest  in  the  welfare  of  the 
town,  serving  two  terms  as  Burgess.  The  improve- 
ments he  made  to  his  home  place  in  Sewickley  fur- 
nished the  inspiration  to  other  property  owners 
and  resulted  in  the  establishment  of  a  beautiful 
residence  district.  In  Pittsburg,  Mr.  Stanton 
erected  the  Stanton  Building,  then  one  of  the  large 
and  substantial  office  buildings  of  that  city. 


During  a  visit  to  Southern  California  in  1889, 
Mr.  Stanton  spent  some  time  at  Pasadena  and  be- 
came so  charmed  with  the  country  that  he  pur- 
chased Grace  Hill,  the  site  of  his  present  home, 
comprising  thirteen  acres  of  land.  He  erected  his 
residence  there  in  1890  and  since  that  time  has 
made  it  his  home.  When  he  first  saw  the  place 
the  possibilities  of  it  appealed  to  him,  but  the 
property  had  only  been  slightly  improved.  During 
the  twenty-two  years  that  have  elapsed,  however, 
he  has  improved  it  each  year  with  the  result  that 
Grace  Hill  is  one  of  the  beautiful  private  residence 
parks  of  the  country.  It  consists  of  a  splendid 
sweep  of  land,  rising  to  an  elevation,  which  gives 
a  commanding  view  of  the  picturesque  country  sur- 
rounding it. 

When  he  first  took  possession  of  Grace  Hill,  Mr. 
Stanton  planted  rows  of  ornamental  and  fruit  trees 
and  through  the  careful  handling  of  a  corps  of  gar- 
deners the  homestead  has  been  transformed  into  a 
place  of  beauty  with  acres  of  green  lawn,  orchards 
and  many  varieties  of  flora. 

From  the  time  he  located  in  Pasadena,  Mr. 
Stanton  took  an  active  interest  in  the  affairs  of  the 
town  and  has  been  one  of  its  ardent  upbuilders, 
having  seen  it  change  from  a  village  into  a  modern 
city,  noted  for  the  number  and  magnificence  of  its 
mansions,  and  become  the  winter  rendezvous  of 
wealthy  tourists  from  all  parts  of  the  world. 

Mr.  Stanton  had  faith  in  the  future  of  the  city 
from  the  day  he  first  saw  it  and  during  the  years 
that  have  intervened  was  one  of  the  active  oper- 
ators in  real  estate,  with  the  result  that  he  is 
a  heavy  landowner.  He  bought  and  still  owns  the 
Stanton  Building,  in  the  business  center  of  Pasa- 
dena, and  also  has  other  interests. 

Of  recent  years,  Mr.  Stanton  has  led  a  retired 
life,  but  formerly  was  active  in  various  lines. 
Among  his  affiliations  was  the  Pasadena  National 
Bank,  of  which  he  was  Vice  President  and  Director 
for  many  years. 

From  the  time  when  he,  as  Chairman  of  the 
Committee  on  Public  Schools  in  the  Legislature  of 
Ohio,  led  in  the  inauguration  of  improvements  in 
the  school  system  of  that  State,  Mr.  Stanton  has 
been  an  advocate  of  educational  advancement  and 
he  had  only  been  in  Pasadena  a  few  years  when 
he  was  elected  to  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  Throop 
Polytechnic  Institute,  an  educational  institution 
located  there.  He  served  for  more  than  ten  years, 
resigning  in  1908  when  he  gave  up  his  other  public 
duties.  Mr.  Stanton  is  esteemed  by  the  people  of 
Pasadena  as  one  of  the  city's  strongest  and  most 
public-spirited  citizens  and,  having  followed  the 
precepts  of  his  Quaker  ancestors,  is  noted  among 
his  fellowmen  for  his  fair  dealing  and  sense  of 
justice. 

He  has  splendid  business  and  social  standing, 
and  is  a  member  of  the  Valley  Hunt  Club,  of  Pasa- 
dena, and  affiliated  with  the  Masonic  fraternity  as 
a  member  of  Corona  Lodge,  No.  324,  F.  &  A.  M. 


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ILLIAMS,  WILLIAM  AL- 
FRED, Chief  Geologist  of  the 
Associated  Oil  Company  of 
San  Francisco,  was  born  in 
San  Francisco,  August  25, 
1880,  the  son  of  William  Alfred  and  Lucy  A. 
(Goodell)  Williams.  His  paternal  ancestors 
were  large  land  owners  in  Devonshire,  Eng- 
land, while  on  his  mother's  side  he  is  descended 
from  the  Griswolds,  a 
prominent  New  England 
family.  His  father  came 
to  America  in  1863,  first 
settling  in  New  Hamp- 
shire, where  he  was  well 
known  as  a  raiser  of  fancy 
stock,  but  subsequently 
moved  to  California  to 
take  charge  of  the  New 
England  colony  at  Fresno, 
an  intention  which,  how- 
ever, was  never  realized. 

W.  A.  Williams  at- 
tended various  primary 
and  grammar  schools  in 
San  Francisco  and  San 
Miguel,  San  Luis  Obispo 
County,  was  graduated  in 
1899  from  the  Paso  Robles 
High  School,  entered  Stan- 
ford University  in  the  fall 
of  that  year,  and  in  1903 
took  therefrom  his  A.  B. 
degree  in  geology  and 
mining.  In  1902  and  1903 
he  was  appointed  assistant 
instructor  there  in  miner- 


W.  A.  WILLIAMS 


States.  Early  in  1906  he  became  mill  fore- 
man under  Mr.  W.  A.  Pomeroy  in  Chihuahua, 
Mexico,  and  later  was  mine  foreman  for  the 
same  company.  After  two  years  of  this  ex- 
perience he  returned  to  California,  where,  in 
September,  1908,  he  entered  the  employ  of  the 
Associated  Oil  Company  as  geologist,  under 
W.  R.  Hamilton. 

Until  1910,  when  Mr.  Williams  was  ap- 
pointed chief  geologist, 
his  field  experience  as  a 
geologist  covered  work  in 
California,  Texas,  Mexico 
and  South  America.  As 
chief  geologist  he  reports 
on  lands  submitted  to  the 
company  for  its  considera- 
tion, and  assists  in  the 
acquired  properties.  He 
has  continued  the  work  of 
mapping  geologically  a 
large  part  of  the  state  and 
working  in  detail  the  geol- 
ogy of  the  possible  oil  ter- 
ritory as  outlined  by  his 
predecessor.  As  a  result 
of  these  labors  it  is  prob- 
able that  the  Associated 
Oil  Company  has  avail- 
able the  most  nearly  com- 
plete first-hand  geological 
knowledge  not  only  of  the 
oil  fields  of  California,  but 
also  of  the  state  as  a  whole. 
In  all  this  Mr.  Williams 
has  been  ably  assisted  by 
an  efficient  staff  both  in 


alogy,  field  geology  and  topographical  survey- 
ing, a  valuable  training  of  which  he  has  since 
made  excellent  use. 

In  the  fall  of  1903  he  entered  the  service  of 
the  United  States  Geological  Survey  as  field 
assistant,  under  F.  L.  Ransome,  who  was  at 
that  time  working  in  the  Couer  d'Alene  dis- 
trict, Idaho ;  and  the  next  year  he  was  engaged 
on  the  Santa  Cruz  Quadrangle,  in  California, 
under  Dr.  J.  C.  Branner. 

Mr.  Williams  was  in  the  employ  of  the 
Guggenheim  interests  in  1904,  under  Mr.  O.  B. 
Perry.  He  left  to  accept  a  position  with  Horace 
Pomeroy,  then  superintendent  of  the  King  of 
Arizona  Gold  Mine  in  Yuma  County,  Arizona. 
Then  followed  several  years  of  practical  expe- 
rience in  different  mines  in  Nevada,  Arizona, 
Montana  and  Idaho,  wherein  he  worked  in 
various  capacities,  both  in  mine  and  mill,  and 
obtained  a  knowledge  of  mining  and  milling 
methods  in  vogue  in  the  Western  United 


the  office  and  in  the  field. 

He  has  also  one  of  the  most  extensive  oil 
libraries  on  the  Pacific  Coast,  for  which  he  has 
a  complete  index  system  whereby  every  article 
of  importance  published  on  the  subject  of  pe- 
troleum is  readily  available  for  reference.  A 
fair  measure  of  the  great  success  he  has  at- 
tained is  the  recognized  standing  of  his  depart- 
ment today  among  prominent  oil  men,  and 
ample  evidence  of  the  trustworthiness  of  his 
judgment  is  found  in  the  many  satisfactory 
reports  he  has  made  to  his  company. 

Mr.  Williams  is  not  only  conservative  in 
his  professional  duties,  but  also  in  his  private 
and  social  life.  While  at  Stanford  he  was  a 
non-fraternity  man,  and  has  since  remained 
aloof  from  clubs,  determined  to  give  the  best 
that  is  in  him  to  attain  the  greatest  measure 
of  success  possible.  The  only  organization  of 
which  he  is  a  member  is  the  American  Society 
of  Mining  Engineers. 


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RAKE,  CHARLES  RIVERS, 

Capitalist,  Los  Angeles,  Cali- 
fornia, was  born  at  Walnut 
Prairie,  Clark  County,  Illinois, 
July  26,  1843.  His  father  was 
Charles  Drake  and  his  mother  before 
her  marriage  was  Mahala  Jane  Jeter.  His 
paternal  line  traces  back  to  the  gallant 
commander,  Sir  Francis  Drake.  Mr.  Drake's 
wife  was  Mrs.  Kate  As- 
trea  Seeley,  whom  he 
married  in  Tucson,  Ari- 
zona, April  30,  1890;  as 
issue  of  this  marriage  is 
Marguerite  Rivers  Drake. 
Mr.  Drake  has  been  twice 
married,  his  first  wife 
having  been  Agripine 
Moreno,  whom  he  mar- 
ried in  Tucson,  Arizona, 
in  July  of  1872.  Of  this 
union  were  born  Jean 
G.,  William  Lord,  Albert 
Garfield,  Elizabeth  Jane 
and  Pinita  Rivers  Drake. 
Mr.  Drake  had  a  pub- 
lic school  education  and 
at  an  early  age  began  his 
conquest  of  fortune, 
which  he  soon  achieved. 
He  is  a  man  whose  name 
is  synonymous  with  the 
upbuilding  of  the  West, 
particularly  of  Arizona. 

Mr.  Drake  began  his 
business  life  by  qualify- 
ing as  drug  clerk,  which 
occupation  he  filled  until  1863,  when  he  en- 
tered the  United  States  Navy,  volunteer  ser- 
vice, beginning  with  the  post  of  acting  mas- 
ter's mate  in  the  War  of  the  Rebellion,  1863 
to  1865.  During  his  enlistment  he  served  in 
the  Mississippi  Squadron  under  Admiral  D. 
D.  Porter.  At  the  end  of  the  war  he  re- 
signed and  re-entered  his  former  occupation 
in  New  York.  Later  he  was  made  hospital 
steward  in  the  United  States  Army  service, 
and  was  assigned  to  duty  under  General 
Crook,  then  commanding  the  Department  of 
Arizona,  where  in  1871  he  was  stationed  at 
Fort  Lowell,  Tucson.  In  1875  he  retired  to 
civil  life  and  took  up  his  residence  at  Tucson, 
where  he  was  made  Assistant  Postmaster 
and  Assistant  United  States  Depositary,  un- 
til 1880.  In  1881  he  was  elected  County  Re- 
corder of  Pima  County,  and  was  again  chosen 
for  that  office  in  1883.  During  those  years 
he  conducted  a  general  insurance,  brokerage 


CHARLES  R.  DRAKE 


and  real  estate  business  throughout  Arizona. 
While  conducting  his  insurance  and  brok- 
erage business,  Colonel  Drake  was  appointed 
by  President  Harrison  to  the  office  of  Re- 
ceiver of  Public  Moneys  at  the  U.  S.  Land 
office  in  Tucson.  During  his  residence  of 
thirty  years  in  Arizona  he  filled  innumerable 
political  positions,  including  two  elections  to 
the  Territorial  Senate  and  as  president  of 
that  body. 

In  1893  Colonel  Drake 
organized  the  famous  firm 
in  the  Southwest  of  Nor- 
ton &  Drake,  associating 
himself  with  the  late 
Major  John  H.  Norton. 
This  concern  undertook 
labor  contracts  for  the 
Southern  Pacific  Com- 
pany, and  through  that 
business  and  numerous 
other  investments  Colonel 
Drake  amassed  a  reason- 
able fortune  and  moved  to 
Los  Angeles  in  1900  with 
the  intention  of  living  a 
retired  life,  but  he  saw  so 
many  opportunities  for 
his  talents  that  he  found 
it  hard  to  break  away 
from  his  life  training,  and 
as  a  result  has  continued 
in  active  business  life. 

His  principal  efforts 
since  moving  to  Los  An- 
geles have  been  along 
lines  of  development  in 
and  about  Long  Beach,  the  popular  and  sub- 
stantial beach  city.  Through  his  investments 
he  has  become  one  of  the  most  vitally  inter- 
ested men  in  the  upbuilding  of  that  city. 

Since  locating  in  Los  Angeles  Colonel 
Drake  has  become  president,  general  man- 
ager and  director  of  the  Seaside  Water  Com- 
pany, and  occupies  the  same  positions  with 
the  San  Pedro  Water  Company,  the  Long 
Beach  Bath  House  and  Amusement  Com- 
pany and  the  Seaside  Investment  Company, 
the  corporation  which  owns  and  operates  the 
great  Virginia  Hotel  of  Long  Beach,  which  is 
undoubtedly  the  finest  example  of  a  beach 
hotel  on  the  Pacific  Coast. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  California  Club, 
Los  Angeles  Country  Club,  Chamber  of  Com- 
merce of  Los  Angeles,  Chamber  of  Commerce 
of  Long  Beach,  Hotel  Virginia  Country  Club, 
Order  of  Elks,  Knights  of  Pythias,  Odd  Fel- 
lows and  Ancient  Order  of  United  Workmen. 


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ORRISON,  ALEXANDER 
FRANCIS,  Attorney-at-Law, 
San  Francisco,  Cal.,  was  born 
in  Weymouth,  Mass.,  Feb.  22, 
1856,  the  son  of  Archibald 
Morrison  and  Ellen  (Hart)  Morrison.  As  he 
came  to  San  Francisco  in  1864,  when  he  was 
eight  years  old,  and  has  grown  up  with  the 
city,  he  is  generally  regarded  as  a  true  San 
Franciscan.  On  April 
27,  1893,  he  was  married, 
at  Turner,  Oregon,  to 
Miss  May  B.  Treat. 

After  a  course  in  the 
public  schools  of  San 
Francisco  he  attended  the 
Boys'  High  School,  from 
1872  to  1874,  and  then 
entered  the  University  of 
California,  from  which 
he  was  graduated  A.  B. 
with  the  Class  of  78.  In 
1881  he  took  the  degree 
of  LL.  B.  from  the  Has- 
tings College  of  the  Law 
and  began  the  active 
practice  of  his  profes- 
sion. 

While  he  was  a  stu- 
dent at  Hastings  he  sup- 
plemented his  studies 
with  some  practical  ex- 
perience in  the  law  office 
of  Cope  &  Boyd,  and  not 
long  after  his  admission 
to  the  bar,  in  1881,  he 
formed  a  partnership 
with  Thomas  V.  O'Brien,  under  the  name  of 
O'Brien  &  Morrison.  In  1889  this  was 
changed  to  O'Brien,  Morrison  &  Dainger- 
field. 

Two  years  later  Mr.  Morrison  withdrew 
from  this  firm  and  formed  an  alliance  with 
the  late  C.  E.  A.  Foerster,  which  continued 
until  the  latter's  death,  in  1898. 

Hon.  W.  B.  Cope  having  joined  the  firm 
in  1896,  the  title  remained  Morrison  &  Cope 
until  1906,  when  it  became  Morrison,  Cope 
&  Brobeck,  and  on  the  death  of  Judge  Cope, 
in  1908,  Morrison  &  Brobeck.  The  present 
firm  of  Morrison,  Dunne  &  Brobeck  was 
formed  in  1910. 

During  these  years  Mr.  Morrison's  prac- 
tice has  been  of  a  general  nature,  but  chieflj 
in  corporation  law,  wherein  his  skill  and 
character  have  won  him  an  unusual  degree 
of  respect  and  confidence.  Almost  from  the 
start  he  has  had  charge  of  cases  involving 


A.  F.  MORRISON 


important  questions  and  interests.  Con- 
spicuous among  these  was  his  attorneyship 
for  the  settlement  of  the  George  Crocker 
Trust,  and  also  for  the  estate  of  Col.  Charles 
F.  Crocker. 

His  identification  with  the  Crocker  inter- 
ests, especially  as  they  relate  to  the  public, 
was    still    more    prominent  in    the    part     he 
played  in  the  proceedings  whereby  the  debt 
of     the     Central     Pacific 
Railroad     Company    was 
readjusted  and  the  prop- 
erty of  that  company  ac- 
quired   by    the    Southern 
Pacific. 

In  fact,  his  success  in 
bringing  about  settle- 
ments and  relations  as 
harmonious  and  satisfac- 
tory as  the  conditions 
will  permit  has  been  as 
pronounced  as  is  his  rep- 
utation for  diffidence  and 
trustworthiness. 

Mr.  Morrison's  special 
hobby  is  historical  read- 
ing, and  in  the  pursuit 
thereof  he  has  collected 
what  is  probably  the 
largest  private  library  of 
historical  works  to  be 
found  in  the  State.  It 
comprises  more  than  ten 
thousand  well  selected 
volumes. 

Among  the  various 
corporations  of  which  he 


is  a  director  are  the  Crocker  Estate  Com- 
pany, the  Crocker,  Huffman  Land  ind 
Water  Company,  the  Crocker  National 
Bank  of  San  Francisco,  the  Western  Sugar 
Refining  Company,  the  Spreckels  Sugar 
Company,  the  National  Ice  and  Cold  Storage 
Company,  the  Parrafine  Paint  Company  and 
others. 

Mr.  Morrison  is  a  member  of  the  Ameri- 
can Historical  Association,  the  Pacific  Coast 
Historical  Society,  the  California  Academy 
of  Sciences,  the  National  Geographical  So- 
ciety, the  American  Academy  of  Political 
and  Social  Science  and  the  American  Eco- 
nomic Society.  In  each  of  these  organiza- 
tions, which  have  for  the  objects  modern  ac- 
complishment, Mr.  Morrison  is  an  enthusi- 
astic worker  and  takes  an  active  part. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Pacific-Union 
Club,  the  University  Club,  the  Commercial 
Club  and  the  University  of  California. 


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INKLE,  FREDERICK  CE- 
CIL, Consulting  Engineer, 
Los  Angeles,  California,  is 
a  native  of  Viroqua,  Wis- 
consin, where  he  wa»  born 
May  5,  1865.  His  father  was  Thurston 
Finkle  and  his  mother  was  Sophia  (Mich- 
elet)  Finkle,  a  descendant  of  the  cele- 
brated French  historian,  Jules  Michelet. 

Mr.  Finkle  was  mar- 
ried on  September  18, 
1901,  in  San  Francisco,  to 
Miss  Priscilla  Ann  Jones, 
a  son  being  born  of  the 
union,  Frederick  Cecil 
Finkle,  Jr. 

After  graduating  from 
the  public  schools  of  his 
native  town,  Mr.  Finkle 
took  a  special  course  of 
engineering  at  the  Uni- 
versity of  Wisconsin,  ex- 
tending from  1882  until 
1887,  when  he  came  to 
California,  settling  at  San 
Bernardino,  where  he  at 
once  plunged  into  impor- 
tant engineering  employ- 
ment. 

From  1887  until  1888 
he  was  chief  engineer  for 
the  North  Riverside  Land 
and  Water  Company,  the 
Jarupa  Land  and  Water 
Company,  and  the  Vivi- 
enda  Water  Company,  for 
irrigation  systems  costing 
approximately  six  hundred  thousand  dollars. 

From  1889  to  1893  he  was  city  engineer 
of  San  Bernardino,  during  the  construction 
of  the  water  works,  of  streets,  and  many 
other  municipal  improvements,  and  at  the 
same  time  as  consulting  engineer  for  the 
State  of  California  for  water  works  and  for 
sewer  systems  for  state  institutions. 

From  1893  to  1897  Mr.  Finkle  was  chief 
engineer  for  the  East  Riverside  Irrigation 
district,  the  Riverside-Highland  Water  Com- 
pany and  the  Grapeland  Irrigation  district, 
and  from  1897  to  1906  he  served  notably  as 
chief  engineer  for  the  Southern  California 
Edison  Company  and  allied  concerns,  in 
charge  of  designs  and  construction  of  seven 
hydro-electric  power  plants  costing  ten  mil- 
lion dollars. 

Since  1906  Mr.  Finkle  has  been  retained 
as  consulting  engineer  and  expert  in  hy- 
draulic work  'for  a  score  of  irrigation  and 


F.  C.  FINKLE 


water  supply  companies  in  California,  Ore- 
gon, Colorado,  Arizona,  Mexico  and  other 
regions.  He  is  consulting  engineer  for  thirty 
or  more  large  corporations,  partly  mutual 
water  companies  and  partly  public  service 
corporations.  Among  these  are:  All  the 
mutual  water  companies  in  the  Imperial 
Valley,  Cal. ;  the  Southern  California  Edison 
Company,  Arrowhead  Reservoir  and  Power 
Company,  Redlands  and 
Yucaipa  Land  and  Water 
Company,  Mount  Hood 
Railway  and  Power  Com- 
pany of  Portland,  Ore., 
and  many  others. 

Mr.  Finkle's  most  im- 
portant works  and  those 
which  have  attracted 
world-wide  attention  are 
the  Kern  River  plant  No. 
1  of  the  Edison  Company, 
the  largest  impulse  water 
wheel  plant  in  the  world; 
Mill  Creek  No.  3  plant  of 
the  Edison  Company,  op- 
erating under  nearly 
2000  foot  head,  and  Ar- 
rowhead Dam  at  'Little 
Bear  Valley,  the  highest 
earth  dam  in  the  world. 

Mr.  Finkle  ranks  as 
one  of  but  few  men  who 
are  considered  the  high- 
est authorities  on  hy- 
draulic power,  irrigation 
and  domestic  water  sup- 
ply, and  hydrographic 
geology  in  the  world.  He  has  contributed 
somewhat  to  engineering  publications  on 
these  subjects. 

He  built  and  owns  the  Finkle  Building, 
Los  Angeles,  a  beautiful  eight-story  rein- 
forced concrete  structure  occupied  by  the 
Hotel  Snow ;  he  owns  the  Monitor  Apart- 
ments at  Ocean  Park  and  other  properties. 

As  a  conservative  Democrat  Mr.  Finkle 
has  taken  occasional  interest  in  politics.  He 
belongs  to  the  American  Institute  of  Electri- 
cal Engineers,  the  American  Society  of  Irri- 
gation Engineers,  the  So.  Cal.  Engineers  and 
Architects'  Association  and  the  So.  Cal.  Chap- 
ter of  the  American  Institute  of  Electrical  En- 
gineers. He  is  a  member  of  the  California 
Club  of  Los  Angeles,  the  Bohemia  Club  and 
Sierra  Club  of  San  Francisco,  the  Denver 
Club  of  Denver,  the  Automobile  Club  of  So. 
Cal.,  and  the  Automobile  Association  of 
America. 


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OUDGE,  HERBERT  J.,  At- 
torney-at-Law,  Los  Angeles, 
California,  a  native  of  Lon- 
don, England,  was  born  in 
1863,  on  April  26;  his  parents 
were  Nathaniel  Edmund  Goudge  and  Agnes 
(Bateman)  Goudge. 

He  was  married  on  February  1,  1891,  to 
Miss  Nellie  Agnes  Tighe,  in  Los  Angeles. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Goudge 
have  three  children: 
Agnes,  George  Philip 
and  Mildred  Goudge. 

He  attended  first  the 
City  of  London  School, 
then  the  City  of  London 
College,  and  then  Kings 
College  in  London,  fol- 
lowing a  course  of  legal 
studies,  for  which  he  had 
a  natural  inclination. 

But  finding  his  health 
failing,  he  was  forced  to 
forego  the  professional 
career  contemplated  and 
begin  a  quest  for 
strength,  one  that  hap- 
pily proved  eminently 
successful. 

He  spent  two  years  in 
travel  about  his  own 
country  and  on  the  con- 
tinent of  Europe,  after- 
wards coming  to  New 
York,  where  a  branch  of 
his  family  have  lived  for 
generations.  There  he 


HERBERT  J.  GOUDGE 


Almost  immediately  (1894)  he  was  ad- 
mitted to  practice  before  the  Supreme  Court 
of  the  State  of  California,  and  in  1907  he  at- 
tained the  right  to  appear  before  the  highest 
tribunal  of  the  country  and  successfully  ar- 
gued his  first  case  before  the  United  States 
Supreme  Court. 

Soon  after  his  admission  to  the  California 
bar  Mr.  Goudge  found  that  his  business 
grew  so  rapidly  that 
he  was  encouraged  to 
place  himself  in  a  larger 
circle  and  more  pro- 
nounced center  of  affairs, 
so  he  removed  to  Los 
Angeles  in  1895,  where 
he  engaged  in  the 
practice  of  his  profes- 
sion. 

He  took  a  decided  in- 
terest in  municipal  af- 
fairs, and  was  led  to  ac- 
cept the  position  of  First 
Assistant  City  Attorney 
in  1901,  a  place  that  he 
continued  to  fill  with 
credit  to  himself  and  val- 
uable results  to  the  city 
until  1906. 

During  his  term  -of  of- 
fice Mr.  Goudge  distin- 
guished himself  by  his 
work  in  connection  w^th 
the  legislation  required 
by  the  tremendous 
growth  of  the  city. 

Both   in   construc- 


remained  for  a  short  time  and  then  projected  a 
lengthy  journey  to  Panama,  which  he  under- 
took and  which  led  him  later  to  the  west 
coast  of  Central  America  and  Mexico,  and 
finally  to  San  Francisco,  where  he  arrived  in 
1888. 

California  presented  its  varied  attrac- 
tions and  resources  to  him,  and  after  travers- 
ing the  State  from  San  Francisco  to  San 
Diego,  with  a  view  to  a  life  in  the  open,  he 
entered  farming,  moving  to  Ventura  County, 
where  he  set  out  a  very  large  tract  of  land 
to  citrus  and  deciduous  fruits. 

While  pursuing  the  life  of  a  farmer  with 
a  high  degree  of  success,  Mr.  Goudge 
found  the  lure  of  the  law  still  insistent,  and 
he  resumed  his  readings  and  studies,  adapt- 
ing himself  readily  to  the  requirements  of 
the  profession  as  existing  in  California,  and 
was  admitted  to  practice  in  the  Superior 
Courts  of  Ventura  County  in  1893. 


tive  legislation  and  in  the  presentation 
of  such  matters  before  the  Senate  and 
Assembly  at  Sacramento  Mr.  Goudge 
proved  of  great  worth  to  the  community. 
He  played  ?.  prominent  part  in  many  impor- 
tant events  in  the  history  of  the  city,  such  as 
the  taking  over  of  the  City  Water  Company's 
plant,  the  acquisition  of  the  Owens  River 
water  rights  and  the  preservation  of  the  Los 
Angeles  River  bed  from  private  exploitation. 
On  his  retirement  from  office  Mr.  Goudge 
became  a  member  of  the  new  firm  of  Coch- 
ran,  Williams,  Goudge  and  Chandler,  which 
after  the  retirement  of  Mr.  George  I.  Coch- 
ran  from  practice  became  Williams,  Goudge 
and  Chandler.  He  is  a  director  of  the  Home 
Savings  Bank  and  president  of  the  Cotenants 
Co.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Southwest  So- 
ciety, Archaeological  Institute  of  America 
and  L.  A.  County  Horticultural  Society,  the 
California,  Union  League  and  Sunset  Clubs. 


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OOD,  WILLIAM,  Chief  En- 
gineer  of  the  Southern  Pacific 
Company,  San  Francisco,  Cal- 
ifornia, was  born  at  Concord, 
New  Hampshire,  Feb.  4, 
1846,  the  son  of  Joseph  Edward  Hood  and 
Maria  (Savage)  Hood,  His  ancestors,  who 
were  chiefly  English,  with  a  blend  of  Scotch, 
were  among  the  early  settlers  of  New  Eng- 
land, his  father's  family 
choosing  Massachusetts, 
and  his  mother's  people 
Vermont,  as  their  respec- 
tive places  of  residence. 
Joseph  E.  Hood,  a  grad- 
uate of  Dartmouth,  with 
the  class  of  '41,  was  a 
well-known  journalist  in 
New  England,  and  for 
sixteen  years  an  editorial 
writer  of  the  Springfield 
Republican.  Coming  of 
clean,  wholesome,  sturdy 
stock,  on  both  sides  of 
the  house,  William  Hood 
has  evidently  inherited 
the  essentially  New  Eng- 
land characteristics  of  en- 
ergy, ambition,  and  con- 
scientious devotion  to  the 
work  in  hand. 

From  the  time  he  was 
eight  years  old  to  the  out- 
break of  the  Civil  War  he 
attended  public  schools  in 
Boston  and  in  Spring- 
field, Massachusetts.  Not 
long  after  the  beginning  of  hostilities  he  en- 
listed as  a  private  soldier  in  Company  A,  46th 
Regiment,  Massachusetts  Volunteers,  and 
not  only  carried,  but  also  fired  a  musket, 
through  the  war,  until  shortly  after  the  bat- 
tle of  Gettysburg.  He  then  returned  home 
to  complete  his  education.  Though  he  had 
been  prepared  for  the  academic  course  his 
ambition  to  be  an  engineer  prompted  him  to 
enter  a  scientific  school.  Choosing  the  B.  S. 
Chandler  Scientific  School  of  Dartmouth  he 
studied  there  until  1867,  and  in  May  of  the 
same  year  began  his  professional  career  in 
California,  with  a  field  engineering  party,  in 
the  employ  of  the  Central  Pacific  Railroad 
Company. 

Beginning  as  an  axeman  he  rose  in  a  few 
months  to  the  post  of  assistant  engineer  of 
the  Central  Pacific,  at  that  time  building  the 
road,  with  Chinese  labor,  between  Cisco  and 
Truckee.  Ninety-one  and  a  half  miles  had 


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been  completed  to  Cisco,  and  after  the  twen- 
ty-seven and  seven-tenths  miles  were  finished 
to  Truckee  the  construction  moved  rapidly 
toward  Salt  Lake.  In  May,  1869,  the  Central 
Pacific  rails  met  those  of  the  Union  Pacific 
on  Promentory  Mountain,  Utah.  Mr.  Hood 
then  returned  to  the  Sacramento  Valley  and 
began  work  on  the  road  which  the  Centra] 
Pacific  was  building  from  Marysville,  Cali- 
fornia, to  Ashland,  Ore- 
gon. From  that  time  up 
to  the  present,  while  con- 
structing many  thousands 
of  miles  of  road  he  has 
held  these  positions: 
1875-83,  Chief  Assistant 
Engineer  of  the  Central 
Pacific ;  from  June  to  Oc- 
tober 10,  1883,  Chief  As- 
sistant Engineer  of  the 
Southern  Pacific ;  1883- 
85,  Chief  Engineer  of  the 
C.  P. ;  and  is  now  Chief 
Engineer  of  the  Southern 
Pacific  Company. 

Among  his  especially 
noteworthy  achievements, 
under  Mr.  Harriman's 
control,  is  the  reconstruc- 
tion of  the  Central  Pacific 
between  Reno,  Nevada, 
and  Ogden,  Utah,  includ- 
ing the  Ogden  and  Lucin 
cut-off,  across  Great  Salt 
Lake.  He  is  now  busy 
on  the  double  track  be- 
tween Sacramento  and 
Ogden  and  on  the  road  now  building  from  a 
point  opposite  Mt.  Shasta,  California,  to  Na- 
tron, Oregon,  by  way  of  Klamath  Lake  as 
well  as  on  sundry  other  railroad  construc- 
tion. Mr.  Hood's  reputation  as  a  construc- 
tive engineer  is  too  well  known  to  require 
comment.  His  remarkable  sense  and  mem- 
ory for  detail,  topography  and  other  essen- 
tials of  success  have  caused  his  associates  to 
regard  him  as  a  "law  unto  himself."  But 
though  strictly  an  engineer,  in  all  that  term 
implies,  he  is  not  above  riding  a  hobby  or 
two.  Chief  among  these  is  his  recreation  of 
tramping  in  the  hills  and  making  studies, 
with  .his  camera,  in  black  and  white,  and  in 
color  photography.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
American  Society  of  Civil  Engineers  and  the 
American  Association  for  Advancement  of 
Science.  His  clubs  are :  Pacific-Union,  Bo- 
hemian and  Olympic  of  San  Francisco,  Cali- 
fornia and  Jonathan  of.  Los  Angeles. 


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ARTINEZ,  FELIX,  Investments, 
El  Paso,  Texas,  was  born  in  Taos 
County,  New  Mexico,  March  29, 
1857,  the  son  of  Felix  Martinez 
and  Reyes  (Cordova)  Martinez. 
He  married  Virginia  Buster  at 
Las  Vegas,  New  Mexico,  September  24,  1880,  and 
to  them  there  have  been  born  six  children,  Felix, 
Jr.,  Alejandro,  (deceased),  Alfonso  M.,  Reyes,  Ho- 
racio  (deceased)  and  Virginia  Martinez.  The 
name  Martinez  is  one  of  the  most  honored  in  the 
history  of  Spanish  America,  with  numerous  repre- 
sentatives of  the  family  noted  in  the  military  and 
civic  annals  of  the  vast  domain  that  was  formerly 
ruled  by  Spain.  From  one  of  these,  Don  Felix 
Martinez,  Captain  General  and  Governor  of  the 
Province  of  New  Mexico  in  1715,  Felix  Martinez 
is  directly  descended,  and  the  family  has  been 
prominent  in  the  affairs  of  New  Mexico  from  the 
time  of  the  Captain  General  to  the  present  day. 

Mr.  Martinez,  a  prominent  figure  and  leader 
for  many  years  in  political,  financial  and  industrial 
affairs  of  the  Southwest,  received  his  early  edu- 
cation through  private  tutors  and  later  spent  four 
years  in  St.  Mary's  College,  at  Mora,  New  Mexico. 
He  supplemented  this  with  three  years'  study  in  a 
private  school  in  Denver,  Colorado. 

The  first  position  held  by  Mr.  Martinez  was  that 
of  general  salesman  for  a  firm  in  Denver  and 
Pueblo,  but  in  1877,  when  he  was  just  about  twenty 
years  of  age,  he  embarked  in  business  for  him- 
self as  the  proprietor  of  a  general  mercantile 
store,  at  El  Moro,  Colorado.  He  only  remained 
there  about  two  years  however,  moving  in  1879  to 
Las  Vegas,  New  Mexico,  where  he  engaged  in  busi- 
ness on  a  large  scale.  In  addition  to  conducting 
a  mercantile  establishment,  he  also  engaged  in 
buying  and  selling  live  stock  and  sheep,  and  in 
lumber  manufacturing  enterprises  and  was  well 
started  on  the  way  to  fortune,  when  his  property 
was  visited  by  fire  and  he  lost  practically  every 
dollar  he  had  in  the  world. 

Right  here  the  man  showed  extraordinary  cour- 
age. The  disaster  came  upon  him  on  September 
18,  1880,  within  a  few  days  of  the  date  set  for  his 
wedding,  but  undismayed,  he  went  ahead  with  his 
wedding  preparations,  and  on  September  24,  six 
days  after  seeing  his  fortune  swept  away,  he  was 
married. 

Mr.  Martinez  was  not  of  the  kind  that  waste 
time  in  weeping  over  his  losses,  however,  but  set 
about  the  recuperation  of  his  fortune.  Prior  to  the 
fire  he  had  established  splendid  credit  in  business 
and  financial  circles  and  through  this  he  was  en- 
abled to  get  a  new  start  at  once.  The  Eastern 
wholesale  houses  readily  let  him  have  all  the  stock 
he  wanted  to  re-establish  his  store,  while  from  the 
First  National  Bank  of  Las  Vegas  he  obtained  a 
loan  of  $2000. 

Despite  the  fact  that  he  had  to  pay  eighteen 
per  cent  per  annum,  the  prevailing  rate  of  interest 
at  that  time,  on  his  loan,  Mr.  Martinez  was  suc- 
cessful from  the  outset  and  soon  was  cleared  of 
debt  and  among  the  most  prosperous  men  of  his 
community.  He  conducted  his  store  and  other 
interests  until  1886,  selling  out  in  the  latter  year 
to  engage  in  an  entirely  new  line  of  activity. 

Foreseeing  that  the  West  was  a  land  of  prom- 
ise, destined  to  lure  thousands  of  homeseekers 
from  the  older  sections  of  the  East,  Mr.  Martinez 
entered  into  the  real  estate  business,  giving  espe- 
cial attention  to  the  building  of  homes  which  he 
sold  to  settlers  on  the  installment  plan.  This  not 
only  proved  a  profitable  investment  for  him,  but 
iave  numerous  men  the  opportunity  to  start  their 


lives   anew,  as  home  owners  possessed  of  an  op- 
portunity they  had  never  known  before. 

Mr.  Martinez  also  became  interested  in  various 
industrial  and  development  pursuits  at  this  time, 
and  met  with  success  in  all  of  his  ventures.  He 
had,  however,  gone  into  politics  quite  actively  and, 
being  a  liberal  contributor,  suffered  heavy  drains 
upon  his  resources. 

Beginning  his  political  activity  about  the  year 
1884,  when  San  Miguel  was  the  banner  Republi- 
can County  of  the  Territory  of  New  Mexico,  Mr. 
Martinez  worked  tirelessly  for  the  Democratic 
party,  with  the  result  that  through  his  influence, 
the  latter  organization  became  the  dominant  factor 
in  the  political  affairs  of  the  Territory  and  con- 
tinued in  power  for  many  years  afterwards.  Mr. 
Martinez,  for  nearly  fourteen  years,  was  the  leader 
of  his  party  in  San  Miguel  County  and  through  his 
many  successes  there  became  the  leader  of  the 
party  throughout  the  Territory. 

Early  in  his  political  career,  Mr.  Martinez  was 
a  candidate  for  election  to  the  office  of  County 
Treasurer  in  San  Miguel,  and  although  the  county 
was  overwhelmingly  Republican  he  only  failed  of 
election  by  a  few  votes.  Two  years  later,  in  1886, 
he  was  the  Democratic  candidate  for  the  office 
of  County  Assessor  and  was  elected,  this  victory 
changing  the  political  complexion  of  the  County. 
He  served  as  Assessor  for  two  years  and  in  1888 
was  elected  a  member  of  the  Territorial  House  of 
Representatives.  He  served  in  this  capacity  until 
1892,  when  he  was  elected  to  the  New  Mexico 
Senate  from  San  Miguel.  He  also  held  office  as 
District  Clerk  during  the  Cleveland  administra- 
tion. 

In  the  same  year  Mr.  Martinez  was  elected 
Chairman  of  the  New  Mexico  delegation  to  the 
Democratic  National  Convention  and  in  the  delib- 
erations of  that  body  was  an  active  factor.  It 
will  be  remembered  that  Grover  Cleveland,  put 
forward  for  the  nomination,  was  strenuously  op- 
posed by  certain  elements  in  the  party  and  his 
selection  was  made  possible  only  through  a  com- 
bination on  the  part  of  the  delegates  from  the 
various  Territories.  Mr.  Martinez,  looked  upon  as 
one  of  the  most  astute  politicians  in  the  Demo- 
cratic ranks,  organized  this  combine  and  held  the 
key  to  the  situation  which  resulted  in  the  nomi- 
nation of  Cleveland  and  made  possible  his  election 
to  the  Presidency  the  second  time. 

Returning  to  New  Mexico,  Mr.  Martinez  contin- 
ued to  direct  the  fortunes  of  the  Democratic  party 
for  several  years  after  this,  but  in  1897  moved 
his  headquarters  to  the  larger  field  afforded  by 
El  Paso,  although  he  still  retained  valuable  inter- 
ests in  New  Mexico.  At  that  time  he  practically 
retired  from  active  politics,  but  has  maintained 
his  interest  in  the  Democratic  party  and  still  sup- 
ports it.  He  has  never  permitted  his  name  to  be 
put  forward  since  1893  as  a  candidate  for  any  of- 
fice. His  friends  in  New  Mexico,  following  the  ad- 
mission of  the  Territory  to  Statehood  in  1911, 
tried  to  prevail  upon  him  to  become  a  candidate 
for  election  as  the  first  United  States  Senator  from 
the  new  State. 

Although  he  transferred  his  activities  and  resi- 
dence part  of  the  time  from  New  Mexico  to  Texas, 
the  people  of  the  former  State  have  such  confi- 
dence in  the  integrity  of  Mr.  Martinez,  his  remark- 
able genius  for  organization  and  management  of  in- 
dustrial ventures-  and  business  development,  that 
there  seemed  to  be  a  unanimous  feeling  on  the 
part  of  those  interested  in  the  progress  of  the 
new  State  to  choose  him  as  United  States  Senator 


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regardless  of  politics.  It  was  generally  conceded 
that  he  could  do  more  for  the  new  State  than  any 
other  man  who  could  be  found,  and  it  was  stated 
at  that  time  that  the  State  would  suffer  if  party 
plans  should  prevent  him  from  being  selected. 

Mr.  Martinez  persistently  refused  to  become  a 
candidate,  however,  but  nevertheless  the  leaders  of 
the  Democratic  side  of  the  New  Mexican  Legisla- 
ture put  him  forward  as  a  candidate  and  many 
members  of  the  Republican  side  promised  to  sup- 
port him,  owing  to  the  fact  that  they  could  not 
agree  at  that  time  on  a  candidate  of  their  own. 
Later,  however,  the  Republicans  became  reunited, 
and  being  in  control  of  the  Legislature,  elected 
one  of  their  own  party.  The  failure  to  elect  him 
did  not  disturb  Mr.  Martinez,  for  while  he  was 
sensible  of  the  compliment  the  people  of  New  Mex- 
ico paid  him,  he  was  satisfied  to  remain  in  the  re- 
tirement he  had  sought  for  himself  several  years 
previously. 

Ever  since  Mr.  Martinez  moved  to  El  Paso,  he 
has  been  a  potential  factor  in  the  development  of 
that  city.  He  became  identified  with  numerous  en- 
terprises for  its  upbuilding  almost  immediately 
after  his  arrival,  one  of  these  being  the  organiza- 
tion of  the  El  Paso  Chamber  of  Commerce,  in 
which  he  has  been  an  indefatigable  worker. 

Mr.  Martinez  embarked  in  the  real  estate  busi- 
ness upon  his  arrival  there  and  through  his  plan 
of  selling  property  on  small  monthly  payments,  met 
with  the  same  success  that  had  attended  his  efforts 
in  earlier  years  in  Las  Vegas.  His  operations  be- 
came so  extensive  that  he  opened  up  numerous 
additions  to  the  city  of  El  Paso,  and  in  this  way 
has  been  instrumental,  according  to  statistics,  in 
building  up  more  than  one-half  of  the  present  city. 

In  addition  to  these  activities,  Mr.  Martinez 
has  been  in  the  forefront  of  every  industrial  im- 
provement of  consequence  in  El  Paso  during  the 
years  he  has  been  in  the  city,  these  including  the 
organization  of  a  new  electric  railway  system, 
modern  water  works,  Union  depot,  a  great  cement 
factory,  numerous  real  estate  companies,  develop- 
ment companies  and  other  affiliated  enterprises. 

The  climax  of  Mr.  Martinez's  civic  efforts  and 
perhaps  the  most  notable  achievement  for  the 
public  good  of  his  entire  career  was  the  organiza- 
tion of  the  El  Paso  Valley  Water  Users'  Associa- 
tion. He  devoted  himself  to  the  accomplishment 
of  the  organization  persistently  for  eight  years, 
it  being  necessary  for  him  to  bring  the  Republic 
of  Mexico  and  the  States  of  Texas  and  New  Mexi- 
co to  an  agreement  on  the  division  of  the  waters 
of  the  Rio  Grande  River.  This  entailed  consider- 
able legislation,  a  special  treaty  between  the  gov- 
ernments of  Mexico  and  the  United  States  and  the 
surmounting  of  numerous  other  obstacles  of  va- 
rious kinds. 

One  less  determined  than  Mr.  Martinez  proba- 
bly would  have  been  discouraged  many  times  dur- 
ing the  campaign  and  abandoned  the  work,  but  he 
kept  it  alive  despite  all  opposition  and  finally  had 
the  satisfaction  of  bringing  about  the  greatest 
irrigation  project  in  the  United  States,  and,  in 
some  respects,  in  the  whole  world,  known  to-day 
as  the  Rio  Grande  Project.  This  project  has  been 
and  is  the  chief  factor  in  the  development  of  El 
Paso  and  surrounding  country,  and  its  benefits 
are  multiplying  as  the  work  progresses.  He  has 
been  in  charge  of  the  irrigation  canal  system  in 
the  El  Paso  Valley  for  the  past  five  years. 

Mr.  Martinez  commands  quite  as  much  consid- 
eration south  of  the  International  Boundary  as  he 


does  on  the  American  side,  and,  by  his  many  acts 
of  friendly  interest,  has  come  to  be  an  influence 
in  the  councils  of  Mexican  affairs.  It  was  through 
his  efforts  and  initiative  that  the  historic  meeting 
between  President  Taft  of  the  United  States  and 
President  Porfirio  Diaz  of  Mexico  was  arranged  in 
1909,  and  when  the  two  executives  met,  and  in  the 
banquet  tendered  by  President  Diaz  to  President 
Taft  at  Juarez,  Mr.  Martinez  took  a  prominent 
part  in  the  attendant  ceremonies,  and  was  selected 
to  present  the  golden  goblets  to  the  Presidents  as 
mementos  of  the  occasion.  At  a  later  date,  when 
Diaz  was  forced  to  flee  the  country  and  Mexico 
was  torn  by  civil  war,  Mr.  Martinez  initiated  the 
movement  that  culminated  in  the  successful  peace 
negotiations  between  the  Madero  and  Diaz  forces, 
thus  bringing  about  peace  in  the  country  for  the 
time. 

Despite  the  fact  that  he  has  figured  so  promi- 
nently in  public  affairs,  the  great  secret  of  Mr. 
Martinez's  success  has  been  his  ability  to  elimi- 
nate himself  from  figuring  in  many  places  where 
he  should  be  credited  with  leading.  By  his  adroit- 
ness he  takes  second,  third  or  fourth  place  or  is 
entirely  unknown  in  matters,  where,  in  truth,  he 
was  the  main  factor.  The  great  desire  with  him 
has  always  been  to  get  the  thing  done  without 
reference  to  himself. 

In  business  affairs  of  El  Paso  it  has  been  dem- 
onstrated on  many  occasions  that  the  people 
would  rather  take  his  judgment  than  that  of  any 
other  man  in  his  section  of  the  State,  believing 
they  can  follow  him  with  the  greatest  certainty  of 
success.  This  is  due  to  the  fact  that  Mr.  Martinez 
has  been  an  untiring  worker  for  the  upbuilding  of 
the  city  and  has  never  lost  an  opportunity  to  give 
to  the  city  any  improvement  which  he  thought 
would  be  for  her  benefit.  It  was  with  this  idea  in 
mind  that  he  fostered  the  various  industries  noted 
above.  He  also  was  one  of  the  chief  factors  in  giv- 
ing to  the  city  a  new  railroad  system — the  El  Paso 
&  Southwestern,  which  has  grown  to  be  one  of  the 
most  important  railroad  lines  in  the  Southwest. 

Mr.  Martinez,  in  addition  to  his  private  invest- 
ments and  his  work  for  the  public  good,  is  inter- 
ested in  numerous  business  enterprises,  to  all  of 
which  he  gives  a  part  of  his  time  and  counsel. 
He  is  a  Director  in  the  First  National  Bank  of  El 
Paso,  Chairman  of  the  Executive  Committee  and 
Secretary  of  the  El  Paso  Valley  Waters  Users' 
Association,  President  of  the  Central  Building  & 
Improvement  Company,  President  or  the  Interna- 
tional Improvement  Company,  President  of  the  El 
Paso  Realty  &  Investment  Company,  Vice-Presi- 
dent  of  the  Southwestern  Portland  Cement  Com- 
pany and  Director  in  the  First  Mortgage  Company 
of  El  Paso.  He  also  is  President  of  the  Martinez 
Publishing  Company  of  Las  Vegas,  New  Mexico. 
He  is  now  interested  in  several  publications,  and 
has  been  the  publisher  of  several  daily  newspa- 
pers in  New  Mexico  and  Texas,  during  the  last 
twenty-five  years. 

He  is  stockholder  or  adviser  in  many  other 
concerns,  but  those  noted  above  serve  to  show 
the  diversity  of  the  man's  interests. 

Mr.  Martinez,  who  is  respected  as  a  man  of 
highest  principle  and  sense  of  honor,  is  a  deep 
student  of  affairs,  an  original  thinker  and  philoso- 
pher, an  eloquent  and  forceful  speaker,  and  a  natu- 
ral leader.  He  is  unselfish  in  his  devotion  to  the 
public  and  esteemed  as  one  of  the  most  valuable 
factors  in  the  development  of  the  resources  of 
the  country. 


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YRNE,  CALLAGHAN,  Capitalist, 
(Deceased),  Los  Angeles,  Cali- 
fornia, was  born  in  New  Orleans, 
Louisiana.  He  died  October  1, 
1908,  leaving  one  son,  Callaghan 
Byrne,  Jr. 

Mr.  Byrne  left  his  New  Orleans  home  in  child- 
hood and  the  greater  part  of  his  life  was  spent  in 
California.  The  family  first  located  in  San  Fran- 
cisco, and  Mr.  Byrne  received  his  education  there. 
He  first  attended  the  Parochial  schools  of  San 
Francisco  and  later  was  graduated  from  St. 
Ignatius  College,  of  the  same  city. 

Upon  leaving  college  Mr.  Byrne  entered  the 
service  of  the  San  Francisco  and  North  Pacific 
Railroad  Company,  known  as  the  Donahue  Line,  in 
a  minor  capacity,  and  within  a  short  time  was 
promoted  to  the  position  of  Assistant  Passenger 
and  Ticket  Agent.  Later  he  was  appointed  to  the 
office  of  Cashier  of  the  road,  and  from  this  position 
advanced  to  that  of  Auditor. 

During  his  boyhood  Mr.  Byrne  associated  with 
men  of  large  real  estate  interests,  and  although 
he  began  his  career  in  the  railroad  business,  later 
in  life  engaged  in  real  estate  on  such  a  scale  as 
to  bring  credit  to  himself  and  the  city  of  Los 
Angeles.  He  first  visited  Los  Angeles  in  1882, 
while  he  was  still  in  the  railroad  service,  stopping 
off  there  with  his  mother  on  their  way  to  the 
Mardi  Gras  fete  in  his  native  city  of  New  Orleans. 
He  was  so  impressed  with  the  Southern  California 
city  during  that  brief  visit  that  he  became  at  once 
one  of  its  greatest  advocates  and  urged  his  rela- 
tives and  friends  to  invest  in  property  there. 
Finally,  in  1886,  he  with  his  mother  and  his  brother, 
James  W.  Byrne,  a  business  man  of  San  Francisco, 
made  some  investments  in  Los  Angeles,  and  in 
1892  Mr.  Byrne  located  there  permanently. 

From  the  time  of  his  advent  in  Los  Angeles 
until  his  death  Mr.  Byrne  was  one  of  the  active 
forces  in  the  upbuilding  of  the  city  and  is  credited 
with  having  had  an  extraordinary  influence  on 
the  general  growth  and  advancement  of  the  city. 
Soon  after  his  arrival  there,  Mr.  Byrne,  with  the 
foresight  that  was  one  of  his  chief  characteristics, 
saw  the  need  of  a  modern  office  building  in  a  city 
of  &uch  great  promise  and  set  about  drawing  plans 
for  such  a  structure.  Aided  by  his  brother,  he  soon 
had  his  plans  completed  and  work  was  started  on 
the  Byrne  Building,  at  Third  and  Broadway,  the 
first  modern  office  building  erected  in  Los  Angeles. 
The  building  is  five  stories  high,  with  a  ground 
space  of  120  by  105  feet,  is  of  classical  design  and 
architecture.  It  had  the  added  distinction  at  the 
time  of  its  erection,  of  being  built  witn  the  most 
expensive  brick  ever  used  up  to  that  time  in  Los 
Angeles,  this  being  the  celebrated  Roman  brick 
of  Lincoln,  Placer  County,  California. 

The  Byrne  Building  gave  an  impetus  to  large 
construction  on  Broadway,  now  the  main  artery 
of  Los  Angeles,  and  served  as  a  model  for  many  of 
its  successors.  One  of  the  cardinal  principles  of 
Mr.  Byrne's  life  was  to  have  quality  in  all  things 
rather  than  quantity,  and  this  idea  is  carried  out 
in  his  building,  one  of  the  chief  characteristics  of 


its  design  being  an  arrangement  that  would  give 
sunlight  in  all  offices  at  all  times  during  the  day. 
In  throwing  open  the  building  to  occupancy  Mr. 
Byrne  instituted  restrictions  that  compelled  the 
merchants  to  establish  a  fashionable  shopping  dis- 
trict, and  he  rented  the  offices  only  to  tenants  of 
the  highest  professional  and  business  standing. 

His  efforts  to  maintain  the  very  best  stand- 
ards on  Broadway  were  as  a  duty  to  Mr.  Byrne, 
and  it  is  said  of  him  that  he  did  more  to  impart 
dignity  and  character  to  that  thoroughfare  than 
any  other  one  man  of  his  time.  This  was  instanced 
in  many  ways.  At  one  time  in  the  early  stages 
of  the  development  of  the  street  as  a  business 
center  an  attempt  was  made  to  locate  a  saloon 
on  it,  and  Mr.  Byrne  immediately  started  a  cru- 
sade in  opposition  to  the  plan,  with  the  result  that 
the  saloon  was  barred,  and  there  never  has  been 
one  located  on  Broadway  from  Second  to  Sixth 
Street,  a  distance  of  half  a  mile.  This  condition  is 
unequaled  anywhere  in  a  non-prohibition  town, 
and  one  result  of  Mr.  Byrne's  fight  for  a  clean 
thoroughfare  was  a  tremendous  increase  in  prop- 
erty values  which  have  grown  steadily  since. 

Another  unique  feature  of  Broadway,  due  to 
Mr.  Byrne's  efforts,  is  the  lack  of  trolley  poles  on 
the  sidewalks,  although  double  tracks  run  the 
length  of  the  street.  When  electric  cars  were 
first  projected  in  Los  Angeles,  he  made  a  proposal 
to  the  city  and  the  property  owners  that  the  sup- 
porting wires  of  the  trolley  system  be  run  to  the 
buildings  on  either  side  of  Broadwey  in  order  to 
keep  the  section  clear  of  unsightly  poles.  This 
was  adopted  and  the  appearance  of  the  street 
thus  enhanced. 

These  are  characteristic  instances  of  Mr. 
Byrne's  work  for  the  betterment  of  Los  Angeles, 
but  numerous  others  could  be  cited,  for  as  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Los  Angeles  Chamber  of  Commerce  he 
was  one  of  the  most  active  workers  in  the  city's 
behalf,  and  as  Chairman  of  the  Chamber  of  Com- 
merce Committee  on  Fiesta  he  aided  largely  in 
the  success  of  the  city's  annual  celebration. 

Mr.  Byrne,  despite  his  efforts  for  the  public 
good,  was  a  man  of  retiring  disposition  and  never 
participated  actively  in  political  affairs,  his  aver- 
sion to  holding  office  extending  even  so  far  as 
banks  and  other  corporations.  He  preferred  to  be 
free  to  travel  whenever  his  affairs  would  permit 
of  such  recreation,  and  during  his  vacations  he 
traveled  all  over  Europe  and  the  United  States. 
He  was  accompanied  by  members  of  his  family 
on  these  tours  and,  being  of  a  literary  and  artistic 
temperament,  found  enjoyment  in  the  collection 
of  paintings,  sculpture,  rare  literary  prizes  and 
various  works  of  art.  During  their  years  of  travel 
the  family  gathered  a  splendid  collection  of  paint- 
ings, marble,  bronze  statuary,  bric-a-brac  and  a 
valuable  library,  all  of  which  were  lost  in  the 
disaster  which  overwhelmed  San  Francisco  in  1906. 

Mr.  Byrne  enjoyed  the  confidence  of  business 
men  all  over  the  country,  and  had  numerous  loyal 
friends,  but  his  only  affiliation  outside  of  home  and 
business  circles  was  the  Jonathan  Club  of  Los 
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ORGAN,  OCTAVIUS,  Archi- 
tect, 'Los  Angeles,  California, 
was  born  in  Canterbury,  Eng- 
land, on  October  20,  1850. 
Giles  Chapman  Morgan  was 
his  father  and  Caroline  Tyler  (Adams) 
Morgan  was  his  mother.  Mr.  Morgan 
was  married  in  1884  to  Margaret  Susan  Wel- 
ier  Offenbacker,  and  two  children  have  been 
born  of  the  union,  Octav- 
ius  Weller  and  Jessie  Car- 
oline Morgan. 

Mr.  Morgan  was  edu- 
cated at  Kent  House 
Academy,  at  the  Thomas 
Cross  Classic  School,  and 
at  the  Sydney  Cooper  Art 
School  in  Canterbury. 

It  was  during  his  pre- 
liminary education  that 
he  began  the  study  of  his 
profession,  as  he  was  at 
the  same  time  employed 
in  Canterbury  in  the  of- 
fice of  F.  A.  Gilhaus,  an 
architect  and  contractor 
of  high  repute  in  Eng- 
land. He  followed  this 
practical  study  for  five 
years,  when  he  decided  to 
seek  his  fortune  in  a  new 
country,  and  selected  the 
United  States  as  the 
scene  of  his  efforts. 

He  arrived  in  this 
country  in  1871,  coming 
via  Canada  and  locating 


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in  Denver,  Colorado,  where  he  found  employ- 
ment for  a  time  in  the  office  of  a  Mr.  Nichols, 
who,  as  was  the  practice  in  those  days,  com- 
bined the  work  of  an  architect  with  that  of 
a  builder  and  contractor. 

Denver  was  at  that  time  in  an  incipient 
stage  of  development  and  architecture  was 
about  the  least  thing  in  demand;  the  city 
only  had  a  population  of  four  thousand  and 
at  the  time  he  was  there  Mr.  Morgan  saw 
two  thousand  Ute  Indians  camped  in  the 
Platte  River  bottoms. 

Mining  was  the  absorbing  occupation 
then,  and  Mr.  Morgan  soon  quitted  the  office 
for  the  mountains  and  traversed  the  greater 
portion  of  Colorado,  Wyoming,  Idaho,  Utah 
and  Nevada,  seeking  on  his  golden  quest,  il- 
lusive fortune ;  finally  he  came  to  California, 
still  mining,  and  secured  a  claim  on  Lytle 
Creek  in  San  Bernardino  county;  but  his  at- 
tention was  soon  called  to  the  rapidly  grow- 


ing Los  Angeles,  and  he  abandoned  his  pan 
and  rocker  and  made  his  home  in  that  city. 
He  reached  Los  Angeles  in  June,  1874,  hav- 
ing been  three  years  on  his  journey  from 
Denver. 

He  immediately  saw  the  professional  pos- 
sibilities of  the  city  and  associated  himself  at 
once  with  R.  F.  Kysor,  a  pioneer  architect; 
this  firm  continued  until  1888,  when  Mr. 
Kysor  retired  from  business  and  since  that 
time  the  concern  has  been 
Morgan  and  Walls.  Mr. 
Morgan  has  incessantly 
followed  his  vocation  ex- 
cepting a  time  spent  in 
1878-80  in  a  tour  of  the 
East,  and  again  in  1898- 
90,  when  he  traveled  in 
Europe. 

To  Mr.  Morgan  be- 
longs the  proud  record  of 
having  up  to  a  few  years 
ago  done  fully  one-third 
of  all  the  architectural 
work  of  the  city ;  even 
now,  when  the  building 
operations  have  grown 
from  the  $600,000  which 
it  was  when  he  began  his 
professional  career,  to  the 
enormous  total  of  $12,- 
000,000  per  annum,  he 
continues  to  do  ten  per 
cent  of  the  work. 

Some  of  his  principal 
works  have  been,  the 
city's  first  modern  hos- 
pital, the  Sisters  of 
Charity  hospital  and  the  first  high  school,  on 
the  site  of  the  present  Court  House.  More 
recent  buildings  are  the  Farmers  and  Mer- 
chants' Bank  edifice,  the  Van  Nuys  and  the 
W.  P.  Story  buildings;  he  built  the  original 
residences  on  both  the  Kerckhoff  and  the  I. 
W.  Hellman  lots,  tearing  them  down  in  the 
course  of  time  to  replace  them  with  the  pres- 
ent modern  business  blocks. 

His  activity  has  always  been  displayed  in 
city  affairs,  and  he  has  invariably  been  with 
the  progressive  elements  of  the  community; 
in  1898,  and  again  in  1900,  he  served  as  a 
member  of  the  Freeholders'  Charter  Board. 

He  is  a  member  and  a  past  president  of 
the  Engineers  and  Architects'  Association, 
the  Southern  California  Chapter  of  the  Amer- 
ican Institute  of  Architects,  and  the  Califor- 
nia State  Board  of  Architecture ;  a  member  of 
the  California  and  Jonathan  clubs,  a  Mason 
and  an  Odd  Fellow. 


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LIVER,  FRANK,  Mining  and  Con- 
structing Engineer,  Los  Angeles, 
California,  is  a  native  of  England, 
born  at  Bury  St.  Edmunds,  June 
13,  1861.  He  is  the  son  of  George 
John  Oliver  and  Maria  Agnes 
(Loder)  Oliver,  and  married  Sarah  Emma  Mould  at 
Melbourne,  Australia,  August  18,  1885. 

Mr.  Oliver,  who  has  an  international  reputation 
in  his  profession,  received  the  preliminary  part  of 
his  education  in  the  Gram- 
mar School  of  his  native 
town,  then  studied  for  a  year 
and  a  half  under  a  private 
tutor,  George  Griffith,  M.  A. 
Later  he  studied  under  W.  A. 
Coates,  B.  A.,  C.  E.,  for  sev- 
eral years,  taking  a  full 
course  in  Engineering. 

Upon  the  completion  of 
his  studies,  Mr.  Oliver  en- 
tered the  employ  of  a  firm  of 
mechanical  engineers  in  his 
native  town,  serving  two 
years  of  an  apprenticeship. 
For  three  more  years  he  was 
engaged  with  E.  R.  and  F. 
Turner,  engineers,  of  Ips- 
wich, England,  with  whom  he 
completed  his  apprenticeship. 
When  he  received  his  diplo- 
ma, he  was  engaged  under 
contract  as  Supervising  En- 
gineer for  Dickinson  &  Com- 
pany, an  engineering  firm  en- 
gaged in  the  manufacture  of 
machinery  for  the  production 
of  nitrates  and  silver  in 
South  America.  His  work 

lay  between  Iquiqui  and  Antofagasta,  Chili,  and  dur- 
ing much  of  the  time  he  was  in  close  association 
with  Colonel  North,  of  nitrate  fame. 

In  1883,  Mr.  Oliver  returned  to  England  and 
after  a  Visit  of  several  months,  left  in  the  fall  of 
the  same  year  for  Melbourne,  Australia,  where  he 
became  associated  with  the  Melbourne  Cable  Car 
Company,  as  Constructing  Engineer.  This  was  the 
first  cable  system  in  that  section  of  the  world,  and 
all  of  the  gripmen  and  conductors,  in  addition  to 
the  supervising  car  builders,  were  imported  from 
San  Francisco. 

Upon  the  completion  of  his  work  with  the  cable 
car  system,  Mr.  Oliver  took  up  mining  in  Australia, 
in  association  with  Mr.  Ramsay  Thompson  of  the 
Long  Tunnel  Mining  Company,  whose  properties 
were  located  at  Walhalla,  Gippsland,  Victoria.  Later 
he  was  placed  in  charge  of  the  property  known  as 
the  Blue  Jacket,  on  the  lower  Jordan  River,  in  the 
Mount  Lookout  district  of  Victoria,  and  during  the 
two  years  he  was  there  developed  the  mine  and  in- 
stalled a  large  amount  of  machinery.  When  this 


was  finished,  he  went  to  England  for  another  vis-it, 
and  after  a  six  months'  stay,  returned  to  Mel- 
bourne, where  he  engaged  in  a  general  engineering 
practice.  For  a  year  and  a  half  he  conducted  an 
independent  business,  but  he  was  then  sought  by 
Messrs.  Thompson  &  Son,  contracting  engineers,  of 
Castlemaine,  Victoria,  on  construction  of  the  sew- 
age pumping  plant  for  the  city  of  Melbourne.  The 
great  Australian  metropolis  is  built  in  a  basin  and 
all  sewage  has  to  be  pumped  out  of  it  under  vacuum 
pressure,  a  physical  condition 
which  afforded  unusual  en- 
gineering difficulties. 

His  work  on  the  Mel- 
bourne system  ended,  Mr. 
Oliver  made  another  trip  to 
his  home  in  England  and  re- 
mained in  the  mother  coun- 
try for  about  twelve  months. 
He  then  accepted  a  contract, 
in  1896,  with  the  British 
America  Corporation,  which 
took  him  to  Rossland,  British 
Columbia,  as  Assistant  Gen- 
eral Manager  of  their  mining 
properties,  which  included 
the  Le  Roy,  Nickel  Plate, 
Josie  and  others.  He  was 
engaged  there  for  more  than 
three  years  and  about  the 
year  1900  gave  up  his  work 
to  come  into  the  United 
States.  He  first  located  in 
Colorado  and  for  the  next 
four  years  was  engaged  in 
general  engineering  and  min- 
ing work,  and  in  1904,  was 
appointed  by  A.  D.  Parker, 
Vice  President  of  the  Colo- 
rado Southern  Railroad,  as  mining  manager  for 
the  Florence  Goldfield  Mining  Company.  Mr.  Oliver 
was  in  the  Goldfield  district  for  more  than  three 
years  and  also  managed  the  Little  Florence  Mining 
Co.  and  the  Frances  Mohawk. 

In  1908,  Mr.  Oliver  was  engaged  in  quicksilver 
mining  in  the  Pacific  Coast  Range  of  Mountains, 
but  in  1909,  he  became  interested  in  oil  and  gave 
up  his  mining  work  temporarily  to  engage  in  the 
petroleum  business.  Locating  in  Los  Angeles,  he 
turned  his  attention  to  the  oil  fields  in  the  Midway 
district  of  Kern  County,  California,  and  for  two 
years  was  active  as  an  operator  in  that  territory. 
In  1911,  however,  he  sold  out  his  oil  interests  and 
resumed  his  engineering  work,  establishing  offices 
in  Los  Angeles.  He  had  a  general  practice,  but  the 
greater  part  of  his  time  was  spent  on  projects  in 
New  Mexico  and  Lower  California.  He  has  con- 
tinued his  interest  in  some  of  the  latter. 

In  1912,  he  became  President  of  the  Western 
Excavator  &  Development  Company,  engaged  in 
the  Southwest  in  various  important  enterprises. 


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ALL,  ALBERT  BACON,  United 
States  Senator  from  New  Mexico, 
Three  Rivers,  New  Mexico,  was 
born  at  Frankfort,  Kentucky,  No- 
vember 26,  1861.  He  is  the  son  of 
William  R.  Fall  and  Edmonia 
(Taylor)  Fall.  He  married  Emma  Morgan  at 
Woodbury,  Tennessee,  May  8,  1883,  and  to  them 
there  have  been  born  four  children,  John  Morgan, 
Alexina  (Mrs.  C.  C.  Chase),  Carolyn  (Mrs.  M.  T. 
Everhart)  and  Jouett  Fall. 
The  Senator's  family  origin- 
ated in  Spain,  but  was  trans- 
planted centuries  ago  to  Scot- 
land, his  grandfather,  the 
first  to  settle  in  America, 
going  to  Kentucky,  in  1808. 
The  Senator  also  traces  his 
family  back  to  Sir  Nicholas 
Bacon,  the  father  of  Sir 
Francis  Bacon. 

Senator  Fall  received  the 
rudiments  of  his  education  in 
the  country  schools  of  Ken- 
tucky and  Tennessee,  but  the 
main  part  of  his  teaching 
was  at  the  hands  of  his 
grandfather,  who  was  a 
Scotch-Englishman  of  culture 
and  the  son  of  an  ex-army 
officer.  His  father  having 
joined  the  Confederate  forces 
shortly  after  the  Senator's 
birth,  the  latter  spent  much 
of  his  boyhood  with  his 
grandparents  and  was  tu- 
tored by  them. 

When  he  was  twelve 
years  of  age  Senator  Fall 
went  to  work  for  his  living, 
his  family  having  suffered 
terrific  losses  during  the  war. 
He  first  worked  in  a  cotton 
factory  at  Nashville,  Tenn., 
but  later  became  a  drug  clerk 

and  worked  at  various  other  occupations  until  he 
was  sixteen  years  of  age.  Returning  to  Kentucky 
about  this  time,  he  became  a  country  school 
teacher  and  took  up  the  study  of  law,  reading  at 
night.  He  mastered  the  law,  but  did  not  apply  for 
admission  to  practice  until  many  years  afterwards. 

In  1881,  Senator  Fall  left  his  native  State  and 
headed  for  the  West,  which  has  been  his  home  al- 
most continually  since.  He  first  went  to  the  Indian 
Territory,  where  he  became  a  cowboy,  and  punched 
cattle  for  some  time,  finally  going  to  Texas,  where 
he  rode  the  range  for  a  few  years  more. 

About  1883,  Senator  Fall  located  at  Clarkes- 
ville,  Texas,  and  went  into  the  land  business  there, 
also  purchased  several  silver  mining  claims  in  the 
vicinity  of  Zacetecas,  Mexico.  Making  Clarkesville 
his  headquarters,  he  made  numerous  trips  to 
Mexico  and  also  operated  in  lands  in  other  parts 
of  the  South,  one  of  his  chief  properties  being  a 
plantation  on  the  Red  River  in  Arkansas. 

Since  that  time  Senator  Fall  has  been  inter- 
ested in  cattle,  real  estate  and  mining  operations, 
in  addition  to  having  various  other  interests.  Leav- 
ing Clarkesville  in  1886,  the  Senator  took  his 
family  to  Las  Cruces,  New  Mexico,  and  established 
a  residence  there,  but  he  was  engaged  in  mining 
at  Kingston,  Sierra  County,  New  Mexico.  He  later 


HON.  ALBERT   B.   FALL 


located  in  Las  Cruces  and  engaged  in  the  real 
estate  business,  also  became  a  farmer  on  an  ex- 
tensive scale.  About  a  year  later  he  became  asso- 
ciated with  a  lawyer  named  Nelson  M.  Lowry,  but 
did  not  practice  until  1889,  when  he  was  admitted 
to  the  Bar  of  New  Mexico,  after  which  he  became 
an  active  member  of  the  legal  profession. 

On  his  locating  in  Las  Cruce&,  Senator  Fall 
began  to  take  an  interest  in  politics  and  probably 
was  the  first  "insurgent"  so-called  in  the  United 
States.  In  1890  he  was 
elected  to  the  Lower  House 
of  the  Territorial  Legislature 
'as  an  independent  Democrat 
and  became  one  of  the  lead- 
ers of  that  body  almost  im- 
mediately. He  was  chosen 
Chairman  of  the  Judiciary 
Committee,  also  acted  as 
floor  leader  and  Chairman  of 
the  Democratic  caucus.  Dur- 
ing this  term  he  helped  draw 
the  first  free  school  law  en- 
acted in  New  Mexico,  this 
being  the  basis  of  the  pres- 
ent public  school  system  in 
the  State  and  the  first  time 
the  Territory  ever  had  an 
organized  public  educational 
plan. 

In  1892  the  Senator  was 
elected  to  the  Territorial 
Council  or  Senate  of  New 
Mexico  and  during  the  ses- 
sion of  that  Legislature  also 
acted  as  floor  leader  and  man- 
ager of  much  important 
legislation.  Before  the  expi- 
ration of  his  term,  he  was  ap- 
pointed, in  1893,  by  President 
Grover  Cleveland  to  be  As- 
sociate Justice  of  the  New 
Mexico  Supreme  Court.  After 
serving  six  months  he  re- 
signed in  order  to  devote 

himself  to  his  private  business,  but  his  resignation 
was  not  accepted  and  he  served  in  all  two  years, 
at  the  end  of  which  time  he  returned  to  the  man- 
agement of  his  law  practice  and  other  private 
business  affairs. 

After  enjoying  less  than  a  year  of  private  life 
he  was  re-elected  in  1896  to  the  Territorial  Council 
from  Donna  Ana  and  other  Southern  Counties,  and 
in  this  Legislature,  as  in  previous  ones,  he  was  one 
of  the  leaders,  serving  upon  the  Judiciary  and 
Finance  Committees.  About  this  time  Senator 
Fall  began  to  break  away  from  the  regular  Demo- 
cratic organization.  He  had  been  an  independent 
for  many  years  and  during  this  session  maintained 
a  neutral  attitude,  not  affiliating;  with  either  of  the 
old  line  parties.  In  1897,  while  he  still  served 
as  Councilor,  he  was  appointed  Attorney  General 
of  New  Mexico  bv  Acting  Governor  Miller  and 
served  for  nearly  a  year,  or  until  the  new  Terri- 
torial administration  took  office. 

His  term  expiring  in  1898,  about  the  time  of 
the  outbreak  of  the  Spanish-American  War,  Sen- 
ator Fall  returned  to  Las  Cruces  and  organized  a 
company  for  service  in  Cuba.  This  organization, 
known  as  Company  H,  First  Territorial  Regiment, 
United  States  Volunteers,  with  Senator  Fall  as  its 
Captain,  was  first  intended  for  service  in  the 


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Philippine  Islands,  but  later  the  plans  were 
changed  and  they  were  started  towards  Cuba. 
After  going  into  camp  in  Georgia,  Senator  Fall, 
who  had  been  on  courtmartial  duty  the  greater 
part  of  the  time,  was  detached  from  his  command 
and  assigned  to  General  Sanger's  staff  as  "Sani- 
tary Inspector  of  Matanzas,"  but  this  plan  was 
changed  and  Senator  Fall  was  stationed  in  Wash- 
ington, D.  C.,  on  special  duty,  remaining  there 
until  he  returned  to  Georgia  to  be  mustered  out 
with  his  company  in  March,  1899. 

For  many  years  prior  to  1898,  Senator  Fall  had 
been  associated  in  the  law  business  with  W.  A. 
Hawkins,  now  General  Attorney  for  the  Phelps- 
Dodge  Railroad  and  their  mining  interests  and  the 
head  of  a  large  law  firm,  in  connection  with  vari- 
ous Pecos  Valley  enterprises,  especially  the  Ele- 
phant Butte  Reservoir  Company,  and  when  he  re- 
turned to  his  law  practice  in  Las  Cruces,  he  also 
established  a  co-partnership  with  Mr.  Hawkins, 
John  Franklin  and  Leigh  Clark  of  El  Paso.  In 
this  connection,  Senator  Fall  attended  to  all  the 
firm's  legal  business  in  New  Mexico  and  in  asso- 
ciation with  Mr.  Hawkins  took  part  in  the  work  of 
perfecting  plans  for  the  El  Paso  &  Northeastern 
Railroad  to  Santa  Rosa  and  across  to  Dawson, 
New  Mexico,  which  opened  up  large  areas  of  coal 
lands,  now  owned  by  the  Phelps-Dodge  interests. 
This  partnership  continued  until  1904,  when  Sen- 
ator Fall  gave  up  active  law  work  and  decided  to 
devote  himself  to  other  interests,  he  having  at  all 
times  maintained  extensive  mining  holdings  in 
New  Mexico  and  in  Old  Mexico. 

It  was  about  this  time  that  the  Senator  became 
engaged  in  one  of  the  most  important  works  of 
his  career.  In  Mexico,  he  acquired  a  million  and 
a  half  acres  of  land  in  the  States  of  Chihuahua  and 
Sonora  and  later  turned  this,  with  other  proper- 
ties, over  to  Colonel  William  C.  Greene,  the  famous 
mining  operator.  He  thereupon  became  a  partner 
of  Colonel  Greene  in  some  of  his  great  operations 
and  also  acted  as  general  counsel  for  the  various 
Greene  enterprises,  about  twenty  in  all,  including 
lumber,  mining  and  railroad  companies. 

Colonel  Greene,  at  this  stage  of  his  picturesque 
career,  was  entering  upon  a  gigantic  plan  of  de- 
velopment in  the  various  lines  indicated  and  Sen- 
ator Fall  was  his  adviser  from  that  time  practically 
until  the  death  of  the  celebrated  copper  magnate. 
Besides  acting  as  general  counsel  for  the  Greene 
companies,  he  also  held  office  in  several  of  them, 
including  the  Greene  Gold  &  Silver  Company,  the 
Sierra  Madre  Land  &  Lumber  Company,  the  Rio 
Grande,  Sierra  Madre  &  Pacific  Railroad  Company 
of  which  he  was  Vice  President,  and  the  Sierra 
Madre  &  Pacific  Railroad  Company,  in  which  he 
held  the  office  of  President.  But  the  Senator,  about 
the  year  1906,  sold  the  greater  part  of  his  interest 
in  the  Greene  affairs,  and  went  back  to  the  hand- 
ling of  his  own  properties  in  New  Mexico.  It  is 
of  record  that  Colonel  Greene  had  millions  of  dol- 
lars staked  on  his  numerous  ventures,  and  when 
the  financial  panic  of  1907  came  he  was  one  of  the 
men  who  suffered  most.  The  blow  broke  Colonel 
Greene's  health  and  he  was  compelled  to  go 
to  Japan  to  recuperate.  Senator  Fall  was  sum- 
moned, as  being  the  man  most  familiar  with  the 
workings  of  the  Greene  business,  to  straighten  out 
the  tangled  interests  of  his  former  partner  and  he 
left  a  sickbed  to  go  into  Mexico  and  untangle  the 
maze  into  which  the  Greene  affairs  were  plunged. 
This  done,  he  returned  to  his  own  personal  inter- 
ests, but  has  since  acted  in  an  advisory  capacity 
to  Colonel  Greene's  widow  in  various  legal  matters. 

Although  he  was  actively  engaged  in  business 


affairs,  Senator  Fall  did  not  retire  from  politics, 
for  he  was  elected  to  the  Territorial  Council  a 
third  time  in  1902,  being  nominated  on  both  the 
Democratic  and  Republican  tickets  of  his  district, 
but  affiliating  with  the  Republicans  as  an  inde- 
pendent. In  this  session  he  represented  practically 
the  entire  Southern  half  of  New  Mexico. 

In  1907  the  Territory  of  New  Mexico  was 
threatened  with  a  multitude  of  land  litigations  and 
Senator  Fall,  at  the  urgent  request  of  President 
Roosevelt  and  Governor  Curry,  accepted  appoint- 
ment as  Attorney  General,  but  only  served  for 
about  three  months. 

Retiring  from  the  Attorney  Generalship,  Sen- 
ator Fall  again  confined  himself  to  his  private 
interests  until  1909,  when  he  was  nominated  and 
elected  as  a  Non-Partisan  Delegate  to  the  Con- 
stitutional Convention,  at  which  the  basic  law  of 
the  State  of  New  Mexico  was  framed.  He  served 
as  Chairman  of  the  Legislative  Committee  and  on 
other  committees  and  took  a  leading  part  in  the 
drafting  of  the  corporation  commission  law  and 
other  important  sections  of  the  Constitution  on 
which  New  Mexico  was  admitted  to  Statehood. 

Generally  recognized  as  one  of  the  important 
factors  in  the  legal  and  industrial  upbuilding  of 
New  Mexico,  Senator  Fall  was  elected  by  the  Leg- 
islature at  its  first  meeting  in  March,  1912,  to 
represent  the  new  State  in  the  United  States  Sen- 
ate. By  one  of  those  chances  of  custom,  he  drew 
the  so-called  short  term  in  office,  which  meant  that 
he  should  serve  about  one  year,  or  until  March  3, 
1913.  At  a  later  meeting  of  the  State  Legislature, 
however,  in  June,  1912,  he  was  again  elected  to 
the  Senate,  this  time  for  a  term  of  six  years,  so 
that  in  reality  he  was  honored  by  a  seven-year 
term  in  office  and  is  scheduled  to  represent  New 
Mexico  at  Washington  until  March  3,  1919. 

Senator  Fall  immediately  took  a  prominent 
place  in  the  affairs  of  the  Senate  and  was  assigned 
to  a  number  of  committees  not  u&uallv  given  to 
new  members.  Among  these  are  the  Committees 
on  Pacific  Islands  and  Porto  Rico,  District  of  Colum- 
bia and  Patents  and  Irrigation.  When  the  Senate 
directed  the  Committee  on  Foreign  Affairs  towards 
the  close  of  the  session  of  1912,  to  investigate  and 
report  whether  certain  American  corporations  had 
been  involved  in  the  Madero  and  Orozco  revolu- 
tions in  Mexico,  and  the  revolution  in  the  Island 
of  Cuba,  Senator  Fall,  though  not  a  member  of 
that  Committee,  was  chosen  by  special  resolution 
of  the  Senate  to  take  part  in  that  investigation, 
and  he,  with  Senator  William  Alden  Smith  of  Mich- 
igan, had  full  charge  of  the  subsequent  inquiries. 

In  reality  a  part  of  the  history  of  New  Mexico 
himself,  Senator  Fall  has  made  a  feature  of  his- 
torical works  dealing  with  the  Territory  and  this 
forms  a  large  part  of  his  private  library,  which  is 
one  of  the  largest  in  the  Southwest.  His  home  at 
Three  Rivers,  or  Salinas,  is  one  of  refinement  and 
culture,  set  in  the  midst  of  a  splendid  ranch  of 
five  thousand  acres.  There  the  Senator  maintains 
a  large  establishment,  and  grows  not  only  fruits, 
flowers  and  vegetables  on  a  large  scale,  but  also 
has  a  magnificent  stock  farm,  whereon  he  breeds- 
fine  horses.  He  also  has  another  ranch  of  35,000 
acres  and  is  an  extensive  cattle  raiser. 

He  is  a  substantial  man  and  enjoys  widespread 
personal  popularity.  He  has  a  magnificent  family 
and  gets  the  most  of  his  enjoyment  out  of  his  home, 
but  he  also  is  a  member  of  well  known  clubs. 
Among  these  are  the  Foreign  Club  of  Chihuahua, 
Mexico,  the  Toltec  Club  of  El  Paso,  and  the  Man- 
hattan Club  of  New  York.  He  also  holds  member- 
ship in  the  B.  P.  O.  Elks. 


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ATHAWAY,  WILLIAM  LEE,  San 
Francisco,  California,  Manager  for 
California,  Nevada  and  the  Ha- 
waiian Islands  of  the  Mutual  Life 
Insurance  Company  of  New  York, 
was  born  in  Providence,  Rhode 
Island,  February  15,  1867,  the  son  of  William  H. 
Hathaway  and  Mary  (Clancy)  Hathaway.  His  pa- 
ternal origin  is  of  the  old  Puritan  stock,  with  its 
source  in  the  Isle  of  Wight,  while  his  maternal  an- 
cestors were  Irish  and  English  landowners.  Mr. 
Hathaway's  paternal  grandfather  was  prominent 
among  the  early  settlers  of  Oregon,  to  which  terri- 
tory he  came  from  New  Bedford,  Massachusetts,  in 
the  late  thirties;  and  he,  together  with  his  com- 
panions who  first  cast  their  lot  in  the  Umpqua  Val- 
ley, below  Roseburg,  became  the  progenitors  of 
nearly  every  important  family  of  Douglas  County. 

On  May  13,  1893,  Mr.  Hathaway  was  married  at 
Colusa,  California,  to  Miss  Caro  Paulson  and  they 
are  the  parents  of  two  daughters,  Marie  Craig  and 
Mabel  Clancy  Hathaway. 

William  L.  Hathaway's  early  boyhood  was 
passed  in  Oregon,  his  father  having  been  the  first 
of  Captain  Hathaway's  relatives  to  join  him  there, 
in  1868.  He  attended  the  public  schools  in  Ashland, 
Oregon,  and  later,  when  his  family  moved  to  Cali- 
fornia, which  State  they  had  first  reached  a  few 
days  before  the  big  earthquake  of  1868,  he  con- 
tinued his  schooling  at  Yreka,  transferring  thence 
to  Colusa.  After  a  two  years'  course  in  the  night 
school  of  the  Atkinson  Business  College  at  Sacra- 
mento, during  which  time  he  was  employed  by  the 
firm  of  Waterhouse  &  Lester,  wholesalers  of  wagon 
materials,  he  engaged  in  the  real  estate  and  broker- 
age business  in  the  Puget  Sound  country,  dealing 
largely  in  timber  lands.  Returning  to  California  in 
1892,  he  entered  the  employ  of  the  Mutual  Life  In- 
surance Company  of  New  York,  through  A.  B. 
Forbes,  at  that  time  the  company's  chief  represent- 
ative on  the  Coast. 

Since  his  entrance  into  the  insurance  world  Mr. 
Hathaway's  work  has  been  closely  connected  with 
the  agency  end  of  the  business.  He  early  con- 
ceived the  idea  of  transforming  the  previously  ex- 
isting methods  to  a  system  that  has  formed  the 
basis  of  the  present  procedure.  This  consisted 
largely  in  eliminating  the  extravagant  cost  of  get- 
ting business  and  in  educating  for  insurance  young 
men  who  were  doing  fairly  well  in  other  walks  of 
life.  He  acted  on  the  theory  that  a  man  capable 
of  success  in  other  activities  could  succeed  in  life 
insurance.  Strong  in  this  belief,  he  organized  in  the 
insurance  world  a  new  force,  which  has  proved  a 
benefit  to  the  companies  and  to  the  agents  alike. 
Naturally,  his  ideas  and  work  attracted  wide  at- 
tention and  led  to  an  extension,  which  the  company 
called  upon  him  to  achieve,  throughout  the  United 
States.  During  the  years  that  he  was  absent  on 
this  mission  he  visited  every  important  city  in 


America  and  Canada  and  traveled  abroad  as  well. 

His  absorbing  ambition  to  become  the  head  of 
the  San  Francisco  office  prompted  him  to  reject 
many  flattering  offers  of  a  choice  of  locations  else- 
where and  to  return  to  that  city,  where,  on  January 
1,  1906,  he  took  charge  of  the  local  office.  He  was 
well  on  the  way  toward  the  development  of  the  busi- 
ness when  the  great  disaster  befell. 

During  those  trying  days  Mr.  Hathaway's  en- 
thusiastic advocacy  of  a  return  of  all  the  business 
houses  to  their  old  stands  and  his  re-establishment 
of  his  own  company  in  its  own  quarters,  "almost 
before  the  pavements  were  cold,"  were  potent  influ- 
ences in  encouraging  others  to  follow  his  example. 
His  company  was  not  only  the  first  to  transact 
any  business  in  the  burnt  financial  district,  but  it 
is  well  known  that  the  results  of  his  trips  to  New 
York  to  divert  some  of  those  millions  to  the  parched 
business  channels  of  San  Francisco  are  responsible 
for  about  $20,000,000  of  real  money  contributed  to 
the  rebuilding  of  the  city.  The  general  recognition 
of  his  great  work  has  helped  him  not  only  in  his 
insurance  business,  but  also  in  his  connection  with 
the  Panama-Pacific  Exposition  Company,  which, 
both  in  the  early  struggles,  and  later  through  his 
memberships  of  the  Ways  and  Means,  the  Counties 
and  other  important  committees,  he  has  greatly 
aided  in  the  quest  for  funds  and  by  the  force  of 
example. 

His  abundant  energies  are  now  focused  on  the 
idea  he  has  conceived  for  a  Panama-Pacific  World's 
Insurance  Congress  in  San  Francisco  in  the  year 
1915.  In  this  connection  he  has  traveled  much  in 
the  East,  and  his  work  for  this  great  end  has  re- 
ceived the  heartiest  encouragement  from  the  presi- 
dents of  all  the  leading  insurance  companies  in 
America  and  in  foreign  countries.  Mr.  Hathaway, 
as  chairman  of  the  congress,  whose  membership 
includes  the  presidents  of  all  the  California  insur- 
ance companies,  and  every  prominent  business  man 
connected  therewith  in  San  Francisco,  feels  justly 
proud  of  the  honor  conferred  upon  him. 

But  his  greatest  service  for  his  city  and  state 
is  to  be  found  in  his  share  of  the  honors  of  victory 
in  the  memorable  fight  for  the  Exposition.  When 
the  battle  was  waging  in  Washington  this  insurance 
association,  under  Mr.  Hathaway's  direction,  who 
as  chairman  conducted  the  operations,  did  such 
heroic  service  that  the  papers  of  New  Orleans  gave 
as  one  of  the  three  'principal  reasons  why  that  city 
lost  the  fight  the  fact  that  all  the  big  Eastern  in- 
surance companies  were  lined  up  for  San  Francisco. 

He  is  prominent  in  the  affairs  of  the  National 
Association  of  Life  Underwriters,  the  Chamber  of 
Commerce  of  San  Francisco  and  the  Home  Indus- 
try League,  and  is  a  member  of  the  Press  Club  and 
the  Presidio  Golf  Club.  He  devotes  much  time  and 
energy  to  all  business  organizations  connected  with 
the  upbuilding  of  the  city  and  State,  and  has  con- 
tributed as  a  writer  to  insurance  publications. 


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REW,  FRANCK  C.,  Attorney  (firm 
Metson,  Drew  &  McKenzie),  San 
Francisco,  California,  was  born  at 
San  Jose,  that  State,  May  31,  1861, 
the  son  of  John  R.  Drew  and 
Mary  Francis  (Dowling)  Drew. 
He  married  Mrs.  Helen  P.  White  (formerly  Miss 
Ramsay)  in  San  Francisco,  April  7,  1900. 

After  a  course  through  the  Lincoln  Primary  and 
the  Lincoln  Grammar  Schools  of  San  Francisco,  the 
latter  of  which  he  left  in 
1876,  he  took  two  years  in 
the  Boys'  High  School,  but 
the  desire,  coupled  with  the 
necessity,  of  earning  his  liv- 
ing, prevented  his  gradua- 
tion. The  real  struggle  be- 
gan there,  and  he  showed 
the  qualities  that  have  char- 
acterized his  subsequent 
progress.  During  this  school- 
ing he  was  in  the  habit  of 
rising  at  2:30  a.  m.  to  sell 
papers  on  the  street  and  also 
to  deliver  them  on  his  routes. 
In  1879,  when  he  was  17 
years  old,  he  entered  the  pub- 
lishing house  of  Bacon  & 
Co.,  where  he  became  a  book 
•and  job  printer  and  proof 
reader.  But  the  progressive 
bee  was  already  in  his  bon- 
net, so  at  night  he  studied 
shorthand  to  qualify  as  a 
stenographer.  These  efforts 
were  rewarded  a  few  years 
later,  in  1883,  by  a  position  as 
amanuensis  with  Eppinger  & 
Co.,  wheat  operators. 


FRANCK   C.   DREW 


Here  he  remained  until  1887,  and  then  entered, 
in  the  same  capacity,  the  House  of  Siegfried  & 
Brandenstein,  tea  importers.  Losing  his  position 
two  years  later,  he  went  over  to  the  San  Francisco 
Call  as  compositor  and  proofreader,  but  after  an- 
other two  years  became  the  stenographer  in  the 
law  office  of  Patrick  Reddy. 

This  position  he  retained  until  1894,  in  which 
year  he  was  appointed  stenographer  to  Governor 
James  H.  Budd.  At  the  end  of  three  months,  how- 
ever, he  returned  to  the  office  of  Patrick  Reddy, 
but  retained  his  allegiance  to  the  Governor,  be- 
coming, in  fact,  his  chief  political  adviser.  From 
this  point  he  was  an  active  worker  in  the  ranks 
of  the  Democratic  party. 

Upon  the  appointment  of  Rhodes  Borden  as 
Judge  of  the  Superior  Court,  Mr.  Drew  was  made 
official  snorthand  reporter  in  Department  11.  He 
held  the  same  position  under  Judge  Lawlor  and 
managed  both  his  and  Borden's  political  campaigns. 
After  another  course  of  night  study,  this  time  of 
the  law,  he  was  admitted,  in  1903  to  the  bar  and 


soon  became  a  member  of  the  firm  of  Campbell, 
.Metson  &  Drew,  which  changed  subsequently  to  the 
present  title  of  Metson,  Drew  &  McKenzie. 

By  a  curious  turn  of  fate  this  firm  was  em- 
ployed, in  1905,  to  prosecute  Mr.  Drew's  old  em- 
ployer, Eppinger,  who  had  been  indicted  on  the 
charge  of  issuing  false  warehouse  receipts.  Senti- 
ment proving  stronger  than  the  lure  of  success  and 
dollars,  Mr.  Drew  refused  to  associate  himself  with 
the  prosecution.  Among  other  important  cases 
with  which  his  name  is 
prominently  linked  may  be 
mentioned  that  of  the  Peo- 
ple vs.  Eugene  Schmitz, 
Mayor  of  San  Francisco,  and 
the  People  vs.  Rankin,  who 
was  accused  of  hypothecat- 
ing some  of  the  Ocean  Shore 
bonds.  In  the  latter  of  these 
Mr.  Drew  was  the  leading 
counsel  for  the  defense  and 
in  the  former  associate 
counsel. 

Mr.  Drew's  marriage,  in 
1900,  indirectly  enlarged  his 
field  of  activities.  To  pre- 
vent a  strike,  wherein  much 
diplomacy  was  necessary,  he 
became  president  and  super- 
intendent of  the  L.  E.  White 
Lumber  Company  and  spent 
two  years  in  close  study  of 
the  business,  at  the  same 
time  that  he  was  preparing 
himself  for  admittance  to 
the  bar.  Under  his  manage- 
ment the  assets  of  the  com- 
pany grew  from  half  a  mil- 
lion to  five  million  dollars, 
and  incidentally  made  him  a  holder  of  many  acres 
of  sugar  pine  lands  in  the  Southern  part  of  the 
State. 

This  foregoing  industry,  however,  has  appar- 
ently only  stimulated  Mr.  Drew's  desire  to  find 
recreation  in  his  favorite  hobbies,  the  study  of 
French  and  Esperanto,  in  the  former  of  which  he 
is  skillful  and  in  the  latter  an  expert. 

He  has  also  found  time  to  contribute  articles 
and  verses  to  the  newspapers  and  to  keep  alive 
his  interest  in  his  clubs  and  societies,  among 
which  are  the  Bohemian,  the  Family  and  the 
Press  clubs,  the  San  Francisco  Bar  Association, 
Touring  Club  of  France,  Native  Sons  of  the  Golden 
West,  the  Eagles,  the  Redmen,  the  American 
Geographical  Society,  the  Dolphin  Swimming  and 
Rowing  Club,  the  American  Esperanto  Association, 
the  French  Society  for  the  Development  of  Pho 
netics  and  the  International  Association  of  Es- 
peranto Jurists. 

He  is  an  exempt  member  of  San  Francisco 
Typographical  Union  No.  21. 


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ONATY,  RT.  REV.  THOMAS 
JAMES,  Roman  Catholic  Bishop 
of  Monterey  and  Los  Angeles, 
California,  is  a  native  of  Ireland, 
having  been  born  in  Kilnaleck, 
County  Cavan,  Ireland,  August  1, 
1847.  His  father  was  Patrick  Conaty  and  his 
mother  Alice  (Lynch)  Conaty.  He  comes  from  old 
Milesian  stock,  inhabitants  of  Ireland  for  centuries. 
Bishop  Conaty  came  to  Massachusetts  with  his 
parents  May  10,  1850,  and 
was  educated  in  the  public 
schools  of  Taunton,  that 
State.  On  December  30, 
1863,  he  entered  Montreal 
College,  Canada,  where  he 
studied  for  a  brief  period.  In 
September,  1867,  he  entered 
the  junior  class  of  the  Holy 
Cross  College,  Worcester, 
Massachusetts,  and  gradu- 
ated with  the  degree  of  A. 
B.,  July,  1869.  He  then  en- 
tered the  Grand  Seminary  at 
Montreal,  and  was  ordained 
priest  December  21,  1872.  He 
received  the  degree  of  D.  D. 
from  the  Georgetown  Uni- 
versity in  July,  1889,  and 
that  of  J.  C.  D.  from  Laval 
University  of  Quebec,  Decem- 
ber, 1896. 

On  January  1,  1873,  Bish- 
op Conaty  was  made  assist- 
ant Pastor  of  St.  John's 
Church,  Worcester,  Massa- 
chusetts. He  remained  in 
this  position  for  seven  years, 
winning  a  large  acquain- 
tance through  his  genial  disposition  and  strong 
personality.  For  his  labors  in  that  locality  he  was 
made  Pastor  of  the  Sacred  Heart  Church  of  Wor- 
cester January  10,  1880. 

His  education,  breadth  of  mind  and  knowledge 
of  educational  subjects  caused  him  to  be  elected 
a  member  of  the  School  Board  of  that  city,  which 
office  he  filled,  exercising  the  highest  sense  of 
duty  toward  the  general  public,  for  fourteen  con- 
secutive years.  Many  of  the  best  educational 
measures  passed  by  that  board  while  Bishop  Con- 
aty was  a  member  are  accredited  to  his  liberal 
and  far-reaching  policies.  Another  civic  recogni- 
tion was  his  election  as  Trustee  of  the  Worcester 
Public  Library.  His  counsel  was  productive  of  the 
best  results  and  he  was  re-elected  for  another  term 
of  six  years. 

Pope  Leo  XIII  appointed  him  Rector  of  the 
Oatholic  University  of  America  at  Washington, 
D.  C.,  October  22,  1896.  Here  he  remained  for 
six  years.  He  was  appointed  by  Leo  XIII  as 


RT.  REV.  THOS.  J.  CONATY 


Domestic  Prelate  of  the  Pope  in  the  latter  part 
of  1897.  In  1901  his  great  ability  was  again  recog- 
nized by  the  Head  of  the  Roman  Catholic  Church 
when  he  was  honored  with  the  office  of  Titular 
Bishop  of  Samos. 

On  November  24  of  the  same  year  he  was  con- 
secrated Bishop  by  Cardinal  Gibbons  at  Baltimore, 
Maryland. 

On  March  27,  1903,  he  was  appointed  Bishop  of 
Monterey  and  Los  Angeles,  taking  active  charge  of 
that  diocese  in   June  of  the 
same    year,    with    headquar- 
ters in  Los  Angeles. 

From  July,  1892,  until 
1896  he  served  as  President 
of  the  Catholic  Summer 
School  of  America  at  Platts- 
burg,  New  York.  He  was 
President  of  the  Catholic 
Total  Abstinence  Union  of 
America,  1886-1888,  and  is  an 
advocate  of  that  movement 
in  its  fullest  extent.  From 
1900  to  1903  he  was  Presi- 
dent of  the  Conference  of 
Catholic  Colleges  of  America. 
Bishop  Conaty  has  always 
been  identified  with  the  Par- 
liamentary movement  in 
America  for  reforms  in  Ire- 
land, and  has  worked  for 
better  conditions  in  his  na- 
tive country  throughout  his 
entire  life.  He  advocates 
radical  educational,  political 
and  social  reforms. 

He  is  the  author  of  nu- 
merous works,  among  them 
being  the  "New  Testament 
Studies"  (1896)  and  the  Catholic  School  and  Home 
Magazine  (1892-96).  His  literary  efforts  are  not 
limited  to  one  subject,  but  cover  a  large  field  of  re- 
ligious, educational  and  civic  subjects. 

As  a  pulpit  orator  he  stands  in  the  foremost 
rank.  As  a  public  speaker  and  lecturer  he  has 
attained  great  prominence.  As  an  American  citi- 
zen he  stands  for  what  is  highest  and  best  in 
citizenship. 

Bishop  Conaty,  being  of  broad  mind  and  pro- 
gressive instincts,  takes  an  active  interest  in  the 
development  of  the  country  over  which  he  exercises 
religious  jurisdiction  and  has  been  concerned  in  nu- 
merous movements  for  the  moral  and  civic  better- 
ment of  Los  Angeles.  He  has  been  connected  with 
numerous  plans  for  the  uplifting  of  the  public  mind. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Newman  Club,  Sunset 
Club,  California  and  University  Clubs  of  Los  An- 
geles, the  Municipal  League  and  the  Choral  Society. 
He  is  associate  member  of  the  G.  A.  R.  Post  10, 
Worcester,  Massachusetts. 


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ICHARDSON,  WILLIAM  ED- 
WARD, President  and  General 
Manager  of  the  Compania  Con- 
structora  Richardson,  S.  A.,  Los 
Angeles,  California,  was  born  in 
Frederick  City,  Maryland,  Novem- 
ber 23,  1870.  His  parents  were 
Richardson  and  Jane  Briscoe 
He  married  Marion  Edna 


Ignatius  Davis 
(Ramsburgh)  Richardson. 
Hord  at  Central  City,  Nebraska,  April  4,  1903,  and 
to  them  there  have  been  born  three  children,  Wil- 
liam Hord,  Thomas  Benton 
Hord  (deceased)  and  Jane 
Beatrice  Richardson.  Mr. 
Richardson  is  descended  from 
an  old  Southern  family,  the 
first  ancestor  in  America  hav- 
ing been  William  Richardson, 
who  came  over  from  England 
in  1655  and  settled  at  West 
River,  Ann  Arundel  County, 
Maryland.  The  family  home 
was  in  Maryland  from  that 
time  until  several  years  after 
the  Civil  War,  and  various 
members  served  in  the  sev- 
eral wars  of  the  country, 
Captain  William  Richardson 
and  Colonel  John  Lynn  hav- 
ing attained  distinction  in  the 
Revolution. 

In  the  spring  of  1871  Mr. 
Richardson's  parents  moved 
from  the  old  home  in  Mary- 
land to  Clarks,  Nebraska, 
where  they  purchased  a  large 
amount  of  land  and  estab- 
lished a  new  home.  There  he 
spent  his  boyhood,  attending 
the  common  schools  of  the 
district  until  he  was  nearly 
eighteen  years  of  age. 

In    1888    Mr.    Richardson 
gave   up   school   and   entered 
the  employ  of  the  Union  Pa- 
cific Railroad  in  a  minor  po- 
sition.    He  was-  stationed  at 
Clarks  and  Schuyler,  Nebras- 
ka, at  different  times,  and  remained  with  the  com- 
pany for  about  two  years  and  a  half,  acquiring  a 
knowledge  of  telegraphy  during  this  period. 

In  the  spring  of  1891  Mr.  Richardson  left  the 
employ  of  the  Union  Pacific  R.  R.  and  went  to  So- 
nora,  Mexico,  joining  there  his  elder  brother  Davis, 
who  had  gone  to  Mexico  in  1889,  and  who  was  en- 
gaged in  mining  busine&s  in  that  country.  During 
a  period  of  eighteen  years,  from  1891  to  1909,  the 
year  in  which  the  death  of  Mr.  Davis  Richardson 
occurred,  Mr.  Richardson  and  hi&  brother,  together 
with  another  brother,  Frank,  were  closely  asso- 
ciated in  mining  operations  carried  on  in  that  part 
of  old  Mexico.  These  operations,  which  were  quite 
extensive  and  at  times  quite  successful,  were  han- 
dled through  a  partnership  corporation  called 
"Richardson  Brothers  Company,"  with  offices  in 
Los  Angeles,  California.  During  this-  period  of 
eighteen  years,  although  at  all  times  closely  inter- 
ested and  associated  with  his  brothers  in-  mining 
ventures,  Mr.  Richardson  for  a  period  of  six  and  a 
half  years  was  employed  as  assistant  to  the  Mining 
Engineer  of  the  La  Dura  Mill  &  Mining  Company 
at  La  Dura,  Sonora,  Mexico. 

Mr.  Richardson,  who  had  become  one  of  the 
practical  mining  engineers  of  Sonora,  resigned  his 
position  with  the  La  Dura  Mill  &  Mining  Company 


W.   E.  RICHARDSON 


in  November,  1898,  and  took  charge,  in  the  capacity 
of  Vice  President  and  General  Manager,  of  the  La 
Bufa  Mines,  a  notable  Sonora  property,  which  was 
at  that  time  controlled  by  Richardson  Brothers 
Company,  they  owning  a  majority  interest  in  it. 
Mr.  Richardson  was  actively  engaged  in  this  ca- 
pacity for  nearly  ten  years,  and  until  work  was 
temporarily  discontinued  in  the  spring  of  1908,  on 
account  of  Yaqui  Indian  depredations  in  and 
surrounding  Sonora. 

In  1905  Richardson  Brothers  Company  incor- 
porated the  Compania  Con- 
structora  Richardson,  S.  A., 
with  Davis  Richardson  as 
President  and  W.  E.  Richard- 
son as  Vice  President.  In 
1909,  following  the  death  of 
his  brother,  W.  E.  Richard- 
son became  President  and 
General  Manager  of  this 
company,  which  is  engaged 
in  one  of  the  most  gigantic 
development  enterprises  of 
the  North  American  conti- 
nent, the  building  of  the  nec- 
essary storage  and  diversion 
dams,  together  with  the 
requisite  canals  for  the  dis- 
tribution of  water,  to  place 
under  irrigation  nearly  one 
million  acres  of  land  compris- 
ing the  entire  area  known  as 
"Yaqui  Valley,"  located  on 
the  Yaqui  River  in  the  State 
of  Sonora,  Mexico. 

Since  1908,  the  year  he  gave 
up  active  mining,  Mr.  Rich- 
ardson has  been  the  directing 
force  in  the  affairs  of  this 
company,  which  was  origin- 
ated by  his  brother.  He  has- 
come  to  be  regarded  one  of 
the  West's  great  developers. 
The  Compania  Construe- 
tora  Richardson,  S.  A.,  is  the 
operating  company  under 
which  this  great  work  is  be- 
ing done  and  which,  when 

completed,  will  comprise  one  of  the  most  remark- 
able pieces  of  irrigation  engineering  on  this  conti- 
nent. The  holding  company  through  which  the  cap- 
ital for  this  project  is  secured  is  tne  Yaqui  Delta 
Land  &  Water  Company,  of  Delaware.  Among  Mr. 
Richardson's  associates  in  this  great  enterprise  are 
Mr.  John  Hays  Hammond,  the  greatest  Mining  En- 
gineer in  the  world,  and  Mr.  Harry  Payne  Whitney, 
the  noted  capitalist.  Another  great  undertaking 
which  owes  its  commencement  to  Mr.  Richardson 
in  part  is  the  Southern  Pacific  West  Coast  Railroad 
of  Mexico,  built  from  Guaymas  to  Tepic,  a  distance 
of  over  800  miles.  The  original  concession  for  the 
building  of  the  road  was  secured  from  the  Mexi- 
can Government  by  Messrs.  Davis  and  W.  E.  Rich- 
ardson and  later  by  them  was  transferred  to  the 
Southern  Pacific  Company  under  a  guarantee  that 
the  road  would  be  built.  This  secured  a  railroad 
for  the  Yaqui  Valley  which  was  of  vital  importance 
to  their  irrigation  project. 

Mr.  Richardson  is  also  interested  in  various  im- 
portant mining  ventures,  and  is  President  of  the 
Bufa  Mining  Company  previously  mentioned. 

Mr.  Richardson  is  a  member  of  the  Lawyers', 
New  York  Athletic  Club,  and  Rocky  Mountain 
Club  of  New  York,  American  Club  of  Mexico  City, 
and  the  California  Club  of  Los  Angeles. 


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IBBET,  HERBERT  AUSTIN,  Vice 
President  and  Manager  Compania 
Constructora  Richardson,  S.  A., 
Los  Angeles,  California,  was  born 
in  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  July  24,  1877, 
the  son  of  John  Wesley  Sibbet 
and  Anna  Elizabeth  (Fry)  Sibbet. 
He  married  Mary  Oliver  Sampson  at  Cincinnati, 
Ohio,  December  26th,  1899.  There  has  been  born 
to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Sibbet  three  daughters,  Anna 
May  Sibbet,  Laura  Belle  Sibbet  and  Nan  Sibbet. 

Mr.  Sibbet,  who  is  iden- 
tified with  the  diversion  of 
the  entire  Yaqui  River  of 
Sonora,  Mexico,  to  irrigate 
nearly  a  million  acres  of 
land  in  the  Yaqui  Valley,  re- 
ceived his  education  in  the 
schools  of  his  native  city. 
Passing  through  the  gram- 
mar grades,  he  entered 
Hughes  High  School  of  Cin- 
cinnati in  1893,  and  was 
graduated  in  the  class  of 
1897.  The  same  year  he  en- 
tered the  University  of  Cin- 
cinnati, remaining  there  un- 
til 1900. 

At  the  conclusion  of  his 
college  work,  Mr.  Sibbet 
moved  to  Los  Angeles,  where 
he  became  Advertising  Man- 
ager of  the  "Oil  Era"  and 
"Oil,  Mining  and  Finance," 
two  trade  publications  de- 
voted, as  their  titles  indicate, 
to  the  interests  of  the  special 
lines  named,  and  by  serving 
in  this  capacity  until  1903 
he  became  familiar  with  the 
many  opportunities  for  de- 
velopment work  afforded  by 
the  great  Southwest. 

In  1902,  while  engaged  in 
newspaper  work,  he  became 
interested  in  mining  in  the 
State  of  Sonora,  Mexico,  and 
since  severing  his  connection  with  the  publications 
mentioned  has  been  exclusively  engaged  in  mining 
and  development  work  in  that  country. 

Mr.  Sibbet,  in  1903,  became  associated  with 
the  Richardson  Brothers  Company  of  Los  Angeles 
in  the  promotion  of  the  railroad  now  known  as 
the  "West  Coast  Route"  of  the  Southern  Pacific 
Railway  of  Mexico,  and  also  in  the  promotion  of 
the  Yaqui  Valley  Land  &  Irrigation  Project. 
Within  a  year  the  Compania  Constructora  Rich- 
ardson, S.  A.,  was  organized  to  carry  on  the  enter- 
prises above  mentioned,  Mr.  Sibbet  being  a  Direc- 
tor of  the  Company,  and  although  the  railroad 
project  was  soon  sold  to  the  Southern  Pacific  Com- 
pany, which  carried  it  to  completion,  the  irrigation 
project  was  retained  by  the  Richardson  Company 
and  associates  among  whom  is  John  Hays  Ham- 
mond, the  famous  mining  and  civil  engineer,  and 
Mr.  Harry  Payne  Whitney,  the  well-known  capi- 
talist. 

This  project,  conducted  in  the  valley  of  the 
Yaqui  River,  is  one  of  the  most  extensive  ever 
undertaken  on  the  North  American  Continent,  and 
one  which  will  result  ultimately  in  the  colonization 
of  a  large  part  of  northern  Mexico.  The  work 
was  begun  about  1902,  when  Porfirio  Diaz  was  at 
the  head  of  the  Mexican  Republic,  and  with  the 


II.    A.    SIBBET 


encouragement  extended  by  him  and  his  suc- 
cessors, the  American  engineers  have  succeeded  in 
this  gigantic  undertaking  to  a  degree  that  has  far 
surpassed  their  earlier  hopes. 

For  many  years  capital  and  American  energy 
have  been  engaged  in  Mexico,  but  these  were  con- 
fined to  cattle  and  mining,  for  the  most  part,  and 
it  was  not  until  the  Richardson  project  was  inaug- 
urated that  agriculture  under  irrigation  on  a  large 
scale  was  attempted.  With  characteristic  enter- 
prise, the  work  has  been  carried  on  steadily  in  the 
face  of  tremendous  obstacles, 
including  the  delays  incident 
to  political  disturbances  and 
to  wars  with  the  Yaqui  In- 
dians, last  of  the  uncon- 
quered  tribes  of  America. 
The  plans  of  the  Yaqui 
project  include  the  construc- 
tion of  more  than  3000  miles 
of  irrigation  canals,  a  new 
diversion  dam  and  intake 
gates  to  cost  approximately 
$800,000,  and  a  storage  reser- 
voir, which  in  height  of  dam 
and  storage  capacity  will  ex- 
ceed the  great  Roosevelt 
Dam  and  Reservoir  in  Ari- 
zona. All  of  this  work  is  now 
under  way,  and  400  miles  of 
canals  already  completed 
make  water  available  to  over 
100,000  acres,  30,000  of  which 
are  now  (1913)  under  cultiva- 
tion. It  is  hoped  to  complete 
the  work  in  the  year  1918  at 
a  total  cost  of  approximately 
$12,000,000. 

In  1905  Mr.  Sibbet,  in  the 
interests  of  the  Compania 
Constructora  Richardson,  S. 
A.,  moved  to  New  York, 
where  he  maintained  offices 
for  three  years,  and  was  in- 
strumental in  obtaining  co-op- 
eration of  powerful  interests 
in  financing  the  project. 

To  Mr.  Sibbet's  efforts  while  in  New  York  is 
largely  due  the  acquisition  of  300,000  acres  of 
land  to  the  holdings  of  his  Company,  the  land  in 
question  having  been  held  for  many  years  by  an 
organization  known  as  the  Sonora  &  Sinaloa 
Irrigation  Company.  This  Company,  however,  had 
for  years  been  inactive  and  the  property  had 
become  greatly  entangled.  Mr.  Sibbet  devoted  a 
large  part  of  two  years  to  obtaining  this  land  and 
disentangling  it,  but  was  successful  finally,  and 
this  vast  tract  was  added  to  the  already  large 
holdings  of  the  Compania  Constructora  Richard- 
son, S.  A.,  in  the  Yaqui  Valley. 

In  the  promotion  of  the  Yaqui  Valley  irrigation 
project,  Mr.  Sibbet  has  been  one  of  the  important 
factors,  and  his  judgment  and  foresight  have 
proved  of  great  value  to  his  associates  in  the 
handling  of  the  numerous  problems  confronting 
them.  Following  his  departure  from  New  York 
in  1908,  he  returned  to  Los  Angeles  and  was 
elected  Vice  President  and  Manager  of  the  Com- 
pania Constructora  Richardson,  S.  A.  He  is  also 
Director,  Yaqui  Delta  Land  &  Water  Co.;  Vice  Pres- 
ident, Richardson  Construction  Co.,  and  Director, 
Richardson  Brothers'  Co.  and  Bufa  Mining,  Milling 
&  Smelting  Co. 

He  is  a  member,  University  Club,  Los  Angeles. 


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ACKARD,  BURDETT  ADEN,  Bank- 
er, cattle  raiser  and  farmer,  Doug- 
las, Arizona,  was  born  in  Port- 
ville,  New  York,  November  1,  1847, 
the  son  of  Ashley  Giles  Packard 
and  Virtue  Vorancy  (Crandall) 
Packard.  He  has  been  twice  married,  his  first 
wife,  Ella  Lewis,  whom  he  married  at  Portville, 
November  27,  1879,  having  died  in  that  place  April 
2,  1893.  To  them  were  born  three  children,  Ger- 
trude L.  (now  Mrs.  Max  B.  Cottrell),  Ashley  B. 
and  Dorothea  Packard.  He  married  the  second 
time  at  Tucson,  Arizona,  on  June  27,  1902,  taking 
for  his  bride  Carlotta  Wood  Holbrook. 

Mr.  Packard  comes  of  a  family  of  hardy  Amer- 
icans, noted  for  the  longevity  of  its  members.  His 
grandparents  were  early  pioneers  of  western  New 
York  and  northeast  Pennsylvania,  where  they 
had  gone  from  their  native  States,  Rhode  Island 
and  Connecticut.  His  paternal  grandfather  was  a 
tanner  by  profession  and  in  his  day  was  a  promi- 
nent citizen  of  Tioga  County,  Penn.  His  wife,  Mr. 
Packard's  grandmother,  was  the  mother  of  thirteen 
children  who  lived  to  man  and  womanhood.  She 
was  107  years  of  age  when  she  died.  She  had  five 
sons  in  the  Civil  War,  one  of  whom  was  the  father 
of  Mr.  Packard,  and  all  lived  through  the  struggle, 
returning  home  at  the  close  of  hostilities.  On  the 
maternal  side  Mr.  Packard's  grandparents  also 
were  long-lived.  Captain  M.  M.  Crandall,  his  grand- 
father, was  prominent  in  the  affairs  of  New  York 
State  and  received  his  title  as  a  reward  for  serv- 
ice in  the  New  York  militia.  He  was  ninety-three 
years  of  age  when  he  died  and  his  wife,  who  had 
borne  eleven  children,  also  lived  to  a  fine  old  age. 
Mr.  Packard's  father  was  a  lumberman  on  the  Alle- 
gheny River  and  also  conducted  a  large  farm  at 
Portville — where  B.  A.  Packard  was  born — and  lived 
to  be  seventy-six  years  of  age,  his  wife  attaining 
the  age  of  seventy-eight. 

Mr.  Packard  received  his  early  education  in 
the  public  schools  of  his  native  town,  and  during 
the  winters  of  1864  and  1865  was  a  student  in  a 
private  sehool  at  Ceres,  McKean  County,  Pennsyl- 
vania, conducted  by  Miss  Maria  King,  a  Quakeress. 
He  concluded  his  studies  there  in  the  winter  of 
1865-66  and  in  February  of  the  latter  year  entered 
the  employ  of  J.  R.  Archibald  as  clerk  in  a  general 
merchandise  store  at  Millgrove,  New  York.  He 
remained  with  the  house  for  about  six  years,  serv- 
ing as  manager  of  the  store  during  the  last  two 
years. 

On  June  1,  1873,  Mr.  Packard,  emulating  the 
example  of  "Jim"  Fiske  and  other  notable  Ameri- 
cans, embarked  in  a  wholesale  Yankee  notion  busi- 
ness. He  had  three  wagons  and  drove  from  town 
to  town  in  Western  New  York  and  Pennsylvania 
for  several  years,  but  his  venture  did  not  prove 
altogether  successful  and  he  next  formed  a  part- 
nership with  M.  B.  Bennie  at  Rixford,  Pennsyl- 
vania, in  the  Bradford-McKean  County  oil  district. 
They  engaged  in  a  general  oil  well,  supply  and 
hardware  business,  which  was  incorporated  under 
the  name  of  Bennie  and  Packard.  In  January, 
1877,  he  joined  M.  C.  Guider  in  a  similar  enter- 
prise at  Coleville,  Pennsylvania,  this  house  operat- 
ing as  M.  C.  Guider  &  Company. 


Mr.  Packard  served  as  manager  of  both  houses 
and  in  addition  to  the  duties  attaching  to  this 
dual  position,  was  actively  engaged  in  the  produc- 
tion of  oil.  He  remained  in  business  until  Jan- 
uary 1,  1880,  but  sold  out  his  interests  at  that  time 
and  moved  to  the  then  far  West.  He  had  pur- 
chased stock  in  the  Vizna  and  Silver  Cloud  mines 
in  the  Tombstone  mining  district  and  he  made  his 
headquarters  at  Tombstone,  Arizona.  This  was 
the  beginning  of  his  career  as  a  mine  operator  and 
he  has  continued  to  operate  from  that  time  down  to 
date,  his  properties  being  located  in  Arizona  and 
the  State  of  Sonora,  Mexico. 

In  1884  Mr.  Packard  engaged  in  the  cattle  busi- 
ness in  Cochise  County,  Arizona,  and  two  years 
later  formed  the  company  known  as  the  Packard 
Cattle  Company,  with  large  herds  on  the  ranges 
of  Cochise  County  and  Sonora,  where  he  had  early 
acquired  the  ownership  of  an  extent  of  land.  He 
is  still  engaged  in  cattle  raising  on  a  large  scale 
and  at  the  present  time,  through  the  Packards' 
Investment  Company,  a  corporation  composed  of 
members  of  his  family,  owns  one  hundred  thousand 
acres  of  land  in  Sonora,  stocked  with  high-grade 
and  pure-bred  cattle.  This  company  also  owns  a 
magnificent,  highly  improved  farm  in  the  Salt 
River  Valley,  near  Phoenix,  Arizona. 

During  his  long  residence  in  Arizona  Mr.  Pack- 
ard has  taken  an  active  and  important  part  in  the 
upbuilding  of  that  section  of  the  Southwest  and 
has  been  a  commanding  figure  in  the  financial 
growth  of  the  country.  In  1897  he  aided  in  the  or- 
ganization of  the  Bank  of  Bisbee  and  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Board  of  Directors  of  that  institution 
from  the  time  of  its  organization  until  June,  1910. 
He  also  served  as  President  and  General  Managing 
Director  of  the  Moctezuma  Banking  Company  at 
Moctezuma,  Sonora,  Mexico,  for  several  years  and 
President  and  Managing  Director  of  the  First  Na- 
tional Bank  of  Douglas,  Arizona,  one  of  the  strong 
financial  institutions  of  the  West. 

Mr.  Packard,  in  addition  to  his  business  inter- 
ests, has  also  taken  an  active  part  in  the  political 
affairs  of  Arizona.  He  has  always  been  a  firm 
supporter  of  the  Democratic  party  and  its  candi- 
dates and  was  the  Representative  of  his  district 
in  the  Upper  House  of  the  Arizona  Legislature  for 
eight  years.  He  has  also  figured  prominently  in 
the  conventions  of  his  party  and  three  times  was 
elected  delegate  from  Arizona  to  the  national  con- 
vention of  the  Democratic  party. 

He  has  been  one  of  the  leaders  in  civic  enter- 
prise ever  since  he  first  located  in  Arizona  and 
as  one  of  the  enthusiastic  members  of  the  direc- 
torate of  the  Douglas  Chamber  of  Commerce  has 
given  liberally  of  his  time  and  fortune  to  various 
movements  having  for  their  object  the  upbuilding 
of  the  c;ty. 

Mr.  Packard  has  been  an  extensive  traveler, 
having  visited  practically  every  part  of  the  civil- 
ized world.  He  has  been  in  every  State  of  the 
Union,  most  of  the  countries  of  Europe  and  in  1910 
made  an  extended  trip  to  the  Orient,  spending  con- 
siderable time  in  China,  Japan  and  the  Philippine 
Islands.  He  is  a  Thirty-second  Degree  Mason, 
member  of  the  Mystic  Shrine. 


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UBBARD,  A.  G.,  Banker,  Redlands, 
California,  was  born  in  Northern 
Wisconsin,  in  1846,  the  son  of 
Frederick  Hubbard  and  Anna 
Kubbard.  He  married  Lura  Allan 
Spoor  of  Michigan,  on  August  15, 
1888.  To  them  were  born  four  children,  Herbert 
L.  Hubbard,  aged  twenty-three  years,  who  gradu- 
ated from  Stanford  University  in  May,  1912;  Mabel 
G.  Hubbard,  aged  seventeen  years,  now  living  at 
home;  Marie  Hubbard,  who 
died  in  infancy,  and  Lura 
Hubbard,  born  November  15, 
1910. 

Mr.  Hubbard  graduated 
from  the  public  schools  near 
his  home,  and  acquiring  a 
good  knowledge  of  chemistry, 
metallurgy  and  mining  engi- 
neering, cut  short  his  college 
career  and  left  in  1865  to  seek 
his  fortune.  He  determined 
to  go  to  the  Southwest.  There 
being  no  railroads  at  that 
time,  he  started  from  the 
Missouri  River,  going  over 
the  old  Santa  Fe  Trail.  He 
made  a  temporary  halt  at 
San  Antonio,  Texas,  and  after 
spending  a  few  months  in 
the  neighborhood  of  San  An- 
tonio, he  started  over  the 
"Staked  Plains,"  crossing  the 
Rio  Grande  where  El  Paso 
now  is,  and  made  his  way  to 
the  City  of  Mexico.  On  his 
way  back  he  visited  a  num- 
ber of  mining  camps,  but 
continued  his  travel  to  the 

Northwestern  part  of  Texas  and  from  there  headed 
across  the  plains  for  the  Pacific  Coast.  He  reached 
the  California  line  on  the  Colorado  River  at  the 
mouth  of  Bill  Williams  Fork  in  the  Fall  of  1867, 
and  there,  he  soon  afterwards,  took  charge  of  the 
Grand  Central  Copper  Mine,  in  Arizona.  12  miles 
Ea&t  of  the  California  line,  for  an  English  syndicate. 
Mr.  Hubbard  next  superintended  the  Planet  Cop- 
per Mines  in  the  same  mining  camp  with  great 
success  and  from  that  time  until  1893  maie  mining 
his  exclusive  business,  serving  as-  superintendent 
of  mines,  mills  and  reduction  works  in  addition 
to  doing  a  great  deal  of  expert  work  in  Arizona, 
California,  Nevada  and  Mexico. 

For  the  last  twelve  or  fifteen  years  of  his 
mining  career  Mr.  Hubbard  had  as  an  equal  part- 
ner, George  W.  Bowers  of  San  Francisco.  During 
their  operations-  as  owners,  Mr.  Hubbard  and  Mr. 
Bowers  owned  several  valuable  properties,  among 
them  being  the  Clip  Mine  about  seventy-five  miles 
above  Yuma,  and  after  that  the  most  notable  one, 
the  Harqua  Hala  Bonanza,  of  Yuma  County,  Ari- 


A.   G.   HUBBARD 


zona,  which  they  operated  at  great  profit  for  sev- 
eral years  and  then  sold  to  an  English  syndicate 
in  1893.  Mr.  Bowers  died  about  the  time  the  final 
negotiations  for  the  sale  of  that  property  were 
being  closed. 

Mr.  Hubbard,  whos-e  hard  work  of  the  early 
days  has  been  rewarded  with  a  comfortable  fortune, 
is  generally  credited  with  being  on  5  of  the  factors 
responsible  for  the  upbuilding  of  that  wonderful 
section  of  the  Southwest  known  as  the  Imperial 
Valley  of  California.  This 
country  not  many  years  ago 
was  mostly  desert  land,  but 
through  the  energy  and  en- 
gineering ability  of  men  like 
Mr.  W.  F.  Holt,  Mr.  Hubbard 
and  others,  it  has-  been  re- 
claimed and  to-day  is  one  of 
the  most  prosperous  agricul- 
tural sections  of  the  United 
States. 

Mr.  Hubbard  is  very  large- 
ly interested  with  Mr.  Holt 
and  numerous  other  capital- 
ists in  what  is  known  as  the 
Holton  Power  Company  and 
the  Holton  Inter-Urban  Rail- 
way Company,  also  in  the 
control  of  the  water  power 
for  developing  electricity. 
They  furnish  all  the  electric- 
al power  used  for  the  ice 
plants  and  lighting  system, 
also  for  numerous  other  pur- 
poses throughout  the  entire 
Imperial  Valley. 

Mr.    Hubbard    is    a    large 
orange    grower    in    Redlands, 
and  is  also  interested  in  va- 
rious   other   enterprises    which    form    part    of    the 
development  of  Arizona  and   Southern   California. 
He   is   largely   interested   in    Phoenix,   Arizona, 
both  in  real   estate  and  banking,  and  besides  his 
railway   and   agricultural   interests,   is   heavily   in- 
terested in  banking  in  Southern   California. 

He  is  President  of  the  Citizens-'  National  Bank 
of  Redlands,  President  of  the  First  National  Bank 
of  San  Jacinto  and  is  interested  in  several  of  the 
leading  banking  institutions  in  Los  Angeles. 

Mr.  Hubbard  is  regarded  as-  one  of  those  men 
who  have  done  their  full  share  of  the  work  of  de- 
veloping the  resources  of  Southern  California  and 
Arizona.  He  has  never  failed  to  aid  any  move- 
ment of  a  public  or  private  nature  having  for  its 
object  the  betterment  of  humanity  or  the  country. 
He  is  unusually  public-spirited  and  a  generous 
contributor  to  the  general  growth  of  the  section 
in  which  he  has  made  his  home. 

He  is  a  32nd  Degree  Mason,  and  a  member  of 
the  Univers-ity  Club,  the  Redlands  Country  Club 
and  the  Redlands  Chamber  of  Commerce. 


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OOD,  JAMES,  Superintend- 
ent, Calumet  &  Arizona 
Copper  and  Smelting  Com- 
pany, Douglas,  Arizona,  was 
born  at  Lachuta,  Argentine 
County,  Canada,  March  27,  1860,  the  son  of 
John  Wood  and  Grace  (Wilson)  Wood. 
His  family  is  one  of  the  oldest  on  the  Amer- 
ican Continent  and  traces  back  for  more 
than  three  hundred  years 
in  a  direct  line.  He  mar- 
ried Mary  Ames  at  Ana- 
conda, Montana,  May  24, 
1891,  and  to  them  there 
were  born  seven  chil- 
dren, John  H.,  Thomas 
Albert,  James  Jr.,  Earl, 
Grace,  Mary  and  Carlton 
Wood. 

Like  a  great  many  men 
who  have  made  a  success 
of  their  lives  in  the 
United  States,  Mr.  Wood 
had  only  scant  educa- 
tional advantages  in  his 
youth  and  with  the  ex- 
ception of  a  few  brief 
months  in  the  country 
schools  of  his  district, 
has  educated  himself. 
From  the  time  he  was 
about  nine  years  of  age 
until  he  reached  the  age 
of  seventeen  he  worked 
on  his  father's  farm  and 
the  lumber  mills  of 


in 

Canada,  and  in  1877  left 

home   for   the   western   part   of   the   United 

States. 

First  locating  at  Fort  Benton,  Montana, 
he  worked  for  about  three  years  in  the  em- 
ploy of  his  uncle,  who  was  a  cattleman  there, 
and  in  1881  went  to  Butte,  Montana,  where 
he 'started  in  the  copper  business.  He  began 
in  the  freighting  service  of  the  Montana  Cop- 
per Company,  now  the  Boston-Montana 
Copper  Company.  He  worked  in  this  capac- 
ity for  about  two  years,  part  of  the  time  in 
hauling  material  for  the  company's  smelting 
plant  at  Mitreville,  Montana.  He  followed 
this  with  work  in  the  mining  end  of  the  com- 
pany's holdings  at  Anaconda,  Montana,  and 
then  returned  to  the  cattle  business.  He 
went  to  the  Gerton  Ranch  outside  of  Butte. 
as  manager,  and  conducted  this  property  for 
nearly  two  years. 

In  1884  Mr.  Wood  resigned  his  position 
and  returned  to  Butte,  where  he  re-entered 


JAMES   WOOD 


the  copper  business  as  a  puncher  on  the  con- 
verter plant  of  the  Parrot  Smelter.  He  re- 
mained there  for  about  six  years,  working  in 
various  capacities,  and  in  1890  went  to  the 
Anaconda  Smelter  as  Manager  of  the  experi- 
mental plant  of  the  converters.  He  had  by 
this  time  come  to  be  regarded  as  one  of  the 
expert  smelter  men  of  the  West  and  in  1892 
accepted  a  position  with  the  Nichols  Chem- 
ical Company,  in  charge 
of  the  construction  of  a 
converter  plant  at  Laurel 
Hill,  New  York.  Upon 
the  completion  of  the 
plant,  he  managed  it  for 
about  six  months,  then 
returned  to  the  West  and 
located  at  Durango,  Colo- 
rado, as  Superintendent 
of  the  Standard  Smelter. 
Later  he  went  to  Salt 
Lake  City,  Utah,  with 
the  Salt  Lake  Copper 
Company  and  remained 
in  charge  of  its  smelter 
plant  for  about  two  years. 
In  1893  Mr-  Wood  was 
called  to  Arizona  by  the 
famous  Copper  Queen 
Company  and  placed  in 
charge  of  its  converter 
department.  He  remained 
with  this  company  for 
more  than  nine  years, 
the  last  five  of  which  he 
had  entire  charge  of  its 
smelter  operations,  over 
about  four  hundred  men.  In  1902  Mr.  Wood, 
who  had  purchased  an  interest  in  various 
copper  mining  properties,  joined  the  Calumet 
and  Arizona  Copper  Company  as  Superin- 
tendent of  its  smelter  works  at  Douglas. 

When  Mr.  Wood  took  charge  of  the  com- 
pany's plant  it  had  a  capacity  of  five  hundred 
tons  of  smelted  ore  daily,  but  owing  to  the 
vast  increase  in  the  production  of  copper 
within  recent  years  this  has  been  more  than 
quadrupled,  so  that  the  plant  over  which  Mr. 
Wood  has  supervision  smelts  2200  tons  each 
day. 

Mr.  Wood  is  one  of  the  practical  men  of  the 
copper  business  and  in  addition  to  holding 
stock  in  the  Calumet  and  Arizona  and  other 
copper  corporations,  is  a  stockholder  and  di- 
rector of  the  First  National  Bank  of  Douglas. 
He  is  a  Mason,  Shriner  and  Knight  Temp- 
lar, also  a  member  of  the  Douglas  Country 
Club. 


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HON.  R.  F.  DEL  VALLE 

EL  VALLE,  HON.  REGINALDO 
FRANCISCO,  Attorney  at  Law, 
Los  Angeles,  Gal.  Was  born  there 
Dec.  15,  1854.  His  father  was 
Ygnacio  Del  Valle  and  his  mother 
Ysabel  (Varela)  Del  Valle.  On 
Sept.  2,  1890,  he  married  Helen  M.  White  Cayatile 
in  San  Francisco.  There  is  one  child,  Lucretia 
Louise  Del  Valle. 

Mr.  Del  Valle  entered  St.  Vincent's  College  in 
1867,  remaining  until  June,  1871;  then  went  to 
Santa  Clara  College,  Santa  Clara,  Cal.,  where  he 
graduated  with  the  degree  Bachelor  of  Sciences 
June,  1873. 

His  first  venture  in  the  law  was  at  Los  Angeles, 
where  he  opened  practice  shortly  after  he  was 
admitted  to  plead  in  the  Supreme  Court.  In  1879 
he  was  elected  to  the  State  Assembly  of  California 
from  Los  Angeles  on  the  Democratic  ticket  and  was 
re-elected  in  1880.  In  this  year  he  was  Presi- 
dential Elector  for  Hancock  and  English.  A  year 
later  received  complimentary  vote  for  Speaker. 
In  1882  he  was  elected  Senator  from  Los  An- 
geles County  and  served  four  years,  part  as  presi- 
dent pro  tern.  In  1884  ran  for  Congress.  Four 
years  later  he  was  chairman  State  Convention  at 
Los  Angeles,  and  in  1890  was  nominated  for  Lieut. 
Gov.  In  1892  he  was  chairman  of  the  Committee 
on  Resolutions  of  the  State  Convention  at  Fresno. 
He  was  admitted  to  practice  before  the  Supreme 
Court  of  the  United  States  in  1893.  In  1894  he 
was  chairman  Democratic  State  Convention  at 
San  Francisco.  He  has  been  a  member  of  every 
State  convention  for  more  than  thirty  years,  has 
been  a  campaign  orator  and  was  a  delegate  to  the 
Democratic  National  Convention  of  1900  at  Kansas 
City.  He  is  an  authority  on  parliamentary  law. 

At  present  he  is  a  member  of  the  Board  of 
Public  Service  in  charge  of  the  Water  Department 
of  Los  Angeles. 


BENJ.  F.  BLEDSOE 

LEDSOE,  BENJAMIN  F.,  Judge  of 
Superior  Court,  San  Bernardino, 
California,  was  born  February  8, 
1874,  in  San  Bernardino. 

His  father  was  Robert  E.  Bled- 
soe  and  his  mother  Althea  Bot- 
toms. He  is  a  descendant  of  Hon.  Jesse  Bledsoe, 
United  States  Senator  from  Kentucky. 

Judge  Bledsoe  married  Katharine  Marvin  Shep- 
ler  at  Council  Bluffs,  Iowa,  December  25,  1899. 
There  are  two  children,  Barbara  Shepler  and 
Frances  Priscilla  Bledsoe. 

He  attended  the  public  schools  of  San  Bernar- 
dino until  1891,  and  then  entered  Leland  Stanford, 
Jr.,  University,  graduating  in  1896. 

He  was  admitted  to  the  Bar  and  was  his  father's 
law  partner  until  1901,  when  he  was  elected  Judge 
of  the  Superior  Court.  He  was  re-elected  without 
opposition  in  1906. 

At  the  state  primary  election  in  1910  Judge 
Bledsoe  was  nominated  by  the  Democratic  party 
to  run  for  the  office  of  Associate  Justice  of  the 
Supreme  Court. 

He  is  a  director  in  the  Farmers'  Exchange  Na- 
tional Bank  of  San  Bernardino,  the  Golden  State 
Life  Insurance  Company  of  Los  Angeles  and  other 
business  enterprises. 

From  1898-1900  he  was  United  States  Referee 
in  Bankruptcy,  San  Bernardino  County.  Member 
Board  of  Library  Trustees  since  1899,  and  has  been 
president  of  that  body  since  1907.  He  is  also  presi- 
dent of  the  Alumni  Association  of  Stanford  Uni- 
versity. 

He  is  grand  chancellor  Knights  of  Pythias  (1911- 
12) ;  grand  orator  Grand  Lodge  of  Masons  (1908- 
09);  grand  warder  Knights  Templar  (1911-12),  and 
a  member  Delta  Upsilon  and  Phi  Delta  Phi,  college 
fraternities. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  University  Club  of  Los 
Angeles. 


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CHARLES  N.  CAMPBELL 

AMPBELL,  CHARLES  NICHOLAS, 
Wells-Fargo  &  Co.  Express 
Superintendent,  Western  Texas 
Division,  San  Antonio,  Texas. 
Born  at  Kodiac,  Alaska,  May  13, 
1870.  His  father  was  John  Au- 
gustus Campbell  and  his  mother  Sophia  B.  (Pav- 
loff)  Campbell.  Married  Cora  Dale  Barnhill,  Jan- 
uary 19,  1893,  at  Kansas  City,  Mo. 

Educated  in  public  schools,  Moberly,  Mo  1876- 
1883. 

February  10,  1886,  entered  service  Wells-Fargo 
&  Co.  as  a  clerk  at  Houston,  Texas.  His  pro- 
motions speak  more  eloquently  than  anything  else 
that  could  be  said  regarding  his  worth.  From 
Houston  he  was  sent  to  Kansas  City,  Mo.,  October 
24,  1888,  as  Clerk;  January  8,  1891,  Chief  Clerk  to 
Supt.  Kansas  City,  Mo.;  March  1,  1892,  Cashier, 
Kansas  City,  Mo.;  January  9,  1893,  Agent,  Las  Ve- 
gas, New  Mexico;  Nov.  22,  1893,  Agent,  Wichita, 
Kas.;  February  3,  1896,  Agent,  Colorado  Springs, 
Colo.;  May  1,  1897,  Route  Agent,  Colorado  Springs; 
July  1,  1898,  Route  Agent,  Salt  Lake  City,  Utah; 
April  20,  1900,  Route  Agent,  San  Francisco;  July  11, 
1900,  Agent  Los  Angeles;  January  1,  1905,  General 
Agent,  Los  Angeles,  in  charge  of  Los  Angeles  of- 
fice, and  territory  covered  by  electric  lines;  Aug. 
1,  1911,  Supt.  Western  Texas  Division,  San  Antonio, 
in  charge  of  business  opened  up  over  new  lines. 

A  member  for  three  year  enlistment  of  the  Na- 
tional Guard,  Missouri,  Battery  B;  Nov.  25,  1890. 
made  Corporal;  July  17,  1891,  appointed  First  Ser- 
geant. 

Member  of  the  Jonathan  Club,  Los  Angeles; 
charter  member  West  Lake  Lodge  No.  392,  F.  and 
A.  M.;  King  Solomon  Lodge  of  Perfection  No.  3, 
Los  Angeles  Consistory  No.  3,  A.  and  A.;  Scottish 
Rite  of  Freemasonry;  Los  Angeles  Chapter  No.  33, 
R.  A.  M.;  Golden  West  Commandery  No.  43,  Knights 
Templar;  Al  Malaikah  Temple,  A.  A.  O.  N.  M.  S. 


HON.  GAVIN  W.  CRAIG 


RAIG,  GAVIN  WILLIAM,  Jurist, 
Los  Angeles,  Gal.,  was  born  in 
Scotia,  Greeley  County,  Neb.,  June 
22,  1878.  He  is  the  son  of  Gavin 
Ralston  Craig  and  Emma  Edwards 
(Morse)  Craig.  Judge  Craig  mar- 
ried Berdena  Healy  Brownsberger  April  11,  1903,  at 
Los  Angeles.  To  them  was  born  Florida  Jean  Craig. 

Judge  Craig  began  his  education  in  the  public 
schools  of  Nebraska,  but  in  1890  was  taken  to  Cali- 
fornia, where  he  continued  in  the  public  schools  of 
Ukiah.  In  1891  the  family  moved  to  Pomona,  Cal., 
where  he  graduated  from  high  school  in  1897.  In 
1899  he  entered  the  College  of  Law,  University  of 
Southern  California,  and  graduated  with  the  de- 
gree LL.  B.  in  1901.  At  the  same  time  he  took  a 
course  in  the  Brownsberger  Business  College. 

Admitted  to  bar  in  1901,  immediately  began 
practice  in  the  office  of  Byron  Waters,  Los  An- 
geles; 1901  to  1903,  associated  with  Edwin  A. 
Meserve;  1903-4,  deputy  and  stenographer  in  office 
of  District  Attorney,  Los  Angeles;  May,  1904,  was 
made  secretary  of  the  College  of  Law  in  his  Alma 
Mater.  Served  six  years  teaching  torts,  elementary 
law,  Blackstone,  real  property  and  water  rights; 
now  a  member  Board  of  Control  of  the  University 
and  teaches  the  last  three  subjects,  in  addition  to 
sureties. 

In  May,  1908,  appointed  Court  Commissioner  of 
Los  Angeles  County,  and  in  November,  1910,  was 
elected  on  Republican  ticket  to  Superior  Bench. 
Resigned  as  Commissioner  January  1,  1911,  to 
assume  judicial  duties.  In  1908  he  wrote  an  author- 
itative case  book,  "Craig  on  Water  Rights  and 
Irrigation  Law  in  the  Western  States." 

He  was  thrice  president  of  the  U.  S.  C.  alumni 
association,  is  a  Scottish  Rite  Mason,  Mystic 
Shriner,  Woodman  of  the  World  and  a  member  of 
the  Fraternal  Brotherhood.  His  clubs  are  the 
Celtic,  Gamut  and  Metropolitan. 


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OODRICH,  BEN,  Attorney  at  Law, 
Los  Angeles,  California,  was  born 
on  a  farm  near  Anderson,  Grimes 
County,  Texas,  September  23, 
1839,  the  son  of  Benjamin  Briggs 
Goodrich  and  Serena  (Caruthers) 
Goodrich.  He  is  descended  from  a  notable  Texas 
family,  his  father  having  been  one  of  the  signers 
of  the  Texas  Declaration  of  Independence  and  a 
member  of  the  Constitutional  Convention  which 
formed  the  Republic  of  Texas.  He  later  served 
as  a  member  of  Congress  of  the  Republic  of  Texas. 
Mr.  Goodrich  married  Mary  F.  Terrell  in  Grimes 
County,  Texas,  May  17,  1865,  and  to  them  there 
were  born  three  daughters,  Mary  (wife  of  W.  C. 
Read),  Sarah  (wife  of  Judge  J.  A.  Street,  of  Salt 
Lake  City),  and  Cora  (Mrs.  Robt.  D.  Clarke,  of 
Peoria,  111.) 

Mr.  Goodrich  received  his  early  education  in 
private  schools  of  his  section,  later  attending  St. 
Paul's  Episcopal  College,  at  Anderson,  and  Austin 
College,  at  Huntsville,  Texas.  In  1861,  however, 
at  the  outbreak  of  the  Civil  War  he  left  his  studies 
and  enlisted  in  the  Confederate  Army,  as  a  private 
in  Company  G,  Fourth  Texas  Regiment,  serving 
under  General  John  B.  Hood.  Later  he  commanded 
Company  D,  Eighth  Infantry,  serving  as  First  Lieu- 
tenant and  Commander  of  the  Company  under 
General  Dick  Taylor,  during  the  greater  part  of 
the  War. 

In  the  battles  against  General  Banks,  conduct- 
ing the  Red  River  Campaign,  Lieutenant  Goodrich 
and  about  800  other  Confederates-  were  taken  pris- 
oners by  Banks'  forces  at  Pleasant  Hill,  La.,  and 
were  held  in  captivity  eleven  days,  when  they  were 
set  free  because  of  the  inability  of  Banks  to  get 
his  gunboats  and  transports  down  the  river.  Lieu- 
tenant Goodrich  continued  to  fight  for  the  Confed- 
erate cause  throughout  the  South  and  was  one  of 
the  last  men  to  lay  down  arms. 

Returning  to  his  home  in  June,  1865,  Mr.  Good- 
rich began  the  study  of  law  under  Judge  John  R. 
Kennard,  of  Anderson,  and  after  his  admis- 
sion to  practice  was  in  partnership  with  Judge 
Kennard  for  two  years.  He  next  formed  a  partner- 
ship with  Major  H.  H.  Boone,  subsequently  Attor- 
ney General  of  Texas.  In  1877  this  partnership 
was  dissolved,  Mr.  Goodrich  moving  to  Sherman, 
Texas,  where  for  the  next  three  years  he  was  in 
association  with  W.  C.  Brack. 

In  1880,  Mr.  Goodrich  moved  to  Arizona  and 
there  began  a  career  which  placed  him,  in  time, 
among  the  leaders  of  his  profession  and  made  him 
one  of  the  most  important  men  in  public  life.  He 
practiced  at  Tucson  for  a  year,  but  moved  to  Tomb- 
stone when  Pima  County  was  divided  and  Cochise 
County  formed  from  part  of  it. 

He  began  practice  at  once,  in  partnership  with 
Honorable  Marcus  A.  Smith,  eight  times  Territorial 
Delegate  to  Congress  from  Arizona  and  later 
United  States  Senator  from  Arizona.  Within  a 


short  time  Mr.  Goodrich  was  one  of  the  active 
factors  in  the  politics  of  Tombstone  and  Cochise 
County.  In  association  with  Mr.  Smith,  he  figured 
in  numerous  State  and  local  campaigns  and  through 
their  leadership  the  Democratic  party  was  carried 
to  victory  on  many  occasions. 

In  1883,  Mr.  Goodrich  was  elected  Treasurer  of 
Cochise  County  and  held  office  for  two  years. 
After  a  s-hort  period  in  private  practice  he  was 
elected,  in  1887,  to  the  office  of  District  Attorney. 
During  this  period  he  also  served  as  a  member 
of  the  Code  Commission  for  the  revision  of  the 
laws  of  Arizona. 

Leaving  Tombstone  in  the  latter  part  of  1888, 
Mr.  Goodrich  went  to  Phoenix,  where  he  formed  a 
partnership  with  Judge  Webster  Street,  afterwards 
a  member  of  the  Arizona  Supreme  Court,  and  re- 
mained with  him  until  1890,  going  at  that  time  to 
San  Diego,  California.  He  was  in  partnership  there 
with  Hunsaker  &  Britt  for  two  years  and  with 
Mr.  Hunsaker  upon  their  removal  to  Los  Angeles, 
in  1892.  Subsequently  he  formed  a  partnership 
with  A.  B.  McCutcheon,  which  lasted  five  years. 

Mr.  Goodrich  is  known  as  one  of  the  leading 
mining  lawyers  of  the  Southwest  and  for  many 
years  acted  as  counsel  for  several  of  the  largest 
copper  corporations  in  that  section.  In  1902,  he 
returned  to  Tombstone  to  attend  to  the  legal  busi- 
ness of  the  Tombstone  Consolidated  Mines  Com- 
pany and  the  Imperial  Copper  Company,  and  re- 
mained there  for  nine  years.  During  this  time 
he  again  took  a  prominent  part  in  politics  and  in 
1907  served  as  a  member  of  the  Territorial  Coun- 
cil, or  Senate  of  Arizona.  He  had  the  distinction 
of  introducing  in  that  session  of  the  Legislature 
the  first  bill  ever  offered  in  Arizona  providing  for 
woman  suffrage. 

This  measure  failed  of  adoption  at  that  time, 
but  the  question  continued  a  political  issue  until 
it  finally  was  adopted  by  popular  vote  at  the  gen- 
eral election,  November  5,  1912. 

Mr.  Goodrich  was  one  of  the  most  highly  es- 
teemed public  men  in  Arizona  and  it  has  been  said 
that  his  removal  to  Los  Angeles,  in  1911,  pre- 
vented him  from  being  chosen  first  Governor  of 
the  State  of  Arizona. 

Since  locating  in  Los  Angeles  Mr.  Goodrich 
has  maintained  an  extensive  law  practice,  devoting 
himself  largely  to  mining,  corporation  and  pro- 
bate practice.  Among  other  notable  cases,  he  had 
charge  of  the  estate  of  the  late  Colonel  W.  C. 
Greene  of  Cananea  copper  fame. 

Colonel  Greene  died  leaving  a  large  estate,  but 
owing  to  the  magnitude  of  his  operations,  the 
property  was  greatly  entangled  and  upon  Mr.  Good- 
rich fell  the  part  of  the  legal  work  connected  with 
the  settling  of  the  estate,  which  is  still  in  process 
of  administration. 

Mr.  Goodrich  has  no  fraternal  affiliations  ex- 
cept the  Masons,  of  which  he  has  been  a  member 
for  many  years. 


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'BRIEN,  CHARLES 
FRANCIS,  Real  Estate  and 
Farming,  Los  Angeles,  Cali- 
fornia, was  born  in  Worces- 
ter, Massachusetts,  the  son  of 
Thomas  J.  O'Brien  and  Ellen  F.  (O'Cal- 
laghan)  O'Brien.  He  married  Catherine  A. 
Hegarty  at  Los  Angeles,  October  13,  1909. 

Mr.  O'Brien  received  his  education  in  the 
public  schools  of  Wor- 
c  e  s  t  e  r,  Massachusetts, 
and  soon  after  finishing 
his  studies,  moved  west 
to  Kansas  City,  Missouri. 
He  located  there  in  1883 
and  went  to  work  in  a 
clothing  store  for  $4  per 
week.  His  next  position 
was  with  Bradstreet's 
Mercantile  Agency  in 
which  connection  he  re- 
mained for  about  a  year 
and  a  half. 

In  1885  Mr.  O'Brien 
went  into  the  real  estate 
business  in  Kansas  City 
and  operated  there  for 
about  three  years,  during 
the  boom  period  which 
started  Kansas  City  to- 
wards its  present  posi- 
tion among  the  large 
cities  of  the  country.  He 
cleared  about  $25,000  in 
this  time,  but  lost  it  dur- 
ing the  period  of  depres- 
sion which  began  about 
1888  and  culminated  in  the  financial  panic 
of  1893. 

Upon  retiring  from  the  real  estate  business 
in  1891  Mr.  O'Brien  took  up  newspaper  work 
as  a  reporter  on  the  Kansas  City  Times.  He 
continued  in  this  until  1893,  when  he  went  to 
California  for  his  health.  He  purchased  a 
ranch  in  Beverly  Hills,  near  Los  Angeles, 
and  remained  there  until  1896,  when  he  re- 
turned to  Kansas  City  and  re-engaged  in  the 
newspaper  business,  becoming  City  Editor 
of  the  Kansas  City  Times. 

Mr.  O'Brien  was  holding  down  the  City 
Editor's  desk  at  the  outbreak  of  the  Spanish- 
American  war  in  1898,  and  resigned  his  posi- 
tion to  enlist  in  the  Volunteer  Army.  He  was 
made  Captain  of  Company  A,  Fifth  Missouri 
Volunteer  Infantry,  and  served  until  the 
close  of  hostilities.  His  regiment  saw  no 
actual  service,  however,  being  held  in  reserve 
with  thousands  of  others  at  various  camps  in 


CHARLES  F.  O'BRIEN 


the   United   States.      His   command   got   no 
closer  to  Cuba  than  Chickamauga  Park. 

At  the  close  of  the  war  Mr.  O'Brien  went 
back  to  newspaper  work  as  staff  correspond- 
ent and  political  writer  for  the  Kansas  City 
Times.  At  the  end  of  two  years,  however, 
he  resigned  and  went  to  San  Francisco, 
where  he  became  a  real  estate  operator.  He 
was  there  for  about  nine  years  and  during 
the  greater  part  of  the 
time  specialized  in  colo- 
nization work.  He  dealt 
largely  in  irrigated  lands 
and  having  become  a 
practical  farmer  during 
the  three  years  he  spent 
on  his  ranch  near  Los 
Angeles,  he  engaged  in 
farming  and  fruit  grow- 
ing in  the  Sacramento 
Valley  and  elsewhere  in 
California.  In  1909  he 
left  the  northern  part  of 
the  State  for  Los  An- 
geles, where  he  has  since 
been  engaged  in  the  real 
r-state  business  under  the 
name  of  the  Charles  F. 
O'Brien  Company. 

In  addition  to  his  real- 
ty holdings,  Mr.  O'Brien 
has  extensive  farming 
lands  and  is  engaged  ac- 
tively in  that  field.  He 
has  also  devoted  consid- 
erable time  to  coloniza- 
tion work  in  Mexico. 

As  General  Land  Sales  Agent  of  the  Com- 
pania  Constructora  Richardson  (Richardson 
Construction  Company),  an  enterprise 
backed  by  wealthy  Americans,  one  of  whom 
is  John  Hays  Hammond,  Mr.  O'Brien  has 
had  charge  of  the  colonization  of  large  tracts 
of  irrigated  lands  in  Mexico  and  is  himself 
farming  on  an  extensive  scale  in  the  Yaqui 
Valley,  Sonora,  Mexico,  at  the  present  time. 
The  Richardson  Company  owns  750,000 
acres  of  land  in  the  Yaqui  Valley  and  to  Mr. 
O'Brien  has  been  entrusted  the  work  of  pro- 
curing colonists  for  this  property,  one  of  the 
most  important  colonization  campaigns  in 
the  history  of  the  Mexican  Republic. 

Mr.  O'Brien,  since  locating  in  Southern 
California,  has  become  one  of  the  leaders  in 
realty  work  and  has  devoted  himself  so  con- 
sistently to  business  that  he  has  had  no  time 
for  outside  interests.  His  club  is  the  Jona- 
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AMSDELL,  WILLIAM  ROBERT, 

Rn  Mining,  Los  Angeles,  California, 
•^  was  born  in  Dodge  County,  Min- 
nesota, June  7,  1860,  the  son  of 
Henry  Ramsdell  and  Ellen  (Car- 
ver) Ramsdell,  the  latter  being  a 
direct  descendent  of  John  Carver,  the  first  Gov- 
ernor of  Plymouth  Colony.  Mr.  Ramsdell  married 
Florabel  McCall  at  Spokane,  Washington,  Decem- 
ber 28,  1897.  They  have  two  children,  Henry  and 
Wilma  Ramsdell. 

As  a  farmer  boy,  Mr. 
Ramsdell  got  his  rudimen- 
tary education  in  the  country 
schools.  Later  he  graduated 
at  Wasioja,  Minnesota,  in  the 
Wesleyan  Methodist  Semi- 
nary, from  there  entering 
the  University  of  Iowa,  at 
Iowa  City,  but  never  gradu- 
ated. 

Before  he  had  attained 
his  majority  he  went  to  Col- 
orado, going  from  there  to 
Idaho  and  Montana,  and  for 
a  number  of  years,  largely 
through  the  spirit  of  adven- 
ture and  travel,  he  worked 
as  cowboy,  railroad  oper- 
ator, prospector,  etc.  In  1884 
Mr.  Ramsdell  settled  at  To- 
bacco Plains,  Montana, 
where  he  and  his  brother  en- 
gaged in  the  cattle  business. 
His  operations  grew  rapidly 
and  his  name  became  prom- 
inently associated  in  the  de- 
velopment of  Northern  Mon- 
tana. The  Indians  were  bad 

at  this  time  and  Mr.  Ramsdell  on  several  occasions 
was  in  command  of  armed  bodies  of  settlers  who 
finally  brought  the  Red  Men  to  terms,  and  restored 
an  orderly  condition  to  that  part  of  the  frontier.  Mr. 
Ramsdell  later  on  became  interested  in  the  mercan- 
tile business  at  Egan's  Landing  in  the  Flathead 
country,  and  his  natural  fitness  as  a  political  lead- 
er brought  him  prominently  before  the  people. 
He  first  entered  politics,  and  was  elected,  as  one 
of  the  five  Constitutional  Members  from  Missoula 
County  to  the  Constitutional  Convention  of  Mon- 
tana in  1889.  Mr.  Ramsdell  was  the  second  young- 
est member  of  this  body.  The  same  year,  it  is 
stated,  he  was  in  reality  elected  on  the  Democratic 
ticket  to  the  State  Legislature,  but  was  counted 
out  by  a  Republican  Board  of  Supervisors. 

His  next  political  honors  were  gained  as  the 
head  of  the  Peoples'  Party  in  1892,  when  he  was 
elected  State  Senator  from  Flathead  County,  which 
had  been  formed  from  a  portion  of  Missoula  County. 

Mr.  Ramsdell  has  always  been  a  Progressive 
in  Politics,  and  when  the  Peoples'  Party  move- 


WILLIAM  ROBERT  RAMSDELL 


ment  started  in  1892,  he  joined  it.  His  ability  as 
an  orator  and  organizer  soon  carried  him  to  the 
front  rank  of  the  party  in  the  State.  When  he 
entered  the  party  he  was  but  little  known  politic- 
ally in  the  State  outside  of  his  county,  and  fiad 
neither  wealth  nor  strong  friends  to  aid  him;  how- 
ever, his  natural  fitness  as  a  leader,  and  particu- 
larly his  gift  as  an  orator,  soon  made  him  one  of 
the  most  prominent  men  in  his  party.  In  1894  he 
was  honored  by  the  caucus  nomination  of  his  party 
to  the  United  States  Senate, 
and  in  189G,  in  the  Peoples' 
Party  Convention  at  Helena, 
Montana,  he  came  within  a 
few  votes  of  being  nomi- 
nated for  Governor,  the  nom- 
ination being  equivalent  to 
election,  as  it  was  a  fusion 
of  all  the  Free  Silver  Parties 
of  the  State. 

On  account  of  ill  health, 
Mr.  Ramsdell  withdrew  from 
politics,  closed  up  his  mer- 
cantile business  and  perman- 
ently took  up  mining. 

His  operations  in  the  min- 
ing world  have  carried  him 
all  over  the  Continent  and 
he  has  been  associated  with 
many  big  men  and  enter- 
prises, and  has  scored  some 
notable  successes.  Among 
his  successful  mining  ven- 
tures may  be  mentioned  the 
"First  Thought"  mine  at 
Bossburg,  Washington,  cred- 
ited with  the  greatest  pro- 
duction of  any  mine  in  the 
State.  In  this  he  was  associ- 
ated with  Pat  Burns,  the  "Cattle  King"  of  Canada. 
Later  on  he  bought  the  New  Perdrara  Onyx  Com- 
pany, of  Lower  California,  Mexico,  in  which  he  is 
heavily  interested.  This  company  now  produces  the 
greater  part  of  the  world's  high  grade  onyx. 

In  1900,  Mr.  Ramsdell  went  to  Old  Mexico  and 
became  interested  in  the  Hostotipaquillo  District, 
in  the  State  of  Jalisco;  here  he  bought  and  de- 
veloped El  Favor  and  Casados,  two  of  the  big  mines 
of  Mexico.  In  addition  to  the  above  he  has  owned 
several  other  mining  properties  of  lesser  promi- 
nence and  value. 

Mr.  Ramsdell's  success  as  a  mining  man,  con- 
sidering the  number  and  value  of  the  properties  he 
has  owned,  entitles  him  to  rank  among  the  foremost 
men  of  the  mining  world.  His  success  has  been  won 
by  sound  judgment  and  persistent  energy. 

Mr.  Ramsdell  is  a  home  man  as  distinguished 
from  a  club  man;  he  is  literary  in  his  tastes,  and 
his  progressive  tendencies,  as  a  reformer,  will  un- 
doubtedly bring  him  into  prominence  again  in  the 
arena  of  politics. 


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EDWARD  LEE,  Attorney- 
at-Law,  Los  Angeles,  California, 
was  born  in  Allen  County,  Kan- 
sas, November  22,  1874,  the  son 
of  Jessie  Payne  and  Clara  Francis 
(Cave)  Payne.  He  married  Grace 
Finch  at  Los  Angeles,  October  10,  1900,  and  to 
them  there  have  been  born  two  children,  Lee  Finch 
and  Clarence  Edward  Payne. 

His  family  moving  to  Pomona,  California,  when 
he  was  a  lad,  Mr.  Payne  spent 
his  boyhood  in  Southern  Cal- 
ifornia and  received  his  edu- 
cation in  the  public  schools 
of  Pomona.  Upon  the  com- 
pletion of  his  high  school 
course  Mr.  Payne  entered  the 
Law  College  of  the  Univer- 
sity of  California  and  was 
graduated  in  the  class  of  1898 
with  the  degree  of  Bachelor 
of  Laws. 

Immediately  after  his 
graduation  Mr.  Payne  locat- 
ed in  Los  Angeles  with  the 
law  firm  of  Jones  &  Wel- 
ler  as  a  clerk.  Having  been 
admitted  to  the  bar,  he  was 
qualified  to  take  charge  of  a 
large  part  of  the  office  busi- 
ness, such  as  drawing  up  pa- 
pers, briefing  cases,  etc.  He 
remained  with  the  firm  about 
two  years  and  during  that 
time  gained  a  splendid  prac- 
tical experience. 

In  1900  Mr.  Payne  became 
assistant  to  E.  E.  Milliken, 
attorney  for  the  Los  Angelep  Traction  Company, 
and  also  engaged  in  private  practice.  He  was  asso- 
ciated with  Mr.  Milliken  for  the  next  two  years,  or 
until  the  Los  Angeles  Traction  Company  was  con- 
solidated with  the  Pacific  Electric  Railway  Com- 
pany, at  which  time  he  entered  the  office  of  George 
P.  Adams  and  James  C.  Rives,  two  notable  mem- 
bers of  the  California  Bar.  His  work  with  them 
extended  over  a  period  of  two  years,  at  the  end  of 
which  time,  his  own  practice  having  grown  to  con- 
siderable proportions,  he  resigned  and  opened 
offices.  He  went  into  partnership  with  Clifton  Ax- 
tell  and  practiced  with  him  for  about  five  years, 
the  partnership  being  dissolved  in  1909. 

Since  that  time  Mr.  Payne  has  practiced  alone 
and  has  met  with  unusual  success.  The  long  asso- 
ciation with  older  members  of  the  profession  and 
the  intimate  connection  he  had  with  various  im- 
portant litigations  furnished  Mr.  Payne  with  a 
knowledge  vouchsafed  to  very  few  young  attorneys. 
The  result  was  that  when  he  began  practice  in- 
dependently he  was  in  a  position  to  handle  difficult 


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problems  in  such  manner  that  his  career  has  been 
one  of  gratifying  successes  and  he  is  regarded  as 
one  of  the  leading  attorneys  of  the  city  of  Los 
Angeles. 

In  addition  to  his  professional  work,  Mr.  Payne 
has  taken  an  active  interest  in  public  affairs  and 
development  of  the  country  of  which  Los  Angeles 
is  the  capital.  He  is  largely  interested  in  real 
estate  in  Los  Angeles  and  Southern  California,  and 
was  one  of  the  organizers  of  the  Southwest  Home 
Building  Company,  a  corpora- 
tion engaged  in  the  buying 
and  selling  of  real  estate 
and  the  building  of  homes. 
Los  Angeles  is  unique  in  the 
possession  of  more  owned 
homes  than  any  other  city  of 
its  size  in  the  United  States, 
and  this  is  largely  due  to  the 
fact  that  the  home  building 
system  there  is  different 
from  any  other  in  existence. 
Corporations  like  the  South- 
west Home  Building  Com- 
pany, of  which  Mr.  Payne  is 
Secretary  and  Attorney,  build 
hundreds  of  homes  annually 
and  encourage  men  of  limit- 
ed means  to  buy  by  erecting 
the  houses  for  them,  giving 
them  a  deed  outright  and 
permitting  them  to  pay  for 
it  in  small  installments. 

The  result  of  this  system 
is  that  more  wage-earners  are 
home-owners  in  the  South- 
western metropolis  than  any 
place  else,  and  Mr.  Payne  is 
body  of  men  who  have  made  this 


one    of   that 
possible. 

Being  a  member  of  the  Chamber  of  Commerce 
of  Los  Angeles  and  a  man  of  great  physical  energy, 
Mr.  Payne  has  taken  a  part  in  various  movements 
calculated  to  be  for  the  betterment  of  business  and 
civic  conditions- 
Mr.  Payne  is  a  prominent  factor  in  the  political 
affairs  of  the  city.  He  has  been  identified  with  the 
Progressive  wing  of  the  Republican  party  ever  since 
the  inception  of  the  idea  and  he  has  served  for  sev- 
eral years  as  a  member  of  the  Executive  Committee. 
He  was  a  candidate  for  the  nomination  for  Judge  of 
the  Superior  Court  of  Los  Angeles  County  in  the 
primary  election  of  September  3,  1912,  but  failed  of 
election. 

Mr.  Payne  enjoys  a  splendid  professional  and 
business  standing  in  Los  Angeles.  He  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Benevolent  and  Protective  Order  of  Elks, 
a  member  of  the  Loyal  Order  of  Moose,  a  member 
of  the  Knights  of  Pythias  and  of  the  Phi  Delta  Chi 
college  fraternity. 


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HITTEMORE,  CHARLES  O.,  Vice 
President  and  General  Counsel,  Las 
Vegas  and  Tonopah  Railway,  Los 
Angeles,  California,  was  born  at 
Salt  Lake  City,  Utah,  June  29, 
1862,  the  son  of  Joseph  Whitte- 
more  and  Matilda  (Busby)  Whittemore.  He  mar- 
ried Sarah  L.  Brown  November  26,  1886,  at  Salt 
Lake  City,  and  to  them  there  have  been  born  two 
daughters,  June  and  Leigh,  and  a  son,  Joseph  R. 
Whittemore. 

Mr.  Whittemore  is  of  that 
class  of  Americans  known  as 
"self-made."  His  father  dying 
when  the  boy  was  14  years 
of  age,  the  latter — eldest 
of  a  family  of  five — went  to 
work  at  various  occupations, 
the  while  contributing  to  the 
support  of  the  family  and 
earning  enough  for  his  own 
education.  He  attended  St. 
Mark's  School,  Salt  Lake 
City,  and  was  graduated  with 
honors  in  1882.  He  received 
a  gold  medal  for  highest  ex- 
cellence in  his  class  and  still 
prizes  the  trophy. 

Upon  leaving  school  Mr. 
Whittemore  entered  the  law 
offices  of  Philip  T.  Van  Zile, 
then  United  States  Attorney 
for  the  territory  of  Utah,  and 
read  for  a  year.  He  was  ad- 
mitted to  practice  in  1883 
and  almost  immediately  was 
appointed  Assistant  City  At- 
torney of  Salt  Lake  City.  He 
served  until  October  of  that 

year,  when  he  resigned  to  take  a  special  course  at 
Columbia  Law  School,  New  York  City. 

Leaving  Columbia  in  1884,  Mr.  Whittemore  re- 
turned to  Salt  Lake  City  and  re-engaged  in  prac- 
tice. As  an  active  young  attorney  Mr.  Whittemore 
entered  politics  and  was  one  of  the  signers  of  the 
original  call  for  the  organization  of  the  Republican 
party  in  Utah.  This  was  in  the  early  nineties, 
when  new  political  lines  were  forming  there.  In 
1894  he  was  elected  County  Attorney  of  Salt  Lake 
County  and  in  1895,  when  Utah  was  admitted  as  a 
State,  became  the  first  State's  Attorney  of  the 
County. 

He  was  a  leading  factor  in  the  campaign  of  1896, 
which  resulted  in  McKinley's  election  to  the  Presi- 
dency, and  in  1898  was  appointed  by  the  martyr 
President  to  be  United  States  Attorney  for  his  dis- 
trict. He  served  in  that  capacity  until  1902.  Some 
years  before  this,  however,  Mr.  Whittemore  had 
branched  into  what  was  destined  to  be  the  most 
conspicuous  work  of  his  career.  With  others,  he 
advanced  the  idea  for  a  railroad  linking  Txas  An- 


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geles  and  Salt  Lake  City,  and  as  far  back  as  1893 
made  a  trip  to  Los  Angeles  in  promotion  of  this 
plan.  Later,  in  1896,  he  made  the  trip  overland  in 
a  wagon,  blazing  a  route  for  the  road.  By  contin- 
uous effort  he  and  his  associates  created  interest 
in  the  project,  and  about  1900  the  aid  of  Senator 
W.  A.  Clark  of  Montana  was  enlisted.  The  out- 
come was  the  incorporation  in  1901  of  the  San 
Pedro,  Los  Angeles  and  Salt  Lake  Railroad,  link- 
ing two  great  commercial  centers  and  opening  up 
one  of  the  richest  stretches 
of  territory  in  the  West  and 
forming  the  last  link  in  one 
of  the  three  great  trans-con- 
tinental highways. 

Mr.  Whmemore  was  one 
of  the  incorporators  of  the 
road  and  secured  all  the 
right  of  way  for  the  line  in 
Utah  and  Nevada.  He  re- 
mained with  it  as  general 
attorney  through  its  forma- 
tive and  constructive  peri- 
ods until  1907,  when  the  Las 
Vegas  and  Tonopah  Railroad, 
another  Clark  line,  was  built 
into  Goldfield.  Nevada.  He 
was  made  vice  president  and 
general  counsel  of  the  new 
road,  positions  he  still  holds. 
In  addition  to  his  railroad 
affiliations,  Mr.  Whittemore 
has  aided  in  the  development 
of  several  important  mining 
properties  in  Southern  Ne- 
vada and  oil  properties  in 
California.  He  is  president 
of  the  Goldfield  Merger 
Mines  Company,  a  $5,000,000 

corporation,  formed  by  the  consolidation  of  five 
valuable  mining  properties,  and  vice  president  of 
the  Goldfield  Deep  Mines  Company,  capitalized  at 
$10,000,000.  Also  he  is  president  of  the  Las  Vegas 
Land  and  Water  Company,  founders  of  the  town 
of  Las  Vegas,  Nevada. 

He  maintains  a  general  legal  practice  in  Los 
Angeles,  devoting  himself  to  corporation  matters. 
He  moved  to  Los  Angeles  in  1907  and  has  taken 
an  active  part  in  movements  for  the  upbuilding  of 
the  city  and  Southern  California.  He  has  figured 
in  some  notable  litigations,  one  of  which,  the  "Yard 
decision"  case,  caused  the  passage  by  Congress  of  a 
new  act  protecting  oil  land  purchasers. 

Mr.  Whittemore's  life  has  been  so  taken  up 
with  work  that  he  has  had  no  time  for  out-of-doors 
recreation,  although  he  does  hold  memberships  in 
the  Jonathan  Club  of  Los  Angeles  and  the  Alta 
Club  of  Salt  Lake  City.  He  is  essentially  a  home 
lover  and  takes  great  pride  in  his  family,  his  son 
being  a  student  in  the  law  department  of  Leland 
Stanford  University. 


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ADMUN,  LEWIS  ERVING,  Attor- 
ney, San  Diego,  California,  was 
born  in  Charleston,  Illinois,  July 
23,  1872.  He  is  the  son  of  Daniel 
Dadmun  and  Mary  Jane  (Rus- 
sell) Dadmun,  and  married  Mary 
E.  Annis  at  National  City,  California,  April  3,  1895. 
To  them  there  were  born  four  children,  one  of 
whom  is  deceased.  The  three  surviving  are  Erving 
E.,  Dorothy  and  Sarah  Elizabeth  Dadmun. 

Mr.  Dadmun  received  his  education  in  the  com- 
mon schools  of  Illinois  and  Arkansas  and  studied 
law  later  in  life  while  engaged  in  earning  his  living. 
He  was  compelled  to  seek  his  own  livelihood 
at  an  early  age.  His  family  moved  from  Illinois 
to  Eureka  Springs,  Arkansas,  and  he  spent  several 
years  there,  until  the  removal  of  the  family  to  San 
Diego  in  1888.  He  remained  there  a  few  months 
and  after  seeing  his  parents  settled,  went  *to  Chi- 
cago, where  he  became  Distributing  Agent  for  a 
syndicate  of  raisin  growers  in  California.  It  was 
while  thus  employed  that  he  took  up  law,  devoting 
his  evenings  to  study. 

He  returned  to  San  Diego  in  1892,  took  the  Bar 
examination  and  began  the  practice  of  the  law  in 
August  of  the  following  year.  The  first  part  of  his 
career  was  only  partially  successful  and  for  this 
reason  he  visited  various  States  in  search  of  a 
better  location.  He  spent  several  months  in  Lin- 
coln and  Omaha,  Nebraska,  intending  to  open  of- 
fices in  the  former,  but,  after  working  with  other 
attorneys  for  a  brief  period,  made  up  his  mind  that 
Nebraska  offered  hardly  better  promise  than  did 
California.  Returning  to  San  Diego,  he  conducted 
a  number  of  cases,  then  started  on  another  tour  of 
investigation,  which  led  him  to  the  insular  posses- 
sions of  the  United  States. 

He  arrived  in  the  Philippine  Islands  in  1901, 
when  the  rebellion  was  still  on,  and  met  with  seri- 
ous difficulty  in  traveling.  It  was  his  intention  to 
establish  practice  in  Manila,  but,  owing  to  the  un- 
settled conditions  and  apparent  indefinite  time 
when  these  conditions  would  reach  a  normal  level, 
he  left  there.  He  visited  Honolulu,  then  traveled 
through  China  and  Japan  for  several  months. 

Mr.  Dadmun  returned  to  San  Diego  in  the  early 
part  of  1902  and  resumed  his  practice. 

Recognized  today  as  one  of  the  most  successful 
attorneys  at  the  Bar  of  Southern  California,  he 
has  figured  in  a  number  of  cases  which  have  be- 
come important  parts  of  the  legal  history  of  the 
State.  Early  in  his  career  he  was  retained  by 
certain  farming  interests  in  the  Otay  Valley  of 
Southern  California  to  prosecute  a  suit  against  a 
water  corporation,  which  they  charged  with  causing 
damage  amounting  almost  to  ruination  of  their 
crops.  This  action,  entitled  "Bauers  et  al.  vs. 
Southern  California  Mountain  Water  Company,"  in- 
volved more  than  half  a  million  dollars.  The  farm- 
ers alleged  that  the  company,  by  the  construction 


of  a  dam  across  the  Otay  River  above  their  prop- 
erty, had  caused  the  death  of  their  fruit  trees  and 
other  crops,  with  attendant  damage.  By  his  con- 
duct of  this  case,  Mr.  Dadmun  won  recognition  as 
one  of  the  competent  lawyers  before  the  court  at 
that  time. 

Another  notable  case  in  which  Mr.  Dadmun  ap- 
peared, and  one  in  which  he  won  an  important  vic- 
tory, was  known  as  the  case  of  the  U.  S.  vs. 
Schooner  Lou.  This  vessel,  one  of  the  historic  old 
craft  of  the  Pacific  trade,  was  seized  by  the  Col- 
lector of  Customs  and  a  fine  imposed  upon  her 
owners  for  alleged  violation  of  the  admiralty  laws. 
Mr.  Dadmun  defended  the  owners  and  obtained  a 
ruling  from  the  United  States  Court  supporting  his 
contention  that  it  was  outside  the  province  of  Col- 
lectors of  Ports  to  levy  fines  upon  vessels,  a  prac- 
tice which  had  held  for  many  years.  He  thus  es- 
tablished a  precedent  which  has  continued. 

Besides  the  cases  noted,  Mr.  Dadmun  has  han- 
dled many  other  important  cases,  both  civil  and 
criminal,  and  at  frequent  intervals  has  been  called 
in  by  city  or  State  to  act  as  special  counsel  for 
the  prosecution  in  certain  actions.  His  record  of 
victories  is  one  of  the  most  complete  of  any  man 
in  the  profession  at  San  Diego.  In  1907  he  served 
as  Special  Prosecutor  for  the  city  in  several  cases 
and  also  in  the  same  year  successfully  conducted, 
as  Prosecuting  Attorney,  a  crusade  for  civic  reform 
at  National  City,  where  he  has  his  home. 

Mr.  Dadmun,  because  of  his  prominence  in  legal 
circles,  has  been  urged  on  frequent  occasions  to 
run  for  various  offices,  but,  although  he  has  always 
taken  a  keen  interest  in  political  affairs,  only  once 
bent  to  the  wishes  of  his  friends  far  enough  to 
seek  office.  This  was  in  1910,  when,  after  consider- 
able urging  on  the  part  of  various  citizens,  he  be- 
came a  candidate  for  the  nomination  for  District 
Attorney  of  San  Diego  County  on  the  Republican 
ticket.  He  was  defeated  at  the  primary,  however, 
and  since  then  has  not  permitted  his  name  to  be 
mentioned  in  connection  with  any  public  office. 

In  addition  to  his  work  in  the  legal  profession, 
Mr.  Dadmun  has  a  diversity  of  other  interests  and 
is  a  heavy  real  estate  owner  at  National  City.  He 
is  a  Director  of  the  San  Diego  County  Poultry  As- 
sociation and  also  acts  as  counsel  for  a  number  of 
corporations,  but  most  of  his  spare  time  he  de- 
votes to  his  ranch  interests.  He  is  the  owner  of 
a  580-acre  property  north  of  San  Diego,  is  a  breeder 
of  fine  cattle  and  horses,  and  reputed  to  have  on 
his  ranch  some  of  the  finest  horseflesh  in  the  West. 

Mr.  Dadmun  is  an  enthusiast  for  the  future  of 
San  Diego  and  contiguous  territory  and  has  lent 
his  services,  for  many  years,  to  various  movements 
having  for  their  object  the  upbuilding  of  this  sec- 
tion of  Southern  California. 

His  only  affiliations  are  an  honorary  member- 
ship in  the  T.  M.  A.,  and  his  membership  in  the 
K.  of  P. 


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OTT,  JOHN  GRIFFIN,  At- 
torney-at-Law  (Mott  &  Dil- 
lon), Los  Angeles,  Califor- 
nia, was  born  in  that  city 
August  3,  1874,  the  son  of 
Thomas  Mott  and  Ascension  (Sepulveda) 
Mott.  He  married  Lila  Jean  Fairchild  at 
Los  Angeles,  February  23,  1905. 

Mr.  Mott,  member  of  a  devout  Catholic 
family,  received  his  pri- 
mary education  in  St. 
Vincent's  College  of  Los 
Angeles,  and  later  re- 
ceived the  degrees  of 
Bachelor  of  Letters  and 
Bachelor  of  Laws  from 
Notre  Dame  University, 
where  he  was  a  student 
during  the  years  1895 
and  1896.  From  the  In- 
diana institution  he  went 
to  the  Catholic  Univer- 
sity of  America  at  Wash- 
ington, D.  C.,  and  there 
received  the  degree  of 
Master  of  Laws.  Bishop 
Conaty,  now  head  of  the 
diocese  of  Los  Angeles, 
was  rector  of  the  univer- 
sity at  that  time,  having 
been  appointed  by  Pope 
Leo  XIII  about  the  time 
that  Mr.  Mott  became  a 
student. 

Mr.  Mott  returned  to 
Los  Angeles  immediately 
upon  the  conclusion  of 


JOHN  G.  MOTT 


his  studies  and  began  the  practice  of  his  pro- 
fession. After  approximately  four  years  in 
offices  by  himself,  he  formed  a  partnership 
with  R.  J.  Dillon,  which  has  continued  down 
to  date.  Mr.  Mott  has  made  a  specialty  of 
corporation  and  probate  law  and  during  his 
many  years  of  practice  has  figured  in  some 
notable  cases. 

He  is  intensely  interested  in  various 
movements  for  the  upbuilding  of  Los  An- 
geles and  vicinity  and  was  one  of  the  prin- 
cipal factors  in  the  preliminary  work  of  con- 
solidating Los  Angeles  and  San  Pedro,  a 
move  which  made  Los  Angeles  a  seaport 
and  placed  it  in  line  for  the  benefits  prom- 
ised by  the  Panama  Canal.  He  also  figured 
prominently  in  the  campaign  for  selling 
bonds  for  the  Owens  River  Aqueduct,  mod- 
ern work  which  revolutionized  the  water 
system  of  the  city  of  Los  Angeles.  When 
the  United  States  Government  was  consider- 


ing the  erection  of  a  Federal  building  at  Los 
Angeles,  Mr.  Mott  was  chosen  by  certain 
property  owners  desirous  of  providing  the 
site  for  the  building  to  look  after  their  in- 
terests. In  this  capacity  he  made  a  notable 
fight,  carrying  his  case  to  Washington.  He 
appeared  before  the  House  of  Representa- 
tives and  Senate  in  his  effort  to  win  the  prize 
his  clients  sought,  and,  following  this,  pre- 
sented his  case  at  the 
White  House  itself.  He 
finally  persuaded  Theo- 
dore Roosevelt,  who  was 
then  President,  of  the 
justness  of  his  cause  and 
the  executive  signed  the 
bill. 

These  are  only  a  few 
of  the  important  matters 
in  which  Mr.  Mott  has 
figured,  but  they  serve  to 
show  the  character  of 
work  with  which  he  has 
been  identified. 

He  is  prominently 
identified  with  the  Re- 
publican party  of  Cali- 
fornia and  has  performed 
telling  service  for  that 
organization,  having 
taken  the  stump  for  it  in 
local  and  State  cam- 
paigns. Mr.  Mott  is,  by 
common  consent,  placed 
among  the  leading  ora- 
tors of  the  West  and 
some  of  his  speeches  are 
remembered  as  beautiful  eloquence — perfect 
specimens  of  word  architecture.  His  ad- 
dress at  the  farewell  banquet  to  Bishop 
Montgomery  is  referred  to  as  a  magnificently 
blended  tribute  to  the  retiring  prelate  who 
had  won  the  love  and  affection  of  the  city 
wherein  he  was  a  spiritual  guide. 

Mr.  Mott's  father,  Hon.  Thomas  D. 
Mott,  was  one  of  the  pioneers  of  California, 
who  crossed  the  plains  in  1849,  and  a  man 
who  took  a  leading  part  in  the  early  develop- 
ment of  the  State.  From  him  the  subject  of 
this  sketch  inherited  his  gift  of  oratory. 

Mr.  Mott  enjoys  a  high  professional 
standing  in  Los  Angeles  and  the  State,  and 
is  a  member  of  the  Los  Angeles  and  Los  An- 
geles County  Bar  Associations.  He  is  Past 
Exalted  Ruler  of  the  Los  Angeles  Lodge  of 
Elks,  member  of  the  Native  Sons  of  the 
Golden  West,  Knights  of  Columbus,  Crags 
Country,  Jonathan  and  California  Clubs. 


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ARLAND,  WILLIAM  MAY, 
Real  Estate  Dealer,  Los 
Angeles,  California,  was  born 
at  Westport,  Maine,  March 
31,  1866.  His  father  was 
Jonathan  May  Garland  and  his  mother 
Rebecca  Heal  (Jewett)  Garland.  From  his 
parents,  who  were  of  sturdy  New  England 
stock,  he  inherited  that 
spirit  of  thrift  and 
aggressiveness  which  has 
made  him  such  a  promi- 
nent figure  in  the  making 
of  "The  City  Beautiful"  of 
today.  At  Dunkirk,  New 
York,  October  12,  1898, 
he  married  Blanche  Hin- 
man,  and  to  them  two 
sons  have  been  born, 
William  Marshall  and 
John  Jewett  Garland. 

Mr.  Garland  was  edu- 
cated in  the  public 
schools  of  Waterville, 
Maine. 

After  his  graduation 
from  high  school  he 
went  to  Boston  and  en- 
tered the  employ  of  a 
wholesale  and  retail 
crockery  house.  After  a 
year  spent  at  this  occu- 
pation he  decided  to  quit 
merchandising,  and  as  his 
father  owned  an  orange  grove  and  operated  a 
stage  line  at  Daytona,  Florida,  he  went  there 
and  was  employed  by  his  father  until  1884. 
The  call  of  the  West  had  attracted  his  atten- 
tion, and  he  located  in  Chicago,  where  he  se- 
cured employment  in  the  Merchants'  Nation- 
al Bank  as  messenger.  In  less  than  six  years 
he  was  appointed  receiving  teller  in  the  Il- 
linois Trust  and  Savings  Bank  of  Chicago. 
Notwithstanding  this  rapid  rise  in  banking, 
by  reason  of  physicians'  advice  Mr.  Garland 
determined  to  go  further  west,  and  settled 
upon  Los  Angeles,  arriving  in  that  city  in 
the  winter  of  1890.  He  obtained  there  the 
position  of  auditor  of  the  old  Pacific  Cable 
Railway  Company,  which  supplied  the  trans- 
portation service  to  the  city  a  score  of  years 
ago.  Mr.  Garland  was  not  long  to  discover  the 
great  possibilities  of  real  estate  operations, 
and  at  the  end  of  three  years'  service  with 
the  transportation  lines  he  embarked  in  the 


real  estate  business.  He  has  always  been 
optimistic  about  Los  Angeles  as  a  home  city, 
and  has  made  some  notable  prophecies  as  to 
the  wonderful  growth  in  area  and  population. 
His  latest  prediction  is  that  by  the  last  of 
1920  Los  Angeles  will  have  a  population  of 
1,000,000. 

The  first  important  realty  deal  put  through 
by  Mr.  Garland  was  the 
subdivision  of  the  Wil- 
shire  Boulevard  Tract, 
which  was  put  on  the 
market  in  1896.  At  that 
time  the  whole  section 
was  unimproved  and 
somewhat  remote.  To- 
day it  is  noted  as  having 
some  of  the  finest  resi- 
dences in  the  city,  and  is 
easily  one  of  the  famous 
show  spots  of  the  city. 
Mr.  Garland's  closer  in- 
terest, however,  has  been 
given  to  business  prop- 
erty, and  he  has  been 
especially  successful  in 
keeping  well  in  advance 
of  the  trend  of  business 


WILLIAM  MAY  GARLAND 


improvement. 

Mr.  Garland  was  one 
of  the  organizers  of  the 
Los  Angeles  Realty 
Board,  and  is  now  its 
president.  He  is  officer  and  director  in  sev- 
eral prominent  corporations  of  the  city,  and 
in  addition  is  a  director  of  the  Los  Angeles 
Trust  and  Savings  Bank.  He  served  two 
years  on  the  Los  Angeles  Board  of  Library 
Directors  and  a  similar  term  on  the  Board  of 
Education.  He  is  a  staunch  Republican  and 
was  a  delegate  to  the  National  Convention 
which  met  at  Philadelphia  in  1900,  when  Mc- 
Kinley  and  Roosevelt  were  nominated.  He 
was  also  the  member  from  California  of  the 
notification  committee  which  visited  Canton, 
Ohio,  to  notify  Major  McKinley  of  his  elec- 
tion to  the  Presidency. 

Mr.  Garland  was  Lieutenant  Colonel  and 
Aide-de-Camp  on  the  staff  of  ex-Governor 
Gillett,  and  is  a  member  of  the  Los  Angeles, 
Pasadena  and  Annandale  Country  clubs,  and 
of  the  Los  Angeles  Athletic,  Jonathan  and 
Bolsa  Chica  Gun  clubs  and  California  Club, 
of  which  he  was  president  during  1908. 


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ARSHALL,  EDWIN  JESSOP,  Capi- 
talist and  Banker,  Los  Angeles, 
California,  was  born  at  Baltimore, 
Maryland,  March  18,  1860,  the  son 
of  H.  Vincent  Marshall  and 
Amanda  C.  (Jessop)  Marshall.  He 
married  Sallie  McLemore,  June  1,  1892,  at  Galves- 
ton,  Texas.  There  is  one  son,  Marcus  McLemore 
Marshall,  born  July  9,  1893. 

The  Marshalls  are  one  of  the  noted  families  of 
America.  The  first  of  the  name  came  to  America 
in  1682,  one  Abraham  Marshall,  and  settled  in  Ches- 
ter, Pennsylvania.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Society 
of  Friends,  or,  as  they  are  generally  known, 
Quakers,  and  was  a  member  of  the  colony  of  Wil- 
liam Penn.  The  family  in  England  in  the  genera- 
tions before  his  coming  produced  men  of  note,  and 
distinguished  members  reside  in  Scotland  today. 

Abraham  Marshall  was  the  father  of  nine  chil- 
dren. His  eighth  son  was  Humphrey  Marshall,  the 
first  great  American  botanist,  and  one  of  the  ablest 
that  this  country  has  produced.  Humphrey  Mar- 
shall gave  to  the  city  of  West  Chester  a  park  that 
is  today  unique  in  America,  and  is  very  highly 
prized  by  that  community.  He  gathered,  from  the 
different  localities  of  the  temperate  zone,  the  finest 
varieties  of  useful  and  ornamental  trees  and  set 
them  out,  and  there  they  stand  today,  one  hundred 
and  sixty  years  old  or  older,  the  pioneers  of  many 
varieties  now  common  to  the  United  States.  The 
park  is  frequently  visited  by  landscape  architects 
and  botanists  who  want  to  know  just  how  certain 
trees  in  their  maturity  will  look.  Humphrey  Mar- 
shall duplicated  this  park  on  his  own  estate  on  the 
Brandywine  river,  and  it  has  been  preserved 
through  the  centuries  to  the  present  day  by  its  own- 
ers, a  branch  of  the  Marshall  family. 

E.  J.  Marshall  is  a  descendant  of  the  third  son 
of  the  first  settler,  one  John  Marshall,  who  had  a 
family  of  eight  children.  His  sixth  was  Abraham, 
who  had  twelve  children,  nine  of  them  sons,  and 
his  seventh,  Abraham,  was  Mr.  Marshall's  grand- 
father. 

Several  of  his  grandfather's  brothers  had  ca- 
reers that  could  be  called  romantic,  even  though 
the  Quaker  blood  in  their  veins  suggested  and 
even  demanded  peaceful  and  settled  lives.  One, 
George,  went  to  Spain,  and  then  to  Cuba,  and  won 
the  heart  and  hand  of  the  daughter  of  the  Captain 
General  of  Cuba.  In  the  service  of  Spain,  he  led 
an  adventurous  life,  and  died  a  romantic  death  in 
his  prime. 

Another  brother  went  to  sea  at  the  age  of  fifteen. 
Nearly  all  of  the  crew  on  his  ship  were  taken  down 
with  yellow  fever  and  died.  The  Marshall  boy 
brought  the  ship  into  St.  Augustine,  Florida,  with 
the  help  of  one  or  two  sailors,  and  there  he  was 
stricken  and  died  himself.  Vincent,  another  of  the 
granduncles,  became  a  famous  physician,  at  Cin- 
cinnati, Ohio.  His  son,  Vincent,  moved  to  San 
Francisco,  where  he  aided  in  the  organization  of 
the  San  Francisco  Gas  Company.  He  owned  the 


three  houses  located  on  the  highest  point  of  San 
Francisco,  which  miraculously  escaped  the  great 
disaster  of  April  16,  1906.  He  left  half  his  prop- 
erty to  his  niece,  Helen  Marshall,  whose  sister,  Dr. 
Clara  Marshall,  is  dean  of  the  University  of  Penn- 
sylvania, Women's  Medical  Department,  one  of  the 
most  famous  women  in  medicine  in  the  United 
States. 

Abraham  Marshall,  the  grandfather,  had  a  ca- 
reer that  in  life  was  interesting  and  in  his  death 
tragic.  He  was  a  lawyer,  and,  in  order  to  settle  a 
certain  estate  for  which  he  was  attorney,  he  was 
compelled  to  ride  horseback  all  the  way  from  Phila- 
delphia to  Illinois.  He  received  as  his  fee  a  large 
tract  of  land  in  Illinois,  then  of  little  value,  but 
which  with  the  populating  of  that  State  increased 
rapidly  in  worth. 

The  young  lawyer  became  a  big  figure  in  the 
Illinois  community,  and  the  county  of  Marshall,  Illi- 
nois, was  named  in  his  honor.  During  the  war  be- 
tween Mexico  and  Texas,  when  Texas  was  fighting 
for  its  independence,  he  was  persuaded  that  in  the 
event  the  Texans  were  successful  there  would  be 
great  opportunities  opened. 

He  made  the  journey  by  boat  down  the  Missis- 
sippi to  New  Orleans,  and  from  there  to  Galveston 
with  a  company  of  men.  He  and  his  men  were  at 
once  sent  to  the  front,  and  in  a  few  days  was 
fought  the  battle  of  San  Jacinto,  the  decisive 
struggle  of  the  war,  in  which  the  army  of  the  Mex- 
ican general,  Santa  Ana,  was  wiped  out.  Santa  Ana 
himself  was  taken  prisoner  and  General  Houston 
delivered  the  prisoner  to  the  charge  of  Captain 
Abraham  Marshall.  A  few  weeks  later  Marshall 
was  taken  with  a  fever,  and  one  night,  in  his  de- 
lirium, he  wandered  off  into  the  wilderness.  He 
was  never  seen  or  heard  of  again.  Years  later  a 
noted  phrenologist  and  General  Greene,  chief  of 
staff  for  General  Houston,  wandering  around  in  that 
vicinity  of  Texas,  happened  to  pick  up  a  naked 
skull.  For  his  amusement  the  phrenologist  read 
what  he  thought  must  have  been  the  character  of 
the  possessor  of  the  skull  in  life.  General  Greene 
had  known  Captain  Marshall  in  life,  and  he  was  so 
struck  with  the  similarity  of  the  reading  and  the 
character  of  Captain  Marshall  that  he  wrote  a  let- 
ter saying  that  he  thought  he  had  found  the  cap- 
tain's skull.  This  letter  is  now  in  the  possession  of 
E.  J.  Marshall. 

John  Marshall,  the  greatest  of  the  chief  jus- 
tices of  the  United  States  Supreme  Court,  who 
really  fixed  and  defined  the  position  of  the  Supreme 
Court  in  the  United  States  Government,  is  of  the 
same  family,  descended  from  the  branch  that  set- 
tled in  Virginia. 

In  spite  of  the  fact  that  the  chief  tenet  of  the 
faith  of  the  Quakers  was  an  abhorrence  of  fight- 
ing, the  Abraham  Marshall  who  lived  at  the  time 
of  the  War  of  the  Revolution  organized  a  company, 
of  which  he  was  captain,  and  reported  to  General 
Braddock,  who  was  then  waging  a  campaign  near 
the  Marshall  farm  on  the  Brandywine  river.  The 


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company  at  once  saw  fighting. 

But  the  Society  of  Friends,  of  which  Marshall 
was  one  of  the  most  prominent  members,  in  spite 
of  their  patriotism  did  not  approve  of  warfare. 
They  sent  him  a  communication  that  unless  he 
stopped  his  unholy  conduct  they  would  read  him 
out  of  the  society.  He  was  a  God-fearing  man,  and 
put  his  religion  before  his  fighting.  He  resigned 
from  the  captaincy,  and  the  grandfather  of  General 
McClelland,  of  Civil  War  fame,  was  elected  by  the 
company  in  his  stead. 

Years  later  General  Palmer,  founder  of  Colo- 
rado Springs,  who  was  a  member  of  the  Society 
of  Friends,  was  taken  to  task  for  the  offense  of 
fighting  in  the  Civil  War,  but  he  wrote  a  letter  so 
eloquent  in  his  defense  that  he  was  retained  by  the 
society,  and  the  letter  is  now  treasured  in  the 
archives  of  Chester  County. 

The  original  Marshall  farm  of  two  hundred 
acres,  on  the  Brandywine,  in  Pennsylvania,  is  still 
owned  by  a  member  of  the  family.  The  house  is 
a  stone  one  of  two  stories,  in  an  excellent  state 
of  preservation.  One  of  the  treasured  documents 
is  the  deed  to  the  farm,  yellow  with  age,  signed 
by  William  Penn,  and  in  connection  with  which 
there  are  several  letters  from  William  Penn.  They 
are  kept  in  the  original  wallet  belonging  to  the 
original  grantee.  These  documents  are  of  priceless 
historical  value. 

Allied  closely  with  the  Marshalls  of  Chester 
County  is  the  Sharpless  family;  so  closely,  in  fact, 
through  intermarriage,  that  the  two  families  are 
as  one.  The  importance  of  the  two  families  in 
Chester  County  is  curiously  evidenced  in  the  Ches- 
ter County  National  Bank,  which  has  been  in  ex- 
istence for  two  hundred  years.  It  is  still  housed 
in  a  beautiful  banking  house  designed  by  the  archi- 
tect of  the  National  Capitol  at  Washington.  In  tne 
directors'  room  of  this  bank  hang  numerous  por- 
traits of  former  Marshalls  and  Sharpless  who  have 
been  presidents  of  the  bank,  and  the  present  head 
is  a  Sharpless. 

The  Marshalls  have  played  their  part  in  the  de- 
velopment of  the  United  States.  The  family,  with 
its  connections,  now  numbers  in  the  thousands,  and 
they  are  found  in  every  part  of  the  Republic  and 
in  many  lines  of  endeavor. 

Mr.  Marshall's  father,  H.  Vincent  Marshall,  was 
a  chemist,  who  at  one  time  was  connected  with 
the  house  of  Sharp  &  Doane,  of  Baltimore,  one  of 
the  large  chemical  manufacturing  houses  of  the 
United  States. 

E.  J.  Marshall's  early  education  was  obtained 
in  the  country  schools  in  the  vicinity  of  Baltimore 
and  in  Illinois.  When  he  had  reached  the  age  of 
fifteen  he  received  an  appointment,  through  Presi- 
dent Grant,  to  West  Point,  but  owing  to  the  Quaker 
traditions  and  the  fact  that  Rush  Roberts,  an  uncle, 
who  about  the  same  time  was  put  on  General 
Grant's  Peace  Commission,  sent  to  confer  with  the 
Sioux  Indians,  visited  Mr.  Marshall's  father  on  his 
return  and  objected  strenuously  to  the  West  Point 


course,  the  boy  did  not  enter  the  school. 

It  was  a  sore  disappointment;  so  much  so  that 
he  determined  to  end  his  studies  then  and  there 
and  go  out  into  the  world  for  himself.  He  cast 
himself  adrift,  penniless,  before  he  was  sixteen 
years  old.  ±iis  first  experiences  were  more  than  or- 
dinarily distressing.  He  was  willing  to  work,  and 
found  work,  but  he  was  at  the  very  start  brought 
face  to  face  with  some  of  the  sternest  realities  of 
life. 

His  first  position  of  consequence  was  when  he 
was  at  the  age  of  fifteen.  He  was  given  a  clerk- 
ship at  St.  Louis  in  a  railroad  office,  a  place  he 
was  given  as  a  reward  for  exceptional  integrity 
shown  in  an  incident  in  which  he  suffered  some 
unpleasant  consequences. 

His  next  place  was  with  the  Central  Pacific, 
now  a  part  of  the  Union  Pacific,  at  Atchison,  Kan- 
sas. He  fell  sick,  and  during  his  illness  Jay  Gould 
bought  the  Central  Pacific  and  the  offices  were 
transferred  to  St.  Louis.  Recovering,  he  went  to 
the  Great  Lakes,  and  for  several  months,  in  his 
enfeebled  condition,  the  boy  roughed  it  on  a 
steamer.  In  Chicago  he  met  the  superintendent  of 
the  Pullman  Palace  Car  Company,  who  gave  him  a 
position  as  Pullman  palace  car  conductor,  running 
out  of  St.  Louis.  This  was  in  1878,  at  the  age  of 
eighteen.  He  met  Frank  P.  Killeen,  General  Man- 
ager of  the  Gulf,  Colorado  and  Santa  Fe,  a  part 
of  the  present  extensive  Santa  Fe  system,  who 
made  him  his  private  secretary,  a  position  he  held 
for  two  years,  when  he  was  transferred  to  the 
transportation  department,  of  which  he  was  later 
put  in  charge  as  master  of  transportation. 

The  Atchison,  Topeka  and  Santa  Fe  bought  the 
road,  and,  in  the  process  of  absorption,  there  was  a 
shake-up  in  the  entire  official  body.  Mr.  Marshall, 
however,  kept  his  office  for  about  a  year  under  the 
new  management. 

He  had,  meanwhile,  bought  a  ranch  near  Lam- 
pasas,  Texas,  with  about  $2000  which  he  had  saved 
from  his  salary.  He  formed  a  partnership  with  a 
man  and  together  they  bought  herds  of  sheep.  They 
started  in  well,  but  the  tariff  on  wool  was  suddenly 
stricken  off  by  Congress,  and  in  a,  day  their  busi- 
ness was  rendered  unprofitable.  The  partnership 
was  dissolved,  and  he  took  the  land  while  the  other 
took  the  livestock. 

Just  at  this  time  he  was  offered  the  position  of 
cashier  of  the  new  First  National  Bank  of  Lam- 
pasas,  Texas. 

For  the  next  seventeen  years  he  lived  the  life 
of  a  busy,  hard-working  American.  He  was  cashier 
of  the  bank,  and  finally  became  its  president.  He 
managed  his  ranch  and  familiarized  himself  with 
the  cattle  business,  which  he  made  profitable.  He 
handled  increasingly  large  herds,  and  before  the 
end  of  the  seventeen-year  period  had  amassed  what 
would  be  considered  by  many  a  comfortable  com- 
petence. 

The  turning  point  in  his  career  came  in  1900. 
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dents  spectacular  beyond  all  his  expectations.  He 
was  taking  a  herd  of  two  thousand  head  of  cattle 
to  the  Osage  Indian  Reservation,  in  Oklahoma, 
where  he  had  leased  some  Indian  land,  when  he 
received  word  that  a  great  oil  gusher  had  been 
struck  at  Beaumont,  Texas,  flowing  eighty  thou- 
sand barrels  a  day.  He  was  himself  not  inclined 
to  pay  much  attention  to  the  oil  discovery,  but  was 
persuaded  by  one  of  the  directors  of  his  bank,  and 
a  valued  associate,  to  come  and  look  over  the 
field. 

Tue  Beaumont  oil  field,  like  every  other  to 
which  there  is  a  rush,  had  been  snapped  up  for 
miles  around,  and  the  most  fanciful  prices  pre- 
vailed. There  was  one  tract  of  fifteen  acres  over 
which  a  whole  confusion  of  interests  were  fight- 
ing. Mr.  Marshall  and  his  associate,  Swayne,  de- 
cided that  here  was  their  opportunity.  They  got 
together  the  warring  interests,  among  whom  were 
those  represented  by  Governor  Hogg  of  Texas,  and 
formed  the  now  historic  Hogg-Swayne  Syndicate. 
There  were  five  men  in  the  syndicate,  Marshall, 
Campbell,  Hogg  and  two  others,  and  each  took  a 
fifth. 

The  syndicate  agreed  to  cover  all  claims  at  a 
price  of  $315,000.  The  total  price  was  to  be  paid 
in  sixty  days  and  the  initial  payment  was  to  be 
$30,000. 

Mr.  Marshall  was  made  trustee  and  handled  all 
the  finances.  An  hour  after  the  agreement  was 
reached,  when  the  checks  were  still  in  Mr.  Mar- 
shall's pocket,  an  attorney  by  the  name  of  Rose 
appeared  and  said  he  had  an  option  on  two-and-a- 
half  acres  which  he  insisted  on  exercising.  He 
brought  $100,000  with  him  in  $1000  bank  notes,  pre- 
pared to  pay  cash  for  the  option.  If  he  were  not 
permitted  to  buy  the  option  he  was  prepared  to  sue. 
Rather  than  face  litigation  at  that  time,  Mr.  Mar- 
shall and  the  syndicate  accepted  the  offer  and  took 
the  $100,000. 

It  was  never  necessary  to  use  the  $30,000  in 
checks. 

Dry  holes  had  been  sunk  all  around  Spindle  Top, 
which  resulted  in  concentrating  all  the  rush  on 
Spindle  Top  itself.  The  same  day  the  syndicate 
advertised  that  they  would  sell  leases  at  the  rate 
of  $100,000  an  acre.  Towne,  a  former  candidate  for 
the  Presidency  of  the  United  States  on  the  Populist 
ticket,  who  had  stepped  aside  to  make  way  for 
Watson,  bought  a  lease  on  a  quarter  acre  for 
$28,500  cash.  Three  more  were  sold  before  night. 
Practically  all  the  $315,000  which  had  been  paid 
for  the  property  was  at  once  paid  off.  In  thirty 
days  enough  leases  were  sold  to  cover  the  cost 
and  leave  a  net  profit  of  $300,000,  and  the  syndi- 
cate still  had  half  of  its  fifteen  acres. 

An  English  syndicate  here  came  _in  and  made 
an  offer  of  $2,000,000  for  the  half  that  was  left. 
They  deposited  $25,000  while  the  bargain  was 
pending  and  Mr.  Marshall  went  to  London  to  com- 
plete the  negotiations.  He  arranged  to  build  two 
pipe  lines  from  Beaumont  to  the  coast  at  Port 


Arthur,  near  by,  and  to  build  five  steel  tanks  each 
of  a  storage  capacity  of  55,000  barrels.  When  this 
was  done  the  Englishmen  were  prepared  to  pay 
the  $2,000,000.  At  a  cost  of  $150,000  the  pipe  line 
and  storage  plant  was  put  in,  under  the  supervision 
of  a  former  Standard  Oil  manager,  but  the  English- 
men never  closed  on  their  option. 

Mr.  Marshall  and  his  associates  were,  there- 
fore, compelled  to  continue  in  the  oil  business. 
They  spent  $200,000  more  on  the  storage  plant. 
The  storage  facilities  were  still  not  enough  to  take 
care  of  the  oil  that  was  offered  them,  and  the 
business  was  growing  to  unexpected  magnitude. 

It  was  decided  to  interest  more  capital,  and  a 
committee  went  to  New  York,  where  they  con- 
ferred with  John  W.  Gates,  Ellwood,  J.  S.  Culinan 
and  others.  They  came  to  an  understanding. 
Meanwhile  Mr.  Marshall,  J.  S.  Culinan  and  Camp- 
bell formed  "The  Texas  Company,"  and  to  the 
stock  of  this  concern  Gates  and  his  associates 
subscribed. 

The  Texas  Company  is  now  the  second  largest 
oil  company  in  the  world.  It  has  a  capital  of 
$50,000,000.  It  has  pipe  lines  covering  Texas,  Okla- 
homa and  Kansas,  and  competes  with  the  Standard 
Oil  Company  in  twenty  states.  Mr.  Marshall  was 
its  first  treasurer. 

Mr.  Marshall  then  went  to  Paris,  on  another 
mission,  and  on  his  return  made  arrangements  tc 
close  out  his  oil  interests  and  go  to  California. 
Mrs.  Marshall  and  their  son  had  been  in  California 
the  greater  part  of  three  years  for  the  sake  of  the 
son's  health.  He  arrived  in  Los  Angeles  January 
1,  1904. 

The  famous  Spindle  Top  had  a  comparatively 
short  life.  Wells  were  sunk  so  closely  together 
that  no  one  got  much  oil,  and  finally,  through  care- 
lessness, salt  water  was  admitted  to  the  oil  bearing 
strata.  The  seven  and  a  half  acres  on  which  the 
syndicate  had  an  offer  of  $2,000,000  is  now  practi- 
cally worthless.  He  sold  his  last  block  of  Texas 
Company  stock  to  John  W.  Gates  in  1906. 

He  assumed  the  office  of  vice  president  of  the 
Southwestern  National  Bank  of  Los  Angeles  on 
the  day  of  his  arrival,  and  he  was  connected  with 
it  in  that  capacity  until  its  consolidation  with  the 
First  National  Bank,  in  1905.  He  was  offered  an 
official  position  with  the  enlarged  bank,  but  his 
private  interests  had  become  so  large  that  he 
declined. 

Shortly  after  his  arrival  at  Los  Angeles  he  be- 
gan looking  around  for  opportunities  to  buy 
ranches,  his  favorite  form  of  investment.  J.  S. 
Torrance  offered  him  five  adjacent  ranches  in  Santa 
Barbara  County,  on  which  oil  wells  were  being 
drilled.  He  offered  him  the  five,  with  a  total  acre- 
age of  63,000,  retaining  the  oil  rights,  but  he  bought 
only  three  of  them.  This  is  now  one  of  the  model 
ranches  of  California,  containing  42,000  acres.  It 
is  located  north  of  the  city  of  Santa  Barbara  and 
fronts  the  Pacific  Ocean  for  fifteen  miles. 

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Hereford  cattle,  pronounced  by  experts  to  be  the 
finest  herd  in  the  world.  They  have  been  very 
profitable,  a  thousand  head  being  sold  each  year 
at  special  prices.  The  ranch  has  already  paid  for 
itself,  and  is  now  valued  around  one  million  dollars. 
Fifteen  thousand  acres  are  under  cultivation  and  a 
thousand  acres  are  under  lease  to  a  sugar  com- 
pany for  the  growing  of  sugar  beets. 

Since  1904  he  has  also  bought  the  famous  Chino 
Ranch,  whose  lands  are  located  between  Pomona, 
Riverside  and  Corona,  California.  Associated  with 
him  in  this  purchase  are  J.  S.  Torrance,  E.  T.  Earl, 
J.  S.  Cravens  and  Isaac  Milbank.  Mr.  Marshall  is 
president  of  the  company. 

The  area  of  the  Chino  ranch  when  bought  was 
46,000  acres.  Water  was  developed  and  other  im- 
provements made,  and  a  portion  of  the  property 
put  on  the  market.  Twenty  thousand  acres  have 
been  sold  to  small  settlers.  Some  of  the  most  thick- 
ly settled  portions  of  Southern  California  surround 
the  property,  which  has  grown  to  be  exceedingly 
valuable. 

Since  the  purchase  of  the  Chino  property  he  has 
bought  the  Grand  Canyon  ranch,  for  which  was 
paid  $250,000.  This  is  used  as  a  breeding  ground 
for  the  Chino  property.  On  this  property  he  owns 
all  the  water  sources,  and  has  piped  this  water  dis- 
tances of  ten  to  fifteen  miles  that  it  might  be 
available  for  the  livestock.  He  can  now  run  from 
fifteen  thousand  to  twenty  thousand  head  of  cattle 
on  this  ranch. 

But  the  largest  of  his  ranches  is  the  Palomas, 
in  Mexico.  This  is,  in  fact,  the  largest  ranch  in 
the  world,  two  million  acres,  within  fence.  This, 
also,  he  has  acquired  since  coming  to  Los  Angeles. 
The  north  line  stretches  across  the  entire  southern 
boundary  of  New  Mexico,  a  distance  of  170  miles. 
On  this  he  runs  one  of  the  world's  largest  herds  of 
cattle.  This  property  is  not  entirely  grazing  land. 
Probably  200,000  acres  can  be  reclaimed  by  irri- 
gation. One  of  the  largest  artesian  belts  in  Amer- 
ica runs  through  it,  and  a  section  is  watered  by  a 
fine  river.  Only  a  part  of  this  area  has  up  to  the 
present  time  been  reclaimed.  He  has  associated 
with  him  in  this  property  J.  S.  Torrance  and  H.  S. 
Stephenson. 

He  is  president  of  the  Sinaloa  Land  Company,  a 
company  that  owns  1,500,000  acres  in  the  state  of 
Sinaloa,  Mexico.  He  was  induced  to  become  presi- 
dent and  manager  of  the  company  in  order  to  carry 
on  development  more  rapidly.  The  company  origi- 
nally obtained  the  land  in  payment  for  a  survey 
of  the  state  of  Sinaloa.  The  land  is  not  in  one 
tract,  but  is  scattered  all  over  the  state.  A  plant 
irrigating  100,000  acres  of  land  has  just  been  com- 
pleted. The  water  is  drawn  from  the  Culiacan 
river  and  spread  over  the  valley  lands  adjacent. 

The  Sinaloa  lands  are  especially  valuable  be- 
cause they  are  well  watered,  with  a  rainfall  of 
thirty-five  inches  and  upward  annually,  and  five 
large  rivers  flowing  through  them.  Upwards  of 
$2,000,000  has  been  spent  on  surveying  and  develop- 


ment work.  With  the  opening  of  the  Panama 
Canal  the  lands  will  be  colonized. 

A  summary  shows  the  enormous  scale  on  which 
he  operates.  He  is  easily  one  of  the  largest  stock 
growers  of  the  country;  very  few  can  be  classed 
with  him.  His  combined  herds  number  100,000.  On 
the  three  ranches,  Grand  Canyon,  Santa  Barbara 
County,  Palomas  and  Chino,  considering  the  size  of 
the  herds  on  each  property,  each  stands  in  a  class 
by  itself,  unequaled  in  breeding  and  in  the  quantity 
of  production. 

He  is  one  of  the  largest  farmers  in  the  United 
States  and  in  the  world.  He  cultivates  15,000  acres 
on  the  Santa  Barbara  ranch,  20,000  acres  -on  the 
Chino  ranch,  and  5000  to  6000  acres  in  Mexico.  This 
makes  a  total  of  40,000  acres  under  plow. 

Although  there  has  been  much  of  the  spectacu- 
lar in  his  business  career,  it  can  be  said  that  prac- 
tically all  of  Mr.  Marshall's  success  has  been  due 
to  good  judgment  and  hard  work.  Through  seven- 
teen years  of  close  application  to  the  duties  of  his 
various  offices  in  the  Lampasas  Bank,  and  his  good 
judgment  in  the  management  of  his  farm,  he  pros- 
pered until,  when  his  great  chance  came,  he  was 
ready  to  take  it.  Even  then  he  did  not  plunge 
recklessly  as  even  staid  business  men  are  tempted 
to  do;  costly  as  it  appeared  he  bought  the  abso- 
lutely proven  oil  ground  of  Spindle  Top  itself.  His 
part  in  the  formation  of  the  Texas  Company  earned 
him  a  place  as  one  of  the  big  oil  operators  of  the 
United  States,  but  his  career  in  oil  could  be 
stricken  out  entirely  and  he  would  yet  have 
reached  approximately  his  present  standing.  After 
he  had  drawn  his  profit  out  of  the  oil  business, 
hardly  more  than  the  profits  of  straight  invest- 
ment, he  went  back  to  his  original  callings  of 
banking,  livestock  and  farms.  And  it  is  in  these 
that  his  thoroughness,  managerial  ability,  and 
knowledge  of  the  business  have  had  their  greatest 
reward.  He  took  hold  of  great  tracts  of  land  and 
increased  their  value  five-fold. 

He  is  the  president  of  the  Chino  Land  and 
Water  Company,  Sinaloa  Land  and  Water  Com- 
pany, Palomas  Land  and  Water  Company,  Grand 
Canyon  Cattle  Company  and  Jesus  Maria  Rancho. 

He  is  a  director  of  the  Los  Angeles  Trust  Com- 
pany, First  National  Bank  of  Los  Angeles,  Pacific 
Mutual  Life  Insurance  Company,  Home  Telephone 
and  Telegraph  Company  of  Los  Angeles,  Home  Tel- 
ephone Company  of  San  Francisco,  and  over  thirty 
other  companies.  He  is  vice  president  of  the  J.  H. 
Adams  Company,  of  Los  Angeles,  one  of  the  strong- 
est bond  houses  in  the  United  States,  with  a  capi- 
tal of  $3,500,000,  and  which  deals  solely  in  bonds. 

He  is  part  owner  in  the  Central  Building,  the 
Security  Building  and  the  Chester  Building,  three 
of  the  largest  steel  office  blocks  in  Los  Angeles. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  California,  Jonathan,  Los 
Angeles  Athletic,  Los  Angeles  Country,  Pasadena 
Country  and  Bolsa  Chica  Gun  clubs,  of  Los  Angeles 
and  Pasadena,  and  also  of  the  Bohemian  of  San 
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UINT,  SUMNER  J.,  Physician  and 
Surgeon,  Los  Angeles,  California, 
was  born  in  Lawrence,  Mass., 
April  28,  1872,  the  son  of  Charles 
A.  Quint  and  Maria  (Burroughs) 
Quint.  He  married  Stella  Mar- 
garet Wilson  at  Los  Angeles,  June  11,  1902,  and 
to  them  there  have  been  born  two  children,  George 
Waldo  and  Sumner  Wilson  Quint. 

Dr.  Quint  is  descended  from  an  old  New  England 
family,  the  first  member  in 
America  having  been  Elder 
William  Wentworth,  who 
came  over  the  sea  from  Eng- 
land early  in  the  seventeenth 
century.  Other  ancestors  of 
Dr.  Quint  included  Captain 
Moses  Butler,  who  command- 
ed a  Company  at  the  capture 
of  Louisburg,  and  the  latter's 
son,  Chas.  Butler,  who  served 
in  the  Revolutionary  War. 

Dr.  Sumner  J.  Quint,  who 
is  one  of  the  able  surgeons 
of  Southern  California,  re- 
ceived his  early  education  in 
the  high  school  of  Sanford, 
Me.,  Y.  M.  C.  A.  night  school, 
Portsmouth,  N.  H.,  and  New 
Hampshire  Conference  Sem- 
inary (1893  to  1895).  Moving 
to  Pomona,  Gal.,  in  1895,  he 
entered  Pomona  College,  and 
in  1896,  went  to  the  College 
of  Medicine  of  the  Univer- 
sity of  Southern  California. 
He  was  graduated  with  the 
degree  of  M.  D.  in  1899.  His 
preceptors  were  Drs.  Norman 
Bridge  and  George  L.  Cole, 
two  noted  physicians  of  Los 
Angeles.  During  his  career 
at  college,  Dr.  Quint  was 
one  of  the  notable  leaders  of 
his  class,  both  in  fellowship  and  scholarship. 

Following  his  graduation,  Dr.  Quint  became  an 
interne  in  the  California  Hospital  of  Los  Angeles, 
remaining  until  1900,  when  he  became  attached 
to  the  U.,S.  Marine  Hospital.  In  1901  he  was  ap- 
pointed Assistant  Health  Officer  of  Los  Angeles, 
retaining  this  office  until  1905. 

Dr.  Quint  was  chosen  Junior  Chief  Police  Sur- 
geon of  Los  Angeles  in  1905,  succeeding  shortly 
to  the  post  of  Senior  Chief  Police  Surgeon.  In 
this  capacity  he  made  a  remarkable  record,  his 
administration  being  particularly  distinguished  for 
the  advancement  in  methods  of  handling  municipal 
cases.  He  conceived  the  idea  of  detaching  the  Re- 
ceiving Hospital,  as  the  Los  Angeles  municipal 
institution  is  known,  from  the  city  police  station 
and  through  his  influence  a  separate  building  was 
erected,  a  modern  structure  with  modern  equip- 
ment. He  had  much  to  do  with  planning  the  hos- 
pital and  is  credited  generally  as  having  given  to 
the  city  one  of  its  most  valuable  municipal  assets. 

Dr.  Quint,  although  he  had  worked  hard  to  pro- 
cure the  new  hospital,  did  not  remain  with  the 
city  service  long  enough  to  see  his  ideas  fully 
carried  out,  but  left  the  post  of  Chief  Police  Sur- 
geon in  1910,  after  about  five  years  of  successful 
work,  to  become  Chief  Surgeon  of  the  French 


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Hospital  of  Los  Angeles,  in  which  capacity  he  still 
serves  (1913).  He  has  also  acted  during  this 
period  as  Medical  Examiner  for  the  Provident  Sav- 
ings Life  Assurance  Company  of  New  York  and  the 
Occidental  Life  Insurance  Company  of  California. 
During  the  last  two  years  of  his  career  at  the 
University  of  Southern  California  Medical  College, 
Dr.  Quint  was  Official  Druggist  of  the  institution  and 
in  1901,  was  appointed  Instructor  in  Materia  Medica 
at  the  University,  resigning  this  in  1907  to  take 
the  post  of  instructor  in  Sur- 
gery. The  Medical  College 
of  the  University  of  Southern 
California  has  since  become 
a  part  of  the  State  Univer- 
sity, known  as  the  University 
of  California,  and  Dr.  Quint, 
who  has  probably  had  more 
experience  in  general  sur- 
gery than  any  other  surgeon 
of  his  age  in  the  State  of 
California,  is  regarded  as  one 
of  the  valuable  members  of 
the  faculty. 

Dr.  Quint  has  written 
many  articles  on  surgery  for 
the  Los  Angeles  County  Med- 
ical Society  and  his  opinion 
on  all  matters  pertaining  to 
this  branch  of  medical  prac- 
tice is  highly  respected  by 
the  surgeons  of  his  State. 

While  at  College,  Dr. 
Quint  became  a  member  of 
Nu  Sigma  Nu  and  Theta  Nu 
Epsilon,  Greek  Letter  socie- 
ties and  has  since  that  time 
taken  an  active  interest  in 
fraternal  affairs,  being  a 
member  also  of  the  Benevo- 
lent and  Protective  Order  of 
Elks,  Royal  Arch  Masons, 
(Thirty  Second  Degree),  the 
Mystic  Shrine  and  the  Fra- 
ternal Champions,  of  which  he  is  Supreme  Medical 
Director. 

He  is  a  charter  member  of  the  Los  Angeles 
Clinical  and  Pathological  Society,  and  holds  mem- 
bership in  the  American  Medical  Association,  Los 
Angeles  County  Medical  Association,  Medical  So- 
ciety of  the  State  of  California  and  the  Alumni 
Association  of  the  University  of  Southern  Cali- 
fornia. 

Dr.  Quint  is  a  great  lover  of  outdoor  sports, 
doing  active  work  in  his  college  days  on  the  base- 
ball and  football  teams,  and  now  spends  con- 
siderable time  playing  golf.  He  is  also  a  member 
of  the  Automobile  Club  of  Southern  California 
and  of  the  American  Automobile  Association,  and 
takes  great  pleasure  in  driving  his  six-cylinder, 
48  horsepower  Franklin  around  Southern  Cali- 
fornia. He  has  been  Chief  Surgeon  at  many  of 
the  automobile  races,  and  Chief  Surgeon  for  the 
aviation  meets  at  Los  Angeles.  He  is  also  con- 
nected with  the  Red  Cross  Society,  and  numerous 
organizations  of  a  charitable  nature. 

Dr.  Quint  enjoys  a  personal  popularity  within 
and  without  the  confines  of  the  medical  fraternity. 
His  clubs  include  the  University,  Union  League, 
Knickerbocker  and  Pomona  College,  also  the  San 
Gabriel  Country  Club. 


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ASHION,  JAMBS  A.,  Railroad 
Builder,  Los  Angeles,  California, 
was  born  in  Glengarry  County, 
Dominion  of  Canada,  May  13,  I860,, 
his  parents  being  sturdy  repre- 
sentatives of  the  Canadian  type. 
His  father  was  Daniel  Cashion  and  his  mother  Jane 
(Burton)  Cashion.  He  married  Jessie  McDonnell 
at  Ventura,  California,  December  24,  1900,  and  to 
them  there  have  been  born  two  children,  Jean 
Elizabeth  and  James  Angus 
Cashion. 

Mr.  Cashion  attended  the 
common  schools  of  his  native 
county  and  remained  in  Can- 
ada until  he  was  19  years  old, 
at  which  time  he  went  to 
Kansas.  Kansas  at  that  peri- 
od was  in  the  midst  of  great 
railroad  construction  and  Mr. 
Cashion  embarked  in  that 
business,  which  he  has  fol- 
lowed ever  since  and  in 
which  he  is  now  engaged. 

Starting  in  1879  as  a  mule 
driver  in  a  construction 
camp,  he  learned  the  busi- 
ness with  such  rapidity  he 
was  made  a  foreman  in  six 
months.  From  that  time  on 
his  life  has  been  one  of  hard 
work  and  progress,  until  to- 
day, with  thousands  of  miles 
of  railroad  attesting  his  abil- 
ity, the  name  of  Cashion  is 
known  from  the  Missouri  to 
the  Pacific. 

Mr.  Cashion's  field  of  op- 
erations has  oeen  in  Kansas, 

Colorado,  New  Mexico,  Arizona,  California  and  Old 
Mexico,  and  during  this  time  some  of  the  largest 
railroad  construction  enterprises,  especially  in  Old 
Mexico,  have  been  successfully  concluded  under 
his  direction  and  supervision. 

In  1886  Mr.  Cashion  was  superintendent  of  con- 
struction for  Grant  &  McDonald  on  the  line  from 
Arkansas  City,  Kansas,  down  into  the  Indian  Ter- 
ritory, through  that  section  on  which  Guthrie  and 
other  thriving  towns  now  stand.  At  that  time 
there  were  no  towns  in  that  barren  country  and 
the  stations  were  named  as  the  road  was  built. 
This  was  one  of  Mr.  Cashion's  earliest  successes 
and  was  followed  by  numerous  others  during  the 
next  fifteen  years. 

Mr.  Cashion  began  his  important  Arizona  ac- 
tivities in  1901,  by  which  time  he  had  become  vice 
president,  general  manager  and  one  of  the  princi- 
pal owners  of  the  Grant  Brothers  Construction 
Company.  His  first  road  there  was  the  Prescott 
&  Eastern,  running  from  Mayer  to  Crown  King, 
with  a  branch  to  Poland.  This  was  attended  with 
great  difficulty,  the  route  passing  through  a  par- 
ticularly rough  stretch  of  country.  About  the  time 


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this  line  was  completed  Mr.  Cashion  began  the 
construction  of  the  Phoenix  &  Eastern  (now  the 
Arizona  &  Eastern),  extending  100  miles  from 
Phoenix  to  Winkelman.  This  was  completed  in  1903. 
The  Arizona  &  California  Road,  running  from 
Wickenburg  to  Parker,  on  the  Colorado  River,  a 
distance  of  108  miles,  was  the  next  one  completed, 
in  1905.  This  was  an  unusually  strenuous  period 
for  Mr.  Cashion,  for  about  that  same  time  he  built 
the  Rio  Puerco  cut-off  from  Belen  to  Del  Rio, 
in  New  Mexico,  and  the  Ari- 
zona Southern  Road  from 
Red  Rock  to  Silver  Bell,  in 
Arizona. 

As  the  three  operations 
mentioned  above  were  near- 
ing  completion  Mr.  Cashion 
invaded  Old  Mexico  for  the 
Southern  Pacific  Company, 
and  there  for  the  last  six 
years  or  more  has  been  at 
work  carving  ways  through 
the  rough  country  of  the  Re- 
public to  the  south.  In  that 
comparatively  short  period 
of  time  he  has  constructed 
more  than  1000  miles,  and 
many  miles  of  it  have  oeen 
through  solid  rock,  necessi- 
tating, in  addition  to  diffi- 
cult grading,  the  building  of 
numerous  tunnels. 

His  first  road  in  Mexico 
was  that  reaching  from  No- 
gales  to  Cananea,  and  was 
followed  by  the  building  of 
the  line  from  Corral,  in  the 
State  of  Sonora,  up  the 
Yaqui  River  to  Tonichi.  This 
is  100  miles  long,  through  a  wild,  rocky  canyon. 
Another  hard  piece  of  construction  was  that  from 
Nocozari  to  Montezuma. 

The  most  notable  line,  however,  built  in  Mexico 
by  Mr.  Cashion  is  the  800  miles  from  Corral  to 
Tepic,  running  through  parts  of  the  States  of  So- 
nora, Sinaloa  and  the  Territory  of  Tepic,  with 
branches  extending  from  Navajoa  to  Alamos  and 
from  Quila  to  El  Dorado,  in  the  sugar  region.  Mr. 
Cashion  has  also  built  hundreds  of  miles  of  railroad 
in  the  States  of  California  and  Colorado. 

He  is  today,  and  has  been  for  years,  vice  presi- 
dent and  general  manager  of  the  Grant  Brothers 
Construction  Company,  of  Los  Angeles,  and  is  also 
vice  president  and  a  director  of  the  Hibernian  Sav- 
ings bank  of  that  city. 

Aside  from  his  construction  enterprises  and 
banking  interests,  Mr.  Cashion  is  a  heavy  land- 
holder in  the  famous  Salt  River  Valley  of  Arizona, 
where  his  ranches,  of  the  finest  soil  in  the  vaney, 
are  pointed  out  as  models.  These  ranches  are 
stocked  with  the  best  horses,  mules  and  cattle  in 
that  section  of  the  Great  Southwest. 

Mr.  Cashion's  only  lodge  affiliation  is  the  B.  P.  O. 
Elks,  and  he  is  a  life  member  of  Los  Angeles 
Lodge,  No.  99. 


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ATTISON,     FITCH    C.     E., 

Mg  Physician  and  Surgeon,  Pas- 
1  adena,  Cal.,  was  born  at  Lou- 
isville, Ky.,  May  4,  1861,  the 
son  of  Samuel  J.  Mattison 
and  Kate  (Jenning)  Mattison.  He  married 
Helen  Blake,  deceased,  January  24,  1889. 
There  is  one  child,  Bessie  Mattison,  born  De- 
cember 12,  1890.  Dr.  Mattison  is  a  descend- 
ant of  a  family  that  ante- 
dates the  Revolution  on 
both  the  paternal  and  the 
maternal  side,  and  whose 
men  have  fought  against 
the  Indians,  in  the  Revo- 
lution, and  Mexican  and 
the  Civil  Wars. 

He  was  given  a  first 
class  education  in  the 
schools  thought  best  fitted 
for  him.  Zachary  Taylor 
Pindell's,  at  Annapolis, 
Maryland,  was  his  first 
school,  and  the  Maryland 
Institute  of  Baltimore 
added  to  his  knowledge. 
For  training  in  the  medi- 
cal profession  he  sought 
the  College  of  Physicians 
and  Surgeons  at  Chicago, 
and  there  he  received  his 
degree  as  Doctor  of  Med- 
icine. 

While  he  studied  he 
worked  and  earned  his 
way.  After  leaving  the 
Maryland  Institute  he 
was  given  a  job  in  his  father's  store  in  Balti- 
more. When  he  was  twenty  he  struck  out 
independently  for  himself  and  decided  to  go 
to  Chicago.  There  he  entered  upon  an  ener- 
getic career. 

He  went  to  work  for  the  Pocket  Railway 
Guide  Company,  and  was  made  first  assist- 
ant secretary.  Later,  as  his  knowledge  of 
the  business  grew,  he  was  made  editor  of 
the  Guide.  Meanwhile,  he  became  a  part 
owner  in  a  drup-  store  located  in  Chicago, 
and  his  interest  in  the  concern  naturally  led 
to  his  study  of  medicine.  It  was  then  that 
he  entered  the  College  of  Physicians  and 
Surgeons. 

After  his  graduation  he  located  in  Chicago 
and  practiced  both  medicine  and  surgery 
from  1888  until  1898,  when  he  moved  to  Pas- 
adena. He  resumed  his  practice  in  that 
city,  making  a  specialty  of  surgery, 
and  is  now  recognized  as  one  of  the 


DR.  F.  C.   E.   MATTISON 


most  efficient  surgeons  in  the  West.  Not 
long  after  his  arrival  in  Southern  Cali- 
fornia he  was  offered  the  post  of  surgeon  of 
the  Southern  Pacific  Railway,  which  he  ac- 
cepted and  still  holds. 

The  State  of  California  has  honored  him 
by  an  appointment  as  one  of  the  State  Board 
of  Medical  Examiners.  He  has  been  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Public  Health  Commission  of  the 
State  of  California,  and 
he  has  acted  as  chairman 
of  that  organization.  In 
this  he  was  able  to  pro- 
mote what  has  always 
been  one  of  his  chief  in- 
terests, the  safeguarding 
of  the  public  health.  He 
has  been  for  a  number  of 
years  chairman  of  the  Los 
Angeles  County  Milk 
Commission,  and  the 
work  he  has  done  in  this 
connection  has  been  a 
model  of  efficiency,  and 
has  attracted  the  atten- 
tion of  the  health  depart- 
ments of  the  American 
cities. 

The  capital  that  he  has 
accumulated  in  his  indus- 
try he  has  invested  in  sev- 
e  r  a  1  substantial  enter- 
prises ;  notable  among 
these  is  the  Pasadena  Sav- 
ings and  Trust  Company, 
one  of  the  big  institutions 
of  the  kind  in  the  State, 
of  which  he  is  a  director.  He  is  accounted 
one  of  the  financially  solid  men  of  Pasadena. 
He  is  a  member  and  director  of  the  Board 
of  Trade. 

He  is  a  member  of  all  the  more  important 
medical  associations,  both  local  and  national. 
Among  them  are  the  American  Medical  As- 
sociation, the  California  State  Medical  Asso- 
ciation, the  Los  Angeles  County  Medical  As- 
sociation, the  Pacific  Association  of  Railway 
Surgeons,  Clinical  and  Pathological  Society, 
American  Society  for  the  Advancement  of 
Science,  the  American  Medical  Milk  Com- 
mission. 

He  is  prominent  in  society  and  in  the  club 
life  of  Pasaden?  He  is  president  of  the 
Overland  Club  of  Pasadena;  member  Los 
Angeles  University  Club ;  member  Annan- 
dale  Country  Club,  Valley  Hunt  Club,  Tuna 
Club,  and  of  others  in  Chicago  and  Southern 
California. 


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A  T  E  S,  HENRY  SEARS 
(Bates  &  Chesebrough),  Ship- 
ping and  Commission,  San 
Francisco,  California,  was 
born  in  San  Rafael,  that  State, 
April  27,  1879,  the  son  of  Marshall  Asha 
Bates  and  Elizabeth  (Sears)  Bates.  He  is  of 
Virginian  descent  on  his  father's  side  and  of 
New  England  ancestry  on  the  maternal  side, 
his  mother  having  been 
the  daughter  of  Judge 
Sears,  a  jurist  well  known 
in  the  East.  On  March 
18,  1903,  Mr.  Bates  mar- 
ried Miss  Mary  Gladys 
Merrill,  in  San  Francisco, 
and  to  them  there  have 
been  born  three  children: 
Merrill,  Henry  Sears,  Jr., 
and  Gerald  Bates. 

Mr.  Bates  received  his 
early  education  at  the  Pa- 
cific Heights  Grammar 
School  and  at  the  Broad- 
way School,  San  Francis- 
co; attended  the  Mount 
Tamalpais  Academy  in 
San  Rafael  and  the  Low- 
ell High  of  San  Francisco 
from  1891  to  1895,  was 
graduated  from  Boone's 
Academy,  Berkeley,  in 
1897,  and  left  the  Univer- 
sity of  California  in  1898, 
in  his  sophomore  year,  to 
engage  in  mining  in  Mari- 
posa  and  Calaveras  coun- 
ties. In  1900  he  went  to  Nome,  Alaska,  where 
he  roughed  it  for  awhile,  ran  a  boat  on  the 
Yukon  and  gained  an  experience  valuable 
from  both  a  physical  and  business  viewpoint. 
Possibly  the  germ  of  his  present  large  ideas 
of  shipping  and  development  was  born  in  that 
Yukon  venture  and  stimulated  by  his  subse- 
quent progress  in  the  brokerage  line.  At  all 
events,  in  1901  he  entered  the  marine  broker- 
age business  with  M.  A.  Newell  as  an  ad- 
juster. Here  he  rapidly  learned  the  details  of 
the  office,  and  in  1903  became  a  clerk  in  the 
firm  of  Johnson  &  Higgins,  marine  brokers, 
where  he  rose,  in  1905,  to  the  head  of  the  ad- 
justing department,  a  recognized  authority 
on  marine  adjusting. 

The  February,  1911,  number  of  "Ocean 
Travel  and  Traffic"  contains  an  article  by  Mr. 
Bates,  sketching  the  history  of  his  company 
and  indicating  the  "probable  effects  the  Pana- 
ma Canal  will  have  upon  California's  trade 


H.  S.  BATES 


with  the  Gulf  and  Atlantic  ports."  Excerpts 
from  this  contribution  shed  much  interesting 
light  upon  the  subject  treated,  as  well  as  on 
Mr.  Bates'  commercial  intelligence.  He  tells 
us  that  in  July,  1907,  the  firm  "started  in  busi- 
ness and,  naturally,  owing  to  the  previous  ex- 
perience of  both  partners,  decided  to  confine 
itself  to  shipping  and  marine  brokerage." 
The  positions  previously  held  by  Mr.  Chese- 
brough and  himself  had 
given  them  an  accurate 
knowledge  of  the  trade  by 
sea  via  the  port  of  San 
Francisco,  and  had  ena- 
bled them  to  perceive  the 
great  opportunities  which 
the  trade  between  Atlan- 
tic and  Pacific  ports  of- 
fered young  men  of  ex- 
perience in  the  shipping 
business.  They  were 
"firmly  convinced  that  the 
tonnage  of  our  country 
had  increased  far  beyond 
an  equivalent  to  that  of 
the  sugar  exported  f  rom 
Hawaii,"  which  had  been 
the  basis  of  the  American 
Hawaiian  Steamship 
Company's  business,  and 
that  "a  large  part  of  the 
cargo  previously  routed 
'all  rail'  from  the  mills  to 
the  seaboard  would  be 
diverted  to  the  water  car- 
rier." 

Mr.  Bates  believes 
that  all  this  is  but  a  forerunner  of  that  "which 
will  move  after  the  completion  of  the  canal." 
He  concludes  with  a  frank  admission  that  "we 
have  tried,  first,  to  lay  a  foundation  for  a  busi- 
ness for  ourselves,  to  be  brought  about  by  the 
Panama  Canal,  and,  secondly,  that  we  have 
tried  to  do  something  toward  the  develop- 
ment of  our  State  and  its  wonderful  resources 
in  the  trade  between  the  cities  of  San  Francis- 
co, Los  Angeles,  and  Gulf  and  Atlantic  ports." 
He  is  a  type  of  the  young  business  man  in 
whom  intelligence  and  energy,  plus  foresight 
and  broadness  of  view,  have  made  a  sum  of 
remarkable  success.  It  is  largely  through 
these  qualities  that  his  company,  though  still 
in  its  infancy,  has  developed  a  trade  surpass- 
ing his  expectations. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Bohemian  Club, 
University  Club,  Merchants'  Exchange,  San 
Francisco  Golf,  Tivoli  Club  of  Panama  and 
California  State  Automobile  Association. 


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HESEBROUGH,  ARTHUR 
SEWALL  (Bates  &  Chese- 
brough),  Shipping  and  Com- 
mission, San  Francisco,  Cali- 
fornia, was  born  in  Oakland, 
September  23,  1877,  the  son  of  Andronicus 
Chesebrough  and  Edith  (Saunders)  Chese- 
brough.  Of  New  England  descent,  with 
English  ancestry  on  both  sides  of  the  house, 
wherein  his  forbear,  Cap- 
tain Robert  Chesebrough, 
was  a  conspicuous  mem- 
ber, he  inherits  the  sturdy 
characteristics,  mentally 
and  physically,  which 
have  enabled  him  to  win 
at  a  comparatively  early 
age  a  notable  prominence 
in  the  business  world. 

Mr.  Chesebrough  was 
married  in  San  Francisco, 
January  18,  1911,  to  Miss 
Elizabeth  N  e  w  h  a  1 1, 
daughter  of  William 
Mayo  Newhall,  a  son  of 
one  of  the  pioneer  mer- 
chants of  the  city. 

His  first  schooling  was 
provided  by  the  Pacific 
Heights  Grammar  School 
of  San  Francisco.  From 
there  he  entered  the  Low- 
ell High  School,  and  in 
1897  was  graduated  into 
the  University  of  Califor- 
nia, which  he  left  in  1899. 
While  there  he  played  an 
active  part  in  the  fraternity  and  athletic  life 
of  the  place,  as  a  member  of  the  Chi  Phi,  the 
Theta  Nu  Epsilon,  the  Skull  and  Keys  and 
the  'Varsity  Nine. 

For  several  years  following  his  departure 
from  the  University  he  made  use  of  what 
scientific  knowledge  he  had  acquired  there  in 
the  mines  of  Amador,  Calaveras  and  Mariposa 
Counties,  gaining  a  practical  experience  that 
led  to  a  trip  to  Korea  in  the  interests  of  the 
Oriental  Consolidated  Mining  Company.  Two 
years  of  the  Orient  evidently  sufficed  for  him, 
for  he  returned  to  San  Francisco  and  entered 
the  shipping  and  commission  firm  of  Wil- 
liams, Dimond  &  Co.  With  this  corporation 
he  remained  until  1907,  when  he  severed  his 
connection  therewith  to  become  a  partner  of 
the  combination  upon  which  he  is  at  present 
concentrating  his  commercial  energies. 

Since  the  formation  of  this  thriving  firm 
Mr.  Chesebrough  has  been  so  active  therein 


A.  S.  CHESEBROUGH 


that  any  sketch  of  its  rapid  development  must 
necessarily  include  him.  His  connection 
therewith  he  naturally  regards  as  the  most 
important  part  of  his  business  life.  Largely 
through  his  own  energetic  efforts  the  business 
has  gone  ahead  with  such  leaps/  and  bounds 
as  to  attract  the  attention  of  everyone  inter- 
ested in  the  expansion  of  our  commerce.  Its 
progress  reminds  one  of  the  amazing  upbuild- 
ing of  the  new  San  Fran- 
cisco, and  symbolizes  the 
spirit  that  inspired  that 
marvel  of  modern  push. 

The  firm  first  started 
with  the  transportation  of 
merchandise  in  sailing 
ships  from  San  Francisco 
to  New  York,  the  vessels 
returning  with  coal.  West- 
bound cargo  was  soon 
added,  a  branch  opened  in 
Phialdelphia  and  the  bus- 
iness so  expanded  as  to 
warrant  the  use  of  tramp 
steamers  operated  via  the 
Straits  of  Magellan.  This 
was,  in  fact,  the  first 
tramp  steamship  service 
around  Cape  Horn. 

But  not  content  with 
this  success,  the  young 
progressives  began  to 
reach  out  for  the  trade 
via  the  Isthmus  of  Pan- 
ama, to  compete  with  the 
Pacific  Mail  Company 
After  numerous  negotia- 
tions with  the  Secretary  of  War  and  the  of- 
ficials of  the  Panama  Railroad  Company,  the 
firm  was  granted  the  through-billing  privi- 
lege, in  September,  1907,  and  on  the  1st  of 
October  inaugurated  the  service.  This  has 
met  with  gratifying  success,  as  indicated  by 
the  statement  that  during  the  first  month  of 
the  service  and  "in  the  face  of  numerous  ob- 
stacles and  delay,  occasioned  by  inexperience 
and  the  newness  of  the  service,  they  cleared 
from  San  Francisco  10,000  tons,  which 
may  be  expressed,  in  the  way  of  comparison, 
as  25  per  cent  more  tonnage  in  one  month 
than  the  Pacific  Mail  Steamship  company  car- 
ried during  the  whole  year  that  they  started 
in  business.  This  service  has  been  recently 
supplemented  by  one  from  the  Isthmus  to 
New  Orleans,  which  has  developed  to  propor- 
tions highly  encouraging  to  all  concerned.  It 
is  believed  that  the  Panama  Canal  will  give  it 
an  even  greater  importance  commercially. 


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EITH,  DAVID,  Capitalist,  Salt 
Lake  City,  Utah,  was  born  at  Ma- 
bou,  Cape  Breton  Island,  Nova 
Scotia,  May  27,  1847,  the  son  of 
John  Keith  and  Margaret  (Ness) 
Keith.  He  married  Miss  Mary 
Ferguson  of  Salt  Lake  City  and  is  the  father  of 
four  children,  Mrs.  Richard  S.  Eskridge  of  Seattle, 
Washington,  Mrs.  Albert  C.  Allen  of  Medford,  Ore- 
gon, Miss  Margaret  Keith  and  David  Keith,  Jr., 
who  is  now  attending  school  in  Connecticut. 

Mr.  Keith  had  no  advantages  of  riches  at  birth, 
and  his  schooling  was  limited  to  a  few  years  at 
the  public  schools  of  his  native  town.  At  a  tender 
age,  however,  he  went  to  work  in  the  mines  of 
Nova  Scotia,  but  gave  this  up  before  long  because 
the  love  of  adventure  was  strong  within  him.  He 
ran  away  to  sea  while  still  a  boy,  but  tired  of  the 
life  of  a  sailor  after  a  time,  and  thought  that  war 
offered  him  a  better  chance  for  adventure.  The 
Civil  War  beginning,  he  tried  to  enter  the  Federal 
Army,  but  his  sea  captain,  who  had  become  at- 
tached to  him,  interposed  an  obstacle  that  even 
young  Keith  could  not  overcome.  The  captain  dis- 
closed the  extreme  youth  of  the  would-be  soldier 
and  he  was  barred  from  the  ranks. 

Balked  in  this  ambition,  he  went  to  California, 
and  in  1867,  after  a  brief  period  spent  in  the 
Golden  State,  journeyed  to  Nevada.  He  was  em- 
ployed for  a  time  as  construction  boss  in  the  build- 
ing of  the  Southern  Pacific  Railroad  near  Reno, 
but  left  this  in  due  time  to  go  back  to  his  original 
work  of  mining.  That  this  was  his  destined  field 
would  seem  to  have  been  proved  by  the  events 
which  followed  in  his  life. 

He  first  obtained  employment  in  the  great 
Comstock  mines,  and  by  his  intelligent  work  at- 
tracted attention  which  placed  him,  in  quick  suc- 
cession, in  positions  of  trust  and  responsibility  io 
the  operations  of  that  famous  property. 

On  the  decline  of  the  celebrated  Comstock  camp 
he  moved  to  Park  City,  Utah,  arriving  there  in 
1883.  He  accepted  a  position  as  foreman  of  On- 
tario No,  3,  and  later  became  superintendent. 

It  was  in  the  management  of  the  Ontario  that 
the  really  great  abilities  of  Mr.  Keith  as  a  mining 
man  came  to  general  notice. 

After  several  years'  association  with  that  en- 
terprise he  became  a  mine  owner.  Here  we  ar- 
rive at  the  point  where  he  was  transformed  from 
a  manager  into  one  of  the  greatest  men  in  the  his- 
tory of  mining  in  the  United  States.  In  partner- 
ship with  Thomas  Kearns  (later  United  States 
Senator  from  Utah),  John  Judge  and  Al  Emery, 
he  began  taking  leases  on  mining  claims,  from 
which  enterprise  sprang  the  fabulous  Silver  King 
mine,  the  most  famous  silver  property  in  the  world 
and  one  which  has  not  only  made  multi-millionaires 
of  its  promoters  and  their  families,  but  added  im- 
mensely tothe  visible  wealth  of  the  State. 

This  silver  treasury  has  been  declared  the  most 


important  factor  in  the  growth  and  development 
of  Utah  and  Salt  Lake  City,  and  few  men,  if  any, 
have  had  more  to  do  with  the  upbuilding  of  the 
capital  than  David  Keith. 

He,  in  a  great  measure,  became  the  silver  king 
of  Utah,  and  the  successful  work  in  making  of  a 
mere  prospect  the  wonderful  Silver  King  mine  has 
been  of  such  varied  and  picturesque  coloring  that 
if  the  story  were  presented  in  its  many  interest- 
ing details  it  would  read  like  a  story  from  the 
"Arabian  Nights." 

Salt  Lake  City  itself  may  be  taken  as  an  ever- 
lasting monument  to  the  work  of  the  Silver  King 
developers,  for  almost  all  of  the  wealth  which  the 
mine  poured  into  the  laps  of  its  owners  has  been 
used  by  them  in  making  of  Utah's  capital  a  "City 
Beautiful"  in  every  sense  of  the  term.  The  money 
wrested  from  the  mountains  has  been  kept  at  home, 
and  no  man  is  more  public  spirited  in  the  use  of  his 
part  of  it  than  is  David  Keith. 

The  range  of  his  activities  has  been  a  wide  one 
and  of  almost  incalculable  value  in  making  a  mod- 
ern commonwealth  out  of  the  rugged  territory  of 
Utah. 

He  has  been  engaged  in  mining,  mercantile, 
banking,  real  estate  and  other  lines  of  endeavor 
and  into  each  he  has  put  the  force  of  a  progressive 
character  and  the  unlimited  energy  which  has 
marked  him  all  through  life. 

Aside  from  his  work  in  developing  the  Silver 
King,  Mr.  Keith  organized  the  Keith-O'Brien  Com- 
pany, one  of  the  greatest  mercantile  establish- 
ments in  the  Trans-mountain  States,  but  about  two 
years  ago  he  disposed  of  his  interest  in  the  latter 
to  David  F.  Walker,  although  the  name  of  the  firm 
remains  the  same. 

At  the  present  time  he  is  president  of  the  Sil- 
ver King  Coalition  Mines  Co.,  president  Salt  Lake 
Tribune  Publishing  Co.,  president  First  National 
Bank  of  Park  City,  Utah,  director  of  the  National 
Copper  Bank  of  Salt  Lake,  director  Las  Vegas  & 
Tonopah  Railroad,  director  National  Bank  of  the 
Republic,  Salt  Lake  City,  and  a  large  bond  and 
stockholder  in  the  San  Pedro,  Las  Vegas,  Los  An- 
geles and  Salt  Lake  Railroad.  In  addition  to  these 
connections,  Mr.  Keith  is  the  owner  of  large  real 
estate  and  property  interests  in  Salt  Lake,  as  well 
as  large  timber  tracts.  He  has  always  devoted  part 
of  his  time  to  his  city  and  State  and  has  been  one 
of  the  prime  movers  in  any  enterprise  which  had 
for  its  object  the  betterment  of  either.  He  has 
taken  a  patriotic  interest  in  politics,  and  was  a 
member  of  the  Legislature  which  adopted  the  Con- 
stitution of  the  State,  but  beyond  this  he  has 
neither  sought  nor  held  political  office. 

Mr.  Keith  is  a  man  of  personality  and  his  club 
•memberships  testify  to  his  popularity.  They  are: 
Alta,  Commercial,  Elks  and  Salt  Lake  County,  of 
Salt  Lake;  California  Club,  of  Los  Angeles;  Rocky 
Mountain  Club,  of  New  York  City.  He  finds  a 
recreation  in  reading,  his  library  of  standard  works 
being  one  of  the  most  complete  in  the  West. 


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'GARRY,  MICHAEL  JOS- 
EPH, Attorney  at  Law,  Los 
Angeles,  California  was  born 
in  Chicago,  Illinois,  April  13, 
1872.  His  father  was  D.  M. 
McGarry  and  his  mother  Margaret  (Mc- 
Caughan)  McGarry.  He  married  Mary  Eva- 
line  Quinlan,  May  13,  1898.  Their  children 
are  Florence,  Paul,  Madeline  and  Evaline. 

Mr.  McGarry  spent 
his  childhood  in  Chicago, 
where  his  father  was  a 
large  coal  operator.  Later 
the  elder  McGarry  be- 
came a  conspicuous  fig- 
ure in  the  life  of  Los  An- 
geles. He  was  active  in 
politics  and  served  two 
terms  in  the  City  Council, 
during  which  time  nu- 
merous measures  for  the 
improvement  of  the  city 
were  put  into  effect.  He 
also  was  a  director  of  the 
Los  Angeles  Chamber  of 
Commerce,  an  organiza- 
tion of  civic  upbuilders, 
and  was  on  the  Board  of 
Directors  of  the  First 
National  Bank  of  Los 
Angeles. 

Mr.  McGarry's  educa- 
tion was  a  careful  one, 
covering  a  period  of  many 
years,  and  obtained  on 
both  sides  of  the  Atlantic 
Ocean.  He  began  in  the 


M.  J.  McGARRY 


All  Saints  School  of  Chicago,  but  his  parents 
deciding  to  go  west  he  was  compelled  when 
a  lad  of  nine,  to  halt  his  studies.  His  family 
settled  in  Los  Angeles  in  1881  and  there  the 
boy  was  placed  in  St.  Vincent's  College,  one 
of  the  leading  educational  institutions  of  the 
west.  He  studied  there  for  several  years,  in 
preparation  for  college  and  then  went  to  Ire- 
land, where  he  became  a  student  at  the  Clon- 
gowes  Wood  College,  County  Kildare.  In 
1890  he  returned  to  the  United  States  and 
enrolled  in  Notre  Dame  University,  Notre 
Dame,  Indiana.  There  he  remained  until 
1894,  when  he  received  the  degree  LL.  B. 
In  1911,  he  received  the  A.  M.  degree  from 
St.  Vincent's  College. 

Mr.  McGarry  was  admitted  to  the  Bar  at 
South  Bend,  Indiana,  in  the  same  month  of 
his  graduation  from  Notre  Dame  Univer- 
sity and  to  the  California  Bar,  October  9, 
of  the  same  year.  He  began  practice  at 


Los  Angeles  where  he  has  continued  since. 
He  has  always  been  a  staunch  Democrat 
in  politics  and  has  played  a  prominent  part 
in  numerous  campaigns  in  Los  Angeles  He 
has  served  twice  as  a  member  of  the  Park 
Commission  of  Los  Angeles  and  once  as  a 
member  of  the  Fire  Board.  His  first  term  as 
a  member  of  the  Park  Commission  was  under 
Mayor  Snyder  and  later  he  acted  under 
Mayor  McAleer.  While 
he  was  on  the  Park  Com- 
mission, numerous  im- 
provements were  made  in 
the  park  system  of  the 
city,  Mr.  McGarry  having 
proposed  and  pushed 
through  to  completion 
the  installation  of  city  wa- 
ter in  the  South  Park 
District.  As  a  fire  com- 
missioner Mr.  McGarry 
instigated  many  reforms 
and  helped  others  to 
adoption,  with  the  result 
that  Los  Angeles  toJay  is 
freer  from  fire  than  any 
other  city  of  its  size  in  the 
United  States. 

Mr.  McGarry  still  is 
active  in  politics  in  Los 
Angeles,  and  has  always 
been  an  advocate  of  good 
government  in  city  and 
state. 

Mr.  McGarry  has  pur- 
sued a  general  legal  prac- 
tice and  has  scored  many 
notable  successes.  Most  of  his  work  has 
been  in  Los  Angeles  and  vicinity.  He  has 
also  been  an  active  factor  in  real  estate  devel- 
opment and  is  president  of  the  McGarry 
Realty  Company  of  Los  Angeles. 

He  is  a  man  of  strong  personality ;  an  as- 
siduous scholar,  fond  of  good  literature  and  is 
an  authority  on  Shakespeare.  He  is  a  deep 
student  of  history. 

He  is  prominently  identified  with  many  of 
the  larger  clubs  and  legal  organizations  of 
Southern  California,  and  is  an  active  lodge 
man.  He  is  a  charter  member  of  the  New- 
man Club,  belongs  to  the  Chamber  of  Com- 
merce and  was  Past  Exalted  Ruler  of  the  B. 
P.  O.  Elks,  No.  99,  Los  Angeles.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  Knights  of  Columbus,  and  at 
one  time  was  its  Lecturer;  was  twice  State 
President  of  the  Ancient  Order  of  Hibern- 
ians, of  the  State  of  California,  and  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  County  and  State  Bar  Associations. 


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HOMAS,  WILLIAM,  senior  partner 
of  the  firm  of  Thomas,  Beedy  and 
Lanagan,  Attorneys  at  Law,  San 
Francisco,  was  born  in  Worcester, 
Massachusetts,  September  5,  1853, 
the  son  of  Benjamin  Franklin 
Thomas  and  Mary  Ann  (Park)  Thomas.  Both  his 
paternal  and  maternal  ancestors  were  among  the 
early  residents  of  New  England,  where  they  won 
distinction  in  various  walks  of  life.  His  great- 
grandfather, Isaiah  Thomas, 
who  was  a  close  personal 
friend  of  Benjamin  Franklin, 
was  founder  of  the  famous 
publication,  "The  Worcester 
Spy,"  as  well  as  the  "Ameri- 
can Antiquarian  Society,"  and 
for  many  years  was  postmas- 
ter of  Worcester.  Benjamin 
F.  Thomas,  the  father  of  Wil- 
liam Thomas,  was  one  of  New 
England's  greatest  orators 
and  lawyers,  a  Justice  of  the 
Supreme  Court  of  Massachu- 
setts, a  member  of  Congress, 
and  President  of  the  Suffolk 
Bar  Association,  in  Boston. 
His  son,  William,  came  to 
California  in  May,  1877,  and 
settled  in  San  Francisco, 
where  he  is  known  as  one  of 
the  leading  corporation  law- 
yers of  the  State.  In  March, 
1875,  he  was  married  in  Cam- 
bridge, Mass.,  to  Miss  Emma 
Gay.  The  children  of  this 
marriage  are  Molly  (now  Mrs. 
Latham  McMullin),  Helen 
(now  Mrs.  Kimble),  Benja- 
min, and  Gertrude  Thomas. 

After  attending  the  public  schools  of  Massachu- 
setts Mr.  Thomas  entered  Harvard  University,  in 
1869,  when  he  was  but  fifteen  years  old.  He  was 
graduated  therefrom  A.  B.,  with  the  class  of  '73,  and 
in  1876  took  the  degree  of  L.L.  B.  from  the  Har- 
vard Law  School,  in  the  following  year  coming  to 
San  Francisco. 

During  the  thirty-four  years  that  Mr.  Thomas 
has  practiced  his  profession  in  San  Francisco  he 
has  been  a  living  illustration  of  the  value  of  the 
training  provided  by  Harvard  University,  and  the 
famous  Harvard  Law  School,  to  those  who  care  to 
take  advantage  thereof.  From  the  start  his  efforts 
met  with  a  success  which  has  grown  steadily  with 
the  years,  and  which  has  led  to  his  present  promi- 
nent position  among  the  attorneys  and  financiers 
of  the  State.  In  the  latter  respect  he  has  become 
almost  as  well  known  as  in  the  former,  heredity 
and  training  having  directed  him  into  channels 
where  the  greatest  opportunities  are  to  be  found  by 
the  men  capable  of  grasping  them. 

His  first  important  venture  beyond  the  practice 
of  the  law  was  as  organizer  of  the  California  Fruit 


WILLIAM  THOMAS 


Canners'  Association,  of  which  he  was  the  first 
president,  for  three  years.  This  is  today  one  of  the 
largest  industrials  of  the  State.  He  was  and  is 
president  of  the  Pioneer  Land  Company,  which  was 
the  pioneer  corporation  of  the  Tulare  County  Cilrus 
Belt,  and  the  promoter  and  patron  of  the  flourishing 
town  of  Porterville. 

He  was  also  the  organizer  of  the  California  Title 
Insurance  and  Trust  Company,  and  for  many  years 
he  was  the  chairman  of  its  legal  staff. 

Although  Mr.  Thomas' 
practice  has  been  of  the  non- 
sensational  order,  confined 
largely  to  corporation  law, 
some  of  his  cases  have  at- 
tracted wide  public  interest. 
Among  these  was  that  of 
Waite  vs.  the  City  of  Santa 
Cruz.  This  involved  about 
$360,000,  a  defective  bond  is- 
sue, and  eight  years  of  liti- 
gation. It  was  carried  back 
and  forth  from  court  to  court, 
went  to  the  United  States 
Supreme  Court  and  back  to 
the  Circuit  Court  of  Appeals 
in  Seattle,  and  was  finally 
won  for  the  plaintiff  by  Mr. 
Thomas,  who  had  a  writ  of 
mandate  issued  compelling 
the  Common  Council  of  Santa 
Cruz  to  levy  the  tax. 

After  the  great  fire  of  1906 
Mr.  Thomas  took  a  promi- 
nent position  as  attorney  for 
the  insured.  In  this  connec- 
tion, he  went  to  Europe, 
accompanied  by  Oscar 
Sutro,  in  the  fall  of  1906, 
in  the  grim  pursuit  of  four  German  fire 
insurance  companies,  which  had  "welched."  He 
represented  on  that  trip  some  sixty  law  firms, 
who  turned  over  to  him  and  Mr.  Sutro  the  claims 
of  their  clients.  They  succeeded  in  making  settle- 
ments securing  $7,000,000  for  San  Francisco. 

Mr.  Thomas'  political  and  civic  activities  have 
been  limited  to  a  Police  Commissionership,  from 
which  he  resigned  after  five  days,  because  he  "didn't 
like  it,"  and  to  his  Trusteeship,  for  two  years,  of 
the  Home  for  Feeble  Minded  Children.  In  his  prac- 
tice he  has  co-operated  with  other  well-known  law- 
yers of  the  city,  his  partnerships  having  undergone 
the  following  changes  of  name:  Chickering  & 
Thomas,  Thomas  &  Gerstle,  to  the  present  firm  of 
Thomas,  Beedy  &  Lanagan.  He  is  also  a  director  in 
many  other  financial  and  industrial  institutions. 
His  clubs  and  associations  are:  The  University  (of 
which  hf  was  the  first  President),  Harvard  of  San 
Francisco  (President  for  two  years),  California 
Water  and  Forest  Association  (first  President), 
Harvard  Law  School  Association  (Vice  President), 
Commonwealth  Club  (charter  member),  and  the 
Bohemian  of  San  Francisco. 


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ATCH,  PHILANDER  ELLS- 
WORTH, Banker,  President 
of  the  National  Bank  of  Long 
Beach,  Long  Beach,  Cal.,  was 
born  at  New  Preston,  Litch- 
field  County,  Connecticut,  on  July  25, 
1861.  His  father  was  John  Hatch  and  his 
mother  was  Diana  L.  (Canfield)  Hatch.  Mr. 
Hatch  was  married  on  November  7,  1883,  to 
Miss  Elouise  C.  Norton 
in  Guilford,  Conn.  They 
have  two  children,  John 
Ellsworth  and  Eleanor 
Norton  Hatch. 

After  attending  the 
public  schools  of  New 
Milford  until  1875,  Mr. 
Hatch  went  to  Whittle- 
sey's  academy,  New  Pres- 
ton, Conn.,  where  he 
studied  for  two  years, 
taking  a  preparatory 
course.  From  there  he 
went  to  the  Yale  Busi- 
ness College,  which  he  at- 
tended until  1879,  when 
he  graduated  with  high 
honors. 

His  first  work  was 
done  in  July,  1879,  soon 
after  he  had  graduated 
from  Yale  Business  Col- 
lege. Mr.  Hatch  then 
connected  himself  with 
the  firm  of  Sargant  &  Co. 
of  New  Haven,  Conn., 
where  he  acted  as  entry 
and  discount  clerk,  which  position  he  held  for 
two  years.  The  next  year  he  spent  with  Peck 
&  Bishop,  also  of  New  Haven,  where  he  held 
the  position  of  bookkeeper.  Leaving  Peck  & 
Bishop,  he  accepted  a  position  as  bookkeeper 
and  cashier  with  H.  B.  Armstrong  &  Co.  He 
retained  this  position  for  five  years,  resigning 
to  go  to  Kenesaw,  Neb. 

Arriving  at  Kenesaw  he  immediately  ac- 
cepted the  position  of  cashier  of  the  Kenesaw 
Exchange  Bank.  This  was  in  1887,  and  Mr. 
Hatch  retained  the  same  position  with  this 
bank  until  October,  1894,  when  he  removed 
direct  to  Long  Beach,  where  he  has  resided 
since  that  time. 

After  settling  in  Long  Beach,  and  thor- 
oughly studying  the  needs  of  the  city,  he  or- 
ganized the  Bank  of  Long  Beach  and  became 
its  first  cashier  in  April,  1896.  He  retained 
this  position  for  six  years,  when  the  bank  of 
Long  Beach  was  converted  into  the  National 


P.  E.  HATCH 


Bank  of  Long  Beach  in  1902.  In  1907  Mr. 
Hatch  became  the  vice  president  of  this  bank, 
and  in  1908  he  was  elected  its  president.  In 
1901  he  organized  the  Long  Beach  Savings 
Bank.  This  institution  is  affiliated  with  the 
National  Bank  of  Long  Beach  and  Mr.  Hatch 
is  its  vice  president  and  manager. 

In  1905  he  organized  the  Bank  of  Wil- 
mington, and  was  the  president  of  the  insti- 
tution for  the  follow- 
ing three  years.  About 
this  time  the  bank  was 
nationalized  and  Mr. 
Hatch  sold  all  his  inter- 
ests therein. 

He  became  the  presi- 
dent of  the  Long  Beach 
Consolidated  Gas  Co.  in 
1910,  when  the  Long 
Beach  Gas  Co  and  Inner 
Harbor  consolidated. 

In  addition  to  the 
above  Mr.  Hatch  is  a 
member  of  many  other 
leading  enterprises, 
among  which  are  the 
Western  Steam  Naviga- 
tion Co.,  of  which  he  is 
secretary  and  treasurer; 
the  Long  Beach  Sash  & 
Door  Co.,  of  which  he  is 
director,  and  of  the  Mu- 
tual Building  Loan  Asso- 
ciation, of  which  he  is 
treasurer.  He  is  also  a 
very  large  realty  owner. 
In  1894,  when  Mr. 


Hatch  first  settled  in  Long  Beach,  the  city,  in 
a  commercial  way,  was  still  in  its  infancy. 
Since  that  period  vast  changes  have 
taken  place.  Manufacturing  and  ship- 
building establishments  have  located  there, 
magnificent  office,  hotel  and  residence  struc- 
tures have  gone  up  until  Long  Beach  is  to- 
day a  modern,  prosperous  city,  built  on  a  firm 
foundation. 

In  all  of  this  vast  development  work  Mr. 
Hatch  has  been  a  leading  spirit,  devoting  a 
great  deal  of  time  and  capital  to  furthering 
all  sound  projects  that  were  calculated  to  be 
of  the  greatest  good  to  the  city  and  commu- 
nity in  general. 

Mr.  Hatch  is  a  member  of  the  Jonathan 
Club  of  Los  Angeles,  the  Los  Angeles  Cham- 
ber of  Commerce  and  the  Long  Beach  Cham- 
ber of  Commerce,  of  which  latter  he  has 
been  a  member  for  twelve  years  and  its  presi- 
dent for  ten  years. 


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O  N  T  A  NA,  M  ARK  JOHN, 
General  Manager  of  the  Cali- 
fornia Fruit  Canners'  Associ- 
ation, San  Francisco.,  Cal.,  and 
father  of  the  Italian-Swiss 
Agricultural  Colony  of  California,  was  born 
at  Cerisola,  Province  of  Genoa,  Italy,  May, 
1849,  the  son  of  Giuseppe  Fontana  and  Boro 
(Bianca)  Fontana.  While  a  child  his 
father  brought  him  to 
America  and  settled  in 
New  York  City.  In  1867 
the  son  came  to  Califor- 
nia, and  in  June,  1877,  was 
married  at  San  Leandro, 
Alameda  county,  to  Miss 
Nellie  Jones.  The  chil- 
dren of  this  marriage  are 
Margaret,  Mark,  Jr.,  Ro- 
land and  Richard  Fontana. 
Mr.  Fontana's  educa- 
tion, like  his  subsequent 
success  in  life,  was  gained 
under  very  trying  condi- 
tions. When  he  was  ten 
years  of  age  he  attended 
a  private  night  school  in 
New  York  City  for  about 
six  months,  paying  a  dol- 
lar a  month  for  the  priv- 
ilege. Subsequently  he 
entered'  an  English  night 
school  in  the  same  city, 
but  his  lack  of  means 
conspired  with  his  desire 
to  get  a  firm  grip  on  the 
American  language  to 


M.  J.  FONTANA 

force  him  into  the  task  of  educating  himself. 

For  a  while  during  this  schooling  he  sold 
papers  and  worked  in  an  umbrella  factory  in 
the  day  time,  but  about  the  year  1861  he 
struck  the  first  turning  point  on  the  rocky 
road  and  moved  into  smoother  traveling  as 
office  and  general  utility  boy  in  the  fruit  and 
commission  house  of  West,  Titus  &  Co. 
Here  in  a  few  years  he  rose  to  the  position 
of  salesman.  In  1867,  catching  the  "gold 
fever,"  he  started  for  California,  and  on  Jan- 
uary 3  of  the  following  year  reached  San 
Francisco  with  one  hundred  dollars  carefully 
fastened  in  one  of  his  inside  pockets. 

The  "gold  fields,"  however,  on  closer  in- 
spection, proved  disappointing.  Disgusted 
at  the  outlook,  he  advertised  in  the  papers 
for  "any  kind  of  work,"  but  received  no  re- 
sponse. Chancing  one  day  upon  a  young 
man  whom  he  had  known  in  New  York,  he 
made  a  defensive  and  offensive  alliance  with 


him  to  support  each  other  until  one  of  them 
should  find  employment,  Fontana  doing  the 
supporting  while  his  companion  occupied 
himself  chiefly  in  painting  word  pictures  of 
the  "hard  times."  As  his  little  roll  was 
about  to  disappear  under  the  double  strain 
imposed  upon  it,  the  companion  told  Mr. 
Fontana  of  a  "job"  to  be  had  in  a  bar- 
ber shop  of  the  Washington  Baths.  In 
his  zeal  to  get  it  he 
promised  the  purveyor  of 
the  glad  tidings  ten  dol- 
lars —  on  condition  that 
his  application  proved 
successful.  This  it  was, 
and  involved,  among  oth 
er  things,  steady  occupa- 
tion from  6  a.  m.  to  11  p. 
m.,  scrubbing  floors, 
washing  out  bath  tubs, 
and  other  edifying  exer- 
cise. He  endured  this  for 
about  a  year,  and  then 
drifted  into  the  fruit  busi- 
ness, in  the  employ  of  A. 
Galli  &  Co.  In  this  he 
evidently  "found  him- 
self," for  within  two  years 
he  was  admitted  as  a 
partner  in  the  firm. 

In  1872  Mr.  Fontana 
became  a  partner  of  C.  M. 
Volkman  in  fruit  and 
commission,  but  thinking 
that  he  could  do  better  in 
the  shipping  business,  he 
formed  a  partnership  with 


G.  Ginnochio,  and  subsequently  bought  him 
out.  'Later,  in  1880,  he  shifted  his  operations 
to  the  canning  industry  and  formed  the  firm 
of  M.  J.  Fontana  &  Co.,  which  in  1891  became 
Fontana  &  Co.  In  1893,  on  the  retirement 
of  his  associate,  Mr.  Cowing,  he  took  in  as 
partner  S.  L.  Goldstein,  and  two  years  later 
William  Fries.  This  combination  sold  in 
1898  to  the  California  Fruit  Growers'  Asso- 
ciation, of  which  Mr.  Fontana  is  the  General 
Superintendent,  Wm.  Fries  President  and  S. 
L.  Goldstein  Treasurer. 

Mr.  Fontana  served  as  a  Supervisor  under 
the  Phelan  administration.  He  is  a  director 
and  member  of  the  executive  board  of  the 
California  Fruit  Canners'  Association,  Cali- 
fornia Wine  Association,  Italian  and  Ameri- 
can Bank,  the  E.  B.  and  A.  L.  Stone  Co., 
Italian-Swiss  Agricultural  Colony,  and  a 
member  of  the  San  Francisco  Commercial 
and  the  Olympic  Clubs. 


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ORTER,  WARREN  REY- 
NOLDS, President,  Western 
States  Life  Ins.  Co.  and  ex- 
Lieut.  Gov.  Cal.,  San  Francis- 
co and  Watsonville,  Cal.,  was 
born  at  Santa  Cruz,  Cal.,  March  30,  1861,  the 
son  of  John  Thomas  and  Fanny  (Cummings) 
Porter.  His  paternal  and  maternal  ances- 
tors were  respectively  of  English  and  Scotch 
origin,  the  former  settling  in  Massachusetts 
early  in  the  eighteenth  century,  and  the  lat- 
ter about  the  same  time  going  to  Canada. 
John  T.  Porter  came  to  California  in  the 
spring  of  1850,  bearing  a  letter  from  Daniel 
Webster  to  the  Postmaster  of  San  Francisco, 
from  whom  he  secured  the  position  which 
had  been  promised  him.  The  mother  of 
Warren  R.  Porter  reached  the  State  in  1857, 
and  afterwards  taught  school  in  Watson- 
ville and  Santa  Cruz.  On  August  23,  1893, 
their  son,  Warren,  was  married  in  Berkeley 
to  Miss  Mary  E.  Easton,  daughter  of  the 
Rev.  G.  A.  Easton.  The  children  of  this 
marriage  are  John  Easton,  Mary  Francis, 
Thomas  Bishop  and  Warren  R.  Porter,  Jr. 
(deceased).  From  1868  to  1870  Mr.  Porter 
attended  the  Sequel  Primary  School  at  So- 
quel,  and  in  the  latter  year  entered  Mr. 
Beasley's  private  school  at  Santa  Cruz, 
where  he  remained  until  1873.  About  a  year 
at  the  Watsonville  Grammar  School,  two 
years  with  the  Rev.  D.  O.  Kelley  of  Watson- 
ville, and  the  next  twelve  months  at  Mrs. 
Magee's  establishment,  in  the  same  town, 
prepared  him  for  the  St.  Augustine  Military 
Academy  at  Benicia,  from  which  he  was 
graduated  in  1880  at  the  age  of  nineteen. 

During  these  years,  however,  he  did  not 
depend  entirely  upon  the  schoolroom  for  his 
education,  for  from  the  early  age  of  ten  to 
sixteen  he  was  gaining  a  practical  experience 
of  ranch  life,  valuable  from  both  a  physical 
and  a  moral  view-point.  The  best  part  of 
these  years  he  devoted  to  dealing  in  horses 
and  cattle,  as  well  as  to  the  breeding  of  both. 
When  he  was  but  fourteen  years  old  he  was 
a  vaquero  and  expert  breaker  of  horses, 
which  is  something  more  than  a  "broncho 
buster."  But  after  his  graduation  from  the 
Military  Academy  he  returned  to  Watson- 
ville, and  under  the  persuasion  of  Dr.  Chas. 
Ford,  at  that  time  President  of  the  Bank  of 
Watsonville,  became  a  clerk  in  the  bank.  He 
was  ambitious  to  be  a  doctor,  to  follow  in  the 
footsteps  of  some  of  his  forbears  who  had 
distinguished  themselves  as  physicians  and 
surgeons.  His  father  also,  though  he  had 
himself  become  a  successful  financier  and 
wished  his  son  to  learn  the  value  of  money, 


was  in  favor  of  the  professional  career  for 
him.  After  careful  consideration  of  the  mat- 
ter, the  son  decided  for  the  business  life. 
Thenceforward  he  became  interested  in 
banking  and  financial  affairs,  studying  to  im- 
prove himself  and  eager  to  enlarge  the  scope 
of  his  activities. 

In  1884  Mr.  Porter  left  the  Bank  of  Wat- 
sonville to  become  bookkeeper  of  the  'Loma 
Prieta  Lumber  Co.,  and  in  the  following  year 
was  made  secretary  of  the  corporation,  a  post 
which  he  retained  until  1904.  Early  in  1888 
he  was  one  of  the  organizers  of  the  Pajaro 
Valley  National  Bank,  and  also  of  the  Pajaro 
Valley  Savings  Bank.  On  the  death  of  his 
father,  in  1900,  he  was  elected  to  succeed  him 
as  president  of  both  these  institutions,  and 
has  held  the  offices  ever  since.  In  the  same 
year  his  responsibilities  were  considerably 
enlarged  by  the  management  of  his  father's 
estate,  as  well  as  by  his  presidency  of  the 
John  T.  Porter  Company. 

The  civic  and  political  life  of  Warren  R. 
Porter  has  been  noteworthy.  In  1899  Gov- 
ernor Gage  appointed  him  a  member  of  the 
Board  of  Prison  Directors,  whereon  he  served 
with  distinction  through  the  administration. 
He  was  a  presidential  elector  in  1900,  and  in 
1906  was  elected  Lieut.-Governor  of  Califor- 
nia. In  this  capacity  he  was  far  more  than  a 
figure-head.  During  his  term  of  office,  and 
in  Governor  Gillett's  absences,  he  was  vir- 
tually Governor.  His  relations  with  the  lat- 
ter were  very  intimate,  growing  as  they  did 
not  only  from  active  association,  but  also 
from  Governor  Gillett's  respect  for  the  abil- 
ity Mr.  Porter  had  displayed  both  during 
and  following  the  campaign.  His  political 
acumen  was  especially  evidenced  by  his  suc- 
cess in  winning  the  coast  counties  from  the 
Pardee  forces;  and  throughout  his  incum- 
bency as  Lieut.-Governor  and  as  acting  Gov- 
ernor he  had  the  respect  of  both  branches  of 
the  Legislature.  In  1907  he  was  again  ap- 
pointed prison  director,  this  time  by  Gover- 
nor Gillett.  He  retired  from  the  field  of  poli- 
tics to  devote  himself  to  his  own  increasingly 
important  affairs,  and  with  the  distinction  of 
never  having  been  defeated. 

Besides  the  offices  he  holds  in  the  com- 
panies mentioned  above,  Mr.  Porter  is  presi- 
dent of  the  Granite  Rock  Co.,  Sisquoc  In- 
vestment Co.,  and  director  of  the  Anglo-Cal- 
ifornia Trust  Co.  His  clubs  are  the  Pacific- 
Union,  Family,  Union  League,  Press,  Olym- 
pic, all  of  San  Francisco,  and  the  Sutter,  of 
Sacramento.  He  is  also  a  Mason,  Knight 
Templar,  Elk  and  a  Native  Son  of  the 
Golden  West. 


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ARWOOD,  ALFRED 
JAMES,  Attorney  at  Law, 
San  Francisco,  California, 
was  born  in  that  city,  April 
30,  1881,  the  son  of  Henry 

Harwood   and  Jane    (McNerney)    Harwood. 

His  father  was  a  well  known  mining  man  of 

the  early  days  of  California,  who  came  to  the 

State  in  1850  and  tried  his  luck  with  varying 

success,  along  the  Ameri- 
can river,  subsequently 

shifting  his  operations  to 

the  Fraser  river  of  British 

Columbia.        Mr.      H  a  r- 

wood    comes    of    a    very 

sturdy      English      stock, 

with    a    liberal    graft,    in 

the  botanical  meaning  of 

the  term,  of  distinguished 

forbears.  Among  the  lat- 
ter his  great-uncle,  Sir 

Robert      John      Coghan, 

was     a     general,     under 

Wellington,      and       won 

glory   by   his   bravery   in 

the  battles  of  Salamanca 

and   Talavera;   while   his 

great      grandfather,      Sir 

Owen    Pell,    was   an    ad- 

m  i  r  a  1     in     the     British 

Navy.  A  paternal  grand- 
father, a  native  of  Eng- 
land, went  to  Canada  in 

the  early  part  of  the  last 

century,     and     was     a 

magistrate    of    H  a  1 1  o  n 

County,    Ontario,    for 


A.  J.  HARWOOD 


many  years;  while  a  maternal  grandfather 
was  a  prominent  architect  of  Dublin,  Ireland. 
The  force  of  heredity  is  in  strong  evidence 
here,  and  A.  J.  Harwood  has  all  the  physi- 
cal, and  many  of  the  mental,  characteristics 
of  a  pure-blooded  Englishman,  even  to  the 
point  of  deferring  marriage  longer  than  is  the 
wont  of  Americans,  for  he  is  still  a  bachelor. 
His  education  has  been  exceptional,  if 
not  unique.  Until  he  was  eighteen  he  re- 
ceived most  of  his  schooling  at  home,  largely 
under  the  direction  of  his  mother,  a  highly 
cultivated  woman,  who  seems  to  have  in- 
stilled in  him  a  genuine  thirst  for  knowl- 
edge. With  this  incentive,  probably  the 
most  essential  stimulus  to  rapid  progress, 
he  was  able  to  profit  much  by  the  private 
instruction  subsequently  given  him  by 
various  professors.  At  the  age  of  twenty- 
one  he  began  to  study  law,  of  his  own  initia- 
tive, adopting  the  case  system  which  the 


Harvard  Law  School  at  Cambridge  had  the 
honor  of  originating.  This  method  of  study 
still  further  developed  the  independence  of 
thought  and  reliance  upon  self  which  his 
previous  education  had  fostered.  With  as 
excellent  an  equipment  as  he  could  have 
obtained  from  a  process  with  which  he  was 
in  less  perfect  sympathy  he  was  admitted  to 
the  Bar  in  1905,  and  soon  thereafter  began 
the  practice  of  his  pro- 
fession. 

Mr.  Harwood's  legal 
beginnings  were  some- 
what unusually  for- 
tunate, for  as  assistant  to 
the  firm  o  f  Bishop, 
Wheeler  &  Hoefler,  the 
predecessor  of  the  present 
partnership,  he  had  the 
advantage  of  valuable 
associations  and  a  large 
business.  On  the  retire- 
ment of  Mr.  Wheeler  in 
1905  his  duties  and  ex- 
perience were  materially 
increased,  and  in  the  fol- 
lowing year  he  was  ad- 
mitted to  partnership,  the 
title  becoming  Bishop, 
Hoefler,  Cook  &  Har- 
wood. 

His  practice  has  been 
entirely  of  a  civil  nature, 
largely  in  corporation 
law,  wherein  a  knowledge 
of  commercial  theory 
and  practice  is  an  es- 
sential of  success.  In  this  connection  he  has 
become  attorney  for  a  number  of  important 
concerns,  such  as  The  San  Francisco 
Breweries  Ltd.,  the  City  Street  Improve- 
ment Company,  and  others.  He  is  one  of 
those  men  who  have  sufficient  versatility 
to  be  at  one  time  a  little  uncertain  of  their 
proper  sphere  of  action,  but  whose  adapt- 
ability enables  them  to  find  success  and  con- 
tentment in 'the  field  they  finally  choose.  Mu. 
Harwood  formerly  fluctuated  between  medi- 
cine and  law  as  a  choice  of  professions,  but 
he  has  evidently  "found  himself"  in  the  lat- 
ter. His  English  inheritance  again  appears 
in  his  wholesome,  breezy,  affable  personality 
as  well  as  in  his  fondness  for  outloor  life 
and  he  relaxes  variously,  on  horseback,  on 
the  tennis  courts  and  on  the  golf  links. 

His  club  activity  is  confined  to  the  follow- 
ing organizations :  Bohemian,  Olympic  Ath- 
letic, Presidio  Golf,  California  Lawn  Tennis. 


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ODER,  ARTHUR  E.,  Civil 
Engineer,  Division  Engineer 
State  Highway  Commission, 
San  Francisco,  Cal.,  was  born 
at  Coshocton,  Ohio,  in  1881, 
the  son  of  Isaac  >Loder  and  Mary  E.  (Baugh- 
man)  Loder.  He  married  Aimee  Comstock 
Strecker,  November  19,  1909,  at  Peoria,  111. 
He  has  won  for  himself  recognition  as  one 
of  the  leading  road-build- 
ers of  America.  He  is 
the  pioneer  user,  on  a 
large  scale,  of  the  oiled 
macadam  road  surface, 
the  first  surface  in  the 
West  to  give  promise  of 
Success  for  automobiles. 
It  promises  to  revolution- 
ize highway  construction 
in  the  United  States. 

He  was  given  a  good 
education.  Attended  the 
common  schools  of 
Worthington,  Ind.,  grad- 
uated from  high  school, 
and  then  entered  Purdue 
University,  Indiana.  He 
took  a  course  in  civil  en- 
gineering, and  graduated 
with  the  degree  that  gave 
him  the  title  of  Civil  En- 
gineer, with  the  class  of 
1904.  He  sought  practi- 
cal experience  as  well  as 
school  training,  and  even 
before  his  graduation 
spent  two  seasons  as  as- 
sistant engineer  of  maintenance  on  the  Bal- 
timore &  Ohio  Railroad  at  Pittsburg  and 
Connellsville,  Pa. 

After  graduation  he  took  a  position  under 
the  civil  service  in  the  U.  S.  Office  of  Public 
Roads  at  Washington,  D.  C,  and  for  three 
years  was  first  assistant  engineer  in  charge 
of  construction  of  government  roads  through- 
out the  Middle  West  and  Northwestern 
states.  He  also  did  considerable  road  and 
park  building  at  the  national  capital  and  in 
the  State  of  Virginia,  including  boulevards 
for  the  Jamestown  Exposition  at  Norfolk,  Va. 
While  in  the  government  service  he  was 
chosen  to  make  preliminary  surveys  and  es- 
timates for  a  system  of  roads,  trails  and 
bridges  through  the  Grand  Teton  forests  in 
Jackson  Hole,  Wyo.  He  won,  while  with  the 
government,  an  enviable  reputation  as  a  road 
and  boulevard  engineer,  and,  as  a  conse- 
quence, in  1907  was  chosen  Chief  Engineer 


ARTHUR  E.  LODER 


of  the  Los  Angeles  County  Highway  Com- 
mission. His  work  in  that  position  was 
notable. 

It  was  while  in  that  position  that  he  pio- 
neered his  new  form  of  pavement,  building 
the  first  improved  motor  roads  in  the  county, 
roads  that  are  playing  a  most  important  part 
in  the  development  of  that  section  of  South- 
ern California,  because  they  make  accessible 
to  tourists  every  day  in 
the  year  the  scenic  attrac- 
tions for  which  that  sec- 
tion is  famous.  He  served 
four  years  under  two 
highway  commissions 
and  three  boards  of  super- 
visors, and  under  their  di- 
rection built  300  miles  of 
paved  highway  which 
cost  $3,500,000. 

In  this  work  he  in- 
stalled and  operated  suc- 
cessfully one  of  the  first 
large  county  rock  crush- 
ing plants  in  America, 
producing  rock  at  a  cost 
considerably  less  than 
private  quarries.  He  also 
caused  the  leasing  for  ten 
years  of  another  quarry 
on  most  favorable  terms. 
One  leading  achievement 
of  his  administration  was 
the  building  of  the  New- 
hall  tunnel,  a  concrete 
lined  highway  tunnel 
through  the  summit  of 
the  Santa  Susanna  mountains  at  the  old  San 
Fernando  Pass.  At  the  end  of  his  second 
term,  in  July,  1911,  he  resigned  from  his  po- 
sition as  chief  engineer  of  the  Highway  Com- 
mission of  Los  Angeles  to  conduct  a  private 
business  as  civil  and  consulting  engineer. 
He  was  appointed  consulting  engineer  of  the 
United  States  Office  of  Public  Roads,  Wash- 
ington, D.  C.,  to  prepare  government  publi- 
cations on  roads,  pavements,  and  rock  pro- 
duction. After  California  appropriated  $18,- 
000,000  for  the  construction  of  paved  roads  to 
cover  the  entire  State,  he  was  chosen  division 
engineer  of  the  State  Commission,  with  head- 
quarters at  San  Francisco.  He  assumed  this 
office  Jan.  1,  1912.  He  is  destined  to  play  an 
important  part  in  the  construction  of  one  of 
the  greatest  systems  of  highways  ever  built 
in  ancient  or  modern  times. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Engineers  and  Ar- 
chitects' Association  of  Southern  California. 


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FRANK  A.  KEITH 

EITH,  FRANK  ALLEN,  Mining, 
Los  Angeles,  Cal.,  was  born  in  the 
year  1870,  at  Detroit,  Michigan, 
the  son  of  John  Wallace  Keith 
and  Fannie  Louis  (Allen)  Keith. 
He  married  Susan  Banwell  in 
1896,  at  Chicago,  Illinois,  and  they  have  two  chil- 
dren, Frank  Allen,  Jr.,  and  John  Banwell  Keith. 

Mr.  Keith  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of 
Detroit  and  St.  Paul's  Academy,  of  that  city. 

Immediately  after  concluding  his  studies  he 
went  West  and  located  in  Colorado,  where  he  be- 
came surveyor  for  the  Iron  Silver  Mining  Company, 
at  Leadville.  This  was  the  beginning  of  a  life  that 
has  been  spent  in  mining  and  engineering  work  in 
Colorado,  Utah,  Nevada  and  California.  After  leav- 
ing the  Leadville  company,  he  held  successively 
the  following  positions:  Engineer  of  the  Eureka 
Hill  Mining  Company  at  Tintic,  Utah;  ore  pur- 
chaser, for  the  Arkansas  Valley  Smelting  Company, 
at  Leadville;  assistant  manager,  Union  Smelting 
Company  at  Leadville;  engineer,  De  Lamar  Nevada 
Mines  Company,  in  Nevada;  general  superintend- 
ent of  the  Bamberger  De  Lamar  Mines  Company; 
engineer,  Guggenheim  Exploration  Company;  gen- 
eral manager,  Tonopah  Mining  Company,  of  Ne- 
vada. These  firms  are  among  the  most  important  in 
the  mining  industry  of  America  and  the  offices  he 
occupied  have  been  among  the  most  responsible. 
He  remained  in  Nevada  until  1908,  when  he  moved 
to  San  Francisco,  where  he  opened  offices  as  a  gen- 
eral mining  engineer.  After  two  years  he  moved  to 
Los  Angeles. 

Mr.  Keith  is  one  of  the  leaders  in  his  profession 
and  is  member  of  the  American  Institute  of  Mining 
Engineers  and  the  Mining  and  Metallurgical  So- 
ciety of  America. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Los  Angeles  Country 
Club,  California  and  Sierra  Madre  Clubs  of  Los 
Angeles  and  the  Rocky  Mountain  Club  of  New  York. 


WALTER  R.  WHEAT 

HEAT,  WALTER  ROSS,  Oil  and 
Real  Estate,  Los  Angeles,  Cali- 
fornia, was  born  at  Wheaton,  Du 
Page  County,  Illinois,  October  13, 
1869.  His  father  was  Captain 
James  L.  Wheat  and  his  mother 
Maria  S.  (Hart)  Wheat.  Mr.  Wheat  married  at  Los 
Angeles,  June  14,  1909,  Elizabeth  Collins  Crossley. 
They  have  one  son,  Gilbert  Collins  Wheat. 

Mr.  Wheat  attended  the  schools  of  Joliet,  111.,  and 
Racine,  Wis.,  until  1887.  He  received  his  first  busi- 
ness training  in  a  severe  twelve-hour-a-day  school  of 
a  Boston  wholesale  produce  house.  Three  years 
(1890-3)  he  devoted  to  the  railroad  business  at  Chi- 
cago in  the  auditor's  office  of  the  Railway  Switch- 
ing Association  at  the  Union  Stock  Yards,  and  with 
the  General  Manager's  Association.  In  December, 
1893,  he  went  to  San  Francisco,  where  he  put  in  a 
year  and  a  half  in  the  wholesale  meat  business.  In 
1895  he  moved  to  Los  Angeles. 

During  the  fifteen  years  spent  in  Los  Angeles 
Mr.  Wheat's  life  has  been  a  busy  one,  devoting 
his  energies  successively  to  the  proprietorship  of 
the  Los  Angeles  Military  Academy,  secretaryship 
of  the  Abbot-Kinney  Company  during  the  building 
of  Venice-of-California,  and  at  banking,  real  estate 
and  the  oil  business. 

He  drilled  many  oil  wells  in  Los  Angeles  and 
Kern  Counties.  He  was  one  of  the  pioneers  of  the 
Sunset-Midway  field  and  organized  many  of  the  suc- 
cessful operating  companies. 

He  is  vice  president  of  the  Bank  of  Venice  and 
secretary  of  the  following:  Collins  Oil  Company, 
Thirty-two  Oil  Company,  Wilson  Oil  Company, 
Western  Crude  Oil  Company  and  Westside  Oil 
Company. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  City  Club,  Chamber  of 
Commerce,  Jonathan  Club,  Los  Angeles  Country 
Club,  Municipal  League,  Military  Order  of  Loyal 
Legion  and  the  Automobile  Club  of  California. 


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E.  M.  DURANT 

URANT,  EDWARD  M.,  Manufac- 
turer, Los  Angeles,  California, 
was  born  at  Brooklyn,  New  York, 
in  1867.  His  father  was  Edward 
G.  Durant  and  his  mother  Caro- 
line  (Darling)  Durant.  He  mar- 
ried Mary  Case  at  Los  Angeles,  in  1893.  They  have 
three  children:  Harlan  E.,  Raymond  C.  and  Alice 
C.  Durant. 

Mr.  Durant  was  educated  in  the  public  schools 
of  Racine,  Wisconsin,  and  in  the  Racine  High 
School. 

His  first  business  employment  was  with  a  large 
manufacturing  plant  in  Racine,  where  he  remained 
for  three  years.  He  moved  to  Los  Angeles,  arriv- 
ing there  in  1887. 

Shortly  after  settling  in  Los  Angeles  he  went 
into  the  business  of  manufacturing  sewer  pipe 
goods,  with  headquarters  located  in  that  city.  He 
became  interested  in  the  Pacific  Clay  Manufactur- 
ing Co.  of  that  city  and  remained  with  them  for  a 
number  of  years.  During  this  time  he  worked  in 
every  branch  of  the  business  from  mining  clay  and 
making  pipe  to  a  responsible  position  in  the  office. 

When  the  Pacific  Clay  Manufacturing  Co.  was 
bought  by  the  Pacific  Sewer  Pipe  Co.,  Mr.  Durant 
was  elected  to  the  office  of  president  of  the  new 
corporation.  Since  that  time  he  has  acted  as 
President  and  Manager  and  during  his  tenure  the 
Pacific  Sewer  Pipe  Co.  has  acquired  two  large 
plants  in  Los  Angeles,  two  at  Corona  and  one  at 
Elsinore,  California.  He  is  also  interested  in  gyp- 
sum mining  and  is  President  of  the  Pacific  Coast 
Gypsum  Co.  He  has  large  clay  deposits  at  Elsi- 
nore which  supply  the  branch  plant  at  that  place. 
Prom  a  modest  beginning  and  small  capital  he  has 
built  up  one  of  the  largest  concerns  of  the  kind  on 
the  Pacific  Coast. 

Mr.  Durant  is  a  member  of  the  Jonathan  Club  of 
Los  Angeles. 


J.  J.  DORAN 

-  |  Q  R  A  N,  JOHN  J.,  Stocks  and 
Bonds,  Los  Angeles,  California, 
was  born  in  Perth,  Ontario,  Can- 
ada, August  31,  1870,  the  son  of 
Judge  John  Doran  and  Mary 
Philomena  (Lynn)  Doran.  His 
father  took  a  prominent  part  in  municipal  affairs 
and  for  over  twenty  years  was  Judge  of  the  Dis- 
trict of  Nipissing,  Canada.  Retiring  in  1888,  Judge 
Doran  went  with  his  family  to  Los  Angeles. 

The  family,  on  both  the  maternal  and  the  pater- 
nal branches,  is  one  of  the  oldest  in  Canada.  John 
J.  Doran's  paternal  grandfather  was  one  of  the  pio- 
neer merchants  of  Perth,  Ontario;  he  lived  during 
the  Revolutionary  War  and  saw  fighting  in  the  War 
of  1812.  On  the  maternal  side  the  family  traces 
back  five  generations  to  the  historic  Bishop  of  Good- 
nough,  of  Carlisle,  England.  There  have  been  many 
highly  cultured  and  brilliant  men  on  both  sides,  both 
in  the  old  homesteaus  in  England  and  in  their  new 
homes  in  Canada,  men  chiefly  in  the  church  and  the 
professions. 

Mr.  Doran  took  a  French  course  in  the  Jesuit 
College,  Montreal,  later  being  graduated  from  St. 
Michael's  College,  Toronto,  Canada.  His  first  busi- 
ness enterprise  after  arriving  in  Los  Angeles  was 
a  book  store.  After  several  successful  years  he 
disposed  of  this  interest  to  take  up  the  brokerage 
business,  dealing  in  investments,  stocks  and  bonds, 
being  one  of  the  first  established  in  this  field. 

Mr.  Doran  is  one  of  the  most  progressive  citi- 
zens of  Los  Angeles,  belonging  to  a  number  of  or- 
ganizations which  tend  for  the  betterment  of  the 
city.  He  has  earned  the  reputation  of  honorable 
and  just  dealings  with  his  numerous  associates 
and  today  is  the  head  of  one  of  the  leading  houses, 
dealing  in  listed  and  unlisted  securities  on  the 
Pacific  Coast. 

Mr.  Doran  is  a  member  of  the  Knights  of  Co- 
lumbus and  the  Jonathan  Club  of  Los  Angeles. 


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ONDEE,  ALBERT  JAMES,  Mining, 
Los  Angeles,  California,  was  born 
in  Vinton  County,  Ohio,  May  1, 
1859,  the  son  of  Dr.  Asa  Condee 
and  Eliza  J.  (Jsrnlnger)  Condee. 
He  married  Tillie  Y.  Linville  at 
San  Bernardino,  California,  on  December  20,  1881, 
and  they  have  one  child,  Ruth  Marie  Condee. 

Mr.  Condee  attended  the  public  schools  ot  his 
native  county,  and  later  attended  Heald's  Business 
College  at  San  Francisco,  California,  being  grad- 
uated from  there  in  1877.  He  first  arrived  in  Cali- 
fornia from  St.  Louis,  Missouri,  in  March,  1874, 
locating  at  San  Diego.  His  first  employment  in 
the  Golden  State  was  with  the  Stonewall  Jackson 
Mine,  located  at  Julian,  California.  This  property 
was  later  purchased  by  ex-Governor  Waterman  of 
California.  Mr.  Condee  spent  the  year  1876  in  San 
Bernardino  and  in  the  year  1877  went  to  San  Fran- 
cisco, where  he  attended  college. 

In  January,  1878,  he  went  to  Arizona  and  took 
a  position  as  agent  for  a  firm  of  Government  con- 
tractors who  had  the  contract  for  furnishing  mule 
transportation  for  all  Government  freight  in  the 
Territory.  They  also  handled  the  freight  for  mer- 
chants in  Tucson,  Prescott,  Phoenix,  Globe  and 
other  points,  besides  most  of  the  mining  machinery 
going  into  the  Territory  that  year. 

This  was  before  the  Southern  Pacific  Railroad 
had  reached  Fort  Yuma,  and  most  of  the  freight 
was  carried  by  water  from  San  Francisco  to  Yuma 
by  way  of  the  Gulf  of  California.  In  1879  the 
Southern  Pacific  Railroad  had  crossed  the  Colorado 
River  and  commenced  building  east. 

The  Indians  were  then  quite  numerous  and  it 
required  a  great  many  soldiers  at  the  different 
posts  to  keep  them  on  the  reservations.  While 
Mr.  Condee  was  not  connected  with  the  army  in 
any  way,  he  was  acquainted  with  a  great  many  of 
the  noted  army  officers  and  Indian  fighters,  among 
them  General  Fremont,  General  Craig  and  others. 
Besides  the  military  friendships  he  had  formed, 
Mr.  Condee  enjoyed  a  wide  acquaintance  among 
the  prominent  mining  men  and  merchants  of  the 
Territory.  He  it  was  who  made  the  contract  for 
transportation  of  the  first  mining  machinery  that 
was  taken  into  Tombstone,  Arizona,  hauling  it 
with  mules. 

After  spending  two  years  in  Arizona,  Mr.  Con- 
dee  returned  to  San  Bernardino  (1880)  and  en- 
gaged in  the  drug  business  there.  He  married 
there  and  conducted  his  drug  business  for  about 
two  years,  when  he  turned  his  attention  to  other 
matters.  In  1884  he  became  interested  in  large 
tracts  of  timber  land  and  in  water  and  power  de- 
velopment in  the  San  Bernardino  Mountains.  In 
1885  he  held  leases  on  nine  thousand  acres  of  land, 
then  used  for  grazing  purposes,  but  which  now 
includes  the  sites  of  the  towns  of  Rialto  and  Bloom- 
ington,  California.  He  followed  this,  in  1886,  with 
the  acquisition  of  a  large  tract  of  land  in  the  north- 
ern part  of  the  San  Jacinto  Valley  and  there  en- 
gaged in  grain  raising  on  a  large  scale,  having 
two  thousand  acres  under  cultivation  at  one  time. 
Later  Mr.  Condee  became  interested  in  the  Bear 
Valley  Irrigation  Company  and  in  1891  was  one  of 
the  organizers  of  the  Alessandro  Irrigation  Dis- 
trict, formed  under  the  Wright  Irrigation  Law. 


He  was  by  this  time  recognized  as  one  of  the  sub- 
stantial men  of  the  community  and  in  1893,  after 
taking  part  in  the  formation  of  the  County  of 
Riverside,  California,  was  elected  its  first  county 
clerk.  He  served  in  that  office  for  two  terms, 
relinquishing  it  to  re-enter  business. 

In  1900  he  went  back  to  mining,  making  his 
headquarters  in  Los  Angeles,  and  he  has  continued 
in  it  down  to  the  present.  He  became  associated 
in  December,  1903,  with  Frederick  H.  Rindge,  a 
California  capitalist,  and  was  sent  to  Colombia, 
South  America,  where  he  remained  for  two  years 
in  charge  of  mining  interests  for  himself  and  as- 
sociates. Upon  completion  of  his  work  there  he 
returned  to  Los  Angeles  and  in  1906  was  engaged 
in  mining  in  California  and  Mexico,  and  in  1907 
was  sent  to  Alaska  to  look  after  the  interests  of 
the  Three  Friends  Mining  Company.  There  he 
spent  the  seasons  of  1907,  1908,  1909  and  1910, 
being  in  charge  of  the  dredging  on  the  Solomon 
River.  The  winter  of  1910  Mr.  Condee  spent  in 
New  York  City  and  while  there  disposed  of  the 
Three  Friends  Mine  to  the  American  Tobacco  Com- 
pany. It  is  recorded  that  a  dredge  on  this  mine 
took  out  one-half  million  dollars  in  twenty-one 
working  months. 

Mr.  Condee  inherited  his  liking  for  the  mining 
business  from  his  father,  who  was  one  of  the  pio- 
neers of  California  in  1849.  The  elder  Condee  suc- 
ceeded in  taking  out  more  than  $50,000  from  placer 
mines  on  the  Feather  River  in  California  and  re- 
turned to  Ohio  in  1853.  He  studied  medicine  and 
continued  in  the  profession  for  more  than  twenty- 
five  years,  but  still  retained  his  interest  in  mining 
and  other  lines  of  activity.  In  1866  he  sank  two 
oil  wells  in  Ohio  and  in  1870  became  interested 
in  the  development  of  large  tracts  of  coal  lands  in 
the  southwestern  part  of  Missouri.  In  the  early 
seventies  he  also  acquired  an  extensive  tract  of 
iron  land  in  southern  Missouri  and  built  a  large 
iron  furnace,  but  owing  to  the  financial  panic  of 
1873-1874  the  venture  proved  unsuccessful. 

The  spirit  of  the  pioneer  was  handed  down  to 
his  son  by  Dr.  Condee  and  the  younger  man's  life 
has  been  one  of  intense  activity,  often  carrying 
him  into  places  untouched  by  the  developer's  hand. 
He  has  the  distinction  of  having  traveled  from  the 
Equator  to  the  Arctic  Circle  in  the  same  year.  He 
made  his  first  trip  to  Los  Angeles  in  1874  in  a 
stage  coach  and  also  made  his  first  journey  from 
Los  Angeles  to  Arizona  in  a  stage.  During  his 
long  service  as  a  business  man  and  in  public  of- 
fice, Mr.  Condee  has  been  called  upon  to  perform 
various  duties  in  connection  with  the  upbuilding 
of  the  country  and  has  taken  an  active  part  in 
the  history-making  of  the  Southwest. 

Mr.  Condee  is  an  ardent  believer  in  the  future 
of  Los  Angeles  and  the  Southwest  and  is  one  of 
the  most  enthusiastic  supporters  of  any  movement 
that  has  for  its  object  their  betterment. 

He  is  still  in  active  business,  having  had  charge 
of  the  Rindge  Company's  mining  interests  since 
1903,  the  properties  being  scattered  in  South 
America,  Alaska,  Mexico  and  California.  He  is 
also  president  of  the  Moapa  Gypsum  Company. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  American  Institute  of 
Mining  Engineers,  the  Los  Angeles  Chamber  of 
Mines  and  Oil,  Los  Angeles  Chamber  of  Commerce 
and  the  Fraternal  Brotherhood. 


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URTIS,  URI  BALCOM,  President, 
Macomber  Rotary  Engine  Com- 
pany, Los  Angeles,  California, 
was  born  in  Curtis,  Steuben  Coun- 
ty, New  York,  April  18,  1869,  the 
son  of  Daniel  Blackman  Curtis 
and  Mary  Aceneth  (Brown)  Curtis.  He  married 
Martha  Florence  Voiers  at  Los  Angeles,  June  20, 
1912.  He  is  of  English  descent,  his  ancestors  hav- 
ing been  among  the  early  settlers  of  New  York  State. 

Mr.  Curtis  received  the 
early  part  of  his  education 
in  the  schools  of  his  native 
town,  leaving  there  in  1886 
to  go  to  Chicago.  He  en- 
tered the  Manual  Training 
School  of  Chicago  and  was 
graduated  in  1889. 

Prior  to  leaving  school 
Mr.  Curtis  was  employed  by 
his  uncle,  Uri  Balcom,  at 
that  time  one  of  the  large 
lumber  dealers  and  buifders 
of  the  city,  but  upon  finish- 
ing his  schooling  he  became 
a  salesman  for  another  lum- 
ber firm,  known  as  Cook  & 
Rathbone.  He  only  remain- 
ed in  the  lumber  business 
about  two  years,  however, 
becoming  in  1892,  a  sales- 
man for  Chase  &  Sanborn, 
the  Boston  coffee  importing 
house.  It  was  a  natural  step 
from  this  line  of  activity  for 
Mr.  Curtis  to  go  into  the 
wholesale  grocery  business 
and  in  1894  he  was  appointed 
Western  Distributing  Agent 

for  E.  C.  Hazard  &  Company,  wholesale  grocers  of 
New  York.  He  maintained  offices  in  Chicago  and 
managed  the  company's  business  in  the  territory 
west  of  Buffalo  for  about  four  years. 

In  1898,  Mr.  Curtis  went  to  California,  and  in 
association  with  his  brother,  George  H.  Curtis,  un- 
dertook the  operation  of  a  gold  mine  at  Johannes- 
burg, California.  This  district  has  been  a  liberal 
producer  of  fortunes  for  many  years,  but  Mr. 
Curtis  remained  there  only  about  two  years,  going 
into  the  oil  business  in  1900.  He  entered  the  cele- 
brated Sunset  fields  of  California  and  was  one  of 
the  first  men  to  drill  for  oil  in  that  section. 

At  the  end  of  a  year,  however,  he  abandoned 
the  oil  business,  and  joined  the  rush  to  Tonopah, 
Nevada,  which  was  at  that  time  the  center  of  a 
new  gold  strike.  Being  among  the  early  arrivals, 
Mr.  Curtis  staked  out  several  claims  and  for  some 
time  was  exceptionally  active  in  the  development 
of  the  camp.  Among  others,  he  opened  up  the 
Jim  Butler  and  Tonopah  Belmont  mines,  and  was 
instrumental  in  the  organization  of  the  first  com- 


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pany  for  providing  Tonopah  with  a  water  system. 
This  company  was  known  as  the  Crystal  Water 
Company  and  built  a  plant  capable  of  furnishing 
50,000  gallons  of  water  daily.  This  was  commen- 
surate with  the  size  of  Tonopah  at  that  time,  but 
within  a  short  time  the  town  had  grown  to  such 
proportions  the  plant  had  to  be  enlarged. 

Some  years  later,  eight  men  of  Tonopah  "grub- 
staked" Al  Myers  and  Tom  Murphy,  the  discov- 
erers of  Goldfield,  Nevada's  greatest  camp,  and 
Mr.  Curtis  purchased  the  in- 
terest of  one  of  these  back- 
ers, with  the  result  that 
when  gold  was  discovered 
by  the  prospectors,  he  was 
one  of  the  first  ten  men  to 
be  located  in  claims.  He  was 
one  of  the  original  owners 
of  the  Combination  Mine,  so- 
called  because  the  original 
ten  men  were  its  owners, 
and  upon  the  opening  of  the 
Goldfield  district  he  went 
there.  He  maintained  his 
residence  in*  Tonopah,  how- 
ever, and  within  a  short  time 
had  mining  interests  in  sev- 
eral parts  of  the  State.  The 
most  important  of  these, 
though,  were  in  the  Goldfield 
and  Bullfrog  districts.  He 
operated  for  several  years 
with  success,  but  in  1910 
gave  up  mining  and  has  not 
ventured  into  that  field  since. 
Going  to  San  Francisco, 
in  1910,  Mr.  Curtis  spent 
some  time  there,  though  not 
actually  engaged  in  business, 

and  the  latter  part  of  the  same  year  went  to  Los 
Angeles,  where  he  has  since  been  located.  He  pur- 
chased an  interest  in  the  Macomber  Rotary  Engine 
Company,  and  was  elected  its  President. 

In  the  management  of  this  company  Mr.  Curtis 
has  made  a  place  for  himself  among  the  manufac- 
turing interests  of  Los  Angeles.  The  Macomber 
Company  produces  the  Macomber  rotary  engine, 
an  invention  of  Walter  G.  Macomber.  This  engine, 
said  by  technical  experts  to  be  a  fine  application 
of  the  science  of  equilibrism,  is  so  built  that  all 
of  its  parts  revolve  except  the  frame,  and  it  has 
been  adopted  to  a  large  extent  in  the  equipment 
of  areoplanes,  where  its  balancing  properties  have 
a  peculiar  value.  It  is  stated  that  the  Macomber 
Engine  is  adding  a  great  deal  towards  the  ad- 
vancement of  the  science  of  air  navigation. 

Mr.  Curtis  is  a  member  of  the  Bohemian  Club, 
of  San  Francisco,  and  during  his  residence  in  Chi- 
cago was  a  member  of  the  Chicago  Athletic  Club, 
of  which  he  was  one  of  the  original  organizers. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Presbyterian  Church. 


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OLTER,  FREDERICK  TUTTLE, 
Cattle  and  Lands,  Springerville, 
Arizona,  was  born  at  Neutreoso, 
Apache  County,  Arizona,  P^ebruary 
2,  1879,  the  son  of  James  G.  Col- 
ter and  Rosa  (Rudd)  Colter.  He 
married  Miss  Duge  Phelps  at  Springerville,  Novem- 
ber 17,  1904.  Mr.  Colter's  paternal  ancestors  were 
prominent  in  public  affairs  for  many  generations 
in  Nova  Scotia  and  his  father  was  one  of  the  pio- 
neer cattlemen  of  Arizona 
and  New  Mexico.  He  located 
in  the  latter  State  in  1873 
and  his  ranch  at  Alma  was 
the  scene  of  a  three-day 
fight,  in  1881,  between  a 
band  of  325  Apache  Indians, 
led  by  Chief  Geronimo  and  a 
party  of  twenty-seven  white 
men.  In  this  engagement  the 
elder  Colter  lost  cattle  and 
horses  valued  at  $30,000. 

Fred  T.  Colter,  who  is  one 
of  the  leaders  of  the  Demo- 
cratic party  in  Arizona,  re- 
ceived his  preliminary  educa- 
tion in  the  public  schools  of 
his  native  county  and  con- 
cluded with  a  commercial 
course  in  the  Pueblo  (Colo- 
rado) Business  College,  in 
1900.  He  spent  his  early 
days  in  the  cattle  business 
with  his  father,  but  at  the 
age  of  fourteen  left  home 
and  went  to  work  as  a  cow- 
boy for  W.  H.  Phelps,  a 
wealthy  cattle  raiser  of  Ari- 
zona. It  was  while  thus  em- 
ployed that  he  educated  him- 
self, going  to  school  at  odd 
times. 

In  1899,  Mr.  Colter  was 
chosen  Manager,  and  later 
became  partner  with  Mr. 

Phelps,  continuing  for  nearly  five  years.  In  1904, 
with  about  300  head  of  cattle,  Mr-  Colter  estab- 
lished an  independent  business  and  later  added 
sheep  and  horses  to  his  holdings.  He  now  has 
about  3000  head  of  cattle,  6000  sheep  and  500 
horses. 

Besides  his  operations  as  a  stockman,  Mr.  Colter 
has  been  engaged  for  several  years  in  the  develop- 
ment of  the  agricultural  resources  of  his  section 
of  the  country  and  has  approximately  1400  acres 
of  irrigated  land  in  Apache  County.  In  1907 
he  began  the  building  of  reservoirs  at  the  head  of 
the  Little  Colorado  River  and  since  that  time  has 
constructed  five  of  these.  In  1910  he  joined  in  the 
work  of  constructing  the  Lyman  Reservoir,  which 
has  about  15,000  acres  under  it,  1000  being  owned 
by  Mr.  Colter.  This  work,  completed  in  the  Sum- 
mer of  1912,  is  one  of  the  largest  irrigation  enter- 
prises in  Arizona,  having  twenty-five  miles  of 
canals.  The  system  was  completed  at  a  cost  of 
about  $200,000,  with  Mr.  Colter  as  one  of  the  prin- 
cipal factors  in  its  construction.  He  is  now  plan- 
ning the  erection  of  another  reservoir  in  New  Mex- 
ico. These  operations,  in  which  Mr.  Colter  takes 
an  active  personal  interest,  are  important  in  the 
reclamation  of  wide  areas  of  cultivable  land  in  the 
new  States  of  Arizona  and  New  Mexico. 


FRED  T.  COLTER 


Since  1905,  Mr.  Colter  has  been  conspicuous  in 
the  political  life  of  Arizona  and  is  the  leader 
of  the  Democratic  party  in  his  county.'  In  1907  he 
was  elected  County  Supervisor,  serving  five  years. 
In  1910,  while  still  holding  the  office  of  Super- 
visor, Mr.  Colter  was  elected  Delegate  to  the  Con- 
stitutional Convention  at  which  the  organic  law  of 
Arizona  was  formulated.  He  served  as  Chairman  of 
the  Committee  on  Mode  of  Amending,  Schedules 
and  Miscellaneous,  and  during  all  the  sessions 
fought  consistently  for  pro- 
gressive measures  and  the 
rights  of  the  people,  but  at 
the  same  time  opposed  vari- 
ous radical  measures  which 
he  considered  a  detriment  to 
the  future  of  the  new  State. 
He  made  a  determined  effort 
to  incorporate  a  section  on 
health  and  sanitation,  but  it 
failed  of  adoption. 

From  the  time  of  the 
Constitutional  Convention 
down  to  date,  Mr-  Colter  has 
been  a  member  of  the  Demo- 
cratic State  Executive  Com- 
mittee and  in  1911,  at  the 
first  State  election  held  in 
Arizona,  was  a  candidate  for 
Senator  from  his  county.  He 
was  defeated  by  a  small  ma- 
jority. 

Because  of  his  intimate 
knowledge  of  the  cattle  busi- 
ness, Mr.  Colter  was  chosen 
by  Governor  Hunt  of  Arizona 
for  the  office  of  State  Sani- 
tary Commissioner.  He  as- 
sumed the  duties  of  office 
in  April,  1912.  He  is 
also  Vice  President  of  the 
Arizona  Cattle  Growers'  As- 
sociation. 

During  his  political  activ- 
ity Mr.  Colter  has  been  actu- 
ated by  a  sincere  desire  to  improve  the  conditions 
of  the  State  and  its  people  and  to  him  is  due  much 
credit  for  benefiting  the  conditions  of  the  poorer 
people  of  Arizona. 

Mr.  Colter,  although  a  young  man,  is  ranked 
with  the  successful  men  of  his  State  and  in  addi- 
tion to  the  interests  already  mentioned,  is  an  active 
worker  for  good  roads  and  the  realty  development 
of  Arizona.  Co-operating  with  the  National  High- 
way Commission,  he  made  strenuous  efforts  to  have 
the  Ocean-to-Ocean  Highway  routed  through  his 
section  of  Arizona,  in  the  hope  that  it  would  aid 
in  the  development  of  the  State. 

Mr-  Colter  is  an  ardent  and  intelligent  worker 
for  Arizona's  progress  and  one  of  her  substantial 
citizens.  He  is  a  heavy  landowner  in  his  own  sec- 
tion and  also  holds  one  hundred  acres  of  splendid 
property  on  Central  avenue,  a  beautiful  boulevard 
of  Phoenix,  Arizona,  where  he  contemplates  build- 
ing a  winter  home.  Because  of  activity  in  public 
matters  he  spends  a  great  deal  of  his  time  at  the 
State  Capital. 

Because  of  the  diversity  of  his  interests,  Mr. 
Colter  is  not  conspicuous  in  club  or  fraternal  or- 
ganizations, his  only  affiliations  being  with  the 
Benevolent  and  Protective  Order  of  Elks  and  the 
Woodmen  of  the  World. 


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[RDNO,  JOHN  JOSEPH, 
Editor,  Safford,  Arizona,  was 
born  in  Logan,  Utah,  April 
10,  1868,  the  son  of  N.  W. 
Birdno  and  Mary  (Farrell) 
Birdno.  He  married  Ella  May  Johnson  at 
Thatcher,  Arizona,  December  27,  1889,  and 
to  them  there  have  been  born  three  daugh- 
ters, Mildred  May,  Blanche  Elizabeth,  and 
Mary  Lorraine  Birdno. 
Mr.  Birdno,  who  is  one 
of  the  most  persistent 
workers  for  the  develop- 
ment of  Arizona's  re- 
sources, attended  public 
school  in  Utah,  but  at  the 
age  of  eight  years  went 
into  a  print  shop  and  has 
remained  in  the  business 
ever  since.  In  addition 
to  supporting  himself, 
Mr.  Birdno  acquired  his 
education  and  by  the 
time  he  was  eighteen 
years  of  age  had  quali- 
fied as  a  school  teacher. 
•Leaving  Utah  in  1884, 
Mr.  Birdno  moved  to 
Arizona  and  has  been  a 
resident  of  the  State  ever 
since.  At  the  time  of  his 
arrival  the  Apache  In- 
dians were  on  the  war- 
path and  during  the  next 
few  years  committed 
some  of  their  worst 
crimes.  Mr.  Birdno 
taught  school  for  sev- 
eral years  after  his  arrival,  but  gave  up  this 
vocation  in  1895,  when  he  established  the 
Graham  "Guardian,"  now  the  leading  news- 
paper of  that  section  of  the  country.  He  has 
been  the  editor  and  sole  owner  of  this  publi- 
cation and  through  its  columns  has  preached 
incessantly  for  the  upbuilding  of  the  great 
Gila  Valley  of  Arizona.  A  man  of  force  and 
clear-sightedness,  his  editorials  have  been  an 
important  factor  in  the  promoting  of  the  in- 
terests of  the  Valley. 

Mr.  Birdno  has  been  prominent  in  political 
affairs  from  the  time  he  reached  his  majority 
and  during  this  period  has  taken  a  leading 
part  for  the  Democratic  party  in  every 
campaign,  State  or  local.  He  is  Chair- 
man of  the  Democratic  State  Executive 
Committee  and  served  for  sixteen  years  as 
Chairman  of  his  County  Committee,  but  de- 
spite his  prominence  and  influence,  never  has 
stood  as  a  candidate  for  office.  He  was,  how- 


JOHN  J.  BIRDNO 


ever,  appointed  Assessor  of  Graham  County 
and  served  in  that  capacity  for  ten  years.  In 
1905  he  raised  the  assessments  on  mining 
properties  several  million  dollars  and  brought 
the  wrath  of  the  mining  corporations  upon 
himself.  They  took  the  matter  into  court 
and  Mr.  Birdno  was  compelled  to  defend  ac- 
tion. There  were  numerous  cases,  but  he 
finally  was  victorious  in  all  of  them  and  the 
result  was  that  the  bur- 
den of  taxation  on  the 
people  was  reduced  one- 
half. 

Mr.  Birdno's  record 
was  such  that  it  created 
admiration  all  over  the 
State  and  caused  Gov- 
ernor Kibbey  (Republi- 
can) to  declare  in  a  re- 
port to  the  Secretary  of 
the  Interior  that  he  was 
the  only  Assessor  in  the 
Territory  of  Arizona  do- 
ing his  duty.  Mr.  Birdno 
is  recognized  the  State 
over  as  an  authority  on 
taxation  and  was  one  of 
the  leading  advocates  of 
the  creation  of  Arizona's 
Tax  Commission,  a  pro- 
gressive board  with  pow- 
er to  compel  equal  taxa- 
tion. 

During  the  Twenty- 
first  Legislative  Council 
session  at  which  the  Ter- 
ritorial Laws  were  reco- 
dified,  Mr.  Birdno  served 
as  Chief  Clerk  of  the  body. 

In  1911,  Mr.  Birdno  was  chosen  by  the 
Democrats  to  head  the  State  Executive  Com- 
mittee and  in  this  capacity  it  devolved  upon 
him  to  direct  the  party  in  the  first  general 
election  held  after  Arizona  was  admitted  to 
Statehood.  He  made  a  personal  campaign  in 
all  parts  of  the  State,  and,  largely  through  his 
efforts,  every  candidate  on  the  Democratic 
ticket  was  elected  to  office,  from  the  Gover- 
nor down.  This  was  one  of  the  most  com- 
plete victories  in  the  history  of  State  politics. 
Mr.  Birdno,  a  determined  supporter  of 
Woodrow  Wilson  for  President,  did  efficient 
work  through  his  paper. 

He  has  been  one  of  the  leaders  in  the  de- 
velopment of  Gila  Valley  and  is  an  enthusi- 
astic member  and  Director  of  the  Graham 
County  Chamber  of  Commerce.  He  also  is 
President  of  the  Gila  Valley  Fair  Associa- 
tion and  a  Director  of  the  Bank  of  Safford. 


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AYNARD,  REA  ED- 
WARDS, Civil  and  Mining 
Engineer,  Los  Angeles,  Cali- 
fornia, was  born  in  Tipton, 
Iowa,  July  17,  1870,  the  son 
of  Dr-  Henry  H.  Maynard  and  Susan  H. 
(Edwards)  Maynard.  The  Maynard  and 
Edwards  families  are  among  the  oldest  in 
the  United  States,  Mr.  Maynard's 
ternal  grandfather,  Gen. 
John  Edwards,  having 
been  a  noted  officer  of 
the  Union  Army  in  the 
Civil  War  and  his  father 
a  noted  surgeon  during 
the  war  and  in  Los  An- 
geles. 

Since  his  eleventh  year 
Mr.  Maynard  has  been  a 
resident  of  California 
and  received  his  educa- 
tion in  the  schools  of  the 
city  of  Los  Angeles. 
After  leaving  high  school 
he  entered  Leland  Stan- 
ford, Jr.  University  and 
was  graduated  in  1894 
with  the  degree  of  A.B. 
in  Mechanical  Engineer- 
ing. He  supplemented 
this  with  a  year  at  trie 
Colorado  School  of 
Mines,  graduating  in 
1896  with  the  degree  of 
Engineer  of  Mines. 

Following  his  gradua- 
tion, Mr.  Maynard  went 
to  Arizona  and  there  became  associated  with 
the  Standard  Mine  Company.  He  was  thus 
engaged  for  about  a  year,  resigning  at  the 
end  of  that  time  to  go  to  the  Hawaiian 
Islands.  He  remained  in  the  Islands  for  ap- 
proximately five  yeais  and  during  that  time 
was  engaged  in  extensive  engineering 
projects,  which  formed  a  large  part  of  the 
modern  improvement  and  development  work 
in  that  country. 

His  chief  work  was  the  building  of  rail- 
roads for  various  corporations  in  Hawaii, 
these  including  the  Honolulu  Plantation 
Company,  the  Kona  Sugar  Company  and  the 
Hawaiian  Agriculture  Company.  He  also 
designed  and  supervised  the  building  of  va- 
rious municipal  improvements  in  the  city  of 
Honolulu,  serving  as  engineer  for  the  Gov- 
ernment there  for  more  than  a  year. 

On  the  completion  of  his  tasks  in  Hawaii, 
Mr.  Maynard,  who  had  won  a  splendid  repu- 


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tation  for  himself  in  those  few  years,  -was 
employed  by  W.  P.  Hammon,  of  San  Fran- 
cisco, to  report  on  tin  mining  properties  in 
Southern  Asia.  Mr.  Maynard  was  engaged 
on  this  work  for  about  a  year,  and  in  1905 
returned  to  San  Francisco,  having  been  out 
of  the  United  States  for  about  six  years. 

In  San  Francisco  Mr.  Maynard  accepted 
the  position  of  Superintendent  of  Construc- 
tion for  the  Pacific  Gas 
and  Electric  Company, 
having  charge  of  their 
work  for  about  a  year. 
He  then  resigned  to  be- 
come a  Director  in  the 
California  Nevada  Elec- 
tric Power  Company,  in 
which  he  had  purchased 
an  interest.  This  com- 
pany was  engaged  in  va- 
rious important  power 
projects  in  the  West  and 
for  nearly  two  years  Mr. 
Maynard  aided  in  the 
work  to  the  exclusion  of 
everything  else.  In  1908, 
however,  he  bought  an 
interest  in  the  Globe 
Construction  Company, 
and  took  an  active  part 
in  its  affairs  also. 

Disposing  of  his  other 
interests  in  1910,  Mr. 
Maynard  became  Chief 
Engineer  for  Captain 
John  Barneson  and  E.  J. 
de  Sabla,  of  San  Fran- 
cisco, in  the  handling  of  various  projects  and 
also  was  chosen  Chief  Engineer  for  the  Gen- 
eral Petroleum  Company,  General  Construc- 
tion Company  and  the  General  Pipe  Line 
Company  of  California,  three  affiliated  con- 
cerns in  which  Messrs.  Barneson  and  De 
Sabla  were  heavily  interested.  He  is  engaged 
in  directing  the  construction  work  of  these 
companies  at  the  present  time  (1912-13),  all 
projects  of  vast  magnitude. 

Mr.  Maynard  is  one  of  the  highly  regarded 
men  of  Los  Angeles,  both  professionally  and 
as  a  substantial  man  of  business. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  American  Institute 
of  Mining  Engineers  and  is  also  prominent  in 
fraternal  and  club  circles.  He  is  a  member  of 
the  Honolulu  Lodge  of  Elks  and  a  Thirty- 
Second  Degree  Mason,  member  of  the  Shrine, 
and  other  organizations  in  Los  Angeles.  He 
is  also  a  member  of  the  Military  Order  of  the 
Loyal  Legion  of  the  United  States. 


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ALM,  GEORGE  MICHAEL,  Capi- 
talist, Phoenix,  Arizona,  was  born 
in  Columbus,  Ohio,  March  7,  1855. 
He  is  of  German-Dutch  descent, 
the  son  of  Michael  Halm,  a  pio- 
neer furniture  manufacturer  of 
Ohio,  and  Mary  (Markely)  Halm.  He  married  Kath- 
leen Gainsford  at  Columbus,  Nov.  14,  1889,  and  to 
them  there  have  been  born  two  sons,  Arthur  G. 
and  George  Willis  Halm. 

Mr.  Halm  received  his  early  education  in  the 
public  schools  of  Columbus,  graduating  from  the 
high  school  in  1873.  He  then  entered  Ohio  Wes- 
leyan  University  and  received  the  degree  A.  B.  in 
1876.  After  reading  a  year  with  Ingersoll  & 
Williamson  at  Cleveland,  Ohio,  Mr.  Halm  went  to 
Harvard  Law  School,  graduating  in  1878.  Return- 
ing to  Ohio,  he  was  admitted  to  the  bar  and  began 
practice  as  a  member  of  the  firm  of  Eddy  &  Halm 
in  Cleveland. 

Within  a  few  months  he  was  appointed  Assist- 
ant County  Solicitor  and  served  for  two  years.  Re- 
suming his  private  practice  in  1880,  Mr.  Halm  was 
active  for  two  years  more,  when  his  father's  fail- 
ing health  caused  him  to  abandon  law  and  return 
to  Columbus,  where  he  assumed  charge  of  the  elder 
Halm's  furniture  manufacturing  business.  He  was 
thus  engaged  for  eight  years  and  at  the  end  of 
that  time  sold  out  the  business  and  moved  to  Cin- 
cinnati, where  he  engaged  in  the  coal  and  coke 
business  as  President  and  General  Manager  of  the 
North  Bend  Coal  Company.  He  directed  this  con- 
cern for  about  seven  years,  then  sold  his  interest 
and  organized  the  Marmet-Halm  Coal  &  Coke 
Company,  of  which  he  was  Vice  President  and 
General  Manager  for  approximately  nine  years. 

In  1906  Mr.  Halm  withdrew  from  this  company 
and  for  several  months  maintained  an  independent 
coal  business;  but  some  time  previous  to  this  he 
had  toured  the  West  and  become  so  impressed  with 
the  possibilities  of  Phoenix  and  vicinity  that  he  de- 
termined to  move  there  and,  accordingly,  in  the 
latter  part  of  1906,  disposed  of  all  his  Cincinnati 
interests  and  went  to  the  Southwest. 

Mr.  Halm's  advent  into  Phoenix  was  signalized 
by  his  purchase  of  a  large  amount  of  land,  and 
since  that  time  he  has  been  one  of  the  most  active 
factors  in  the  development  of  the  Salt  River  and 
Buckeye  valleys.  Of  his  original  purchase — more 
than  1000  acres — he  retains  a  magnificent  orange 
grove  on  the  outskirts  of  Phoenix,  where  he  built 
his  home.  He  also  owns  1000  acres  of  alfalfa  land 
in  the  Buckeye  Valley  of  Arizona  and  is  interested 
in  the  Avondale  Company,  a  development  corpora- 
tion which  transformed  5000  acres  of  desert  land 
into  profitable  farms,  located  about  sixteen  miles 
west  of  Phoenix. 

Aside  from  land  operations,  Mr.  Halm  has  also 
been  prominent  in  financial  and  political  affairs  of 
Arizona  and  is  regarded  as  one  of  the  most  sub- 


stantial business  men  of  the  Southwest.  In  1908 
he  was  elected  Vice  President  and  Director  of  the 
Valley  Bank  of  Phoenix,  the  largest  financial  in- 
stitution in  Arizona,  of  which  he  was  the  largest 
stockholder.  In  1909  he  organized  the  Phoenix  & 
Buckeye  Railroad  of  Arizona,  serving  as  President 
until  the  road  was  sold,  in  1910,  to  the  Southern 
Pacific  Company.  This  line  extends  forty-five  miles 
west  from  Phoenix,  through  a  promising  agricul- 
tural district. 

Mr.  Halm,  in  1910,  aided  in  the  organization 
of  the  Arizona  Fire  Insurance  Company,  the  first 
of  its  kind  formed  in  the  Territory,  and  as  Presi- 
dent has  directed  its  affairs  from  the  date  of  its 
incorporation. 

As  one  of  the  large  orange  growers  of  Arizona, 
Mr.  Halm  has  been  a  prominent  factor  in  that  in- 
dustry and  for  two  years  was  President  of  the 
Arizona  Orange  Association,  a  co-operative  organi- 
zation, which  protects  the  interests  of  the  growers 
and  markets  their  product.  He  was  also  a  member 
for  four  years  of  the  Board  of  Governors  of  the  Salt 
River  Valley  Water  Users'  Association,  another 
co-operative  body,  which  safeguards  the  water  sup- 
ply of  the  section. 

Mr.  Halm  is  Vice  President  of  the  Adams  Hotel 
Company  and  was  one  of  its  organizers.  This  com- 
pany built  and  maintains  the  Adams  Hotel  of  Phoe- 
nix, a  magnificent  modern  concrete,  fireproof  struc- 
ture, the  largest  in  Arizona  and  one  of  the  best  in 
the  United  States. 

Despite  his  diverse  business  interests,  Mr.  Halm 
has  been  active  in  politics,  at  all  times  a  supporter 
of  the  Republican  party.  During  his  residence  in 
Cincinnati  he  was  a  member  of  the  Blaine  Club 
and  since  locating  in  Arizona  has  been  recognized 
as  one  of  the  leaders  of  the  party.  He  has  served 
at  various  times  as  convention  delegate  and  mem- 
ber of  the  Central  committees,  and  twice  ran  for 
office.  He  was  a  candidate  in  1908  for  State  Sen- 
ator and  in  1910  for  delegate  to  the  Constitutional 
Convention,  at  which  the  basic  law  of  Arizona  was 
drafted. 

During  his  early  days  in  Cleveland  Mr.  Halm 
took  an  interest  in  military  affairs  and  was  one 
of  the  original  members  of  the  First  City  Troop 
of  Cleveland,  one  of  the  crack  military  organiza- 
tions of  the  country. 

Mr.  Halm  has  been  a  consistent  worker  for  the 
growth  of  Phoenix  and  the  State  at  large  and  in 
1909  served  as  Commissioner  of  the  Arizona  State 
Fair.  He  is  at  the  present  time  interested  in  a 
number  of  concerns  engaged  in  the  development  of 
the  city. 

Mr.  Halm  and  his  family  spend  about  three 
months  of  each  year  at  the  beach  resorts  of  South- 
ern California.  He  is  well  known  as  a  mem- 
ber of  the  California  Club  of  Los  Angeles.  He  is 
also  a  member  of  the  Queen  City  Club,  Cincinnati; 
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ERRY,  CHARLES  FREDERICK, 
Capitalist,  Los  Angeles,  Califor- 
nia, is  a  native  of  that  city,  born 
July  16,  1864,  the  son  of  William 
Hayes  Perry  and  Elizabeth  M. 
(Dalton)  Perry.  He  married  Ada 
B.  Sargent  in  Los  Angeles,  May  4,  1896,  and  to 
them  there  have  been  born  two  children,  Marion 
Rebecca  and  John  Sargent  Perry.  Mr.  Perry 
is  of  pioneer  stock  and  the  present  head  of  a  fam- 
ily noted  in  commercial  and 
social  circles  as  one  of  Cali- 
fornia's representa  tive 
houses.  His  maternal  grand- 
father, George  Dalton,  was 
among  the  Forty-niners  and 
his  own  father  was  one  of  a 
small  party  of  settlers  who 
crossed  the  plains  in  1853. 

Charles  F.  Perry  received 
his  education  in  the  public 
and  high  schools  of  Los  An- 
geles, at  that  time  conducted 
under  one  roof,  on  the  site 
of  the  present  magnificent 
County  Courthouse. 

Leaving  school  when  he 
was  about  nineteen  years  of 
age,  Mr.  Perry,  who  pos- 
sessed the  characteristics  of 
his  forefathers,  decided  to 
make  his  own  career,  with- 
out the  aid  of  his  father, 
then  a  man  of  great  wealth 
and  influence  in  Los  An- 
geles, who  could  have  given 
to  his  son  all  the  power  of 
his  position  to  help  him  in 
getting  a  start.  Instead, 

however,  the  younger  Perry  found  employment  in 
a  large  cannery  in  Los  Angeles,  beginning  as  an 
ordinary  laborer  and  working  up  during  the  year 
he  remained  with  the  company  to  a  point  where 
he  was  an  all-round  man,  having  served  in  a  num- 
ber of  different  capacities. 

At  the  end  of  his  first  year,  his  father,  who 
was  President  and  principal  owner  of  the  W.  H. 
Perry  Mill  and  Lumber  Company,  of  Los  Angeles, 
decided  to  have  Mr.  Perry  learn  the  lumber  busi- 
ness in  all  of  its  branches  in  order  that  he  would 
be  fitted  to  succeed  him  in  the  management  of  the 
properties  when  he  should  retire  from  active  life. 
Accordingly,  Mr.  Perry  went  to  work  in  the  yards 
of  the  company  as  a  laborer  and  by  his  own  efforts 
won  promotion  to  the  position  of  foreman  of  the 
yards,  holding  this  until  he  resigned  in  1891,  after 
seven  years  in  the  business. 

In  1891  Mr.  Perry  left  the  lumber  business  tem- 
porarily and  became  an  Inspector  for  the  Los  An- 
geles City  Water  Company,  of  which  his  father 
was  President  at  the  time  and  was  thus  occupied 


C.   F.   PERRY 


for  about  two  years.  At  the  end  of  that  time,  he 
returned  to  the  lumber  business,  going  this  time 
into  the  logging  branch.  The  company  of  which 
his  father  was  the  head  owned  various  lum- 
ber schooners  and  extensive  timber  lands  in  the 
State  of  Washington  and  Mr.  Perry  went  to  the 
lumber  camps.  There  he  learned  the  cutting  and 
logging  end  of  the  business  and  later  was  made 
Manager  of  one  of  the  company's  mills. 

Mr.  Perry  was  in  the  timber  regions  for  about 
ten  years  in  all  and  during 
that  time  experienced  all  the 
hardships  of  life  in  a  lumber 
camp,  taking  his  chances 
with  the  other  men  regard- 
less of  the  fact  that  his 
father  was  the  owner  of  the 
company  for  which  they 
worked. 

About  the  year  1903  the 
elder  Perry  decided  to  retire 
from  business,  on  account  of 
failing  health,  so  transferred 
all  of  his  lumber  interests  to 
the  Consolidated  Lumber 
Company  and  the  Charles 
Nelson  Lumber  Company. 
With  this  change,  Mr.  Perry, 
the  son,  became  associated 
with  the  E.  K.  Wood  Lumber 
Company  in  Bellingham, 
Washington,  as  Inspector  of 
Exports.  He  was  thus  en- 
gaged until  1906,  when  he 
was  called  home  on  account 
of  the  death  of  his  father. 

The  elder  Perry  having 
been  a  man  of  diversified  in- 
terests, including  real  estate, 

manufacturing  and  banking  enterprises,  the  es- 
tate left  by  him  was  a  large  one  and  the  son  was 
chosen  by  the  other  heirs  to  take  charge  of  its 
management.  He  has  since  devoted  his  time  to 
the  conduct  of  the  estate,  which  has  grown  to 
even  larger  proportions  under  his  management. 

Mr.  Perry  is  generally  regarded  as  one  of  the 
substantial  business  men  of  the  Southwest  and  has 
been  a  factor,  like  his  father  betore  him,  in  the 
development  of  Southern  California. 

His  chief  recreation,  during  the  Summer 
months,  is  deep-sea  fishing,  he  being  a  member  of 
the  famous  Tuna  Club,  of  Catalina  Island,  whose 
members  are  among  the  most  noted  anglers  in  the 
world.  During  the  season  Catalina  is  the  Mecca 
of  sportsmen  from  all  parts  of  the  world,  who 
match  their  ability  against  the  fighting  strength 
of  the  big  fish  of  the  Pacific,  and  Mr.  Perry  is  one 
of  the  men  who  have  made  record  catches. 

In  addition  to  the  Tuna  Club,  Mr.  Perry  is  a 
member  of  B.  P.  O.  Elks,  No.  99,  of  Los  Angeles, 
and  the  Kul  Shan  Club,  Bellingham,  Wash. 


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AND,  CARLTON  H.,  Mining  Engi- 
neer, Los  Angeles,  California,  was 
born  in  Portage  City,  Wisconsin, 
July  4,  1859,  the  son  of  George 
H.  Hand  and  Helen  Mar  (Ketch- 
urn)  Hand.  He  married  Amelia 
S.  Ream  at  Yankton,  South  Dakota,  June  5,  1893, 
and  to  them  there  have  been  born  two  children, 
Arthur  S.  and  Helen  M.  Hand.  He  is  descended 
of  good  old  American  ancestry,  the  paternal  and 
maternal  branches-  of  the 
family  having  been  repre- 
sented in  the  United  States 
since  1648,  when  they  came 
over  from  England. 

His  family  having  moved 
to  the  Northwest  when  he 
was  a  child,  Mr.  Hand  re- 
ceived his  preliminary  edu- 
cation in  the  public  schools 
of  Yankton,  South  Dakota, 
and  was  graduated  from  the 
high  school  there.  He  then 
decided  upon  mining  as  a 
profession  and  entered  the 
Colorado  State  School  of 
Mines,  at  Golden,  Colorado, 
where  he  remained  for  three 
years,  or  until  he  was  com- 
pelled, in  1882,  to  give  up 
his  studies  on  account  of  ill 
health.  He  went  to  Silver 
City,  New  Mexico,  then  the 
center  of  mining  activity,  to 
recuperate,  but  immediately 
became  active  in  mining  af- 
fairs. 

For  about  a  year  after  he 
located  in  Silver  City,  Mr. 

Hand  worked  as-  Assayer  and  Chemist  for  various 
mining  companies,  but  at  the  end  of  that  period 
became  an  independent  mine  examiner,  and  re- 
ported on  a  number  of  properties,  some  of  which 
have  since  become  famous  as  the  producers  of 
large  returns  for  their  owners. 

Upon  leaving  New  Mexico,  in  1885,  Mr.  Hand 
went  to  Philipsburg,  Montana,  where  he  entered 
the  employ  of  the  Granite  Mountain  Mining  Com- 
pany, composed  of  St.  Louis  capitalists,  and  at 
that  time  regarded  as  one  of  the  powerful  mining 
syndicates  of  the  United  States.  He  was  appointed 
Assayer  and  Chemist  and  remained  with  the  Com- 
pany in  that  capacity  some  eighteen  months,  re- 
signing to  enter  business  for  himself  in  Butte. 

Here  Mr.  Hand  became  associated  with  H.  C. 
Carney  in  the  purchase  of  an  assaying  business 
at  Butte,  Montana,  and,  under  the  firm  name  of 
Carney  &  Hand,  they  began  the  operation  of  a 
general  assay  and  mine  engineering  practice,  Mr. 
Hand  had  charge  of  the  engineering  branch  of  the 
work,  while  his  partner  conducted  the  assay  de- 
partment. This  partnership  continued  for  about 
twelve  years  and  during  two  years  of  that  time, 
Mr.  Hand's  time  was  almost  entirely  taken  up 
with  expert  work  in  the  interest  of  a  syndicate 
of  capitalists,  principally  stockholders  of  the  Gran- 


C.  H.  HAND 


ite  Mountain  Mining  Company,  with  which  he  had 
formerly  been  associated.  He  examined  numerous 
properties  for  this  syndicate  throughout  the  west- 
ern states.  The  failure  of  the  syndicate  to  accept 
his  advice  as  to  the  purchase  of  certain  properties, 
caused  his  resignation.  Later  his  judgment  was 
vindicated,  one  of  the  properties  having  paid  over 
sixty  millions  in  dividends  and  the  other,  while 
much  less,  still  paid  several  millions. 

His  practice  also  included  at  various  times  ex- 

tensive       examinations-      for 

other  mining  corporations. 
During  his  residence  in  Butte 
he  was  frequently  employed 
professionally  in  the  exten- 
sive mining  litigation  that 
took  place  between  the  great 
copper  companies  of  that  dis- 
trict. 

The  firm  of  Carney  & 
Hand  was  dissolved  in  1898, 
and  Mr.  Hand  then  became 
Manager  for  owners  of  the 
celebrated  Payne  silver  mine, 
in  the  Slocan  District  of 
British  Columbia.  This  prop- 
erty is  noted  as  one  of  the 
great  fortune  yielders  of  a 
territory  rich  in  lead,  silver 
and  zinc,  and  for  about  two 
years  and  a  half  Mr.  Hand 
was  in  full  charge  of  all  its 
operations.  Resigning  his 
position  in  1901,  he  returned 
to  the  United  States  and  took 
up  the  duties  of  Manager  for 
the  Watseca  Mining  Com- 
pany, operating  at  Rochester, 
Montana,  remaining  there 

for  about  four  years.  As  part  of  his  work  for 
this  company,  Mr.  Hand  made  a  trip,  to  the  Island 
of  Celebes,  in  the  Dutch  East  Indies,  and  spent 
several  months  examining  copper  properties. 

Following  his  return  to  the  United  States,  Mr. 
Hand  spent  several  years  in  the  examination  of 
mining  properties  for  different  companies  and  in 
this  work  traveled  all  over  the  western  part  of  the 
United  States,  also  going  into  Old  Mexico  and 
British  Columbia.  He  was  attracted  to  Southern 
California  about  1908,  and  opened  offices  at  Los 
Angeles  for  the  practice  of  his  profession,  being 
steadily  engaged  there  since  that  time.  For  a 
short  time  after  his  arrival  he  was  active  in  oil 
development  in  the  Kern  River  section  of  Califor- 
nia and  still  is  interested  in  several  oil  enterprises, 
but  the  greater  part  of  his  time  is  taken  up  with 
his  mining  work. 

In  addition  to  serving  in  an  engineering  capac- 
ity for  a  large  number  of  concerns,  Mr.  Hand  is 
Consulting  Engineer  for  the  International  Mines 
Development  Company,  which  operates  properties 
in  Arizona,  British  Columbia  and  other  sections. 

Mr.  Hand  ranks  high  among  mining  experts. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  American  Institute  of  Min- 
ing Engineers,  the  American  Mining  Congress  and 
the  Sierra  Madre  Club,  of  Los  Angeles. 


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CKARDT,  HUGO,  Engineer 
and  Contractor,  Los  Angeles, 
California,  was  born  at  Kirch- 
horde,  Germany,  July  3,  1875. 
He  is  the  son  of  August  Eck- 
ardt  and  Frederike  (Pohl)  Eckardt.  He  mar- 
ried Winifred  W.  Bleecker  at  Los  Angeles, 
March  24,  1909. 

Mr.  Eckardt  received  his  early  education 
in  the  schools  of  Dort- 
mund, Germany,  and 
later  attended  the  Uni- 
versity o  f  Darmstadt. 
While  at  the  latter  insti- 
tution Mr.  Eckardt  made 
an  especial  study  of  con- 
crete construction  and 
before  his  graduation  he 
was  sent  to  the  Univers- 
ity of  Danzig  by  his  gov- 
ernment to  serve  as  an 
assistant  professor  in  the 
teaching  o  f  reinforced 
concrete  construction. 
•  While  in  this  position 
he  was  honored  further 
by  his  government's  pla- 
cing him  in  charge  of  all 
tests  of  reinforced  con 
crete  for  its  improve- 
ments. After  finishing 
this  work  he  left  the  uni- 
versity for  a  time  to  take 
a  position  with  the  Gute- 
hoffnungshuette  at  Ober- 
hausen  as  a  bridge  and 
structural  engineer,  in 
which  capacity  he  was  sent  to  various  for- 
eign countries,  including  England,  France, 
Russia,  Spain,  Greece  and  the  north  coast  of 
Africa.  During  this  time  he  was  engaged  in 
building  bridges,  cranes,  drydocks,  and  large 
manufacturing  plants. 

After  a  considerable  period  in  this  work, 
Mr.  Eckardt  returned  to  the  University  of 
Danzig  and  was  appointed  Assistant  Profes- 
sor for  bridges  and  reinforced  concrete  con- 
struction. He  held  this  position  until  he  was 
graduated  in  1905  with  the  degree  of  Regier- 
ungs  Baumeister  (Government  Engineer). 

The  German  government,  with  character- 
istic enterprise,  determined,  when  San  Fran- 
cisco was  visited  by  earthquake  and  fire  in 
1906,  to  ascertain  the  effect  on  reinforced 
concrete  buildings  of  the  double  disaster. 
Mr.  Eckardt,  because  of  his  prominence  in 
that  particular  line  of  work,  was  chosen,  with 
Professor  Kohnke,  another  German  expert, 


to  make  a  special  trip  across  the  Atlantic 
Ocean  and  the  American  Continent  to  investi- 
gate the  subject.  He  and  Professor  Kohnke 
spent  two  months  in  San  Francisco  and  upon 
the  completion  of  their  work  for  the  Impe- 
rial Government,  Mr.  Eckardt  decided  to  re- 
main in  America. 

His  first  position  in  the  United  States  was 
with  the  Reinforced  Concrete  Construction 
Company,  as  Chief  En- 
gineer, with  headquar- 
ters in  New  York  City. 
He  only  remained  in  that 
position  a  few  months, 
however,  leaving  it  be- 
cause he  preferred  to  live 
on  the  I'acific  Coast, 
which  had  made  a  strong 
appeal  to  him  during  his 
few  months  of  investiga- 
tion in  San  Francisco. 
Accordingly,  he  went  to 
Los  Angeles  and  became 
associated  with  Carl 
Leonardt,  one  of  the 
leading  building  contrac- 
tors of  the  United  States. 
At  that  time  Mr.  Leon- 
ardt was  beginning  a  pe- 
riod of  reinforced  con- 
crete construction  which 
was  to  make  him  famous 
and  give  Los  Angeles 
some  of  the  finest  mod- 
ern buildings  in  the  coun- 
try. Mr.  Eckardt,  his 
name  being  known  as 
one  of  the  experts  in  that  field,  was  selected 
by  Mr.  Leonardt  as  Chief  Engineer  and  Su- 
perintendent of  his  operations. 

Beginning  in  November,  1906,  Mr.  Eck- 
ardt remained  with  Mr.  Leonardt  until  Janu- 
ary, 1911,  and  during  that  time  had  charge  of 
the  construction  of  numerous  skyscrapers 
and  private  residences. 

Upon  severing  his  connection  with  Mr. 
Leonardt,  Mr.  Eckardt  established  himself  in 
business  in  Los  Angeles,  where  he  has  been 
engaged  to  date,  doing  a  general  engineering 
and  contracting  business.  His  work  has  been 
confined  to  no  particular  branch  of  his  pro- 
fession. 

In  addition  to  his  engineering  operations 
and  teaching,  Mr.  Eckardt  has  been  a  liberal 
contributor  to  technical  publications  on  the 
subjects  of  engineering  and  construction  and 
associated  branches.  His  only  affiliation  out- 
side of  business  being  the  Masonic  Order. 


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RBISON,  THOMAS  JAMES, 
Physician,  Los  Angeles,  Cali- 
fornia, was  born  in  Rawul 
Pindee,  India,  November  13, 
1866,  the  son  of  James  Orbi- 
son  and  Nancy  Donlop  (Harris)  Orbison. 
He  married  Virginia  Gile  at  Philadelphia, 
Pennsylvania,  February  25,  1901,  and  to  them 
there  have  been  born  two  daughters,  Virginia 
and  Joan  Winsor  Orbi- 
son. Dr.  Orbison  is  de- 
scended from  the  old 
Scotch-Irish  stock,  his 
father's  family  having 
been  represented  in  the 
days  of  the  Normans, 
when  the  name  was 
spelled  Od'  Baldeston.  On 
the  maternal  side  the 
names  of  many  of  the 
men  have  been  prominent, 
among  them  Colonel 
James  Donlop,  James  and 
John  Harris,  John  Elliott, 
William  Ashman  and 
others.  Dr.  Orbison's 
father  and  mother  were 
both  missionaries  in  the 
Presbyterian  Church  and 
were  prosecuting  their 
work  in  India  when  he 
was  born. 

Dr.  Orbison  was 
brought  to  the  United 
States  in  early  childhood, 
the  family  settling  in 
Bellefonte,  Pennsylvania. 
He  attended  the  academy  there  and  followed 
with  attendance  at  Haverford  College.  He 
was  there  four  years  and  left  just  before 
graduation,  in  1888. 

His  first  work  after  leaving  school  was  in 
the  employ  of  the  Centre  Iron  Company,  of 
Bellefonte,  it  being  his  early  intention  to 
learn  and  follow  the  iron  manufacturing  busi- 
ness. He  remained  there  about  three  years 
and  then,  in  1891,  accepted  an  opportunity 
to  go  to  New  York  in  the  electrical  engineer- 
ing department  of  the  Union  Switch  &  Signal 
Company.  While  in  that  position  he  took 
part  in  the  transformation  of  the  New  York 
Central  Railroad's  signal  and  switching 
system  from  the  old  hand  lever  methods  to 
the  electrical  and  pneumatic. 

Dr.  Orbison  left  the  company  in  1893  and 
the  following  year  enrolled  in  the  Medical 
Department  of  the  University  of  Pennsyl- 
vania at  Philadelphia.  After  four  years  of 


DR.  THOMAS  J.  ORBISON 


study  he  was  graduated  with  the  degree  of 
Doctor  of  Medicine  in  1898.  The  war  of  the 
United  States  against  Spain  then  being  in 
progress,  he  enlisted  with  the  famous  City 
Troop  of  Philadelphia  as  a  private  and  saw 
active  ser.vice  on  the  Island  of  Porto  Rico. 
The  City  Troop  is  one  of  the  oldest  and  most 
celebrated  military  organizations  in  the 
United  States,  having  been  the  first  body  of 
men  organized  to  oppose 
the  British  in  the  Revolu- 
tionary War.  It  was  then 
known  as  the  First  Troop, 
Philadelphia  City  Cav- 
alry, and  served  as  Wash- 
ington's bodyguard. 

In  1899,  upon  his  re- 
turn from  the  war,  Dr. 
Orbison  entered  the 
Pennsylvania  Hospital  at 
Philadelphia,  the  oldest 
institution  of  its  kind  in 
America,  and  served  there 
for  two  years  as  Resident 
Physician.  Upon  leaving 
there  he  began  private 
practice  in  Philadelphia, 
specializing  in  the  treat- 
ment of  nervous  diseases. 
In  addition,  he  was  on 
the  staff  of  the  Univers- 
ity, Polyclinic  and  Ortho- 
pedic Hospitals,  of  Phila- 
delphia. 

He  practiced  in  Phila- 
delphia for  approximately 
six  years.  In  1907,  how- 
ever, he  decided  to  move  to  California,  and 
locate  at  Los  Angeles. 

He  has  been  a  close  student  at  all  times  and 
has  been  a  liberal  contributor  to  the  literature 
of  his  profession,  having  written  numerous 
papers  on  neurological  subjects  for  the  Jour- 
nal of  Mental  and  Nervous  Diseases  and  the 
American  Journal  of  Medical  Sciences  and 
other  journals. 

Dr.  Orbison  is  Professor  of  Therapeutics 
in  the  Los  Angeles  Medical  Department  of 
the  University  of  California.  He  is  a  member 
of  the  leading  professional  societies  and  served 
in  1911  as  President  of  the  Pasadena  Branch 
of  the  Los  Angeles  County  Medical  Society. 
He  belongs  to  the  American  Medical  Assn., 
the  Philadelphia  Neurological  Society  and  the 
Los  Angeles  Clinical  and  Pathological  So- 
ciety. He  is  a  Phi  Kappa  Sigma  man,  Univer- 
sity of  Pennsylvania  Chapter,  and  belongs  to 
the  University  Barge  Club  of  Philadelphia. 


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ARSON,  JOHN  MANUEL,  Capital- 
ist, Los  Angeles,  California,  was 
born  in  that  city  April  12,  1862, 
the  son  of  George  Carson  and 
Dona  Victoria  de  Dominguez. 
He  married  Miss  Kate  Smythe  in 
San  Francisco,  California,  November  24.  1891,  and 
to  them  there  have  been  born  four  children,  John 
Victor,  George  Earl,  Valerie  S.  and  Gladys  G.  Carson. 
He  is  descended  from  a  family  whose  history  is 
so  intertwined  with  that  of  California  and  Los  An- 
geles that  mention  of  it  is  here  made  necessary. 
The  names  of  Carson  and  Dominguez  are  integral 
and  important  parts  of  the  history  of  California, 
the  latter  dating  back  for  a  hundred  years,  the  for- 
mer from  the  days  immediately  following  the  Mex- 
ican War.  A  century  ago  what  is  now  Los  Angeles 
County,  with  the  great  city  of  Los  Angeles  as  its 
heart,  was  divided  into  five  great  ranchos,  owned 
by  Spanish  gentlemen  whose  acres  spread  for  miles 
and  whose  flocks  and  herds,  cared  for  by  an  army 
of  servants,  ranged  into  the  thousands. 

Of  the  five  ranchos  mentioned  at  this  time, 
when  California  was  like  a  transplanted  bit  of  ro- 
mantic old  Spain,  the  great  San  Pedro  or  Domin- 
guez Rancho  was  occupied  under  provisional  grant, 
by  Don  Juan  Jose  Dominguez.  It  comprised  ten 
and  a  half  leagues  (approximately  50,000  acres), 
and  from  it  have  been  cut  various  towns,  and  agri- 
cultural districts  which  rank  with  the  richest  sec- 
tions of  the  West  today. 

Following  the  death  of  the  original  owner,  it 
was  granted  on  December  31,  1822,  by  the  Spanish 
Governor,  Pablo  de  Sola,  to  Sergeant  Cristobal 
Dominguez,  nephew  and  heir  of  Don  Juan  Jose. 
Three  years  later,  upon  the  death  of  Cristobal,  it 
descended  to  his  son,  Don  Manuel  Dominguez, 
then  a  brilliant  young  man  of  twenty-two  years. 

Cultured,  splendidly  educated  and  a  man  of  ex- 
traordinary individuality  and  mental  power,  this 
man,  the  grandfather  of  Mr.  Carson,  played  a  con- 
spicuous part  in  the  affairs  of  California  and  Los 
Angeles  during  one  of  the  most  stirring  and  tragic 
periods  of  their  history.  He  was  in  public  life  during 
the  Spanish  regime,  the  Mexican  dominance  and 
when  the  United  States  took  over  the  Territory  of 
California.  In  1828  he  was  elected  and  served  as  a 
member  of  the  "Illustrious  Ayuntamiento"  of  the 
City  of  Los  Angeles,  and  the  following  year  was 
chosen  a  delegate  to  nominate  representatives  to 
the  Mexican  Congress. 

In  1832  Don  Manuel  Dominguez  was  made  First 
Alcalde  and  Judge  of  the  First  Instance  for  the  city 
of  Los  Angeles;  in  1833-34  he  served  as  Territorial 
Representative  for  Los  Angeles  County  in  the  Mex- 
ican Congress,  being  called  in  the  latter  year  to 
a  conference  at  Monterey  for  the  secularization 
of  the  missions.  In  1839  he  was  elected  Second 
Alcalde  of  the  city  of  Los  Angeles;  in  1842,  was 
again  elected  First  Alcalde  and  Judge  of  the  First 


Instance,  and  in  May,  1843,  Prefect  for  the  second 
district  of  California.  It  was  during  this  time  that 
two  military  companies  were  formed  for  the  de- 
fense of  the  county,  he  serving  as  Captain  of  one 
of  them  until  the  office  was  suppressed  the  follow- 
ing year.  , 

In  1849  he  represented  Los  Angeles  County  in 
the  Constitutional  Convention  at  Monterey,  where 
was  drawn  the  first  Constitution  of  California. 
Three  years  later  he  was  elected  County  Super- 
visor, and  after  a  splendid  record,  retired  to  pri- 
vate life.  He  was  importuned  many  times  to  ac- 
cept other  public  honors,  but  consistently  refused 
in  order  to  devote  himself  to  the  management  of 
his  private  affairs. 

In  1855  the  San  Pedro  Rancho  was  apportioned 
between  Don  Manuel,  his  brother  and  his  two 
nephews,  he  buying  an  extra  quarter  in  addition  to 
his  portion,  so  that  one-half  of  the  vast  estate  re- 
mained with  him.  Of  the  25,000  acres  which  he 
retained  a  large  part  has  since  been  sold.  The 
townsite  of  Redondo  Beach,  also  Terminal  Island 
at  San  Pedro  were  once  a  part  of  this  rancho. 

Don  Manuel  was  married  in  1827  to  Senorita 
Marie  Engracia  Cota,  daughter  of  Don  Guillermo 
Cota,  Mexican  Commissioner,  and  their  union  was 
blessed  by  ten  children,  of  whom  six  daughters 
survived  after  the  parents  passed  away.  Don  Man- 
uel was  called  October  11,  1882,  his  death  ter- 
minating a  relationship  which  had  existed  for  thirty- 
five  years.  Companions  united  in  their  aims  and 
ambitions  in  life,  Don  Manuel  and  his  wife  were 
not  long  separated  by  death,  her  demise  occurring 
a  few  months  later,  on  March  16,  1883. 

Following  the  death  of  the  mother  the  estate 
was  divided  between  the  six  daughters,  Dona  Vic- 
toria, mother  of  Mr.  Carson,  receiving  more  than 
4,000  acres. 

The  old  adobe  house  on  Dominguez  ranch,  where 
Don  Manuel  made  his  home  for  fifty-five  years,  has 
always  been  kept  in  an  excellent  state  of  preserva- 
tion. However,  within  recent  years  It  has  been  put 
in  perfect  condition  and  stands  as  one  of  the 
picturesque  landmarks  of  Southern  California.  It 
is  the  intention  to  preserve  the  house  in  its  present 
good  condition  and  hand  it  down  from  one  genera- 
tion of  the  family  to  another. 

Don  Manuel  was  highly  respected  as  a  man  of 
unimpeachable  integrity  and  honor,  a  gentleman  of 
fine  old  Spanish-American  type,  and  one  whose 
memory  is  revered  by  his  family  and  friends. 

The  Carson  and  Dominguez  blood  was  united 
in  1857,  when  George  Carson,  member  of  an  old 
eastern  family  and  a  veteran  of  the  Mexican  War, 
wooed  and  won  Senorita  Victoria.  His  parents  were 
both  natives  of  New  York  State,  where  he  spent 
his  boyhood,  later  moving  to  St.  Charles,  Illinois. 
He  enlisted  under  Colonel  Newberry  and  served 
until  the  close  of  the  Mexican  War,  being  mus- 
tered out  of  service  at  Santa  Fe.  After  spending 


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some  time  at  the  latter  place  and  in  old  Mexico, 
as  a  trader,  he  finally  located  at  Los  Angeles  in 
1853.  For  many  years  he  conducted  a  large  hard- 
ware establishment  on  Commercial  street,  in  Los 
Angeles,  in  partnership  with  a  friend  named  San- 
ford,  but  sold  out  his  interest  in  1862  to  take  the 
management  of  San  Pedro  Rancho,  in  itself  a  vast 
business  enterprise. 

At  first  Mr.  Carson  devoted  his  attention 
mainly  to  sheep-raising,  but  later  added  to  this  a 
large  stock  of  fine  bred  horses  and  cattle,  and 
also  went  into  agriculture  on  a  large  scale.  He 
was  active  in  this  until  his  death  in  1901,  and  was 
one  of  the  largest  stockraisers  in  the  Southwest. 
He  was  also  prominent  in  Masonry. 

His  widow,  five  daughters  and  five  sons  still 
live  on  the  old  place,  which  has  been  managed  for 
many  years  by  John  Carson. 

John  Carson,  who  is  regarded  as  one  of  the 
substantial  business  men  in  Los  Angeles,  received 
the  early  part  of  his  education  in  the  public  schools 
of  Los  Angeles  and  later  was  an  honor  student  at 
Santa  Clara  College. 

Upon  the  completion  of  his  studies  he  returned 
to  Rancho  San  Pedro  and  became  assistant  to  his 
father  in  the  management  of  that  vast  estate. 
Later  he  operated  a  portion  of  it  on  his  own  ac- 
count and  upon  the  death  of  his  father  assumed 
complete  charge  of  the  property. 

For  nine  years  or  more  Mr.  Carson  operated 
that  portion  of  the  ranch  belonging  to  his  imme- 
diate family,  but  in  1910  the  property  of  two  of  the 
heirs  was  amalgamated,  and  the  Dominguez  Estate 
Company  organized  for  the  purpose  of  handling  it. 
Mr.  Carson  was  chosen  a  Director  of  the  company 
and  General  Manager  of  the  property  and  under 
his  supervision  this  property  has  been  brought 
to  an  almost  perfect  state  of  development.  There 
still  remain  of  the  original  ranch  about  17,500 
acres,  practically  every  acre  of  it  now  being  under 
cultivation. 

In  addition  to  the  Dominguez  Estate  Company, 
Mr.  Carson  also  is  the  General  Manager  of  the 
Dominguez  Water  Company,  which  furnishes  the 
water  necessary  to  the  cultivation  of  the  land,  and 
keeps  about  four  hundred  head  of  cattle,  he  being 
the  only  one  of  the  present  generation  to  retain 
the  traditional  stock  interests  of  the  family. 

"Dominguez  Ranch,"  as  it  is  generally  called  to- 
day, has  been  the  scene  of  many  notable  gatherings 
in  years  past  and  one  of  the  fine  hospitalities  of  its 
owners,  originated  by  the  father  of  Mr.  Carson,  was 
a  great  barbecue  to  which  the  friends  of  the  family, 
to  the  number  of  several  hundred  were  invited  each 
year.  These  gatherings  are  recalled  as  the  acme  of 
entertainment,  and,  although  they  were  discontin- 
ued for  several  years  following  the  death  of  the 
elder  Carson,  his  son  has  recently  revived  them 
and  intends  to  make  them  a  feature  of  the  social 
life  at  the  family  place  for  the  years  to  come. 


Besides  the  operation  of  the  family  estate,  Mr. 
Carson  has  other  business  interests  to  which  he 
devotes  a  large  part  of  his  time.  Among  these  are 
the  Automatic  Flagman  Company  and  the  Auto- 
matic Distributing  Company.  He  holds  the  office 
of  President  in  each  of  the'se  corporations  and  is 
the  active  factor  in  their  management.  The  first 
named  company  manufactures  an  automatic  rail- 
way signal,  which  has  been  adopted  by  various 
railroads  in  the  West,  and  which  has  proved  one 
of  the  valuable  safeguards  introduced  into  railroad 
operation  in  recent  years. 

This  device,  operated  by  electricity,  is  made  up 
of  a  circular  metal  danger  signal  which  sways  to 
and  fro  like  a  pendulum  on  the  approach  of  a  train, 
while  a  bell  rings  simultaneously,  thus  giving 
double  warning  to  vehicles  and  pedestrians  nearing 
railway  crossings.  At  night  another  safeguard  is 
added,  a  red  light  flashing  in  the  center  of  the 
signal.  Since  its  installation  on  railway  lines  of 
the  West,  the  "Automatic  Flagman"  has  operated 
with  splendid  success  and  is  generally  credited 
with  having  prevented  many  disasters. 

The  other  company,  the  Automatic  Distributing 
Company,  serves  an  equally  important  purpose  in 
business,  its  product  being  a  distributing  device 
whose  chief  asset  is  economy  in  the  presentation 
to  the  public  of  newspapers,  etc.  It,  like  the  "Auto- 
matic Flagman,"  also  has  been  generously  adopted. 

Although  he  is  a  man  of  great  personal  popu- 
larity and  recognized  for  his  unusual  ability,  Mr. 
Carson  has  remained  out  of  politics.  Had  he  so 
elected,  he  could  probably  have  had  any  number 
of  offices  of  public  trust,  but  consistently  refused 
all  suggestions  of  this  nature  because  of  his  aver- 
sion to  appearing  in  the  limelight.  Also,  he  pre- 
fers to  render  his  services  to  his  State  in  the  more 
practical  way  of  developing  the  resources  of  her 
land.  In  this  latter  field  he  stands  with  the  leaders 
of  development  in  the  Southwest.  A  great  land- 
owner himself,  he  has  operated  to  the  best  advan- 
tage and  his  production  of  crops  have  added  to  the 
general  prosperity  of  the  State.  He  has  also  aided 
largely  in  the  development  of  other  projects.  As  a 
member  of  the  Chamber  of  Commerce  of  Los  An- 
geles, he  has  figured  in  numerous  movements  hav- 
ing for  their  object  the  general  betterment  of  the 
city  and  the  surrounding  country. 

Several  years  ago,  when  the  Pacific  Electric 
Railway  Company  built  its  splendid  interurban 
line  from  Los  Angeles  to  Long  Beach,  California, 
with  its  right  of  way  lying  througn  the  former 
Dominguez  property,  it  paid  a  tribute  to  the  work 
of  Mr.  Carson  and  his  father  by  naming  one  of  its 
stations  "Carson,"  after  the  family. 

Mr.  Carson  is  a  man  of  extraordinary  amiability 
and  counts  his  friends  by  the  hundreds. 

His  fraternal  affiliations  are  the  Royal  Arcanum, 
the  Knights  of  the  Maccabees,  Foresters  and  the 
B.  P.  O.  Elks. 


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ENTON,  EUGENE  ELIAS,  Invest- 
ment Broker,  Los  Angeles,  Cali- 
fornia, was  born  in  Clyde,  Ohio, 
June  20,  1876,  the  son  of  George 
Downs  and  Carrie  C.  Denton.  He 
married  Jennie  S.  Ward,  at  Clyde, 
November  29,  1899,  and  to  them  there  have  been 
born  two  children,  Helen  lone  and  Marie  Harriet 
Denton.  Mr.  Denton  is  descended  from  one  of  the 
very  old  New  England  families,  five  of  the  Denton 
brothers  having  come  to 
America  shortly  after  the 
Mayflower  party. 

Mr.  Denton,  who  is  one 
of  the  progressive  business 
spirits  of  the  Southwest,  be- 
longs with  the  list  of  suc- 
cessful Americans  who  have 
carved  their  own  careers  and 
made  the  world  at  large  their 
schoolhouse.  He  attended 
the  public  schools  of  his  na- 
tive town  and  entered  High 
school,  but  left  in  the  second 
year  of  his  course  and  went 
to  work. 

This  was  in  1891  and  his 
first  position  was  that  of 
clerk  in  a  clothing  establish- 
ment at  Clyde.  About  a  year 
after  he  became  connected 
with  the  establishment,  the 
owner  became  ill  and  Mr. 
Denton,  then  a  lad  of  six- 
teen years,  was  given  the 
sole  management  of  the 
business.  He  carried  this 
responsibility  for  about 
six  months,  then,  his  em- 
ployer having  recovered  his 
health,  Mr.  Denton  resigned 
and  went  West  with  his 
mother. 

Locating  in  San  Diego, 
California,  in  the  latter  part 

of  1893,  Mr.  Denton,  shortly  afterwards  obtained 
employment  with  the  Gregory-Damon  Abstract 
Company,  and  for  four  years  was  engaged  in  record 
and  research  work. 

In  1898  Mr.  Denton  went  into  business  for  him- 
self as  a  broker  and  real  estate  operator,  and  in 
that  same  year  was  elected  to  the  City  Council  of 
San  Diego  for  a  term  of  two  years.  During  his 
service  in  that  body  he  orginated  the  celebrated 
Denton  ordinance,  a  historic  piece  of  legislation 
which  caused  the  San  Diego  Flume  Company  to 
sell  out  its  distributing  system  to  the  City  of  San 
Diego  and  retire  from  business.  This  company, 
owned  by  an  English  syndicate,  was  accused  of 
various  mi&deeds  and  Mr.  Denton,  as  one  of  the 
Board  of  Delegates,  was  one  of  the  leaders  in  the 
opposition  to  it.  His  activity  in  this  matter  en- 
gendered so  much  hostility  that  Mr.  Denton  felt 
its  effects  in  his  business  and  transferred  his 
operations  to  Los  Angeles,  where  he  has  been  lo- 
cated since. 

At  the  time  he  became  involved  in  the  political 
controversy  which  caused  him  to  abandon  San 
Diego  as  a  field  of  activity,  Mr.  Denton  owned  a 
half  interest  in  the  famous  San  Pasqual  ranch, 
one  of  the  greatest  alfalfa  properties  in  San  Diego 
County,  and  also  had  other  large  real  estate  hold- 


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ings,  but  he  quickly  disposed  of  all  of  them. 
After  locating  in  Los  Angeles,  Mr.  Denton 
was  engaged  in  general  brokerage  business,  and  for 
the  last  six  years  has  been  one  of  the  most  active 
men  in  the  field.  He  has  made  a  specialty  of  small 
deals  and  in  this  way  has  built  up  one  of  the  most 
substantial  business  enterprises  in  Los  Angeles. 

In  1911,  Mr.  Denton  organized  the  California  Pa- 
cific Investment  Company,  a  private  corpora- 
tion, in  which  he  is  President  and  Director. 
This  Company,  in  conjunc- 
tion with  the  Lone  Pine  Mill 
&  Lumber  Company,  of 
which  he  is  President  and 
General  Manager,  is  engaged 
in  mammoth  development  en- 
terprises in  Southern  Califor- 
nia. The  company  purchased 
six  hundred  acres  of  highly 
attractive  land  on  the  slope 
of  the  Sierras  and  Mr.  Den- 
ton and  his  associates  are 
engaged  in  the  building  of 
an  elaborate  summer  resort, 
seven  thousand  feet  above 
sea  level,  to  be  known  as 
"The  Big  Pines,"  and  it  is 
the  aim  of  the  promoters 
to  make  it  the  "Adirondacks 
of  the  Pacific."  This  is  one 
of  the  most  ambitious  resort 
enterprises  of  the  Coast,  in- 
cluding in  its  plans  a  great 
summer  hotel  and  club 
house  for  the  use  of  profes- 
sional and  business  men.  It 
is  located  under  the  brow  of 
Mount  Baldy,  twelve  miles 
from  the  Santa  Fe  Railway 
in  Los  Angeles  County,  and 
will  be  reached  by  means  of 
a  "trackless  trolley." 

This  latter,  being  built  by 
the  Lone  Pine  Utilities  Com- 
pany, of  which  Mr.  Denton  is 

Vice  President,  Director  and  General  Manager,  is 
an  innovation  in  American  transportation  methods, 
although  it  has  been  operated  for  many  years  with 
great  practical  and  financial  success  in  various 
parts  of  Europe.  It  is  the  first  of  its  kind  to  be 
built  in  the  United  States  and  will  cover  a  dis- 
tance of  twelve  miles,  ascending  the  mountain  to 
the  resort,  which  is  located  seven  thousand  feet 
above  sea  level.  The  plans  for  the  road  call  for 
modern,  high  power  electric  equipment,  the  trains 
to  be  operated  to  and  from  "The  Big  Pines"  on  a 
fast  schedule.  As  General  Manager  of  the  Lone 
Pine  Utilities  Company,  which  was  incorporated 
under  the  laws  of  California  in  May,  1911,  Mr. 
Denton  had  charge  of  all  the  preliminary  details 
of  the  trackless  trolley,  such  as  securing  the  rights- 
of-way  and  directing  construction. 

The  "Big  Pines"  project  is  one  which  will  take 
two  years  to  complete  and  it  is  estimated  that  it 
will  cost  more  than  a  million  dollars  before  it  is 
ready  for  the  reception  of  visitors  and  residents. 

Southern  California  is  noted  for  its  beautiful 
resorts  and  it  is  the  plan  of  Mr.  Denton  and  his 
associates  to  make  theirs  one  of  the  greatest  on 
the  Pacific  Coast,  and  one  of  the  show  places 
to  be  visited  by  the  thousands  who  go  to  Cali- 
fornia in  1915  for  the  Panama  Exposition. 


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OAK,  DAVID  PERRY,  Cap- 
italist,   San    Francisco,    Cali- 
fornia, was  born  in  the  town 
of  Cameron,  Missouri,  Janu- 
ary   27,     1866,    the     son    of 
Thomas   Doak   and    Sarah    (Coffing)    Doak. 
Mr.  Doak  received  his  early  education  in 
the  public  schools  of    his    native    town    and 
subsequently   took   a   course   at   the    Macon 
City    College    of    Macon, 
Missouri.       Upon      com- 
pletion of  this  part  of  his 
studies     he     immediately 
embarked    on    his    com- 
mercial  career  and   from 
that    day    down    to    date 
has  been  continually  en- 
gaged.     His    career,    be- 
gun    with     banking,    has 
coursed  through   railroad 
construction  and  the  sur- 
veying   of    terminals    to 
the  organization  of  mod- 
ern  steel   plants,   and  he 
is   now   president   of   the 
Pacific  Coast  Steel  Com- 
pany.    His  has  been   an 
evolution     natural,     if 
somewhat  metallic,  for  a 
man    whose    constitution 
has   absorbed    something 
like    the    powerful    mate- 
rial    in     which     he     has 
worked  and  whose  large 
ideas    have    been    backed 

by  the  ability  to  execute  rj    p    rjQAK 

them. 

Mr.  Doak  first  entered  business  life  in  a 
bank  at  Kendall,  Kansas.  In  this  he  con- 
tinued from  1886  to  1889,  and  then,  after  ad- 
vancing through  various  stages  in  that  field, 
changed  to  railroad  construction,  in  which  he 
was  busy  for  the  next  four  years. 

In  1893  he  became  President  and  Gen- 
eral Manager  of  the  Missouri  Smelting  Co. 
at  St.  Louis,  but  in  1899  left  this  office  to  en- 
gage in  the  surveying  of  terminals  and  vari- 
ous lines  for  certain  transcontinental  roads 
that  desired  to  extend  their  operations  to  the 
Pacific  Coast.  He  was  active  in  this  work 
until  1903,  when  he  was  made  President,  in 
full  charge  of  the  construction  of  the  Pana- 
ma-American R.  R.  of  Mexico.  By  the  com- 
pletion of  this  he  connected  the  Mexican 
lines  with  the  railroads  of  Guatemala,  and 
subsequently  sold  to  the  Mexican  Govern- 
ment. 

During  these  years  of  varied  experience 


in  somewhat  similar  fields  his  ideas  of  devel- 
opment and  construction  work  were  expand- 
ing and  led  him  to    shift   his    operations   to 
what  he  deemed  the  most  promising  ground 
for  them.     He  had  come  to  California  from 
St.  Louis  in  1899,  and  was  not  slow  to  sense 
the  great  possibilities  to  be  realized  by  imag- 
ination and  energy.    So  from  1910  to  1911  we 
find   him   engaged   in   constructing  the   first 
modern  steel  plant  on  the 
Pacific   Coast.     This  has 
since    been     consolidated 
with    the     Seattle    Com- 
pany   and    the    Portland 
Rolling  Mills,  under  the 
name  of  the  Pacific  Coast 
Steel    Co.     The    business 
has     expanded     to     huge 
proportions,  and  has  add- 
ed  much   to   the   import- 
ance of  this  section  of  the 
country   as   an   industrial 
Promised  Land. 

Of  recent  years  Mr. 
Doak  has  devoted  much 
of  his  time  to  the  devel- 
opment of  his  water 
rights  on  the  McCloud 
River.  He  owns  ten  thou- 
sand acres  of  land  in 
Shasta  County,  adjacent 
to  this  river,  and  therein 
has  a  watershed  capable 
of  supplying  80,000  inch- 
es, or  500,000,000  gallons 
of  water  per  day.  This 
he  naturally  regards  as  a 
formidable  rival  of  any  company  in  the  field, 
and  is  determined  to  demonstrate  its  practi- 
cability in  this  respect. 

It  is  planned  to  bring  this  water  through 
a  concrete  aqueduct  down  the  Sacramento 
Valley,  and  furnish  the  towns  and  cities 
along  its  course,  with  a  view  to  ultimately 
supplying  San  Francisco  and  the  other  bay 
cities.  Having  generally  succeeded  in  ma- 
terializing his  large  views  of  things,  Mr. 
Doak  is  confident  that  this  last  will  not  prove 
an  exception  in  his  progressive  march  toward 
the  goal  he  has  sighted. 

While  he  has  many  big  interests  he  con- 
centrates chiefly  on  his  water  rights,  the  Pa- 
cific Coast  Steel  Co.,  the  Doak  Sheet  Steel 
Co.  and  the  Standard  Corrugated  Pipe  Co.,  of 
all  which  he  is  president.  He  is  a  member  of 
the  Pacific  Union  Club  of  San  Francisco  and 
the  ranking  clubs  of  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  but  de- 
votes most  of  his  time  to  his  business. 


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ROST,  CHARLES  HENRY, 
Manufacturer,  Los  Angeles, 
California,  was  born  at  Ithaca, 
New  York,  June  9,  1844.  His 
father  was  George  Pepperell 
Frost  and  his  mother  Eliza  Little  (Benja- 
min) Frost.  He  married  Helen  I.  Sherman, 
November  19,  1869,  at  Davenport,  Iowa,  and 
to  them  were  born  two  children,  Lida  E. 
(Mrs.  L.  J.  Huff)  and 
Howard  Frost. 

Mr.  Frost  is  a  descend- 
ant of  one  of  George 
Washington's  most  val- 
iant soldiers,  his  grand- 
father, Captain  George 
Pepperell  Frost,  having 
served  with  him  through- 
out the  Revolutionary 
period,  in  most  of  the  big 
battles  which  led,  ulti- 
mately, to  the  freedom  of 
the  United  States. 

He  received  his  pri- 
mary education  in  the 
public  and  private  schools 
of  Ithaca,  N.  Y.,  and  Chi- 
cago, Illinois,  having  at- 
tended the  Ithaca  Acad- 
emy at  the  former  place. 
He  finished  his  studies  at 
Baker's  High  School, 
Quincy,  Illinois. 

He  attended  school  up 
to  the  year  1862,  when, 
upon  President  Lincoln's 
second  call  for  volunteers, 
he  deserted  his  school  books  to  join  the 
Union  army.  He  was  beneath  the  legal  age 
limit  and  his  father  refused  to  permit  him  to 
enlist  as  a  fighting  man,  so  he  went  into  the 
commissary  department  of  the  government 
as  a  citizen  employe,  with  headquarters  at 
Chicago.  He  remained  in  that  capacity  for 
two  years,  when  he  was  transferred  to  the 
quartermaster's  department  at  Cincinnati, 
Ohio,  being  promoted  to  the  post  of  cashier. 
Here  he  remained  two  years  more,  and  in 
1866  he  resigned  to  go  with  the  Home  Mu- 
tual Life  Insurance  Co.  of  Cincinnati.  He 
was  connected  with  the  company  for  three 
years,  the  latter  part  of  which  period  he  was 
secretary.  In  1868  he  resigned  his  position 
with  this  company  to  join  the  United  States 
Life  Insurance  Company  of  New  York  as 
manager  of  its  Western  department.  With 
this  corporation  he  remained  until  1877. 

In  1877    Mr.    Frost    organized  a  pressed 


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brick  company  at  Chicago,  capitalized  at 
$500,000,  and  has  remained  in  that  business 
down  to  date.  He  was  made  general  man- 
ager of  this  original  company  and  for  nearly 
ten  years  directed  the  working  of  it.  The 
company  was  a  success  from  the  beginning 
and  at  the  end  of  nine  years  Mr.  Frost  had 
amassed  an  independent  fortune. 

At  that  time  he  sold  his  interests  and  de- 
cided to  move  West,  set- 
tling at  Pasadena,  Cali- 
fornia. He  determined  to 
re-enter  business  and  in 
1887  organized  the  Los 
Angeles  Pressed  Brick 
Co.,  with  himself  as  pres- 
ident and  general  mana- 
ger. The  company  built  a 
large  plant  at  Los  An- 
geles and  in  the  twenty- 
four  years  that  have 
elapsed  since  its  organiza- 
tion has  grown  to  be  one 
of  the  most  important  in- 
dustrial institutions  in  the 
West.  It  has  a  capital 
stock  of  $500,000,  and  a 
partial  list  of  the  stock- 
holders associated  with 
Mr.  Frost  includes  some 
of  the  most  successful 
men  in  Southern  Califor- 
nia. A  few  of  his  asso- 
ciates in  this  company 
follow : 

H.  E.  Huntington,  W. 
G.  Kerckhoff,  I.  N.  Van 


Nuys,  William  H.  Allen,  J.  E.  Fishburn,  J. 
M.  Elliott,  W.  C.  Patterson,  West  Hughes, 
W.  D.  Woolwine,  J.  Ross  Clark,  O.  T.  John- 
son, J.  M.  C.  Marble,  Dan  Murphy  and  How- 
ard Frost. 

In  addition  to  the  main  plant  at  Los  An- 
geles, the  company  operates  two  other  large 
factories,  one  at  Santa  Monica,  California, 
and  another  at  Point  Richmond,  California, 
all  under  the  general  direction  of  Mr.  Frost. 
He  has  extended  the  business  of  his  company 
from  British  Columbia  to  Old  Mexico. 

Mr.  Frost  has  been  an  active  figure  in  the 
upbuilding  of  Los  Angeles  and  is  considered 
one  of  the  most  progressive  men  in  that  city. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Jonathan  Club,  and 
during  his  residence  in  Chicago  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Union  League  and  Illinois  clubs. 
He  also  held  membership  in  the  Building 
Trade  Club  of  New  York.  He  is  a  thirty-sec- 
ond degree  Mason. 


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WITCHELL,  RALPH  EMERSON, 
Attorney,  Las  Vegas,  New  Mexico, 
was  born  in  Ann  Arbor,  Michigan, 
November  29,  1859,  the  son  of 
Daniel  Sawin  Twitchell  and  Delia 
(Scott)  Twitchell.  He  married 
Miss  Margaret  Olivia  Collins  of  St.  Joseph,  Mis- 
souri, at  that  place,  December  9,  1885.  She  died 
in  1899. 

Mr.  Twitchell  received  his  primary  education 
in  private  and  public  schools  of  Missouri  and  at- 
tended the  University  of  Kansas  from  1877  to  1880. 
He  studied  law  at  the  University  of  Michigan,  and 
was  graduated  in  1882  with  the  degree  of  Bachelor 
of  Laws.  He  was  admitted  to  practice  in  the 
courts  of  Michigan,  but  having  lived  in  the  West 
for  some  years  prior  to  his  college  career,  he  went 
to  Santa  Fe,  New  Mexico,  and  there  began  his  pro- 
fessional career. 

In  1883,  Mr.  Twitchell  was  chosen  by  the  Atchi- 
son,  Topeka  &  Santa  Fe  Railroad  Co.  as  one  of 
its  legal  counselors  in  the  Territory  of  New  Mexico 
and  he  has  served  in  that  capacity  since  that  date, 
a  period  covering  thirty  years. 

From  the  date  of  his  entry  into  New  Mexico  Mr. 
Twitchell,  although  a  member  of  the  legal  pro- 
fession, has  taken  an  active  interest  in  the  de- 
velopment of  the  country,  and  in  many  ways  has 
been  one  of  the  potent  factors  in  its  advancement, 
politically,  commercially  and  from  an  industrial 
standpoint.  As  an  attache  of  the  great  Santa  Fe 
Railroad  System,  he  has  caused  the  development 
of  a  great  deal  of  territory  in  the  present  State  of 
New  Mexico,  but  aside  from  that  he  has  loaned  his 
assistance  to  the  upbuilding  of  the  country  in  vari- 
ous ways. 

When  he  first  went  into  New  Mexico,  it,  like 
most  of  the  Southwestern  part  of  the  United  States 
at  that  time,  was  an  arid  stretch  of  land,  and,  for 
the  most  part,  the  habitat  of  lawless  whites,  war- 
ring Indians  and  ill-fed  cattle.  The  resources  of 
the  country  were  unsuspected  or  deliberately  ig- 
nored; where  thousands  of  acres  of  land  are  under 
cultivation  in  the  present  day  there  was  only  end- 
less plains,  with  here  and  there  clumps  of  mesquite, 
cactus  or  sagebrush.  For  the  most  part  it  was  a 
dreary,  desolate  waste. 

Realizing  the  promise  of  the  land,  Mr.  Twitchell, 
early  in  his  residence  in  the  Territory,  gave  up 
part  of  his  time  to  the  study  of  the  problem  of 
irrigation  and  land  development.  As  early  as  1889, 
nearly  a  quarter  of  a  century  ago,  Mr.  Twitchell 
was  advocating  the  principles  of  reclamation  and 
conservation,  phases  of  the  national  life  that  are 
now  recognized  as  great  units  of  public  policy. 

Individually  and  in  association  with  others,  Mr. 
Twitchell  preached  the  gospel  of  reclamation 
through  irrigation  for  many  years,  and  while  he 
worked  practically  alone  during  the  early  stages 
of  his  campaign,  he  finally  saw  the  awakening  of 
the  entire  nation  to  the  realization  of  the  necessity 
of  developing  the  farm  lands  of  the  West  and  the 
conservation  of  the  country's  resources.  He  was 
among  the  organizers  of  the  conservation  movement 
and  through  his  instrumentality  large  sections  of 
land  in  New  Mexico  have  been  reclaimed,  with  the 
result  that  the  State  is  rapidly  making  a  place  for 
itself  among  the  agricultural  sections  of  the  Union. 
Through  his  writings  and  his  speeches,  Mr. 


Twitchell  won  rank  for  himself  among  the  progres- 
sive thinkers  of  the  country,  and  at  the  Eighteenth 
National  Irrigation  Congress,  held  at  Spokane, 
Washington,  was  chosen  first  Vice  President  of  the 
organization.  He  is  recognized  as  the  leading  pub- 
lic speaker  of  his  State  and  has  achieved  a  lasting 
reputation  as  a  lecturer. 

The  reclamation  of  the  West,  which  has  aston- 
ished the  world  within  recent  years,  has  been  one 
of  the  guiding  principles  of  Mr.  Twitchell's  life, 
but  he  has  not  devoted  all  of  his  time  to  this  one 
subject.  Recognized  for  his  professional  ability,  he 
has  been  one  of  the  leaders  of  the  Bar  in  the 
Southwest  for  many  years  and  served  as  President 
of  the  New  Mexico  Bar  Association  during  1888  and 
1889.  He  had  been  a  supporter  of  the  Republican 
party  for  many  years  and  upon  entering  into  the 
practice  of  his  profession  took  an  active  interest  in 
politics.  In  1889  he  was  appointed  District  At- 
torney of  First  Judicial  District  of  New  Mexico, 
and  served  until  1892. 

In  1893  he  was  elected  Mayor  of  Santa  Fe,  New 
Mexico.  Other  than  these  positions,  Mr.  Twitchell 
has  never  held  or  sought  public  office,  but  has 
maintained  his  interest  in  politics,  and  served  two 
years  (1902-03)  as  Chairman  of  the  Territorial  Com- 
mittee of  the  Republican  party.  Like  most  other 
men  having  the  interest  of  the  community  in  mind, 
he  was  an  ardent  advocate  of  Statehood  for  New 
Mexico  and  was  one  of  those  who  did  effectual  work 
in  obtaining  it. 

As  the  representative  of  the  Santa  Fe  Railroad, 
Mr.  Twitchell  has  aided  in  the  industrial  develop- 
ment of  New  Mexico  and  brought  about  the  organi- 
zation of  various  corporations,  among  them  the  New 
Mexico  Town  Company  and  the  Eastern  Railroad 
Company  of  New  Mexico.  He  served  as  a  member 
of  the  Board  of  Directors  and  legal  adviser  to  these 
corporations  and  acts  in  similar  capacity  for  vari- 
ous other  collateral  corporations  of  the  Santa  Fe 
interests,  organized  under  the  laws  of  New  Mexico. 

A  thorough  student  of  history,  Mr.  Twitchell  de- 
voted several  years  to  an  investigation  of  the  his- 
torical record  of  New  Mexico,  from  the  time  of  the 
Spanish  occupation,  and  is  one  of  the  greatest  au- 
thorities on  the  subject  in  the  United  States.  He 
has  served  for  many  years  as  Vice  President  of 
the  New  Mexico  Historical  Society  and  is  the  author 
of  various  works  on  the  subject.  In  1909,  he  pub- 
lished "The  Military  Occupation  of  New  Mexico, 
1846  to  1851,"  and  subsequently  published  "Lead- 
ing Facts  of  New  Mexican  History."  Both  of  these 
works  are  notable  for  the  accuracy  of  detail  which 
they  contain  and  for  their  clear  analyses.  In  addi- 
tion Mr.  Twitchell  has  written  numerous  mono- 
graphs dealing  with  the  history  of  the  Southwest. 

Along  with  his  other  public  endeavors,  Mr. 
Twitchell  has  been  an  ardent  advocate  of  good 
roads  and  was  one  of  the  moving  spirits  in  the 
organization  of  the  Ocean-to-Ocean  Highway  Asso- 
ciation, formed  for  the  purpose  of  enlisting  Federal 
and  State  aid  in  the  building  of  a  transcontinental 
highway.  He  has  taken  a  prominent  part  in  the 
affairs  of  the  Association  and  at  the  annual  meet- 
ing, held  in  Santa  Fe,  New  Mexico,  in  November, 
1912,  was  elected  Vice  President  for  New  Mexico. 

Mr.  Twitchell  is  a  member  of  the  Episcopal 
Church;  is  prominent  in  fraternal  and  social  circles, 
being  a  Mason,  member  of  the  B.  P.  O.  E.  and  the 
Las  Vegas  Commercial  Club. 


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RARER,  EDWARD  CLARENCE, 
Real  Estate  and  Investments,  Los 
Angeles,  California,  is  a  native  of 
Mercer  County,  Illinois,  born  Au- 
gust 27,  1874.  He  is  the  son  of 
Edward  M.  Sharer  and  Martha 
(Simpson)  Sharer,  and  is  descended  of  a  line  of 
Americans  who  have  served  their  country  in  its 
various  wars. 

Mr.  Sharer  married  Myrtle  Hemenway  at  Colo- 
rado Springs,  Colorado,  and 
to  them  there  have  been 
born  two  daughters,  Eliza- 
beth Eloise  and  Martha 
Catherine  Sharer. 

The  preliminary  part  of 
his  education  Mr.  Sharer  re- 
ceived in  the  district  schools 
of  his  native  county  and  for 
one  year  was  a  student  at 
the  Aledo  (Illinois)  High 
Schools.  He  then  spent  a 
year  at  the  Davenport 
(Iowa)  Business  College,  go- 
ing from  there  to  Drexel 
Institute,  Philadelphia, 
where  he  was  graduated  in 
1896.  Upon  the  completion 
of  his  business  training,  Mr. 
Sharer  accepted  a  position 
as  teacher  in  the  Flint  Nor- 
mal College,  Flint,  Michigan, 
and  was  thus  engaged  for 
two  terms  (1896-7).  He  re- 
signed in  the  latter  year  to 
take  up  the  study  of  law  and 
was  graduated  from  Kent  Col- 
lege of  Law,  Chicago,  in  1899, 
with  the  degree  of  LL.B. 

Mr.  Sharer,  who  is  now  one  of  a  set  of  finan- 
ciers engaged  in  a  vast  number  of  development 
projects  in  various  parts  of  the  United  States,  did 
not  take  up  law  as  a  profession,  but  went  to  Colo- 
rado Springs,  where  he  became  Private  Secretary 
to  James  Renwick  McKinnie,  a  capitalist  whose 
name  has  been  connected  with  numerous  large 
Western  enterprises  for  many  years.  Within  a 
short  time  Mr.  Sharer  acquired  an  interest  in  the 
business  operated  by  Mr.  McKinnie  and  R.  P. 
Davie,  and  has  since  been  associated  with  them  in 
the  development  and  operation  of  their  large  en- 
terprises. These  include  beet  sugar  growing  and 
the  building  of  beet  sugar  factories;  the  develop- 
ment and  operation  of  irrigation  projects,  mining 
and  oil  lands.  Their  properties  are  located  in 
Colorado,  Wyoming,  Western  Kansas,  California, 
Arizona,  New  Mexico  and  Florida,  and  embrace  a 
variety  of  important  projects. 

Mr.  Sharer's  associates  built  and  are  operating 
at  present  the  beet  sugar  factories  at  Grand  June 
tion,  Colorado,  and  Garden  City,  Kansas,  Mr. 


E.  C.  SHARER 


Sharer  being  Secretary  and  Treasurer  of  the  West- 
ern Sugar  and  Land  Company,  which  operates  the 
former.  He  is  also  a  Director  of  the  Southwestern 
Sugar  and  Land  Company,  which  owns  the  beet 
sugar  plant  at  Glendale,  Arizona,  and  with  his  asso- 
ciates is  interested  in  the  development  and  sale 
of  lands  in  the  Everglades  of  Florida,  being  Secre- 
tary and  Treasurer  of  the  Everglades  Sugar  and 
Land  Company.  This  is  one  of  the  great  develop- 
ment projects  of  recent  years  and  involves  the 
reclamation  of  more  than  a 
million  acres  of  hitherto 
valueless  lands. 

Other  enterprises  in 
which  he  is  interested  with 
Messrs.  McKinnie  and  Davie, 
are: 

The  Grand  Junction  Town 
and  Development  Company, 
which  has  large  property 
holdings  at  that  place,  he  be- 
ing Secretary  and  Treasurer 
and  a  Director. 

The  Loma  Land  Sales 
Company,  Vice  President; 
the  Western  States  Securi- 
ties Company,  Vice  Presi- 
dent and  Treasurer,  and  the 
Colorado  Savings  Bank  of 
Colorado  Springs,  of  which 
he  is  a  Director. 

In  the  early  part  of  1912, 
Mr.  Sharer,  with  his  associ- 
ates, organized  the  Sharer 
Investment  Company,  for  the 
purpose  of  handling  their 
properties  in  California,  and 
he  is  now  devoting  a  large 
part  of  his  time  to  its  affairs, 
having  headquarters  in  Los  Angeles. 

This  company  is  now  regarded  as  one  of  the  im- 
portant concerns  of  the  Southwest  and  is  doing  a 
great  deal  for  the  development  of  the  lands  and 
resources  of  that  section,  especially  in  the  im- 
provement of  agricultural  lands  and  the  advance- 
ment of  the  beet  sugar  industry. 

During  his  residence  in  Colorado,  Mr.  Sharer, 
who  is  a  Republican,  took  an  active  part  in  poli- 
tics, and  served  for  three  years  as  Chairman  of 
the  Republican  County  Central  Committee  of  El 
Paso  County,  Colorado.  In  this  capacity  he  di- 
rected the  campaign  for  the  election  of  President 
Taft  in  1908,  in  his  part  of  the  country.  Since 
locating  in  Los  Angeles,  however,  Mr.  Sharer  has 
not  taken  any  actual  part  in  political  affairs,  al- 
though he  continues  as  a  staunch  adherent  of  the 
principles  of  the  Republican  party. 

Mr.  Sharer  is  a  Mason  and  Odd  Fellow,  also  a 
member  of  the  El  Paso  Club,  of  Colorado  Springs, 
Colorado,  and  the  Pike's  Peak  Club  also  of  Colo- 
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ENDERSON,  THOMAS  LA- 
MONT,  Secretary  of  the  Avawatz 
Salt  &  Gypsum  Company,  Incor- 
porated, Los  Angeles,  California, 
was  born  at  Kingston,  Canada, 
March  18,  1869,  the  son  of  William 
P.  Henderson  and  Janet  (Dunnett)  Henderson.  He 
was  married  to  Miss-  Myrtella  Eddo  at  Riverside, 
California,  on  May  7,  1906. 

Mr.  Henderson  spent  his  boyhood  and  received 
his  early  education  at  San 
Jose,  California,  later  study- 
ing under  private  tutors,  fit- 
ting himself  to  be  a  civil  and 
mining  engineer,  a  profession 
he  later  rounded  out  with 
practical  experience  in  Ari- 
zona, Nevada  and  New 
Mexico. 

In  1889  Mr.  Henderson  re- 
ceived his  first  business  train- 
ing when  he  entered  the  em- 
ploy of  M.  E.  Chapin  at  Santa 
Monica,  California,  who  con- 
ducted a  large  general  mer- 
cantile business.  Resigning 
in  1891  he  went  to  Arizona 
and  New  Mexico  where  for 
the  next  six  years  he  engaged 
in  the  mining  and  mercantile 
business. 

Mr.  Henderson  was  one  of 
the  first  to  identify  himself 
with  the  rich  gold  discoveries 
in  southern  Nevada  and  for  a 
number  of  years  was  promi- 
nently identified  with  the  de- 
velopment of  Searchlight,  El 
Dorado  Canyon,  and  other 

famous  camps  in  the  southern  part  of  that  State. 
He  became  a  United  States  Deputy  Mineral  Sur- 
veyor and  as  such  his  activities  extended  into  the 
neighboring  States  of  Arizona  and  California.  As 
a  practical  mining  engineer  his  services  were 
widely  sought  and  for  a  time  he  was  with  the 
famous  Quartette  Mining  Company  at  Searchlight, 
Nevada.  Throughout  his  residence  in  Searchlight 
he  held  the  important  office  of  mining  recorder. 
His  mineral  maps,  issued  at  this  time,  furnished 
the  first  authentic  data  published  on  this  extreme 
southern  part  of  Nevada.  Throughout  his  residence 
he  was  considered  an  authority  on  all  things  per- 
taining to  mining  and  the  geography  of  the  coun- 
try. 

In  1906,  Mr.  Henderson  went  to  Los  Angeles 
and  since  that  time  has  made  that  city  his  head- 
quarters. Since  locating  there  he  has  been  con- 
nected with  a  number  of  important  development  en- 
terprises with  H.  H.  Kerckhoff  and  others.  The 
work  has  included  mining  and  other  ventures,  in 
all  of  which  Mr.  Henderson  has  taken  an  active 


T.  L.  HENDERSON 


part  as  partner,  adviser  and  consulting  engineer. 
Mr.  Henderson's  greatest  mining  success  began 
about  the  year  1909,  when,  together  with  his  asso- 
ciates, he  acquired  and  successfully  promoted  very 
extensive  and  valuable  deposits-  of  rock  salt,  rock 
gypsum  and  other  earth  minerals  located  near 
the  extreme  southern  end  of  Death  Valley,  in  San 
Bernardino  County,  California.  This  corporation, 
in  which  Mr.  Henderson  is  Secretary  and  one  of 
the  principal  stockholders,  is  known  as  the  Ava- 
watz Salt  &  Gypsum  Com- 
pany. 

As  field  manager  Mr. 
Henderson  has  widely  ex- 
plored the  estate  which  cov- 
ers an  area  nine  miles  long 
by  fully  half  a  mile  in  aver- 
age width. 

Because  of  his  wide  ex- 
perience in  engineering  and 
mining  affairs  and  his  inti- 
mate knowledge  of  the  coun- 
try, Mr.  Henderson's  associ- 
ates entrusted  to  him  the 
practical  planning  and  con- 
struction of  the  company's 
plants  and  improvements, 
these  including  a  modern 
salt  refinery,  plaster  mill  and 
a  branch  railroad  sixteen 
miles  in  length  which  con- 
nects the  company's  prop- 
erty with  the  Tonopah  & 
Tidewater  Railroad. 

Mr.  Henderson  devoted 
the  greater  part  of  three 
years  to  the  work  of  getting 
the  enterprise  under  way, 
and,  being  firmly  convinced 
of  the  future  of  the  industry  as  a  commercial  fac- 
tor in  Southern  California,  plans  to  make  it  his 
chief  business.  He  is,  however,  a  stockholder  in 
the  Calumet  &  California  Copper  Company,  holding 
the  office  of  Secretary  of  the  corporation  and  also 
serving  as  its  Field  Manager. 

Mr.  Henderson  makes  his  headquarters  in  Los 
Angeles,  but  he  spends  a  considerable  portion  of 
each  year  in  the  desert  lands,  engaged  in  explora- 
tion and  engineering  work. 

During  his  residence  in  Los  Angeles,  Mr.  Hen- 
derson has  devoted  himself  strictly  to  business. 
He  has  taken  no  active  part  in  politics,  but  at 
all  times  has  taken  an  active  interest  in  every 
question  pertaining  to  the  welfare  or  advancement 
of  the  mining  industry.  He  is  known  as  a  thorough, 
capable  and  conscientious  engineer  and  ranks  high 
among  the  members  of  this  profession  and  the  busi- 
ness men  of  his  locality. 

Mr.  Henderson  is  an  enthusiastic  member  of 
the  Sierra  Madre  Club,  Los  Angeles,  and  the  Los 
Angeles  Chamber  of  Mines  and  Oil. 


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ESTING,  CHARLES  WILLIAM, 
Bonds  and  Insurance,  San  Diego, 
California,  was  born  in  Richmond, 
Indiana,  January  8,  1874,  the  son 
of  Henry  Frederick  Oesting  and 
Elizabeth  (Weber)  Oesting.  He 
married  Edythe  Choate  in  San  Diego,  July  28,  1900, 
and  to  them  there  was  born  a  daughter,  Doris  Eliza- 
beth Oesting,  now  eleven  years  of  age.  Mr.  Oesting's 
family,  on  the  paternal  side,  has  been  prominent 
in  German  public  life  for 
many  generations,  the  eldest 
son  of  each  generation  hav- 
ing served  as  Governor  of 
the  Province  of  Oldenburg. 
His  maternal  grandfather 
was  the  founder  of  Earlham 
College  at  Richmond,  Indiana. 
Mr.  Oesting  received  his 
educational  training  in  the 
Lutheran  Seminary  at  Rich- 
mond, but  in  addition  to  his 
practical  studies  devoted 
seven  years  to  music  and  is 
today  an  accomplished  mu- 
sician. He  studied  under  Dr. 
Van  der  Stucken  of  Cincin- 
nati, one  of  the  world's  great- 
est modern  interpreters,  Di- 
rector for  many  years  of  the 
Cincinnati  Symphony  Orches- 
tra and  of  the  celebrated 
May  Musical  Festival  of  the 
Queen  City. 

Mr.  Oesting  spent  his 
early  boyhood  in  Richmond 
and  Cincinnati,  where  his 
father  was  a  wealthy  mer- 
chant, and  in  1887  moved  to 
San  Diego  with  his  parents.  He  remained  there 
for  about  six  months  and  then  returned  to  Indiana 
to  re-enter  school.  Upon  the  completion  of  his 
course  in  1890,  he  went  to  San  Francisco  and  en- 
tered the  office  of  a  broker  as  clerk,  a  position  he 
held  for  approximately  two  years. 

In  1892  he  returned  to  San  Diego  and  went  into 
the  wholesale  grain  and  commission  business  with 
his  father,  having  a  small  interest  in  the  house. 
After  four  years  of  activity  in  this  field  he  deter- 
mined to  go  into  the  bond  business  and  was*  ap- 
pointed Manager  for  the  San  Diego  territory  of 
Arthur  Nason,  bond  and  investment  broker.  His 
record  within  the  first  two  years  of  his  connection 
with  this  house  resulted  in  his  being  chosen  an 
equal  partner  in  the  business  and  in  1898  he  bought 
a  half  interest,  the  firm  then  being  styled  Nason  & 
Oesting.  He  continued  in  charge  of  the  San  Diego 
branch  and  in  addition  established  an  office  in  Los 
Angeles,  which  he  conducted  from  1902  until  1911. 
After  nine  years  in  partnership,  Mr.  Oesting  in 
June,  1907,  withdrew  and  engaged  in  business  for 


CHARLES  W.  OESTIXG 


himself.  Since  that  time  he  has  been  one  of  the 
active  men  in  business  circles  of  San  Diego  and 
now  holds  a  leading  position  among  the  men  in  his 
line  of  business.  He  is  Southwestern  representa- 
tive of  the  Home  Insurance  Company  of  New  York, 
the  Sun  Insurance  Company  of  London  and  the 
United  States  Fidelity  &  Guaranty  Company  of 
Baltimore  and  besides  his  San  Diego  business,  com- 
mands a  large  clientele  in  Los  Angeles,  where  he 
plans  to  reopen  a  branch  in  the  near  future. 

Mr.  Oesting,  who  is  one  of 
the     popular     men     of     San 
Diego,  has  taken  a  keen  per- 
sonal interest  in  the  politics 
^V  of  the  city,  as  a  member  of 

the  regular  Republican  or- 
ganization, but  never  has 
been  a  candidate  for  public 
office.  His  position  in  the 
public  service  was  as  a  mem- 
ber of  the  State  Harbor 
Board  of  California,  to  which 
he  was  appointed  in  1899  and 
twice  reappointed,  serving 
three  terms  in  all.  During 
the  greater  part  of  his  twelve 
years'  connection  with  the 
Board,  Mr.  Oesting  was  its 
President  and  in  this  ca- 
pacity he  led  in  various  im- 
provements and  measures 
which  brought  the  harbors  of 
the  State  up  to  their  present 
high  standard  and  saved  to 
the  Commonwealth  millions 
of  dollars.  He  retired  from 
this  office  when  the  harbor 
of  San  Diego,  over  which  he 
had  kept  a  watchful  eye,  was 
turned  over  to  the  city  authorities.  During  his 
connection  with  the  harbor  work  of  the  State  Mr. 
Oesting  conducted  a  progressive  and  enterprising 
campaign  for  improvement  and  also  issued  numer- 
ous encouraging  articles  which  advertised  the  ad- 
vantages of  the  various  harbors  to  the  world. 

Mr.  Oesting  has  taken  an  active  part  in  the  up- 
building of  San  Diego  and  vicinity  and  is  largely 
interested  in  a  number  of  building  corporations. 
He  is  also  an  extensive  operator  in  real  estate  and 
the  owner  of  a  splendid  ranch  near  San  Diego.  He 
has  recently  become  President  of  the  Ammex  Mo- 
tion Picture  Company  and  is  also  Vice  President  of 
the  Independence  Stone  Company.  He  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  San  Diego  Chamber  of  Commerce,  the 
Cuyamaca  Club,  Coronado  Country  Club,  and  Elks. 
He  is  an  enthusiastic  motorist  and  has  taken 
a  prominent  part  in  automobile  affairs  in  his  sec- 
tion. He  is  also  an  enthusiastic  musician  and  seeks 
recreation,  much  of  the  time,  in  the  enjoyment  of 
music,  having  a  splendid  pipe  organ  as  one  of  the 
features  of  his  home. 


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AYLOR,  HARRY  P.,  Mining, 
Los  Angeles,  California,  was 
born  in  Salt  Lake  City,  Utah. 
February  10,  1876,  the  son  of 
Gilbert  H.  Taylor  and  Eliza 
Jane  (Riley)  Taylor.  He  married  Lois 
Meade  Nesmith  at  St.  Paul,  Minnesota,  De- 
cember 30,  1903,  and  to  them  there  have  been 
born  three  children,  Georgia  Nesmith,  John 
Gilbert  and  Jerome  Ne- 
smith Taylor. 

Mr.  Taylor  received 
his  preliminary  education 
in  the  public  school  of 
Hailey,  Idaho,  supple- 
menting this  with  a 
course  at  Oberlin  Acad- 
emy, Oberlin,  Ohio,  and 
a  year's  special  study  at 
Cornell  University.  He 
finished  his  education  in 
the  Colorado  School  of 
Mines,  graduating  in  the 
class  of  1900  with  the  de- 
gree o  f  Engineer  o  f 
Mines. 

Almost  from  the  day  of 
his  graduation  Mr.  Taylor 
has  been  steadily  en- 
gaged in  mining,  and  in 
twelve  years  has  estab- 
lished himself  as  one  of 
the  successful  men  of  his 
profession. 

Leaving  school,  he  first 
went  to  Oregon  and  spent 
the  years  1900-01  super- 
intending mining  operations  on  properties 
owned  by  officials  of  the  Oregon  Railway 
and  Navigation  Company.  He  resigned  in 
the  last  named  year  and  became  an  examiner 
of  mining  properties  for  various  individuals 
and  corporations.  His  investigations  cov- 
ered a  period  of  about  four  years  and  during 
that  time  he  explored  mining  territory  in 
Idaho,  Nevada,  Montana  and  British  Co- 
lumbia. 

In  1905  he  resumed  actual  mining  work, 
going  to  Goldfield,  Nevada,  as  Superinten- 
dent of  the  Mohawk- Jumbo  Lease  Company, 
which  afterwards  became  one  of  the  divi- 
dend-paying concerns  of  the  State.  At  the 
time  he  entered  Goldfield  the  boom  of  the 
famous  camp  was  at  its  height  and  he  was  in 
the  midst  of  the  excitement.  Some  time  after 
his  arrival  there  he  was  employed  by  the 
Jumbo  Extension  Mining  Company  as  an  ex- 
pert witness  in  their  controversy  with  the 


Consolidated  Mines  Company,  one  of  the  his- 
toric litigations  of  Goldfield.  Subsequently 
Mr.  Taylor  brought  about  a  compromise  be- 
tween the  contending  parties  and  the  suit 
was  dropped. 

Upon  leaving  the  Jumbo  Company  he  was 
appointed  Consulting  Engineer  for  the  Flor- 
ence Goldfield  Mining  Company,  having 
charge  of  all  the  leases  on  the  Florence  prop- 
erties. After  holding  this 
position  for  a  time  he  de- 
cided to  go  into  mining 
as  an  independent  opera- 
tor, and  purchased  a  lease 
from  the  Florence  Gold- 
field,  afterwards  organiz- 
ing it,  with  two  former 
classmates,  into  the  En- 
gineers' Lease  Company. 
Under  Mr.  Taylor's  direc- 
tion this  property  was  de- 
veloped into  one  of  the 
profitable  properties  of 
Nevada,  it  being  of  rec- 
ord that  ore  valued  at 
one  million  two  hundred 
thousand  dollars  was  ta- 
ken out  of  the  property  in 
a  space  of  fourteen  weeks. 
This  was  the  most  re- 
markably quick  produc- 
tion ever  known  in  the 
historv  of  Nevada,  and  has 
stood  as  a  mining  record. 
Mr.  Taylor  and  his  as- 
sociates operated  this 
property  with  great  suc- 
cess until  1909,  when  they  disposed  of  their 
interests  and  he  moved  to  Los  Ansreles.  He 
has  lived  there  since  that  time,  occupying  a 
magnificent  home  which  he  has  built  in  the 
fashionable  Berkeley  Square  section  of  the 
city. 

Since  locating  in  Los  Angeles  Mr.  Taylor 
has  become  interested  in  oil  and  mining  en- 
terprises in  California,  and  also  holds  a  val- 
uable property  in  Old  Mexico.  His  oil  hold- 
ings are  operated  under  the  Kern  Four  Oil 
Company  and  the  Engineers  Oil  Company, 
both  of  which  he  organized  and  in  both  of 
which  he  is  President  and  General  Manager. 
His  mining  work  is  done  through  the  Potrero 
Mining  Company,  in  which  he  also  holds  the 
office  of  President. 

Mr.  Taylor  is  a  member  of  the  Los  An- 
geles Country  Club,  of  the  California  Club 
and  of  the  Alta  Club,  of  Salt  Lake  City, 
Utah. 


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VANS,  SAMUEL  C.,  Farming  and 
Real  Estate,  Riverside,  California, 
was  born  in  Fort  Wayne,  Indiana, 
November  22,  1866,  the  son  of 
Samuel  Gary  Evans  and  Minerva 
(Catlin)  Evans.  He  married  Edith 
Southworth  at  Stockton,  California,  June  5,  1891, 
and  to  them  there  have  been  born  two  children, 
Errol  Southworth  Evans  and  Samuel  Evans. 

The  Evans  family  moved  from  Indiana  to  Cali- 
fornia in  1876  and  located  at  Riverside,  where  the 
elder  Evans  was  one  of  the  pioneers  in  the  develop- 
ment of  that  section  of  the  country.  He  was  a 
heavy  land  owner  and  many  of  the  improvements 
begun  by  him  have  been  carried  to  completion  by 
his  son. 

Samuel  C.  Evans  received  his  primary  educa- 
tion in  the  public  schools  of  Riverside,  where  he 
was  a  pupil  from  1876  to  1882,  and  in  1883  he  at- 
tended school  at  Jacksonville,  Illinois.  For  one 
year  he  was  a  cadet  in  Litton  Springs  Military 
Academy,  in  Sonoma  County,  California,  and  for 
four  years  attended  the  University  of  the  Pacific, 
at  San  Jose,  California.  He  was  graduated  from 
there  with  the  class  of  1889,  receiving  the  degree 
of  Bachelor  of  Philosophy. 

Mr.  Evans  also  read  law  for  one  year,  but  did 
not  carry  his  studies  to  completion,  turning  his 
talents  instead  to  agriculture  and  land  improve- 
ment. Since  1889,  the  year  of  his  graduation,  Mr. 
Evans  has  been  actively  engaged  in  business  for 
himself  in  the  cultivation  of  the  soil,  leveling  lands, 
putting  in  irrigation  plants  and  selling  farms. 

He  is  and  has  been  for  many  years  and  ardent 
advocate  of  the  "Back  to  the  Land"  movement  and 
has  fostered  it  to  a  large  extent  by  selling  farms 
to  actual  settlers  at  encouraging  prices.  Many 
years  ago  his  father  organized  the  Riverside  Land 
and  Irrigation  Company,  and  Mr.  Evans,  who  now 
holds  the  office  of  President  and  General  Mana- 
ger, conducts  his  farming  operations  through  it. 
He  has  planted  and  sold  to  settlers  many  hundred 
acres  of  citrus-  and  alfalfa  lands,  and  is  himself  an 
extensive  grower  of  alfalfa,  apples  and  other  prod- 
ucts. He  also  has  large  stock  interests. 

Mr.  Evans  is  a  man  of  great  spirit  and  for 
many  years  has  been  one  of  the  potent  influences 
for  the  upbuilding  of  his  city  and  the  country  sur- 
rounding it,  a  liberal  contributor  of  his  energy  and 
capital  in  all  movements  having  for  their  purpose 
the  uplift  or  improvement  of  his  community. 

Not  content  with  originating  and  carrying  to 
conclusion  various  important  public  improvements, 
he  has  added  largely  to  the  welfare  of  Riverside  on 
various  occasions  by  practical  gifts  to  the  city. 
Among  other  things,  he  gave  a  magnificent  piece 
of  property,  known  as  Evans  Athletic  Park,  for  the 
benefit  of  the  school  children  of  Riverside.  He 
gave  the  city  a  house  and  lot  for  headquarters  of 
the  Associated  Charities  of  Riverside;  donated  a 
handsome  brick  building  and  grounds  at  the  village 
of  Casa  Blanca,  for  use  as  a  branch  library  and 
fire  hall;  and  besides  these  gave  to  the  city  of 
Riverside  valuable  lands  and  water  rights  for  what 
is  known  as  Fairmont  Park. 

Park  improvements  and  the  betterment  of  the 
public  school  conditions  of  his  city  have  been  sub- 
jects to  which  Mr.  Evans  has  always  given  a  great 
deal  of  personal  attention.  He  was  elected  a  mem- 


ber of  the  Board  of  Education  of  Riverside  in  1895 
and  served  for  twelve  years,  resigning  in  1906  to 
become  Chairman  of  the  Board  of  Freeholders, 
which  framed  a  special  charter  for  the  government 
of  the  city. 

Following  the  completion  of  the  charter,  Mr. 
Evans,  who  is  a  Republican  in  politics,  became  a 
candidate  for  Mayor,  and  was  elected  by  a  large 
majority.  He  held  office  from  1907  to  the  early 
part  of  1912  and  during  that  time  not  only  was  a 
consistent  advocate  of  progressive  policies,  but 
made  his  administration  notable  for  many  modern 
improvements  to  the  city.  These  involved  street 
and  park  improvements  to  a  large  extent  and  he 
was  especially  active  in  behalf  of  the  latter. 

Mr.  Evans  personally  agitated  the  improvement 
by  the  city  of  Fairmont  Park,  which  his  generos- 
ity made  possible,  and  urged  the  installation  of  a 
children's-  playground,  including  6wimming  tank. 
The  result  of  this  agitation  was  the  voting  by  the 
people  of  $30,000  worth  of  bonds,  the  expending 
of  which  was  left  almost  entirely  to  his  judgment, 
as  President  of  the  Riverside  Park  Board,  the  citi- 
zens feeling  confident  that  the  city  would  get 
value  received  for  its  money. 

Mr.  Evans'  record  in  the  Mayor's  chair,  one  of 
the  most  creditable  in  the  city's  history,  was  due 
in  large  part  to  the  fact  that  he  had  made  a  spe- 
cial study  of  municipal  government  as  a  science. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  National  League  of  Munici- 
palities, also  of  the  California  League  of  Munici- 
palities, of  which  he  served  as  President  in  the 
year  1910,  and  has  taken  an  active  interest  in  all 
of  their  deliberations.  Along  this  line,  he  made 
a  trip  around  the  world,  and  spent  one  year  study- 
ing social  and  economic  conditions  in  foreign 
countries.  He  has  also  visited  and  studied  the 
governmental  methods  in  a  number  of  the  larger 
American  cities  and  has  devoted  considerable  time 
to  the  social  problems  which  confront  these  cities. 

Being  a  thorough  business  man  and  one  of 
great  enterprise,  Mr.  Evans  conducted  the  city 
government  of  Riverside  on  a  business  basis  and 
this  policy,  added  to  his  wide  knowledge  of  civic 
methods  and  his  earnest  efforts  for  the  advance- 
ment of  the  city,  won  for  him  an  unusual  popular- 
ity with  the  people  at  large.  The  result  was  that 
when  he  retired  from  the  office  of  Mayor  he  was 
put  forward  by  his  friends  as  a  candidate  for  the 
Republican  nomination  for  Congress  in  the  Eleventh 
California  District.  After  a  stirring  campaign,  he 
was  chosen  as  the  nominee  of  his  party  on  Sep- 
tember 3,  1912. 

Mr.  Evans  is  generally  credited  with  taking  an 
active  part  in  politics  from  purely  patriotic  motives, 
his  desire  being  to  do  all  in  his  power  to  better 
living  conditions  and  governmental  methods  in  the 
interest  of  his  fellow  man.  He  is  independently 
wealthy,  the  owner  of  valuable  property  in  and 
around  Riverside,  and  has  little  to  gain  except  that 
which  will  benefit  the  entire  community,  from  pub- 
lic office. 

Because  of  his  enthusiastic  labors  in  behalf  of 
his  city  Mr.  Evans  has  been  honored  in  various 
ways  by  his  fellow  townsmen  and  in  1911  was 
elected  President  of  the  Riverside  Chamber  of  Com- 
merce, in  which  office  he  has  put  forth  his  best 
efforts  for  the  city.  He  also  is  a  member  of  the 
Southwest  Museum,  and  of  the  Phi  Kappa  Psi 
fraternity. 


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RIFFITH,  FREDERICK 
TOMLINSON,  Business 
Man,  Los  Angeles,  California, 
was  born  in  that  city  October 
15,  1863.  He  is  the  son  of 
John  McKim  Griffith  and  Sarah  (West) 
Griffith.  He  married  Eleanor  Hurd  at  Syra- 
cure,  New  York,  June  1,  1894,  and  to  them 
there  was  born  one  child,  Margaret  Griffith. 

The  Griffiths  are  of 
Welsh  origin  and  one  of 
the  oldest  and  most  aris- 
tocratic families  in  Amer- 
ica. They  settled  in 
Maryland  in  Colonial 
days,  and  the  men  served 
in  both  the  Revolutionary 
and  Civil  Wars.  Mr- 
Griffith's  father  went  to 
California  in  1853,  located 
Los  Angeles  seven 


in 

years  later  and  there  be- 
came one  of  the  leading 
lumbermen  of  the  period. 
In  addition  to  his  lumber 
operations,  he  operated 
stages  between  Los  An- 
geles and  Wilmington, 
Cal.,  and  later  to  Yuma, 
Ariz.,  in  opposition  to 
that  other  noted  Cali- 
fornia pioneer,  Hon. 
Phineas  Banning. 

F.  T.  Griffith  received 
his  preliminary  education 
in   the   public  schools   of 
Los    Angeles    and    later 
attended  St.  Matthew's  Military  Academy  at 
San   Mateo,   Cal.,  being  graduated   in    1884. 
He   then    spent   a   year   at   Ross'    Finishing 
Academy,  at  Media,  Pa. 

Returning  to  Los  Angeles  in  1885,  Mr. 
Griffith  entered  the  employ  of  his  father, 
then  operating  the  Griffith-Lynch  Lumber 
Company.  Although  he  began  at  the  bottom, 
Mr.  Griffith  advanced  rapidly  and  in  1890, 
less  than  five  years  from  the  time  he  started, 
had  passed  from  yard  laborer  to  the  position 
of  foreman,  then  into  the  sales  department 
and  finally  to  the  position  of  General  Man- 
ager. 

After  handling  the  company's  business 
successfully  for  two  years,  Mr.  Griffith,  in 
1892.  obtained  a  leave  of  absence  and  went  to 
Europe,  where  he  remained  for  two  years. 
Returnine-  in  1894,  he  resumed  the  manage- 
ment of  the  lumber  company  for  two  years, 
then  became  Secretary  of  the  Western  Com- 


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mercial  Company  of  Los  Angeles,  a  cement, 
lime  and  plaster  concern.  At  the  end  of  a 
year  he  returned  to  his  father's  company  and 
for  the  next  few  years  devoted  himself  to 
handling  its  affairs-  As  the  representative 
of  the  company  on  the  Los  Angeles  Board  of 
Trade  he  was  elected  a  Director  of  the  body 
in  1900  and  served  for  a  year. 

In  1905  the  elder  Griffith  sold  his  lumber 
company,  dying  shortly 
afterwards,  and  Mr.  Grif- 
fith then  spent  several 
years  traveling  in  various 
parts  of  the  United 
States.  Part  of  the  time 
he  devoted  to  looking 
over  oil  and  mining  prop- 
erty in  the  West. 

Mr.  Griffith  became  a 
stockholder  and  salesman 
of  the  Riverside  Portland 
Cement  Company  in 
1910  and  since  his  con- 
nection with  it  has  been 
an  influence  in  building 
the  company  up  to  pro- 
portions it  had  never 
known  before.  In  addi- 
tion to  this  he  has  other 
interests,  having  become 
one  of  the  organizers,  in 
1912,  of  the  Avawatz  Salt 
and  Gypsum  Company 
of  California,  an  enter- 
prise which  gives  prom- 
ise of  becoming  one  of 
the  important  industries 
of  the  Southwest.  The  company  controls  a 
large  deposit  of  rock  salt  of  the  richest  qual- 
ity in  Death  Valley  and  also  a  fine  deposit  of 
gypsum,  used  in  the  manufacture  of  wall 
plaster.  In  the  enterprise  Mr.  Griffith  is  asso- 
ciated with  a  number  of  the  leading  business 
men  of  Los  Angeles.  He  holds  the  office  cvf 
Vice  President  and  General  Manager. 

Mr.  Griffith  is  associated  in  the  Oro  Del 
Norte  Co.  of  San  Francisco,  which  is  en- 
gaged in  the  extraction  of  gold  and  platinum 
from  magnetized  iron  beach  sand  (known  as 
"black  sand"),  by  a  special  process.  The 
company  owns  a  plant  at  Crescent  City,  Cali- 
fornia, Mr.  Griffith  being  a  member  of  the 
Board  of  Directors  and  Business  Manager. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Society  of  the  Sons 
of  the  American  Revolution,  of  the  Los  An- 
geles Country  Club,  Jonathan  Club  of  Los 
Angeles,  also  the  Bohemian  Club  and  South- 
ern Club  of  San  Francisco. 


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URTON,  JOHN  ARTHUR, 
Railroad  Constructor,  Los 
Angeles,  California,  was  born 
in  Peshtigo,  Wisconsin,  No- 
vember 11,  1868,  the  son  of 
Benjamin  Burton  and  Isabella  (McDonald) 
Burton.  His  parents  were  natives  of  the 
eastern  part  of  what  was  at  the  time  known 
as  Upper  Canada.  His  mother  and  father 
were  of  Scotch  descent, 
the  latter  also  having  a 
strain  of  hardy  Irish 
blood. 

Mr.  Burton  was  reared 

in  Alexandria,  Ontario, 
and  graduated  from  its 
High  School  at  the  age 
of  sixteen  years.  Imme- 
diately thereafter  he  ob- 
tained a  position  as  clerk 
in  the  Alexandria  Post- 
office  and  branch  of 
the  Government  Savings 
Bank.  While  at  school 
Mr.  Burton  had  spent  his 
spare  evening  hours  at 
the  local  telegraph  office 
and  there  mastered  the 
key,  becoming  an  expert 
telegrapher  while  yet  in 
his  teens.  This  proved 
of  great  help  to  him 
when  he  began  his  busi- 
ness career,  for  at  the 
end  of  a  year  he  was 
Chief  Postoffice  Clerk, 
Chief  of  the  Savings 
Bank  Department  and  in 
charge  of  the  Government  telegraph  office. 

While  working  for  the  Government  he 
had  attracted  the  attention  of  local  business 
men  and  when  he  resigned,  because  of  ill 
health,  Mr.  Burton  was  offered  an  opportu- 
nity to  go  into  the  banking  business,  but  he 
was  obliged  to  decline  it,  and,  on  advice  of 
his  physician,  sought  out-of-door  employ- 
ment. 

Leaving  home  in  October,  1886,  Mr.  Bur- 
ton became  a  timekeeper  on  the  Santa  Fe 
Railroad,  then  building  in  Oklahoma,  and 
later  went  to  Colorado,  following  the  same 
line  of  work.  He  took  a  course  in  a  commer- 
cial college  at  Topeka,  Kas.,  and  graduated 
therefrom  at  the  head  of  a  large  class  in  1889. 
In  that  same  year  he  was  taken  to  San  Fran- 
cisco, California,  by  A.  A.  Grant,  the  famous 
railroad  builder,  and  placed  in  charge  of  the 
latter's  business  there.  He  remained  with  Mr. 
Grant  in  charge  of  his  business  and  in  a  con- 


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fidential  capacity  until  the  latter  died  in  1901. 
Mr.  Burton  was  an  executor  of  Mr.  Grant's 
will  and  for  years  a  trustee  of  his  estate, 
and  was,  under  court  appointment,  the 
receiver  for  the  California  &  Nevada  Rail- 
road, which,  under  his  receivership,  was 
finally  sold  to  the  Atchison,  Topeka  &  Santa 
Fe  Railroad  Company. 

In  1903  the  well-known,  pioneer  firm  of 
Grant  Brothers,  railroad 
builders,  which  had 
brought  more  than 
one  transcontinental  line 
across  the  rough  West- 
ern plains  and  mountains, 
was  incorporated  under 
the  title  of  Grant  Broth- 
ers Construction  Com- 
pany. An  interest  in  the 
corporation  was  tendered 
Mr.  Burton  and  upon 
his  acceptance  he  was 
elected  a  Director  and 
Secretary  of  the  com- 
pany, both  of  which  of- 
fices he  has  retained. 

Mr.  Burton  has  under 
his  direction  the  financial 
end  of  the  business  of  the 
construction  c  o  m  p  any, 
which  runs  into  millions 
of  dollars  annually.  Dur- 
ing a  large  portion  of  the 
work  in  Mexico,  Mr.  Bur- 
ton was  at  the  front  and 
organized  the  numerous 
offices  which  had  to  be 
operated  in  connection 
with  this  extensive  work. 

Upon  becoming  connected  with  Grant 
Brothers'  Construction  Company,  Mr.  Bur- 
ton moved  his  home  from  San  Francisco  to 
Los  Angeles.  He  has  always  had  great  con- 
fidence in  the  future  of  Southern  California 
generally,  and  in  Los  Angeles  in  particular, 
and  as  illustrative  of  his  convictions  he  has 
built  a  handsome  residence  there  and  in- 
vested heavily  in  real  estate  and  other  sub- 
stantial fields. 

Mr.  Burton  has  been  a  worker  all  of  his 
life,  his  prominence  in  his  chosen  field  is 
due  to  his  untiring  energy,  indefatigable  in- 
dustry and  his  persistent  desire  to  do  his 
work  well.  He  is  essentially  a  home  lover, 
and  his  chief  pleasure  lies  in  the  society  of 
his  wife  and  children. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Los  Angeles  Cham- 
ber of  Commerce,  the  Los  Angeles  Athletic 
Club  and  the  Elks. 


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OACH,  CLARENCE  WILMER, 
Mine  Operator,  Los  Angeles,  Cali- 
fornia, was  born  in  Guthrie 
County,  Iowa,  October  18,  1879, 
the  son  of  I.  N.  Roach  and  Mi- 
nerva (Hawkins)  Roach.  He 
married  Ethel  V.  Bowerman  in  Los  Angeles,  April 
2,  1908. 

Mr.  Roach,  who  is  essentially  a  self-made  man, 
was  brought  to  California  in  early  childhood  and 
received  a  common  school 
education  in  San  Bernardino 
County  and  supplemented 
this  in  later  life  with  a  thor- 
ough education  in  law  and 
mining,  having  studied  for 
the  former  in  the  Los  An- 
geles Law  Department  of 
the  American  Extension 
University. 

Mr.  Roach  started  to 
work  at  an  early  age,  going 
into  the  mechanical  depart- 
ment of  the  San  Bernardino 
Daily  Sun,  where  he  learned 
the  printer's  trade.  He 
worked  as  a  printer  on  other 
publications  and  in  1891  went 
to  North  Ontario,  California, 
where  he  started  a  trade 
journal  known  as  "The  Hare 
and  Fowl,"  a  publication  de- 
voted to  the  fancy  poultry 
and  Belgian  hare  industries. 
He  conducted  this  paper  for 
about  three  months,  then 
sold  it  and  went  to  work  for 
the  Cucamonga  Water  Com- 
pany of  California  in  the  en- 
gineering department.  It  was  in  this  work  tHat 
Mr.  Roach  first  took  up  practical  engineering, 
studying  mining  and  mineralogy  during  his  spare 
time. 

After  two  years  Mr.  Roach  took  up  mining  as 
a  profession  and  for  the  next  three  years  was  en- 
gaged in  prospecting  in  Death  Valley,  California, 
and  the  Funeral  Range.  In  1896  he  abandoned 
mining  temporarily  and  settling  in  Los  Angeles, 
became  Superintendent  for  W.  B.  Raymond  &  Co., 
wholesale  grain  dealers.  Later  he  became  Super- 
intendent for  the  Buckhorn  Mining  &  Milling 
Company,  at  Dulzura,  California,  and  resigned  that 
after  about  six  months  to  return  to  the  mining 
business  for  himself. 

His  prospecting  work  for  the  next  few  years 
was  confined  to  the  Colorado  and  Mojave  Deserts, 
but  it  did  not  prove  profitable  and  in  1903  Mr. 
Roach  returned  to  civilization  and  the  newspaper 
business.  He  served  for  two  years  as  advertising 
manager  of  the  Orange  County  (Cal.)  Tribune,  but 
so  strong  a  hold  did  the  gold-hunting  fever  have 


C.  W.  ROACH 


upon  him  he  resigned  to  re-enter  the  mining  field. 
In  1905  Mr.  Roach  went  to  the  Gold  Park  min- 
ing district  in  Riverside  County,  California,  and 
has  operated  there  with  success  since  that  time. 
He  first  discovered  the  Anaconda  mine  and  after 
working  it  for  a  time  sold  out  to  a  syndicate  of 
capitalists.  He  then  spent  a  year  prospecting  and 
testing  properties  in  the  Gold  Park  district  with 
the  result  that  he  became  interested  in  several 
valuable  claims.  He  became  associated  with  the 
Gold  Park  Consolidated 
Mines  and  because  of  his 
wide  experience,  was  placed 
in  charge  of  the  company's 
operations.  These  included 
the  management  of  fifty-two 
mining  claims  and  among 
the  notable  properties  thus 
developed  are  the  Black 
Warrior,  Oro  Copia,  Caledon 
and  the  Boss  Mines.  Later 
on  he  organized  the  Oil  & 
Metals  Leasing  Company, 
which  operated  in  the  Gold 
Park  and  Twenty-nine  Palms 
districts.  Their  holdings  in- 
cluded the  Queen  Mine, 
which  has  yielded  more  than 
$250,000;  the  Lost  Horse 
mine,  which  produced  more 
than  $300,000,  and  several 
other  claims. 

After  developing  and 
working  these  holdings  for  a 
considerable  period,  Mr. 
Roach  brought  about  the 
consolidation  of  several  dif- 
ferent corporations  in  the 
Gold  Park  and  Twenty-nine 

Palms  territory  under  the  name  of  the  Consoli- 
dated Gold  Mines  of  California.  This  company, 
capitalized  at  $5,000,000,  includes  practically  every 
operating  company  in  the  districts  named  and 
controls  all  the  principal  mining  claims  there. 
Mr.  Roach  was  elected  President  and  General  Man- 
ager of  the  new  company  and  is  now  actively  en- 
gaged in  the  work  of  installing  modern  machinery 
for  the  operation  of  the  various  properties. 

In  addition  to  his  actual  work  in  the  mining 
business,  Mr.  Roach  has  been  a  prolific  writer  on 
mining  matters  and  is  the  publisher  at  present  of 
the  Gold  Park  Mining  News,  a  newspaper  devoted 
to  the  upbuilding  and  advertisement  of  the  country 
in  which  he  has  worked  for  more  than  six 
years. 

Mr.  Roach  is  not  a  club  member,  having  been 
too  busily  engaged  in  the  mining  fields  of  recent 
years  to  devote  much  time  to  outside  interests. 
He  is,  however,  a  member  of  the  Los  Angeles 
Chamber  of  Commerce  and  Los  Angeles  Chamber 
of  Mines  and  Oil. 


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ARMER,  OLLEF  OSCAR,  Contrac- 
tor, Los  Angeles,  California,  was 
born  in  Vinna,  Louisiana,  No- 
vember 30,  1877,  the  son  of  As- 
bury  Lee  Farmer  and  Ida  V. 
(Fowler)  Farmer.  He  married 
Nellie  Worst  at  Los  Angeles,  August  19,  1900,  and 
to  them  there  have  been  born  two  children,  Paul- 
ine V.  and  Albert  O.  Farmer. 

Mr.  Farmer  received  his  primary  education  in 
the  Log  Cabin  School  at 
Weatherford,  Texas,  a  pri- 
vate institution,  in  which  he 
remained  for  two  years.  He 
then  entered  the  public 
schools  and  was  graduated 
in  1892.  He  followed  this 
with  a  year's  attendance  at 
the  Weatherford  Business 
College,  leaving  there  to  go 
into  business. 

His  first  year  after  leav- 
ing school  he  spent  in  the 
drygoods  and  merchandise 
store  of  his  father,  but  in 
1896  he  accepted  a  position 
with  J.  R.  Lewis  &  Company, 
hardware  merchants  in 
Weatherford,  and  for  the 
next  two  years  was  busy  in 
that  capacity. 

In  1898  he  determined  to 
move  to  the  Pacific  Coast, 
and  located  in  August  of  that 
year  at  Los  Angeles.  His 
career  since  that  time  has 
been  a  series  of  successes, 
with  a  substantial  position  in 
the  business  life  of  the 

Southwestern  Metropolis  as  the  reward  for  his  con- 
scientious work.  Like  many  men  of  the  West,  he 
began  at  the  bottom  of  the  ladder.  He  first  worked 
in  a  Los  Angeles  department  store,  but  after  four 
months  he  left  this  to  take  a  position  with  the  Los 
Angeles  Electric  Company.  He  held  this  for  nearly 
two  years,  or  until  Octber,  1900. 

Leaving  the  electric  company,  Mr.  Farmer  rest- 
ed for  about  two  months  and  then  became  con- 
nected with  the  Sunset  Telephone  &  Telegraph 
Company  of  Los  Angeles,  making  a  specialty  of 
underground  conduit  systems.  He  remained  with 
that  corporation  from  January,  1901,  until  April, 
1907,  during  which  time  he  made  a  reputation  for 
himself  in  his  particular  line,  and  resigned  to 
take  a  position  with  the  Western  Paving  Company. 
Within  three  months  he  was  offered  a  better  op- 
portunity for  advancement  by  the  Barber  Asphalt 
Paving  Company,  so  went  with  that  concern. 

Although  he  started  in  as  a  team  foreman,  Mr. 
Farmer's  ability  as  a  road  builder  was  quickly  rec- 
ognized and  he  was  soon  promoted  to  a  better  po- 


O.  O.  FARMER 


sition.  When  he  left  the  Barber  Company  in  Feb- 
ruary, 1911,  after  nearly  four  years  of  service,  he 
was  superintendent  of  the  Company's  work  for  the 
entire  Southern  California  district. 

At  that  time  Mr.  Farmer  resigned  to  go  into 
business  for  himself,  organizing  the  Imperial  En- 
gineering &  Construction  Company,  with  himself 
as  President  and  Treasurer.  During  the  first  year 
he  was  in  business  Mr.  Farmer  did  a  large 
amount  of  road  construction  in  the  country  around 
Los  Angeles,  one  of  his  prin- 
cipal accomplishments  being 
the  building  of  a  splendid 
boulevard  through  the  foot- 
hills from  Pasadena,  Califor 
nia,  to  Monrovia,  California. 
Southern  California  in  re- 
cent years  has  become  noted 
for  its  fine  boulevards  and 
Mr.  Farmer  is  one  of  the  men 
who  is  helping  to  give  the 
State  this  fame.  He  has 
made  a  study  of  road  condi- 
tions for  many  years  and 
during  his  many  years  in 
that  line  has  come  to  be 
recognized  as  an  expert. 

While  he  was  with  the 
Barber  Asphalt  Paving  Com- 
pany Mr.  Farmer  had  direct 
supervision  of  some  of  its 
most  notable  pieces  of  work, 
these  including  the  Sunset 
boulevard,  one  of  the  finest 
roads  in  the  West;  the 
Whittier  Road  and  a  vast 
amount  of  paving  within  the 
city  of  Los  Angeles,  which 
now  ranks  among  the  leading 
cities  of  the  world  in  miles  of  paved  streets. 

During  his  connection  with  the  Sunset  Tele- 
phone Company  Mr.  Farmer  was  in  charge  of  the 
underground  conduit  work  in  various  cities  of 
the  Pacific  Coast  and  put  down  the  first  four 
hundred  pairs  of  telephone  cables  in  the  Los  Ange- 
les underground  system.  He  also  put  in  the 
Phoenix,  Arizona;  Riverside,  Cal.;  San  Bernardino, 
Cal.;  San  Diego,  Cal.;  Ocean  Park,  Cal.;  Santa 
Barbara,  Cal.,  and  the  Salem,  Oregon,  systems,  in 
addition  to  extensions  to  the  Portland,  Ore.,  and 
Tacoma,  Wash.,  systems. 

Mr.  Farmer  has  never  taken  an  active  part  in 
politics,  and  consequently  never  has  held  public 
office,  but  he  is  an  enthusiastic  worker  for  the 
upbuilding  of  Los  Angeles  and  Southern  California. 
He  is  not  a  club  man,  but  prefers  the  society  of 
his  home  circle. 

He  is  interested  in  fraternal  matters  and  has 
membership  in  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd 
Fellows  since  1897.  He  has  been  a  member  of 
the  Knights  of  Maccabees  since  1900. 


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'NEIL,  PATRICK  HENRY,  Stock- 
man,  Real  Estate  Dealer  and 
Banker,  Paulkton,  South  Dakota, 
and  Los  Angeles,  California,  was 
born  in  New  Richmond,  Wiscon- 
sin, February  16,  1866,  the  son  of 
Thomas  O'Neil  and  Johanna  (Harty)  O'Neil.  He 
married  Annie  Carlin  at  Zell,  South  Dakota,  June 
13,  1888,  and  to  them  there  have  been  born  five 
children,  Louis  B.,  Mary  Ellen,  Ignatius  P.,  John 
T.  and  Henry  A.  O'Neil. 

Mr.  O'Neil,  who  has  interests  scattered  all  over 
the  West,  from  the  Dakotas  to  the  "Mexican  line, 
is  a  typical  Westerner  and  essentially  a  self-made 
man.  He  received  his  education  in  the  schools  of 
his  native  town  and  was  graduated  from  the  high 
school  there  in  the  class  of  1882. 

Shortly  after  he  finished  his  schooling  his  par- 
ents moved  from  Wisconsin  to  South  Dakota,  lo- 
cating at  Miller  in  the  fall  of  1882.  For  the  first 
two  years  Mr.  O'Neil  worked  on  a  farm,  but  left 
the  country  in  the  latter  part  of  1884  and  went  to 
Faulkton,  South  Dakota,  where  he  obtained  em- 
ployment in  a  meat  market.  Three  months  after 
his  arrival  bis  employer  sold  him  a  half  interest 
in  the  business  and  together  they  operated  the 
market  for  about  two  years,  when  Mr.  O'Neil 
bought  his  partner's  interest,  thereby  becoming 
sole  owner. 

This  was  the  beginning  of  his  entry  into  the 
cattle  business,  of  which  he  is  one  of  the  most 
prominent  representatives  in  the  country  at  the 
present  time.  He  operated  his  meat  market  for 
ten  years  and  during  that  time  also  invested  what 
money  he  could  spare  in  cattle  and  sheep.  Each 
year  he  added  to  his  herds  and  each  year  he  has 
been  going  more  extensively  into  cattle  and  sheep 
raising. 

As  Mr.  O'Neil's  herds  steadily  increased  he  saw 
the  necessity  for  owning  his  own  land,  and  at  every 
opportunity  he  invested  in  real  estate.  The  result 
of  this  progressive  policy  is  that  he  is  today  rec- 
ognized as  the  largest  individual  land  owner  and 
cattle  raiser  in  the  State  of  South  Dakota.  Besides 
operating  his  own  large  business,  Mr.  O'Neil  has 
been  a  consistent  worker  for  the  live  stock  indus- 
try in  general  and  has  been  one  of  the  men  most 
prominent  in  its  advancement  in  recent  years.  Be- 
cause of  his  activity  and  intimate  knowledge  of 
the  business  he  was  chosen  by  Governor  Crawford 
of  South  Dakota  to  represent  the  State  at  the 
American  National  Live  Stock  Association's  con- 
vention, held  in  Los  Angeles,  California,  in  1909. 
At  that  meeting  he  was  elected  a  member  of  the 
Executive  Board  of  the  Association,  also  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Committee  on  Transportation  and  took 
a  leading  part  in  the  deliberations  of  the  body. 
Since  that  time  he  has  had  various  other  important 
duties  in  connection  with  the  industry.  In  1910  he 
was  one  of  five  delegates  chosen  to  represent  the 
American  National  Live  Stock  Association  at  the 
National  Conservation  Congress,  held  in  St.  Paul, 
Minnesota,  serving  as  a  member  of  the  Committee 
on  Resolutions  of  said  Congress.  The  following 
January  Mr.  O'Neil,  in  addition  to  his  other  ap- 
pointments, was  chosen  a  member  of  the  Committee 
on  Resolutions  of  the  American  National  Live  Stock 
Association  at  its  meeting  in  Fort  Worth,  Texas, 
and  in  this  capacity  had  to  do  with  the  drafting 
of  various  pieces  of  important  legislation  affecting 
the  cattle  business  of  the  country. 

In  December  of  the  same  year  Mr.  O'Neil  was 
chosen  Chairman  of  the  Live  Stock  Sanitary  Boards 


for  the  National  Live  Stock  Association  meeting 
at  Denver,  Colorado.  In  addition  to  the  duties 
connected  with  this  post,  Mr.  O'Neil  has  served  the 
State  of  South  Dakota  since  1909  as  a  member  of 
the  State  Live  Stock  Sanitary  Board,  having  been 
appointed  by  Governor  Vessey.  The  importance  of 
this  branch  of  the  cattle  industry  is  shown  by  the 
fact  that  the  Sanitary  Boards  have  jurisdiction 
over  every  head  of  cattle  within  the  borders  of  a 
State  and  are  responsible  for  the  health  of  the 
animals  and  the  prevention  of  diseases  which 
might  affect  the  meat.  Thus,  as  Chairman  of  the 
National  Live  Stock  Association  Sanitary  Boards, 
Mr.  O'Neil  is  an  important  factor  in  the  guardian- 
ship of  cattle  and  the  public  health,  so  far  as  the 
latter  is  affected  by  the  use  of  meat  as  food. 

In  addition  to  his  cattle  business  in  South  Da- 
kota, Mr.  O'Neil  is  also  interested  in  a  number  of 
financial  institutions  there  and  within  the  last  year 
has  invested  heavily  in  real  estate  and  develop- 
ment projects  in  Southern  California,  where  he 
maintains  a  beautiful  home.  He  is  Vice  President 
and  Director  of  the  Merchants'  Bank  of  Faulkton, 
South  Dakota,  and  holds  the  same  offices  in  the 
Bank  of  Cresbard,  Cresbard,  South  Dakota,  and  the 
First  State  Bank  of  Onaka,  South  Dakota.  Other 
enterprises  in  which  he  is  a  Director  are  the  North- 
ern Casualty  Company  of  Aberdeen,  South  Dakota, 
and  the  Dakota  Western  Assurance  Company  of 
Watertown. 

Through  the  operations  of  these  various  enter- 
prises and  his  own  real  estate  transactions  Mr. 
O'Neil  has  had  a  prominent  part  in  the  develop- 
ment of  his  adopted  State  and  is  generally  regard- 
ed as  one  of  her  most  substantial  citizens. 

Recently  he  has  sold  out  a  large  part  of  his 
property  in  South  Dakota  and  has  reinvested  in 
Southern  California  projects.  Among  others  Mr. 
O'Neil  bought,  in  February,  1912,  a  beautiful  home 
at  1257  Manhattan  Place,  on  the  site  of  the  old 
Country  Club;  also  bought  a  business  corner  on 
Eighth  and  Flower;  is  also  heavily  interested  in 
several  tracts  around  Wilmington. 

Mr.  O'Neil  has  great  faith  in  the  future  of  Los 
Angeles  and  Southern  California  in  general  and  will 
shortly  make  his  permanent  home  in  Los  Angeles. 

Naturally,  because  of  his  position  in  the  busi- 
ness and  commercial  life  of  South  Dakota,  Mr. 
O'Neil  has  been  a  prominent  and  active  factor  in 
the  politics  of  the  State  for  many  years,  as  an  en- 
thusiastic worker  for  the  Republican  party.  He  has 
been  in  many  campaigns  and  has  held  various  com- 
mittee positions  in  his  party,  but  never  has  per- 
mitted his  name  to  be  used  as  a  candidate  for  any 
public  office.  He  was  elected  a  delegate  to  the 
National  Republican  Convention,  held  at  Chicago 
in  1908,  and  helped  to  nominate  William  H.  Taft 
for  the  Presidency.  Also  he  served  as  a  member 
of  the  Faulkton  City  School  Board  for  ten  years. 
This,  however,  was  not  an  elective  office. 

Because  of  the  great  amount  of  good  he  has  done 
for  South  Dakota,  he  was  appointed  by  Governor 
Crawford  to  represent  the  State  at  the  National 
Corn  Exposition,  held  in  Omaha  in  1908,  and  he  has 
had  various  other  honors  paid  him  in  this  way. 

Mr.  O'Neil  is  not  a  clubman  in  the  accepted 
meaning  of  the  word,  although  he  is  extremely  pop- 
ular with  his  fellows.  He  served  as  President  of 
the  Faulkton  Commercial  Club  for  two  terms  and  is 
President  of  the  Old  Settlers'  Picnic  Association, 
but  these  organizations  are  partially  civic  in  their 
object  and  through  them  he  has  been  able  to  do 
much  towards  advancing  the  interests  of  the  city. 


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MONETTE,  MELVIN 
JEREMIAH,  Banker, 
Los  Angeles,  Califor- 
nia, was  born  in  Marion 
County,  Ohio,  August 
24,  1847,  the  son  of 
Abraham  Monette  and 
Catherine  (Braucher) 
Monette.  His  family  is 
one  of  the  oldest  in  the 
world,  extending  back 
prior  to  the  twelfth 
century,  when  it  was 
one  of  the  noble  houses 
of  France.  His  Amer- 
ican ancestors  were 
Huguenot  refugees  and 
soldiers  in  the  Revolu- 
tion. He  married  Olive 
Adelaide  Hull,  Jan.  5, 
1869.  They  have  two  boys,  Orra  Eugene,  now  a 
prominent  attorney  of  Los  Angeles,  and  Clark  Fre- 
mont Monette,  deceased. 

Mr.  Monette,  raised  on  a  farm,  obtained  his  edu- 
cation in  the  public  schools  of  Ohio.  Remained  a 
farmer  until  21,  then  engaged  in  the  cattle  business 
in  Chicago.  In  1881  he  was  President  and  Director, 
Second  National  Bank,  Bucyrus,  Ohio;  1897-98,  stock 
broker  at  Cripple  Creek,  Colo.,  and  interested  in 
mining;  1898  to  1905,  ranch  owner  and  cattleman 
in  Nebraska;  later  part  owner  in  famous  Mohawk 
mine  in  Goldfield,  Nev.;  went  to  Los  Angeles,  1907. 
Pres.  and  Direc.  Am.  Nat.  Bank,  L.  A.;  Los  Angeles- 
Nevada  Mining  Stock  Exchange  and  the  Monette 
Mining  &  Milling  Co.  Clubs:  Elks,  Calif.,  Country, 
Union  League,  L.  A.;  Absarben,  Omaha;  Society  of 
Colonial  Wars  and  Sons  of  the  Revolution. 


HUTCHINSON, 
GEORGE  LEWIS,  Phy- 
sician and  Surgeon, 
Los  Angeles,  Califor- 
nia, was  born  in  Linn 
County,  Iowa,  May  8, 
1859,  the  son  of  Walter 
Hutchinson  and  Ann 
E.  (Gates)  Hutchinson. 
He  is  descended  from 
an  old  line  of  New 
England  settlers,  one 
of  his  ancestors  being 
Governor  Hutchinson, 
the  last  Colonial  Gov- 
ernor of  Massachu- 
setts. His  father,  a 
Union  soldier,  died 
during  the  Civil  War 
in  the  Red  River  Ex- 
pedition. Dr.  Hutchinson  married  Lillie  M.  Davis 
at  Colton,  California,  June  14,  1888,  and  to  them 
were  born  two  children,  Ruth  and  Edith  Hutchin- 
son. He  graduated  from  the  State  Normal  School  at 
Fredonia,  N.  Y.,  in  1879;  taught  school  for  a  year, 
then  took  up  medicine  graduating  from  Long  Island 
College  Hospital  in  1884;  served  as  Interne  for  a 
year,  then  moved  to  Colton,  California.  Practiced 
for  fourteen  years,  then  moved  to  Los  Angeles.  For 
the  next  nine  years  he  was  railway  surgeon  and 
in  1908  he  became  manager  and  surgeon  of  the 
Crocker  Street  Hospital,  but  resigned  in  191x,  to 
resume  railway  practice. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  leading  medical  and 
scientific  associations;  Knights  Templar,  Masons, 
Elks,  Knights  of  Pythias  and  Mystic  Shriners. 
Clubs:  Jonathan,  Union  League,  of  Los  Angeles. 


M'V  A  Y,  WILLIAM 
EDWARD,  Banker,  Los 
Angeles,  Cal.,  was  born 
in  Dixon,  111.,  October 
25,  1864,  the  son  of 
William  J.  McVay  and 
Sarah  Moore  (Strain) 
McVay.  H  e  married 
Kate  Bryant,  March  12, 
1889,  at  Princeton,  111., 
and  to  them  there  have 
been  born  five  children, 
Laura  E.,  Helene  S., 
Silence  K.,  Frances  H., 
and  William  Bryant 
McVay. 

Mr.  McVay  gradu- 
ated from  High  School 
at  Dixon,  111.;  later  at- 
tended Bryant  and 

Stratton's  Business  College,  Chicago.  Went  into 
the  City  National  Bank  of  Dixon  in  1885,  and  re- 
mained until  1887,  when  he  moved  to  Los  Angeles. 
He  assisted  in  the  organization  of  the  Security 
Loan  and  Trust  Company  there,  becoming  its  first 
secretary.  From  this  institution  grew  the  Union 
Bank  of  Savings,  organized  by  Mr.  McVay  and 
others.  He  was  the  first  cashier,  serving  in  that 
capacity  until  the  Union  was  consolidated  with  the 
German-American  Savings  Bank,  in  1906.  Mr.  Mc- 
Vay became  vice  president  of  the  new  organization 
and  has  continued  as  such.  He  is  a  forceful  factor 
in  the  financial  affairs  of  the  city. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  California  Club  and  the 
University  Club  of  Los  Angeles.  He  is  a  trustee 
of  Occidental  College  and  of  the  Whittier  State 
School. 


SHENK,  JOHN  W., 
Attorney,  Los  Angeles, 
California,  was  born 
February  7,  1875,  at 
Shelbourne,  Vermont, 
the  son  of  Rev.  J.  W. 
Shenk,  and  of  Susanna 
C.  Shenk.  He  married 
Lenah  R.  Custer,  June 
29,  1907,  at  South  Pasa- 
dena, California. 

Mr.  Shenk  attended 
the  common  schools  of 
Central  City  and  Oma- 
ha, Nebraska,  whither 
his  parents  moved  in 
his  childhood.  H  e 
graduated  from  the 
Omaha  High  School  in 
1895.  He  attended 
Ohio  Wesleyan  University  and  graduated  from  that 
institution  in  1900.  He  took  his  law  course  at  the 
University  of  Michigan. 

He  learned  the  printer's  trade  and  was  foreman 
of  a  print  shop  in  Omaha.  He  went  to  Los  Angeles 
in  September,  1900,  and  was  admitted  to  the  Cali- 
fornia bar  in  October,  1903.  He  was  chosen  Deputy 
City  Attorney  in  1906,  and  elected  City  Attorney, 
August  10,  1910.  He  was  re-elected  City  Attorney 
December  5,  1911. 

He  enlisted  in  the  Spanish-American  War,  being 
a  member  of  Company  K,  Fourth  Ohio  Volunteer 
Infantry,  and  was  with  General  Nelson  A.  Miles  in 
the  invasion  of  Porto  Rico.  He  belongs  to  the 
Union  League  Club  of  Los  Angeles,  San  Gabriel 
Country  Club,  is  a  thirty-second  degree  Mason  and 
a  Shriner. 


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ROWLAND,  WILILAM 
RICHARD,  Capitalist, 
Los  Angeles,  Cal.,  was 
born  on  La  Puente 
Rancho,  Los  Angeles 
County,  November  10, 
1846,  the  son  of  John 
Rowland  and  Dona  In- 
carnacion  Martinez 

Rowland.    On    July    12, 
1871,  he  married  Dona 
Manuela,     daughter     of 
Col.  Isaac  Williams,  of 
El    Rancho    del    Chino, 
and   Dona   Jesus   Villa- 
nueva  de  Williams.    To 
this     union     two     chil- 
dren   were    born,  Miss 
Nina  Rowland  and  Mrs. 
Clarence  Moore. 
He  received  his  education  in  the  pubic  schools 
and  the  private   school  of  William  Wolfskill,  Los 
Angeles,    and    at    Santa    Clara    College,    where    he 
studied  during  1858,  1859  and  I860. 

In  1871  he  was  elected  Sheriff  of  Los  Angeles 
County,  which  office  he  filled  for  about  five  years, 
under  the  trying  conditions  existing  in  those  early 
days.  He  was  for  many  years  prominent  in  politics. 
In  1884  Mr.  Rowland  and  Burdette  Chandler 
started  to  bore  for  oil  in  the  hills  of  Puente  Rancho. 
After  several  attempts  to  discover  petroleum  they 
met  with  success  and  the  Puente  Oil  Company  is 
today  one  of  the  most  successful  and  oldest  com- 
panies of  California.  Mr.  Rowland  is  still  active 
in  this  company,  holding  the  office  of  president  and 
giving  practically  all  of  his  time  to  its  welfare. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  California  Club. 


ROGERS,  GEORGE 
ALFRED,  Merchant 
and  Contractor,  Los  An- 
geles, California,  was 
born  March  26,  1876,  at 
Plattsburg,  New  York, 
the  son  of  Robert  H. 
Rogers  and  Hattie  M. 
(Schutt)  Rogers.  On 
March  26,  1907,  he  mar- 
ried Ethel  S.  Benson  at 
Long  Beach.  There  are 
two  children,  Helen 
Faye  and  George  Al- 
fred Rogers,  Jr. 

He  was  educated  in 
the  schools  of  Platts- 
burg and  then  went  to 
Cornell  University, 
where  he  received  his 
LL.B.  in  June,  1897. 

After  graduation  he  went  into  general  contract- 
ing. He  built  the  roads  and  water  systems  for  the 
United  States  government  barracks  at  Plattsburg 
and  at  Fort  Ethan  Allen,  Vermont,  dredged  and  re- 
moved rock  for  the  government  in  New  York 
harbor,  Boston  harbor,  and  Newport.  Later  he 
built  water  systems  in  North  and  South  Carolina. 

He  went  to  Los  Angeles,  November,  1905,  and 
took  up  the  sale  of  road  making  machinery  and 
contractors'  supplies.  Is  building  roads  for  Los 
Angeles  County. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Phi  Sigma  Kappa  Col- 
lege Fraternity,  the  Masonic  Order,  the  Cornell 
Club  of  Southern  California,  the  University  Club 
of  Los  Angeles,  the  City  Club  of  Los  Angeles  and 
the  Chamber  of  Commerce. 


HUBBARD,  ALBERT 
ALLEN,  President  of 
the  Board  of  Public 
Works  of  Los  Angeles, 
Cal.,  was  born  at 
Charleston,  N.  H.,  No- 
v  e  m  b  e  r  17,  1846.  He 
is  the  son  of  Hor- 
ace Hubbard  and  Mar- 
cia  W.  (Putman)  Hub- 
bard.  He  married 
Olivia  Ferrier,  October 
8,  1878,  at  Atlantic, 
Iowa.  To  them  there 
have  been  born  two 
sons,  Horace  Clarence 
and  Albert  F.  Hub- 
bard. 

Mr.  Hubbard  was 
educated  at  the  Kim- 
ball  Union  Academy,  Meriden,  N.  H.  His  first  ven- 
ture was  made  at  Atlantic,  Iowa,  whither  he  went 
when  he  was  about  22  years  of  age  and  engaged  in 
the  retail  lumber  business.  He  remained  there  for 
about  fifteen  years,  when  he  sold  out  and  went  to 
Los  Angeles.  There  he,  in  December,  1883,  with 
Thomas  Goss  and  Edward  Simons,  organized  the 
City  Brick  Company,  and  was  elected  secretary- 
treasurer  of  that  concern.  Upon  the  purchase  of  the 
holdings  of  the  company,  in  1899,  by  the  Los  An- 
geles Brick  Company,  he  retired  from  business.  In 
1906  he  was  selected  by  a  committee  from  the 
Chamber  of  Commerce  to  be  a  member  of  the  Board 
of  Public  Works,  and  was  re-elected  in  1910,  and 
is  now  serving  his  second  term. 

He  is  a  Knight  Templar,  a  Mystic  Shriner  and  a 
member  of  the  California  Club. 


DWYER,  JOHN  JO- 
SEPH, Attorney  at  Law 
and  President  of  the 
Harbor  Commission, 
San  Francisco,  was  born 
in  San  Francisco,  No- 
vember 2,  1861,  the  son 
of  Jeremiah  and  Sarah 
(McMahon)  Dwyer.  He 
is  essentially  a  product 
of  San  Francisco  and 
vicinity,  where  his  life 
has  been  passed.  On 
February  4,  1905,  he 
was  married  in  that 
city  to  Miss  Bertha  Lin- 
coln, with  whom  he  re- 
sides at  442  Ashbury 
street,  San  Francisco. 

After     a     course 

through  the  public  schools  of  San  Francisco,  includ- 
ing the  Boys'  High  School,  he  entered  the  Univer- 
sity of  California,  from  which  he  was  graduated 
A.  B.  with  the  class  of  '82.  Three  years  later  he 
took  the  degree  of  L.L.  B.  from  the  Hastings  Law 
College. 

Outside  of  his  legal  career  Mr.  Dwyer  has  won 
a  wide  reputation  as  a  champion  of  political  and 
civic  purity.  In  these  causes  he  has  worked  hard 
and  conscientiously,  always  true  to  his  ideals,  which 
have  placed  men  and  measures  above  political  expe- 
diency. In  the  early  part  of  August,  1911,  he  was 
appointed  by  Governor  Johnson  to  the  Presidency 
of  the  Harbor  Commission. 

Mr.  Dwyer  is  also  an  ex-Lieutenant  Colonel  of 
the  National  Guard,  and  has  contributed  to  the 
press,  on  political  and  economic  subjects. 


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OTHSCHILD,  JOSEPH,  Attorney 
at  Law,  San  Francisco,  California, 
was  born  in  that  city  October  5, 
1857,  the  son  of  Henry  Rothschild 
and  Hannah  (Mossheim)  Roth- 
schild. He  married  Hannah  K. 
Tauber  at  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  July  31,  1907. 

Mr.  Rothschild  received  his  preliminary  educa- 
tion  in   the  public   schools  of  San   Francisco   and 
was   graduated   from   California    State    University. 
He    then    entered    Yale    Uni- 
versity and  was  graduated  in 
the   class   of   1879.     His   col- 
lege  career     was    character- 
ized by  an  unusual   popular- 
ity and  at  the  conclusion  of 
his  course  he  was  voted  the 
most  popular  member  of  his 
class,    being    presented    with 
the     Scales     of    Justice,     an 
honor  peculiar  to  Yale. 

Following  his  graduation, 
Mr.  Rothschild  was  admitted 
to  practice  by  the  Supreme 
Court  of  Connecticut,  but  did 
not  enter  upon  his  career 
there,  returning  shortly  after- 
ward to  San  Francisco,  where 
he  was  admitted  by  the  Su- 
preme Court  of  California. 
In  1895,  when  he  had  at- 
tained a  position  among  the 
leading  attorneys  of  the 
West,  he  was  admitted  to 
practice  before  the  Supreme 
Court  of  the  United  States. 
Mr.  Rothschild's  career  in 
the  legal  profession  has  been 
one  of  uninterrupted  success, 

marked  at  frequent  intervals  with  brilliant  victories 
in  the  courts  of  California  and  the  United  States. 
He  has  practiced  in  all  branches  of  civil  law,  but 
from  the  beginning  of  his  career  made  a  specialty 
of  commercial  litigation  and  in  this  latter  field  is 
recognized  as  one  of  the  leading  authorities.  His 
clientele  is  made  up  of  some  of  the  largest  and 
most  important  mercantile  houses  of  the  Coast, 
many  of  which  he  has  represented  for  twenty 
years. 

In  March  of  1911,  the  law  firm  of  Rothschild, 
Rosenheim,  Schooler  &  Miller  was  formed,  he  be- 
ing the  senior  member. 

In  his  professional  work,  Mr.  Rothschild  is  noted 
for  his-  clear  analyses  of  problems  involved  in  liti- 
gation and  for  the  absence  of  decorative  phrase- 
ology in  his  pleadings.  His  arguments  are  confined 
to  facts,  delivered  in  clear,  concise  language,  de- 
void of  bombast.  To  his  simple,  but  forceful  ora- 
tory and  the  extraordinary  power  of  logic  he  pos- 
sesses, is  attributed  a  great  deal  of  his  success. 
His  professional  career  has  been  one  of  almost 


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ceaseless  activity,  but  withal  Mr.  Rothschild  has 
been  a  public-spirited  citizen,  interested  at  all 
times-  in  the  growth  and  advancement  of  his  city. 
In  1906,  when  San  Francisco  was  bowed  by  calam- 
ity and  gripped  by  chaos,  Mr.  Rothschild  was  one 
of  the  first  men  to  start  in  upon  the  work  of  re- 
building which  has  placed  a  new  city,  within  a  few 
years,  on  the  site  of  the  ruins.  He  was  one  of  the 
moving  factors  in  the  organization  of  the  South  of 
Market  Street  Improvement  Association,  which 
played  an  important  part  in 
the  rejuvenation  of  the 
flame-swept  district,  and  has 
served  as  President  since  its 
organization. 

He  serves  as  a  member  of 
the  Executive  Committee  of 
the  San  Francisco  Civic 
League  and  the  Greater  San 
Francisco  Committee  and  is 
Vice  President  of  the  Exposi- 
tion Committee  of  Improve- 
ment Clubs.  In  all  of  these 
bodies  Mr.  Rothschild  is  an 
enthusiastic  worker. 

He  was  elected  and  served 
as  a  member  of  the  San  Fran- 
cisco Board  of  Education  in 
1889  and  1890.  He  served  as 
President  of  the  Democratic 
County  Committee,  and  as 
Vice  President  and  Acting 
Chairman,  State  Central 
Committee  from  1902  to  1906. 
As  one  of  the  leading  Jew- 
ish citizens  of  San  Francisco, 
Mr.  Rothschild  has  been  hon- 
ored by  his  people  on  fre- 
quent occasions  by  election 

to  positions  of  trust.  He  is  Past  President  of  the 
Independent  Order  B'nai  B'rith,  Past  President  of 
the  Unity  Lodge,  B'nai  B'rith ;  Past  President  of  the 
Free  Sons  of  Israel,  Past  President  of  the  Board  of 
Relief,  B'nai  B'rith,  and  ex-Vice  President  of  the 
Young  Men's  Hebrew  Association.  He  went  as  a 
Delegate  of  the  district  to  the  Constitution  Grand 
Lodge,  B'nai  B'rith,  the  International  Congress  of 
the  Order  at  Richmond,  Virginia,  in  June,  1890,  and 
was  there  elected  Judge  of  the  Court  of  Appeals  of 
the  Constitution  Grand  Lodge,  B'nai  B'rith,  and  in 
May,  1895,  at  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  was  re-elected.  He 
served  in  this  office  ten  years  in  all,  and  also  has 
served  for  ten  years  as  President  of  the  B'nai 
B'rith  Hall  Association. 

He  devotes  time  to  business  interests,  being  a 
stockholder  or  officer  in  various  enterprises. 

He  is  a  member  of  San  Francisco  Lodge,  Royal 
Arch  Masons;  Doric  Lodge,  No.  216,  F.  &  A.  M.; 
Native  Sons  of  the  Golden  West  (ex-Pres.) ;  Golden 
Shore  Council,  No.  5,  United  Friends  of  the  Pacific 
(ex-Pres.);  the  Yale  Club  and  Concordia  Club. 


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UESS,  HARRY  JOSEPH,  Real  Es- 
tate, Los  Angeles,  California,  was 
born  in  Fort  Wayne,  Indiana,  May 
28,  1883,  the  son  of  William  Emil 
Ruess  and  Katherine  (Heit) 
Ruess.  He  married  Alice  Wood- 
ward Godbe  at  Los  Angeles,  June  21, 1908,  and  to 
them  there  has  been  born  a  son,  Joe  Wallace  Ruess. 
His  great-grandfather  on  the  paternal  side  served 
in  the  army  of  Napoleon  Bonaparte  and  was  with 
him  at  the  battle  of  Moscow. 
His  maternal  grandfather 
was  a  soldier  in  the  Civil 
War. 

Mr.  Ruess  was  taken  to 
Los  Angeles  by  his  parents 
when  he  was  less  than  five 
years  of  age  and  has  made 
that  city  his  home  ever  since. 
He  received  his  primary  ed- 
ucation in  the  public  schools 
of  the  city  and  also  attend- 
ed Los  Angeles  High  School 
and  the  State  Normal  School 
there.  He  supplemented  this 
with  six  months  of  study  at 
the  Los  Angeles  Business 
College,  where  he  learned 
stenography. 

For  the  first  six  months 
after  leaving  the  business 
college  Mr.  Ruess  worked  as 
student  telegraph  operator 
for  the  Santa  Fe  Railroad 
at  Monrovia,  California, 
but  he  left  this  to  accept  a 
position  as  stenographer  in 
the  office  of  the  Chief  En- 
gineer of  the  San  Pedro,  Salt 
Lake  and  Los  Angeles  Railroad  and  there  began  a 
career  of  several  years  as  a  railroad  stenographer, 
a  field  in  which  he  established  a  reputation  as  one 
of  the  most  expert  of  his  profession. 

After  one  year  he  entered  the  office  of  the 
Operating  Department  of  the  Santa  Fe  at  Needles, 
California,  and  served  there  for  nearly  two  years. 
In  1903  he  became  associated  with  the  California 
Citrus  Union,  but  resigned  at  the  end  of  six  months 
to  return  to  railroad  work,  becoming  associated 
with  the  Southern  Pacific. 

In  August,  1903,  he  was  offered  a  better  posi- 
tion in  the  Traffic  Department  of  the  Salt  Lake 
Road,  as  stenographer  and  clerk,  and  he  returned 
to  its  employ.  He  served  in  that  capacity  until 
March,  1905,  and  then  was  selected  by  the  General 
Manager  of  the  road  as  stenographer  and  confiden- 
tial clerk.  At  the  end  of  six  months  he  obtained 
a  transfer  to  Chicago,  where  he  was  associated 
with  the  General  Agent  of  the  company,  but  the 
weather  in  the  Illinois  metropolis  did  not  appeal 
to  him  and  he  went  back  to  Los  Angeles 


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and  the  balmy  climate  of  Southern  California. 
The  first  year  after  returning  to  Los  Angeles 
Mr.  Ruess  was  associated  with  the  Westinghouse 
Electric  and  Manufacturing  Company  of  Los  An- 
geles, but  left  its  employ  upon  being  appointed,  in 
November,  1906,  to  the  office  of  Assistant  Secre- 
tary of  the  Los  Angeles  Chamber  of  Mines.  He 
served  in  that  office  during  the  organization  period 
of  the  Chamber  and  in  March,  1907,  resigned  to 
re-enter  the  railroad  business,  this  time  in  the 
Traffic  Department  of  the 
Las  Vegas  and  Tonopah 
Railroad.  While  in  this  posi- 
tion Mr.  Ruess  commenced 
to  give  serious  study  to  the 
real  estate  and  land  business 
with  the  idea  of  embarking 
in  that  field  for  himself. 

He  remained  with  the 
company  until  1909  and  then 
resigned  his  place  to  go  into 
the  real  estate  business.  He 
formed  a  partnership  with  E. 
W.  Gillett,  with  whom  he 
had  been  associated  in  the 
railroad  business,  and  to- 
gether they  began  operations 
in  Southern  California.  The 
first  two  years  were  spent 
largely  in  the  study  of  condi- 
tions in  Los  Angeles  and 
surrounding  country,  but  Mr. 
Ruess  foresaw  great  oppor- 
tunities in  the  future  when 
the  Panama  Canal  should  be 
opened  and  Los  Angeles 
made  one  of  the  principal 
ports  of  the  Western  World. 
His  partner,  however,  did 
not  share  his  optimism  and  Mr.  Ruess,  early  in 
1912,  bought  the  interest  of  Mr.  Gillett.  He  reor- 
ganized his  firm  under  the  name  of  H.  J.  Ruesa 
&  Company  and  has  an  active  corps  of  salesmen 
with  him  and  is  today  engaged  in  the  handling 
and  development  of  various  tracts  which  he  has  ac- 
quired. 

These  properties  are  not  confined  to  any  one 
section,  but  are  located  in  various  parts  of  the 
State,  from  San  Francisco  as  far  south  as  San 
Diego,  California,  and  include  both  residence  and 
farming  lands. 

Although  he  has  been  in  the  business  only  a 
few  years,  Mr.  Ruess  is  one  of  the  most  active 
young  realty  dealers  in  Southern  California  and 
occupies  a  firm  place  there  in  the  business  world. 
He  is  enthusiastic  for  the  upbuilding  of  Los 
Angeles  and  Southern  California,  and,  while  he  is 
ready  to  aid  any  movement  having  the  betterment 
of  the  city  and  vicinity  for  its  object,  he  confines 
himself  strictly  to  business  and  takes  no  active 
part  in  politics  or  club  life. 


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'ALLISTER,  JAMES  PINKER- 
TON,  Manufacturer,  Los  Angeles, 
California,  was  born  in  London 
Derry  County,  Ireland,  August  25, 
1842,  the  son  of  John  McAllister 
and  Elizabeth  (Pinkerton)  McAl- 
lister. He  married  Elizabeth  McAllister  at  Vir- 
ginia City,  Nevada,  June  4,  1873,  and  to  them  there 
have  been  born  two  children,  Lillian  (Mrs.  C.  A. 
King)  and  Frank  Allister  McAllister. 

Mr.  McAllister  is  one  of  those  men  who  have 
had  to  make  their  own  way  in  the  world. 
His  father  died  when  Mr.  McAllister  was  an  infant 
and  he  lost  his  mother  when  he  was  only  ten  years 
of  age.  Orphaned  at  such  an  early  age,  his  strug- 
gles began  at  once.  He  attended  the  National 
Schools  of  Ireland  until  he  was  fifteen  years  of  age, 
but  having  no  home  ties  he  became  a  world  wan- 
derer, his  travels  finally  leading  to  America. 

He  sailed  from  Liverpool  in  February,  1857,  and 
landed  in  New  York  with  thirty  shillings  in  his 
pocket.  He  had  no  friends  or  acquaintances  in 
this  country,  nor  any  definite  idea  of  what  he  was 
to  do  for  a  living.  He  was  fortunate,  however,  in 
obtaining  employment  on  a  farm  in  Orange  County, 
New  York,  for  in  his  employers  he  found  true 
friends  and  was  provided  with  a  good  home.  He 
worked  for  the  meager  sum  of  four  dollars  a 
month,  however,  and  remained  on  the  farm  for 
about  a  year. 

In  1858,  Mr.  McAllister  bade  farewell  to  his 
friends,  whom  he  still  regards  as  fine  types  of 
Americans,  and  went  out  in  search  of  employment 
which  would  pay  him  better  for  his  services.  He 
halted  at  Pittsburg,  Pennsylvania,  for  a  season  and 
worked  on  the  river  boats,  but  in  the  Spring  he 
left  this  life  and  obtained  employment,  although 
he  was  only  seventeen  years  of  age,  as  a  driver  in 
the  Pittsburg  Fire  Department. 

This  place  he  filled  only  a  few  months,  however, 
for  in  the  Fall  of  1860  he  started  for  the  Pacific 
Coast  and  landed  in  San  Francisco  in  December. 
He  was  not  of  the  body  of  men  lured  by  the  stories 
of  the  golden  harvest  in  California,  but  was  moved 
by  a  boy's  curiosity  to  see  the  "Big  Trees"  of 
Calaveras  County.  After  gazing  upon  the  great 
natural  curiosities,  he  turned  his  attention  to 
placer  mining,  but  barely  made  a  living. 

After  mining  for  several  years  in  California, 
Mr.  McAllister  left  in  November,  1863,  for  Vir- 
ginia City,  Nevada,  with  his  blankets  on  his  back 
and  $2.50  in  gold  dust  in  his  pockets.  He  had  be- 
fore him  a  journey  of  two  hundred  miles  over 
snow-clad  mountains.  At  Stanislaus  River,  desir- 
ing to  hoard  his  small  supply  of  money  as  much 
as  possible,  he  sought  to  work  his  way  across 
on  the  ferry,  but  the  ferryman  refused  to  permit 
him  to  do  so  and  Mr.  McAllister,  ignoring  the  fact 
that  the  water  was  ice  cold,  tied  his  outfit  on  his 
back  and  swam  across.  After  reaching  the  other 
side  he  rested  for  a  time,  then  donned  snowshoes 
and  resumed  his  journey  across  the  mountains. 
At  Silver  Valley  in  the  Sierra  Nevada  Mountains, 
he  obtained  employment  on  a  ranch,  receiving  for 


his  labor  a  dollar  a  day.  He  chopped  trees  all  day 
and  at  night  slept  in  a  buffalo  robe,  with  the  snow 
for  his  bed.  At  the  end  of  two  weeks  he  left  this 
place  and  took  up  his  walk  to  Virginia  City,  arriv- 
ing there  in  the  early  part  of  1864. 

Mr.  McAllister's  first  position  in  Virginia  City 
was  with  the  Fulton  Foundry  of  that  place.  He 
began  as  an  apprentice  boy  and  remained  with  the 
company  for  nineteen  years,  resigning  in  1882 
the  position  of  General  Manager  of  the  plant. 

Leaving  Virginia  City,  Mr.  McAllister  went  to 
Tombstone,  Arizona,  to  take  employment  as  a  ma- 
chinist in  a  foundry  there,  but  before  the  deal  was 
closed  he  had  purchased  the  plant  in  which  he  in- 
tended to  work  and  thereupon  began  the  operation 
of  the  Tombstone  Foundry  and  Machine  Shop.  For 
eleven  years  he  was  thus  engaged  and  during  that 
time  was  one  of  the  leading  men  of  the  town.  He 
served  as  a  member  of  the  Board  of  Supervisors 
for  one  term  and  it  was  while  he  held  office  that 
an  attempt  was  made  to  rid  the  country  of  Geroni- 
mo  and  his  savage  followers.  A  large  reward  was 
offered  for  the  Chief  and  a  lesser  amount  for  each 
member  of  his  tribe,  but  the  whites  were  unable 
to  capture  or  kill  the  redskins  and  the  rewards 
were  never  claimed. 

Mr.  McAllister  is  not  one  of  the  men  who  tell 
of  their  Indian  fighting  days,  although  the  early 
part  of  his  residence  in  Arizona  was  during  the 
time  when  the  Apaches  were  most  active.  He  was 
intimately  acquainted  with  General  Miles  and  Cap- 
tain Lawton,  also  "Hualapai"  Clark,  for  many  years 
Chief  of  the  Hualapai  Indians,  and  did  his  share 
in  resisting  the  attacks  of  the  redmen,  but  dis- 
claims any  title  of  Indian  fighter,  for  the  reason 
that  practically  all  the  men  who  really  fought  the 
Indians  paid  for  it  with  their  lives. 

In  1893,  Mr.  McAllister  transferred  his  manufac- 
turing business  to  Los  Angeles  and  he  has  been 
steadily  engaged  there  since  that  time,  operating 
for  many  years  in  a  small  factory.  In  1900,  how- 
ever, he  built  a  modern  plant,  known  as  the  Fulton 
Engine  Works,  and  this  ranks  today  with  the  lead- 
ing establishments  of  the  kind  in  the  United  States. 
He  incorporated  his  company  several  years  ago, 
increasing  the  capital  and  scope  of  it,  and  through 
his  direction  of  its  affairs,  as  President  of  the 
Board  of  Directors,  he  has  made  it  one  of  the  most 
successful  enterprises  in  the  Southwest. 

Although  he  is  regarded  as  one  of  the  most 
public-spirited  men  in  Los  Angeles,  Mr.  McAllister 
has  never  taken  an  active  part  in  politics.  During 
his  residence  in  Nevada  and  Arizona,  however,  he 
was  a  worker  for  the  Republican  party  and  on  va- 
rious occasions  held  public  office.  He  served  two 
years  as  School  Trustee  in  Virginia  City,  and  also 
held  the  same  office  for  two  years  in  Tombstone. 
He  next  was  elected  Supervisor.  He  served  four 
years  as  Treasurer  and  Tax  Collector  of  Cochise 
County,  Arizona. 

Mr.  McAllister  is  prominent  in  Masonic  circles, 
having  taken  all  the  degrees,  and  also  belongs  to 
the  Mystic  Shrine.  He  is  a  member,  Los  Angeles 
Chamber  of  Commerce  and  the  Gamut  Club. 


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IEFER,  HUGO  A.,  Physician 
and  Surgeon,  Los  Angeles, 
California,  was  born  in  St. 
Paul,  Minnesota,  March  6, 
1870,  the  son  of  John  Kiefer 
and  Johanna  Celia  (Weinel)  Kiefer.  He  is 
descended  from  fine  old  German  stock,  both  of 
his  parents  having  been  born  in  the  Father- 
land. He  was  married  in  1902,  and  is  the 
father  of  one  child,  John 
Gordon  Kiefer. 

Dr.  Kiefer  was  taken  to 
Los  Angeles  from  Min- 
nesota when  he  was  five 
years  of  age  and  has 
made  his  home  in  that 
city  permanently  since 
that  time.  He  attended 
the  public  schools  of  Los 
Angeles  and  upon  the 
completion  of  his  prelim- 
inary education,  entered 
Leland  Stanford  Univer- 
sity. He  was  graduated 
from  there  in  the  class  of 
1894  with  the  degree  of 
Bachelor  of  Arts.  He 
then  decided  upon  the 
study  of  medicine  and  en- 
tered the  Medical  De- 
partment of  the  Univer- 
sity of  Pennsylvania  at 
Philadelphia.  Graduating 
in  June,  1897,  with  the 
degree  of  Doctor  of  Medi- 
cine, he  took  a  post- 
graduate course  in  gen- 
eral medicine  and  surgery  at  the  Philadelphia 
Polyclinic,  remaining  there  during  the 
months  of  July,  August  and  September. 

Upon  completion  of  his  studies,  Dr.  Kiefer 
returned  to  Los  Angeles  and  entered  into 
general  practice,  continuing  from  October, 

1897,  to  September,  1898,  inclusive.    He  then 
gave  up  his  practice  temporarily  to  make  a 
special  study  of  the  eye,  ear,  nose  and  throat, 
going  first  to   the   Philadelphia    Polyclinic. 
After  studying  there  for  a  while,  he  entered 
the  Wills  Eye  Hospital,  and  next  was  con- 
nected with  the  Jefferson  Medical  College  of 
Philadelphia,  remaining  there  from  October, 

1898,  to  April,  1899,  inclusive.     During  this 
time  he  served  as  one  of  the  assistants  in  the 
eye  clinic  of  the  Polyclinic  and  also  was  as- 
sistant  to   Dr.    Kyle,    a   noted    Philadelphia 
specialist,  in  the  ear,  nose  and  throat  depart- 
ment of  Jefferson  Medical  College. 

In  May,  1899,  Dr.  Kiefer  sailed  for  Europe 


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and  spent  the  next  six  months  of  that  year 
studying  in  the  various  hospitals  of  Vienna. 
Leaving  the  Austrian  capital  in  October,  he 
went  to  Germany,  and  spent  the  months  of 
November  and  December,  1899,  studying  in 
the  Kaiserliche  and  Koenigliche  University  at 
Halle,  under  Dr.  Schwartze.  As  in  Austria, 
he  received  special  instruction  in  his  chosen 
lines,  and  upon  leaving  Germany,  went  to 
London,  England,  where, 
from  January  to  May, 
(inclusive)  1900,  he 
studied  in  various  laree 
hospitals,  among  them  the 
Royal  London  Opthalmic. 
From  London  Dr. 
Kiefer  went  to  Paris, 
France,  and  worked  in 
the  clinics  of  the  French 
capitol  during  the  months 
of  June  and  July. 

With  this  splendid  Old 
World  training  and  prac- 
tical experience,  Dr. 
Kiefer  returned  to  his 
Los  Angeles  offices  dur- 
ing the  late  summer  of 
1900  and  resumed  his 
private  practice,  taking 
up  eye,  ear,  nose  and 
throat  treatment  exclu- 
sively. The  same  year  he 
became  connected  with 
the  Medical  Department 
of  the  University  of 
Southern  California,  serv- 
ing successively  as  As- 
sistant Instructor  and  Associate  Professor 
of  Opthalmology. 

When  the  Los  Angeles  institution  became 
affiliated  with  the  State  University  of  Cali- 
fornia, Dr.  Kiefer  retained  his  post  as  As- 
sistant Professor  of  Opthalmology,  and  still 
retains  it  (1913),  his  services  having  ex- 
tended over  a  period  of  twelve  years.  He 
also  is  a  member  of  the  staff  of  lecturers  at 
the  Los  Angeles  Training  School  for  Nurses, 
conducted  in  connection  with  the  Sisters' 
Hospital  of  that  city. 

Dr.  Kiefer  has  been  elected  to  member- 
ship in  the  Eye  and  Ear  Section  of  the  Los 
Angeles  County  Medical  Association. 

Besides  membership  in  the  Los  Angeles 
County  Medical  Association,  the  Doctor  be- 
longs to  the  Southern  California  Medical  As- 
sociation, the  California  State  Medical  So- 
ciety, the  American  Medical  Association  and 
the  American  Academy  of  Medicine. 


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ELLS,  HENRY  WILSON,  Elec- 
trical and  Constructing  Engineer, 
Los  Angeles,  California,  was  born 
in  Philadelphia,  Pennsylvania, 
February  15,  1865,  the  son  of  W. 
S.  Wells  and  Elizabeth  Jane 
(Shoff)  Wells.  He  is  descended  from  one  of  the 
Puritan  families  whose  record  extends  back  to 
the  times  prior  to  the  voyage  of  the  Mayflower. 
Mr.  Wells  has  been  twice  married,  his  first  wife 
having  been  Ida  B.  Estes, 
whom  he  wedded  in  Clear- 
field  County,  Pennsylvania, 
June  22,  1882.  She  died  in 
1893  after  bearing  him  three 
children,  Bessie  (Mrs.  Katzet 
of  Detroit),  Roberta  (Mrs. 
George  W.  Cook  of  Chatham, 
Ontario)  and  Jeannette 
(Mrs.  Woods  of  Chicago). 
His  second  wife  was  Hallie 
E.  Marsh,  whom  he  married 
at  Philadelphia,  June  12,  1895. 
Of  this  union  there  is  one 
son,  William  A.  Wells  of  Los 
Angeles. 

Mr.  Wells  received  his 
early  education  in  the  pub- 
lic schols  of  Osceola,  Penn- 
sylvania, graduating  from 
High  School  in  1886.  He  en- 
tered the  Massachusetts  In- 
stitute of  Technology  in  1889, 
but  withdrew  at  the  end  of 
two  years. 

At  various  times  in  his 
youth  Mr.  Wells  broke  his 
studies  to  go  to  work,  his  first 
position  being  that  of  fireman 
on  the  Louisville  Railroad 
at  Birmingham,  Alabama.  He 
began  in  1883  and  in  1885 
was  promoted  to  the  post  of 
engineer.  He  ran  an  engine 
for  about  a  year,  then  gave 
up  his  railroad  work  to  finish  his  schooling. 

Upon  leaving  the  Massachusetts  Institute  in 
1891,  Mr.  Wells  took  up  electrical  engineering  in 
connection  with  the  Westinghouse  interests  of 
Pittsburg.  Several  times  during  his  service  with 
this  company  he  was  sent  to  England  in  charge 
of  large  electrical  construction  work. 

After  about  three  years  in  this  position,  Mr. 
Wells  resigned  and  became  associated  with  Thomas 
A.  Edison,  the  wizard  of  electricity  at  Edison,  New 
Jersey.  Mr.  Wells  was  constructing  engineer  of 
the  Edison  concentrator  plant  at  that  place  and 
during  the  two  years  he  was  employed  by  Edison 
came  to  know  the  great  inventor  very  intimately. 
They  were  closely  associated  in  the  work  and  spent 
many  hours  together,  either  in  the  hills  after  the 
close  of  the  day's  labors  or  in  the  workshop. 

In  1896  Mr.  Wells  severed  his  connection  with 
Edison  and  in  association  with  Antonio  C.  Pesano, 
former  Vice  President  and  General  Manager  of  the 
George  V.  Cresson  Co.  of  Philadelphia,  went  to 
Detroit  and  engaged  in  building  ship  yards  for  the 
Great  Lakes  Engineering  Works.  Mr.  Wells  was 
Constructing  Engineer  of  the  Company  and  during 
his  stay  there  supervised  the  building  of  more  than 
a  score  of  large  vessels,  including  the  "George  B. 
Ketchum,"  and  the  "Tinesta,"  the  largest  passenger 


H.  W.  WELLS 


boat  on  the  lakes  at  that  time,  a  10,000-ton  ship, 
and  several  others.  This  vessel  was  six  hundred 
and  twenty-one  feet  long  and  proved  a  sensation  in 
ship-building  when  she  was  first  put  into  service. 
In  1901,  Mr.  Wells  gave  up  his  interest  in  the 
shipbuilding  plant  and  shipyards  which  he  and  his 
partner  controlled  and  accepted  a  position  with  the 
International  Harvester  Co.  as  Purchasing  Agent 
and  Mechanical  Engineer,  with  headquarters  at 
Chicago.  This  was  a  position  of  great  responsibility 
for  Mr.  Wells  had  charge  of 
all  machinery,  buildings  and 
docks  for  the  company,  build- 
ing the  tractor  works  and 
supervising  all  plants  con- 
structed by  the  Harvester 
Co.  in  different  parts  of  the 
world  during  the  period  of 
1906  and  1911.  Four  of  the 
great  plants  built  by  him  are 
in  European  countries,  one 
located  at  Lubertzky,  Russia, 
about  fifteen  miles  from  Mos- 
cow; another  at  Norrkoping, 
Sweden;  a  third  at  Nord, 
near  Croix,  France,  and  a 
fourth  at  Neuss  near  Dussel- 
dorff,  Germany. 

An  interesting  fact  in  con- 
nection with  this  work  is 
that  the  machinery  for  the 
four  plants  was  all  ordered 
in  one  contract,  thus  form- 
ing probably  the  largest 
single  order  for  machinery 
ever  made  in  the  United 
States.  Mr.  Wells  figured 
out  the  plans  and  machinery 
for  all  of  them  and  issued  a 
single  order  for  the  supply. 
In  1911,  Mr.  Wells  suc- 
cumbed to  overwork  and  be- 
came a  victim  of  neuritis  and 
nervousness  to  such  an  ex- 
tent that  he  was  compelled 

to  retire  from  active  business  temporarily.  He 
spent  several  months  in  Argentine,  South  America, 
then  went  to  Los  Angeles,  December,  1911.  In 
company  with  Edward  Double  of  the  Union  Tool 
Co.  of  that  city,  Mr.  Wells  organized  the  Pacific 
Metal  Products  Co.,  he  being  elected  President  and 
General  Manager  of  the  concern,  which  incorpor- 
ated, July,  1912,  with  a  half  million  dollar  capital. 
The  Pacific  Metal  Products  Co.  will  be  one  of 
the  largest  manufacturers  of  steel  barrels  and 
chains,  automobile  trucks  and  tractor  plows  in  the 
United  States,  with  a  plant  comprising  six  build- 
ings, one  of  which  is  seven  hundred  feet  long,  and 
five  of  a  length  of  300  feet  each.  In  locating  the 
Company's  plant  Mr.  Wells  and  his  associates  be- 
came founders  of  the  town  of  Torrance,  Cal.  They 
began  the  erection  of  their  plant  in  April,  1912,  and 
by  the  first  of  August,  a  few  days  after  the  Com- 
pany was  incorporated,  had  five  of  the  buildings 
completed. 

Mr.  Wells  is  a  stockholder  in  the  International 
Harvester  Co.  and  the  Windsor  Machine  Co.  of 
Windsor,  Vt.,  but  does  not  hold  office  in  them. 

In  Chicago,  Mr.  Wells  retains  his  memberships 
in  the  South  Shore  Country  Club,  Illinois  Athletic 
Club,  Chicago  Athletic  Club,  and  the  Illinois  Cham- 
ber of  Commerce. 


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HAPPELLET,  FELIX,  Mining  and 
Oil  Operator,  Los  Angeles,  Cali- 
fornia, was  born  in  Oakland,  Cali- 
fornia, April  26,  1877,  the  son  of 
Felix  Chappellet  and  Milvia 
(Frick)  Chappellet.  He  married 
Mabel  Clare  Dimon  at  San  Jose,  California,  Febru- 
ary 15,  1902,  and  to  them  there  have  been  born 
three  sons,  Felix,  Cyril  and  Henry  Chappellet.  Mr. 
Chappellet  is  a  member  of  one  of  California's 
pioneer  families,  his  father 
having  been  one  of  the  im- 
mortal Forty-niners  and  one 
of  the  prominent  mining 
operators  in  the  earlier  days 
of  the  State. 

Mr.  Chappellet  received 
his  primary  education  in  the 
public  schools  of  his  native 
city,  but  the  mining  instinct 
being  strong  in  him  and  it 
being  his  father's  wish  that 
he  should  take  up  mining  as 
his  vocation,  he  spent  a  great 
deal  of  his  boyhood  working 
around  the  mines  in  which 
his  father  was  interested. 
Later  he  attended  the  Van 
Der  Naillen  mining  school 
and  took  a  special  course  in 
assaying  at  the  State  Assay 
Office,  being  accredited  an 
assayer  in  1894. 

Following  the  completion 
of  his  studies,  Mr.  Chappellet 
went  to  work  for  the  May- 
flower Gravel  Mining  Com- 
pany, in  Placer  County,  Cali- 
fornia, his  father  being 
President  of  the  corporation 
at  the  time.  He  worked  in 
the  practical  branch  of  min- 
ing for  about  a  year,  then 
left  his  father  to  become 
Superintendent  of  the  Eureka 

Gravel  Mines  in  the  same  county.  He  was  then 
only  a  boy  in  years,  but  he  had  had  many  seasons 
of  practical  mining  experience,  having  lived  in  an 
atmosphere  of  mining  all  his  life,  and  proved  him- 
self fully  competent  to  discharge  the  duties  of  the 
position. 

After  working  for  the  Eureka  Company  for 
approximately  five  years,  during  which  time  he 
made  one  of  the  best  records  in  the  State  in  the 
tunnel  work,  Mr.  Chappellet  resigned  the  Super- 
intendency  to  go  to  Mexico,  where  he  became  Su- 
perintendent of  the  Santa  Rosalia  Mining  Com- 
pany at  Arizpa,  in  the  State  of  Sonora.  He  re- 
mained in  charge  of  these  mines  for  about  a  year, 
then  returned  to  California  for  four  years.  During 
this  latter  period  he  had  charge  as  Superintendent 
of  the  Mohican  Mining  &  Milling  Company's  mines 
in  Tuolumne  County,  California. 

In  1905  he  received  an  exceptionally  tempting 
offer  to  return  to  Mexico  as  Assistant  Manager  of 
the  Santa  Eulalia  Exploration  Company,  so  re- 
signed his  position  and  went  to  the  State  of  Chi- 
huahua, where  his  new  company's  properties  were 
located.  These  included  the  San  Andear,  San 
Antonio  Chico  and  the  Buena  Tierra  Mines.  This 
latter  is  one  of  the  largest  silver  and  lead  proper- 
ties in  operation  in  the  Republic  of  Mexico,  its 


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monthly  shipments  of  ore  averaging  four  thousand 
tons.  When  Mr.  Chappellet  became  associated 
with  the  controlling  company  these  various  prop- 
erties were  just  being  developed  and  during  the 
time  he  was  connected  with  the  enterprise  he  had 
a  large  part  in  this  development  work.  In  addition 
to  his  duties  with  this  company,  however,  Mr. 
Chappellet's  services  were  in  demand  by  other 
mining  corporations  and  during  the  three  years  he 
was  in  Chihuahua  he  also  served  as  Superintendent 
and"  Consulting  Engineer  of 
the  San  Juan  Grande  Mining 
Company  and  the  El  Cristo 
and  Democratia  Mining  Com- 
pany, both  American  owned 
properties. 

In  the  latter  part  of  1908, 
Mr.  Chappellet  severed  his 
Mexican  connections  and  re- 
turned to  California.  It  was 
just  about  this  time,  how- 
ever, that  the  oil  business 
was  taking  on  boom  propor- 
tions in  the  State  and  he 
turned  his  attention  to  this 
field.  For  nearly  two  years 
he  did  little  more  than  study 
conditions  and  estimate  pros- 
pects for  the  future  of  the 
industry,  but  in  November, 
1910,  he  plunged  actively  into 
the  oil  fields  and  has  been 
steadily  engaged  in  the  busi- 
ness since.  He  bought  an 
interest  in  the  Midway 
Premier  Oil  Company,  which 
owned  about  forty  acres  of 
proved  land  in  the  famous 
Midway  fields  of  California, 
and  immediately  became  one 
of  the  principal  factors  in  the 
management  of  the  enter- 
prise. When  he  became  as- 
sociated with  the  company  it 
had  only  one  well,  but  he  put 

down  four  others  in  quick  succession,  all  of  them 
proving  good  producers,  and  when  he  sold  out  his 
interest  at  the  end  of  a  year,  his  company  was 
shipping  an  average  of  one  thousand  barrels  per 
day. 

In  December,  1911,  Mr.  Chappellet  was  ap- 
pointed Superintendent  of  the  Delaware  Union  Oil 
Company's  property  at  Fullerton,  California,  which 
is  one  of  the  largest  and  oldest  properties  in  that 
field  and  formerly  was  owned  by  Payne  Whitney, 
the  Waterbury  Wire  Rope  Company  and  other  New 
York  capital.  On  May  1,  1912,  this  property  was 
sold  to  the  General  Petroleum  Company,  one  of 
the  large  companies  of  California,  and  Mr.  Chap- 
pellet,  was  appointed  Manager  of  its  Southern 
Division. 

In  addition  to  the  operation  of  numerous  wells, 
the  General  Petroleum  Company  is  engaged  in 
various  other  branches,  including  refining  and  pipe 
lines.  Mr.  Chappellet  has  the  management  of  all 
its  operations  south  of  the  Tehachapi  Range. 

Mr.  Chappellet,  who  is  a  comparatively  young 
man,  is  one  of  the  practical  developers  of  the  re- 
sources of  California  and  is  highly  regarded  as 
one  of  her  successful  and  substantial  business  men. 
He  is  prominent  in  Masonic  circles,  being  a  Knight 
Templar  and  a  member  of  the  Mystic  Shrine. 


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ONES,  CLAUDE  MORRIS,  Manu- 
facturer, Los  Angeles,  California, 
was  born  in  McKinney,  Collin 
County,  Texas,  December  7,  1861, 
the  son  of  Martin  Van  Buren 
Jones  and  Bettie  (Morris)  Jones. 
He  married  Jessie  Fair  Van  Sickle  at  Los  Angeles, 
November  4,  1891,  and  to  them  there  have  been 
born  two  daughters,  Margaret  Lucile  and  Marion 
Ellen  Jones.  He  is  of  Welsh-English  stock,  the 
families  on  both  sides  of  the 
house  being  among  the  old- 
est of  British  record.  On 
the  maternal  side  he  is  de- 
scended of  the  Tunstalls, 
many  members  of  the  name 
being  noted  in  the  history 
of  England  and  on  recoid  to- 
day in  Westminster  Abbey. 
Among  them  are  Bishop 
Tunstall,  Bishop  of  London 
during  the  reign  of  Queen 
Anne,  and  Bishop  Tunstall  of 
Fontaine  Abbey,  one  of  the 
historic  ruins  of  England. 
Another  was  Sir  Cuthbert 
Tunstall,  Kniglit  of  the  Gar- 
ter, whose  portrait  may  be 
seen  today  in  the  Hall  of 
Knights,  in  Windsor  Palace. 
American  members  of  the 
family  were  prominent  in 
the  South  before  and  during 
the  Civil  War  as  Cabinet  offi- 
cers, and,  like  many  others, 
they  lost  their  fortunes  as 
the  result  of  that  struggle. 
Mr.  Jones'  paternal  grand- 
father was  Jesse  R.  Jones, 

prominent  in  Masonic  circles  of  Texas,  and  the 
owner  of  a  large  plantation  near  Houston.  His 
own  father  was  a  physician  and  a  soldier  in  the 
Confederate  Army  during  the  Civil  War. 

Mr.  Jones  received  the  basis  of  his  education 
in  the  public  schools  of  Milford,  Texas,  and  supple- 
mented this  with  a  commercial  course  in  the  Tehu- 
acana  Hills  College,  graduating  in  the  class  of  1880. 
Upon  completing  his  education,  Mr.  Jones  went 
to  work  as  clerk  in  the  mercantile  establishment 
of  his  uncle,  N.  R.  Rutherford,  at  Milford,  and  for 
the  next  few  years  devoted  his  attention  to  this 
business.  Like  many  others,  however,  he  had  a 
desire  to  see  California,  and  this  ambition  per- 
sisted so  strongly  that  in  1883  he  left  his  Texas 
home  and  went  to  Los  Angeles.  He  has  remained 
there  ever  since  and  is  to-day  one  of  the  substan- 
tial business  men  of  the  Southwest. 

The  day  after  his  arrival  in  what  is  now  the 
metropolis  of  the  Southwest,  Mr.  Jones  obtained 
employment  as  orange  picker  and  packer  for  J.  C. 
Sheppard,  at  Washington  Gardens,  afterwards 


known  as  Luna  Park.  At  the  conclusion  of  the 
orange  season  he  went  to  work  for  the  Los  Angeles 
Furniture  Company  in  the  carpet  department,  re- 
maining there  for  about  two  years. 

With  the  knowledge  gained  in  this  position  and 
the  money  he  had  saved  from  his  earnings,  he 
was  able  to  take  a  half  interest  in  a  carpet  estab- 
lishment, having  for  his  partner  one  John  Bloeser. 
He  was  engaged  in  this  business  from  1885  to 
1887,  selling  out  his  interest  at  the  latter  time  to 
organize  the  Milwaukee  Fur- 
niture Company.  He  had  for 
associates  in  this  venture 
two  experienced  furniture 
men  and  he  served  as  Presi- 
dent of  the  concern.  He  was 
just  well  established  in  this 
business,  however,  when  he 
got  the  oil  fever  and  decided 
to  go  into  the  oil  business. 
He  was  among  the  pioneers 
of  the  industry  in  California, 
beginning  operations  about 
the  year  1889.  In  this  he 
was  associated  with  his  un- 
cle, Humboldt  Tunstall  Mor- 
ris, the  enterprise  being 
known  as  the  Morris-Jones 
Oil  Company,  and  for  many 
years  they  were  among  the 
leading  oil  men  of  Los  An- 
geles. 

In  addition  to  producing 
petroleum  they  were  engaged 
in  the  refining  business,  be- 
ing associated  with  a  large 
refinery  at  Los  Angeles  un- 
der the  name  of  the  Hercu- 
les Refining  Company.  Mr. 
Jones  was  a  Director  of  this  company  and  also 
acted  as  President  of  the  Morris-Jones  Oil  Com- 
pany, continuing  in  the  oil  business  with  remark- 
able success  for  eighteen  years,  selling  out  in  1907. 
Mr.  Jones  then  decided  to  devote  his  time  to 
Los  Angeles  real  estate.  In  1891,  he  had  purchased, 
for  $1200,  a  five-acre  tract  in  what  is  now  a  thickly 
populated  section  of  the  city.  He  began  by  putting 
this  property  on  the  market.  He  has  been  an  exten- 
sive operator  in  real  estate  ever  since,  but  in  ad- 
dition is  President  and  a  heavy  stockholder  in  the 
Knox  Auto  &  Wagon  Manufacturing  Co.,  of  Los 
Angeles. 

Mr.  Jones  has  been  an  enthusiastic  worker  for 
Los  Angeles  and  her  upbuilding,  and  in  addition  to 
his  own  business  enterprises,  which  have  formed  a 
part  of  her  development,  has  aided  various  public 
movements.  During  the  early  part  of  his  residence 
in  Los  Angeles,  he  was  a  member  of  the  Eagle 
Corps,  at  that  time  a  leading  military  organization. 
A  home  lover  he  finds  his  greatest  pleasure  in  the 
association  of  his  family. 


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CHARLES  F.  AXELSON 

XELSON,  CHARLES  FREDERIC, 
Machinist  and  Foundryman,  Los 
Angeles,  Cal.,  was  born  at  Paxton, 
111.,  June  25,  1864.  His  father  was 
Nels  Frederic  Axelson  and  his 
mother  Mary  Christen  (Magnu- 
son)  Axelson.  He  married  Carrie  May  Bratton  at 
Topeka,  Kan.,  on  Dec.  2,  1885.  There  are  two  chil- 
dren, Delbert  F.  Axelson  and  Jule  C.  Axelson. 

Mr.  Axelson  attended  the  public  schools  of  Blue 
Rapids,  Kan.,  where  his  parents  had  moved  from 
Illinois.  Up  to  the  time  that  he  was  fourteen  years 
of  age  attended  school,  finishing  grammar  grades. 
During  his  later  school  days  he  put  in  his  spare 
time  herding  cattle  for  ten  cents  per  day. 

Between  the  ages  eleven  and  thirteen  Mr.  Axel- 
son  worked  in  a  woolen  mill,  and  at  the  same  time 
found  time  for  advanced  school  study.  Between  the 
ages  of  sixteen  and  nineteen  he  served  as  an  ap- 
prentice in  the  machine  shops  of  Price  Brothers  of 
Blue  Rapids,  Kan. 

After  finishing  his  term  as  apprentice  Mr.  Axel- 
son  moved  to  Leavenworth,  Kan.,  where  he  worked 
for  some  time.  Later  at  Beloit  and  Topeka,  Kan., 
he  was  engaged  as  head  foreman  for  different  firms. 

He  went  to  Santa  Ana,  Cal.,  where  he  formed  a 
partnership  in  the  foundry  and  machine  business 
with  his  brother,  G.  A.  Axelson,  and  George  Willin- 
ton  as  the  Acme  Iron  Works. 

In  1896  Mr.  Axelson  went  to  Los  Angeles,  where 
he  opened  his  present  foundry  and  machine  busi- 
ness, the  firm  at  the  present  time  being  the  Axel- 
son  Machine  Company. 

Mr.  Axelson  is  a  member  of  the  Founders  and 
Employers'  Association  of  Los  Angeles,  and  of  the 
National  Association  of  Manufacturers  of  the 
United  States.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Sierra 
Madre  Club  and  a  charter  member  of  the  Chamber 
of  Commerce  and  Merchants  and  Manufacturers' 
Association  of  Los  Angeles. 


JONATHAN    LANE 

ANE,  JONATHAN,  Lawyer,  Hous- 
ton, Texas,  was  born  in  Fayette 
County,  Texas,  October  15,  1855, 
the  son  of  Rev.  Charles  Joseph 
Lane  and  Ellen  E.  (Crockett) 
Lane.  On  both  sides  of  his  house 
Mr.  Lane  is  descended  from  notable  Texas  families. 
He  married  Miss  Alma  Harrison  at  Flatonia,  Texas, 
December  28,  1880. 

He  attended  a  private  school  at  Oso,  Fayette 
County,  and  later  studied  under  tutors  at  home. 
He  remained  on  the  farm  until  he  had  attained  the 
age  of  eighteen,  then  became  clerk  and  part  owner 
in  the  general  store  of  Harrison  &  Lane  at  Fla- 
tonia. He  remained  there  until  January  1,  1885, 
and  having  perfected  himself  in  law  during  his 
spare  hours,  began  practice.  He  still  retains  his 
interest  in  the  general  store. 

He  started  in  law  as  a  member  of  the  firm  of 
Phelps  &  Lane,  at  La  Grange,  Texas,  which  part- 
nership lasted  until  1889;  for  ten  years  his  firm 
was  Brown  &  Lane.  In  1899  he  moved  to  Hous- 
ton, and  there  became  a  member  of  the  firm  of 
Brown,  Lane  &  Granwood,  which  was  dissolved 
in  1901.  He  practiced  alone  for  a  time,  then 
formed  the  present  firm  of  Lane,  Wolters  &  Storey. 

Mr.  Lane  occupies  a  leading  position  among 
the  corporation  attorneys,  besides  acting  in  nu- 
merous cases  for  the  county.  He  is  also  counsel 
for  many  insurance,  railroad,  lumber,  rice  and  trust 
companies.  Is  connected  with  the  Union  National 
Bank  and  Bankers'  Trust  Company  of  Houston, 
Texas,  as  director  and  is  president  of  the  Guaran- 
tee Life  Insurance  Company  of  Houston. 

From  the  age  of  twenty-eight  to  thirty-two  he 
was  a  member  of  the  State  Senate  of  Texas. 

Mr.  Lane  is  a  prominent  Mason,  having  taken 
all  degrees,  and  is  also  a  Knight  of  Pythias,  Knight 
of  Honor,  member  of  the  A.  O.  U.  W.  and  the 
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J.  E.  FARNSWORTH 


ARNSWORTH,     JOSEPH      EAST- 

F»  MAN,  Vice  President  and  Gen- 
eral Manager  Southwestern  Tele- 
graph and  Telephone  Company, 
Dallas-,  Texas,  was  born  in  Man- 
chester, N.  H.,  January  31,  1862. 

Mr.  Farnsworth  received  his  education  in  the 
common  schools  of  his  native  city,  but  early  in 
youth  left  his  studies  and  became  interested  in 
the  telephone  business,  which  he  learned  in  all 
its  details.  He  worked  in  various  capacities  and 
in  1882  went  to  Texas,  where  he  entered  the  em- 
ploy of  the  Southwestern  Telegraph  and  Tele- 
phone Company,  which  is  affiliated  with  the  great 
Bell  Telephone  system.  He  has  been  with  that 
corporation  for  the  last  quarter  of  a  century,  and 
today,  as  Vice  President  and  General  Manager  of 
the  company  at  Dallas,  is  regarded  as  one  of  the 
ablest  men  in  the  telephone  business. 

In  this  position  Mr.  Farnsworth  has  taken  an 
active  part  in  the  development  of  the  country 
around  Dallas  and  is  one  of  the  most  respected 
business  men  in  that  most  progressive  of  Texas 
cities.  He  has  not  confined  his  activities  to  Dal- 
las, however,  but  is  known  all  over  the  Lone  Star 
State,  having  been  a  conspicuous  factor  in  busi- 
ness affairs  throughout  the  State  for  the  last  fif- 
teen years  or  more. 

Under  his  direction  the  lines  of  his  company 
have  been  greatly  extended  and  the  service  vastly 
improved.  He  has  given  to  that  section  of  Texas 
a  modern  system  of  communication  which  has 
aided  materially  in  the  development  and  coloniza- 
tion of  vast  stretches  of  hitherto  prairie  lands. 

Mr.  Farnsworth  is  a  prominent  Mason  and  one 
of  the  most  enthusiastic  members  of  the  Dallas 
Lodge  of  Elks,  who,  by  their  enterprise,  won  the 
1908  national  reunion  of  the  Order  for  the  Texas 
metropolis  in  competition  with  other  cities  at 
Philadelphia. 


M.  P.  SNYDER 

NYDER,  MEREDITH  PINXTON, 
Banker,  Los  Angeles,  Cal.,  was 
born  at  Winston-Salem,  N.  C., 
Oct.  22,  1859,  the  son  of  K.  D. 
Snyder  and  Elizabeth  (Hire)  Sny- 
der.  He  married  May  Ross,  Feb. 
14,  1899,  at  the  Coronado  Hotel,  San  Diego,  Cal. 
Mr.  Snyder  was  educated  in  the  public  schools 
of  North  Carolina,  at  the  Bethany  and  Schylo  Acad- 
emy, and  at  Yadkin  College,  N.  C.  Immediately 
upon  leaving  Yadkin,  in  1880,  he  went  to  Los  An- 
geles. In  1891  he  was  elected  Police  Commissioner 
of  the  city  and  served  until  1894,  when  he  was 
elected  City  Councilman. 

He  served  as  Mayor  of  Los  Angeles  three  times. 
He  held  the  office  during  1897  and  1898,  and  was 
again  elected  in  1900,  serving  two  consecutive 
terms,  and  making  altogether  six  years  in  the  office 
of  chief  executive  of  the  city.  At  the  end  of  his 
third  term  private  affairs  prevented  his  acceptance 
of  another  nomination. 

Los  Angeles  progressed  immeasurably  while  he 
was  Mayor,  and  many  reforms  which  made  a  mod- 
ern city  of  the  Southern  California  metropolis 
originated  with  him.  To  enumerate  these  would  be 
almost  impossible.  One,  however,  in  which  he  took 
a  great  personal  interest  was  the  merging  of  San 
Pedro  and  Wilmington,  Cal.,  with  Los  Angeles,  thus 
giving  the  latter  an  outlet  to  the  sea.  He  was  on 
the  committee  which  brought  about  the  merger. 

Mr.  Snyder  was  a  member  of  the  first  military 
organization  in  Southern  California,  the  Eagle  Core 
Company,  and  is  today  one  of  the  leading  finan- 
ciers. He  is  president  of  the  California  Savings 
Bank,  Lomita  Land  &  Water  Co.,  vice  president 
Western  Building  Investment  Co.,  director  Gardena 
Bank  &  Trust  Co.  and  the  Los  Angeles  Abstract 
&  Trust  Co.  He  is  a  Mason,  Shriner,  Knight  Tem- 
plar, Elk,  and  member  of  the  Jonathan  Club  and 
Los  Angeles  Country  Club. 


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UBBELL,  JOHN  LORENZO,  Ari- 
zona State  Senator  and  Indian 
Trader,  Ganado,  Apache  County. 
Arizona,  was  born  in  Pajanto, 
New  Mexico,  November  27,  1853. 
He  is  of  Danish  and  Spanish 
descent,  the  son  of  Sentiajo  L.  Hubbell  and  Juli- 
anita  (Gutierrez)  Hubbell.  He  married  Lina  Rubi 
at  St.  Johns,  Arizona,  in  June,  1879,  and  to  them 
there  have  been  born  four  children,  Adela  (Mrs. 
Forrest  M.  Parker),  Barbara  (Mrs.  Charles  Good- 
man), Lorenzo  and  Roman  Hubbell.  The  Senator's 
forbears  were  men  of  great  fighting  qualities;  on 
the  paternal  side  he  is  a  lineal  descendant  of 
Danes,  who,  centuries  ago,  won  part  of  England 
from  King  Alfred  the  Great;  his  maternal  ances- 
tors came  out  of  Toledo,  Spain,  three  generations 
back,  and  settled  in  New  Mexico. 

Senator  Hubbell,  who  has  been  a  factor  in  the 
politics  of  Arizona  for  about  forty  years,  is  one 
of  the  most  picturesque  men  of  the  Southwest  and 
a  living  link  between  the  old  and  the  new  order  of 
things.  He  is  practically  self-educated,  his  actual 
schooling  having  been  limited  to  about  nineteen 
months'  attendance  at  St.  Michael's  College,  Santa 
Fe,  New  Mexico,  and  McFarland's  Private  School 
of  the  same  city. 

During  the  early  part  of  his  life  he  worked  with 
his  father,  but  at  the  age  of  eighteen  was  appoint- 
ed Assistant  Postmaster  at  Albuquerque,  New  Mex- 
ico, and  after  about  a  year  in  that  place,  went  to 
Santa  Fe,  where  he  worked  as  clerk  in  the  post- 
office.  In  march,  1872,  he  left  the  Government 
service  and  went  to  work  for  Henry  Reed,  post 
trader  at  Fort  Wingate,  New  Mexico.  Since  that 
time  he  has  spent  practically  all  of  his  life  in  deal- 
ing with  the  Indians  of  the  Arizona  and  New  Mex- 
ico tribes.  He  won  the  friendship  of  the  Indians 
and  others  while  managing  the  Reed  store  at  Fort 
Wingate  and  at  the  end  of  a  year  opened  another 
store  for  his  employer  at  Fort  Defiance,  Arizona. 
After  conducting  this  enterprise  successfully  for 
about  a  year,  the  Senator  resigned  and  rode  across 
the  country  to  Utah,  on  a  horse-buying  expedition. 
During  this  trip  he  stopped  for  a  week  at  the  house 
of  John  D.  Lee,  one  of  the  leaders  in  the  Mountain 
Meadows  massacre,  which  had  occurred  some  years 
previous  to  his  arrival,  and  Lee  was  at  the  time 
being  sought  by  the  authorities.  He  later  paid  the 
penalty  for  his  participation  in  the  attack  on  the 
band  of  travelers  annihilated  on  the  Mountain 
Meadows,  being  executed  on  the  spot  where  the 
massacre  occurred. 

Upon  his  return  to  Fort  Defiance  from  Utah, 
Senator  Hubbell  sold  his  horses  and  took  a  posi- 
tion offered  him  in  the  Government  service  as  in- 
terpreter and  Superintendent  of  Labor,  a  position 
he  held  for  about  three  years.  Leaving  this,  he 
went  to  Albuquerque  and  worked  for  Stober,  Mc- 
Clure  &  Company,  General  Merchants.  He  left  this 
after  more  than  a  year  and  went  to  a  point  thirty- 


five  miles  north  of  Fort  Wingate,  on  the  Navajo  In- 
dian Reservation,  where  he  established  the  first 
trading  store  among  the  Navajos  outside  of  mili- 
tary protection.  A  few  years  later  he  purchased 
a  store  at  Ganado,  and  two  years  later  went  there 
to  manage  it,  with  the  result  that  he  has  made  his 
home  there,  with  the  exception  of  a  few  years, 
ever  since.  His  first  store,  which  was  located  at 
Manuelito  Springs,  in  the  Chusca  Valley,  the  former 
being  named  for  Manuelito,  the  warring  Chief  of 
the  Navajos,  was  sold  out  when  he  moved  to 
Ganado. 

After  six  months  at  this  latter  place,  the  Sena- 
tor felt  the  need  of  the  civilizing  influence  of  the 
white  man's  association,  so  went  to  Albuquerque, 
where,  for  about  a  year,  he  was  with  Stober,  Mc- 
Clure  &  Company,  as  clerk  and  wool  buyer.  In 
1878  the  Senator  opened  a  store  at  St.  Johns,  Ari- 
zona, and  also  became  a  heavy  owner  of  sheep. 
He  was  a  large  operator  in  wool  and  this  fact 
caused  him  to  be  a  central  figure  in  the  war  be- 
tween the  cattle  and  sheepmen  of  that  day,  he  be- 
ing the  leader  of  the  sheep  interests  in  that  section. 

He  maintained  his  store  at  St.  Johns  for  several 
years,  but  closed  it  out  in  the  late  eighties  and 
moved  permanently  to  Ganado,  where  he  makes  his 
headquarters,  supplying  from  there  his  other  four 
stores,  located  at  different  points  in  the  Navajo 
country.  One  of  these  is  at  Ream's  Canyon,  Ari- 
zona, another  at  Oraibe,  Arizona,  the  third  at  Cedar 
Springs,  Arizona,  and  the  fourth  at  Cornfields,  Ari- 
zona. The  Senator  is  known  as  the  greatest  Indian 
trader  of  the  Southwest,  but  few  persons  having 
any  definite  notion  of  the  amount  of  business  he 
handles.  In  the  first  place,  he  enjoys  the  fullest 
confidence  of  the  Indians  and  supplies  them  with 
clothing,  wagons,  farm  implements,  etc.,  receiving 
in  return  blankets,  pottery  and  other  handiwork 
of  the  Red  Men,  which  he  sends  to  the  markets  of 
the  civilized  world.  His  principal  export  is  the 
celebrated  Navajo  Indian  blanket,  the  magnitude 
of  his  operations  being  indicated  by  the  fact  that 
during  the  year  1911  he  handled  more  than  two 
million  pounds  of  freight.  All  of  his  supplies  are 
freighted  by  team,  owing  to  the  fact  that  the  near- 
est railroad  point  is  sixty  miles  from  Ganado.  The 
Senator  maintains  sixty-five  head  of  draft  horses 
and  also  runs  five  mail  routes. 

During  his  long  career  in  the  political  field,  Sen- 
ator Hubbell  has  been  an  advocate  of  justice  for 
the  masses  and  a  keen  supporter  of  the  Republican 
party.  He  was  elected  Sheriff  of  Apache  County  in 
1884  and  served  for  two  years,  during  which  time 
he  was  the  central  figure  of  one  of  the  most  his- 
toric and  dramatic  situations  in  the  political  his- 
tory of  the  United  States.  Shortly  after  taking  of- 
fice, he  went  to  visit  his  store,  100  miles  away  from 
the  County  Seat,  and  during  his  absence  his  polit- 
ical opponents  declared  his  office  vacant  and,  with 
the  aid  of  the  courts,  named  another  to  his  office. 
He  was  notified  of  the  plan  and,  after  riding  100 


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miles  between  suns,  managed  to  arrive  at  his  office 
a  few  hours  before  the  time  for  transferring  it. 

He  knew  his  opponents  had  imported  a  band 
of  heavily-armed  desperate  gun-men,  so  called 
around  himself  a  band  of  determined  men,  supe- 
rior in  number  to  the  opposing  force.  When  he 
appeared  in  court  his  men  were  stationed  at  the 
windows  and  doors;  the  enemy  crowded  the  court- 
room. His  so-called  successor  endeavored  to  as- 
sume authority,  but  Sheriff  Hubbell  stopped  him 
and  demanded  of  the  court  to  know  why  he  had 
been  dispossessed  of  his  office.  The  Judge  offered 
an  explanation  unsatisfactory  to  Hubbell  and  he 
delivered  an  address  to  the  court,  based  on  the  fact 
that  he  had  committed  no  wrong  which  would  justi- 
fy his  removal  and  that  he  could  only  be  removed 
after  a  regular  trial  by  a  jury  of  his  peers.  He 
then  took  possession  of  the  court's  prisoners  and 
placed  them  in  jail.  The  next  day  he  served  no- 
tice upon  the  men  imported  to  aid  in  his  removal 
that  they  must  quit  the  town  within  two  hours. 
This  had  the  desired  effect,  the  men  fled  and  the 
Senator  remained  in  possession  of  his  office  until 
the  expiration  of  his  term.  He  was  a  candidate 
for  re-election,  but  was  defeated,  owing  to  a  com- 
bination of  various  interests  opposed  to  him. 

This  is  but  a  mild  incident  of  one  of  the  most 
exciting  chapters  in  the  history  of  early-day  West- 
ern politics,  wherein  Senator  Hubbell,  hundreds  of 
miles  from  a  railroad,  maintained  peace  and  order 
against  tremendous  odds.  He  was  a  minus  figure 
in  politics  for  several  years  after  leaving  the  Sher- 
iff's office,  but  in  1893  had  won  back  his  previous 
support  and  was  elected  to  the  Territorial  Council 
of  Arizona,  which  corresponds  to  a  State  Senate. 
He  served  one  term  and  then  returned  to  his  busi- 
ness, although  he  continued  as  an  active  factor  in 
the  politics  of  his  county. 

He  was  a  candidate  for  Delegate  to  the  Consti- 
tutional Convention  in  1910,  at  which  the  basic  law 
of  the  State  of  Arizona  was  drafted,  but  was  de- 
feated by  four  votes.  In  the  first  general  election 
the  following  year,  however,  he  ran  for  the  Senate 
and  was  elected  over  the  man  who  had  previously 
defeated  him,  thus  gaining  the  honor  of  being  one 
of  the  first  Senators  of  the  new  State.  He  took 
office  February  14,  1912,  and  has  been  the  leader 
of  the  minority  in  the  Legislature  since,  winning 
numerous  victories  despite  the  great  odds  against 
him. 

During  his  long  career  in  public  life  the  Sen- 
ator has  been  a  persistent  worker  for  the  advance- 
ment of  his  State  and  the  people  within  its  borders. 
In  his  first  term  as  a  Senator  he  fathered  and  car- 
ried to  successful  issue  the  law  providing  water 
protection  for  the  farmers  of  the  State  and  in  the 
present  session  has  championed  all  worthy  legis- 
lation, regardless  of  party,  having  for  its  object  the 
alleviation  of  the  condition  of  the  poor  man.  Being 
of  Spanish  extraction  himself,  he  has  at  all  times 
been  a  fighter  for  the  interests  of  the  Mexican  cit- 


izens of  Arizona  and  made  a  brilliant  fight  against 
the  retention  of  the  educational  qualification,  which 
meant  disfranchisement  for  thousands  of  voters  to 
whom  English  educational  advantages  had  been  de- 
nied. 

The  Senator  is  at  the  present  time  Chairman  of 
the  Republican  State  Central  Committee  and  for 
many  years  has  been  one  of  the  most  influential 
men  in  the  affairs  of  the  party  in  the  Southwest. 

In  the  contest  of  the  Taft  and  Roosevelt  forces 
in  the  State  Convention,  preceding  the  National  Re- 
publican Convention,  of  1912,  he  won  the  delegation 
for  the  former  after  one  of  the  most  remarkable 
campaigns  against  overwhelming  odds  ever  known 
to  the  party.  He  was  chosen  a  member  of  the 
Arizona  Delegation  to  the  Chicago  Convention  that 
year  and  also  went  as  a  Delegate  to  Philadelphia 
in  1900,  when  the  immortal  McKinley  and  Theo- 
dore Roosevelt  were  nominated  for  President  and 
Vice  President,  respectively. 

At  the  Convention  of  1912,  it  will  be  remem- 
bered, there  were  numerous  contesting  delegations 
and  the  deciding  of  these  contests  resulted  in  the 
withdrawing  of  the  Roosevelt  forces  from  the  Con- 
vention and  the  subsequent  organization  of  the 
Bull  Moose  party,  which  named  Roosevelt  and 
Johnson  for  President  and  Vice  President. 

Senator  Hubbell  supported  the  Taft  cause  from 
first  to  last  and  was  active  in  the  President's  be- 
half all  during  the  remarkable  campaign.  In  recog- 
nition of  his  victory  at  the  State  Convention,  Presi- 
dent Taft  caused  to  be  sent  to  Senator  Hubbell  a 
personal  telegram  of  congratulation. 

Senator  Hubbell  is  a  man  of  boundless  gener- 
osity, and  humanitarianism  is  one  of  his  chief  char- 
acteristics. This  has  been  shown  at  various  times 
in  his  career,  particularly  in  seeking  justice  for  the 
Indian  and  the  Spanish-Americans  of  Arizona.  He 
has  appeared  before  Congressional  Committees  on 
various  occasions  in  behalf  of  these  peoples  and 
has  secured  for  them  just  treatment  in  land  and 
other  legislation. 

An  indication  of  the  tenacity  of  purpose  and 
determination  which  are  marked  characteristics 
of  the  Senator  is  presented  in  the  fact  that  he 
labored  before  Congress  for  twenty-four  years  in 
the  effort  to  get  a  bill  passed  giving  him  a  patent 
to  the  land  on  which  his  home  stands  at  Ganado. 
It  is  located  almost  in  the  center  of  the  Navajo 
Indian  Reservation  and  the  Government  was  loath 
to  give  him  possession.  Owing  to  the  facts  that  he 
had  done  so  much  for  the  country  and  its  people, 
however,  and  had  developed  the  land,  installed  ir- 
rigation, etc.,  a  special  bill  was  finally  passed 
granting  him  the  patent  as  a  reward  for  his  work. 

The  Senator  has  so  devoted  his  life  to  business 
and  affairs  of  State  that  he  has  little  time  for  social 
or  fraternal  organizations  and  consequently  does 
not  figure  in  club  circles.  His  only  affiliation  is 
with  the  Benevolent  and  Protective  Order  of  Elks, 
of  which  he  is  a  life  member. 


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UNT,  MYRON,  Architect,  Los 
Angeles,  California,  was  born  on 
February  27,  1868,  at  Sunderland, 
Massachusetts,  his  parents  being 
Myron  Hunt,  ST.,  and  Hannah 
(Miller)  Hunt.  In  1893  he  mar- 
ried Miss  Harriette  H.  Boardman.  Three  sons  and 
a  daughter  have  been  born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hunt. 

After  completing  the  course  of  the  grammar 
schools  in  Chicago,  where  the  family  early  removed, 
and  graduating  at  the  Lake 
View  High  School.  Mr. 
Hunt  attended  the  North- 
western University  for  two 
years  with  the  Class  of  1892, 
from  which  school  he  went 
to  the  Massachusetts  Insti- 
tute of  Technology,  taking 
the  special  course  in 
architecture.  After  com- 
pleting the  special  architec- 
tural course  at  the  Institute, 
Mr.  Hunt  went  to  Europe, 
and  during  1895  and  1896,  by 
actual  view  and  study  of  the 
great  architectural  monu- 
ments, further  prepared  him- 
self for  the  important  works 
which  were  to  come  to  him. 

In  the  beginning  of  his  ca- 
reer Mr.  Hunt  served  as 
draughtsman,  first  for  Hart- 
well  and  Richardson,  archi- 
tects, of  Boston,  entering 
this  work  in  1894.  In  a  sim- 
ilar capacity  he  worked  for 
Jenny  and  Mundie;  for 
Henry  Ives  Cobb,  and  for 
Shepley,  Rutan  and  Coolidge, 
all  well  known  Chicago  firms, 
between  the  years  1897  and 
1899,  when  the  young  man 
found  himself  in  such  posi- 
tion that  he  felt  justified 
in  starting  out  for  him- 
self and  he  began  an  independent  practice  in  Chi- 
cago. This  continued  from  1899  until  1903,  during 
which  period  Mr.  Hunt  made  a  specialty  of  apart- 
ments and  residences.  In  1903  he  moved  from 
Chicago  to  Los  Angeles  as  a  result  of  illness  in  his 
family.  In  1904  he  formed  a  business  partnership 
with  Mr.  Elmer  Grey,  who  had  come  to  Los  An- 
geles from  Milwaukee.  This  partnership  was  dis- 
solved in  October,  1910.  The  result  of  its  work 
can  be  found  in  remarkably  frequent  and  varying 
works  of  beauty  and  practical  adaptability. 

Instances  of  these  achievements  are:  The  Den- 
Jian  warehouses  in  San  Francisco;  additions  to 
the  Mary  Lamb  Hotel  in  Pasadena;  the  Ingraham 
Hotel  of  Los  Angeles;  the  remodeled  Casa  Loma 
Hotel  in  Redlands;  and  of  particular  moment,  the 
residence  of  H.  E.  Huntington,  on  his  property  for- 
merly known  as  the  Shorb  Ranch,  adjacent  to  Pas- 
adena; this  structure  is  possibly  the  most  ambi- 
tious and  complete  private  residence  in  the  State, 
and  is  a  worthy  setting  for  the  varied  art  treasures 
which  its  owner  is  installing  in  it. 

Other  most  delightful  residences  erected  by  the 
firm  of  Hunt  and  Grey  are  those  of  Messrs.  How- 
ard E.  Huntington  at  Oak  Knoll;  H.  S.  McKee, 
Monrovia;  Lee  Phillips,  Los  Angeles;  Walter 


MYRON    HUNT 


Leeds,  Los  Angeles;  G.  W.  Wattles,  Hollywood; 
Dr.  Guy  Cochran,  Los  Angeles;  E.  M.  Neustadt, 
Los  Angeles;  G.  W.  Winter,  Los  Angeles;  R.  C. 
Gillis,  Santa  Monica;  L.  A.  Nares,  Beverly;  H.  W. 
Bailey,  San  Rafael  Heights,  Pasadena;  Dr.  Web- 
ster Merrifield,  in  the  same  locality;  John  J. 
Mitchell,  Pasadena;  S.  P.  Calef,  Santa  Barbara. 
The  erection  of  the  Gillespie  Villa,  Santa  Bar- 
bara, was  also  superintended  by  this  firm  for  New 
York  architects. 

The  firm  also  designed 
the  Throop  Polytechnic  In- 
stitute buildings,  in  Pasa- 
dena, and  the  dormitory  for 
Pomona  College. 

Since  the  dissolution  of 
the  firm  Mr.  Hunt  has  under- 
taken the  erection  of  the  en- 
tire group  of  buildings  for 
Occidental  College,  and  is 
completing  the  unfinished 
Throop  Institute  buildings. 
He  is  also  finishing  for  the 
dissolved  firm  residences  for 
E.  M.  Taylor,  Altadena,  and 
for  E.  F.  Robbins,  Oak  Knoll, 
and  the  First  Congregational 
Church  at  Riverside. 

Mr.  Hunt  is  also  official 
architect  for  Pomona  College, 
Occidental  College,  Whittier 
College,  the  George  Junior 
Republic  and  the  Hotel  Mary- 
land. 

He  is  also  erecting  from 
his  own  designs  notable  resi- 
dences for  Russell  Taylor  in 
Los  Angeles;  for  John  P. 
Wilson,  Pasadena,  and  has 
under  way  at  this  writing  the 
home  for  the  Elks'  Order  at 
Pasadena  and  a  residence  for 
former  U.  S.  Senator  Thomas 
R.  Bard  at  Oxnard. 

The  result  of  Mr.  Hunt's 

having  been  one  of  the  architects  of  Mr.  H.  E.  Hunt- 
ington's  now  famous  San  Gabriel  Valley  residence 
has  been  his  recent  appointment  as  architect  for 
the  preparation  of  the  drawings  looking  toward  the 
improvement  of  an  entire  city  square  measuring 
600  feet  in  each  direction,  at  Main  St.,  Eleventh 
St.,  Twelfth  St.  and  Hill  St.,  in  Los  Angeles,  owned 
by  Mr.  Huntington,  upon  a  portion  of  which  Mr. 
Hunt  is  about  to  erect  for  Mr.  Huntington  a  twelve- 
story  fireproof  steel  office  building,  for  the  use  of 
Mr.  Huntington's  various  corporations  and  sub-cor- 
porations and  for  the  purpose  of  ordinary  office 
rental.  The  building,  measuring  200  feet  square,  is 
a  part  of  a  group  of  buildings  of  such  importance 
that  they  are  destined  to  become  the  nucleus  of 
one  of  the  main  business  centers  of  the  city. 

Mr.  Hunt  is  the  author  of  numerous  architec- 
tural magazine  articles  on  the  subjects  of  apart- 
ments and  also  on  gardens. 

He  is  a  Fellow  of  American  Institute  of  Archi- 
tects ('08),  president  of  the  Architectural  Club  of 
Los  Angeles  and  one  of  the  ex-presidents  of  the 
Southern  California  Chapter  of  the  American  Insti- 
tute of  Architects.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Califor- 
nia Club,  University  Club,  Gamut  Club,  Architec- 
tural Club,  Valley  Hunt,  Twilight  and  Tuna  Clubs. 


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AW,    DR.    H  A  R  T  L  A  N  D, 

President  of  the  Viavi  Com- 
pany, Inc.,  San  Francisco, 
Cal.,  was  born  near  Sheffield, 
England,  July  7,  1858,  son  of 
Crossley  Law  and  Rebecca  (Brown)  Law. 
In  1866  his  parents  brought  him  to  Chicago, 
Illinois,  where,  in  December,  1884,  he  was 
married  to  Miss  Ada  Ward.  The  children  of 
this  marriage  are  Harold 
Ward  and  Hubert  Ed- 
ward Law. 

He  attended  the  public 
schools  of  Chicago, 
Northwestern  College  at 
Naperville,  1879-89,  and 
the  old  Chicago  Univer- 
sity, 1881-92,  paying  his 
way  through  college  by 
selling  sub  scription 
books.  He  was  graduated 
from  Hahnemann  Medi- 
cal College,  San  Francis- 
co, in  1893. 

In  1884  Hartland  Law 
and  his  brother,  H.  E. 
Law,  came  to  San  Fran- 
cisco and  engaged  in  the 
publishing  business  under 
the  firm  name  of  Law, 
King  &  Law.  Subse- 
quently the  firm  moved  to 
Chicago  and  purchased 
the  control  of  the  West- 
ern Publishing  Company, 
but  disposed  of  this  a  lit- 
tle later. 


DR.  HARTLAND   LAW 


an  interesting  ceremonial  event.  He  was 
also  a  member  of  the  original  committee  of 
the  Panama-Pacific  International  Exposi- 
tion, as  well  as  of  the  finance  committee  that 
raised  the  money  to  secure  it,  and  it  was 
largely  through  the  efforts  of  the  Law  Broth- 
ers that  the  Harbor  View  section  was  made 
possible  as  a  site  for  Exposition. 

Dr.  Law  was  a  member  of  the  oringinal 
Greater  San  Francisco 
committee;  he  represent- 
ed the  Merchants'  Asso- 
ciation on  the  committee 
that  secured  the  high- 
pressure  water  system 
for  San  Francisco.  He 
built  the  Crossley  build- 
ing. Seventeen  days  be- 
fore the  earthquake  and 
fire  he  and  his  brother, 
H.  E.  Law,  exchanged 
the  Crossley  and  Rialto 
buildings  and  other  prop- 
erty for  the  Fairmount 
Hotel,  at  that  time  un- 
completed. The  fire  add- 
ed nearly  two  million  dol- 
lars to  the  cost  of  comple- 
tion. The  opening  of  this 
hostelry  was  celebrated 
on  the  first  anniversary 
of  the  fire  by  the  most 
numerously  attended  ban- 
quet ever  served  in  a  San 
Francisco  hotel.  Later 
they  exchanged  back  fhe 
Fairmount  with  Mrs. 


In  1886  Dr.  Law  and  H.  E.  Law  returned 
to  San  Francisco,  and  here  they  originated 
and  developed  the  Viavi  System  of  Treat- 
ment, in  connection  with  which  they  have 
built  up  the  world-wide  business  of  The 
Viavi  Company,  Inc.  Both  Dr.  Law  and  his 
brother  regard  Viavi — The  Viavi  System  of 
Treatment,  a  high  development  of  domestic 
medication — as  their  greatest  achievement 
and  the  most  essential  part  of  their  own  de- 
velopment and  career. 

While  Dr.  Law  has  made  Viavi  his  life 
work,  he  has  been  active  in  public  and  quasi- 
public  matters.  He  was  one  of  the  organiz- 
ers of  the  First  Baptist  Church  of  Berkeley, 
served  a  number  of  years  as  a  director  of  the 
San  Francisco  Young  Men's  Christian  Asso- 
ciation and  was  chairman  of  the  finance  com- 
mittee that  paid  off  the  debt  on  the  old  As- 
sociation building,  the  burning  of  the  mort- 
gage on  which  by  President  Roosevelt  wns 


Herman  Oelrichs,  acquiring  in  the  exchange 
twelve  blocks  of  land  adjoining  the  Fort  Ma- 
son military  reservation,  for  which  they  have 
planned  extensive  harbor  improvements 
Since  the  fire,  also,  Dr.  Law  has  built  a  resi 
dence  in  Presidio  Terrace,  the  Alder  Sanitc- 
rium  building,  has  rebuilt  the  Rialto,  and 
with  his  brother,  has  built  the  Viavi  build- 
ing, on  Pine  street.  All  of  these  are  costly 
buildings  and  architecturally  are  ornaments 
of  San  Francisco.  Dr.  Law  is  one  of  those 
men  who  has  thrown  every  dollar  of  his 
means  into  the  reconstruction  of  the  Bay 
City,  as  much  out  of  loyalty  as  for  reasons  of 
investment,  and  his  faith  has  been  justified. 
He  has  been  president  of  the  Presidio 
Golf  Club,  is  now  president  of  the  San  Fran- 
cisco Tunnel  Association,  Presidio  Terrace 
Association,  director  of  the  Merchants'  As- 
sociation, a  member  of  the  Union  League, 
and  a  thirty-second  degree  Mason. 


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ETTEBONE,   HENRY 

WELLS,  Manufacturing,  Los 
angeles,  Cal.,  was  born  at 
Dorancetown,  Pa.,  September 
4,  1860.  He  is  the  son  of  Ja- 
cob Sharpes  Pettebone  and  Sarah  (William- 
son) Pettebone.  He  married  Bertha  R.  Web- 
ber, since  deceased,  at  Los  Angeles,  Cal., 
March  15,  1899. 

He  is  a  direct  descendant  of  John  Pette- 
bone,   a    French    Hugue-      

not,  who  fled  the  massa- 
cre of  St.  Bartholomew  in 
the  Seventeenth  century ; 
first  settled  in  England, 
and  later,  in  1660,  crossed 
the  Atlantic  and  made  his 
home  at  Windsor,  Conn. 
There,  four  years  later,  he 
married  Sarah  Eggleston. 
Subsequently  he  moved  to 
Simsburg,  Conn.,  where 
he  reared  a  large  family. 
One  of  his  sons,  Noah, 
went  to  Pennsylvania  in 
1769,  settling  in  the  Wy- 
oming Valley;  two  other 
sons  were  killed  in  Indian 
massacres. 

He  was  educated  in  the 
public  schools  of  Pennsyl- 
vania. He  also  studied  in 
the  Wyoming  Commer- 
cial College  until  the 
spring  of  1878,  when  he 
graduated. 

Shortly  after  leaving 
the  college  he  was  com- 


H.  W.  PETTEBONE 


facturing,  and  warehouses  were  soon  neces- 
sary to  house  the  stocks.  At  the  present 
time  the  firm  is  one  of  the  leaders  in  its 
line  in  the  Southwest,  with  a  manufactur- 
ing and  wholesale  trade  of  a  large  volume, 
in  addition  to  its  retail  trade  stores  in  the 
city  of  Los  Angeles. 

Mr.  Pettebone  was  president  of  the  com- 
pany from  its  organization  until  August  1, 
1910,  when  poor  health  forced  him  to  resign. 
He  is  still,  however,  hold- 
ing the  position  of  secre- 
tary, an  office  where  his 
duties  are  not  very  ardu- 
ous. He  is  considered 
in  Los  Angeles  one  of 
its  most  successful  busi- 
ness men,  and  one  of  the 
men  who,  in  a  manufac- 
turing sense,  have  placed 
that  city  on  the  map  of 
the  world. 

He  joined  the  United 
Commercial  Travelers  in 
1895,  at  Fort  Worth,  Tex., 
and  he  has  maintained  his 
membership  to  the  pres- 
ent time. 

His  firm  holds  mem- 
bership in  the  Merchants 
and  Manufacturers'  Asso- 
ciation, a  powerful  organ- 
ization of  the  business 
men  of  Los  Angeles,  who 
sway  public  opinion  and 
legislation. 

He  is  also  a  member 
of  the  Chamber  of  Com- 


pelled to  move  to  Colorado  for  his  health. 
He  obtained  employment  with  the  firm  of  R. 
Douglas  and  Company  as  traveling  salesman, 
and  remained  with  them,  with  his  headquar- 
ters in  Denver,  until  the  year  1889. 

In  that  year  he  resigned  to  become  trav- 
eling salesman  for  the  St.  Louis  Glass  and 
Queensware  Company.  He  was  assigned  to 
the  Southwestern  territory.  In  this  position 
he  continued  to  work  until  June  17,  1897, 
when  he  took  up  his  permanent  residence  at 
Los  Angeles,  California. 

In  that  city  he  was  first  employed  by  the 
W.  G.  Hutchison  Company,  manufacturers 
of  gas  and  electric  fixtures.  In  their  employ- 
ment he  worked  until  November,  1901,  when 
he  became  one  of  the  organizers  of  the  Forve- 
Pettebone  Company,  gas  and  electric  fixture 
retailers. 

This  partnership  prospered  in  the  ensuing 
years.  To  the  retail  trade  was  added  manu- 


merce,  and  is  always  in  line  with  the  pro- 
gressives of  that  enterprising  public  body. 
The  Municipal  League,  which  is  deeply  in- 
terested in  clean  politics  and  in  the  general 
welfare  of  Los  Angeles,  is  another  outlet  for 
his  public  spirit. 

He  is  an  owner  of  property  in  Los  An- 
geles and  has  invested  his  spare  capital  in 
local  enterprises.  He  is  a  firm  believer  in  the 
future  greatness  of  his  city. 

He  has  a  summer  home  at  Venice,  the 
nearest  beach  to  Los  Angeles,  and  spends 
the  greater  part  of  the  year  at  that  residen- 
tial resort.  He  is  a  great  enthusiast  on  the 
subject  of  surf  bathing,  and  in  his  fight  for 
health  has  become  a  great  devotee  of  swim- 
ming and  outdoor  sports  in  general. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Jonathan  Club, 
life  member  of  the  Los  Angeles  Athletic 
Club,  a  Mason,  a  Knight  Templar  and  a 
Shriner. 


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HAPPELL,  DELOS  ALLEN,  Civil 
Engineer  and  Capitalist,  Los  An- 
geles, California,  was  born  in  Wil- 
liamson, Wayne  County,  New 
York,  April  29,  1846,  the  son  of 
Allen  Darwin  Chappell  and  Lydia 
DeLano  (Hart)  Chappell.  He  married  Miss  May  C. 
Hastings  at  Trinidad,  Colorado,  December  19,  1883, 
and  to  them  there  were  born  two  children,  Jean 
Louise  and  Delos  Allen  Chappell,  Jr. 

The  record  of  Mr.  Chappell's  ancestors  is  rich 
in  historical  data,  the  various  generations  having 
been  represented  in  the  Revolutionary,  Mexican 
and  Civil  Wars.  The  founder  of  the  family  in 
America  was  George  Chappell  of  London,  England, 
who  came  over  in  the  ship  "Christian"  in  the 
spring  of  1634.  He  located  at  Windsor,  Connecti- 
cut, but  moved  in  1649  to  New  London,  Connecti- 
cut, where  one  branch  of  the  family  still  resides. 
The  paternal  grandmother  of  Mr.  Chappell  was 
Betsy  Allen,  niece  of  Colonel  Ethan  Allen,  a  Ver- 
monter  whose  achievements  in  the  Revolutionary 
War  form  one  of  the  most  stirring  chapters  in 
American  history.  Mr.  Chappell's  father  was  born 
in  Vermont,  but  later  moved  to  New  York  State, 
where  he  was  a  prosperous  farmer  and  held  a  com- 
mission as  Captain  under  Governor  William  H. 
Seward  of  that  State.  He  died  in  1899  in  his  eighty- 
fourth  year. 

Mr.  Chappell's  wife  was  also  descended  of 
Colonial  stock,  the  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Alonzo 
Hastings,  formerly  of  Lexington,  Massachusetts. 
Nineteen  of  her  relatives  were  among  the  historic 
"Minute  Men"  in  the  first  battle  of  the  Revolution, 
fought  on  Lexington  Common,  April  19,  1775.  Mrs. 
Chappell  died  July  8,  1912. 

Mr.  Chappell,  looked  upon  as  one  of  the  factors 
in  the  industrial  growth  of  the  country  west  of 
the  Rockies,  spent  his  boyhood  on  a  farm  in  Michi- 
gan, whither  his  family  had  moved  from  New  York. 
He  attended  a  public  school  in  the  vicinity  of 
Kalamazoo,  Michigan,  until  he  was  fourteen  years 
of  age,  then  went  to  Olivet  College,  where  he  pre- 
pared for  entrance  to  the  University  of  Michigan. 
He  enrolled  in  the  University  in  1866  and  studied 
there  two  terms,  when  he  was  compelled  to  give 
up  his  college  work  and  remain  on  his  father's 
farm,  the  elder  Chappell  having  been  incapacitated 
through  an  accident. 

For  the  next  five  years  Mr.  Chappell  managed 
the  farm,  but  kept  up  his  studies  at  home,  and  in 
1873  had  affairs  in  such  shape  that  he  was  able 
to  go  to  Chicago,  Illinois,  and  engage  in  business. 
He  began  as  an  Engineer  and  Contractor  and  for 
several  years  enjoyed  unusual  success,  his  work 
taking  him  to  various  parts  of  the  Middle  West, 
and  on  some  occasions,  into  New  England. 

In  1879  at  the  behest  of  the  citizens  of  Trinidad, 
Colorado,  Mr.  Chappell  made  his  first  trip  to  the 
then  far  West.  He  began  operations  by  building, 
from  his  own  plans  and  with  his  own  resources, 
the  first  water  works  system  of  Trinidad,  and 
through  this  gave  a  great  impetus  to  building  in 
that  place.  He  spent  much  time  in  Colorado  during 
the  next  few  years  and  became  so  impressed  with 
the  promise  of  the  country  that  in  1883,  after  ten 
years  of  successful  operation  in  Chicago,  he  closed 
his  offices  in  the  latter  place  and  moved  to  Trini- 
dad. Since  that  time  he  has  been  an  active  and 
important  factor  in  business  in  the  western  part 
of  the  United  States. 

One  of  his  earliest  ventures  was  the  purchase 
of  a  quarter  interest  in  the  First  National  Bank  of 


Trinidad,  and  about  the  same  time  he  became  in- 
terested in  coal  and  coke  development  in  Southern 
Colorado.  Later,  Mr.  Chappell  was  one  of  a  group 
of  financiers  who  acquired  about  thirty  thousand 
acres  of  coal  lands,  divided  among  several  mines 
located  in  Las  Animas,  Huerfano  and  Fremont 
Counties.  These  were  later  merged  under  the  name 
of  the  Victor  Fuel  Company,  and  Mr.  Chappell  be- 
came one  of  the  directing  forces  of  the  corporation. 
The  headquarters  of  the  company  were  located  in 
Denver  and  Mr.  Chappell,  after  disposing  of  the 
Trinidad  Water  Works  to  the  city,  moved  his  home 
to  the  Colorado  capital. 

In  Denver  as  in  Trinidad,  Mr.  Chappell  soon 
became  known  as  one  of  the  progressive  business 
men  and  the  Victor  Fuel  Company  was  considered 
the  largest  enterprise  of  its  kind  in  the  State.  Mr. 
Chappell  first  located  in  Denver  in  1898,  and  four 
years  later,  in  the  middle  of  the  year  1902,  organ- 
ized the  Capitol  National  Bank.  He  was  associated 
with  H.  J.  Alexander  in  this  venture. 

In  1905  after  more  than  twenty  years  of  active 
business  life  in  Colorado,  Mr.  Chappell  decided  to 
take  a  long  rest,  and  in  order  to  be  absolutely  free 
from  business  cares,  sold  his  interest  in  the  Victor 
Fuel  Company  to  John  C.  Osgood,  a  noted  Colorado 
financier  known  as  one  of  the  "Big  Four"  of  the 
Colorado  Fuel  &  Iron  Company  group  of  capitalists. 
Going  at  once  to  Europe,  Mr.  Chappell  traveled  for 
two  years,  returning  to  Denver  in  1907. 

Shortly  after  his  return  Mr.  Chappell  was 
elected  President  of  the  Nevada-California  Power 
Company  and  the  Hydro-Electric  Company,  and  for 
the  last  five  years  has  devoted  himself  almost  ex- 
clusively to  the  affairs  of  these  companies,  which 
are  engaged  in  electric  light  and  power  projects 
of  great  magnitude  in  Nevada  and  Southern  Cali- 
fornia. These  companies,  since  their  formation, 
have  constructed  various  long-distance  high-power 
transmission  lines  supplying  light  and  power  to 
Goldfield,  Rawhide,  and  other  parts  of  Nevada,  and 
now  has  in  course  of  construction,  through  the 
Southern  Sierras  Power  Company,  a  subsidiary,  a 
high-voltage  transmission  line  from  Bishop  to  San 
Bernardino,  California.  This  line,  two  hundred  and 
forty  miles  in  length,  is  at  this  writing,  the  longest 
of  its  kind  in  the  world  and  Mr.  Chappell,  as  one 
of  the  executive  forces  and  engineering  experts  of 
the  company,  has  had  a  large  part  in  its  planning 
and  building. 

In  order  to  be  closer  to  the  base  of  operations 
on  the  Bishop-San  Bernardino  line,  Mr.  Chappell 
moved  his  offices  to  Los  Angeles  in  1911  and  has 
been  there  almost  continuously  since.  Prior  to 
that,  he  had  been  accusomed  to  spend  a  part  of 
each  year  in  Southern  California,  although  he  main- 
tained his  permanent  residence  in  Denver. 

Mr.  Chappell  has  other  interests  outside  of  the 
power  companies  and  devotes  to  them  a  part  of  his 
time  and  energies.  Although  he  is  past  sixty-six 
years  of  age,  Mr.  Chappell  still  devotes  many  hours 
a  day  to  his  business  and  performs  his  duties  with 
the  same  vim  and  decision  as  characterized  his 
efforts  at  the  outset  of  his  business  career  in  Colo- 
rado. He  is  generally  regarded  as  one  of  the  au- 
thorities in  practical  engineering  and  in  the  man- 
agement of  his  various  corporations  has  been  noted 
for  his  unusual  executive  ability  and  faculty  for 
organization. 

Mr.  Chappell  is  a  member  of  various  organiza- 
tions in  the  West,  including  the  Denver  Club,  Den- 
ver Country  Club,  and  the  Santa  Barbara  (Cal.) 
Country  Club. 


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ANKERSHIM,  COLONEL 
JAMES  BOON,  Capitalist, 
Los  Angeles,  Cal.,  was  born 
at  Charleston,  Mo.,  March  24, 
1850.  His  father  was  Isaac 
Lankershim,  a  native  of  Bavaria,  and  his 
mother  Annis  L.  (Moore)  Lankershim.  Isaac 
Lankershim  was  one  of  the  early  land  holders 
of  California  and  on  settling  there  in  1860  se- 
cured some  of  the  finest 
ranching  lands  in  that 
State.  Colonel  Lanker- 
shim married  Caroline  A. 
Jones  at  Los  Angeles  in 
1881.  Of  the  union  there 
are  John  I.  and  Doria 
Constance  Lankershim. 

Colonel  Lankershim  spent 
his  early  boyhood  in  his 
native  State,  and  at  the 
age  of  ten  moved  with  his 
father  to  San  Francisco, 
where  the  latter  became 
engaged  in  land  enter- 
prises. His  early  educa- 
tion was  obtained  in  the 
public  and  high  schools 
and  in  the  Collegiate 
School  of  San  Francisco, 
from  which  he  graduated. 
Upon  finishing  his  stud- 
ies, Colonel  Lankershim 
took  charge  of  one  of  his 
father's  ranches,  located 
near  Fresno,  consisting  of 
15,000  acres.  He  contin- 
ued in  the  capacity  of 
manager  of  that  ranch  for  one  year,  conduct- 
ing general  farming  and  the  raising  of  live- 
stock. In  1870  he  left  Fresno  to  take  charge  of 
the  "El  Cahone  Rancho,"  located  near  San  Die- 
go. This  wonderful  grant  had  approximately 
48,000  acres  of  land,  which  Colonel  Lankershim 
utilized  for  grazing  his  stock. 

In  1872  he  moved  to  Los  Angeles,  where  he 
has  since  made  his  permanent  home.  On  his 
arrival  in  that  city  he  took  charge  of  the  Lan- 
kershim holdings  known  as  the  famous  "San 
Fernando  Rancho,"  covering  60,000  acres  in 
the  San  Fernando  Valley. 

In  1885  he  built  the  beautiful  Lankershim 
residence  in  Los  Angeles.  He  still  managed 
the  "San  Fernando  Rancho,"  but  devoted  his 
time  largely  to  the  Los  Angeles  property.  Two 
years  later  he  made  the  first  sub-division  of  the 
San  Fernando  Rancho,  cutting  off  12,000  acres 
into  smaller  tracts.  He  held  the  remaining 
48,000  acres  of  land  until  1910,  when  the  fam- 


COL.  J.  B.  LANKERSHIM 


ily  estate  was  divided,  and  sold  it  at  that  time 
to  the  Lankershim- Van  Nuys  Land  Company, 
which  is  today  sub-dividing  and  selling  in 
smaller  tracts. 

Being  a  successful  business  man  and  a  pub- 
lic-spirited citizen,  his  arrival  in  Los  Angeles 
City  was  a  step  forward  in  the  business  life  of 
that  place.  In  1886  he  was  elected  President 
of  the  Main  Street  Savings  Bank,  and  contin- 
ued in  that  office  until  his 
retirement  in  1900.  In 
1890  he  erected  the  Lan- 
kershim Building,  Third 
and  Spring  Streets,  in 
which  he  still  retains  of- 
fices. He  organized  the 
Los  Angeles  Farming  and 
Milling  Company,  and  in 
1905  built  the  beautiful 
Lankershim  Hotel,  which 
stands  today  as  one  of  the 
finest  hotels  in  Southern 
California.  He  erected 
the  San  Fernando  Build- 
ing in  1908,  and  three 
years  later  added  two 
stories  to  this  structure. 

In  1907  Colonel  Lanker- 
shim was  elected  President 
of  the  Bank  of  Southern 
California,  but  resigned 
two  years  later  to  look 
after  his  private  affairs. 
He  has  been  endeavoring 
to  retire  since  1900,  and 
now  devotes  his  time  to 
little  other  than  his  exten- 
sive private  interests.  He  was  Park  Commis- 
sioner of  Los  Angeles  under  Mayor  M.  P. 
Snyder,  and  was  a  Los  Angeles  delegate  to 
Washington  in  the  interest  of  San  Pedro  Har- 
bor. He  organized  the  Los  Angeles  Cavalry 
Troop  under  Governor  Gage  and  was  ap- 
pointed Captain  of  that  organization.  Under 
Governor  Pardee  he  was  made  Colonel  of  the 
Staff  of  the  National  Guard  of  California. 

He  has  toured  the  world  on  several  occa- 
sions, and  has  spent  much  of  his  time  of  late 
years  in  London,  Paris  and  Berlin.  He  is 
well  informed  on  the  antique  mosques  of 
India  and  the  ruins  of  Greece  and  Rome, 
having  made  them  a  serious  study. 

Colonel  Lankershim  is  a  member  of  the  Cal- 
ifornia, Jonathan,  Union  League  and  Los  An- 
geles Athletic  Clubs  of  Los  Angeles  and  the 
Bohemian  and  Union  League  Clubs  of  San 
Francisco;  32d  degree  Mason,  also  member 
Gamut  and  Ellis  Clubs  of  Los  Angeles. 


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ETSON,  WIL'LIAM 
HENRY,  Lawyer,  San  Fran- 
cisco, Cal.,  was  born  in  that 
city,  March  18,  1863,  the  son 
of  John  E.  Metson  and  Eliza- 
beth Wigglesworth  (Fanning)  Metson.  His 
paternal  American  ancestors  were  Quakers, 
while  on  the  maternal  side  he  is  of  combined 
Irish  and  German  descent.  In  April,  1893, 
he  was  married,  in  San 
Francisco,  to  Miss  Jose- 
phine Kercheval,  and  is 
the  father  of  Wilfred 
Graham  Metson. 

For  a  while  he  attend- 
ed the  public  schools  of 
San  Francisco,  but  when 
very  young  moved  to 
Virginia  City,  Nevada, 
where  he  entered  the  Gold 
Hill  High  School.  In 
1879,  at  the  age  of  six- 
teen, he  went  to  Bodie 
and  began  the  study  of 
the  law  in  the  office  of 
the  Hon.  Patrick  Reddy. 
When  the  latter  opened 
offices  in  San  Francisco 
Mr.  Metson  accompanied 
him,  and  while  continu- 
ing his  studies  under  Mr. 
Reddy's  direction  he  also 
became  a  student  in  the 
Hastings  College  of  the 
Law,  from  which  he  was 
graduated  in  1886.  Im- 
mediately thereafter  he 
began  the  practice  of  his  profession  in  Mr. 
Reddy's  offices. 

In  November,  1889,  Mr.  Metson  became 
a  member  of  the  firm  of  Reddy,  Campbell  & 
Metson,  and  until  1900  was  an  active  partner 
of  this  successful  combination.  During  these 
years,  although  he  sought  no  political  prefer- 
ment, he  was  honored  by  appointments  under 
both  Democratic  and  Republican  Governors. 
He  was  Yosemite  Park  Commissioner  under 
Governors  Budd,  Gage  and  Pardee.  Subse- 
quently he  was  President  of  the  San  Fran- 
cisco Park  Commission,  through  the  adminis- 
trations of  various  mayors,  and  still  holds 
this  position.  During  these  years  also  he 
was  a  lieutenant  in  the  National  Guard. 

His  reputation  as  a  successful  mining 
lawyer  created  a  demand  for  his  services  in 
the  extensive  litigation  that  followed  the 
opening  of  the  Nome  gold  fields,  and  in  the 
spring  of  1900  he  went  to  Alaska.  There  he 


W.  H.  METSON 


not  only  acquired  valuable  mining  interests, 
but  also  helped  to  make  history  as  the  lead- 
ing counsel  for  the  Pioneer  Mining  Company 
in  the  famous  -cases  that  grew  out  of  the  at- 
tempt of  some  politicians,  headed  by  Alex- 
ander McKenzie,  to  defraud  the  holders  of 
certain  claims  of  their  property.  His  decision 
and  firmness,  especially  in  rejecting  all  over- 
tures for  a  compromise,  had  much  to  do 
with  the  ultimate  tri- 
umph of  his  clients. 

Since  this  experience 
in  Alaska  Mr.  Metson 
has  considerably  enlarged 
his  field  of  operations  and 
established  a  reputation 
not  only  as  an  able  law- 
yer but  also  as  a  success- 
ful financier.  His  mining 
interests  include  valuable 
holdings  in  California, 
Nevada,  Washington  and 
Alaska.  Beyond  this  he 
has  branched  into  farm- 
ing and  agriculture,  and 
as  principal  owner  of  the 
Goetjen  -  Metson  Com- 
pany he  is  possessor  of 
rich  farm  lands  on  the 
Sacramento  River,  sup- 
plying asparagus,  beans 
and  other  vegetables  to 
the  markets  of  the  world. 
Through  the  various 
changes  of  the  firm's  title 
he  has  retained  his  part- 
nership, until  today  he  is 
senior  member  of  the  present  firm  of  Metson, 
Drew  &  McKenzie.  Conspicuous  among  his 
celebrated  cases  was  his  defense  of  ex-Mayor 
Schmitz,  during  the  so-called  "graft  prosecu- 
tion," and  it  was  largely  through  his  efforts 
that  the  indictments  against  Schmitz  were 
declared  invalid. 

His  extensive  financial,  as  well  as  legal 
connections,  have  led  to  directorships  in  a 
number  of  important  corporations  in  and  out 
of  the  State,  among  the  latter  of  which  may 
be  mentioned  the  Scandinavian  Bank  of 
Seattle.  Like  other  active  men,  he  has  his 
hobbies  and  recreations.  Horses,  riding,  fish- 
ing and  hunting  are  chief  among  these,  and 
in  the  pursuit  of  the  last  mentioned  he  is  a 
member  of  a  number  of  gun  clubs.  His  other 
clubs  are  the  Pacific-Union,  Bohemian  and 
Union  League  of  San  Francisco.  He  is  also 
a  past  president,  as  well  as  a  past  grand  trus- 
tee, of  the  Native  Sons  of  the  Golden  West. 


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ANZIGER,  JAKE  MORRIS, 
Attorney  and  Oil  Operator, 
Los  Angeles,  California,  was 
born  in  New  York  City,  May 
7,  1882.  His  father  was  Mor- 
ris Danziger  and  his  mother  Lena  (Mendel- 
son)  Danziger.  At  Salt  Lake  City,  Utah, 
July  25,  1900,  he  married  Daisy  C.  Canfield, 
by  which  marriage  there  are  two  children, 

Daisy  Canfield  and  Beth     

Chloe  Danziger. 

M  r.  Danziger  was 
taken  to  Los  Angeles, 
California,  when  he  was 
one  year  old  and  obtained 
his  education  in  the  pub- 
lic schools  of  that  city, 
later  taking  a  course  at 
the  Los  Angeles  Poly- 
technic High  School.  He 
studied  law  at  the  Uni- 
versity of  Southern  Cali- 
fornia. 

After  further  studies 
in  law  he  was  admitted  to 
the  Bar  in  Los  Angeles, 
October,  1903,  when  he 
immediately  went  into 
practice  for  himself,  and 
since  that  time  has  be- 
come one  of  the  most 
prominent  corporation  at- 
torneys on  the  Pacific 
Coast. 

In  1905,  Mr.  Danziger 
became  associated  as 
counsel  with  a  coterie  of 


J.  M.  DANZIGER 


oil  and  petroleum  men  and  now  is  one  of  the 
most  important  factors  in  that  line  in  the 
Southwest.  He  is  associated  with  C.  A.  Can- 
field,  E.  L.  Doheny,  Dr.  Norman  Bridge  and 
others,  whose  names  are  linked  with  the  dis- 
covery and  development  of  oil  fields,  both  in 
Southern  California  and  in  old  Mexico. 

His  first  work  was  in  the  Golden  State  as 
legal  adviser  for  C.  A.  Canfield.  When  Mr. 
Canfield  and  his  associate  turned  their  money 
into  Mexico,  for  the  development  of  the  large 
properties  of  the  Mexican  Petroleum  Com- 
pany, he  became  interested  with  them.  The 
operations  in  Mexico  cover  a  wide  range  of 
territory  and  the  properties  are  regarded  as 
some  of  the  best  investments  in  the  repub- 
lic of  the  South.  Another  important  en- 
terprise controlled  by  these  men  is  the 
Mexican  National  Gas  Company,  of  Mex- 
ico City,  the  corporation  having  installed 
a  modern  gas  plant  in  the  capital  city, 


which  now  furnishes  all  the  gas  used  there. 
These  properties  represent  investments  of 
millions  of  dollars.  It  would  seem  that  these 
works  alone  would  be  enough  to  keep  a  man 
busy,  but  Mr.  Danziger  is  one  of  the  kind 
that  thrives  on  hard  work  and  he  counts 
among  his  activities  nearly  a  score  of  cor- 
porations. 

In  1906  he  was  made  counsel  for  the  oil 
department  of  the  Santa 
Fe  Railroad,  retaining  his 
position  with  them  until 
1909,  when  he  resigned  to 
devote  his  entire  attenv 
tion  to  the  furtherance  of 
the  companies  in  which  he 
was  interested. 

Mr.  Danziger  became 
the  manager  of  the  Land 
Department  of  the  Amer- 
ican Oilfields  Company  on 
its  organization  and  has 
since  been  interested 
largely  in  that  company. 
He  also  looks  after  the 
legal  phases  of  the  com- 
pany's business. 

His  work  at  the  pres- 
ent time  is  entirely  in  the 
interest  of  oil  and  petrol- 
eum corporations ;  the 
American  Oilfields  Com- 
pany, the  Mexican  Petrol- 
eum Company,  and  the 
National  Oil  and  Gypsum 
Company  being  among 
the  prominent  ones.  He 


is  manager  of  the  Land  Department  and  a  di- 
rector in  the  first  named  company,  is  a  direc- 
tor in  the  Herastein  Petroleum  Company, 
manager  of  the  Bankers'  Oil  Company,  presi- 
dent of  both  the  Ruby  and  Opal  Oil  Compa- 
nies, is  the  treasurer  of  the  Jade  Oil  Compa- 
ny, and  a  director  in  the  Mexican  National 
Gas  Company.  He  is  also  treasurer  of  the 
Sapphire  Oil  Company. 

Interested  as  he  is  in  so  many  progres- 
sive concerns,  it  is  a  natural  sequence  that 
Mr.  Danziger  should  be  regarded  as  one  of 
the  upbuilders  of  the  Southwest.  He  has 
aided  materially  in  any  movement  that  had 
for  its  object  the  betterment  of  Los  Angeles. 

Mr.  Danziger  is  a  member  of  the  L.  A. 
Athletic  Club,  the  Sierra  Madre  Country 
Club,  is  a  Scottish  Rite  Mason,  thirty-second 
degree,  and  a  member  of  the  Elks  Lodge  No. 
99.  He  is  a  Shriner  and  is  a  Republican  in 
politics. 


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EARSON,  BENJAMIN 
FRANKLIN,  General  Super- 
intendent of  the  California 
Edison  Company,  Los  An- 
geles, California,  was  born  in 
Middlesex  County,  England,  September  19, 
1868,  a  descendant  of  the  distinguished  old 
Pearson  family  of  Salopia.  His  father  was 
Benjamin  Pearson  and  his  mother  Sarah 
Louis  (Maile)  Pearson. 
He  married  Florence 
Louise  Wyatt  at  Red- 
lands,  California,  July  30, 
1892,  by  which  union 
there  are  two  sons,  Harols 
Benjamin  and  Robert 
Rolland  Pearson. 

Mr.  Pearson  was  edu- 
cated in  St.  Mary's 
School,  of  Cowley,  and 
the  Uxbridge  Grammar 
School,  England. 

At  the  age  of  fourteen 
yea»rs  Mr.  Pearson  was 
apprenticed  to  the  Grand 
Junction  Company  of 
England  as  a  steam  en- 
gineer and  fitter.  He 
made  a  study  of  steam 
and  mechanical  engineer- 
ing and  at  the  early  age  of 
eighteen  years  held  a  ma- 
rine license  under  the 
London  Board  of  Exam- 
iners. He  remained  in 
England  until  he  was 
twenty  years  of  age, 
when  he  decided  to  cross  the  Atlantic  with 
the  determination  to  build  a  career  in  the 
United  States. 

During  one  and  a  half  years  he  followed 
various  occupations  throughout  Europe  and 
the  United  States,  arriving  in  Los  Angeles  in 
January,  1889.  He  was  then  following  steam 
and  sanitary  engineering  as  a  profession  and 
in  1896  began  specialization  in  Hydro-Elec- 
tric work. 

In  1896,  Mr.  Pearson  entered  the  employ 
of  the  Southern  California  Edison  Company, 
with  which  corporation  he  has  been  identified 
for  fifteen  years.  Beginning  with  the  com- 
pany at  the  lowest  rung  of  the  ladder  he  did 
not  hesitate  to  engage  in  laboring  work,  be- 
ing determined  to  ground  himself  thoroughly 
in  what  has  become  one  of  the  most  import- 
ant engineering  and  industrial  factors  in  the 
United  States.  During  the  years  following 
he  was  repeatedly  advanced  through  all  the 


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grades,  owing  to  his  mechanical  and  execu- 
tive ability,  until  he  was  appointed  General 
Superintendent  of  that  great  corporation. 

He  has  devoted  almost  all  of  his  attention 
to  the  success  of  the  corporation,  dealing 
fairly  with  everyone,  using  his  ability  to  its 
fullest  extent  in  the  interest  of  the  company. 
Mr.  Pearson  has  always  been  identified 
with  the  Republican  party  while  at  the  same 
time  being  in  sympathy 
with  any  non-partisan  or 
partisan  progressive  pol- 
icy. He  stands  squarely 
for  the  people  and  boasts 
that  he  would  rather  be 
known  as  a  friend  of  "the 
man  who  works"  than 
anything  else.  He  is 
honest  and  fearless  in  the 
stand  he  takes  with  ref- 
erence to  his  beliefs  and 
the  principles  he  consid- 
ers essential  in  public  or 
patriotic  private  life. 

Mr.  Pearson  still  is  in 
the  prime  of  life  and 
works  on  an  average  of 
eighteen  hours  a  day.  He 
is  well  known  as  a  phil- 
anthropist throughout 
Southern  California,  and 
after  his  day's  work  is 
done,  devotes  his  spare 
hours  to  helping  those 
who  are  not  so  fortunate 
as  he.  He  has  spent  a 
number  of  years  in  tem- 
perance and  rescue  work  and  has  started  hun- 
dreds of  men  in  the  right  direction — always 
ready  to  extend  a  helping  hand  to  any  man 
"down  and  out." 

He  has  been  instrumental  in  liberating  on 
parole  scores  of  prisoners  from  San  Quentin 
and  Folsom  prisons  in  California,  and  is  fa- 
miliarly known  to  the  great  majority  as  "Un- 
cle Ben."  Due  to  his  efforts,  hundreds  of 
men  have  been  turned  from  lives  of  crime  and 
placed  on  the  right  track;  and  those  who 
were  a  charge  to  the  state  are  now  enjoying 
the  privileges  of  citizenship,  wage  earners 
and  supporting  their  families. 

In  the  early  part  of  1911,  he  was  appointed 
by  Governor  Johnson  a  Trustee  of  the  Whit- 
tier  State  Reform  School.  He  is  a  director 
of  the  Union  and  City  Rescue  Missions  and 
of  the  Prison  Parole  League. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  American  Insti- 
tute of  Electrical  Engineers. 


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RNOLD,  RALPH,  Consulting  Geol- 
ogist and  Petroleum  Engineer,  Los 
Angeles,  California,  and  New  York 
City,  was  born  in  Marshalltown, 
Iowa,  April  14,  1875,  the  son  of 
Delos  Arnold,  a  native  of  New 
York  State,  and  Hannah  Richardson  (Mercer)  Ar- 
nold, of  Ohio.  He  married  Frankie  Winninette 
Stokes,  daughter  of  Frank  Stokes  and  Oraletta 
(Newell)  Stokes,  of  South  Pasadena,  California, 
July  12,  1899.  Mr.  Arnold's  father  was  one  of  the 
early  pioneers-  of  Iowa  and  later  in  life  attained 
distinction  in  scientific  and  political  circles. 

When  he  was  about  five  years  of  age,  Mr. 
Arnold's  parents  transferred  their  home  to  Cali- 
fornia, locating  at  Pasadena,  and  he  has  maintained 
his  residence  in  that  city  ever  since.  From  his 
early  childhood,  a  considerable  part  of  which  was 
spent  in  traveling,  Mr.  Arnold  took  a  deep  interest 
in  scientific  subjects  and  in  this  was  encouraged 
by  his  parents,  with  the  result  that  almost  his  en- 
tire life  has  been  devoted  to  science  and  he  stands 
today  among  the  distinguished  scientific  men  of  the 
United  States.  His  first  efforts  were  along  the 
lines  of  ornithology  and  oology,  and  as  a  result  of 
these  early  studies  he  still  retains  one  of  the  finest 
collections  of  California  birds  and  eggs  in  that 
State.  His  general  education  was  thorough  and 
complete.  Beginning  with  attendance  in  the  gram- 
mar schools  of  Pasadena,  California,  he  was  grad- 
uated from  the  Pas-adena  High  School  in  1894  and 
from  Throop  Polytechnic  Institute  in  1896.  He  re- 
ceived the  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Arts  from  Leland 
Stanford,  Jr.  University  in  1899,  Master  of  Arts  in 
1900,  and  Doctor  of  Philosophy  in  1902. 

Mr.  Arnold  was  Assistant  in  Mineralogy  at  Stan- 
ford University  1898-1899,  and  Assistant  in  Geology 
1900-1903;  Physical  Director  and  Instructor  in 
Physics  and  Chemistry  at  Hoitt's  School,  Menlo 
Park,  California,  1899-1900.  He  held  an  appoint- 
ment as  Field  Assistant  on  the  U.  S.  Geological 
Survey  from  1900-1903,  and  beginning  with  1903  de- 
voted his  entire  time  to  this  bureau,  holding  the 
position  of  Geologic  Aid  1903-1905,  Paleontologist 
1905-1908,  Geologist  1908-1909.  His  work  for  the 
Government  included  a  reconnaissance  of  the  Ter- 
tiary formations  of  the  Pacific  Coast  of  the  United 
States,  and  following  this  he  was  put  in  charge  of 
the  Government's  investigations  in  the  California 
oil  fields.  Mr.  Arnold  resigned  from  the  Govern- 
ment service  on  June  1,  1909,  and  since  that  time 
the  sphere  of  his  professional  activities  has  grad- 
ually expanded  to  include  most  of  the  oil  fields  of 
the  United  States,  Mexico  and  South  America. 

During  the  time  he  has  been  in  private  practice, 
Mr.  Arnold,  in  addition  to  his  strictly  technical  ac- 
tivities, has  assisted  in  devising  plans-  for  financing 
several  large  enterprises,  a  class  of  work  requiring 
the  highest  type  of  engineering  and  financial  abil- 
ity. In  his  professional  capacity  he  has  rendered 
service  to  many  individual  oil  companies  and  syn- 
dicates, many  of  them  of  foreign  personnel,  and  has 
been  connected  with  most  of  the  important  Cali- 
fornia oil  deals  consummated  within  recent  years. 

Among  his  more  important  works  have  been  the 
preparation  of  reports  and  appraisals  used  in 
financing  the  following:  Union  Oil  Company  of 
California,  Esperanza  Consolidated  Oil  Company 
(now  the  General  Petroleum  Company),  Palmer 
Union  Oil  Company,  Midwest  Oil  Company  (of 
Wyoming),  various  companies  controlled  by  W.  P. 
Hammon  in  California  and  John  Hays  Hammond  in 
Mexico,  and  properties  held  under  option  by  the 
South  African  Gold  Fields,  Ltd.,  in  Trinidad.  The 


listing  of  the  securities  of  the  Mexican  Petroleum 
Company  and  the  California  Petroleum  Corporation 
on  the  New  York  Stock  Exchange  was  due  in  large 
measure  to  Mr.  Arnold's  reports  on  the  holdings  of 
these  companies.  The  most  important  work  that 
Mr.  Arnold  has  yet  undertaken  is  the  organization 
and  direction  of  an  economic  geologic  survey  of 
the  oil  resources  of  Venezuela,  probably  the  most 
extensive  operation  of  its  kind  ever  undertaken  in 
South  America,  no  less  than  twenty-five  American 
geologists  and  numerous  natives  being  employed 
in  the  investigations. 

Mr.  Arnold  has  served  as  Consulting  Geologist 
and  Engineer  for  the  General  Asphalt  Company  and 
its  subsidiaries,  the  "New  York  &  Bermudez,  Trini- 
dad Lake  and  Caribbean  petroleum  companies,  and 
for  the  Oak  Ridge,  Montebello,  Alliance,  Esperanza 
Consolidated,  Coalinga  Kettleman,  and  many  other 
California  oil  companies.  He  is  a  Director  of  the 
Pan-American  Hardwoods  Company,  and  profes- 
sional correspondent  of  Thompson  &  Hunter,  of 
London,  England.  He  also  serves  the  United 
States  Bureau  of  Mines  in  the  capacity  of  Consult- 
ing Petroleum  Engineer  and  holds  a  temporary 
scientific  assignment  (1912-13)  with  the  United 
States  Geological  Survey. 

Despite  the  multiplicity  of  his  duties,  Mr.  Ar- 
nold continues  a  student  of  scientific  affairs  and  in 
addition  to  the  actual  professional  achievements 
with  which  he  is  credited,  has  been  a  prolific 
writer  on  technical  subjects.  Some  of  the  more 
important  contributions  to  science  from  the  pen 
of  Mr.  Arnold  are  the  following: 

"The  Paleontology  and  Stratigraphy  of  the  Ma- 
rine Pliocene  and  Pleistocene  of  San  Pedro,  Cali- 
fornia," a  memoir  of  the  California  Academy  of 
Sciences,  consisting  of  400  pages  and  fifty  plates; 
"Recent  and  Fossil  Pectens  of  California,"  Pro- 
fessional Paper,  No.  47,  United  States  Geological 
Survey;  "Fossils  of  the  Coalinga  District,  Califor- 
nia," Bulletin  No.  396,  U.  S.  Geological  Survey. 

He  also  was  co-author,  in  collaboration,  with 
George  H.  Eldridge,  Robert  Anderson,  and  H.  R. 
Johnson,  of  seven  Bulletins  of  the  United  States 
Geological  Survey— Nos.  309,  317,  321,  322,  357, 
398  and  406— descriptive  of  the  California  oil  fields 
and  various  phases  of  the  oil  industry;  and  aside 
from  these,  has  written  more  than  fifty  other  ar- 
ticles and  papers  relating  to  the  geology,  paleon- 
tology, oil  and  other  mineral  resources  of  California, 
Oregon,  Washington,  and  Trinidad,  British  West 
Indies,  published  in  various  scientific  and  technical 
publications. 

Mr.  Arnold  is  a  Fellow  of  the  Geological  Society 
of  America,  of  the  Paleontological  Society  of  Amer- 
ica, of  the  American  Association  for  the  Advance- 
ment of  Science,  of  the  Geological  Society  (Lon- 
don), and  of  the  Royal  Geographical  Society  of 
Great  Britain.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Mining  and 
Metallurgical  Society,  American  Institute  of  Min- 
ing Engineers,  California  Academy  of  Sciences, 
National  Geographic  Society,  Washington  (D.  C.) 
Academy  of  Sciences,  Geological  Society  of  Wash- 
ington, Biological  Society  of  Washington,  Seismo- 
logical  Society  of  America,  Malacological  Society 
of  London,  Cooper  Ornithological  Club,  and  the  Le 
Conte  Geological  Club. 

Aside  from  his  professional  and  technical  affili- 
ations, Mr.  Arnold  belongs  to  the  Cosmos  Club  of 
Washington,  D.  C.,  and  was  a  charter  member  of 
the  University  Club  of  the  same  city,  resigning 
when  he  left  the  Capital.  His  other  clubs  are  the 
Gamut  of  Los  Angeles  and  the  famous  Growlers,  of 
Coalinga,  California. 


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MERY,  GRBNVILLE  C.,  Educator 
and  Head  Master  of  the  Harvard 
School,  Los  Angeles,  California, 
was  born  July  19,  1843,  at  Ripley, 
Maine.  His  father  was  John  G. 
Emery,  and  his  mother  Mary  Stan- 
ley (Jones)  Emery.  January  27,  1871,  at  Liver- 
more  Falls,  Maine,  he  married  Ella  Rhoda  Pike, 
and  of  this  union  seven  children  have  been  born. 
They  are  Ellen  R.,  Mary  R.,  Bertrand  G.,  Laura  J., 
Ella  Pike,  Grenville  Pike,  and 
John  Emery. 

Mr.  Emery  seems  to  have 
been  destined  for  the  duties 
of  an  educator,  for  after  his 
public  school  days  were  com- 
pleted, which  were  in  the 
common  schools  of  his  native 
state,  he  entered  Corinna 
Union  Academy,  Maine,  as  a 
student  and  assistant  to  the 
principal,  and  remained  four 
years.  After  this  he  at- 
tended the  Maine  State  Sem- 
inary, 1861-64;  Bates  College, 
Lewiston,  Maine,  1864-68;  and 
studied  at  Gottingen,  Ger- 
many, 1882-83.  He  received 
the  degree  A.  B.  from  Bates 
College  in  1868,  and  A.  M.  in 
1869.  Years  afterward,  1904, 
he  received  the  degree, 
Litt.  D. 

He  became  an  instructor 
in  the  Maine  State  Seminary 
at  Lewiston  and  served  in 
this  capacity  during  the  years 
1868  and  1869.  He  was  given 
the  principalship  of  the  High 


GRENVILLE  C.  EMERY 


School  and  the  Superintendency  of  the  schools  of 
Auburn,  Maine,  in  1870,  and  continued  in  these  posi- 
tions until  an  offer  came  from  Michigan,  where  he 
became  principal  of  the  Grand  Rapids  High  School. 
This  position  he  retained  through  the  term  of 
1871-72,  after  which  he  returned  to  the  New  Eng- 
land states. 

His  next  position  as  an  educator  was  that  of 
sub-master  of  the  Lawrence  Grammar  School,  Bos- 
ton, Mass.,  which  position  he  held  successfully 
until  1881,  when  he  resigned  to  study  in  Germany. 
He  went  to  Germany  and  at  the  University  of  Got- 
tingen, took  up  studies  pertaining  to  his  profession 
during  the  years  1881-82. 

On  returning  to  America  he  became  master  in 
the  Boston  Latin  School,  and  remained  there  until 
1897.  During  his  services  in  Boston  he  endeared 
himself  to  the  pupils  and  parents  by  the  personal 
Interest  which  he  took  in  each  individual  pupil, 
and  became  widely  known  throughout  that  vicinity 
for  his  thoroughness  in  teaching  and  his  original 
methods. 

During  this  teaching  period,  Mr.  Emery  became, 
in  conjunction  with  Mr.  Bradbury,  Headmaster  of 


the  Cambridge  Latin  School,  the  author  of  a  num- 
ber of  works  in  mathematics,  particularly  in  Alge- 
bra, which  are  today  used  by  many  of  the  high 
and  secondary  schools  of  the  country.  Among  his 
best  known  and  most  successful  works  are  the  fol- 
lowing: "Academic  Algebra"  (Bradbury  and  Em- 
ery), 1890;  "Academic  Algebra"  (Teachers'  Edi- 
tion), 1890;  "Algebra  for  Beginners"  (Bradbury  and 
Emery),  1894;  and  "Key  to  Algebra  for  Beginners," 
1896.  In  June,  1897,  Mr.  Emery  left  Boston  for  Los 
Angeles,  where  he  has  been 
identified  with  its  education- 
al circles  ever  since. 

On  arriving  there  in  1899 
he  immediately  entered 
upon  educational  work,  as 
principal  of  the  Los  Angeles 
Military  Academy. 

In  the  fall  of  1900  he  found- 
ed the  now  famous  Harvard 
School  of  Los  Angeles,  mili- 
tary drill  being  a  feature,  and 
became  its  Head  Master. 

Under  his  leadership  the 
school  has  steadily  grown  to 
a  preparatory  school  of  the 
first  rank,  and  now  has  its 
graduates  in  Harvard,  Yale, 
Princeton,  Cornell,  Stanford, 
the  Universities  of  Califor- 
nia and  Virginia;  or  as  grad- 
uates from  those  universi- 
ties, pursuing  successful 
business  or  professional 
work  in  this  and  other 
cities  of  the  country. 

Mr.  Emery  expects  to  re- 
tain the  Headmastership  of 
the  Harvard  School  but  a 
A  chartered  corporation 
of  the  Episcopal  Church 
has  recently  purchased  the  institution,  and 
it  will  be  known  hereafter  as  "The  Har- 
vard School  upon  the  Emery  Foundation."  Joseph 
H.  Johnson,  Episcopal  Bishop  of  Los  Angeles,  in 
virtue  of  his  office,  is  its  president,  and  it  has  been 
his  desire  and  that  of  the  advisory  board  with  him 
that  Mr.  Emery's  name  be  perpetuated  in  the  title 
of  the  school,  owing  to  the  generous  terms  under 
which  the  school  has  been  sold  to  the  church.  Mr. 
Emery  is  to  retain  the  head  mastership  only  until  a 
fitting  successor  can  be  found  for  him.  The  school, 
as  delivered  by  Mr.  Emery  to  the  church,  is  a  beau- 
tiful property,  a  magnificent  group  of  ornamental 
buildings,  occupying  an  extensive  square,  in  the 
heart  of  the  best  residence  section  of  Los  Angeles, 
with  one  of  the  chief  interurban  lines  running  past 
its  gates.  In  the  words  of  Bishop  Johnson — "It 
shall  be  regarded  always  as  a  monument  to  the 
liberality  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Emery,  to  whom  lasting 
credit  is  due  as  the  founders  of  the  institution." 
Mr.  Emery  has  made  of  the  school  a  success 
and  will  retire  with  a  record  of  worthy  accom- 
plishment. 


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AW,  HERBERT  EDWARD,  P.  C. 
S.,  of  London,  Vice  President  of 
The  Viavi  Company,  Inc.,  and 
president  and  treasurer  of  the 
Anglo-American  Securities  Com- 
pany of  San  Francisco,  California, 
was  born  near  Sheffield,  England,  December  5, 
1864,  the  son  of  Crossley  Law  and  Rebecca 
(Brown)  Law,  and  in  1866  came  with  his  parents 
to  the  United  States,  settling  in  the  city  of  Chicago. 

There  he  attended  the 
public  schools  and  the  Ger- 
man-American Institute,  be- 
came proficient  in  German 
and  an  instructor  in  the  In- 
stitute. Soon  afterwards  he 
was  made  confidential  sec- 
retary of  E.  C.  Potter,  man- 
ager of  the  North  Chicago 
Rolling  Mills,  out  of  which 
the  United  States  Steel  Cor- 
poration was  developed. 

He  joined  his  brother, 
Hartland  Law,  in  selling 
subscription  books  and  in 
1884,  under  the  firm  name  of 
Law,  King  &  Law,  they  rep- 
resented the  Western  Pub- 
lishing House  of  Chicago  in 
San  Francisco.  In  1886  they 
purchased  a  controlling  in- 
terest in  the  Western  Pub- 
lishing House,  but  disposed 
of  it  soon  afterwards  and  re- 
turned the  same  year  to  San 
Francisco.  Here  they  began 
the  development  of  the  Viavi 
System  of  Treatment.  Mr. 
Law  has  been  largely  the  or- 
ganizing power  in  the  Viavi  business,  than  which 
he  deemed  no  other  of  his  numerous  interests 
more  important  nor  more  essentially  a  part  of  him- 
self. He  has  been  the  animating  force,  combining 
and  directing  the  separate  efforts,  great  or  small, 
of  every  individual  ever  connected  with  the  or- 
ganization into  one  consistent  result.  One  of  the 
unique  features  of  the  Viavi  business  is  the  method 
of  sale.  It  is  based  wholly  on  personal  contact, 
a  principle  which  is  now  almost  universal  in  all 
lines  of  business.  The  Laws  have  developed  an 
organization  in  which  thousands  have  received 
practical  training  and  in  which  more  than  10,000 
active  workers  are  at  the  present  time  engaged 
in  spreading  the  Viavi  teachings  and  selling  the 
Viavi  Preparations  in  more  than  twenty  different 
countries. 

Mr.  Law's  activities  have  been  important  in 
other  fields.  It  has  been  said  that,  with  his 
brother  Dr.  Hartland  Law,  he  has  been  the  largest 
real  estate  operator  in  San  Francisco  during  the 
past  twenty  years.  No  individual  has  built  so 


HERBERT  E.  LAW 


many  high-class  buildings  in  so  short  a  time.  He 
has  touched  no  property  which  he  has  not  im- 
proved. His  first  operations  were  in  the  region 
northwest  of  Van  Ness  avenue  and  Vallejo  street. 
Coming  to  the  downtown  section,  among  others 
he  has  owned  and  improved  property  at  Mission 
and  Main  streets,  Mission  and  Annie  streets,  Mis- 
sion and  New  Montgomery  streets,  and  then  on 
Market  street,  near  Third  street,  where  he  built 
the  splendid  Monadnock  building. 

Just  before  the  fire,  with 
his  brother  he  bought  the 
Fairmont  Hotel.  Restoring 
it  after  the  fire  cost  $1,840,- 
000.  The  reconstruction  of 
the  Fairmont  gave  direction 
and  emphasis  to  that  fine 
thing  we  now  know  as  the 
San  Francisco  spirit.  In  the 
three  years  Immediately 
after  the  fire  $7,000,000 
passed  through  his  office  in 
rebuilding,  exchanging  and 
restoring  to  sound  position 
his  and  his  brother's  hold- 
ings. 

After  leasing  the  Fairmont 
to  the  Palace  Hotel  Com- 
pany the  Law  brothers  ex- 
changed it  back  to  Mrs.  Her- 
man Oelrichs,  securing, 
through  the  exchange,  forty 
acres  of  water  front  proper- 
ty adjoining  the  military  res- 
ervation of  Fort  Mason.  Po- 
tentially valuable,  it  was  in- 
accessible. The  completion 
of  the  tunnel  now  authorized 
through  the  Fort  Mason  prop- 
erty will  make  it  accessible  and  they  are  planning 
to  make  it  the  site  of  a  great  rail  and  ocean  ter- 
minal. 

Mr.  Law  acted  as  chairman  of  the  Street 
Changes,  General  Widening  and  Grading  of  Streets 
Committee,  whose  work  complemented  the  Burn- 
ham  plan  for  a  San  Francisco  splendid  and  beau- 
tiful. 

In  1910  he  negotiated  with  the  Chinese  Gov- 
ernment on  behalf  of  the  Western  Steel  Corpora- 
tion, of  which  he  was  then  president,  the  largest 
contract  China  had  made  up  to  that  time.  He  was 
energetically  interested  in  the  Panama-Pacific  In- 
ternational Exposition  and  he  and  his  brother  made 
possible  the  use  of  the  Harbor  View  region  as  a 
part  of  the  site. 

He  was  for  many  years  a  director  of  the  Mer- 
chants' Association,  is .  a  director  of  Wells-Fargo 
Nevada  National  Bank  and  other  large  corpora- 
tions; is  a  Fellow  of  the  Chemical  Society  of  Lon- 
don, a  member  of  the  Union  League  Club,  and  has 
been  an  extensive  traveler. 


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OFFEY,  TITIAN  J.,  Physi- 
cian and  Surgeon,  Los  An- 
geles, Cal.,  was  born  at  Pitts- 
burg,  Pennsylvania,  July  6, 
1874,  the  son  of  Henry  T. 

Coffey    and    Frances    J.    (Baldwin)    Coffey. 

He  is  of  Scotch-Irish  descent.     He  married 

Miss    Eva    Elizabeth    Keating,    March    30, 

1909,  at  Los  Angeles,  California.     There  is 

one  son,  Marvin  Keating 

Coffey. 

Dr.     Coffey     attended 

the  Shattuck  School,  Far- 

ibault,  Minnesota,  during 

the  years  1891  and  1892. 

In     the     latter     year     he 

moved  to  Peoria,  Illinois, 

and    there    attended    the 

high   school,   from   which 

he  graduated  in  the  year 

1894.  Moving  to  Chi- 
cago, he  was  a  student  at 

the  Northwestern  Uni- 
versity Medical  Depart- 
ment between  the  years 

1894    and    1897.      In    the 

latter  year  he  moved  from 

Chicago  to  Los  Angeles, 

California,  and  registered 

at  the  Medical  Depart- 
ment of  the  University  of 

Southern      California, 

where  he  studied   during 

the    terms    of    1897     and 

1898,    and    was    awarded 

his   degree  of   Doctor   of 

Medicine   June   2   of   the 


DR.  TITIAN  J.  COFFEY 


latter  year.  He  took  a  post-graduate  course 
in  medicine  at  the  University  of  Pennsyl- 
vania the  following  year,  graduating  with 
advanced  honors  June  15,  1899. 

While  he  was  studying  he  was  also  get- 
ting hospital  experience.  During  the  year 
1898  he  spent  several  months  as  interne  at 
the  Los  Angeles  County  Hospital. 

In  order  to  master  some  special  prob- 
lems in  medicine  he  went  to  Chicago  five 
years  later  (1903),  and  served  as  interne  at 
the  Chicago  Lying-in  Hospital  for  several 
months. 

He  returned  to  Los  Angeles  after  his 
course  at  the  University  of  Pennsylvania, 
and  opened  offices  for  the  practice  of  gen- 
eral medicine  and  surgery,  and  soon  estab- 
lished a  firm  reputation,  both  professionally 
and  socially.  He  is  chief  of  staff  at  the  pres- 
ent time  of  the  Obstetric  Department  of  the 
Los  Angeles  County  Hospital.  Study  of  the 


means  to  further  the  public  health  has  ap- 
pealed to  him  especially.  He  has  investi- 
gated the  problem  of  the  proper  sanitation 
of  cities  and  of  housing. 

Los  Angeles  has  recognized  his  services 
along  these  lines,  and  he  is  at  the  present 
time  Chairman  of  the  Los  Angeles  Housing 
Commission.  This  organization  he  helped  to 
found  in  February,  1906.  It  concerns  itself 
directly  with  the  proper 
construction  of  r  e  s  i  - 
dences,  factories,  office 
buildings  and  business 
houses,  so  that  the  health 
of  the  occupants  may  not 
be  endangered,  and  one 
of  its  chief  functions  is  to 
bring  its  influence  to  bear 
on  the  legislative  bodies 
which  have  these  matters 
directly  under  their  con- 
trol. He  has  gained  even 
national  recognition  for 
his  disinterested  labors 
along  this  line,  and  has 
been  elected  one  of  the 
directors  of  the  National 
Housing  Association.  He 
is  also  a  member  of  the 
board  of  directors  of 
the  Juvenile  Improve- 
ment Association. 

He  has  also  made  a 
special  study  of  tubercu- 
losis, and  has  been  elect- 
ed a  member  of  the  board 
of  directors  of  the  Cali- 
fornia Association  for  the  Study  and  Preven- 
tion of  Tuberculosis. 

His  activity  in  medical  and  professional 
circles  is  evidenced  by  the  memberships 
which  he  holds  in  medical  societies,  of  which 
the  following  are  the  most  prominent:  The 
American  Medical  Association,  the  State 
Medical  Society  of  California,  the  Medical 
Society  of  Southern  California,  the  Los  An- 
geles County  Medical  Society,  the  Los  An- 
geles Clinical  and  Pathological  Society,  and 
the  Los  Angeles  Academy  of  Science. 

The  University  of  California  has  recog- 
nized his  learning  by  appointing  him  to  the 
position  of  Assistant  Professor  of  Obstetrics 
in  its  medical  department. 

Dr.  Coffey  holds  membership  in  the  Uni- 
versity Club,  the  City  Club  and  the  Municipal 
League. 

He  is  also  a  member  of  the  Chamber  of 
Commerce  of  Los  Angeles. 


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ILLS,  WM.  LeMOYNE,  Sur- 
geon, Los  Angeles,  Cal.,  was 
born  August  10,  1853,  at 
Washington  Penn.,  the  son 
of  John  A.  Wills  and  Char- 
lotte (LeMoyne)  Wills.  He  married  Susan 
Glassell  Patton,  November  23,  1904,  at  San 
Francisco,  Cal.  His  mother's  father,  Dr.  F. 
Julius  'LeMoyne,  was  a  noted  physician  and 
surgeon  who  built  the 
first  crematory  in  the 
United  States,  at  Wash- 
ington, Penn. 

Dr.  Wills  was  educat- 
ed at  the  public  schools 
of  Washington,  Penn.,  at 
the  Emerson  Institute  at 
Washington,  D.  C; 
Washington  and  Jeffer- 
son College,  and  at  Har- 
vard, being  a  member  of 
the  Class  of  1876.  He  re- 
ceived his  degree  as  Doc- 
tor of  Medicine  at  the 
University  of  Pennsyl- 
v  a  n  i  a,  Class  of  1882. 
He  took  post-graduate 
courses  at  various  times 
at  home  and  abroad. 

After  his  graduation 
he  served  parts  of  two 
years  as  interne  at  the 
West  Penn  Hospital,  at 
Pittsburg,  Penn.  In  1883 
he  went  to  Los  Angeles, 
where  he  has  since  re- 
sided, practicing  his  pro- 
fession. He  was  one  of  the  pioneer  faculty 
of  the  Medical  Department  of  the  University 
of  Southern  California,  and  there  taught 
Anatomy  and  Surgical  Anatomy  for  eighteen 
years.  He  was  then  Professor  of  Clinical 
Surgery  for  six  years. 

He  was  one  of  the  promoters  of  crema- 
tion in  the  West,  a  project  which  was  insti- 
gated by  his  father  and  mother,  and  was  a 
director  and  secretary  of  the  Cremation  So- 
ciety of  Southern  California,  established  in 
1887.  This  society  built  the  third  crematory 
ever  built  in  the  United  States.  He  was 
later  president  of  the  society  for  ten  years, 
until  1905,  when  it  was  merged  with  the 
Rosedale  Cemetery  Company. 

Dr.  Wills  became  interested  in  local  Los 
Anegles  politics  in  1892,  and  helped  clean  up 
the  Second  Ward.  He  was  instrumental,  in 
part,  in  laying  the  foundation  for  the  present 
non-partisan  school  board.  He  was  a  mem- 


DR.  W.  LeMOYNE  WILLS 


ber  of  the  Los  Angeles  City  Board  of  Edu- 
cation from  1893  to  1897.  He  was  chosen  a 
member  of  the  California  State  Board  of 
Health  in  1903,  and  has  been  kept  on  the 
board  continually  since  that  date.  His  pres- 
ent term  will  not  run  out  until  1914.  He  was 
vice  president  of  the  State  Board  of  Health 
during  the  term  of  1909-11,  and  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Sixth  District  Agricultural  Asso- 
ciation, 1906-10.  He  has 
been  especially  active  in 
good  government  work 
and  is  a  member  of  the 
Municipal  League  and  of 
the  Good  Government 
Association.  He  was  ac- 
tive in  the  first  campaign 
for  city  ownership  of  the 
water  company  in  1894. 

He  has  written  papers 
on  a  variety  of  subjects, 
especially  on  bone  and 
lung  surgery.  He  read 
the  first  original  research 
paper  on  lung  surgery  be- 
fore the  California  State 
Medical  Society  in  1892, 
which  has  been  often 
quoted.  He  has  devoted 
much  time  to  lung  surg- 
ery since  and  to  fracture 
work. 

Dr.  Wills  has  always 
been  an  enthusiastic 
horseman,  a  breeder  and 
owner  of  fine  horses. 

He  was  appointed  to 
his  position  on  the  Sixth  District  Agricul- 
tural Association  by  Governor  Pardee,  and  he 
had  much  to  do  with  the  saving,  through  liti- 
gation, of  Agricultural  Park  to  the  city  of 
Los  Angeles  and  the  State  of  California. 

He  was  one  of  the  founders  of  the  Los 
Angeles  Driving  Club  in  1897  and  did  much 
to  foster  the  construction  of  good  roads. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  L.  A.  County  Med- 
ical Assn.,  California  State  Medical  Society, 
and  of  the  American  Medical  Assn.  He  was 
president  of  the  L.  A.  County  Medical  Assn. 
in  1889,  president  of  the  Southern  California 
District  Medical  Assn.  1890-1891,  and  presi- 
dent of  the  California  State  Medical  Society, 
1895-96;  was  one  of  the  founders  and  chief 
surgeon,  Children's  Hospital,  1902-5.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  California,  University,  Sunset 
City,  Harvard,  University  of  Pennsylvania, 
and  College  Men's  clubs;  City  Municipal 
League  and  Chamber  of  Commerce. 


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DR.    H.    P.    BARTON 


ARTON,  HERBERT  PARKS,  Sur- 
geon, President  and  General  Man- 
ager, Clara  Barton  Hospital,  Los 
Angeles,  Cal.,  was  born  in  Wor- 
cester, Mass.,  Dec.  25,  1866.  His 
father  was  Samuel  R.  Barton  and 
his  mother  Amelia  L.  (Parks)  Barton.  Dr.  Barton 
is  a  nephew  of  Clara  Barton  of  Red  Cross  fame.  He 
married  on  October  18,  1890,  Miss  Frances  John- 
stone  Vasseur,  in  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.  They  have  one 
son,  Chandler  Parks  Barton. 

Dr.  Barton  was  educated  in  the  public  schools 
of  Oxford,  Mass.,  graduating  from  high  school  in 
1882.  He  then  attended  Worcester  Academy  and 
Hinman's  Business  College.  Leaving  them  he  con- 
ducted a  fire  insurance  agency  in  Webster,  Mass., 
until  1889,  when  he  entered  the  Jefferson  Medical 
College  in  Philadelphia,  from  which  he  graduated 
in  1890.  Did  post-graduate  work  in  the  Manhattan 
Eye  and  Ear  Hospital  and  the  N.  Y.  Polytechnic  in 
1892. 

In  1891  and  1892  Dr.  Barton  practiced  his  pro- 
fession in  New  York  City,  during  which  time  he 
was  a  member  of  the  Board  of  Health. 

He  moved  to  Denver,  Colo.,  in  1892,  where  he 
practiced,  but  had  to  return  to  Worcester,  Mass.,  be- 
cause of  poor  health.  He  practiced  there  four  years. 

In  1897  Dr.  Barton  went  to  Ontario,  Cal.,  assist- 
ing in  organizing  the  Board  of  Health.  He  was  also 
one  of  the  Board  of  Library  Trustees  of  that  city. 
After  staying  two  and  one-half  years,  he  went  to 
Los  Angeles,  where  he  practiced,  and  in  1904  organ- 
ized the  Clara  Barton  Hospital.  He  belongs  to  the 
Los  Angeles  County  Medical  Society,  California 
State  Medical  Society,  American  Medical  Associa- 
tion and  Los  Angeles  Academy  of  Medicine.  He  is 
a  member  Jonathan  Club,  Gamut  Club,  Los  Angeles 
Country  Club,  Los  Angeles  Lodge  No.  99,  B.  P.  O. 
E.,  thirty-second  degree  member  Los  Angeles  Scot- 
tish Rite  and  belongs  to  Al  Malaikah  Shrine. 


C.  J.  CURTIS 

URTIS,  CLINTON  JAMES,  Presi- 
dent and  Manager  of  the  Los  An- 
geles Dock  and  Terminal  Com- 
pany Long  Beach,  Cal.  He  was 
born  at  Winona,  Minnesota,  Au- 
gust 21,  1870.  Herman  E.  Curtis 
was  his  father  and  his  mother  was  Mary  M.  Camp. 
On  April  17,  1901,  he  married  Lulu  M.  Kimberly  at 
Redlands,  Cal.  There  are  three  children,  Caleb 
Camp,  John  Kimberly  and  Helen  Kimberly  Curtis. 

Mr.  Curtis  was  educated  at  Phillips'  Academy, 
Andover,  Mass.,  which  he  attended  from  1887  to 
1890,  graduating  in  the  latter  year.  He  next  entered 
Yale  University,  in  which  college  he  was  a  member 
of  the  class  of  1894.  Illness  compelled  his  with- 
drawal during  his  sophomore  year. 

He  went  to  California  in  the  spring  of  1893,  and 
settled  at  Redlands,  to  recuperate  and  interest 
himself  in  growing  oranges.  Between  the  years 
1897  and  1905  he  engaged  in  orange  shipping  from 
that  district.  In  1897  he  became  owner  of  the 
West  American  Fruit  Company  of  that  city  and 
brought  that  corporation  into  the  foremost  ranks 
as  an  orange  shipping  concern.  He  became  a  di- 
rector in  the  California  Citrus  Association. 

In  January,  1906,  he  sold  his  interests  in  the 
orange  shipping  business,  resigned  from  the  Cali- 
fornia Citrus  Association,  and  accepted  his  present 
position  with  the  Los  Angeles  Dock  and  Terminal 
Company.  Since  that  time  he  has  had  the  presi- 
dency and  managership  of  that  corporation  and 
his  work  in  Southern  California  in  the  interest  of 
that  company  is  widely  known. 

He  still  retains  certain  of  his  old  interests  at 
Redlands,  where  he  is  a  director  in  the  Redlands 
National  Bank  and  the  Union  Savings  Bank. 

Mr.  Curtis  is  a  member  of  the  University  Club 
of  Redlands  and  of  the  Long  Beach  Chamber  of 
Commerce  and  president  of  Virginia  Country  Club 
of  Long  Beach. 


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HON.  GEORGE  H.  HUTTON 

UTTON,  GEORGE  HOWARD, 
Judge  of  the  Superior  Court  of 
the  State  of  California  for  Los 
Angeles  County,  was  born  Au- 
gust 5,  1870,  at  Drummond,  Can- 
ada. His  father  was  Joseph  An- 
drew Hutton  and  his  mother  Harriett  Bridgman 
Button.  He  married  Dolores  Egleston,  September 
1,  1897,  at  Chatfield,  Minnesota.  One  son  was  born, 
George  Robert  Egleston  Hutton.  Judge  Hutton 
came  to  California  in  1897  and  located  at  Santa 
Monica,  where  he  has  since  made  his  home. 

Judge  Hutton  received  his  preparatory  educa- 
tion at  Hamilton  University,  St.  Paul,  of  which  in- 
stitution his  uncle,  Rev.  George  H.  Bridgman,  was 
president.  He  attended  the  State  University  at  St. 
Paul  and  later  the  College  of  Law  of  the  Univer- 
sity of  Minnesota  at  Minneapolis.  He  was  admit- 
ted to  practice  in  1893.  In  1906  he  was  elected 
Judge  of  the  Superior  Court  for  the  County  of  Los 
Angeles  for  a  term  of  six  years. 

He  was  engaged,  prior  to  his  election,  in  a  suc- 
cessful practice  and  was  for  seven  years  attorney 
for  former  Senator  John  P.  Jones,  whose  vast  in- 
terests required  much  legal  work.  He  was  also  a 
trustee  under  the  will  of  the  late  J.  W.  Keating 
and  increased  notably  this  famous  fortune. 

Judge  Hutton  is  regarded  as  an  authority  upon 
water  laws  of  the  Western  States,  which  knowl- 
edge has  brought  him  fame.  He  has  been  frequent- 
ly called  upon  to  address  national  irrigation  con- 
gresses, and  has  tried  many  important  water  cases 
in  every  county  in  Southern  California.  He  is  an 
ardent  advocate  of  the  application  of  civil  law  prin- 
ciples to  arid  countries.  It  is  notable  that  of  the 
many  cases  he  has  tried  he  has  never  had  a  water 
case  reversed.  Judge  Hutton  has  enthusiastically 
taken  up  the  study  of  geology  and  hydraulics. 

He  is  prominent  in  the  Masonic  order  and  is  a 
member  of  the  California  Club. 


ISIDORE  B.  DOCKWEILER 

OCKWEILER,  ISIDORE  B.,  Attor- 
ney, Los  Angeles,  California,  was 
born  in  that  city  on  December 
28,  1867.  His  father  was  Henry 
Dockweiler,  a  Bavarian  by  birth, 
and  his  mother,  Margaretha 
Sugg,  was  an  Alsatian.  On  June  30,  1891,  he  mar- 
ried Miss  Gertrude  Reeve  at  San  Francisco.  They 
have  eleven  children. 

Mr.  Dockweiler  was  educated  at  St.  Vincent's 
College,  Los  Angeles,  from  which  he  received  a 
commercial  diploma  in  1883  and  the  degree  of  A. 
B.,  1887;  A.  M.,  1889,  and  the  honorary  degree  qf 
L.  L.  M.  in  1905  and  L.  L.  D.  in  1911. 

In  1883  Mr.  Dockweiler  was  employed  as  a 
bookkeeper,  which  position  he  held  for  two  years, 
leaving  to  return  to  college.  After  graduating  in 
1887  he  engaged  in  surveying  for  one  year  and  then 
commenced  to  study  law.  He  was  admitted  to  the 
California  bar  on  October  14,  1889,  and  thereafter 
to  the  bar  of  the  Federal  Courts  in  California  and 
the  United  States  Supreme  Court. 

He  has  been  a  trustee  of  St.  Vincent's  College 
since  October  1,  1890.  He  was  a  director  of  the 
Los  Angeles  Public  Library  from  1897  to  1899,  and 
from  February,  1901,  to  February  2,  1911.  He  is  a 
trustee  of  the  State  Normal  School  at  San  Diego, 
California,  having  been  commissioned  to  serve 
from  December,  1898,  to  July,  1912.  Mr.  Dock- 
weiler was  a  candidate  for  Lieutenant  Governor  of 
California  on  the  Democratic  ticket  in  1902  and  a 
delegate  from  California  to  the  Democratic  Na- 
tional Convention  of  1908. 

Mr.  Dockweiler  is  a  member  of  the  California, 
Gamut  and  Newman  clubs;  Chamber  of  Commerce, 
Southwest  Society,  Archaeological  Institute  of 
America;  Los  Angeles  Bar  Association,  American 
Bar  Association,  Native  Sons  of  the  Golden  West, 
B.  P.  O.  E.,  Knights  of  Columbus,  Young  Men's 
Institute,  and  the  Royal  Arcanum. 


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ETS,  JOHN,  Banking,  Tucson, 
Arizona,  was  born  in  Morgan 
City,  Utah,  March  28,  1875,  the 
son  of  Timothy  Mets  and  Anna 
(Hausman)  Mets.  He  married 
Pauline  Wood  at  Tucson,  March 
19,  1903,  and  to  them  there  have  been  born  two 
children,  Virginia  Anna  and  John  Mets,  Jr. 

Mr.  Mets,  who  has  taken  his  place  among  the 
active  workers  for  the  development  of  the  South- 
west, has  spent  the  greater  part  of  his  life  in 
Arizona.  He  received  his  preliminary  education  in 
the  public  schools  of  Mesa,  Arizona,  and  was 
graduated  from  the  State  Normal  School  at  Tempe, 
Arizona,  in  the  class  of  1894. 

Upon  graduation  Mr.  Mets  was  appointed  prin- 
cipal of  the  Lehi,  Arizona,  schools,  retaining  this 
position  from  September,  1894,  until  September, 
1897.  He  was  at  this  time  appointed  Principal  of 
the  schools  at  Florence,  Arizona,  and  served 
there  for  two  years.  From  Florence  he  was  trans- 
ferred to  Mesa  City,  Arizona,  as  District  Principal 
of  the  schools  there.  During  his  several  years  of 
service  as  a  teacher  Mr.  Mets  devoted  himself  to 
educational  expansion  and  impressing  upon  the 
parents  of  the  various  districts  the  necessity  for 
higher  education  for  their  children.  In  this  way 
he  caused  a  vast  increase  in  attendance  at  the 
schools,  with  the  result  that  from  Lehi  and  Flor- 
ence alone  more  than  a  hundred  students  have 
passed  successfully  through  the  State  Normal 
School  and  received  teachers'  certificates. 

Mr.  Mets  resigned  his  post  as  District  Principal 
of  the  Mesa  City  schools  in  April,  1900,  to  accept 
appointment  as  Deputy  United  States  Marshal,  a 
position  which  necessitated  his  removal  to  Tucson. 
He  was  in  the  Federal  service  for  more  than  two 
years,  or  until  September,  1902,  and  at  that  time 
entered  the  employ  of  the  Southern  Pacific  Rail- 
road Company.  He  remained  there  only  a  few 
months,  however,  resigning  in  January,  1903,  to 
accept  the  position  of  Clerk  of  the  Board  of  Super- 
visors of  Pima  County,  Arizona,  of  which  Tucson  is 
the  county  seat. 

While  in  this  capacity  Mr.  Mets  became  an  ac- 
tive factor  in  the  politics  of  Tucson,  also  taking 
an  interest  in  the  business  affairs  of  the  city.  With- 
in three  months  after  taking  up  his  duties  in  the 
Board  of  Supervisors,  Mr.  Mets  organized  the  Ari- 
zona Building  and  Loan  Association,  an  institution 
which  has  grown  to  a  position  of  importance  and  of 
which  he  has  served  as  Secretary  from  the  time  of 
its  organization  down  to  date.  In  January,  1908, 
he  organized  the  Merchants'  Bank  and  Trust  Com- 
pany, resigning  his  position  with  the  County  to  de- 
vote himself  exclusively  to  the  bank.  He  was 
elected  Vice  President  of  the  institution  and  con- 
tinues to  serve  in  that  office. 

Within  recent  years  Mr.  Mets  has  turned  his 
attention  to  the  development  of  the  agricultural 
resources  of  Tucson's  supporting  country.  Al- 
though Tucson  is  one  of  the  oldest  cities  in 
America  and  for  many  years  has  been  an  important 
part  of  the  Southwest,  it  occupied  the  unique  po- 
sition of  having  to  import  practically  all  of  its 
foodstuffs,  a  matter  which  meant  the  sending  away 
annually  of  millions  of  dollars  from  trade  channels 
of  the  city.  Mr.  Mets  was  one  of  the  men  who 


set  about  to  correct  this  condition  and  sought  ways 
of  making  the  land  surrounding  Tucson  produce 
sufficient  for  the  requirements  of  the  city's  popu- 
lation. 

By  his  own  efforts,  together  with  a  large  amount 
of  outside  capital,  Mr.  Mets  has  gone  a  long  way 
toward  correcting  this  condition  and  has  organized 
several  development  concerns  which  are  today  en- 
gaged in  the  work  of  reclaiming  the  land  and  turn- 
ing the  desert  into  farms.  Among  these  are  the 
Rillito  Farms  Company,  of  which  he  is  Secretary 
and  Treasurer;  the  Canao  Ranch  Company,  where- 
in he  holds  the  same  offices,  and  the  Tucson  Farms 
Company. 

These  concerns,  through  irrigation,  have  con- 
verted thousands  of  acres  of  land  into  productive 
farms,  and  in  addition  have  colonized  that  part  of 
the  country  where  in  previous  times  it  was  unin- 
habited save  for  the  creatures  of  the  desert.  This 
work,  centered  principally  in  the  Santa  Cruz  Val- 
ley of  Arizona,  is  one  of  the  most  important  recla- 
mation enterprises  in  the  history  of  the  South- 
west, and  Mr.  Mets,  who  was  the  moving  spirit  in 
these  various  organizations,  has  been  one  of  the 
principal  factors  in  it.  He  is  sincere  in  his  efforts 
to  rectify  the  unnatural  condition  which  has  ex- 
isted so  long  in  the  matter  of  Tucson's  food  supply 
and  has  devoted  himself  largely  to  aiding  the  new 
settlers  in  the  work  of  agriculture.  The  success 
of  his  efforts  is  attested  by  the  fact  that  within  a 
year  after  the  first  farms  were  opened  to  settle- 
ment they  were  producing  alfalfa,  oats  and  other 
products  in  abundance. 

Since  entering  the  banking  business  Mr.  Mets 
has  taken  no  part  in  the  politics  of  his  city,  but 
for  several  years  prior  to  that  time  was  one  of  the 
leaders  in  the  councils  of  the  Republican  party. 
He  was  appointed  Secretary  of  the  County  Central 
Committee  in  1903  and  served  for  two  years.  At 
that  time  he  was  chosen  Chairman  of  the  Commit- 
tee, also  of  the  Republican  Central  Committee  of 
Tucson  and  held  both  offices  for  three  years,  or 
until  he  resigned  in  1908. 

In  addition  to  his  other  activities,  Mr.  Mets  has 
been  a  worker  for  the  upbuilding  of  Tucson  and 
as  President  of  the  Chamber  of  Commerce,  an  of- 
fice he  has  occupied  for  two  years,  has  been  a 
leader  in  many  important  movements  in  the  in- 
terest of  the  city.  His  most  important  accom- 
plishments were  in  the  line  of  railroad  betterment, 
and  in  this  capacity  he  figured  as  one  of  the  prin- 
cipal forces  in  bringing  to  Tucson  the  El  Paso  & 
Southwestern  Railroad,  thus  giving  to  the  city  an- 
other important  line.  He  also  helped  in  the  work 
of  bringing  the  Southern  Pacific  Company  of  Mex- 
ico into  the  city,  thereby  making  Tucson  an  im- 
portant terminal  point. 

A  believer  in  the  importance  of  good  roads, 
Mr.  Mets,  since  his  tenure  as  President  of  the 
Chamber  of  Commerce,  has  taken  a  personal  in- 
terest in  the  building  of  roads  to  various  resorts 
in  the  vicinity  of  Tucson,  with  the  result  that  the 
city  is  the  center  of  a  splendid  system  of  high- 
ways leading  through  the  mountains. 

Mr.  Mets  is  a  Director  of  the  Old  Pueblo  Club 
of  Tucson,  Past  Exalted  Ruler  of  the  Elks'  Lodge 
of  that  city,  and  at  the  present  time  one  of  Its 
directors. 


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EARNS,  THOMAS,  Capital- 
ist and  Publisher,  Salt  Lake 
City,  Utah,  was  born  April 
11,  1862,  near  Woodstock,  in 
O  x  n  a  r  d  County,  Ontario, 
Canada,  the  son  of  Thomas  Kearns  and  Mar- 
garet (Maher)  Kearns.  He  married  Jennie 
Judge,  September  19,  1890,  at  Park  City, 
Utah,  and  to  them  there  have  been  born  three 
children  —  Edmund  J., 
Thomas  F.  and  Helen 
Marie  Kearns. 

Senator  Kearns,  whose 
name  is  inseparably 
linked  with  the  history  of 
the  State  of  Utah,  started 
forth  in  life  with  only  a 
public  school  education 
and  early  began  the  bat- 
tle for  success.  In  the 
seventies  his  family 
moved  from  Canada  to 
Holt  County,  Nebraska, 
where  they  settled  upon 
a  farm,  and  there  the  boy 
went  to  work.  He  tired 
of  farm  life  after  a  time, 
however,  his  belief  being 
that  greater  opportunities 
lay  in  the  mining  dis- 
tricts and  that  there  his 
ambitions  stood  a  better 
chance.  He  left  the  farm 
and  his  first  work  in  con- 
nection with  mining  was 
as  a  freighter  moving 
supplies  into  the  Black 
Hills.  He  gave  this  up  soon  and  went  to 
work  as  a  miner  for  the  Homestake  Mining 
Company  at  Lead,  South  Dakota.  When  he 
arrived  at  the  age  of  21  he  left  the  Black 
Hills  and  went  to  Utah.  He  first  halted  at 
Salt  Lake  City,  but  soon  moved  to  Park  City, 
and  there  got  a  place  in  the  Ontario  Mine, 
then  the  greatest  silver  mine  in  the  world. 

It  was  here  that  his  determination  to  suc- 
ceed showed  itself  most  forcibly.  After 
working  his  shift  in  the  mine  he  spent  his 
time  in  prospecting  and  the  study  of  geology, 
and  in  this  way  became  a  miner  of  excep- 
tional ability  and  knowledge.  This  incessant 
business  of  work  and  study  he  kept  up  for 
seven  years,  and  at  the  end  of  that  time  he 
struck  a  vein  of  silver  and  his  fortune  was 
made. 

His  first  shipment  brought  him  $20,000, 
and  most  of  this  he  devoted  to  a  home  and 
life  competence  for  his  parents.  From  this 


HON.    THOMAS    KEARNS 


time  forward  he  went  up  the  ladder  of  suc- 
cess. His  first  mine  continued  to  pay,  then 
he  became  interested  in  the  Silver  King  prop- 
erties, the  most  famous  silver  property  in  the 
United  States.  He  still  owns  part  of  this 
under  the  name  of  the  Silver  King  Coalition. 
He  became  a  millionaire  through  this  mine 
and  has  reinvested  his  wealth  in  Utah,  a  large 
portion  of  it  in  choice  Salt  Lake  real  estate. 
Senator  Kearns  has 
been  a  conspicuous  figure 
in  the  political  growth  of 
Utah  and  has  served  the 
people  in  various  public 
offices.  He  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  City  Council 
of  Park  City  during  his 
stay  in  that  place;  was  a 
membei  of  the  Constitu- 
tional Convention  that 
drafted  the  Constitution 
of  the  State  of  Utah; 
member  of  the  State  Leg- 
islature; delegate  to  the 
National  Republican  con- 
ventions of  1896  and  1900, 
and  in  1901  was  elected 
to  the  United  States  Sen- 
ate. He  served  there  un- 
til 1905,  and  during  that 
time  aided  in  the  passage 
of  much  legislation  for 
the  good  of  Utah  and  the 
rest  of  the  Western 
country. 

The  Senator  has  not 
confined  his  time  to  min- 
ing, however,  but  is  interested  in  many  other 
lines,  including  railroads,  banking  and  pub- 
lishing. He  is  one  of  the  heaviest  stockhold- 
ers in  the  San  Pedro,  Los  Angeles  and  Salt 
Lake  Railroad  and  is  a  director  in  that  cor- 
poration. He  is  the  principal  owner  and  pub- 
lisher of  the  Salt  Lake  Tribune,  a  powerful 
newspaper;  is  a  director  in  three  banks  and  a 
stockholder  in  many  other  corporations  be- 
sides those  mentioned. 

He  is  a  firm  believer  in  the  future  of  Salt 
Lake  and  Utah  and  has  done  everything  in 
his  power  to  aid  in  their  upbuilding.  With 
Mrs.  Kearns,  he  has  engaged  in  many  charita- 
ble works,  their  good  offices  being  conducted 
without  any  ostentation.  Hundreds  of  chil- 
dren in  Utah  and  other  places  have  benefited 
by  the  benefactions  of  Senator  and  Mrs. 
Kearns  through  the  Kearns-St.  Ann's  Or- 
phanage. He  has  instituted  numerous  re- 
forms to  add  to  the  comfort  of  his  employes. 


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'GLURE,  FRANK  D.,  Attor- 
ney-at-Law,  Los  Angeles, 
Cal.,  was  born  in  Fremont 
County,  Iowa,  July  11,  1871. 
He  is  the  son  of  E.  B.  Mc- 
Clure  and  Harriet  A.  (Britton)  McClure. 
He  married  Angie  C.  Nugent  at  Kokoka, 
Missouri,  June  1,  1896. 

He  was  brought  to  Visalia,  Cal.,  in  1884. 
He  graduated  from  the 
Stockton  Normal  in  1891. 
After  completing  his 
course  there  he  entered 
the  Valparaiso,  Indiana, 
University,  where  he  re- 
ceived his  degree  as 
Bachelor  of  Science  in 
1894.  He  took  up  the 
study  of  the  law  at  the 
same  institution  and  re- 
ceived his  LL.B.  in  the 
spring  of  1896. 

His  first  independent 
venture  was  at  Stockton, 
where  he  opened  an  of- 
fice in  1896.  The  follow- 
ing year  he  moved  to 
Visalia,  Tulare  County, 
and  at  that  place,  he 
practiced  his  profession 
until  1900.  There  fol- 
lowed the  Bakersfield  oil 
boom  and  the  rapid 
growth  of  that  city,  to 
which  he  moved  his  busi- 
ness and  became  ac- 
quainted with  oil  litiga- 
tions in  all  their  many  phases.  He  prac- 
ticed there  until  1907,  when  he  went  to  the 
larger  opportunities  offered  by  Los  Angeles. 

His  first  location  was  in  the  Union 
Trust  Building,  but  later  he  moved  to  the 
Douglas  Building.  He  very  quickly  made 


F.  D.  McCLURE 


also  factions  which  were  against  the  develop- 
ment of  the  harbor.  Attorney  McClure 
worked  hard  and  soon  found  himself  in  the 
midst  of  the  fight.  He  was  sent  to  Wash- 
ington as  sole  representative  in  1908,  and 
argued  the  case  of  the  Los  Angeles  harbor  be- 
fore the  war  department  of  the  government. 
He  succeeded  in  his  efforts  in  having  the 
harbor  lines  established,  and  the  government 
is  at  the  present  time 
busier  in  the  develop- 
ment of  San  Pedro  and 
Wilmington  harbors  than 
in  any  other  harbor  in  the 
country. 

He  held  his  position 
as  City  Attorney  of  Wil- 
mington until  the  consoli- 
dation of  1909,  when  the 
entire  harbor  district  be- 
came part  of  the  City  of 
Los  Angeles. 

While  at  Wilmington 
he  was  not  only  City  At- 
torney, but  actively  as- 
sisted in  the  dredging 
work. 

Meanwhile  his  private 
practice  was  maintained. 
He  was  chosen  as  the  at- 
torney for  the  Consoli- 
dated Lumber  Company. 
He  still  looks  after  the 
legal  affairs  of  that  com- 
pany. 

He  is  now  a  member 
of  the  law  firm  of  Wood- 
ruff &  McClure,  general  legal  practitioners 
of  Los  Angeles.  He  specializes  in  corpora- 
tion, oil  and  mining  law,  aside  from  the 
general  practice. 

While  at  Bakersfield  he  helped  to  organ- 
ize many  of  the  oil  companies,  so  that  he 


himself    acquainted    with    the   business    and        became   fully   acquainted   with   the   corpora- 


legal  fraternity,  and  in  less  than  a  year  was 
appointed  city  attorney  of  Wilmington. 

It  was  while  City  Attorney  of  Wilming- 
ton that  his  labors  have  attracted  the  great- 
est public  attention.  Los  Angeles,  and  what 
was  then  Wilmington  and  San  Pedro,  were 
fighting  for  the  development  of  the  harbor. 
Locally  the  importance  of  the  harbor  was 
appreciated,  but  the  national  government 
knew  little  about  it.  There  was  an  immense 
amount  of  work  to  be  done,  in  the  construc- 
tion of  the  harbor,  and  in  the  establishment 
of  the  harbor  lines,  and  it  could  be  done 
only  with  the  help  of  Congress.  There  were 


tion  laws  of  California  and  the  various 
states,  and  he  took  part  in  many  of  the  im- 
portant trials  in  which  the  oil  laws  of  the 
State  of  California  were  developed. 

He  has  represented  clients  before  the 
Circuit  Court  of  the  United  States  on  a 
number  of  occasions,  and  his  office  handles 
a  great  deal  of  legal  business  from  outside 
the  State. 

Mr.  McClure  is  a  member  of  the  Lodge 
of  Elks  and  a  Mason,  and  he  is  also  promi- 
nently identified  with  the  various  legal 
fraternities  of  the  city  and  the  State  of 
California. 


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ATROW,  HENRY,  Mining, 
Salt  Lake  City,  Utah,  was  born 
at  Miamisburg,  Ohio,  June  22, 
1878,  of  a  family  whose  ances- 
tors settled  in  Ohio  in  the  days 
when  it  was  known  as  the  Western  Reserve.  He 
married  Miss  Charlotte  May  Bettles  of  Salt 
Lake  City,  April  7,  1904.  There  are  two  chil- 
dren, Alfred  Newton  and  Henry  Catrow,  Jr 

Mr.  Catrow  is  known  in 
Utah  as  one  of  the  youth- 
ful wizards  of  mining,  be- 
cause, through  his  own  ef- 
forts and  enterprise,  he  has 
succeeded  in  becoming  one 
of  the  heaviest  stockhold- 
ers in  two  of  the  greatest 
copper  companies  in  Utah 
and  the  United  States,  the 
Ohio  Copper  Mine  and  the 
Utah  Copper  Company,  of 
Bingham,  Utah.  He  is 
ranked  among  the  big  ope- 
rators of  the  West. 

He  received  his  early 
education  in  the  public 
schools  of  Miamisburg. 
He  was  then  sent  to  the 
Pennsylvania  Military  Col- 
lege at  Chester,  Pennsylva- 
nia, where  he  did  the  bulk 
of  his  high  school  and  col- 
lege work.  Intent  on  mak- 
ing an  attorney  of  himself, 
he  studied  through  the  en- 
tire legal  course  of  the  law 
department  of  the  Univer- 
sity of  Michigan  at  Ann  Arbor,  Michigan,  and 
graduated  in  the  year  1903. 

The  West  made  its  appeal  to  him  as  a  place 
of  opportunity,  and  he  went  direct  to  Salt  Lake 
City,  June,  1903.  His  chance  came  to  him  in 
mining  and  not  in  the  law. 

The  mountain  of  copper  en  the  shores  of 
Great  Salt  Lake  had  not  then  been  fully  ex- 
ploited or  even  explored.  Several  men  were 
trying  to  open  up  a  section  oi  it,  which  they 
believed  contained  very  valuable  deposits. 
Young  Catrow  thought  he  could  promote  it, 
and  he  was  given  the  chance.  He  went  back  to 
Ohio  and  succeeded  in  raising  the  necessary 
money.  He  took  hold  of  the  property  himself, 
and  applying  all  his  energy  to  the  task,  suc- 
ceeded in  converting  the  Ohio  into  one  of  the 
heaviest  producers  of  the  Bingham  district. 
He  drove  the  great  Columbia  tunnel,  through 
which  the  first  ores  were  taken  out  on  the 
Bingham  side  and  treated  at  Winnamuck  mill, 


HENRY  CATROW 


and  he  was  instrumental  in  having  driven  the 
Mascotte  tunnel  and  the  Ohio  Copper  shaft, 
two  of  the  notable  accomplishments  of  copper 
mining  in  Utah,  and  was  one  of  those  behind 
the  building  of  the  great  3,000-ton  reduction 
mill  at  Lanark.  For  a  time  F.  Augustus  Heinze 
had  control  of  the  property,  but  there  has  never 
been  a  time  when  Mr.  Catrow  has  not  been  one 
of  the  heaviest  stockholders,  and  has  not  been 
actively  engaged  in  its  de- 
velopment. 

He  has  bought  real 
estate  in  Salt  Lake  City, 
and  has  made  of  himself 
one  of  its  substantial  and 
dependable  citizens.  He  is 
making  all  of  his  invest- 
ments in  Utah. 

After  the  success  of  the 
Ohio  Copper  was  assured, 
Mr.  Catrow  had  the 
chance  to  buy  into  the 
Utah  Copper  Company,  an 
immense  corporation,  one 
on  which  Utah's  reputa- 
tion as  one  of  the  world's 
great  producers  of  copper 
is  founded. 

In  politics  he  has  taken 
but  little  interest,  chiefly 
because  he  has  not  had  the 
time,  but  is  mightily  alive 
to  anything  that  concerns 
the  welfare  of  his  city  and 
state. 

He  is  popular  socially, 
in  university  and  club  cir- 
cles. He  is  an  active  member  of  the  Univer- 
sity Club  of  Salt  Lake  City,  one  of  the  finest 
institutions  of  the  kind  in  the  West.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  famous  Commercial  Club  of 
Salt  Lake  and  is  glad  to  be  called  upon  when- 
ever that  body  has  any  need  of  him.  He  is  a 
Thirty-second  degree  Mason. 

He  is  held  up  as  an  example  of  the  typi- 
cal young  American  of  the  present  day,  who, 
regardless  of  the  education  he  may  ;have 
had  or  the  refinement  of  the  home  from 
which  he  comes,  is  ready  to  turn  his  hand  to 
any  honorable  work.  He  comes  from  a  fam- 
ily in  which  good  breeding  is  a  tradition,  and 
was  himself  equipped  with  the  best  educa- 
tion his  vicinity  could  afford.  He  was  even 
ready  to  forego  the  profession  he  had 
learned.  He  entered  the  rough  mining 
country  ready  to  mix  with  rough  men  and  to 
do  any  task  necessity  might  impose,  in  order 
that  he  might  have  a  chance  at  fortune. 


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EESEMAN,  CHARLES 
JOHN,  Merchant,  Oakland, 
California,  was  born  in 
Charleston,  S.  C.,  April  10, 
1871,  the  son  of  Gerhard  F. 
and  Louisa  (Nordhausen)  Heeseman.  His 
father,  Gerhard  F.  Heeseman,  was  born  in 
Germany,  but  when  very  young  went  to 
America,  and  first  made  his  home  in  Charles- 
ton, S.  C.  On  November 
5,  1849,  he  reached  Cali- 
fornia, and  though  he 
subsequently  returned  to 
Charleston  for  a  while,  he 
is  a  pioneer  of  this  State. 
On  his  return  to  Califor- 
nia in  May,  1883,  he 
brought  his  family  with 
him  and  settled  in  Oak- 
land, where  his  son,  C.  J. 
Heeseman,  has  since  be- 
come a  successful  and 
prominent  citizen.  The 
latter  was  married  there 
on  June  27,  1901,  to  Miss 
Luella  Kesler,  daughter 
of  J.  W.  Kesler. 

From  1877  to  1883  Mr. 
Heeseman  attended  the 
primary  school  in  Charles- 
ton. Moving  to  Oakland, 
California,  in  the  latter 
year,  he  was  a  student  at 
the  Tompkins  Grammar, 
and  also  at  the  Lincoln 
School,  during  the  next 
three  or  four  years.  In 
1887  he  entered  Heald's  Business  College,  in 
San  Francisco,  where  for  a  year  he  took  a 
commercial  course  to  equip  himself  for  the 
business  career  he  had  planned. 

Mr.  Heeseman's  active  business  life  began 
in  1888,  in  the  employ  of  Kohlberg,  Straus  & 
Frohman,  dry  goods  merchants  of  San  Fran- 
cisco. Here  he  was  placed  in  charge  of  the 
country  department  ^and  remained  therein 
six  months.  He  then  went  over  to  the  house 
of  Kahn  Brothers,  for  whom  he  worked  for 
the  next  four  years,  at  the  end  of  which  pe- 
riod he  entered  the  employ  of  his  uncles,  C. 
and  A.  Nordhausen,  clothiers.  Beginning  as 
a  clerk,  he  rose,  through  the  seven  years  of 
his  connection  with  this  firm,  to  the  post  of 
manager,  and  on  the  death  of  both  of  his  em- 
ployers, bought  out  the  business,  with  his 
savings,  and  also  with  the  understanding 
that  if  he  "made  good"  he  could  continue  the 
enterprise.  That  he  has  supported  his  end  of 


C.  J.  HEESEMAN 


the  agreement  the  present  condition  of  his 
affairs  is  ample  testimony.  From  what  was 
about  the  smallest  business  of  its  kind  in  the 
State,  he  has  built,  in  the  short  space  of 
twelve  years,  one  of  the  largest  concerns  in 
this  line  on  the  Pacific  Coast. 

After    purchasing    the     Nordhausen    in- 
terests, he  started  with  a  store,  twenty  by 
sixty   feet,  at  the   corner  of  Broadway  and 
Eleventh  street,  Oak- 
land.    On     December 
8,  1900,  he  moved  to  his 
present     location,      1107- 
1113    Washington    street, 
where,  until  1909,  he  oc- 
cupied the  ground  floor, 
and  then  took  the  entire 
building,  which  he  altered 
to  meet  the  requirements 
of    his     expanded    trade. 
This  includes  everything 
in  the  line  of  men's  out- 
fitting, not  only  supplying 
the     local     demand,     but 
also   doing  a  large   mail- 
order       business.        Mr. 
Heeseman     has     recently 
completed     a     handsome 
building   of   his    own,    at 
Clay      and      Fourteenth 
streets,  into  which  he  will 
move    when    it    becomes 
convenient  to  do  so.     Be- 
sides this,  he  has  acquired 
valuable    real     estate    in 
Oakland,  and  is  regarded 
as    one    of    her    most 
substantial  and  public  spirited  residents.   For 
a  dozen  years  he  has  been   a  director  and 
treasurer  of  the  Oakland  Chamber  of  Com- 
merce.   He  is  also  a  director  of  the  Security 
Bank  and  Trust  Company,  and  a  member  of 
the   advisory   board   of   the     West   Oakland 
Home  of  the  Boys'  Retreat.    As  a  club  man 
he  is  an  active  participant  in  club  entertain- 
ments and  amateur  theatricals,  wherein  his 
talents  are  in  great  demand.     He  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Lambs  and  the  National  Demo- 
cratic   of    New    York;    Bohemian,    Family 
and   Southern   of   San    Francisco;   Athenian, 
Nile    (of  which   last  he    was    president   for 
three  years  and  a  director  for  ten),  Rotary, 
Oakland  Motor  (director),  and  the  California 
Automobile  Club  of  California.    His  fraternal 
orders  are  the  Masons,  of  which  he  has  been 
through    all    the    grades,    Elks,    Knights    of 
Pythias,  Woodmen  of  the  World,  and  many 
others. 


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ELL,  HARMON,  Counselor  at  Law, 
Oakland,  California,  was-  born  in 
that  city  March  23,  1855,  the  son 
of  the  Reverend  Dr.  Samuel  B. 
Bell  and  Sophie  B.  (Walsworth) 
Bell.  He  married  Miss  Katherine 
Wilson  at  San  Francisco  on  January  16,  1880,  and 
they  have  two  children  living,  Traylor  W.,  who  is 
associated  with  his  father  in  law  practice,  and 
Joseph  S.  Bell. 

Mr.  Bell's  paternal  ancestors  were  New  York- 
ers, originally  Scotch,  and  on  the  maternal  side  he 
is  of  Revolutionary  stock,  partly  English  and  Hol- 
land Dutch.  His-  father,  a  Presbyterian  clergyman, 
was  prominent  in  religious  and  political  circles, 
noted  for  progressive  ideas,  his  ability  as  an  orator 
and  his  unswerving  honesty.  He  was  a  pioneer  in 
the  Golden  State  and  built  the  First  Presbyterian 
Church  in  Oakland,  afterwards  serving  as  its  pas- 
tor. He  was  one  of  the  organizers  of  the  Repub- 
lican party  in  the  State  of  California  and  in  1857 
was  elected  to  the  State  Senate  from  Santa  Clara 
and  Alameda  Counties,  this  being  the  first  time 
that  the  Republican  party  had  been  represented  in 
either  branch  of  the  California  Legislature  and  its 
representation  then  consisting  only  of  Dr.  Bell  and 
the  San  Francisco  delegate.  Dr.  Bell  served 
through  that  session  and  that  of  1858,  the  Califor- 
nia Legislature  then  meeting  annually,  and  was  in 
the  State  Assembly  during  the  Thirteenth  Se&sion, 
this  being  at  the  most  stirring  period  of  the  Civil 
War.  Dr.  Bell  was  a  great  friend  of  the  noted  Cal- 
ifornian,  Baker,  and  was  himself  a  strong  and  log- 
ical speaker.  He  took  part  in  the  promotion  of 
various  important  acts  of  legislation  and  had  the 
distinction  of  introducing  into  the  Legislature  the 
first  bill  for  the  establishment  of  the  University  of 
California,  now  one  of  the  great  educational  insti- 
tutions of  America.  He  had  previously  helped  to 
found  the  California  College  and  had  seen  the  ad- 
vantage of  merging  it  into  what  has  since  come  to 
be  one  of  the  strongest  universities  on  the  conti- 
nent and  the  pride  of  the  State  of  California. 

Harmon  Bell's  wife  was  the  daughter  of  two 
pioneer  Californians,  her  father  having  been  A.  C.  J. 
Wilson  of  Santa  Barbara,  who  was  one  of  the  first 
men  to  get  gold  during  the  rush  of  1849. 

Mr.  Bell's  father  being  called  to  different  re- 
ligious charges  while  the  son  was  in  his  youth,  the 
latter's  education  necessarily  was  divided,  fre- 
quently interrupted  and  obtained  in  various  institu- 
tions. But  despite  the  many  interruptions  it  was 
exceptionally  thorough  and  he  also  had  the  added 
advantage  of  his  father's  assistance  in  his  studies, 
the  latter  then  being  in  the  prime  of  his  activities. 
The  son's  first  early  training  was  provided  by  the 
Lyons  Academy,  Lyons,  New  York,  he  next  attend- 
ing Hillsdale  College  in  Michigan,  where  he  re- 
mained only  a  short  time.  His  final  schoolroom  work 
was  done  in  Washington  College,  a  private  institu- 
tion of  Alameda,  California,  and  he  then  determined 


upon  law  as  a  profession  and  took  up  its  study. 

Mr.  Bell  began  his  legal  training  in  the  office  of 
Dirlam  &  Lehman,  of  Mansfield,  Ohio,  whither  his 
father  had  taken  him  in  1875.  Moving  thence  to 
Kansas  City,  Missouri,  the  following  year,  he  com- 
pleted his  preparation  for  the  profession  in  the  of- 
fice of  Judge  Turner  A.  Gill,  and  on  May  1,  1878, 
was  admitted  to  practice  in  the  Supreme  Court  of 
Missouri.  Having  inherited  an  inclination  for  poli- 
tics from  his  father,  Mr.  Bell  allied  himself  with 
the  Republican  party  in  Kansas  City,  and  in  1881 
was  elected  to  the  Missouri  House  of  Representa- 
tives. He  served  during  that  year  and  the  next 
and  was  one  of  the  few  Republican  representatives 
in  the  Legislature  at  that  time. 

For  twenty  years  Mr.  Bell  devoted  himself  to 
his  profession  in  Kansas  City  and  during  that  time 
advanced  to  a  position  among  the  leaders  of  the 
Bar  of  the  city. 

His  practice  was  of  a  general  nature,  chiefly 
civil,  with  only  an  occasional  venture  into  the  de- 
vious lanes  of  criminal  law,  and  though  it  was 
marked  by  a  number  of  important  cases,  it  was 
not  enlivened  by  any  noteworthy  relief  from  the 
monotony  of  ordinary  legal  routine.  His  first  case 
at  the  bar,  however,  was  illumined  by  an  amusing 
incident  that  furnished  significant  evidence  of 
young  Bell's  powers  of  observation.  The  case  had 
not  progressed  far  before  he  saw  that  the  presiding 
Judge  had  a  decided  admiration  for  the  feminine 
propensity  of  getting  in  the  last  word.  But  the 
opposing  counsel  subsequently  made  the  same  dis- 
covery. Thenceforth  the  proceedings  developed 
into  a  sort  of  mental  catch-as-catch-can  contest  for 
the  ultimate  syllable.  Whether  skill  or  endurance 
was  responsible  for  the  victory  has  not  appeared; 
but  at  all  events  young  Bell  won  the  case. 

His  success  in  this,  his  first  appearance  in  court 
in  the  capacity  of  counsel,  served  to  encourage  Mr. 
Bell  and  probably  had  an  effect  upon  his  whole 
future  career,  because  he  recalled  vividly  the  cir- 
cumstances of  that  first  contest  and  his  knowledge 
of  human  nature  has  since  been  one  of  his  chief 
assets. 

In  1898,  after  nearly  a  quarter  of  a  century  in 
other  sections  of  the  country,  Mr.  Bell  returned  to 
his  native  California  and  opened  offices  for  the 
practice  of  his  profession  in  San  Francisco,  where 
he  remained  for  about  six  years. 

From  the  outset  he  made  a  specialty  of  corpora- 
tion practice  and  in  a  period  of  approximately 
fifteen  years  has  attained  position  among  the  lead- 
ing counselors  of  the  Pacific  Coast.  His  success  in 
the  handling  of  corporation  matters  had  much  to 
do  with  his  summons  to  Oakland,  in  1904,  to  be- 
come the  attorney  for  the  Oakland  Traction  Com- 
pany, and  his  labors  since  that  time  have  been 
little  short  of  monumental. 

Previous  to  his  advent  all  of  the  Oakland  corpo- 
ration's properties  had  been  in  separate  lines,  but 
with  his  advice  the  owners  were  able  to  bring  about 


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a  consolidation  which  resulted  in  Oakland  having 
one  of  the  most  efficient  electric  railway  systems 
in  the  United  States,  this  being  one  of  the  chief 
factors  in  the  marvelous  growth  within  a  few  years 
of  Oakland  and  its  environs.  Mr.  Bell  drew  up  all 
the  papers  for  the  establishment  of  the  Key  Route 
Company,  and  allied  corporations  operating  in  op- 
position to  the  Southern  Pacific  Railroad  Com- 
pany's ferry  lines,  and  he  had  charge  of  all  the  legal 
business  of  the  combined  companies,  which  in- 
cluded the  Oakland  Traction  Company,  the  Key 
Route  Co.  and  the  Realty  Syndicate  of  Oakland. 

In  March,  1911,  the  electric  lines  of  Oakland,  to- 
gether with  the  connecting  lines  of  ferries,  were 
consolidated  under  the  name  of  the  San  Francisco- 
Oakland  Terminal  Railways-,  and  Mr.  Bell,  as  Chief 
Counsel  for  the  Oakland  interests,  had  a  large  part 
in  the  completion  of  the  merger  which  brought 
about  one  of  the  largest  traction  corporations  of 
the  United  States. 

Mr.  Bell  has  continued  as  Chief  Counsel  for  the 
San  Francisco-Oakland  Terminal  Railways  and  in 
this  capacity  has  been  one  of  the  potent  influences 
for  harmonious  conduct  of  the  big  company's  busi- 
ness. Since  the  beginning  of  his-  connection  with 
the  traction  interests  of  Oakland  Mr.  Bell's  practice 
has  been  confined  almost  entirely  to  their  affairs 
and  he  has  also  expanded  his  knowledge  of  busi- 
ness affairs  to  such  an  extent  that  he  is  almost  an 
essential  part  of  the  concern.  The  necessity  of 
keeping  in  touch  with  the  decisions  in  corporation 
cases,  with  the  development  of  business,  with  the 
field  for  bond  issues  that  will  appeal  to  the  invest- 
ing public,  requires  a  legal  and  commercial  acu- 
men that  proves  Mr.  Bell  to  be  a  close  student  of 
all  pertaining  to  those  features  of  his  Interests. 
•  Necessarily,  his  work  for  the  traction  interests 
of  Oakland  and  San  Francisco  has  involved  mani- 
fold duties  and  a  versatility  of  unusually  high  de- 
gree. The  bond  issues  and  damage  suits  alone  have 
constituted  a  task  to  which  a  capacity  of  a  lesser 
magnitude  than  that  of  Mr.  Bell  would  have  suc- 
cumbed, but  for  many  years  he  had  personal  charge 
of  all  these  cases  and  only  recently  relinquished  the 
handling  of  the  damage  suits  to  his  assistants. 

A  large  part  of  Mr.  Bell's-  success  has  been  due 
to  his  coolness  and  keen  knowledge  of  human  na- 
ture. It  has  been  the  policy  of  fairness,  originated 
in  the  mind  of  Mr.  Bell,  which  has  aided  in  the 
success  of  the  traction  enterprises  of  the  Bay  cities 
and  has  helped  along  in  the  development  of  those 
municipalities,  for  in  the  wake  of  modern  electric 
transportation  facilities-  Oakland,  San  Francisco 
and  other  communities  have  greatly  expanded  and 
real  estate  values-  advanced  as  population  increased. 

In  addition  to  his  labors  for  the  traction  inter- 
ests mentioned,  Mr.  Bell  is  the  head  of  the  law  firm 
of  Bell,  Bell  &  Smith  of  Oakland.  This  firm, 
formed  in  September,  1911,  is  made  up  of  himself, 
his  son,  Traylor  W.  Bell,  and  Stanley  J.  Smith,  son 
of  Judge  Stanley  A.  Smith,  of  Downleville,  Califor- 


nia. The  two  younger  men  are  among  the  most 
promising  of  California  attorneys-.  Mr.  Bell's  son 
inherited  an  inclination  for  the  law  and  after  a 
splendid  educational  training  was  admitted  to  the 
bar  of  California  in  May,  1905.  He  immediately 
engaged  in  practice  with  his  father  under  the  firm 
name  of  Bell  &  Bell,  and  after  more  than  six  years 
together  they  took  in  Mr.  Smith,  with  the  result 
that  the  firm  is  one  of  the  leading  law  associations 
of  California.  The  younger  members  are  asso- 
ciated with  Mr.  Bell  in  his  work  for  various  trac- 
tion corporations,  but  the  firm  also  conducts  a 
general  legal  business,  a  large  part  of  which  is 
handled  by  the  junior  members. 

Despite  the  manifold  demands  of  his  practice, 
Harmon  Bell  avoids  the  narrowness  of  outlook  that 
comes  from  long  confinement  in  one  branch  of  the 
law — even  so  wide  a  field  as  corporation  law.  He 
has  at  all  times  been  a  supporter  of  the  Republican 
party,  although  not  over  active  in  political  affairs, 
and  has  taken  a  strong  interest  in  public  works  of 
Oakland  and  San  Francisco.  In  the  trying  days 
following  the  disaster  of  1906,  when  San  Francisco 
was  leveled  by  earthquake  and  fire,  Mr.  Bell  threw 
all  his  energy  into  the  work  of  relief  and  did  a 
great  deal  towards  alleviating  the  sufferings  of  the 
stricken  people.  The  Oakland  Traction  Company 
put  its  ferries  into  service  within  a  few  hours  after 
the  shock  was  felt  by  San  Francisco  and  by  pro- 
viding beds  and  medical  aid  for  the  refugees  helped 
cons-iderably  in  restoring  the  confidence  of  the 
people. 

In  the  great  tangle  of  legal  problems  and  liti- 
gation caused  by  the  disaster  attendant  upon  the 
work  of  restoring  normal  conditions  Mr.  Bell  was 
a  powerful  factor  and  not  only  steered  his  clientele 
safely  through  the  maze,  but  also  lent  his  advice  in 
the  straightening  out  of  affairs  for  others. 

Always  a  supporter  of  projects  for  the  benefit 
of  the  Bay  section,  Mr.  Bell  was  an  advocate,  from 
the  beginning,  of  the  plan  for  holding  a  World 
Fair  at  San  Francisco  in  1915  to  commemorate  the 
opening  of  the  Panama  Canal  and  has  extended  his 
assistance  in  many  directions. 

Mr.  Bell  has  collected  a  large  library  of  general 
literature  and  finds  relaxation  in  its  stimulating 
atmosphere.  Standard  and  the  best  modern  fiction 
are  his  chief  diversion,  his  zest  for  which  is-  en- 
livened by  the  congenial  tastes  of  his  wife,  with 
whom  he  is  especially  fond  of  reading. 

While  not  a  clubman,  in  the  strict  meaning  of 
the  term,  Mr.  Bell  manages  to  devote  a  moment 
now  and  then  to  the  several  associations  of  which 
he  is  a  member.  Among  the  most  prominent  of 
these  are  the  Athenian  Club  and  the  Claremont 
Golf  and  Country  Club,  both  of  Oakland,  and  the 
Transportation  and  Commonwealth  Clubs-  of  San 
Francisco. 

He  is  a  Mason,  member  of  the  Mystic  Shrine, 
Knights  Templar,  B.  P.  O.  Elks,  and  the  Native 
Sons  of  the  Golden  West. 


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INDLEY,  ALBERT,  President  of 
the  Order  of  Railway  Employees' 
Publishing  Company,  and  of  the 
Order  of  Railway  Employees'  Fi- 
nance Society,  San  Francisco, 
was  born  at  Clayton,  Indiana, 
June  13,  1864,  the  son  of  Milton  Lindley  and  Mary 
E.  (Banta)  Lindley.  His  father,  of  Scotch-English 
origin,  was  born  in  North  Carolina  of  Quaker 
parentage,  but  before  reaching  manhood  went  to 
Indiana  where  he  became  a 
farmer,  merchant  and  bank- 
re.  In  1866  the  family  moved 
to  Minneapolis  whence,  in 
1875,  they  came  to  Los  An- 
geles. There  Milton  Lind- 
ley was  one  of  the  leading 
citizens,  for  several  years 
County  Treasurer,  later  a 
member  of  the  County  Board 
of  Supervisors  and  Chair- 
man of  its  Finance  Commit- 
tee. 

The  mother  of  Albert 
Lindley  is  of  Dutch  family, 
her  Holland  ancestors  hav- 
ing settled  on  Manhattan 
Island  in  1659.  Her  grand- 
father and  three  of  her  un- 
cles were  in  the  Revolu- 
tionary War.  Others  of  her 
forbears  fought  in  the  War 
of  1812,  as  well  as  in  the 
war  with  Mexico,  and  her 
four  brothers  were  officers 
in  the  Civil  War.  She  is 
still  living  with  her  eldest 
daughter  in  Los  Angeles,  at 
the  advanced  age  of  eighty- 
two;  and  her  broad  charities  and  graciousness 
have  won  for  her  the  love  and  veneration  of  the 
many  of  several  generations  who  have  been  blessed 
with  her  acquaintance. 

For  several  years  Albert  Lindley  attended  the 
grammar  school  and  high  school  of  Minneapolis. 
In  1880  he  entered  the  University  of  Southern  Cal- 
ifornia, in  Los  Angeles,  where  he  was  one  of  the 
first  students  enrolled,  and  whence  he  was  grad- 
uated in  1883,  with  the  degree  of  B.  A. 

The  first  few  years  after  graduation  he  was  con- 
nected with  his  brother,  Hervey,  in  the  lumber 
business  in  Iowa  and  Dakota.  Returning  to 
Los  Angeles  in  1887  he  engaged  in  fruit  raising, 
farming  and  in  a  variety  of  other  activities.  From 
1894  to  1900  inclusive  he  was  keeper  of  the  arch- 
ives in  the  Department  of  State;  but  having  pur- 
chased the  Southern  Hotel  of  Bakersfield  in  the 
latter  part  of  the  '90's  he  shifted  thither  the  scene 
of  his  operations.  While  there  he  took  an  active 
part  in  political  and  fraternal  matters,  as  an  out- 
let for  his  dynamic  energies,  as  well  as  for  the  ad- 


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vancement  of  his  own  and  his  associates'  interests. 
In  1902  he  disposed  of  his  Bakersfield  holdings, 
shortly  thereafter  becoming  superintendent  of  the 
construction  of  the  Klamath  Lake  Railroad,  and 
later  superintendent  of  the  operations  of  the  line. 
His  next  post  was  that  of  Secretary  of  the  State 
Agricultural  Society.  This  he  held  for  two  years, 
and  in  1905  was  appointed  by  Governor  Pardee 
State  Building  and  Loan  Commissioner,  but  toward 
the  end  of  1910  resigned  to  devote  himself  to  the 
Order  of  Railway  Employees, 
and  the  management  of  his 
own  properties. 

On  January  1,  1910,  Mr. 
Lindley  took  charge  of  the 
Railway  Employees'  Maga- 
zine and  the  financial  affairs 
of  the  Order.  Since  then 
both  have  been  moving  for- 
ward toward  the  large  des- 
tiny he  has  planned  for  them. 
He  has  overcome  the  handi- 
cap imposed  by  the  fact 
that  the  Order  lacked  the 
authorization  of  the  railroads 
to  operate  over  their  lines 
and  to  accept  paymasters' 
deduction  orders  from  em- 
ployees, until  today  this  priv- 
ilege has  been  extended  to 
the  Order  by  more  than 
thirty  railways,  including 
four  transcontinental  sys- 
tems. He  purposes  to  aid  in 
bringing  fifty  thousand  men 
into  the  O.  R.  E.  within  the 
next  two  years,  and  ultimate- 
ly to  establish  lodges  in 
every  great  railway  center 
from  the  Pacific  to  the  Atlantic. 

Mr.  Lindley  has  been  prominent  in  the  councils 
of  the  Panama-Pacific  Exposition  Company  ever 
since  its  inception.  He  was  one  of  the  original 
members  of  the  Committee  of  Ways  and  Means, 
and  took  a  leading  part  in  the  campaign  for  the 
bond  issue  that  made  the  Exposition  possible.  In 
the  latter  respect  his  work  was  especially  impor- 
tant in  Los  Angeles  County  and  throughout  South- 
ern California,  where  in  a  few  weeks  he  changed 
the  whole  sentiment  and  was  perhaps  the  chief 
factor  in  winning  the  day  for  the  bonds  by  a  large 
majority.  Was  member  Reception  Committee  dur- 
ing President  Taft's  visit  to  San  Francisco. 

Beyond  the  foregoing  activities,  his  outside 
interests  include  investments  in  industrial  stocks, 
real  estate  and  farming  in  various  parts  of  Cali- 
fornia. His  clubs  are  the  Union  League,  Common- 
wealth, Elks  and  the  Lagunitas.  He  is  a  public- 
spirited,  generous  citizen,  a  hard  fighter,  when 
fighting  is  necessary,  a  delightful  companion,  a 
true  friend  and  an  able  financier. 


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AXEY,  JOHN  J.,  Capitalist, 
Los  Angeles,  California,  is  a 
native  of  Ireland,  having 
been  born  in  Tipperary  on 
June  14,  1839.  His  father  was 
Patrick  Maxey  and  his  mother  was 
Margaret  (Slingsby)  Maxey.  Mr.  Maxey 
married  in  Atchison,  Kansas,  February  10, 
1865,  Miss  Anna  Burk.  Six  children  have 
been  born  to  them. 

When  he  was  four 
years  old  Mr.  Maxey  was 
brought  to  the  United 
States  and  lived  at  St. 
Joseph,  Missouri,  where 
he  grew  up,  and  attended 
the  public  schools  of  that 
place  until  1859,  when  he 
launched  out  for  himself 
into  a  career  which  was 
to  be  marked  by  extraor- 
dinary activity  and  adven- 
ture. 

His  first  business  ex- 
perience was  in  engaging 
in  the  wagon  and  carriage 
business  in  Western  Mis- 
souri. He  prospered,  but 
the  Civil  War  brought 
disorder  and  uncertainty 
in  the  region  he  was 
working  in,  and  he  was 
forced  to  abandon  his  ef- 
forts as  an  independent 
dealer  in  the  towns  where 
he  had  opened  his  busi- 
ness; soon  the  struggles 


JOHN  J.  MAXEY 


going  on  through  the  country  caused  him  to 
return  to  St.  Joseph,  where  he  was  obliged 
for  a  time  to  work  as  an  employe  in  a  wagon 
and  carriage  concern. 

In  the  year  1861  there  were  two  avenues 
which  engaged  the  attention  of  men  of  bold 
activities ;  one  was  the  South,  where  the  con- 
flict was  being  waged,  and  the  other  was  the 
then  really  wild  West,  with  its  mysteries  and 
its  promises  of  wealth.  Mr.  Maxey  chose  the 
latter,  and  in  that  same  year  left  St.  Joseph 
with  a  party  who  made  Denver  their  object, 
and  their  means  of  transportation  were 
wagons  drawn  by  oxen. 

On  arriving  at  Denver  Mr.  Maxey  at  once 
found  an  opening  for  the  knowledge  he  had 
already  gained;  he  set  up  in  the  blacksmith- 
ing  and  wagon  business,  making  the  outfit- 
ting of  "prairie  schooners"  a  large  part  of  his 
business,  for  at  that  era  Denver  was  the  out- 
post and  outfitting  point  for  those  who  had 


in  view  the  hazardous  journey  to  California. 
In  1862,  when  Mr.  Maxey  was  but  twen- 
ty-three years  of  age,  he  was  engaged  by  the 
famous  Ben  Holliday  as  a  mechanic,  going 
back  and  forth  with  the  Holliday  stages 
shoeing  their  horses  and  repairing  the 
coaches. 

That  was  the  time  of  adventure  with  the 
hostile  Indians,  and  Mr.  Maxey  had  his  share 

of  those  perils  in  his  trips 

from  the  Missouri  River 
to  California;  in  the  win- 
ter of  1865  he  was  en- 
gaged in  a  running  fight 
with  Indians  in  the  now 
staid  and  commonplace 
region  between  Denver 
and  Atchison,  Kansas, 
and  to  save  his  life  had  to 
lose  the  coach. 

In  the  spring  of  1866 
Mr.  Maxey  engaged 
again  in  coach  repairing 
and  general  blacksmith- 
ing  in  Denver,  but  in 
1868  became  associated  as 
a  partner  in  business  with 
W.  J.  Kinsey.  In  1868 
this  association  was  dis- 
solved and  Mr.  Maxey 
went  into  business  again 
for  himself,  adding  farm 
implements  to  his  stock. 
At  the  same  time  he  en- 
gaged in  the  livestock 
business  on  a  large  ranch 
he  had  acquired. 


So  well  did  he  prosecute  his  affairs  that 
in  1876  he  sold  out  his  varied  interests  and 
moved  to  Los  Angeles.  After  arriving  in  Cali- 
fornia he  found  a  pleasant  occupation  in 
orange  culture,  and  in  looking  after  his  per- 
sonal interests,  which  consist  of  large  estates 
in  Denver  and  Los  Angeles. 

All  of  his  property  Mr.  Maxey  adminis- 
ters through  the  J.  J.  Maxey  corporation,  of 
which  he  is  president. 

He  is  a  man  of  most  entertaining  charac- 
ter. His  stories  of  the  pioneer  days  would 
form  the  most  interesting  reading  for  future 
generations.  He  had  an  intimate  acquaint- 
ance with  most  of  the  noted  characters  of  the 
West,  men  we  can  but  hear  about  now  or  see 
imitated  in  a  Wild  West  show. 

He  possesses  an  intimate  knowledge  of 
the  early  Los  Angeles  and  remembers  well 
the  small  beginning  of  most  of  the  great 
financial  institutions  of  that  city. 


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OCKWEILER,  JOHN  HEN- 
RY, Civil  Engineer,  San 
Francisco,  California,  was 
born  in  Lancaster,  New 
York,  February  20,  1864,  the 
son  of  Henry  Dockweiler  and  Margaretha 
(Sugg)  Dockweiler,  the  former  of  whom 
came  from  Bavaria  while  the  latter  was  an 
Alsatian  by  birth.  Mr.  Dockweiler  was  mar- 
ried in  Los  Angeles,  Oc- 
tober 21,  1902,  to  Miss 
Martha  A.  Schultheis. 

Mr.  Dockweiler  went 
to  Los  Angeles  when  he 
was  but  six  months  old, 
and  may  therefore  be 
classed  as  a  Native  Son. 
He  first  attended  a  pre- 
paratory school  there,  and 
from  1872  to  the  end  of 
1878  was  a  student  at  St. 
Vincent's  College  in  the 
same  city.  For  a  period 
of  eighteen  months,  be- 
ginning in  1879,  he  was 
employed  in  a  hotel  in  Los 
Angeles  as  bellboy  and 
storeroom  keeper.  He 
then  entered  the  office  of 
the  City  Surveyor  of  Los 
Angeles,  where  he  re- 
mained until  September, 
1881,  when  he  joined  a 
railroad  surveying  party 
and  worked  under  locat- 
ing and  constructing  en- 
gineers to  the  end  of  1883. 
He  re-entered  St.  Vincent's  College  at  the 
beginning  of  1884,  remaining  there  two 
years.  At  the  beginning  of  1886  he  again 
secured  employment  in  the  office  of  the  City 
Surveyor,  but  left  in  the  spring  of  1887  to 
open  an  office  for  himself,  engaged  in  the 
general  practice  of  surveying.  During  this 
period  he  was  employed  as  one  of  the  engi- 
neers on  the  construction  of  the  cable  rail- 
way system  in  Los  Angeles. 

In  1891  he  became  City  Engineer  of  Los 
Angeles,  serving  four  years,  until  the  end  of 
1894.  In  1895  and  1896  he  was  engaged  in 
general  engineering  work,  and  in  1897  again 
became  City  Engineer,  serving  for  two  years. 
While  City  Engineer  he  devoted  considera- 
ble time  to  the  problems  of  water  supply  for 
the  city  and  the  litigation  connected  there- 
with. He  resumed  private  practice  in  1899 
and  for  the  next  five  years  was  active  in  gen- 
eral engineering  and  in  the  investigation  of 


J.  H.  DOCKWEILER 


mining  properties.  In  January,  1904,  he 
went  to  San  Francisco  in  the  capacity  of  con- 
sulting engineer  to  the  City  Attorney  of  that 
city,  in  the  litigation  pending  between  the 
Spring  Valley  Water  Works  and  the  City  of 
San  Francisco,  and  has  held  that  position  to 
the  present  date.  He  became  consulting  en- 
gineer in  1906  to  the  city  of  Oakland  in  the 
litigation  between  the  Contra  Costa  Water 
Company  and  the  city 
of  Oakland,  which  posi- 
tion he  still  retains.  In 
1908  he  was  appointed 
consulting  engineer  to 
the  City  Council  of  Oak- 
land in  the  matter  of  wa- 
ter rates,  which  position 
he  still  holds.  He  also 
served  in  a  consulting  ca- 
pacity to  other  communi- 
ties in  the  matter  of  wa- 
ter supplies.  In  1906  he 
proposed  the  project  of 
the  formation  of  a  muni- 
cipal water  district  for  all 
cities  around  the  Bay  of 
San  Francisco,  which  was 
put  into  legal  shape  by 
the  City  Attorney  of  San 
Francisco,  Percy  V. 
Long,  and  the  City  At- 
torney of  Oakland,  the 
late  John  E.  McElroy. 
This  law  is  known  as  the 
Municipal  Water  District 
Act  and  was  passed  by 
the  Legislature  of  Cali- 
fornia in  1909.  This  is  the  pet  project  and 
hobby  of  Mr.  Dockweiler,  and  is  the  only  so- 
lution which,  in  his  opinion,  will  settle  the 
water  problem  which  is  confronting  the  ever 
increasing  population  in  the  region  of  the 
Bay  of  San  Francisco. 

His  card  index  is  an  object  lesson  of  the 
ease  with  which  the  minutest  detail  in  con- 
nection with  important  lawsuits  running  over 
many  years  can  be  instantly  located.  The 
testimony  given  in  two  of  the  principal  water 
rate  suits  has  been  typed  on  more  than  75,000 
cards,  which  have  been  indexed  and  cross- 
indexed  under  thousands  of  headings. 

His  military,  social  and  technical  connec- 
tions may  be  summed  up  in  his  membership 
of  the  Corps  of  Engineers  of  the  National 
Guard,  with  the  rank  of  Major;  Common- 
wealth Club  of  San  Francisco,  American  So- 
ciety of  Civil  Engineers  and  Engineers  and 
Architects'  Society  of  Southern  California. 


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LDRIDGE,  WALTER  HULL,  Min- 
ing and  Metallurgical  Engineer, 
Los  Angeles,  California,  was  born 
in  Brooklyn,  New  York,  Septem- 
ber 8,  1867.  He  is  the  son  of  Vol- 
ney  Aldridge  and  Harriet  Eliza- 
beth (Hull)  Aldridge.  He  married  Nancy  Tuttle 
at  Rossland,  British  Columbia,  January  11,  1899, 
and  to  them  there  have  been  born  three  children, 
Katherine,  Duncan  and  Walter  Aldridge. 

Mr.  Aldridge  is  a  descendant  of  Commodore 
Isaac  Hull,  commander  of  the  historic  old  "Con- 
stitution," which  wrought  such  havoc  with  the 
British  ships  during  the  war  of  1812;  General 
William  Hull  of  Revolutionary  fame,  who  was  with 
Washington  at  the  battles  of  Princeton  and  Tren- 
ton, and  Commodore  Perry,  the  hero  of  the  battle 
of  Lake  Erie. 

Mr.  Aldridge  received  his  primary  education  in 
the  public  schools  of  Brooklyn,  leaving  to  enter 
Brooklyn  Polytechnic  Institute.  He  followed  this 
with  attendance  at  Columbia  University  in  New 
York  City  and  was  graduated  from  the  latter  in- 
stitution in  June,  1887,  as  Engineer  of  Mines. 
Almost  immediately  after  his  graduation  Mr.  Ald- 
ridge became  Assayer  for  the  Colorado  Smelting 
Company,  which  owned  the  famous  Madonna  Mine 
and  a  smelting  plant  at  Pueblo,  Colorado,  'ihis 
company  was  controlled  by  Abram  S.  Hewitt,  New 
York  City's  noted  Mayor;  General  Davis  of 
New  York,  and  the  Seligmans,  bankers,  and 
Anton  Eilers,  the  latter  being  General  Manager,  and 
Otto  Hahn,  Superintendent.  Mr.  Aldridge  later  be- 
came Chemist  and  Metallurgist  for  the  company. 
In  1892,  after  five  years  of  successful  work  in 
his  chosen  lines,  Mr.  Aldridge  left  the  Colorado 
company  to  become  manager  of  the  United  Smelt- 
ing &  Refining  Company,  which  was  owned  by  the 
same  group  of  capitalists.  This  company  operated 
a  large  custom  smelting  plant  at  East  Helena, 
Montana,  another  at  Great  Falls,  Montana,  and  a 
refinery  at  South  Chicago.  The  United  was  ab- 
sorbed by  the  American  Smelting  &  Refining  Com- 
pany after  Mr.  Aldridge  severed  his  connection 
with  it  to  take  a  position  with  Sir  William  Van 
Home,  President  of  the  Canadian  Pacific  Railroad, 
and  afterwards  with  Sir  Thomas  Shaughnessy,  who 
became  President.  He  was  placed  in  charge  of  all 
the  mining  and  metallurgical  work  of  the  railroad, 
and  soon  was  among  the  foremost  mining  men  of 
the  American  Continent.  During  his  connection 
with  the  railroad  he  established  extensive  lead  and 
copper  works  at  Trail,  B.  C.,  and  an  electrolytic 
lead  refinery.  This  latter  was  the  first  plant  of 
its  kind  the  world  ever  saw  and  has  since  played 
an  important  part  in  the  industrial  history  of 
Canada.  Through  that  institution,  Canada  pro- 
duced its  first  refined  lead,  silver  and  gold,  Mr. 
Aldridge  thus  being  responsible  for  the  introduc- 
tion into  the  Dominion  of  one  of  its  most  impor- 
tant modern  industries.  An  interesting  historical 
feature  in  connection  with  the  plant  is  the  fact 
that  it  produced  for  Japan  most  of  the  lead  which 


that  nation  used  during  the  memorable  war  with 
Russia,  the  contest  that  made  Japan  a  nation  of 
the  first  class  and  awakened  the  rest  of  the  civil- 
ized peoples  to  the  fact  that  the  Mikado's  country 
was  entitled  to  rank  as  a  world  power. 

Mr.  Aldridge's  next  big  work,  following  the  in- 
stallation of  the  electrolytic  works,  was  the  de- 
velopment of  the  Hosmer  and  Bankhead  coal 
mines.  The  dust  from  the  Bankhead  coal,  which  is 
semi-anthracite,  was  utilized  for  the  manufacture 
of  coal  dust  briquettes,  which  were  produced  for 
the  first  time  on  a  commercial  scale  by  the  Zwoyer 
process. 

The  metal  mining  interests  of  the  railroad  conv 
pany  were  incorporated  under  the  name  of  the 
Consolidated  Mining  &  Smelting  Company,  which 
controlled  many  of  British  Columbia's  largest  lead, 
silver,  gold  and  copper  mines,  as  well  as  the  large 
reduction  works  at  Trail. 

Mr.  Aldridge  resigned  his  position  as  Managing 
Director  of  the  Consolidated  Smelting  and  Refining 
Company  and  other  Canadian  Pacific  Railway  in- 
stitutions to  become  associated  with  William  B. 
Thompson  of  the  Gunn-Thompson  Company  of  New 
York.  Mr.  Aldridge  has  charge  of  Mr.  Thompson's 
extensive  mining  interests,  which  include  Inspira- 
tion Copper  Company  (Managing  Director),  Mason 
Valley  Mines  Company  (Consulting  Engineer),  Mag- 
ma Copper  Company  (Consulting  Engineer),  Gunn- 
Quealy  Coal  Company  (Consulting  Engineer)  and 
the  Mines  Company  of  America.  As  Managing  Di- 
rector of  the  Inspiration  Copper  Company,  which, 
after  consolidation  with  the  Cole-Ryan  Syndicate's 
Live  Oak  mine,  has  forty-five  million  tons  of  two 
per  cent  copper  ore,  Mr.  Aldridge  had  supervision 
of  the  extensive  mine  development  and  concentra- 
tor, which  will  involve  a  capital  outlay  of  $7,000,000. 
Associated  in  these  companies  with  Mr.  Thomp- 
son are  some  of  the  principal  men  in  the  Amal- 
gamated Copper  and  United  States  Steel  groups 
of  financiers,  besides  other  large  New  York  inter- 
ests. 

In  addition  to  the  companies  already  mentioned, 
Mr.  Aldridge  is  a  Director  in  the  Consolidated  Min- 
ing &  Smelting  Company,  the  Hosmer  Mines  Com- 
pany, the  Bankhead  Mines  Company  and  the  High 
River  Wheat  &  Cattle  Company,  the  latter  four 
being  Canadian  corporations. 

Mr.  Aldridge  is  a  member  of  the  American  Elec- 
tro-Chemical Society,  South  Bethlehem,  Pa.;  Cana- 
dian Institute  of  Mining  Engineers,  Institution  of 
Mining  and  Metallurgy,  London,  E.  C. ;  American 
Institute  of  Mining  Engineers  and  the  Mining  and 
Metallurgical  Society  of  America. 

His  clubs  are  the  Rocky  Mountain  Club,  New 
York;  Down  Town  Association,  New  York;  Cali- 
fornia Club,  Los  Angeles',  California;  Los  Angeles 
Country  Club,  Los  Angeles;  Sierra  Madre  Club, 
Los  Angeles;  Gamut  Club,  Los  Angeles;  Alta 
Club,  Salt  Lake  City,  Utah;  Spokane  Club,  Spo- 
kane, Washington;  Manitoba  Club,  Winnipeg,  Can- 
ada; Nelson  Club,  Nelson,  British  Columbia,  and 
Rossland  Club,  Rossland,  British  Columbia. 


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THEODORE  MARTIN 

ARTIN,  THEODORE,  Attorney  and 
Counselor  at  Law,  Los  Angeles, 
California,  was  born  in  the  city  of 
Quebec,  Canada,  the  son  of  Theo- 
dore and  Isabella  Martin.  He  mar- 
ried Frances  M.  McClure  at  Salida, 
Colorado.  They  have  one  son,  Theodore  F.  Martin. 

When  a  small  boy,  after  his  father's  death,  Mr. 
Martin's  mother  moved  to  Chicago.  There  he  re- 
ceived his  boyhood  education,  later  going  to  Colo- 
rado, where  he  studied  law  and  was  admitted  to 
the  bar  by  the  Supreme  Court  of  that  State. 

Forming  a  co-partnership  with  the  Hon.  Charles 
S.  Libby,  with  offices  in  both  Salida  and  Buena 
Vista.,  he  selected  mining  law  and  land  office  pro- 
cedure as  a  specialty,  and  soon  became  prominent 
by  reason  of  his  connection  with  some  of  the  promi- 
nent mining  cases  in  that  and  the  adjoining  Lead- 
ville  district. 

He  went  into  politics  and  soon  made  himself 
felt.  His  grasp  of  party  affairs,  his  eloquence,  his 
popularity  with  the  leaders  of  his  party  and  with 
the  public  brought  him  quick  success.  He  became  a 
well  known  public  figure. 

In  1891  he  was  elected  District  Attorney  of  the 
Eleventh  Judicial  District  of  Colorado,  embracing 
the  counties  of  Chaffee,  Park,  Custer  and  Fremont, 
and  was  very  successful  in  that  capacity. 

Moving  to  California  in  1895,  he  has  been  ac- 
tively engaged  in  the  practice  of  his  profession. 
His  law  library,  especially  with  reference  to  works 
which  treat  of  his  specialty,  is  one  of  the  best  in 
the  State. 

He  is  the  author  of  "Martin's  Mining  Law  and 
Land  Office  Procedure."  This  work,  which  appeared 
in  1908,  has  been  well  received  by  the  legal  profes- 
sion and  is  considered  an  authority  on  the  subjects 
treated. 

Mr.  Martin  is  a  member  of  the  Jonathan,  Union 
League  and  Sierra  Madre  clubs. 


H.  H.  ROSE 

OSE,  HENRY  HOWARD,  City  Jus- 
tice, ex-officio  Police  Judge,  Law- 
yer, Los  Angeles,  Cal.,  was  born 
at  Taycheedah,  Fond  du  Lac 
County,  Wis.,  Nov.  27,  1856.  He 
is  the  son  of  Henry  Fontaine  Rose 
and  Mary  Ward  (Howard)  Rose.  He  married  Ger- 
trude Golden  Ruggles  (deceased),  of  Fond  du  Lac, 
Aug.  20,  1884.  She  died  May  28,  1909,  since  when 
he  contracted  a  second  marriage  with  Leonie  E. 
Klein  at  Ventura,  Cal.  There  is  one  son  by  the  first 
marriage,  Augustus  Ruggles  Rose. 

He  attended  St.  Paul's  Parish  School  and  the 
Fond  du  Lac  High  School.  Then  he  studied  law  in 
the  office  of  his  father  at  Fond  du  Lac,  Wis.  He 
was  admitted  to  the  bar  July  8,  1881. 

Judge  Rose  was  employed  as  traveling  auditor 
for  Warder,  Bushnell  &  Co.  of  Chicago  for  one  year, 
then  was  given  a  similar  position  with  the  Wheel 
and  Seeder  Co.  of  Fond  du  Lac,  and  later  with  the 
Fuller  &  Johnson  Co.  of  Madison,  Wis.  In  1885  he 
entered  the  firm  of  Briggs  &  Rose,  dealers  in  farm 
machinery,  at  Fond  du  Lac,  and  was  a  partner  in 
this  business  until  1888.  He  then  traveled  for 
pleasure  for  a  while,  and  in  the  fall  of  1888  he  went 
to  Pasadena,  Cal.,  where  he  resumed  law  practice. 

In  Pasadena  he  soon  made  himself  a  public  fig- 
ure on  account  of  his  interest  in  civic  affairs.  Two 
years  after  his  arrival  he  was  nominated  and 
elected  to  his  first  office. 

Made  Justice  of  the  Peace  of  Pasadena  Town- 
ship, 1890;  1891  to  1893,  City  Recorder  of  Pasa- 
dena; Deputy  Dist.  Atty.,  Los  Angeles  County,  1903 
to  1905;  since  March,  1905,  City  Justice,  Los  An- 
geles. He  was  a  member  of  the  Fond  du  Lac 
National  Guards  from  1880  to  1888. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  California,  Caledonian 
and  Celtic  clubs,  the  Elks,  So.  Cal.  Rod  and  Reel 
Assn.  and  L.  A.  Bar  Assn.;  also  to  Arlington  Lodge, 
F.  and  A.  M.,  Crown  Chapter,  No.  72,  Pasadena. 


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H.  J.  LBLANDE 

ELANDE,  HARRY  JASON,  Coun- 
ty Clerk,  Los  Angeles  County,  was 
born  October  28,  1871,  at  Sonora, 
California.  His  father  was  Peter 
J.  Lelande,  and  his  mother  Adele 
(St.  Cyr)  Lelande.  On  August 
19,  1895,  he  married  Mary  Winifred  Davidson  at 
Pasadena,  Cal.  Their  children  are  Reginald  D., 
Grace  Dorothy,  Marjorie  Helen.  Davidson  S.  and 
Patricia.  Mr.  Lelande  has  resided  in  Los  Angeles 
thirty-nine  years. 

Attended  Los  Angeles  schools  until  1890,  then 
went  to  Phillips'  Academy  at  Andover,  Mass.;  Shef- 
field Scientific  Dept.  of  Yale  in  1890.  In  November, 
1892,  he  purchased  the  interest  of  R.  L.  McKnight, 
of  Edwards  &  McKnight,  booksellers  and  stationers. 
In  1894  he  purchased  the  interest  of  Mr.  Edwards 
and  disposed  of  the  business  in  1895.  Formed  a 
partnership  with  Victor  Wankowski  in  the  fire  in- 
surance business,  and  also  had  the  agency  for 
the  Continental  Building  and  Loan  Associa- 
tion of  San  Francisco.  He  accepted  a  position  in 
the  City  Assessor's  office  in  1899,  and  was  Deputy 
City  Assessor,  1899  to  1900;  Correspondence  Clerk 
in  the  City  Tax  Collector's  office,  1900  to  1902; 
City  Clerk,  1903  to  1910,  inclusive.  He  was  elected 
County  Clerk,  November,  1910,  assuming  duties  in 
that  office  January,  1911.  Mr.  Lelande  polled  the 
highest  vote  on  the  Republican  ticket. 

He  is  director,  Bankers'  Guaranty  Loan  Co.; 
Grizzly  Bear  Publishing  Co.;  secretary,  Vernon 
Athletic  Association;  director,  American  Machine 
Tool  Co.,  and  of  the  Gates  Oil  Co.  He  is  vice-presi- 
dent of  the  Cooper  Ornithological  Club  and  member 
of  many  reform  and  scientific  societies. 

Mr.  Lelande  is  a  member  of  the  Union  League, 
Los  Angeles  Athletic,  Gamut,  City  Federation  and 
Ellis  Clubs,  Hollenbeck  Lodge  of  Masons,  Elks 
Lodge  No.  99. 


ED.  W.  HOPKINS 

OPKINS,  ED.  W.,  County  Assessor 
for  Los  Angeles  County,  Califor- 
nia. Born  March  25,  1863,  at  Os- 
kaloosa,  Iowa,  the  son  of  John  Y. 
Hopkins  and  Mary  (Needham) 
Hopkins.  He  married  Martha  L. 
McVicker  at  Los  Angeles,  April  4,  1895,  and  is  the 
father  of  six  children:  Mary,  Ella,  Ruth,  John,  Bes- 
sie and  Helen  Hopkins. 

He  received  a  common  school  education  and  in 
time  took  up  reading  of  law  and  prepared  himself 
for  the  Bar.  He  was  admitted  to  practice  by  the 
Supreme  Court  of  Iowa  in  the  year  1887. 

After  getting  his  parchment  he  moved  from 
Iowa  to  Kansas  and  there  practiced  his  profession, 
but  it  did  not  yield  much  of  a  living  in  those  days 
and  he  moved  to  Portland,  Oregon,  in  1889.  There 
he  obtained  a  position  as  traveling  auditor  and 
collector  for  a  machine  house  and  remained  with 
that  firm  until  he  went  to  Los  Angeles  in  1891. 

Shortly  after  arriving  in  Los  Angeles,  Mr.  Hop- 
kins took  up  real  estate,  opening  offices  on  West 
Fourth  street.  He  later  took  into  the  firm  a  part- 
ner, and  they  maintained  a  profitable  trade  up  to 
1895,  when  Mr.  Hopkins  sold  his  share  to  accept 
an  appointment  as  Deputy  Assessor  of  Los  Angeles 
County.  While  in  the  real  estate  business  the 
firm  handled  a  considerable  amount  of  downtown 
property  and  his  work  in  that  line  was  crowned 
with  success. 

He  held  the  position  of  Deputy  Assessor  for 
twelve  years,  and  in  1907  Ben  Ward,  the  Assessor 
made  him  Chief  Deputy.  That  year  Mr.  Ward  died 
and  Mr.  Hopkins  was  appointed  County  Assessor 
by  the  Board  of  Supervisors  to  fill  the  unexpired 
term  of  Ward.  He  was  elected  County  Assessor  in 
1910,  and  has  served  nearly  a  year  of  his  term. 

Mr.  Hopkins  is  a  thirty-second  degree  Mason,  a 
Mystic  Shriner,  Knight  of  Pythias  and  a  member  of 
Union  League  and  City  Clubs  of  Los  Angeles. 


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EWCOMB,  ARTHUR  T., 
Physician  and  Surgeon,  Pasa- 
dena, California,  was  born  in 
Killawog,  New  York  State, 
in  the  year  1871,  the  son  of 
Franklin  T.  Newcomb  and  Elizabeth 
(Thurston)  Newcomb.  He  married  Olive 
Stratton  of  Pasadena  in  1895. 

He  was  educated  chiefly  in  the  best  of  the 
private  schools  of  New 
York  State.  He  was  first 
sent  to  Homer  Academy, 
a  noted  school  for  boys, 
and  when  he  had  com- 
pleted the  course  there,  he 
was  transferred  to  the 
Cortland  Normal  Acad- 
emy, where  he  received 
his  higher  education.  To 
qualify  htm  for  business 
he  was  sent  to  the  Wells 
Business  College  at  Syra- 
cuse, New  York. 

He  decided  upon  a  med- 
ical career,  and  entered 
the  Baltimore  Medical 
College,  Baltimore,  Mary- 
land. He  went  there  the 
allotted  number  of  years, 
taking  a  course  in  medi- 
cine and  surgery,  and  was 
graduated  with  the  class 
of  1893. 

Although  in  possession 
of  his  degree  as  Doctor 
of  Medicine  he  did  not 
think  himself  qualified  to 
practice.  He  went  to  the  most  famous  post- 
graduate school  in  America,  Johns  Hopkins, 
at  Baltimore,  and  took  considerable  work  in 
advanced  courses. 

He  has  been  a  student  of  his  profession 
throughout  his  life,  stopping  his  practice 
when  necessary  in  order  to  master  some 
phase  of  his  work,  some  problem  or  disease 
that  had  presented  itself.  Five  years  later 
he  went  to  the  University  of  Chicago,  where 
meanwhile  had  been  gathered  some  of  the 
best  medical  educators  in  America,  and  took 
additional  work.  He  has,  from  time  to  time, 
made  a  careful  study  of  the  clinics  in  New 
York,  Philadelphia,  Chicago,  and  at  the 
Mayos  in  Rochester,  Minnesota. 

His  thorough  training  recommended  him 
to  the  United  States  government  and  for  four 
years  he  had  a  medical  post  under  the  Sur- 
geon General  of  the  United  States.  He  then 
determined  upon  a  private  practice. 


DR.  A.  T.  NEWCOMB 


He  opened  an  office  in  Baltimore,  and  en- 
gaged in  a  general  practice,  with  uniform 
success,  because  his  work  as  United  States 
surgeon  had  made  him  well  known.  There 
he  remained  for  two  years,  until  the  attrac- 
tions of  Southern  California,  and  the  oppor- 
tunities of  Pasadena,  decided  him  to  make 
his  future  home  in  that  city. 

He  opened  an  office  in  Pasadena  in  the 
year  1900,  and  at  once  his 
business  became  lucra- 
tive. He  became  known 
as  a  careful  practitioner, 
who  studied  each  case 
with  exceeding  care.  He 
has  now  built  up  a  wide 
clientele,  and  is  family 
physician  to  many  of  the 
noted  families  of  the  win- 
ter city  of  millionaires. 

Dr.  Newcomb  has  been 
a  hard  worker  in  the  many 
medical  societies  of  which 
he  is  a  member.  One  of 
the  most  important  to 
which  he  belongs  is  the 
Medical  Chirurgical  Fac- 
ulty of  Maryland.  He 
has  attended  the  sessions 
of  the  American  Medical 
Association,  and  of  the 
International  Congress  of 
Tuberculosis,  in  both  of 
which  he  is  a  member. 
He  is  especially  interested 
in  the  work  of  the  latter 
organization,  which  con- 
centrates the  world-wide  effort  of  the  med- 
ical profession  to  suppress  the  great  White 
Plague.  Since  coming  to  the  State  of  Cali- 
fornia, he  has  maintained  his  interest  in  the 
medical  societies,  which  he  believes  are  pow- 
erful factors  in  maintaining  a  high  standard 
of  skill  in  the  profession.  He  is  a  member 
of  the  California  State  Medical  Association, 
also  of  the  Los  Angeles  County  Medical  As- 
sociation. He  is  one  of  the  most  active  mem- 
bers of  the  Clinical  and  Pathological  Society 
of  the  State,  and  of  the  Pasadena  Medical 
Society. 

He  is  well  known  socially,  and  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  best  clubs  of  Southern  California, 
in  addition  to  the  strictly  learned  and  tech- 
nical societies.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Uni- 
versity Club  of  Los  Angeles,  the  Annandale 
Country  Club  and  the  Overland  Club  of  Pasa- 
dena, and  of  the  Southern  California  Auto- 
mobile Club,  and  Catalina  Tuna  Club. 


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'GURRIN,  FRANK  E.,  Bank- 

Mc  er,  Salt  Lake  City,  Utah, 
was  born  in  Grand  Rapids, 
Michigan,  April  2,  1861.  He 
is  the  son  of  Manis  McGur- 
rin  and  Ellen  (Malone)  McGurrin.  He 
married  Jane  Darling  at  Paw  Paw,  Michi- 
gan, June  30,  1886,  and  to  them  there  was 
born  one  child,  Frank  Leland  McGurrin, 
who  died  in  his  second 
year. 

Mr.  McGurrin  was  ed- 
ucated in  the  public 
schools  of  his  native  city, 
but  quit  the  schoolroom 
when  he  was  sixteen 
years  of  age  and  entered 
the  office  of  D.  E.  Cor- 
bitt,  attorney,  where  he 
was  a  clerk  and  at  the 
same  time  studied  law. 
He  was  in  the  office 
for  approximately  seven 
years,  and  although  he 
was  still  a  youth  his 
power  of  application  as- 
serted itself,  and  in  addi- 
tion to  reading  Black- 
stone,  he  studied  litera- 
ture, mathematics  and 
music  under  private  in- 
structors. 

He  was  admitted  to 
the  bar  in  1884,  but  did 
not  begin  the  practice  of 
his  profession. 

He      had      previously 

learned  shorthand  and  typewriting.  He  took 
up  stenography  and  became  a  court  reporter. 
He  was  one  of  the  masters  of  that  profession 
while  he  followed  it,  and  at  one  time  held 
the  championship  of  the  United  States  in 
both  branches  of  it. 

Mr.  McGurrin  won  national  fame  as  a  re- 
sult of  his  victory  in  his  professional  con- 
tests, and  when  he  went  to  Salt  Lake  City, 
in  1886,  two  years  after  he  had  qualified  as 
a  lawyer,  he  was  readily  appointed  a  court 
reporter  for  the  United  States  Court.  His 
proficiency  in  his  work,  added  to  his  knowl- 
edge of  law,  made  him  a  valued  official  of 
the  court,  and  during  the  several  years  that 
he  held  his  position  he  was  one  of  the  most 
thorough  and  capable  men  in  the  service  of 
the  judiciary. 

After  a  few  years  Mr.  McGurrin  went 
into  the  business  of  loans  and  investments, 
and  there  built  the  foundation  for  a  career 


FRANK   E.   McGURRIN 


which  has  made  him  one  of  the  notably  suc- 
cessful men  in  Utah's  world  of  finance.  He 
made  a  success  of  his  first  venture  and  by 
wise  management  amassed  a  fortune  within 
a  short  time  sufficient  to  justify  him  in 
branching  out.  Accordingly,  in  1904,  he  or- 
ganized the  Salt  Lake  Security  and  Trust 
Company,  an  institution  which  has  grown  in 
strength  and  importance  until  today  it  is  rec- 
ognized as  one  of  the 
most  stable  in  the  West. 
It  now  has  a  capital  of 
$300,000,  and  an  earned 
surplus  of  $100,000,  a 
record  that  few  banking 
houses  can  boast  in  seven 
years  of  existence.  In 
addition  to  this,  it  has 
paid  regular  dividends  of 
eight  per  cent  ever  since 
its  organization.  Mr.  Mc- 
Gurrin is  president  of  it, 
and  it  is  due  in  large 
measure  to  his  manager- 
ial ability  that  the  bank 
has  attained  its  present 
position. 

The  Security,  how- 
ever, is  not  the  only  bank 
in  whose  success  Mr.  Mc- 
Gurrin has  been  a  factor, 
for  he  is  President  of  the 
Commercial  Bank  of 
Tooele,  Utah.  In  addi- 
tion to  that  he  is  Presi- 
dent of  the  Inter-Moun- 
tain Lumber  Company 
and  a  director  of  the  Inter-Mountain  Life  In- 
surance and  the  Mutual  Realty  Company.  All 
of  these  corporations  are  in  active  operation, 
and  to  each  of  them  Mr.  McGurrin  gives  a 
portion  of  his  time,  taking  a  leading  part  in 
the  policies  that  guide  them. 

He  is  a  tireless  worker  and  because  of  his 
varied  interests  is  compelled  to  apply  him- 
self closely  to  business,  but  he  finds  time  to 
join  in  any  movement  that  is  intended  to 
upbuild  and  improve  his  adopted  city,  and 
is  known  as  one  of  the  most  patriotic  citi- 
zens and  most  generous  philanthropists  in 
Salt  Lake. 

Mr.  McGurrin  is  a  noted  golfer  and  for 
three  successive  years  held  the  golfing  cham- 
pionship of  the  State  of  Utah.  He  is  also  a 
leading  clubman  and  holds  membership  in 
the  following:  Alta,  Commercial  and  Coun- 
try clubs,  of  Salt  Lake  City,  and  the  Victoria 
Club,  of  Riverside,  California. 


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D.  D.  BUICK 


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UICK,  DAVID  DUNBAR,  Oil  and 
Mine  Operator,  Los  Angeles,  Cali- 
fornia, was  born  in  Arbroth,  Scot- 
land, September  17,  1854,  the  son 
of  Alexander  Buick  and  Jane 
(Roger)  Buick.  He  married  Car- 
rie Catherine  Schwinck  at  Detroit,  Michigan,  Nov- 
ember 27,  1878,  and  to  them  there  have  been  born 
four  children,  Thomas  D.,  Frances  Jane,  Maybelle 
Lucille  and  Wynton  R.  Buick. 

Mr.  Buick  was  brought  to  this  country  when  he 
was  two  years  of  age,  the  family  settling  in  Detroit, 
and  there  he  made  his  home  for  the  next  forty- 
seven  years.  His  father  died  when  the  boy  was 
five  years  old  and  the  latter  had  to  shift  for  him- 
self at  an  early  age.  He  received  his  education 
in  the  Bishop  public  school  of  Detroit,  but  even 
in  childhood  displayed  the  energy  which  has  been 
one  of  the  factors  in  a  life  of  uninterrupted  suc- 
cesses. He  left  school  at  the  age  of  eleven  to  go 
to  work  on  a  farm,  but  for  some  years  prior  to 
that  time  had  devoted  certain  hours  of  each  day 
to  a  newspaper  route  which  he  controlled. 

After  three  years  of  farm  life,  Mr.  Buick,  in 
1869,  returned  to  Detroit  and  took  up  the  occupa- 
tion of  brass  finisher  as  an  apprentice.  Later 
when  he  was  recognized  as  an  expert  finisher,  he 
was  chosen  foreman  of  the  plant  where  he  had 
learned  the  business  and  remained  with  the  com- 
pany until  1882.  He  then  went  into  business  for 
himself,  in  partnership  with  William  Sherwood, 
the  firm  being  known  as  Buick  &  Sherwood,  man- 
ufacturers of  plumber's  supplies,  and  at  that  time 
the  largest  of  its  kind  in  the  United  States.  They 
conducted  this  business  with  great  success  for 
eighteen  years,  selling  out  in  1900  to  the  Standard 
Sanitary  Manufacturing  Co.,  of  which  Mr.  Buick 
was  one  of  the  organizers.  Mr.  Buick  continued 
as  one  of  the  members  of  the  new  concern  for 
about  a  year,  contributing  towards  its  upbuilding 
several  valuable  inventions  of  his  own. 

Up  to  this  time  Mr.  Buick  had  made  a  success 
of  every  enterprise  with  which  he  was  associated, 
but  he  was  destined  for  still  greater  fame  and 
achievement.  For  some  time  Mr.  Buick  had  been 
experimenting  with  the  automobile  and  continued 
his  experiments  after  he  went  into  the  manufac- 
ture, in  the  latter  part  of  1901,  of  marine  and  sta- 
tionary engines,  in  Detroit.  In  the  beginning  of 
1903  he  produced  his  first  automobile  engine  and 
thereupon  began  building  a  complete  motor  car. 
For  a  time,  however,  he  was  almost  alone  in  his 
enthusiasm,  but  within  a  few  months  he  completed 
his  car,  and  interested  several  of  the  officers  of  the 
Flint  Wagon  Works. 

Mr.  Buick  drove  the  car  from  Detroit  to  Flint, 
Michigan,  demonstrating  the  practicability  of  the 
automobile  which  was  destined  to  become  famous 
under  the  name  of  "Buick."  This  resulted  in  the 
organization,  on  September  3,  1903,  of  the  Buick 
Motor  Company. 

The  headquarters  of  the  Company  were  at  Flint, 
where  the  machines  were  constructed,  and  the 
first  year  of  its  existence  thirty-seven  cars  were 
turned  out.  From  that  time  on  the  success  of  the 
Buick  automobile  was  assured.  Mr.  Buick  at  first 
engaged  only  in  the  manufacture  of  the  engines 
for  the  automobiles,  but  later,  with  the  increasing 
demand  for  the  cars,  his  company  established 


the  extensive  plant  at  Flint,  which  has  been  the 
home  of  the  Buick  automobile  ever  since. 

It  is  interesting  to  note  that  Mr.  Buick,  who 
later  withdrew  from  the  automobile  company  on 
account  of  ill  health  and  went  to  Los  Angeles, 
where  he  has  since  turned  his  attention  to  other 
lines  of  industry,  has  seen  borne  out  a  prophecy 
made  by  him  years  ago.  It  was  in  1903  or  the  early 
part  of  1904,  during  a  consultation  with  the  offi- 
cers of  his  company  regarding  the  sales  of  auto- 
mobiles, that  he  declared  with  enthusiasm  that  the 
end  of  twenty  years  would  find  only  the  surface 
of  the  business  scratched — that  in  time  horse- 
drawn  vehicles  would  be  little  more  than  reminders 
of  a  past  age.  In  his  mind's  eye  he  could  see  the 
immense  traffic  of  the  automobile  as  it  is  known 
to-day  and  he  predicted  to  his  associates  the  uni- 
versal adoption  of  the  automobile  for  business  and 
pleasure.  They  were  skeptical,  but  willing  to  be 
convinced,  and  Buick,  the  inventor,  aided  largely 
in  the  work  of  convincing  them. 

The  picture  sketched  by  him  when  the  auto- 
mobile was  in  its  infancy  has  since  become  a  reali- 
ty, with  hundreds  of  thousands  of  cars  in  daily 
use  and  the  business  itself  regarded  as  the  most 
gigantic  manufacturing  line  in  the  United  States. 

Early  in  1910,  the  year  following  Mr.  Buick's 
removal  from  Flint  to  Los  Angeles,  he  took  charge 
of  the  affairs  of  the  Buick  Oil  Company,  of  which 
he  is  President.  The  company  has  been  one  of  the 
successful  operating  companies  in  the  California 
fields,  and  had  one  well,  known  as  Buick  No.  1, 
which  produced  900,000  barrels  of  oil  in  ten  months 
of  operation.  Another  well,  Buick  No.  3,  came  in 
as  a  gusher  and  produced  550,000  barrels  in  a  period 
of  four  months.  This  was  one  of  the  most  sensa- 
tional gushers  in  the  history  of  California  oil,  being 
ranked  second  in  size  of  flow. 

As  President  and  General  Manager  of  this  com- 
pany, Mr.  Buick  has  been  extremely  active  in  the 
oil  business,  and  has  spent  a  great  deal  of  time 
in  the  fields,  personally  directing  operations,  being 
qualified,  because  of  his  own  engineering  ability, 
to  handle  the  work  in  all  its  detail. 

In  addition  to  his  oil  interests,  Mr.  Buick  also 
has  been  engaged  for  some  time  in  mining  in  Cal- 
ifornia. He  is  President,  General  Manager  and 
chief  stockholder  of  a  company  operating  on  the 
mother  lode  at  Jacksonville,  Tuolumne  County, 
and  in  this,  as  in  his  other  enterprises,  has  met 
with  splendid  success. 

Mr.  Buick,  during  the  few  years  he  has  been 
a  resident  of  California,  has  become  known  as  one 
of  the  State  and  is  generally  regarded  as  one  who 
has  helped  largely  in  developing  her  resources. 

While  he  is  distinguished  for  having  made  a 
success  of  all  his  ventures,  Mr.  Buick's  greatest 
success  came  to  him  late  in  life,  for  he  was  forty- 
nine  years  of  age  when  he  organized  the  Buick 
Motor  Company;  but  since  that  time  all  of  his  ven- 
tures have  been  attended  with  extraordinarily 
large  rewards. 

Since  locating  in  Los  Angeles,  Mr.  Buick  has 
built  a  handsome  home  in  one  of  the  fashionable 
residence  sections  of  the  city  and  his  family  has 
taken  an  active  part  in  the  social  life  in  California. 

His  only  affiliation  outside  of  business  circles, 
is  the  Gamut  Club,  of  Los  Angeles. 


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ANNER,  RICHARD  ROB- 
ERT, Lawyer,  Los  Angeles, 
California,  was  born  March 
30,  1858,  at  San  Juan,  San 
Benito  County,  California,  the 
son  of  Albert  Miles  Tanner  and  Lovina 
(Bickmore)  Tanner.  On  the  paternal  side 
he  is  descended  from  Captain  Miles  Stand- 
ish,  the  Puritan,  renowned  in  history  and 
tradition.  He  has  been 
married  twice,  the  second 
time  to  Sebaldina  M. 
Bontty,  February  1,  1894, 
at  Los  Angeles,  Califor- 
nia. There  is  one  daugh- 
ter, Nora  Ormsby  (nee) 
Tanner,  by  his  former 
wife,  who  was  Miss  Eliz- 
abeth J.  Robinson,  daugh- 
ter of  Judge  Henry  Rob- 
inson, of  Ventura,  Cali- 
fornia. 

Mr.  Tanner  attended 
the  schools  of  Monterey, 
Santa  Cruz  County,  Cali- 
fornia, until  he  was  four- 
teen years  old,  then,  in 
1871,  the  family  moved  to 
Ventura  County,  and 
there  he  finished  his 
schooling. 

He  began  his  business 
career  as  assistant  post- 
master of  San  Buena  Ven- 
tura. Meanwhile,  he  read 
law,  and  by  the  time  he 
moved  to  Santa  Monica, 
in  the  year  1884,  was  in  a  position  to  be 
admitted  to  the  bar,  which  he  was  in  that 
year. 

Mr.  Tanner  practiced  alone  in  Santa 
Monica  for  awhile,  but  soon  formed  a  part- 
nership there  with  Andrew  T.  Lewis.  This 
continued  until  Mr.  Lewis'  removal  to  Port- 
land, Oregon,  in  1888. 

Then  began  a  long,  steady  and  prosper- 
ous career.  In  the  year  1888,  he  was  ap- 
pointed to  the  post  of  city  attorney  of  Santa 
Monica,  and  did  the  work  of  the  office  until 
1901,  a  continuous  stretch  of  thirteen  years. 
By  that  time  he  was  too  busy  with  his  pri- 
vate work  and  stepped  out,  contenting  him- 
self with  serving  occasionally  as  deputy  city 
attorney,  to  be  called  only  when  his  city 
needs  him  in  a  case  of  more  than  ordinary 
importance.  He  was  deputy  district  attor- 
ney of  Los  Angeles  County  under  F.  P. 
Kelly  for  two  years. 


RICHARD   R.   TANNER 


He  formed  a  partnership  with  Fred  H. 
Taft  in  the  year  1894,  and  this  association 
has  continued  ever  since.  In  1907  S.  W. 
Odell  was  added  to  the  firm,  and  three  years 
later  R.  A.  Odell  and  H.  W.  Taft  became 
members.  The  legal  business  has  been  large 
and  of  a  general  character.  Offices  are  con- 
ducted at  Santa  Monica,  Los  Angeles  and 
Pasadena,  the  most  important  cities  of  Los 
Angeles  County.  At- 
torney Tanner  is  an  au- 
thority on  land  titles, 
and  is  said  to  know  the 
history  of  every  section 
of  land  in  his  region. 

The  firm  represents 
many  great  corporations, 
but  owing  to  his  remark- 
able knowledge  of  land 
ownership,  he  has  been 
retained  as  attorney  for 
one  of  the  biggest  ab- 
stract companies  of 
Southern  California,  the 
Title  Guarantee  and  Trust 
Company  of  Los  Angeles. 
The  law  has  not  been 
Attorney  Tanner's  sole 
interest.  He  has  invested 
in  various  enterprises,  and 
generally  with  success. 

Mr.  Tanner  can  truly 
be  said  to  be  a  native  son 
of  California.  His  father 
was  here  before  the  For- 
ty-Niners,  and  was  quite 
a  noted  man  of  his  day. 
He  was  a  member  of  the  famous  Mormon 
Battalion  under  Lieutenant  Colonel  Philip 
St.  George  Cook.  He  was  in  a  number  of 
exploits  that  made  his  name  known  to  every 
Californian.  He  was  a  man  of  exceptional 
daring  and  full  of  resource  in  the  face  of 
danger.  He  had  all  the  typical  manly  virtues 
of  the  Western  pioneer. 

Mr.  Tanner  belongs  to  the  National 
Geographic  Society  and  to  the  Los  Angeles 
Bar  Association. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Free  and  Accepted 
Masons,  Lodge  No.  307;  Santa  Monica  Bay 
Chapter,  Royal  Arch  Masons,  No.  97 ;  Thirty- 
second  degree  member  of  the  Los  Angeles 
Consistory  Scottish  Rite  Masons,  Al  Malai- 
kah  Temple,  Mystic  Shrine;  Santa  Monica 
Lodge,  No.  438,  Independent  Order  of  For- 
esters; Seaside  Lodge,  No.  369,  Independent 
Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  and  of  various  other 
fraternal  orders. 


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EONARDT,  CARL,  Capital- 
ist, Contracting,  Los  Angeles, 
California,  was  born  in  Lue- 
denscherdt,  Westphalia,  Ger- 
many, in  1855.  He  had  three 
children,  Clara,  Adolph  and  Emily  Leon- 
ardt  (now  Mrs.  F.  H.  Powell). 

Mr.  Leonardt,  who  is  now  one  of  the 
most  famous  contractors  in  the  United 
States  and  one  of  the 
greatest  constructors  in 
the  West,  received  his 
schooling  in  Germany, 
and  was  graduated  in 
r  e  m  e  n  t  chemistry  at 
Aachen,  that  country. 
After  working  for  some 
time  in  cement  manufac- 
ture, in  the  Fatherland, 
Mr.  Leonardt  was  called 
to  the  United  States,  in 
1885,  to  take  charge  of  a 
cement,  plant  project  in 
the  State  of  Texas,  of 
which  he  eventually  be- 
came head  chemist. 

He  remained  in  the 
Texas  fields  for  two 
years,  and  then  he  went 
to  Los  Angeles,  Califor- 
nia, where  he  has  been 
located  since. 

Mr.  Leonardt's  career 
in  the  Southern  Califor- 
nia metropolis  has  been 
one  of  success  and  dis- 
tinction since  the  day  he 
started,  and  in  addition  to  this  he  has 
become  recognized  as  one  of  the  most  scien- 
tific and  reliable  cement  and  concrete  con- 
structors in  the  business. 

His  work  is  reflected  in  almost  every 
kind  of  work  into  which  these  wonderful 
substances  are  used  and  numerous  private 
mansions,  public  buildings  and  factories 
stand  as  monuments  to  him. 

As  his  entire  time  has  been  passed  in 
this  line  of  endeavor,  it  is  necessary  to  in- 
dicate the  accomplishments  of  this  man  dur- 
ing his  business  career,  to  publish  herewith 
a  list  of  some  of  the  buildings  to  which  his 
name  is  affixed  as  the  builder.  Among  them 
are  the  Los  Angeles  Hall  of  Records,  the 
Orpheum  Theater,  Los  Angeles,  a  perfect 
example  of  artistic  concrete  construction; 
the  Los  Angeles  County  Hospital,  the  Pa- 
cific Electric  Building,  the  H.  W.  Hellman 
Building,  the  Turnverein  Building,  and  ware- 


CARL   LEONARDT 


houses,  large  reservoirs  and  sewer  outfall 
from  factory  to  ocean,  for  the  Chino  Beet 
Sugar  Company;  also  factory  buildings  for 
the  American  Beet  Sugar  Company  at  Ox- 
nard,  Ventura  County,  California,  and  for 
the  Oxnard  Company  at  Rocky  Ford,  Colo- 
rado; Holly  Sugar  factory,  at  Huntington 
Beach,  California;  Hotel  Green,  Pasadena; 
Laughlin  Building,  Pasadena ;  concrete  vats, 
basement,  floors,  side- 
walks, etc.,  for  the  Cud- 
ahy  Packing  Company, 
Los  Angeles;  the  Suits 
Block,  Santa  Monica, 
Cal. ;  swimming  pools  at 
Redondo  Beach  and 
Santa  Monica,  Califor- 
nia; jail  at  Bakersfield, 
Cal. ;  Hamburger  Build- 
ing, Los  Angeles,  and  the 
Grant  Hotel,  San  Diego, 
Cal.,  and  sixteen  flat 
buildings,  in  Los  An- 
geles, for  Madame  Sev- 
erance, a  wealthy  Cali- 
fornian. 

The  Grant  Hotel,  San 
Diego,  and  the  big  build- 
ings mentioned  in  Los 
Angeles,  are  all  modern, 
fireproof  structures,  of 
the  skyscraper  class,  and, 
taken  altogether,  they 
form  the  main  portion  of 
the  big  buildings  in  the 
city  of  Los  Angeles.  Mr. 
Leonardt  is  picked  for 
the  greater  part  of  the  big  cement  undertak- 
ings in  the  Southwest,  particularly  those  re- 
quiring expert  knowledge  of  the  subject. 

Besides  the  work  mentioned,  Mr.  Leon- 
ardt built  the  Portland  Cement  Co.  factory 
at  El  Paso,  Texas,  and  he  is  one  of  the  di- 
rectors and  heaviest  stockholders  of  that 
corporation.  During  his  twenty-five  years 
in  Los  Angeles,  he  has  also  become  inter- 
ested in  many  other  enterprises,  and  today 
ranks  among  the  most  engrossed  business 
men  of  that  city. 

In  recent  years  he  joined  with  the  pio- 
neers of  oil  development  in  California,  and 
has  invested  liberally  in  that  field,  holding 
office  and  directorships  in  many  of  the  more 
substantial  oil  companies.  He  is  a  tireless 
worker  and  spends  practically  every  one  of 
the  waking  hours  in  business.  He  is  one  of 
the  real  upbuilders  and  civic  boomers  of 
Los  Angeles. 


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MITH,  REA,  Physician  and 
Surgeon,  Los  Angeles,  Califor- 
nia, was  born  at  De  Kalb,  Illi- 
nois, November  16,  1876,  the 
son  of  Everett  Russell  Smith 
and  of  Addie  M.  (Griswold)  Smith.  He  mar- 
ried Georgia  Deering  Knight,  April  21,  1903, 
at  Los  Angeles.  They  have  two  children, 
Everett  Russell  and  Gordon  Knight  Smith. 

The  family,  which  is 
of  colonial  stock,  settled 
among  the  Indians  of  Ver- 
mont not  many  years  after 
the  landing  at  Plymouth 
Rock.  They  did  their  part 
in  the  Indian  fighting,  and 
later  in  the  War  of  the 
Revolution.  By  marriage 
the  family  was  related  to 
many  of  the  notable  figures 
of  Vermont  in  the  days  of 
the  Revolution.  Dr.  Smith's 
father,  Everett  Russell 
Smith,  is  a  distinguished 
practicing  physician  of 
Los  Angeles,  with  import- 
ant business  connections 
and  an  enviable  record. 

The  boy  was  first  edu- 
cated in  the  schools  of  De 
Kalb.  At  the  age  of  ten 
his  parents  decided  that 
the  balmy  climate  of  South- 
ern California  was  prefera- 
ble to  that  of  Illinois,  and  ' 
moved  to  Covina.  He  was 
sent  to  the  grammar 


DR.  REA  SMITH 


He  returned  to  Los  Angeles  in  the  year 
1903,  and  was  admitted  as  a  partner  of  his 
father  into  the  general  practice  of  medicine  and 
of  surgery.  Under  this  favorable  association 
the  skill  which  he  gained  in  medical  school  and 
hospital  has  been  bettered,  and  he  has  gained 
an  enviable  record. 

He  has  been  following  a  general  practice, 
but  his  chief  reputation  has  been  built  upon 
surgical  successes,  surgery 
now   forming  the  bulk   of 
his  work. 

The  practice  of  father 
and  son  has  become  so  ex- 
tensive that  they  have  as- 
sociated themselves  with  a 
third  physician  of  note, 
Dr.  C.  W.  Anderson.  The 
firm  is  now  known  as  the 
E.  R.  &  Rea  Smith  6- 
C.  W.  Anderson  Company, 
physicians  and  surgeons. 
Of  late  years  the  elder  Dr. 
Smith  has  been  gradually 
withdrawing  from  prac- 
tice, because  of  the  press 
of  other  business  and  his 
desire  to  retire.  The  re- 
sponsibilities of  the  firm 
have  been  largely  shifted 
to  the  shoulders  of  Dr. 
Rea  Smith. 

Dr.  Smith  keeps  in 
touch  with  the  medical 
profession  through  the 
medical  associations.  He 
is  a  member  of  the  Amer- 


schools  of  Los  Angeles,  and  later  to  the  Los 
Angeles  City  High  School,  from  which  he 
graduated  in  1895.  He  was  then  sent  to  the 
Leland  Stanford  Junior  University.  There  he 
was  interested  in  athletics,  and  made  good 
records  in  several  lines  of  physical  endeavor, 
as  well  as  in  his  studies.  He  graduated  with 
the  class  in  1899. 

The  following  autumn  he  was  sent  to  the 
University  of  Pennsylvania  Medical  College, 
one  of  the  notable  medical  institutions  of  the 
United  States.  He  took  the  complete  course 
there,  also  interesting  himself  in  athletics,  and 
received  his  degree  as  Doctor  of  Medicine  in 
the  year  1902.  Desiring  to  supplement  the 
technical  and  scientific  training  of  the  book  and 
the  lecture  room  of  the  medical  college  with 
practical  experience  in  the  hospitals,  he  enlisted 
himself  as  interne  in  the  hospital  of  the  Uni- 
versity of  Pennsylvania  and  faced  a  rigid  pre 
paratory  practice  for  a  full  year. 


ican  Medical  Association,  the  Clinical  and 
Pathological  Society  of  Los  Angeles,  and  of 
other  local  and  State  professional  societies. 

Dr.  Smith  has  made  himself  one  of  the 
substantial  citizens  of  Los  Angeles.  He  has 
invested  his  capital  in  the  real  estate  of  his 
home  city  and  of  the  territory  surrounding. 
He  takes  an  interest  in  all  civic  affairs,  par- 
ticularly those  which  have  to  do  with  the  bet- 
tering of  the  city.  Questions  of  public  health 
especially  appeal  to  him.  He  is  a  student  of 
hospital  construction  and  management. 

He  believes  in  recreation  and  plenty  of  it. 
He  takes  a  vacation  annually,  and  lives  in  the 
outdoors,  fishing  for  trout  in  the  mountains, 
hunting  and  motoring.  He  has  not  yet  given 
up  the  sports  of  his  college  days. 

Dr.  Smith  is  a  member  of  the  California 
Club,  the  Los  Angeles  Athletic  Club  and  of  the 
collegiate  societies  of  the  Zeta  Psi  and  the  Phi 
Aloha  Siema. 


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OTTER,  E.  L.,  Proprietor, 
Van  Nuys  Hotel,  Los  Angeles, 
California,  was  born  Septem- 
ber n,  1866,  at  Mt.  Vernon, 
Ohio,  his  father  being  David 
Hale  Potter  and  his  mother  Rebecca  J.  (Sut- 
ton)  Potter.  He  married  Jessie  Buell,  Sep- 
tember 29,  1902,  at  Evanston,  Illinois.  There 
is  one  child,  Helen  Buell  Potter.  Mr.  Potter 
was  educated  in  the  pub- 
lic schools  of  Delaware 
and  Columbus,  Ohio,  the 
family  having  removed  to 
the  latter  city  when  he 
was  a  child 

He  first  embarked  on 
a  railroad  career  with  the 
Baltimore  &  Ohio  Rail- 
road at  Columbus,  where 
he  started  in  an  unim- 
portant capacity.  He  was 
employed  in  a  number  of 
positions  by  that  corpora- 
tion, his  advancement  be- 
ing rapid. 

In  1902  Mr.  Potter 
quit  railroading  to  start 
in  an  entirely  new  field, 
that  of  hotel  management 
and  ownership. 

He  built  a  large  hotel 
at  Seabreeze,  Florida,  one 
of  the  garden  spots  for 
tourists  from  all  parts  of 
the  American  continent. 
In  time  it  became  one  of 
the  best  known  all-season 


E.   L.   POTTER 


At  the  same  time  he  looks  after  the  Clar- 
endon, at  Seabreeze,  Florida,  and  after  his 
hotel  and  landed  interests  at  Bretton  Woods, 
New  Hampshire. 

He  has  scattered  hotel  interests  in  several 
parts  of  the  country,  but  finds  his  time  well 
occupied  in  Los  Angeles,  where  the  tourist 
rush,  during  the  regular  tourist  season,  is  equal 
to  that  of  any  city  in  the  United  States. 

The  new  Clarendon  is 
the  only  absolutely  fire- 
proof hotel  in  Florida,  the 
only  fireproof  strictly  re- 
sort hotel.  There  are 
many  fireproof  hotels  in 
the  large  cities  which  are 
kept  open  during  the  en- 
tire year,  but  the  Claren- 
don Hotel  is  the  only  one 
of  such  construction  that 
keeps  open  during  the 
Florida  season  of  four 
months  only.  It  is,  at  the 
same  time,  one  of  the  most 
beautiful  hotels  in  the 
United  States.  The  build- 
ing sets  in  a  park  of  beau- 
tiful palms  and  faces  the 
Atlantic  ocean. 

Mr.  Potter  has  busi- 
ness affiliations  with  the 
Mt.  Washington  Hotel,  at 
Bretton  Woods,  New 
Hampshire,  a  magnificent 
structure  that  cost  the  sum 
of  five  million  dollars,  and 
also  with  the  Mt.  Pleas- 


hotels  in  the  country.  He  had  the  entire  man- 
agement in  his  hands,  superintended  and  con- 
trolled the  business  end  of  the  establishment, 
and  made  of  the  hotel  a  center  of  social  life. 
In  seven  years  he  enlarged  the  hotel  from  fifty 
rooms  to  four  hundred. 

On  February  14,  1909,  a  fire  broke  out  in 
the  hotel  in  some  unknown  manner,  and  in  a 
few  short  hours  the  great  Seabreeze  Hotel  was 
in  ruins. 

Such  a  disaster  would  have  completely  up- 
set the  ordinary  man,  but  Mr.  Potter  decided 
that  he  would  rebuild  the  hotel  and  move  West 
to  Los  Angeles. 

With  the  plans  for  the  new  house,  known 
today  as  the  Clarendon  well  under  way,  he 
settled  at  Los  Angeles  in  June,  1909.  The 
27th  of  the  next  month  he  purchased  the  Van 
Nuys  Hotel  from  Milo  M.  Potter,  leasing  the 
building  from  I.  N.  Van  Nuys  for  twelve  and 
one-half  years. 


ant  Hotel  at  Bretton  Woods,  another  splendid 
property. 

These  four  fine  hotels,  located  in  three  of 
the  greatest  tourist  and  pleasure  resort  centers 
of  America,  are  operated  so  that  they  work  to- 
gether perfectly,  and  they  are  considered  sec- 
ond to  none  in  the  quality  of  the  service  they 
give. 

Mr.  Potter  is  President  of  the  Van  Nuys, 
the  Clarendon  Hotel,  Seabreeze,  Florida,  and  of 
his  interests  in  New  Hampshire. 

He  is  prominent  in  club  circles  of  Los  An- 
geles and  other  cities  where  his  business  inter- 
ests are  located.  He  holds  memberships  in  sev- 
eral social  and  business  organizations  of  Los 
Angeles.  They  are  the  Elks,  California  and  Co- 
lumbus clubs,  Chamber  of  Commerce,  Mer- 
chants and  Manufacturers'  Assn.,  So.  Cal.  Ho- 
tel Mens'  Assn.  He  is  fond  of  golfing  and 
motoring,  spending  many  days  in  pursuit  of 
both  these  recreative  sports  in  the  country. 


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J.  W.  JAMESON 


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AMESON,  JAMES  WILLIAM,  Cap- 
italist, Los  Angeles,  California, 
was  born  in  Humboldt  County, 
California,  June  9,  1862,  the  son 
of  Benjamin  T.  Jameson  and  Mar- 
tha J.  (McDaniel)  Jameson.  He 
Smith  at  Oakland,  California,  De- 
He  is  descended  from  one  of  the 
whose  original  members  came 


married  Ida  M. 
cember  9,  1900. 
Southern   families 
over  from  Scotland. 

Mr.  Jameson,  who  is  known  to  fame  chiefly  as 
the  discoverer  of  the  famous  Midway  Oil  fields  in 
California,  has  had  an  active  and  varied  career. 
He  attended  the  public  schools  of  his  native  county 
until  1879,  but  his  father,  having  died  a  short  time 
prior  to  this,  he  gave  up  his  studies  to  attend  to 
the  management  of  the  Jameson  farm.  He  was 
thus  occupied  until  1882,  when  he  received  ap- 
pointment as  a  school  teacher  and  for  the  next 
three  years  he  taught  in  the  schools  of  Humboldt 
County. 

In  1885  Mr.  Jameson  left  the  school  room  and 
went  to  work  for  the  Calico  Mining  &  Reduction 
Company  at  Daggett,  California,  as  a  bookkeeper, 
but  only  remained  there  about  a  year,  resigning 
in  1886  to  conduct  the  Pahrump  Ranch  in  Nye 
County,  Nevada,  in  which  he  had  purchased  an 
interest.  At  the  end  of  another  twelvemonth  he 
sold  this  property  and  moved  to  Tehachapi,  Kern 
County,  California,  where  he  was  engaged  in  the 
real  estate  business  for  a  year  and  a  half. 

The  teaching  instinct  was  strong  in  him,  how- 
ever, and  in  the  fall  of  1888  he  went  to  San  Fran- 
cisco, there  to  accept  a  position  as  professor  of 
bookkeeping  and  commercial  law  in  the  San  Fran- 
cisco Business  College.  At  the  end  of  six  months 
he  resigned  and  went  to  Salt  Lake  City,  Utah, 
where,  in  company  with  N.  B.  Johnson,  he  estab- 
lished the  Salt  Lake  Business  College.  They  con- 
ducted this  enterprise  jointly  for  about  six  years, 
Mr.  Jameson  disposing  of  his  interest  to  his  part- 
ner in  1895. 

During  his  spare  time  in  Salt  Lake  Mr.  Jameson 
had  taken  up  the  study  of  law  and  in  1892  he  was 
admitted  to  practice  before  the  State  Supreme 
Court  of  Utah.  He  left  Salt  Lake  shortly  after  that, 
although  he  still  retained  his  interest  in  the  busi- 
ness college,  and  again  located  in  Tehachapi,  Kern 
County,  and  was  admitted  to  practice  by  the  Su- 
preme Court  of  California.  For  the  first  year  he 
was  in  partnership  with  Judge  T.  H.  Wells,  former- 
ly of  Nevada,  but  they  separated  at  the  end  of  that 
period  and  for  the  next  four  years  Mr.  Jameson 
practiced  alone.  Owing  to  the  droughts  of  1893  to 
1897  and  the  consequent  disaster  which  overcame 
many  of  his  clients,  who  were  farmers,  Mr.  Jame- 
son closed  his  offices,  intending  to  resume  practice 
when  conditions  became  better. 

He  never  has,  however,  for  in  seeking  another 
line  of  operation  he  experienced  so  much  good  for- 
tune he  has  been  engaged  since  that  time  in  look- 


ing after  his  interests.  He  began  looking  over 
mining  properties  in  the  West  in  1897  and  in  this 
way  became  interested  in  the  contracting  business 
in  the  desert  mining  country  of  California.  From 
this  he  drifted  in  1899,  into  the  mining  brokerage 
business,  and  it  was  while  thus  engaged  that  he 
became  interested  in  oil.  He  went  into  Kern 
County,  California,  as  a  prospector  and  locator,  with 
T.  J.  Wrampelmeier  as  his  partner,  and  discovered 
what  is  now  known  to  the  world  as  the  Midway 
District,  judged  by  experts  and  shown  by  facts 
to  be  one  of  the  greatest  oil  producing  sections  in 
the  world. 

In  1900  they  made  a  forty-year  lease  to  a  syndi- 
cate of  veteran  Los  Angeles  oil  operators,  Messrs. 
Chanslor,  Doheny  and  Canfield,  who  were  in  a 
position  to  handle  the  project  properly.  The  tract, 
which  embraced  eight  thousand  acres  of  what  was 
believed  to  be  very  rich  oil  land,  has  since  become 
a  part  of  the  industrial  history  of  California. 
The  lessees  formed  a  company  to  drill  for  oil  in 
various  parts  of  the  land  and  later  the  Santa  Fe 
Railroad,  which  had  done  a  great  deal  towards 
having  oil  adopted  as  a  fuel,  bought  the  company's 
rights.  The  railroad  company  has  operated  the 
property  since  that  time. 

Mr.  Jameson  still  retains  an  interest  in  this 
property  and  other  oil  property,  being  Vice  Presi- 
dent and  Director  of  the  Mount  Diablo  Oil  Mining 
&  Development  Company  and  a  Director  in  the 
Ruby  Oil  Company,  but  he  is  equally  prominent  in 
other  lines,  particularly  the  production  of  lime.  He 
became  interested  in  lime  in  Tehachapi  and  organ- 
ized the  Jameson  Lime  Company,  of  which  he  is 
still  President,  General  Manager  and  controlling 
stockholder.  This  company  owns  and  operates  what 
is  stated  to  be  the  largest  lime  deposits  on  the 
Pacific  Coast.  This  property,  which  is  thirty-five 
hundred  acres  in  extent,  also  contains  valuable 
fruit  lands,  and  was  opened  by  Mr.  Jameson. 

Mr.  Jameson  laid  out  the  original  townsites  of 
Taft  and  Fellows,  California,  which  have  since  be- 
come important  towns  from  a  business  standpoint. 
He  still  owns  and  leases  those  original  sites. 

Mr.  Jameson  has  attained  a  position  among  the 
most  substantial  business  men  of  Southern  Cali- 
fornia and  is  today  one  of  the  largest  operators 
in  that  section,  having,  in  addition  to  his  offices  in 
Los  Angeles,  offices  in  Tehachapi,  Fellows  and  Taft 
in  Kern  County,  among  which  he  divides  his  time. 

Besides  the  actual  work  he  has  done  in  the 
development  of  California  resources,  Mr.  Jameson 
has  been  a  contributor  to  various  mechanical  and 
scientific  publications  on  oil  and  lime  subjects,  in 
both  of  which  lines  he  is  regarded  as  an  authority, 
and  these  have  aided  largely  in  advertising  to  the 
world  at  large  the  advantages  of  the  State. 

Mr.  Jameson  is  one  of  those  men  who  devote 
the  greater  part  of  their  spare  time  to  their  homes, 
and  his  only  outside  social  affiliation  is  the  Los 
Angeles  Athletic  Club. 


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AMISON,  WILLIAM  H.,  At- 
torney, and  ex-Judge  of  the 
Superior  Court  of  Los  An- 
geles County,  Los  Angeles, 
California,  was  born  at  Plain- 
well,  Michigan,  March  12,  1869.  His 
father  was  Eleazer  W.  Jamison  and 
his  mother  Catherine  (Shearer)  Jamison. 
On  September  13,  1892,  he  married 
Abbie  Norton  at  Grand 
Rapids,  Michigan. 

Mr.  Jamison  was  edu- 
cated in  the  public 
schools  of  Grand  Rapids. 
Michigan,  and  was  grad- 
uated from  the  high 
school  of  that  city.  He 
then  attended  the  Uni- 
versity of  Michigan  and 
in  1889  received  the  de- 
gree of  LL.  B. 

Shortly  after  graduT 
ating  from  college  he 
opened  a  general  law 
practice  in  Grand  Rapids 
where  he  continued  until 
1892.  His  firm  there  was 
known  as  that  of  Marsh 
and  Jamison.  Legal  op- 
portunities in  California 
seemed  to  have  influ- 
enced him  at  this  period, 
and  after  his  marriage  on 
September  13,  1892,  he 
moved  to  Los  Angeles, 
arriving  at  that  place  on  WILLIAM 

September  20  of  that  year. 

Immediately  after  arriving  in  Los  Angeles 
he  became  examining  attorney  for  the  Guar- 
anty Abstract  Company,  serving  in  this  ca- 
pacity from  1892  to  1897.  In  this  latter  year 
he  was  made  vice  president  and  attorney  for 
the  Fidelity  Abstract  Company,  which  posi- 
tion he  retained  until  1899.  From  1899  until 
1904  he  was  the  examining  attorney,  Title 
Insurance  and  Trust  Company. 

As  a  young  man  his  rise  was  rapid  and 
his  name  became  known  to  the  leaders  of 
every  walk  of  life  in  Los  Angeles.  For  the 
next  four  years  he  was  made  associate 
counsel  for  the  Title  Insurance  and  Trust 
Company,  and  his  ability  became  in- 
valuable to  that  corporation.  He  con- 
tinued in  that  responsible  position  until 
1908,  when  his  numerous  achievements  at- 
tracted the  attention  of  Governor  Gillett, 
who  appointed  him  Judge  of  the  Superior 
Court  of  Los  Angeles  County,  to  fill  the  un- 


expired  term  of  Judge  B.  N.  Smith,  deceased. 
His  appointment  to  this  responsible  office 
was  met  with  marked  approval  from  both 
the  bar  and  the  people  at  large.  Dur- 
ing his  services  on  the  bench  Judge  Jamison 
became  an  important  factor  in  the  progress 
of  his  home  city.  He  worked  faithfully  with 
the  interests  of  the  community  at  heart. 

On  the  expiration  of  his  official  term,  in 

1909,  he   became  general 
counsel  for  the-  Los  An- 
geles Abstract  and  Trust 
Company,  filling  that  po- 
sition until  September  1, 

1910,  since  when  he  has 
been    following   his    gen- 
eral law  practice. 

By  reason  of  his  long 
and  varied  experience  in 
the  title  and  trust  busi- 
ness, Judge  Jamison  is  re- 
garded as  an  expert  in 
trust  and  probate  mat- 
ters. He  has  also  special- 
ized in  corporation  ana 
constitutional  law. 

He  has  written  nu- 
merous articles  for  the 
press  and  has  been  a 
great  help  to  law  stu- 
dents and  attorneys  on 
probate  and  technical 
matters  relating  to  the 
title  and  trust  business. 

As  a  student  of  cor- 
poration and  constitution- 
al law  he  has  reached  a 
point  in  his  career  where  probably  no  other 
member  of  the  California  bar  is  more  thor- 
oughly posted  on  such  matters.  His  splen- 
did grasp  of  these  branches  has  been  shown 
in  many  instances. 

Judge  Jamison  has  at  the  present  time  an 
extensive  and  profitable  law  practice.  Years 
of  hard  and  constant  study,  coupled  with  in- 
valuable experience  both  in  the  practice  of 
law  and  in  relation  to  real  estate  transactions, 
have  placed  him  among  the  foremost  attor- 
neys of  the  Los  Angeles  Bar. 

Aside  from  his  legal  practice,  he  is  Secre- 
tary of  the  Southwestern  Hardwood  Timber 
Co.  and  Vice  President  of  the  J.  P.  Creque 
Building  Co.,  and  Treasurer  of  the  Univer- 
sity Club  Holding  Company.  He  is  an  ac- 
tive member  of  the  Jonathan,  University  and 
Union  League  clubs  of  Los  Angeles  and  is 
widely  known  and  respected  throughout 
Southern  California. 


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'BRIDE,  JAMES   HARVEY, 

Mg.  Physician,  Pasadena,  Califor- 
I  nia,  was  born  in  La  Fayette. 
Oregon,  January  23,  1849, 
son  of  Dr.  James  and  Mahala 
(Miller)  McBride.  He  married  Evangeline 
Ackley  of  Oconomowoc,  Wisconsin,  Septem- 
ber 20,  1887.  There  are  two  children. 

He  was   given   his   primary   education   in 
the  public  schools  of  Ore- 
gon,   and    later    attended 
the  McMinnville  College, 
Oregon. 

Choosing  medicine  for 
a  profession,  he  went  to 
New  York  City  and  en- 
tered Bellevue  Hospital 
Medical  College.  He 
graduated  in  the  year 
1873,  receiving  his  degree 
as  Doctor  of  Medicine. 

He  first  saw  active 
service  as  physician  on 
the  house  staff  of  Char- 
ity Hospital,  on  Black- 
well's  Island.  He  re- 
tained this  position  for 
two  years. 

He  was  appointed  As- 
sistant Superintendent  of 
the  Wisconsin  State  Hos- 
pital for  the  Insane  at 
Oshkosh,  Wisconsin,  and 
was  later  appointed  to 
the  superintendency  of 
the  Hospital  for  Insane 
at  Milwaukee. 

After  a  service  of  five  years  he  founded 
the  Milwaukee  Sanitarium  for  Nervous  Dis- 
eases. This  was  opened  in  the  year  1884, 
and  was  successfully  conducted  and  grew  to 
large  proportions  until  the  year  1895,  when 
it  was  sold. 

He  made  a  prolonged  trip  to  Europe  and 
the  Orient,  and  in  1897,  located  at  Pasadena. 
Later  he  founded  the  Southern  California 
Sanitarium  for  Nervous  Diseases,  and  of  this 
he  has  been  medical  director  since. 

He  has  been  an  educator  and  was  profes- 
sor of  the  diseases  of  the  nervous  system  in 
the  Chicago  Polyclinic  Medical  College  from 
1890  to  1895,  when  he  resigned  to  visit 
Europe. 

The  doctor  was  president,  in  1910,  of  the 
American  Academy  of  Medicine,  a  national 
organization,  devoted  to  medical  sociology. 

Dr.  McBride  is  a  specialist  in  nervous  and 
mental  diseases.  He  was  an  expert  witness  in 


DR.  JAMES   H.   McBRIDE 


the  trial  of  Guiteau,  the  assassin  of  President 
James  A.  Garfield,  and  testified  that  he  be- 
lieved Guiteau  insane. 

Soon  after  graduating  from  medical  col- 
lege he  made  original  researches  in  physiol- 
ogy and  therapeutics,  the  results  of  some 
of  which  were  published  Among  these 
were: 

Experiments  on  the  effects  of  Nitrate  of 
Amyl  on  the  circulation 
of  the  brain  of  dogs  and 
the  use  of  this  remedy  in 
the  treatment  of  epilepsy. 
Published  in  1875. 

Experiments  in  the  lo- 
calization of  the  function 
of  the  brain  of  dogs. 
1874-5. 

The  production  of  epi- 
lepsy in  dogs  and  rabbits. 
1875. 

Investigations  into  the 
minute  anatomy  of  the 
brain.  1876. 

The  following  are  titles 
of  some  of  his  contribu- 
tions to  medical  litera- 
ture: 

Epileptic  insanity  and 
the  criminal  responsibili- 
ty of  epileptics.  1894. 

The  treatment  of  the 
morphine  habit.  1900. 

The  management  of 
the  neurasthenic.  1901. 

Ideals    of    the    medical 
teacher.  1903. 
Health  and  education  of  girls.  1904. 
The   individual    and   the   social    organism. 
1911. 

In  addition,  he  has  written  many  addresses 
of  a  popular  character  and  notes  of  travel. 

The  doctor  has  led  a  busy  life  and  has 
had  little  time  for  politics,  except  to  take  the 
interest  characteristic  of  all  men  who  favor 
clean  government.  He  has  never  sought  nor 
held  public  office,  except  for  those  semi-pub- 
lic positions  to  which  he  has  been  called  in 
his  profession. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  following  socie- 
ties: Royal  Society  of  Arts  of  Great  Brit- 
ain, American  Academy  of  Medicine,  Ameri- 
can Neurological  Association,  American  Med- 
ico-Psychological Association,  American 
Medical  Association,  American  Climatologi- 
cal  Association,  American  Association  for 
the  Advancement  of  Science,  and  a  member 
of  the  California  State  Medical  Society. 


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OLMES,  GUSTAVUS  S., 
Hotel  Owner  and  Investor, 
Salt  Lake  City,  Utah,  was 
born  in  Cincinnati,  Ohio, 
October  14,  1860,  the  son  oi 
Dr.  I.  Holmes  and  Margaret  M.  Holmes. 
Mr.  Holmes  received  his  education  in  the 
public  schools  of  Cincinnati  and  finished  at 
the  Hughes  High  School,  where  he  was  a 
fellow  student  of  Presi- 
dent William  H.  Taft. 

Mr.  Holmes  left  Cin- 
cinnati and  went  to  Den- 
ver, Colorado,  for  his 
health,  and  after  a  short 
time  there  moved  to  Col- 
orado Springs,  in  the  same 
State.  Soon  afterward 
he  took  up  ranching  on 
the  ground  where  Crip- 
ple Creek  now  stands, 
and  for  eight  years  rode 
the  range.  This  life 
thoroughly  restored  him 
to  health. 

He  sold  but  his  ranch 
in  Colorado  and  went  to 
Salt  Lake  City,  where  he 
became  the  owner  of 
much  real  estate,  which 
included  the  ground  on 
which  was  built  the 
Knutsford,  one  of  the 
leading  hotels  of  that  place.  He  has  been  in- 
terested there  ever  since,  passing  through 
many  vicissitudes,  but  holding  on  always  be- 
cause of  his  faith  in  the  future  of  his  adopted 
city.  The  ground  where  the  Knutsford 
stands  was  purchased  by  Messrs.  Holmes, 
Ricketts  and  others  for  $85,000,  and  donated 
to  the  men  who  erected  the  Knutsford.  Mr. 
Holmes  then  leased  the  hotel  and  expended 
$150,000  in  furnishing  it.  He  still  is  the 
owner.  Mr.  Holmes  also  owns  and  conducts 
the  Hotel  Semloh,  a  commercial  hotel  of  250 
rooms,  which  is  already  the  leading  popular 
priced  hotel  in  the  city 

He  has  disposed  of  The  Angelus,  a  lead- 
ing hostelry  of  'Los  Angeles,  which  he 
opened  and  conducted  successfully  for  some 
vears.  When  he  first  went  to  Salt  Lake, 
Mr.  Holmes,  in  connection  with  men  con- 
cerned in  the  building  of  the  Colorado  Mid- 


G.  S.  HOLMES 


land  Railroad,  took  options  on  and  bought 
blocks  of  vacant  land.  In  1889  the  others 
sold  at  a  great  advance.  Mr.  Holmes  held 
his  on  account  of  prospects  and  it  has  grown 
to  be  of  great  value. 

Salt  Lake  City  is  one  of  the  great  mining 
centers  of  the  United  States,  and  Mr.  Holmes, 
like  nearly  all  other  men  of  means  in  that 
city,  is  interested  in  mining.     He  has,  at  one 
time   or   another,   been   a 
stockholder  in  several  of 
the  more  important  silver, 
copper  and  gold  compan- 
ies,  and    his    investments 
have  usually  been  profit- 
able. 

How  successful  he  has 
been  in  his  general  invest- 
ments, his  hotel  manage- 
ment and  in  his  real  es- 
tate holdings,  is  indicated 
by  the  fact  that  he  is 
known  to  be  the  fifth  or 
sixth  largest  taxpayer  in 
Salt  Lake  County,  Utah. 
His  wealth  is  reckoned  in 
seven  figures  and  all  of 
this  wealth  he  is  known  to 
have  made  himself. 

He  is  a  man  of  great 
public  spirit,  and  hopes  to 
see  the  day  when  Salt 
Lake  City  will  take  its 
place  as  one  of  the  four  great  commercial 
centers  west  of  Chicago.  He  belongs  to  the 
Commercial  Club  of  Salt  Lake  City,  which, 
owing  to  its  wide  membership,  activity  and 
unique  organization,  is  famous  all  over  the 
United  States,  and  he  has  had  not  a  little  to 
do  with  its  fame.  He  has  backed  every 
movement  for  the  advancement  of  the  city, 
in  politics,  industry  and  appearance,  and 
has  backed  his  faith  by  repeatedly  making  in- 
vestments which  were  ahead  of  the  day. 

He  is  a  member  of  numerous  clubs  in  Salt 
Lake  City  and  other  parts  of  the  West,  and 
belongs  to  nearly  every  secret  organization 
of  importance  in  the  United  States.  He  has 
a  wonderful  circle  of  friends  which  extends  to 
all  parts  of  the  country,  and  he  is  one  of  the 
most  generous  men  in  Salt  Lake  City.  He 
has  done  much  philanthropic  work  in  a  quiet, 
unostentatious  way. 


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REFETHEN,  EUGENE  ED- 
GAR, junior  partner  of  the 
firm  of  Chapman  &  Trefethen, 
Attorneys  at  Law,  Oakland, 
was  born  in  Oakland,  Cali- 
fornia, January  11,  1875,  the  son  of  Eugene 
A.  and  Ada  S.  (Van  Sickle)  Trefethen.  In 
the  first  half  of  the  seventeenth  century  his 
father's  family,  which  was  of  Welsh  origin, 
came  from  England  and 
settled  in  the  State  of 
Maine,  while  his  mother's 
ancestors  were  among  the 
early  Dutch  residents  of 
New  York.  His  father 
reached  California  about 
the  year  1869,  where  he 
became  interested  in  rail- 
roading and  in  timber 
lands.  Eugene  E.  Tre- 
fethen was  practically 
raised  on  the  east  side  of 
the  Bay,  and  on  August 
31,  1905,  was  married  in 
San  Francisco  to  Miss 
Georgia  Van  Voorhies 
Carroll.  The  children  of 
this  marriage  are  Carol 
A.  Trefethen,  Dorothy  J. 
Trefethen  and  Eugene  E. 
Trefethen  Jr. 

From  1883  to  1889  Mr. 
Trefethen  attended  the 
old  Lafayette  Grammar 
School  and  the  Cole 
School  of  Oakland.  He 
was  a  student  at  the  Oak- 
land High  School  from  January,  1890,  to  De- 
cember, 1892,  and  after  graduation  in  the  lat- 
ter year  took  a  post-graduate  course  in  the 
same  institution.  In  1893  he  entered  the  Uni- 
versity of  California,  but  shortly  before  the 
close  of  his  course  in  the  College  of  Social  Sci- 
ence an  injury  to  his  eye  compelled  him  to 
leave  without  his  degree.  Two  years  later, 
however,  he  returned  to  the  University,  and 
was  graduated  Ph.  B.,  with  the  class  of  '99. 
While  there  he  was  especially  prominent  in 
debating  and  also  as  a  varsity  contestant  for 
intercollegiate  honors  in  the  half-mile  run. 

The  two  years  that  Mr.  Trefethen  re- 
mained away  from  the  University,  '97-'98,  he 
spent  in  Alaska,  mining,  chopping  wood, 
which  he  sold  to  the  steamers  on  the  Yukon, 
and  packing  provisions  on  his  back,  at  so 
much  a  pound.  Among  his  companions  in 
this  strenuous  existence  were  the  now  well- 
known  author,  Rex  Beach,  and  other  celebri- 


EUGENE  E 


ties.  From  more  than  one  viewpoint  the  ex- 
perience was  a  valuable  preparation  for  Mr. 
Trefethen's  subsequent  career. 

After  his  graduation  from  the  University 
he  took  a  course  in  shorthand  and  typewrit- 
ing, and  in  September,  1899,  entered  the  law 
office  of  Chapman  &  Clift,  as  stenog- 
rapher and  clerk.  In  his  spare  moments  he 
studied  law,  and  on  September  11,  1901,  was 
admitted  to  practice  be- 
fore the  Supreme  Court. 
The  firm  of  Chapman  & 
Clift  dissolving  in  1902, 
Mr.  Trefethen  remained 
in  Mr.  Chapman's  em- 
ploy, as  an  assistant  at- 
torney, in  which  capacity 
he  proved  his  worth  suf- 
ficiently to  be  chosen,  in 
June,  1910,  as -a  partner, 
under  the  firm  name  of 
Chapman  &  Trefethen. 

The  firm's  practice  in 
recent  years,  especially 
since  Mr.  Chapman's  ap- 
pointment as  trial  coun- 
sel for  the  Oakland  Trac- 
tion Company,  has  been 
chiefly  in  corporation 
law.  Formerly,  however, 
their  work  was  largely  on 
the  other  side  of  the 
fence,  in  the  prosecution 
of  damage  cases.  In  some 
of  these,  in  which  Mr. 
Trefethen  was  associate 

«      .  .  i     '     i.'  ef 

counsel  for  the  plaintiff, 
important  questions  of  law  were  settled.  This 
was  especially  so  in  the  case  of  James  vs. 
the  Oakland  Traction  Company,  in  which 
suit  was  brought  for  $15,000  damages  fot 
personal  injury.  It  was  determined  that  a 
person  riding  on  a  car  was  entitled  to  have 
exercised  in  his  behalf  and  as  one  of  the  ele- 
ments of  the  contract  of  carriage,  the  degree 
of  care  in  its  propulsion  required  by  statute. 
Before  the  trial  the  law  had  been  repealed. 
It  was  contended  by  counsel  for  plaintiff  that 
the  latter  was  still  entitled  to  the  benefit  of 
the  law,  which  was  in  force  at  the  time  of 
the  accident. 

Although  Mr.  Trefethen  had  intended  at 
one  time  to  be  a  mining  engineer,  since  he 
has  "found  himself"  in  the  law  he  has  con- 
centrated his  energies  on  his  steadily  grow- 
ing practice.  His  club  life  is  confined  to  the 
Nile  Club  of  Oakland  and  to  the  Royal  Ar- 
canum, a  fraternal  order. 


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OSCAR  A.  TRIPPET 

RIPPET,  OSCAR  A.,  Attorney-at- 
Law,  Los  Angeles,  California,  was 
born  March  6,  1856,  in  Gibson 
County,  Indiana,  the  son  of  Caleb 
Trippet  and  Mary  M.  (Fentress) 
Trippet.  He  married  Cora  Lari- 
more,  November  5,  1902,  at  St.  Louis,  Missouri. 
There  are  two  children,  Larimore  Oscar  and  Fran- 
cis Oscar  Trippet. 

Mr.  Trippet  attended  the  common  schools  of 
Indiana;  took  a  one-yea?  course  at  the  Indiana 
State  Normal,  and  a  one-year  course  in  the  law 
department  of  the  University  of  Virginia  in  1878-79. 
He  passed  the  bar  examination  in  the  year  1879 
and  began  practice  at  once.  After  a  few  months, 
in  1879,  he  was  appointed  deputy  prosecuting  attor- 
ney of  Du  Bois  County,  Indiana,  serving  under  his 
brother,  who  was  district  attorney  at  the  time. 
Practiced  law  and  served  a  term  as  Senator  in  the 
Indiana  Legislature  until  1887,  when  he  moved  to 
San  Diego,  California.  There  he  associated  him- 
self with  Judge  W.  T.  McNeely.  The  latter  retired 
after  two  years,  and  Attorney  Trippet  continued 
practice  alone,  until  1901,  with  unusual  success,  rep- 
resenting many  important  corporations.  He  opened  a 
law  office  in  Los  Angeles  in  1901,  and  did  business 
alone  until  1911,  when  he  formed  a  partnership  with 
Ward  Chapman,  M.  L.  Chapman  and  J.  E.  Biby. 
This  firm  is  attorney  for  the  National  Bank  of  Cal- 
ifornia, California  Vegetable  Union,  the  Economic 
Gas  Company  and  other  corporations.  He  helped 
organize  the  Home  Telephone  Company  of  Los  An- 
geles in  1902,  and  since  its  organization  has  been 
its  attorney. 

In  1896  he  was  California  delegate  to  the  Na- 
tional Democratic  convention  held  in  Chicago. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  California  Club,  Uni- 
versity Club,  president  Los  Angeles  Bar  Associa- 
tion, member  governing  council  American  Bar  Asso- 
ciation, and  a  Mason. 


DR.   H.   L.   SHEPHERD 

HEPHERD,  HOVEY  LEARNED, 
Physician,  Los  Angeles,  Califor- 
nia, was  born  in  Belfast,  Maine, 
August  16,  1869,  the  son  of  Free- 
man Weeks  Shepherd  and  of 
Martha  B.  (Dodge)  Shepherd, 
both  descendants  of  English  stock  that  settled  in 
Massachusetts  and  Maine  several  generations  ago. 
The  schools  of  Belfast,  Maine,  made  the  first 
contribution  to  his  education,  and  when  he  had 
finished  the  primary  grades,  he  was  sent  to  Kents 
Hill  Seminary,  Kents  Hill,  Maine,  where  he  fin- 
ished with  the  class  of  1888.  And  then  he  was 
sent  to  that  hub  of  education,  Boston.  After  four 
years  in  the  College  of  Liberal  Arts  of  Boston  Uni- 
versity, he  was  awarded  the  degree  of  Ph.  B.  He 
acquired  his  medical  education  in  the  School  of 
Medicine  of  the  same  university,  getting  his  M.  D. 
in  1895. 

He  made  his  first  venture  in  Springfield,  Massa- 
chusetts. Then,  in  1897,  he  moved  to  Winchester, 
Mass.  He  was  appointed  lecturer  in  materia 
medica  at  Boston  University,  an  appointment 
which  was  a  recognition  of  his  brilliant  scholarship 
while  a  student  in  that  institution.  The  university 
advanced  him  to  an  associate  professorship  in  the 
year  1900,  and  he  held  the  position  until  his  re- 
moval to  Los.  Angeles  in  the  year  1909. 

At  Los  Angeles  he  associated  himself  with  the 
late  Dr.  E.  C.  Buell,  and  he  has  succeeded  him  in 
his  practice.  He  is  the  medical  examiner  and  tem- 
porary General  Agent  for  California  for  the  Empire 
Life  Insurance  Company  of  Seattle,  Washington. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Massachusetts  Homeo- 
pathic Medical  Society,  of  the  Los  Angeles  County 
Medical  Society,  the  Southern  California  Medical 
Society,  the  California  State  Medical  Society,  and 
of  the  American  Institute  of  Homeopathy.  He  be- 
longs to  the  Sierra  Madre  and  the  Gamut  Clubs, 
is  a  32d  degree  Mason  and  a  Shriner. 


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JOHN    ALTON 

LTON,  JOHN,  Assistant  Cashier, 
Farmers  and  Merchants'  Nation- 
al Bank,  Los  Angeles,  California, 
is  a  native  of  Manchester,  Eng- 
land, where  he  was  born  March 
26,  1851.  His  father  and  mother 


were  John  Alton  and  Emma  Rumball  Alton. 


Mr.  Alton  married  Mary  P.  Kennedy,  February, 
1884,  at  Manchester,  England,  and  they  have  as  a 
result  of  the  union  three  children:  Francis  Mitch- 
ell, Ethel  Mary  Noel  and  George  Lindsay  Alton. 

Mr.  Alton  was  given  a  thorough  education  of  the 

kind  England  affords.     He  attended  Sedgley  Park 

College,  Staffordshire,  England.  He  was  well  versed 

"in  the  classics.     He  completed  his  course  in  1866. 

He  immediately  entered  the  employ  of  the  Man- 
chester and  Liverpool  District  Banking  Co.,  at  Man- 
chester, one  of  the  largest  financial  institutions  of 
that  great  commercial  city,  which  has  connections 
all  over  the  world.  He  rose  through  various  posi- 
tions to  an  important  office  in  1884. 

Travel  then  attracted  him,  and  a  desire  to  rest 
after  eighteen  years  of  steady  service.  At  Santa 
Monica  he  found  a  considerable  colony  of  English. 
He  decided  to  become  one  of  them. 

Mr.  Alton  located  at  Santa  Monica,  where  he 
resided  until  he  entered  the  service  of  the  Farm- 
ers and  Merchants'  Bank,  now  the  Farmers  and 
Merchants'  National  Bank  (Los  Angeles)  in  De- 
cember, 1886,  when  he  removed  to  Los  Angeles, 
where  he  has  since  resided. 

Mr.  Alton  is  one  of  the  most  prominent  Catho- 
lics in  Southern  California.  He  is  president  of  the 
Newman  Club;  a  member  of  the  Knights  of  Co- 
lumbus; of  the  Catholic  Knights  of  America  and 
the  Catholic  Order  of  Foresters,  being  the  first 
chief  ranger  appointed  in  California. 

He  is  president  of  the  Los  Angeles  Cricket 
Club  and  a  member  of  the  San  Gabriel  Valley 
Country  Club. 


J.  O.  CASHIN 

ASHIN,  J.  O.,  Ice  Manufacturer, 
Los  Angeles,  California,  was  born 
in  Nevada  City,  California,  in 
October,  1866.  His  father  is  John 
Cashin  of  San  Francisco  and  his 
mother  was  Margaret  (Grace) 
Cashin.  He  married  Henrietta  Heinzman  at  Los 
Angeles  in  1899. 

Mr.  Cashin  received  his  education  in  the  public 
schools  of  San  Francisco.  He  entered  business 
with  his  father,  John  Cashin,  in  San  Francisco,  and 
up  to  1892  worked  in  company  with  him  for  the 
Union  Ice  Company  of  that  city.  At  that  time  John 
Cashin  withdrew  from  the  Union  Ice  Company  and 
established  what  is  today  known  as  the  National 
Ice  and  Cold  Storage  Company. 

In  comparison  with  the  Union  Ice  Company, 
with  which  Mr.  Cashin  had  been  associated,  the 
new  establishment  was  but  a  small  firm  in  the 
beginning.  That  was  in  1892.  Today  the  National 
Ice  and  Cold  Storage  Company  has  twenty-three 
branch  plants,  a  big  central  station  in  San  Fran- 
cisco and  a  similar  manufactory  in  Los  Angeles. 

Mr.  Cashin,  with  the  experience  that  he  had 
acquired  with  the  Union  Company,  continued  with 
the  new  corporation,  and  when  the  Los  Angeles 
establishment  was  built  he  was  stationed  at  that 
city  as  superintendent.  The  Los  Angeles  plant 
is  valued  at  nearly  a  million  dollars.  The  cold 
storage  department  contains  700,000  cubic  feet  of 
space  and  is  equipped  with  the  latest  machinery. 
Like  most  men  of  business,  he  has  been  drawn 
into  various  other  enterprises  and  is  a  heavy 
owner  of  property. 

Mr.  Cashin  never  has  taken  any  active  part  in 
politics,  but  he  is  an  enthusiast  over  his  adopted 
city.  He  always  is  in  the  forefront  whenever  there 
is  any  movement  for  the  upbuilding  of  Los  Angeles 
and  Southern  California  and  he  is  considered  one 
ot"  its  most  progressive  citizens. 


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UGHES,  HENRY  WEST  (Retired 
Physician),  President,  Union 
Trust  Company,  Los  Angeles,  Cali- 
fornia, was  born  at  Tulip,  Dallas 
County,  Arkansas,  April  3,  1858, 
the  son  of  George  W.  Hughes  and 
Martha  Wyche  (Butler)  Hughes.  He  married  Cora 
Jarvis  at  Louisville,  Kentucky,  June  8,  1892. 

In  his  youth,  Dr.  Hughes  had  splendid  educa- 
tional advantages.  He  attended  private  schools  in 
his  native  town  until  he  was-  sixteen  years  of  age, 
then  went  to  the  University  of  Virginia,  whence 
he  was  graduated  in  the  class  of  1879  with  the  de- 
gree of  Master  of  Arts.  He  then  determined  to  go 
abroad  and  while  in  Europe  took  up  the  study  of 
medicine.  He  spent  about  three  years  on  the  Con- 
tinent, studying  in  schools  of  Vienna,  Paris,  Berlin 
and  other  cities  and  during  that  period  traveled 
extensively  in  the  different  countries,  making  a 
special  study  of  the  language  and  people  of  each. 
Returning  to  the  United  States  in  the  fall  of 
1882,  he  entered  the  Medical  School  of  Harvard 
University,  remained  there  one  year,  and  then  en- 
rolled in  the  College  of  Physicians  and  Surgeons 
of  New  York  City.  He  was  graduated  with  the  de- 
gree of  Doctor  of  Medicine  in  1885  and  then,  by 
competitive  examination,  obtained  a  position  on  the 
surgical  staff  of  the  New  York  Hospital,  the  oldest 
in  America,  it  having  been  founded  by  King  George 
III.  in  1771.  His  stay  of  a  year  and  a  half  in  this 
institution  afforded  him  opportunities  for  gaining 
the  practical  experience  which  stood  him  in  fine 
stead  during  the  years  of  his-  subsequent  practice. 
In  addition  to  this  Dr.  Hughes  spent  a  year  in 
clinical  work  in  a  special  hospital  for  diseases  of 
the  throat  and  nose,  and  in  the  Eye  and  Ear  In- 
firmary on  diseases  of  those  organs.  Upon  leaving 
the  latter  institution,  Dr.  Hughes  became  con- 
nected with  the  medical  examiners'  staff  of  a  large 
life  insurance  company  in  New  York  and  remained 
in  that  work  for  about  eight  months,  at  the  same 
time  keeping  up  a  constant  study  in  the  medical 
field. 

On  January  1,  1888,  Dr.  Hughes  left  New  York 
for  California,  making  the  trip  by  way  of  the  Isth- 
mus of  Panama.  At  that  time  the  Isthmus  was  in 
the  control  of  the  French  syndicate  which  first 
essayed  the  building  of  the  Panama  Canal  and  in 
the  course  of  his  tedious  journey  across  the  country 
from  the  Atlantic  to  the  Pacific  side  Dr.  Hughes 
noted  millions  of  dollars'  worth  of  expensive  ma- 
chinery lying  on  the  ground  exposed  to  the  ele- 
ments, much  of  this  machinery  never  having  been 
used.  This  wastefulness  greatly  impressed  Dr. 
Hughes  at  the  time  and  has-  always  served  to  him 
as  a  partial  explanation  of  the  failure  on  the  part 
of  the  French  to  accomplish  the  work  of  building 
the  Canal,  it  being  left  to  the  United  States  to  com- 
plete this,  the  greatest  engineering  project  in  the 
history  of  the  world. 

Dr.  Hughes  landed  in  San  Francisco,  California, 
thirty  days  after  sailing  from  New  York,  but  went 
immediately  to  Los  Angeles,  where  he  has  made 
his  home  since.  Shortly  after  he  settled  at  Los 
Angeles,  a  serious  epidemic  of  smallpox  ensued  at 
San  Fernando,  a  short  distance  from  the  city,  and 
Dr.  Hughes,  volunteering  his  services,  was  placed 
in  charge  of  the  work  of  eradicating  the  disease. 
To  the  exclusion  of  all  other  interests,  he  devoted 


himself  to  checking  the .  plague  and  after  many 
weeks  of  labor,  during  which  he  was  on  duty  night 
and  day,  the  efforts  of  himself  and  nis  assistants 
were  rewarded  with  success,  they  having  stamped 
out  an  epidemic  which  at  the  outset  threatened 
the  lives  of  hundreds  of  persons. 

Returning  to  Los  Angeles  when  the  epidemic 
was  at  an  end,  Dr.  Hughes  opened  offices  at  No. 
175  North  Spring  street,  then  in  the  center  of  the 
city's  business  district,  and  for  fourteen  years  fol- 
lowing was  prominently  identified  with  the  ad- 
vancement of  medical  practice  in  Los  Angeles  and 
Southern  California.  He  maintained  practice  of  a 
general  character,  but  made  a  specialty  of  surgery 
and  the  treatment  of  diseases  of  the  nose  and 
throat.  In  1900  his  father  died  and  two  years  later 
Dr.  Hughes  retired  from  practice,  finding  it  im- 
possible otherwise  to  take  care  of  his  business  in- 
terests and  those  of  his  father's  estate  properly. 

Since  that  time  (1902)  Dr.  Hughes  has  been  one 
of  the  leading  business  men  of  Los  Angeles  and 
has  had  an  active  part  in  the  growth  of  the  city 
and  Southern  California  in  general.  He  deals  ex- 
tensively in  real  estate  and  also  is  interested  as 
officer  or  stockholder,  in  numerous  substantial 
corporations.  These  include,  beside  the  Union 
Trust  Company,  a  strong  financial  institution,  the 
Associated  Bank  Corporation,  of  which  he  is 
Treasurer,  and  the  Los  Angeles  Pressed  Brick 
Company,  in  which  he  holds  the  office  of  Secretary. 
As  one  of  the  progressive  men  of  the  city,  Dr. 
Hughes  has  been  identified  with  various  civic 
movements  of  importance  and  is  credited  with  hav- 
ing been  one  of  the  most  valuable  aids  in  the  gen- 
eral upbuilding  of  Los  Angeles-. 

Aside  from  his  business  and  public  interests,  Dr. 
Hughes  devotes  a  great  part  of  his  time  and  money 
to  collecting  oil  paintings  and  in  this  is  ably  as- 
sisted by  his  charming  wife.  It  is  their  ambition 
to  found  an  art  gallery,  with  the  intention  of  ulti- 
mately presenting  it  to  the  city  of  Los  Angeles. 
They  have  already  made  a  magnificent  beginning, 
their  collection  containing  the  works  of  various 
masters,  being  among  the  best  private  collections  in 
the  West.  The  Barbizon  school  is  represented  by 
a  beautiful  Corot,  a  striking  Jules  Dupre,  and  an 
exquisite  Daubigny.  Other  artists  represented  in 
the  collection  are  H.  W.  Mesdag,  Robert  Schleich 
of  Munich,  Wierusz  Kowalski,  and  the  great  Hen- 
ner,  as  well  as-  most  of  the  leading  artists  of 
Southern  California.  The  most  highly  prized  of 
all  their  collection,  however,  are  eight  master- 
pieces by  that  greatest  of  all  California  artists, 
William  Keith,  with  whom  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Hughes 
were  intimately  acquainted. 

Dr.  and  Mrs.  Hughes  are  enthusiastists,  and  in 
their  artistic  home,  at  500  West  Twenty-third 
street,  Los  Angeles,  the  true  lover  of  art,  even 
though  a  stranger,  is  a  welcome  visitor;  for  they 
generously  believe  that  the  best  thing  about  the 
possession  of  beautiful  works  of  art  is  the  pleasure 
they  may  give  to  others. 

Dr.  Hughes,  in  addition  to  his  devotion  to  art, 
is  an  enthusiastic  golfer,  hunter  and  fisherman, 
and  seeks  recreation  in  each  field.  He  is  a  Thirty- 
second  degree  Mason,  life  member  of  the  Mystic 
Shrine,  and  holds  membership  in  the  University 
Club  of  Los  Angeles,  the  Los  Angeles  Country 
Club,  and  the  Annandale  Country  Club. 


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ILLIAMS,  WILLIAM  J.: 
Attorney-at-Law,  Los  An- 
geles, California,  was  born 
May  10,  1864,  at  Cavanville, 
Ontario,  Canada,  the  son  of 
William  Williams  and  Mary  (Brennan) 
Williams.  He  was  married  to  Lena  G. 
Meade  at  Washington,  D.  C,  and  has  one 
child,  a  daughter,  Esther  Dorothy  Williams. 

Mr.  Williams  studied 
at  the  public  schools  in 
various  towns  of  the  Pro- 
vince of  Ontario,  Canada, 
and  when  he  had  finished 
his  primary  education, 
entered  the  University  of 
Toronto.  He  took  a  com- 
plete course,  getting  his 
degree  as  Bachelor  of 
Arts  after  four  years,  and 
two  years  later  his  Bach- 
elor of  Laws.  He  was 
admitted  to  the  practice 
of  law,  made  "Solicitor 
and  Barrister"  by  the 
i^aw  Society  of  Upper 
Canada,  June,  1890. 

The  firm  of  Mulock, 
Miller  &  Company,  of 
Toronto,  made  a  place 
for  him,  and  he  prepared 
cases  and  argued  before 
the  courts  of  that  city  un- 
til 1893.  He  meanwhile 
saw  an  opportunity  in 
Southern  California, 
where  there  is  a  large  and 


influential  Canadian  colony, 
move  in  the  fall  of  1893,  and  after  a  little  pre- 
liminary preparation,  in  order  to  adapt  his 
knowledge  to  the  American  legal  forms,  he 
was  admitted  to  practice  in  the  courts  of 
California.  He  associated  himself  with 
George  I.  Cochran  under  the  firm  name  of 
Cochran  &  Williams. 

The  firm  did  an  extensive  business  from 
the  start,  specializing  in  land  matters.  In 
the  year  1906,  Mr.  Cochran  resigned  in  order 
to  accept  the  presidency  of  the  Pacific  Mutual 
Life  Insurance  Company,  one  of  the  largest 
institutions  of  the  kind  in  the  country.  Mr. 
Williams,  in  order  to  take  better  care  of  the 
extensive  affairs  of  the  firm,  associated  him- 
self with  Herbert  J.  Goudge,  Norman  Wil- 
liams and  Charles  L.  Chandler,  under  the 
firm  name  of  Williams,  Goudge  &  Chandler, 
which  is  one  of  the  large  legal  firms  of  the 
city  today.  Mr.  Williams'  practice  has  been 


and  now  is  largely  devoted  to  the  organiza- 
tion and  care  of  corporations,  principally 
those  organized  in  connection  with  land  and 
water  development.  He  has  launched  some 
of  the  most  important  corporations  in  the 
State. 

Of  late  years  his  legal  knowledge  has  been 
largely  devoted  to  the  management  of  his  own 
properties  and  to  the  corporations  in  which 
he  is  himself  a  stock- 
holder. He  saw  in  South- 
ern California,  like  many 
of  the  other  now  promi- 
nent men,  unusual  op- 
portunities in  land  and 
water  development,  and 
his  surplus  capital  has 
gone  into  these  channels. 
He  organized  and  is 
President  of  the  Citi- 
zens' Water  Company  of 
San  Jacinto,  a  system 
that  supplies  water  to 
the  City  of  San  Jacinto, 
as  well  as  to  the  agricul- 
tural territory  surround- 
ing. He  is  Vice  Presi- 
'lent  of  the  San  Jacinto 
Land  Company,  which  is 
one  of  the  biggest  own- 
ers of  valuable  lands  in 
that  vicinity.  He  is  a 
director  of  the  Middle 
River  Navigation  and 
Canal  Company,  and  is  a 

W.   J.    WILLIAMS  ?irect?r    of,   thJr    Rin,dSe 

Land    and     Navigation 

He   made  the        Company,  one  of  the  richest  corporations  on 


the  Pacific  Coast,  which  owns  many  miles  of 
territory  abutting  on  the  shores  of  the  Pacific 
Ocean,  and  which  operates  fruit  and  cattle 
ranches,  steamship  lines  and  other  enterprises. 

He  is  one  of  the  directors  of  the  Ar- 
tesian Water  Company,  the  Maclay  Rancho 
Water  Company,  the  Development  Build- 
ing Company,  and  also  of  the  Cotenants 
Company. 

Mr.  Williams  has  been  active  in  public 
affairs,  but  has  had  no  ambition  to  hold  pub- 
lic office.  He  supports  every  movement  for 
the  beautification  and  betterment  of  the 
cities  of  Southern  California. 

He  is  a  thirty-second  degree  Mason,  a 
member  of  the  Pentalpha  Lodge  No.  202, 
the  Shriners,  and  of  several  other  secret 
societies.  He  also  holds  membership  in  the 
California  Club  and  the  Annandale  Country 
Club. 


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ACOBSON,  TONY,  Mining, 
Salt  Lake  City,  Utah,  was 
born  in  that  city  Sept.  2,  1869, 
the  son  of  Anton  Jacobson 
and  Matilda  (Norene)  Jacob- 
son.  He  married  Annie  Sherwood  Motsch, 
September  7,  1892,  at  Pioche,  Nevada.  They 
are  the  parents  of  seven  children,  Adelina, 
Alex  J.,  Katherine  M.,  Frankie,  Mamie,  An- 
toinette and  Alta  Jacob- 


son. 


num- 


Mr.  Jacobson 
bers  among  the  success- 
ful men  of  the  Great 
West  who  may  be  termed 
self-made.  He  was  denied 
the  advantages  of  an  ed- 
ucation in  his  youth  and 
has  taught  himself  as  he 
went  through  life.  When 
he  was  a  boy  ten  years 
of  age  he  went  to  work 
on  a  farm  in  Utah  and  for 
the  next  four  years  was 
engaged  in  that  line  of 
work.  Then  began  min- 
ing and  learned  the  busi- 
ness in  its  every  phase, 
going  from  the  smallest 
position  in  the  mine  to 
the  post  of  Superinten- 
dent. He  was  employed 
for  the  most  part  in  Utah, 
but  also  worked  in  other 
states. 

All  the  time  he  was 
working  in  the  mines  Mr. 
Jacobson  was  studying  to  perfect  himself  in 
business  methods  and  when  he  reached  the 
aee  of  thirtv  years  was  able  to  take  his  place 
among  the  leaders  of  his  community. 

Leaving  his  mine  labors  as  an  employee, 
in  1899,  he  went  into  business  for  himself 
and  for  three  years,  or  until  1902,  operated 
properties  at  Alta  and  Stockton,  Utah,  under 
leases  and  bonds.  He  prospered  in  this  field, 
due  as  much  to  his  executive  ability  and 
managerial  methods  as  to  his  practical 
knowledge  of  mining,  and  in  1902  had  earned 
a  financial  standing  which  enabled  him  to 
organize  a  company  of  his  own.  In  that  year 
he  incorporated  the  Columbus  Consolidated 
Mining  Company,  and  has  been  director  and 
manager  of  it  ever  since.  This  company  ac- 
quired valuable  mining  property  in  the  state 
of  Utah  and  was  the  basis  of  one  of  the  most 
extensive  mining  syndicate  in  that  part 
of  the  country.  He  is  at  present  pres- 


TONY  JACOBSON 


ident  and  director  of  the  company  also. 
Four  years  after  the  formation  of  the  orig- 
inal company,  Mr.  Jacobson  organized  the 
South  Columbus  Consolidated  Mining  Com- 
pany, and  the  success  of  his  first  venture 
made  him  the  unanimous  choice  for  manager 
of  the  new  concern.  He  was  manager  and 
director  of  it  until  1910,  when  he  surrendered 
the  reins  to  others. 

The  same  year  of 
that  company's  start,  Mr. 
Jacobson  brought  into 
existence  what  is  known 
as  the  Columbus  Exten- 
sion Mining  Company, 
and,  as  in  the  case  of  the 
others,  he  became  man- 
ager and  director  and  is 
today  president  of  it. 

The  fourth  company 
of  which  Mr.  Jacobson 
was  the  originator  was 
the  Alta  Consolidated 
Mining  Company,  started 
in  1911,  and  of  this  he  is 
also  president  and  man- 
ager. 

The  combined  hold- 
ings and  capital  of  these 
several  companies  run 
into  large  figures  and  Mr. 
Jacobson  is  the  principal 
factor  in  their  operations. 
He  personally  looks  after 
the  business  of  each  and 
it  is  due  to  his  expert 
knowledge  and  careful  di- 
rection that  they  are  successes.  All  of  the 
companies  are  on  a  paying  basis  and  Mr.  Ja- 
cobson recognized  as  the  impelling  force,  in 
their  conduct,  is  ranked  among  the  most  cap- 
able mine  operators  in  Utah. 

Despite  his  activity  in  the  management 
of  his  various  interests,  Mr.  Jacobson  has 
found  time  to  aid  in  the  development  of  his 
native  state  and  has  done  many  things  for 
the  civic  betterment  of  Salt  Lake  City.  He 
is  a  member  of  the  Commercial  Club  of  that 
city,  an  institution  which  has  taken  the  lead 
in  many  measures  for  the  improvement  of 
the  municipality,  and  has  served  on  many 
of  its  progressive  committees. 

With  his  time  practically  all  taken  up 
with  his  business  interests,  Mr.  Jacobson 
has  had  little  opportunity  for  play  and  as  a 
result  he  does  not  belong  to  many  clubs. 
His  only  social  affiliation  is  the  Alta  Club  of 
Salt  Lake  City. 


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HURCHILL,  OWEN  HUM- 
PHREYS, Retired  Capitalist,  Los 
Angeles,  California,  was  born  at 
Mechanicsburg,  Sangamon  Coun- 
ty, Illinois,  June  16,  1841.  He  is 
a  son  of  Willoughby  Churchill 
and  Martha  Elizabeth  (Humphreys)  Churchill.  He 
married  Frances  Alberta  Porter  at  Lexington,  Ken- 
tucky, April  20,  1882,  and  to  them  were  born  three 
children,  Marion  (Mrs.  David  Henry  McCartney), 
Gertrude  (Mrs.  Francis  Pier- 
pont  Davis),  and  Owen  Por- 
ter Churchill.  Mr.  Church- 
ill's ancestors  on  both  sides 
were  Southerners,  his  father 
and  mother  having  been  born 
in  Kentucky  and  his  grand- 
father, George  Churchill,  in 
Virginia. 

Mr.  Churchill  is  one  of  the 
few  survivors  of  that  race  of 
men  who  braved  the  perils 
of  the  Indian-infested  West- 
ern plains  that  the  present 
great  American  empire  might 
be  claimed  for  the  white  man. 
In  1851,  when  he  was  a  lad 
not  quite  ten  years  of  age, 
his  father  and  mother,  in 
whom  the  pioneer  spirit  was 
strong,  took  him  with  their 
other  children  across  the 
plains.  They  used  prairie 
schooners,  drawn  by  oxen, 
and  were  part  of  a  wagon 
train  containing  100  wagons 
and  about  400  persons. 

An  entire  summer  was 
consumed  in  making  the  jour- 
ney from  Illinois  to  Oregon, 
and  it  was  one  of  the  most 
hazardous  trips  recorded  in 
that  day  of  dangers.  Many 
Indian  tribes  were  on  the 
warpath  and  the  train  had 

many  adventurous  and  discouraging  experiences 
with  the  redskins,  terminating  in  skirmishes  with 
loss  of  life  on  both  sides.  On  one  occasion 
the  caravan  became  strung  out  for  about 
three  miles  and  a  Mrs.  Scott,  with  her 
wagons  and  horses,  was  detached.  As  the  Scott 
party  was  crossing  the  Raft  River,  it  was  attacked 
by  Indians,  who  killed  Mrs.  Scott  and  family,  with 
the  exception  of  her  fourteen-year-old  son,  who  es- 
caped by  jumping  into  the  river  and  hiding  among 
the  willows  that  overlapped  the  water.  The  In- 
dians escaped  with  the  horses.  As  soon  as  the 
attack  became  known  to  the  rest  of  the  train, 
twenty-five  men  were  sent  in  pursuit.  After  travel- 
ing twenty-five  miles  they  discovered  the  Indians 
camped  on  a  high  plateau.  Fighting  followed  and 
several  of  the  white  men  were  killed  and  wounded. 
The  survivors,  parched  with  thirst  and  suffering 
from  wounds,  were  obliged  to  give  up  the  effort  to 
punish  the  marauders,  and  returned  to  the  train, 
leaving  two  mortally  wounded  men  behind.  They 
intended  to  return  for  these  unfortunates,  but  the 
leaders  of  the  train  decided  they  couldn't  afford 
to  lose  any  more  men  or  time  in  the  rescue,  and 
moved  onward. 

After  leaving  the  Missouri  River  at  Council 
Bluffs,  Iowa,  the  travelers  saw  no  white  face  until 
they  reached  Fort  Laramie.  From  there  until  they 


O.  H.  CHURCHILL 


neared  Fort  Dalles,  Oregon,  the  only  white  man 
they  met  was,  as  he  recalls,  Johnny  Grant,  living 
at  Fort  Hall.  One  sad  recollection  of  the  journey 
was  the  death  of  Mr.  Churchill's  mother,  who  be- 
came ill  and  died  at  The  Dalles,  just  as  they  were 
reaching  civilization. 

The  Churchill  family  located  in  the  Umpqua 
Valley  and  remained  there  for  six  years.  Mr. 
Churchill  finished  his  educatio'n  in  the  schools  of 
Oregon,  also  mastering  the  Chinook  Indian  jargon, 

which  he  can  still  converse  in 

with  fluency.  At  the  age  of 
seventeen,  having  contracted 
the  gold  fever,  he  started  out 
as  a  prospector. 

He  first  began  prospecting 
in  British  Columbia  and  then 
worked  back  through  Wash- 
ington and  Idaho,  continuing 
in  this  pursuit  for  about  six 
years.  He  had  indifferent 
luck  until  1863,  when  he 
struck  it  fairly  rich  at  Boise 
Basin,  Idaho. 

During  his  mining  days 
Mr.  Churchill  had  several 
thrilling  adventures  with  the 
Indians  and  also  suffered 
many  hardships.  One  time,  in 
order  to  save  his  own  life,  he 
was  compelled  to  knock  out 
one  of  the  redskins,  and 
this  incident  forms  one 
of  the  most  thrilling  anec- 
dotes in  his  career.  While 
only  a  boy  of  seventeen,  he 
was  prospecting  at  Rock 
Creek,  British  Columbia,  with 
a  Doctor  Bell.  They  deter- 
mined to  go  to  the  deserted 
camp  of  Samilkameen,  with 
the  intention  of  securing 
tools  left  by  stampeding  min- 
ers. 

After   riding   thirty   miles 

they  came  to  the  Okanagan  River,  where  they  em- 
ployed two  Indians  to  carry  them  across  in  canoes, 
and  also  to  cross  the  Samilkameen  River,  three 
miles  farther  on.  It  was  agreed  that  the  Indians 
were  to  cross  them  on  their  return,  at  which  time 
the  miners  would  pay  them  a  pair  of  twenty-dollar 
blankets. 

When  the  prospectors  returned  to  the  Samilka- 
meen they  unpacked  their  horses  and  drove  them 
into  the  water.  The  beasts  swam  across  and  were 
caught  by  the  Indians  on  the  opposite  shore  and  tied 
to  trees.  The  Indians  then  crossed  the  river  and  in- 
formed the  white  men  that  they  would  not  ferry  them 
back  unless  their  pay  was  doubled.  Churchill  and 
Bell  balked.  The  Indians  threatened  the  pair  and, 
under  orders  of  Dr.  Bell,  Churchill  struck  one  of  the 
redmen  with  a  pick  handle.  He  fell  and  the  other 
Indian  fled,  pursued  by  Bell.  He  escaped  and  set 
up  such  a  wild  yelling  that  the  miners  feared  other 
members  of  his  tribe  might  be  attracted.  An  ex- 
amination proved  that  Churchill's  Indian  had  been 
disposed  of  by  the  blow  from  the  pick  handle,  so 
the  miners  packed  their  goods  in  the  canoes  and 
hurriedly  crossed. 

They  made  for  the  Okanagan  River,  near  the 
Indian  village  of  Tonasket,  anticipating  trouble  be- 
cause of  the  absence  of  the  Indians.  Fortunately, 
they  fell  in  with  a  party  of  fourteen  miners  from 


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Caribou  who  took  them  in  and  the  entire  outfit 
was  crossed  by  the  Indians.  While  packing,  a 
miner  shot  an  Indian.  Confusion  followed  and 
Mr.  Churchill  and  his  partner,  realizing  the  danger 
of  a  massacre,  started  on  a  run  from  the  camp. 
They  took  a  side  trail  and  reached  Rock  Creek  in 
safety,  although  they  learned  later  that  the  In- 
dians had  pursued  the  rest  of  the  party. 

An  instance  displaying  Mr.  Churchill's  endur- 
ance and  aid  to  companions  occurred  when  three 
of  them,  heading  for  a  new  discovery  at  Salmon 
River,  Idaho,  had  to  cross  Commerce  Prairie,  a 
bleak  plateau  of  thirty  miles,  covered  with  a  foot 
of  crusted  snow.  One  of  them  gave  out  entirely, 
and  as  there  were  no  trees,  wood  or  shelter,  they 
couldn't  stop,  so  Mr.  Churchill  carried  the  prostrate 
man  for  two  miles  and  the  other  miner  shouldered 
the  three  packs  until  they  reached  a  camp  of  min- 
ers at  Whitebird. 

One  dismal  morning,  when  it  was  about  sixty 
degrees  or  more  below  zero,  he  was  standing  on 
the  threshold  of  his  miner's  cabin  facing  starvation. 
His  partner  and  himself  rolled  up  their  blankets, 
three  pounds  of  salt,  a  box  of  matches,  a  half  loaf 
of  bread  and  a  pressed  miner's  pan  and  put 
them  on  their  backs,  strapped  their  snow  shoes  to 
their  feet,  grabbed  their  guns  and  started  for  the 
Salmon  River  Mountains,  where  it  was  reported 
there  was  wild  game. 

By  noon  they  had  covered  100  miles,  and  Mr. 
Churchill,  having  shot  a  grouse,  they  made  camp 
at  once  in  a  clearing.  After  their  meal  they  went 
out  to  hunt  food  for  the  next  meal,  and  while  they 
were  away  their  blankets  and  most  of  their  pro- 
visions were  burned.  Thus,  in  a  temperature  av- 
eraging sixty  degrees  below  zero,  they  were  with- 
out covering  and  for  twenty-nine  days  suffered  in- 
tensely. Leaving  there  they  started  back  to  their 
mining  camp  with  fifty-eight  grouse,  and  after  these 
were  consumed  took  their  gold  dust  and  went  to 
Slate  Creek,  where  they  had  heard  provisions  were 
to  be  had.  However,  when  they  reached  there  the 
provisions  had  not  arrived  and  for  one  week  they 
were  compelled  to  live  at  an  Indian  boarding  house, 
where  they  were  charged  three  dollars  a  meal. 
When  the  pack  train  arrived,  each  bought  105 
pounds  of  provisions  and  they  packed  it  on  their 
back  to  their  camp,  forty  miles  away. 

After  following  the  prospector's  life  for  six 
years  Mr.  Churchill  engaged  in  the  cattle  busi- 
ness in  Oregon  and  continued  in  the  same  business 
through  Washington,  Idaho  and  Montana,  where  he 
was  one  of  the  pioneers. 

An  interesting  coincidence  in  connection  with 
Mr.  Churchill's  success  as  a  cattleman  occurred  in 
18G4.  Fourteen  years  previously  he  had  known, 
crossing  the  plains,  a  young  man  named  H.  H.  Snow, 
but  lost  track  of  him  afterward.  With  $10,300, 
which  he  made  out  of  his  mining  operations  at 
Boise,  Mr.  Churchill  had  embarked  in  the  cattle 
business  at  Walla  Walla,  Washington.  He  had 
about  650  head  of  cattle,  when  he  accidentally  met 
Snow  and  renewed  old  acquaintance.  He  offered  to 
sell  his  cattle  to  Snow  for  $40  a  head,  but  the  lat- 
ter could  not  take  them  and  instead  urged  Mr. 
Churchill  to  take  the  stock  to  Montana,  where  he 
assured  him  he  could  get  $100  a  head.  He  did  so 
and  sold  his  cattle  for  more  than  $100  a  head. 
Mr.  Churchill  never  saw  his  friend  again  to  thank 
him  for  his  very  good  counsel  and  heard  nothing 
of  him  until  1908,  when  he  was  informed  by  a  Wash- 
ington man  that  Snow  had  died  twenty  years  pre- 
viously. 


In  1869  he  made  a  trip  to  Texas,  where  he 
bought  a  herd  of  cattle  and  while  driving  them  to 
Montana,  passing  through  Utah,  near  Soda  Springs, 
Mr.  Churchill  forced  three  thieving  redskins  to  re- 
lease a  cow,  which  they  had  stolen  from  his  herds. 
He  approached  them  and,  although  they  leveled 
their  guns  at  him,  he  continued  and  by  sheer  nerve, 
forced  them  to  flee.  Having  recovered  his  cow,  he 
was  leisurely  heading  towards  camp  when  suddenly 
thirty  Indians  swarmed  up  the  bank  directly  on 
him;  three  of  them,  probably  the  same  he  had  en- 
countered before,  pointed  their  rifles  at  him,  but 
the  others,  being  friendly,  jumped  in  between.  For 
ten  minutes  he  was  held  and  while  they  were  dis- 
puting over  his  fate,  several  opened  a  gap  for  him 
and  whispered,  "you  go,"  and  he  fled. 

This  incident  caused  Mr.  Churchill  to  regard 
Indians  as  more  humane  than  many  white  despera- 
does he  met  in  later  life.  He  finally  located  at  Sun 
River,  where  he  continued  in  the  cattle  business 
with  profitable  results. 

Still  another  experience  came  to  him  near  Sun 
River,  Montana,  while  he  was  riding  up  a  gulch  on 
a  buffalo  trail,  gathering  cattle.  On  the  hillside 
above  him  he  saw  an  Indian  leaning  on  his  rifle. 
Mr.  Churchill  could  have  avoided  the  savage  by 
going  far  out  of  his  way,  but  decided  to  risk  riding 
by  him.  As  he  reached  the  nearest  point  to  the 
redskin,  they  both  started  shooting;  four  shots 
apiece  were  fired.  Mr.  Churchill,  having  no  more 
cartridges,  ran  his  horse,  bounding  and  jumping 
down  the  crooked  canon,  not  noticing  the  trail  as 
closely  as  he  should.  While  glancing  back  at  the 
Indian,  who  remained  on  the  same  spot,  he  plunged 
over  a  perpendicular  bluff  of  thirty  feet,  landing 
in  the  soft  sand.  While  he  was  not  hurt,  he  had 
become  separated  from  his  horse  and  had  to  con- 
tinue on  foot  to  camp.  The  following:  morning  he 
and  his  friend,  J.  R.  Cox,  returned  to  the  scene 
to  look  for  his  horse  and  the  Indian,  but  both  had 
disappeared. 

He  remained  at  Sun  River  until  the  latter  part 
of  1883,  when  he  disposed  of  his  interests  to  R.  B. 
Harrison,  ex-President  Benjamin  Harrison  and  as- 
sociates. 

During  his  stay  at  Sun  River  Mr.  Churchill  was 
also  a  stockholder  and  director  in  two  of  the  pio- 
neer banks  of  Montana.  When  he  left  Montana 
his  departure  was  the  occasion  for  a  commemora- 
tive tribute  on  the  part  of  the  Helena  (Montana) 
Herald,  the  editor  of  which  wrote  an  article  prais- 
ing the  works  of  Mr.  Churchill  and  thanking  him 
for  his  part  in  the  development  of  the  country. 

In  1884  he  moved  with  his  family  to  Los  Angeles 
and  became  heavily  interested  in  real  estate  and 
other  lines  of  business,  which  added  to  his  fortune. 
He  was  one  of  the  charter  members  of  the  organ- 
ization, in  1889,  of  the  National  Bank  of  California 
and  was  the  second  largest  stockholder  in  that 
institution.  For  about  ten  years  he  was  a  Vice 
President  of  the  bank,  and  still  retains  his  place  on 
the  Board  of  Directors. 

Mr.  Churchill  has  been  one  of  the  prominent 
figures  in  the  development  of  Los  Angeles  and 
Southern  California,  and,  although  he  is  now  prac- 
tically retired  from  business  life,  still  maintains 
a  deep  interest  in  the  welfare  of  his  adopted  city. 
He  was  one  of  the  organizers  of  the  Chamber  of 
Commerce  and  still  retains  membership  in  it. 

In  1910  Mr.  Churchill  incorporated  his  personal 
holdings  into  the  O.  H.  Churchill  Company,  In- 
corporated. 


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AN  NUYS,  ISAAC  NEWTON  (de- 
ceased), Capitalist,  Los  Angeles, 
California,  was  born  at  West 
Sparta,  New  York,  November  20, 
1835.  His  father  was  Peter  Van 
Nuys  and  his-  mother  Harriet 
(Kerr)  Van  Nuys.  In  1880  he  married  Susanna  H. 
Lankershim,  a  daughter  of  Isaac  Lankershim,  at 
Los  Angeles.  There  are  three  children — Annis  H., 
James  Benton,  one  of  the  substantial  business  men 
of  Los  Angeles,  and  Kate  Van  Nuys. 

In  his  childhood  he  attended  the  public  schools 
of  West  Sparta,  New  York,  supplementing  this  by 
entering  the  Academy  of  Lima  (N.  Y.),  where  he 
was  a  student  for  one  year.  During  his  school 
years  he  assisted  his  father  on  the  family  farm. 

At  the  end  of  Mr.  Van  Nuys'  school  days  his  en- 
tire time  and  attention  was  devoted  to  agricultural 
pursuits,  at  which  he  became  a  master,  until  1865, 
when  he  removed  to  California  in  search  of  health, 
new  opportunities  and  an  ideal  agricultural  coun- 
try. His  first  location  in  California  was  at  Napa, 
from  where  he  shortly  removed  to  Monticello,  Cal- 
ifornia, and  entered  the  mercantile  field  as  pro- 
prietor of  a  large  country  store.  After  several 
years  spent  in  the  mercantile  line  he  again  turned 
to  the  soil,  and  in  1868,  in  company  with  Mr.  Lank- 
ershim and  others,  he  purchased  what  has  since 
become  famous  as  the  Van  Nuys  and  Lankershim 
Ranches,  located  in  the  fertile  San  Fernando  Val- 
ley, just  outside  of  the  present  boundary  line  of 
Los  Angeles.  This  enormous  property,  comprising 
more  than  60,000  acres,  he  devoted  to  stock  raising, 
principally  sheep.  He"  continued  stock  raising  until 
1873,  when  he  began  raising  grain. 

In  1871,  Mr.  Van  Nuys  disposed  of  his  store  at 
Monticello  and  removed  to  Los  Angeles.  The  city 
little  realized  that  it  was  welcoming  a  man  destined 
to  become  so  great  and  important  a  factor  in  its 
upbuilding.  Here  he  did  his  part  in  both  private 
and  public  life  in  a  manner  that  has  enriched  the 
city  and  has  added  to  its  social  and  business  stand- 
ing. His  labors  for  civic  development  and  his 
standard  of  integrity  have  been  recognized  by  all 
who  knew  him. 

Mr.  Van  Nuys  had  the  distinction  of  having 
been  the  first  man  to  demonstrate  by  actual  results 
that  wheat,  by  the  use  of  the  right  kind  of  seed 
and  proper  treatment  of  the  same,  could  be  raised 
successfuly  in  Los  Angeles  County.  From  the  time 
of  the  early  Spaniards  this  has  been  tried,  but 
every  attempt  prior  to  Mr.  Van  Nuys'  advent  had 
proved  so  discouraging  that  the  idea  of  raising 
wheat  profitably  in  Los  Angeles  County  had  about 
been  abandoned  as  an  impossibility.  Mr.  Van 
Nuys,  however,  profited  by  the  mistakes  of  his 
predecessors,  and  in  1876,  against  the  advice  of  old 
settlers  and  friends,  rented  a  large  tract  of  land 
from  the  company  of  which  he  was  a  member, 
carefully  selected  and  prepared  his  seed  and  sowed 
his  wheat.  The  result  the  first  year  was  enough 
grain  to  send  nearly  three  full  cargoes  abroad. 

This  was  the  beginning  of  the  wheat  industry 
in  Los  Angeles  County  and,  with  Mr.  Van  Nuys  as 
leader,  farmers  generally  took  up  wheat  raising, 
with  the  result  that  many  of  them  made  huge  for- 
tunes. As  earlv  as  1888,  Mr.  Van  Nuys  and  asso- 
ciates produced  510,000  bushels  of  wheat  on  their 
land,  and  for  years  afterwards  Mr.  Van  Nuys  was 
engaged  in  wheat  raising  and  the  milling  business. 
From  the  standpoint  of  historic  interest  at  this 
time,  when  Los  Angeles  is  in  the  act  of  developing 
an  ideal  harbor  at  San  Pedro,  the  fact  is  of  utmost 
importance  that  Mr.  Van  Nuys,  in  1876,  sent  forth 


the  first  two  vessels  loaded  with   wheat  to  clear 
from  San  Pedro   (Los  Angeles)   Harbor. 

In  1880  Mr.  Van  Nuys  and  Mr.  Isaac  Lanker- 
shim organized  the  Los  Angeles  Farming  &  Milling 
Company  for  the  principal  purpose  of  milling  their 
own  vast  holdings  of  wheat,  but  which  soon  con- 
sumed most  of  the  wheat  raised  in  Southern  Cali- 
fornia. This  business  has  continued  to  thrive  and 
is  one  of  the  substantial  institutions  of  the  city. 

In  1896  he  built  the  famous  Van  Nuys  Hotel, 
which  has  attained  an  enviable  international  rep- 
utation. This  property  his  heirs  still  own. 

Mr.  Van  Nuys  controlled  the  Van  Nuys  and 
Lankershim  Ranchos  until  the  spring  of  1910,  when 
he  and  his  associates  disposed  of  their  entire  hold- 
ings to  a  syndicate  who  have  subdivided  the  prop- 
erty into  small  country  estates  and  built  magnifi- 
cent boulevards  and  have  been  instrumental  in 
having  the  traction  lines  enter  the  property,  plac- 
ing them  within  easy  reach  of  Los  Angeles.  This 
deal  constituted  one  of  the  largest  realty  transac- 
tions of  the  Southwest  and  has  involved  an  expendi- 
ture in  improvements  estimated  at  $2,000,000. 

One  of  the  principal  business  corners  owned  by 
Mr.  Van  Nuys  is  at  the  corner  of  Seventh  and 
Spring  streets.  On  this  property  he,  in  1911, 
started  the  erection  of  one  of  the  finest  and  largest 
office  buildings  in  the  West.  It  is  interesting  to 
note  that  on  the  site  where  this  magnificent  mod- 
ern office  building  stands  but  recently  stood  the 
original  Van  Nuys  homestead. 

At  the  time  of  Mr.  Van  Nuys'  purchase  of  this 
property  (1880)  it  was  considered  far  in  the  out- 
skirts of  the  city,  but  in  a  short  period  the  growth 
of  the  city  surrounded  it  with  modern  buildings 
until  it  became  the  heart  of  the  business  district. 

Mr.  Van  Nuys  was  active  in  the  transaction  of 
business  up  to  within  a  short  time  prior  to  his 
death,  on  February  12,  1912,  but  owing  to  the  ex- 
tensive interests  which  demanded  his  time,  grad- 
ually shifted  the  management  of  many  of  them  to 
his  son,  J.  B.  Van  Nuys,  with  the  result  that  when 
illness  finally  compelled  the  father  to  relinquish 
the  cares  of  business,  the  son  succeeded  to  his 
place  in  the  affairs  of  Los  Angeles.  Among  other 
duties,  he  supervised  the  completion  of  the  I.  N. 
Van  Nuys  Building,  an  eleven-story  structure  and 
one  of  the  most  impressive  in  the  city. 

In  addition  to  his  real  estate  and  milling  inter- 
ests, the  late  Mr.  Van  Nuys,  who  was  a  factor  in 
financial  affairs,  served  as  Vice  President  of  the 
Farmers  &  Merchants'  Bank,  and  as  Director  of 
the  Union  Bank  of  Savings.  He  also  was  a  Director 
of  the  Los  Angeles  Pressed  Brick  Company. 

By  his  business  associates  Mr.  Van  Nuys  was 
respected  for  his  strict  integrity  and  high  sense  of 
honor  and  as  a  man  of  exceptional  courage.  This 
latter  characteristic  was  demonstrated  on  one  occa- 
sion in  such  a  way  as  to  become  historic  in  business 
circles  of  Los  Angeles.  The  occurrence  happened 
at  a  directors'  meeting  of  a  bank  in  which  Mr.  Van 
Nuys  was  an  officer.  One  of  the  board  made  a 
proposition  which  the  latter  considered  open  to 
criticism  and  in  the  discussion  which  followed  his 
protest  they  almost  came  to  blows.  Mr.  Van  Nuys, 
by  standing  firm  and  displaying  his  characteristic 
determination  when  feeling  he  was  right,  forced 
the  other  to  abandon  the  plan. 

Mr.  Van  Nuys  was  prominent  in  fraternal  and 
club  circles.  He  was  a  member  of  Pentalpha 
Lodge,  F.  and  A.  M.,  Signet  Chapter,  Los  Angeles 
Commandery,  and  Al  Malaikah  Temple,  Mystic 
Shrine.  He  belonged  to  the  California  Club  and 
Crags  Country  Club. 


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AVENS,  FRANK  COLTON,  Presi- 
dent of  the  People's  Water  Com- 
pany and  Capitalist,  Oakland,  Cali- 
fornia, was  born  at  Sag  Harbor, 
N.  Y.,  Nov.  21,  1848,  the  son  of 
W  i  c  k  h  a  m  Sayre  Havens  and 
Sarah  (Darling)  Havens.  His  paternal  ancestors 
were  among  the  early  settlers  of  Long  Island,  and 
for  several  generations  were  engaged  in  the  whal- 
ing industry,  making  their  home  among  the  hardy 
habitants  of  Sag  Harbor. 
Members  of  the  family 
fought  in  the  American  Rev- 
olutionary War  and  other- 
wise proved  their  patriotism. 

Mr.  F.  C.  Havens  reached 
California  February  8,  1866, 
settling  first  in  San  Fran- 
cisco, but  ultimately  in  Oak- 
land. In  February,  1873,  he 
was  married  in  Virginia 
City  to  Miss  Sadie  Bell,  de- 
ceased; and  in  May,  1892,  to 
Miss  Lila  Rand.  His  chil- 
dren are  Wickham,  Harold, 
Seyd  and  Paul  Havens. 

Until  he  was  fifteen  years 
old  Mr.  Havens  attended  the 
village  school  of  Sag  Har- 
bor, and  on  April  16,  1864, 
left  New  York  for  China,  on 
the  S.  S.  Oriflamme,  to  be- 
gin the  active  business  life 
in  which  he  has  since 
achieved  so  notable  a  suc- 
cess. 

For  about  a  year  and  a 
half  he  was  assistant  purser 
on  the  steamer  Kinshaw, 
running  on  the  Canton  river.  Leaving  China  in  De- 
cember, 1865,  he  crossed  the  Pacific  on  the  Ori- 
flamme, which  was  the  first  steamship  to  traverse 
this  ocean  on  the  eastward  trip. 

His  first  employment  in  San  Francisco  was  that 
of  office  boy  and  clerk  in  the  Savings  and  Loan 
Society's  Bank  on  Clay  street.  At  the  end  of  ten 
years,  realizing  that  he  could  get  no  higher  than 
his  position  of  teller,  he  "got  out,"  and  formed  a 
partnership  with  Mr.  Van  Dyke  Hubbard  in  the 
stock  brokerage  business.  From  1880  to  1884  he 
was  a  member  of  the  S.  F.  Stock  Exchange,  during 
which  period  he  established  the  Home  Benefit  Life 
Association,  which  went  out  of  business  in  1892.  In 
1889  he  organized  the  American  Investment  Union 
of  New  York,  and  in  1892  the  Mutual  Investment 
Union.  This  latter  was  absorbed  by  the  Realty 
Syndicate  in  1895,  which  Mr.  Havens  organized  in 
that  year. 

The  vast  operations  of  this  corporation,  of  which 
until  recently  Mr.  Havens  was  the  moving  spirit, 
are  little  understood  by  those  unfamiliar  with  the 


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facts.  Before  its  consolidation  with  the  Oakland 
Traction  Company  and  the  Key  Route  it  had  accu- 
mulated, under  his  management,  fully  13,000  acres 
of  valuable  land,  making  a  sky  line  from  Mills  Col- 
lege, near  Leona  Heights,  to  North  Berkeley,  as 
well  as  large  holdings  in  central  Oakland.  On  its 
six  per  cent  certificates,  which  were  made  convert- 
ible into  real  estate,  more  than  $12,000,000  were 
raised,  all  of  which  went  into  the  development  of 
Oakland  and  vicinity.  Mr.  Havens  originated  the 
idea  of  consolidating  the 
street  railways  of  Oakland 
into  the  Oakland  Traction 
Company  and  of  amalgamat- 
ing this  with  the  Key  Route, 
which  was  also  his  concep- 
tion, and  with  the  Realty 
Syndicate,  the  parent  com- 
pany. In  this  he  was  asso- 
ciated with  Mr.  F.  M.  Smith, 
but  his  was  the  brain  that 
conceived  the  original  idea 
of  consolidating  traction  in- 
terests with  real  estate. 

After  seeing  the  company 
through  the  trying  period 
following  the  disaster  of 
1906,  Mr.  Havens  resigned 
from  the  active  management 
of  the  Realty  Syndicate  and 
organized  the  People's  Water 
Company  of  Oakland.  Of 
this  he  assumed  the  manage- 
ment in  June,  1910,  and  at 
the  annual  meeting  of  the 
same  year  took  the  presi- 
dency of  the  corporation.  He 
is  now  devoting  his  best  en- 
ergies to  this  concern  and  to 


the  Mahogany,  Eucalyptus  Land  Co.,  of  which  he  is 
also  the  president.  In  this  last,  which  has  for  its 
chief  object  the  forestration  of  the  bare  hills  be- 
hind Oakland  and  Berkeley,  his  unbounded  enthusi- 
asm is  working  a  miracle  of  benefit  to  that  country. 
The  company  has  already  planted  hundreds  of 
thousands  of  trees,  which  before  long  will  immeas- 
urably enhance  the  beauty  of  the  east  side  of  the 
bay.  Beyond  these  activities  and  his  marked  in- 
terest in  the  artistic  side  of  life,  among  the  notable 
expressions  of  which  are  his  contributions  to  the 
beautiful  Piedmont  Park  and  the  Art  Gallery 
therein,  he  allows  himself  little  time  from  his 
exacting  business  affairs.  Like  many  of  our  other 
notable  performers  he  is  extremely  reticent  touch- 
ing his  own  achievements  and  good  works,  pre- 
ferring to  labor  as  far  as  possible  from  the  pale  of 
publicity. 

He  is  a  member  of  various  clubs,  among  which 
are  the  Pacific-Union,  of  San  Francisco;  Athenian, 
of  Oakland;  Rocky  Mountain,  of  New  York;  New 
York  Yacht  Club  and  other  yacht  clubs  of  the  East. 


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OHNSON,  THEODORE  AUGUS- 
TUS, Lands  and  Investments,  Los 
Angeles,  California,  was  born  in 
Geneseo,  Illinois,  December  13, 
1864,  the  son  of  Louis  M.  Johnson 
and  Anna  (Erickson)  Johnson.  He 
married  Anna  E.  Rush  at  Tallula,  Illinois,  January 
18,  1894.  Mr.  Johnson  is  descended  from  a  sturdy 
American  family,  his  father  having  been  a  pioneer 
in  the  development  of  Illinois,  whither  he  migrated 
in  the  late  forties.  Mrs.  John- 
son also  comes  of  old  Ameri- 
can ancestry,  one  of  her 
paternal  ancestors  having 
been  Dr.  Benjamin  Rush,  a 
signer  of  the  Declaration  of 
Independence  and  one  of  the 
most  celebrated  physicians 
of  his  time. 

Mr.  Johnson  attended  the 
public  schools  of  his  native 
town  until  he  was  fourteen 
years  of  age,  when  he  com- 
menced a  very  active  busi- 
ness life  which  has  recorded 
many  successes. 

Endowed  with  a  natural 
aptitude  for  commercial  busi- 
ness, Mr.  Johnson,  at  the  age 
of  fourteen,  entered  the  em- 
ploy of  Taylor  Williams,  at 
that  time  the  largest  indi- 
vidual coal  operator  in  the 
State  of  Illinois  and  the  own- 
er of  an  extensive  mercantile 
business.  He  began  as  a 
clerk  in  the  Williams  store 
at  Cleveland,  Illinois.  When 
only  nineteen  years  of  age, 
he  was  made  buyer  and  Gen- 
eral Manager  of  the  store 
which  his  firm  established  at 
St.  David,  Illinois,  and  re- 
mained there  for  two  years. 
After  the  two  years  at 

St.  David  Mr.  Johnson  went  (in  1885)  to  Kendall, 
Hamilton  County,  in  western  Kansas,  taking  a  posi- 
tion as  bookkeeper  in  the  Kendall  Exchange  Bank 
where  he  was  promoted  within  a  few  months  first 
to  the  position  of  Assistant  Cashier  and  then  to  that 
of  Cashier.  At  the  same  time  Mr.  Johnson  took  a 
very  active  part  in  the  government  of  the  town, 
serving  as  City  Clerk  and  County  Officer  and  doing 
his  full  share  of  the  very  active  work  of  new 
County  organization.  Later,  Mr.  Johnson  estab- 
lished a  branch  bank  for  the  Kendall  Exchange 
Bank  in  Johnson  City,  Stanton  County,  Kansas. 

In  1887,  Mr.  Johnson,  with  his  associates,  sold 
out  their  banking  interests  in  that  section  and 
moved  to  Kansas  City,  where  he  assisted  in  the 
organization  of  the  United  States  Bank.  This  later 
was  reorganized  under  the  national  banking  laws 
as  the  Aetna  National  Bank  and  Mr.  Johnson,  who 
had  been  Assistant  Cashier  of  the  institution  from 
its  inception,  remained  there  until  1890  when  he 
resigned  and  went  to  St.  Louis,  Missouri,  to  become 
Secretary  and  General  Manager  of  The  Aetna  Loan 
Company,  occupying  this  position  until  1896,  when 
he  first  became  interested  in  the  mining  business. 
He  was  Secretary  and  Treasurer  of  the  Missouri 
Smelting  Company,  and  later  assisted  in  organizing 
and  acted  as  Secretary-Treasurer  of  the  Federal 


T.  A.  JOHNSON 


Lead  Company,  whose  property  was  in  the  St. 
Francois  County  district  of  Missouri.  This  prop- 
erty was  subsequently  sold  to  the  Guggenheim  in- 
terests. Mr.  Johnson  was  also  one  of  the  organiz- 
ers and  operators  of  the  Missouri  Copper  Company, 
which  at  that  time  held  the  distinction  of  being  the 
only  mine  producing  copper  commercially  in  a 
State  noted  for  its  lead  and  zinc  deposits. 

About  1901,  Mr.  Johnson  left  Missouri  for  a 
trip  through  the  West  and  during  the  next  year 
visited  practically  every  im- 
portant mining  camp  there, 
including  those  of  Idaho, 
Washington,  Oregon,  Mon- 
tana, California  and  Nevada. 
The  result  of  his  observa- 
tions was  the  formation  of 
a  partnership  with  Carl  F. 
Schader  of  Los  Angeles,  and, 
under  the  name  of  the 
Schader-Johnson  Company, 
they  operated  various  mining 
properties,  the  most  import- 
ant of  which  was  the  Nevada- 
Keystone  in  southeastern  Ne- 
vada. During  the  five  years 
of  this  co-partnership  several 
important  mining  operations 
were  brought  to  a  very  suc- 
cessful issue  by  this  firm. 

Mr.  Johnson  later  man- 
aged the  Johnnie  Mining  & 
Milling  Company  for  about 
two  years  and  also  served  as 
Secretary  of  the  Pan-Ameri- 
can Railroad,  a  line  in 
Mexico  over  three  hundred 
miles  long  which  has  since 
been  taken  over  by  the  Mexi- 
can Government. 

In  1911,  Mr.  Johnson  or- 
ganized the  Provident  Invest- 
ment Company  and  has  since 
directed  its  affairs  as  Presi- 
dent. This  company  is  en- 
gaged in  the  real  estate  business  with  offices  in 
Los  Angeles,  San  Francisco  and  Modoc,  Surprise 
Valley.  It  is  the  owner  of  the  townsite  of  Modoc 
and  has  purchased  a  large  acreage  of  rich  Surprise 
Valley  ranch  lands,  much  of  which  Mr.  Johnson's 
company  plans  to  put  into  orchard. 

Mr.  Johnson  has  also  secured  for  his  company 
a  large  interest  in  a  great  gravity  irrigation  system 
now  approaching  the  construction  stage  and  which, 
it  is  claimed,  will  irrigate  over  50,000  acres  of  land 
on  the  east  side  of  Surprise  Valley. 

To  any  undertaking  with  which  he  becomes  con- 
nected and  which  is  concerned  in  the  up-building 
of  the  State  of  California,  Mr.  Johnson  brings  un- 
bounded enthusiasm,  coupled  with  a  very  high  de- 
gree of  careful  business  judgment  and  executive 
ability.  It  is  these  qualities  which  have  been 
steadily  recognized  by  his  many  friends  through- 
out the  central  west,  who  have  interested  them- 
selves financially  in  various  California  development 
operations  embracing  railroad  and  townsite  build- 
ing and  irrigation  and  land  development  undertak- 
ings with  which  Mr.  Johnson  has  been  identified. 
He  was  one  of  the  organizers  and  is  a  Director 
of  the  Sierra  Madre  Club,  Los  Angeles;  belongs  to 
the  B.  P.  O.  E.,  No.  99,  and  is  a  member,  San 
Gabriel  Valley  Country  Club. 


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ALKER,  PERCIVAL  JOHN,  Presi- 
dent of  the  P.  J.  Walker  Company, 
Incorporated,  San  Francisco,  was 
born  in  Oakland,  Gal.,  April  21, 
1875,  the  son  of  John  C.  and  Mary 
(Miller)  Walker.  His  parents,  who 
were  English  Canadians  by  birth,  went  to  Califor- 
nia by  way  of  the  Isthmus  of  Panama,  in  the  early 
fifties,  and  first  settled  in  San  Francisco,  where  Mr. 
John  C.  Walker  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of 
boots  and  shoes,  but  subse- 
quently, his  health  failing, 
became  a  farmer  and  dairy- 
man on  the  east  side  of  the 
Bay.  There  P.  J.  Walker 
passed  his  early  youth,  and 
on  June  24,  1903,  was  mar- 
ried in  Sacramento  to  Miss 
Edith  Jennings  Lynn.  The 
children  of  this  marriage  are 
Marjorie  Edith  and  Percival 
J.  Walker,  Jr. 

From  1880  to  1887  Mr. 
Walker  attended  the  Frank- 
lin Grammar  School  in  Oak- 
land and  was  graduated  there- 
from in  the  latter  year,  after 
which  he  entered  the  Oak- 
land High  School,  but  left  be- 
fore graduation. 

For  the  first  few  years 
after  leaving  the  High  School 
he  was  a  little  doubtful  as  to 
the  career  he  should  choose. 
At  the  age  of  eighteen  he  be- 
gan to  learn  the  bricklaying 
trade,  partly  as  a  preparation 
for  the  contracting  business, 
and  for  two  years  studied  law 
at  night,  with  the  half-formed  intention  of  becom- 
ing a  lawyer.  But  after  some  investigation  of 
these  two  fields,  and  a  closer  study  of  himself,  he 
concluded  that  the  building  and  contracting  indus- 
try possessed  superior  advantages,  for  him,  at 
least.  In  this  the  remarkable  success  he  has  at- 
tained is  ample  evidence  of  the  soundness  of  his 
youthful  judgment. 

In  1895  Mr.  Walker  entered  the  contracting  field 
in  San  Francico,  against  a  large  number  of  com- 
petitors, and  with  just  twelve  dollars  capital  that 
he  could  call  his  own.  That  despite  these  odds  he 
has  not  only  more  than  held  his  own  but  has  also 
actually  distanced  most  of  his  rivals  in  the  race 
for  building  contracts  the  present  condition  of  his 
business  is  conclusive  testimony.  It  is  no  exagger- 
ation to  say  that  during  the  sixteen  years  of  his 
activity  in  the  field  of  his  choice  he  has  developed 
the  largest  building  business  in  central  California. 
Since  the  fire  alone  he  has  been  associated  in  the 
construction  of  one  hundred  and  ten  buildings, 
most  of  them  important  both  from  the  contractor's 
viewpoint  and  from  that  of  the  public.  They  are 


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mostly  steel-frame,  fireproof  structures.  In  Oak- 
land Mr.  Walker's  company  has  constructed  prac- 
tically every  important  building  erected  there 
in  recent  years,  and  has  acquired  a  reputation 
for  speed  and  efficiency  in  completing  its  con- 
tracts. 

This  success  has  been  due  not  only  to  the  ex- 
cellent equipment  and  the  systematic  methods  for 
which  his  company  is  known,  but  largely  to  the 
aggressive,  though  genial,  personality  of  which  those 
methods  are  expressions. 
System  and  P.  J.  Walker  are 
almost  synonymous.  In  this 
he  regards  organization  and 
the  proper  delegation  of  au- 
thority as  the  main  factors, 
for  he  has  learned  by  experi- 
ence and  observation  that 
failure,  or  at  least  lack  of 
progress,  attends  the  inabil- 
ity to  sense  the  value  of 
those  factors. 

It  is  worthy  of  note  that  a 
Walker  building,  that  of  the 
California  Electric  Works,  al- 
though completely  embraced 
by  the  flames  was  the  only 
structure  so  threatened  that 
was  practically  unscathed  by 
the  conflagration  of  1906. 
This  phenomenon  was  due 
largely  to  the  fact  that  this 
building  was  provided  with 
metal  window  frames  and 
wire-glass,  the  first  in  San 
Francisco  to  be  so  equipped. 
Beyond  his  constructive  ac- 
tivity Mr.  Walker  is  espe- 
cially prominent  in  auto- 
mobile circles,  and  was  one  of  the  pioneer  motorists 
of  the  State.  As  President  of  the  California  State 
Automobile  Association,  as  well  as  of  the  California 
State  Highway  League,  he  is  more  than  an  enthusi- 
ast. He  is  known  far  and  wide  as  an  expert  referee 
of  motor  contests,  and  recently  refereed  the  Glidden 
tour,  in  which  he  added  much  to  his  already  en- 
viable reputation  in  this  direction.  He  is  also  one 
of  the  executive  committee  of  the  American  Auto- 
mobile Association.  He  has  contributed  many  arti- 
cles, chiefly  on  activity  in  motoring  circles  and  in 
road  building  in  California,  especially  to  The 
Motorist,  and  to  The  American  Motorist. 

As  a  participant  in  club  entertainments  he  was 
formerly  in  great  demand,  notably  as  a  raconteur 
and  monologist,  but  has  left  that  field  to  his  brother. 
For  other  interests  than  these  he  has  allowed  him- 
self little  time.  His  clubs  are:  The  Bohemian, 
Union  League  and  Commonwealth  of  San  Francisco, 
and  the  Athenian,  Claremont  Country  and  Nile  of 
Oakland.  He  was  somewhat  active  in  Masonic  cir- 
cles during  the  years  right  after  reaching  his  ma- 
jority, and  became  a  Knight  Templar,  32nd  degree 
Mason  and  Shriner  before  his  25th  year. 


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OOD,  JOHN  PERRY,  Judge  Supe- 
rior Court,  Los  Angeles,  Cal.,  was 
born  at  Baltimore,  Md.,  March  30, 
1879,  the  son  of  Rev.  John  A. 
Wood  and  Ida  L.  (Perry)  Wood. 
His  father  is  a  Methodist  minister 
noted  for  his  eloquence  and  good  works.  Judge 
Wood  married  Claudine  B.  Hazen  of  New  York  City, 
June  17,  1911,  at  Pasadena,  Cal.  • 

When  two  weeks  old  he  was  taken  to  Pennsyl- 
vania and  there  received  his 
earliest  schooling.  Graduat- 
ing from  the  Everett,  Penn., 
High  School,  he  entered 
Dickinson  College,  and  in 
1900  had  received  from  his 
alma  mater  both  his  B.  A.  and 
A.  M.  degrees.  He  entered 
the  Yale  Law  School,  gradu- 
ating in  1902. 

After  leaving  the  law 
school  Mr.  Wood  located  in 
Los  Angeles,  and  after  a  year 
with  one  of  the  leading  law 
firms  of  that  city,  he  opened 
his  own  office  in  Pasadena. 
In  May,  1905,  upon  the  elec- 
tion of  a  city  administration 
pledged  to  certain  reforms,  he 
was  asked  to  accept  the  ap- 
pointive office  of  Judge  of 
the  Police  Court  of  Pasadena. 
After  a  year  he  was  appointed 
to  the  office  of  City  Attorney. 
He  threw  himself  into  the 
work  of  solving  the  city's 
problems  and  was  soon  recog- 
nized as  the  brains  of  the 
administration.  He  held  the 
office  for  four  years,  under  two  different  administra- 
tions, looking  after  the  city's  legal  affairs  and 
directing  its  policies  toward  the  entire  dissolution 
of  the  public's  business  from  all  private  interests. 
His  work  for  Pasadena  has  been  of  advantage  to 
the  cause  of  cities  generally.  The  city  was  involved 
in  a  dispute  with  a  powerful  lighting  concern  over 
the  lighting  service  given  the  city  and  its  residents. 
Investigation  was  made  and  it  was  decided  that  the 
electricity  supplied  for  the  city  street  lighting  was 
only  one-third  of  the  amount  required  by  the  city's 
contract.  Then  Mr.  Wood  discovered  that  the  light- 
ing contract  was  unlawful,  and  advised  the  City 
Council  that  the  lighting  concern  could  recover 
nothing.  Under  a  former  administration  an  attempt 
had  been  made  to  evade  a  law  limiting  city  lighting 
contracts  to  one  year  by  a  scheme  of  leasing  the 
distributing  system  to  the  city  for  a  long  term  of 
years,  and  buying  energy  year  by  year,  the  leasing 
contract  calling  for  two-thirds  of  the  total  price. 
The  city  offered  to  pay  fifty  per  cent  of  the  com- 
pany's  demand.  The  company  refused  and  kept 


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on  furnishing  light  under  the  contract,  presenting 
its  bills  each  month  and  having  them  refused.  After 
a  large  amount  was  piled  up  suit  was  commenced 
in  the  Federal  courts.  The  City  Attorney  de- 
murred the  company  out  of  both  the  lower  and  the 
Appellate  courts,  and  the  company  received  nothing. 
It  was  in  this  controversy  that  Pasadena's  mu- 
nicipal lighting  project  was  born,  the  people  voting 
bonds  for  that  purpose.  The  company  went  into 
the  courts  to  enjoin  their  sale  and  bond  buyers  were 
scared  off.  The  city  took 
money  from  its  treasury  to 
start  a  street  lighting  plant, 
and  certain  citizens  sued  to 
enjoin  this.  The  city  was 
harassed  with  numerous  law- 
suits in  both  the  State  and 
Federal  courts.  All  of  these 
suits  City  Attorney  Wood 
won  for  the  city.  In  the 
end  the  bonds  were  sold  and 
a  plant  built  which  furnishes 
light  to  the  people  at  five 
cents  per  kilowatt,  with  a 
profit  to  the  city,  as  against 
the  twelve  and  a  half  cent 
rate  previously  charged  by 
the  private  concern.  The  lat- 
ter now  sells  at  four  cents  per 
kilowatt,  but  the  city's  plant 
prospers. 

In  1908,  the  Bell  Tele- 
phone &  Telegraph  Company 
were  claiming  the  right  to 
have  their  poles  and  wires  in 
the  streets  of  California  cit- 
ies without  franchises  from 
the  city.  Their  old  franchises 
were  expiring,  and  they  were 
claiming  rights  as  interstate  lines  under  old  acts 
of  Congress,  and  under  various  State  statutes  gotten 
in  the  days  before  the  people  woke  up.  This  was 
probably  the  City  Attorney's  hardest  fight,  but  the 
cause  of  the  cities  was  finally  won. 

Mr.  Wood  became  highly  respected  by  the 
public  as  a  lawyer  and  a  vigorous  advocate  of  the 
square  deal.  As  a  result,  at  the  elections  in  1910 
the  Lincoln-Roosevelt  League  of  Los  Angeles 
County  put  him  up  as  a  candidate  for  the 
office  of  Judge  of  the  Superior  Court.  This  was 
without  his  solicitation  and  somewhat  against  his 
will,  for  he  desired  to  continue  in  the  work  he  was 
doing,  but  he  was  elected  by  a  comfortable  majority, 
and  has  occupied  the  office  since  the  1st  of  Janu- 
ary, 1911. 

Judge  Wood  has  always  been  associated  with  the 
better  movements  for  political  reform  in  Southern 
California.  He  belongs  to  the  Masonic  Order,  and 
is  a  member  of  the  Overland  Club  and  the  Annan- 
dale  Country  Club  of  Pasadena  and  the  Union 
League  Club  of  Los  Angeles. 


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ILEY,  EMMOR  JEROME,  Oil  Op- 
erator, Los  Angeles,  California, 
was  born  in  St.  Glair  County,  Illi- 
nois, October  22,  1873,  the  son  of 
George  C.  Miley  and  Nancy  (Wild- 
ermann)  Miley.  Fort  Miley  at 
San  Francisco,  is  named  in  honor  of  his  brother, 
John  David  Miley,  one  of  the  heroes  of  the  Cuban 
and  Philippine  campaigns.  He  went  to  Cuba  as 
First  Lieutenant  of  the  Regulars  and  was  Chief 
Aide  to  General  Shafter.  For  his  services  in  the 
Spanish-American  war  he  was  brevetted  Briga- 
dier General  and  given  the  rank  of  Lieutenant 
Colonel  in  the  Volunteer  Army.  After  the  Cuban 
campaign  he  went  to  the  Philippine  Islands,  as 
Inspector  General  of  that  Department,  and  while 
in  that  service  was  claimed  by  death. 

His  parents  having  died  when  he  was  very 
young,  E.  J.  Miley  left  his  native  county  at  the  age 
of  seventeen  years,  after  he  had  gone  through  the 
public  schools  there.  He  finished  his  education  in 
the  High  School  of  San  Francisco  in  1895. 

Mr.  Miley  became  a  business  man  immediately 
after  leaving  high  school.  He  had  spent  a  great 
part  of  his  life  on  farms  and  ranches  when  he 
was  not  going  to  school  and  his  first  venture  was 
in  this  line.  He  began  by  leasing  bearing  fruit 
orchards  in  Solano  County,  California,  and  shipping 
the  product  to  outside  markets.  He  engaged  in 
this  for  about  five  years  with  considerable  success. 

During  .the  last  year  of  his  connection  with  the 
fruit  industry,  Mr.  Miley  began  to  turn  his  atten- 
tion to  oil,  which,  at  that  time  was  just  looming 
up  as  the  great  industrial  possibility  of  California, 
and  in  1900,  after  selling  his  fruit  business,  he 
formed  a  partnership  with  Joseph  B.  Dabney  for 
the  purpose  of  engaging  in  the  oil  business.  To- 
gether they  leased  a  large  tract  of  land  in  the 
McKittrick  oil  district,  in  the  San  Joaquin  Valley 
of  California.  They  began  drilling  for  oil  immedi- 
ately and  during  their  first  year  put  down  ten 
wells. 

In  January,  1901,  Mr.  Miley  sold  his  interest  in 
the  firm  to  the  Dabney  Oil  Company,  which  had 
been  formed  by  his  partner,  and  he  sought  other 
associates.  He  soon  became  interested  in  the  Sil- 
ver Bow  Oil  Company,  which  had  holdings  in  the 
McKittrick  and  Midway  oil  districts.  The  latter, 
which  has  since  become  known  as  one  of  the 
world's  greatest  oil  producing  districts,  was  at 
that  time  practically  undeveloped  and  Mr.  Miley 
put  down  one  of  the  pioneer  wells  there.  He  held 
stock  in  the  company  and  was  General  Manager 
for  California,  (the  company  being  a  Montana  cor- 
poration) until  1903.  During  that  time  he  drilled 
five  wells,  in  the  McKittrick  District,  in  addition 
to  the  one  in  the  Midway  field. 

The  oil  business  having  taken  a  slump  in  1903, 
Mr.  Miley's  company  shut  down  operations  and  he 
went  prospecting  for  himself.  He  drilled  several 
wells  during  this  year,  but  the  market  remaining 


inactive,  he,  too,  left  off  operations  and  engaged 
in  mining  in  Nevada.  He  became  interested  in 
copper  mines  and  started  development  of  some 
property,  but  met  with  reverses  in  1906  when  the 
disaster  which  visited  San  Francisco  in  that  year 
caused  a  financial  depression  which  extended  into 
Nevada.  He  remained  there  until  the  latter 
part  of  1907,  however,  and  then  went  to  San  Fran- 
cisco, where  he  became  associated  with  the  Sum- 
mit Construction  Company,  which  was  engaged  in 
the  work  of  rebuilding  the  city. 

Mr.  Miley  remained  there  until  1908,  when  he 
again  became  active  in  the  oil  business  and  re- 
turned to  the  McKittrick  field,  where  he  still  had 
extensive  interests.  He  formed  a  partnership  with 
David  J.  Graham  under  the  name  of  the  State  Oil 
Company,  which  they  incorporated  in  January, 
1908.  Together  they  leased  and  bought  lands  and 
began  work  at  once,  Mr.  Miley  acting  as  President 
and  General  Manager  of  the  company.  They  con- 
tinued their  work  until  March,  1911,  when  the  State 
Consolidated  Oil  Company  was  formed  by  taking 
over  the  holdings  of  the  State  Oil  Company  and 
several  properties  held  personally  by  Messrs.  Gra- 
ham and  Miley,  the  latter  being  elected  President 
and  General  Manager  of  the  new  corporation. 

Mr.  Miley  and  Mr.  Graham  still  retain  valuable 
property  interests  in  the  McKittrick,  Front  and 
Midway  districts,  aside  from  the  holdings  of  their 
company.  Mr.  Miley  is  also  a  Director  on  the 
Board  of  the  Providence  Oil  Company. 

Despite  the  fact  that  he  is  one  of  the  youngest 
operators  in  the  California  oil  fields,  Mr.  Miley  is 
regarded  as  one  of  its  leaders,  and  in  1910,  when 
the  National  Congress  called  upon  oil  men  of  Cali- 
fornia for  a  report  upon  the  industry,  he  was  one 
of  the  first  men  chosen  on  what  is  officially  known 
as  the  California  Oil  Men's  Washington  delegation. 
Because  of  his  extensive  knowledge  of  the  field, 
Mr.  Miley  greatly  aided  his  fellow  members  of  the 
committee  in  conducting  the  necessary  investi- 
gation and  preparing  the  data  desired  by  them  for 
presentation  to  Congress.  The  result  was  a  docu- 
ment so  complete  in  historical  and  statistical 
data  that  Mr.  Miley  was  personally  complimented 
by  the  Congressional  Committee  having  the  mat- 
ter in  charge. 

Owing  to  the  withdrawal  of  millions  of  acres 
of  land,  the  oil  operators  were  placed  in  a  serious 
condition  by  the  government  and  the  report  sub- 
mitted by  Mr.  Miley,  containing  detailed  data  on 
every  acre  of  land,  every  well  and  the  combined 
production  of  the  California  field,  influenced  Con- 
gress in  drafting  new  laws  to  clear  up  titles  and 
protect  investors  against  loss  by  government  regu- 
lations. 

His  work  in  this  connection  placed  Mr.  Miley 
among  the  national  figures  in  the  oil  industry. 

Mr.  Miley  devotes  most  of  his  time  to  his  busi- 
ness and  his  family,  his  only  affiliation  being  with 
the  Los  Angeles  Athletic  Club. 


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SYDNEY   SMITH 

MITH,  SYDNEY,  Capitalist,  Los 
Angeles,  California,  was  born  in 
Toronto,  Canada,  in  1869.  His 
father  was  C.  Sydney  Smith  and 
his  mother  Diana  Waters  (Allan) 
Smith.  He  is  a  direct  descendant 
of  Colonel  William  Allan,  well-known  to  Canadians. 
In  1889  he  married  Lois  M.  Yount,  in  California. 
There  is  one  son,  Sydney  Howard  Smith. 

Mr.  Smith  obtained  his  education  at  Tassie  Col- 
lege, Gait,  Canada,  and  Trinity  College,  Port  Hope, 
Canada.  He  studied  medicine.  He  then  attended 
Day's  Commercial  College,  Toronto.  Leaving  col- 
lege, he  made  a  tour  of  the  world,  returning  to 
Canada  prepared  to  enter  business. 

Mr.  Smith  devoted  considerable  time  to  studying 
mining  conditions.  He  went  West  to  develop  the 
famous  Sun  and  Moon  Mine  of  Idaho  Springs,  Col- 
orado. Shortly  after  this  he  became  interested  in 
mining  in  Mexico,  where  he  at  one  time  was  a 
heavy  investor.  He  opened  and  started  the  consoli- 
dation of  all  the  mines  of  Austin,  Nevada,  a  transac- 
tion profitable  to  himself  and  associates. 

Although  practically  retired  from  active  business, 
Mr.  Smith  retains  his  interest  in  his  mining  and  oil 
properties.  He  is  Vice  President  of  the  France- 
Wellman  Oil  Company. 

Since  his  retirement  he  has  traveled  extensively 
both  throughout  this  continent  and  in  Europe,  hav- 
ing made  a  second  trip  around  the  globe.  Mr.  Smu*i 
is  fond  of  motoring,  and  belongs  to  several  auto- 
mobile clubs.  He  and  his  son  spend  a  great  many 
hours  together  on  their  motoring  tours  and  outing 
trips.  His  son  has  been  in  attendance  at  St.  An- 
drews College,  Toronto,  Canada,  for  the  past  ten 
years.  He  located  in  Los  Angeles  in  1909. 

He  is  a  member,  South  Shore  Country  Club,  Chi- 
cago; Illinois  Athletic  Club,  Chicago;  Cleveland 
(Ohio)  Country  Club,  Chicago  Automobile  Club  and 
Los  Angeles  Automobile  Club. 


F.  P.  GREGSON 

REGSON,  FREDERICK  PATRICK, 
Traffic  Manager  of  the  Associated 
Jobbers  of  Los  Angeles,  Califor- 
nia, was  born  in  Brooklyn,  New 
York,  March  17,  1861,  the  son  of 
John  Proctor  Gregson  of  Water- 
ford,  Ireland,  and  Marie  Laramie.  He  received  his 
education  in  the  public  school  of  Cairo,  Illinois. 

At  the  age  of  thirteen  years  he  quit  school  and 
became  a  messenger  for  the  Illinois  Central  Rail- 
road at  Cairo,  studying  the  telegraph  business  at 
the  same  time.  A  year  later  he  became  an  operator 
and  agent  at  a  small  station.  From  that  time  on 
he  occupied  various  positions  on  various  roads,  with 
a  view  of  getting  a  thorough  practical  education  in 
the  various  branches  of  railroading. 

In  1887  he  came  to  Los  Angeles  from  Texas  and 
entered  the  service  of  the  Southern  California 
Railway.  He  filled  positions  in  the  train  and  station 
branches  for  eleven  years  and  in  1898  was  appointed 
Chief  Clerk  of  the  Traffic  Department  of  the  Santa 
Fe  Railroad  at  Los  Angeles,  under  Edward  Cham- 
bers. He  remained  in  the  position  until  1908,  when 
he  resigned  to  take  his  present  position. 

Since  his  tenure  of  office  his  city  of  Los  Angeles 
has  waged  a  struggle  for  commercial  recognition, 
and  for  a  share  of  the  markets  of  California  and 
the  adjacent  inland  states.  Railroad  freight  rates 
had  been  so  adjusted  by  the  railroads  .entering 
California  as  to  make  it  practically  Impossible  for 
Los  Angeles  to  transact  any  jobbing  business.  The 
high  rates  on  products  from  the  East  made  living 
high.  Mr.  Gregson  has  always  been  at  the  fore- 
front of  the  fight  to  get  for  Los  Angeles  the  rates 
it  thought  it  deserved.  Appeals  were  made  to  the 
Interstate  Commerce  Commission  and  to  the  Rail- 
way Commission  of  California.  In  the  framing  of 
the  appeals,  in  the  gathering  of  the  data,  Mr.  Greg- 
son  has  been  of  great  help  on  account  of  his  ex- 
perience with  railroad  traffic. 


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CHARLES    S.    KENT 

ENT,  CHARLES  SUMNER,  Pa- 
cific Coast  Manager  of  the  Bar- 
ber Asphalt  Paving  Co.,  Los  An- 
geles, Cal.,  was  born  at  Buffalo, 
N.  Y.,  Feb.  6,  1873.  He  is  the 
son  of  William  M.  Kent  and 
Susan  E.  (Philips)  Kent.  He  married  Josephine 
MacPherson  in  1904  at  Buffalo. 

Mr.  Kent's  early  education  was  limited  to  at- 
tendance at  the  public  schools  of  his  native  city. 
Upon  finishing  his  primary  studies,  Mr.  Kent  en- 
tered an  architect's  office  to  learn  that  profession, 
and  he  studied  for  four  years,  at  the  end  of  which 
time  he  was  compelled  to  give  it  up  on  account  of 
ill  health.  During  this  period  Mr.  Kent  went  to 
Europe  to  study  Old  World  architecture  and  was 
occupied  thus  for  six  months,  visiting  fourteen 
countries. 

Upon  relinquishing  his  ambitions  to  become  an 
architect,  Mr.  Kent  rested  for  a  considerable  period 
of  time,  then  became  connected  with  the  Barber 
Asphalt  Paving  Co.,  with  which  concern  he  has  con- 
tinued down  to  date.  He  first  went  to  work  for  the 
company  in  June,  1892,  and  his  career  since  then 
has  been  a  series  of  successes  in  his  chosen  field. 
He  was  promoted  rapidly  and  for  several  years  be- 
fore moving  West  was  superintendent  of  the  com- 
pany in  Buffalo  and  western  New  York  State.  In 
February,  1904,  he  was  appointed  District  Manager 
of  California,  Arizona,  Nevada  and  New  Mexico. 
His  record  in  that  position  for  the  next  two  years 
was  such  that  he  was  named  Pacific  Coast  Manager 
for  the  Barber  Company,  and  is  now  in  complete 
charge  of  its  business  in  all  that  territory  west 
of  the  Rocky  Mountains.  Mr.  Kent  is  regarded  as 
one  of  the  leading  asphalt  experts,  and  is  a  man  of 
great  executive  ability.  He  has  never  taken  any 
active  part  in  politics  or  fraternal  matters,  but  is 
a  popular  clubman,  holding  membership  in  the 
California  and  Gamut  clubs  of  Los  Angeles. 


HON.    CURTIS    D.    WILBUR 

ILBUR,  CURTIS  D.,  Judge  of  the 
Superior  Court,  of  Los  Angeles, 
Cal.,  was  born  May  10,  1867,  in 
Boonesboro,  Iowa,  the  son  of 
Dwight  L.  and  Edna  M.  (Lyman) 
Wilbur.  The  father  was  a  soldier 
in  the  Civil  War  and  a  practicing  physician  in 
Ohio.  Judge  Wilbur  has  been  twice  married,  on 
November  9,  1893,  to  Ella  Chilson,  who  died  Decem- 
ber, 1896,  and  the  second  time  to  Olive  Doolittle, 
January  13,  1898.  He  has  four  children. 

Judge  Wilbur  worked  on  a  farm  and  attended 
the  public  schools  of  Iowa  until  the  family  moved 
to  North  Dakota  in  1883.  There  he  worked  in  a 
tile  factory,  looking  after  the  machinery,  and 
meanwhile  attended  the  high  school.  In  the  year 
1884  he  was  appointed  to  the  Naval  Academy  of 
Annapolis.  He  studied  the  full  term  of  four  years 
and  graduated  in  1888,  the  third  in  his  class.  Dur- 
ing his  last  year  he  was  cadet  lieutenant.  On  his 
graduation  he  resigned  from  the  navy  and,  in  1888, 
went  to  California. 

During  the  first  year  after  his  arrival  he  taught 
school  at  the  McPherron  Academy  and  studied  law. 
After  eighteen  months  devoted  exclusively  to  study 
he  was  admitted  to  the  bar. 

He  practiced  his  profession  successfully  from 
1890  to  1903,  when  he  was  elected  to  the  bench. 
Four  of  these  years  he  served  as  chief  deputy  dis- 
trict attorney  of  Los  Angeles  County. 

He  was  elected  Judge  of  the  Superior  Court  in 
1903  and  has  had  a  notable  career  on  the  bench. 
Was  re-elected  in  November,  1908,  to  serve  until 
1915,  receiving  the  largest  majority  on  the  Republi- 
can ticket.  He  has  been  in  charge  of  the  juvenile 
court  since  1903,  and  has  put  thousands  of  boys 
and  young  men  and  hundreds  of  girls  on  probation 
successfully. 

Judge  Wilbur  is  a  member  of  the  University  and 
the  Union  League  Clubs  and  of  the  A.  O.  U.  W. 


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CHMIDT,  WALTER  AU- 
GUST, Chemical  Engineer, 
Los  Angeles,  California,  was 
born  in  that  city  August  26, 
1883,  the  son  of  August 
Schmidt  and  Adelhaid  (Ott)  Schmidt,  two  of 
the  early  residents  of  Southern  Cailfornia. 
His  father,  who  was  a  pioneer  carriage  man- 
ufacturer in  Los  Angeles,  first  arrived  in 
California  in  1868.  He 
settled  in  Los  Angeles  the 
following  year,  and  was 
married  there  in  1877. 

Walter  A.  Schmidt  re- 
ceived the  preliminary 
part  of  his  education  in 
the  public  schools  of  Los 
Angeles,  graduating  from 
the  High  School  in  the 
class  of  1902.  He  then 
entered  the  College  of 
Chemistry  of  the  Uni- 
versity of  California  and 
was  graduated  in  1906 
with  the  degree  of  Bach- 
elor of  Science.  While  at 
college  Mr.  Schmidt  took 
an  active  part  in  athlet- 
ics and  was  stroke  on 
the  Varsity  crew.  Mr. 
Schmidt  was  also  elected 
to  Sigma  Xi,  an  academic 
scientific  society. 

Following  his  gradua- 
tion, Mr.  Schmidt  re- 
turned to  Los  Angeles 
and  took  over  the  busi- 
ness management  of  his  father's  estate,  de- 
voting his  time  to  this  for  two  years  subse- 
quently. In  1908  he  opened  offices  in  Los 
Angeles  for  the  practice  of  his  profession  of 
Chemical  Engineering,  and  in  addition  to  his 
general  work  served  in  special  capacities  for 
the  Western  Precipitation  Company,  at  that 
time  a  San  Francisco  corporation.  He  was 
thus  engaged  until  the  spring  of  1910,  when 
he  took  up  the  study  of  various  scientific 
problems  and  devoted  his  entire  time  to 
them.  These  included  the  control  of  smelter 
fumes  and  the  application  of  the  Cottrell  Pre- 
cipitation Processes  to  the  problem  of  the 
control  of  injurious  dust  arising  from  Port- 
land cement  factories. 

To  the  average  person  the  value  of  these 
works  may  not  be  wholly  apparent,  but  to 
those  who  have  lived  in  the  vicinity  of  either 
a  smelting  plant  or  a  cement  factory  the  un- 
pleasant fumes  and  injurious  dusts  are  quite 


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well  known ;  and  the  results  of  Mr.  Schmidt's 
work  have  had  not  only  an  economizing  ef- 
fect upon  the  industries,  but  show  a  marked 
improvement  in  the  health  of  the  work- 
men and  the  general  public.  The  funda- 
mentals of  Mr.  Schmidt's  processes  are  the 
discoveries  of  Frederick  G.  Cottrell. 

With  the  reorganization  of  the  Western 
Precipitation  Company  in  1911,  Mr.  Schmidt, 
although  a  man  compar- 
atively young  in  years, 
was  chosen  President  and 
General  Manager  of  the 
corporation,  .and  in  this 
dual  capacity  has  con- 
tinued his  scientific  ex- 
periments, in  addition  to 
conducting  the  general 
engineering  business  of 
the  company. 

Mr.  Schmidt  is  also 
President  of  a  similar 
company  known  ais  the 
International  Precipita- 
tion Company,  whose 
home  office  is  located  in 
Los  Angeles,  and  through 
it  he  holds  patent  rights 
on  the  Electrical  Precipi- 
tation Processes  for  the 
control  of  smoke,  dusts, 
and  chemical  fumes,  in 
most  of  the  foreign  coun- 
tries. Besides  specializ- 
ing in  electro-chemistry 
the  company  takes  up 
special  development  of 
engineering  processes,  questions  of  chemical 
fumes  and  allied  problems,  and  is  equipping 
some  of  the  largest  of  industrial  plants. 

Mr.  Schmidt  is  a  member  of  the  American 
Chemical  Society,  and  maintains  an  active 
interest  in  the  progress  of  the  science;  and 
through  his  own  experiments  and  writings, 
has  attained  a  position  among  the  substan- 
tial men  of  the  profession. 

Mr.  Schmidt  has  been  interested  for  many 
years  in  social  and  civic  problems  of  Los  An- 
geles and  served  for  three  years  as  President 
of  the  Humane  Commission.  He  was  ap- 
pointed to  this  office  by  Mayor  Alexander, 
when  about  twenty-six  years  of  age,  and  ad- 
ministered its  affairs  until  his  other  interests 
compelled  his  resignation  in  June,  1912.  His 
work  was  characterized  by  enthusiasm  and 
intelligence. 

Mr.  Schmidt  is  a  member  of  the  University 
Club,  Gamut  Club,  and  Sierra  Madre  Club. 


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ELLMAN,  IRVING  HER- 
MAN, Vice  President,  All 
Night  and  Day  Bank,  Los 
Angeles,  California,  is  a  na- 
tive of  that  city,  having  been 
born  on  property  where  the 
Herman  W.  Hellman  Building  now  stands 
on  May  10,  1883.  His  father  was  Herman 
W.  Hellman  (deceased),  known  as  one  of 
the  most  successful 
financiers  and  business 
men  of  the  West,  and  for 
forty  years  a  leader  in 
Southern  California.  He 
married  Florence  Marx, 
November  30,  1911,  at 
Los  Angeles. 

Mr.  Hellman  spent  his 
youth  in  Southern  Cali- 
fornia and  was  first  edu- 
cated in  the  grammar  and 
high  schools  of  Los  An- 
geles. After  graduating 
from  the  Los  Angeles 
High  School  he  took  a 
special  course  in  engi- 
neering at  the  Armour 
School  of  Technology, 
Chicago.  He  also  stud- 
ied under  four  engineers 
of  different  nationalities 
and  specialized  in  the 
study  of  reinforced  con- 
crete. He  pursued  the 
study  of  concrete  con- 
struction for  several 
years,  returning  to  Los 


IRVING  H.  HELLMAN 


estate,  which  position  he  holds  today.  The 
extensive  interests  of  the  estate  cover  bank- 
ing, buildings,  unimproved  city  properties, 
ranch  lands  and  enormous  holdings  in  unim- 
proved lands,  scattered  over  a  greater  part 
of  California.  There  are  also  numerous 
other  possessions  throughout  the  entire 
country,  all  of  which  require  conservative 
business  management  and  close  attention. 

Mr.  Hellman's  per- 
sonal interests  are  exten- 
sive and  growing,  and, 
combining  them  with  the 
affairs  of  the  estate,  he 
finds  himself  surrounded 
on  every  side  with  busi- 
ness duties,  his  director- 
ships and  offices  demand- 
ing about  all  of  his  time. 
At  present  he  holds  di- 
rectorships in  the  follow- 
ing companies :  Califor- 
nia Clay  Manufacturing 
Company ;  Mexican  As- 
sociated Oil  Company; 
California  Midway  Oil 
Company;  Purcell,  Gray 
and  Gale  Company,  and 
the  Southwest  Portland 
Cement  Company  of  El 
Paso,  Texas.  He  has  ex- 
tensive banking  interests 
and  holds  a  prominent 
position  among  the  finan- 
ciers of  the  Southwest. 
He  is  a  director  of  the 
Merchants'  National 


Angeles   in    1906,   to   enter   active   business. 

Shortly  after  his  return  to  his  home  city 
Mr.  Hellman  took  the  civil  service  examina- 
tion, June  6,  1906,  passing  with  a  very  high 
record.  He  became  the  first  reinforced  con- 
crete engineer  for  the  City  of  Los  Angeles. 
His  business  was  to  pass  for  the  city  the 
plans  for  all  of  the  reinforced  buildings  and 
structures  to  be  put  up  in  Los  Angeles.  He 
also  inspected  them  while  under  construc- 
tion and  passed  on  the  work  when  com- 
pleted. One  of  the  best  examples  of  that 
work  that  came  under  his  supervision  was 
the  Temple  Auditorium,  one  of  the  largest 
structures  of  its  kind  in  the  West.  He  con- 
tinued in  this  position  for  one  and  one-half 
years,  resigning  at  the  time  of  his  father's 
death  to  look  after  the  enormous  affairs  of 
the  Herman  W.  Hellman  Estate. 

During  the  first  part  of  1908  Mr.  Hell- 
man was  made  active  manager  of  his  father's 


Bank,  of  the  All  Night  and  Day  Bank;  of 
the  Title  Guarantee  and  Trust  Company,  of 
the  First  National  Bank  of  Puente  and  of 
several  other  country  banks.  Mr.  Hellman 
is  also  interested  in  the  Security  Savings 
Bank  of  Los  Angeles. 

He  is  prominent  in  active  movements^n 
Southern  California  for  a  greater  city,  and  in- 
terested in  questions  involving  the  develop- 
ment of  Los  Angeles,  such  as  the  harbor 
question  and  the  aqueduct  or  in  financing 
enterprises  that  mean  the  development  of  the 
country's  resources.  In  the  Southwest  his 
cycle  of  activities  covers  almost  every  section. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  West  Shore  Gun 
Club,  the  San  Gabriel  Valley  Country  Club, 
Union  League  Club,  Concordia  Club;  a  life 
member  of  the  Shrine,  a  Thirty-second  de- 
gree Mason,  an  Elk,  a  member  of  the  Los  An- 
geles Athletic  Club  and  an  automobile,  golf 
and  hunting  enthusiast. 


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UNTINGTON,  HENRY  EDWARDS, 
Capitalist,  Railroad  Builder  and 
Industrial  Captain,  Los  Angeles, 
Cal.,  was  born  Feb.  27,  1850,  at 
Oneonta,  N.  Y.,  the  son  of  Solon 
Huntington  and  Harriet  (Saund- 
ers)  Huntington.  His  father  was  a  man  of  means 
and  a  respected  citizen  in  the  section  in  which  he 
lived.  His  uncle,  Collis  P.  Huntington,  was  one  of 
the  great  railroad  builders  of  the  West. 

The  family  is  an  old  one,  of  English  descent. 
The  first  of  the  name  settled  in  Norwich,  Conn.,  in 
1632,  shortly  after  the  founding  of  the  colony.  He 
brought  education  and  good  traditions  with  him, 
and  his  descendants  have  left  creditable  records 
behind  them. 

Although  Collis  P.  Huntington,  the  uncle,  the 
master  for  a  generation  of  the  Southern  Pacific, 
was  the  first  to  achieve  greatness  in  railroads,  and 
his  fortune  and  influence  had  much  to  do  with  the 
position  of  H.  E.  Huntington,  yet  the  latter  has  cre- 
ated a  great  independent  career  for  himself.  It  is, 
in  fact,  because  of  his  great  ability  and  success  in 
various  ventures  that  C.  P.  Huntington  chose  him 
as  his  successor.  And  he  has  laid  an  independent 
foundation  for  an  even  greater  fortune,  has  created 
an  entirely  new  system  of  railroads,  not  yielding  in 
importance  even  to  his  uncle's  achievements,  and  in 
the  upbuilding  of  a  city  and  section  has  taken  a  part 
that  is  perhaps  unique  in  America.  He  is  known 
as  the  greatest  electric  railroad  builder  in  the  world. 
He  was  educated  in  the  public  and  private 
schools  of  his  native  town.  At  a  comparatively 
early  age  he  went  into  a  hardware  store  in  Oneonta. 
When  twenty  years  old  he  went  with  one  of  the 
large  hardware  firms  of  New  York  City,  and  re- 
mained in  their  employ  for  a  number  of  years.  His 
next  business  was  at  St.  Albans,  W.  Va.,  in  lumber- 
ing and  lumber  manufacturing,  which  he  followed 
six  years. 

The  experience  he  had  gathered  in  the  lumber 
business  recommended  him  to  Collis  P.  Huntington, 
and  the  latter  appointed  him  to  the  responsible  post 
of  Superintendent  of  Construction  of  the  Hunting- 
ton  lines,  then  building  from  Louisville  to  New  Or- 
leans, known  as  the  Chesapeake,  Ohio  &  Southwest- 
ern. In  1884  he  was  superintendent;  in  1885  re- 
ceiver, and  from  1886  to  1890,  vice  president  and 
general  manager  of  the  Kentucky  Central  Railway. 
From  1890  to  1892  he  was  vice  president  and  gen- 
eral manager  of  the  Elizabethtown,  Lexington  &  Big 
Sandy,  and  Ohio  Valley  Railways.  His  next  move 
was  to  the  Southern  Pacific,  his  uncle's  greatest 
system,  and  he  was,  in  turn,  assistant  to  the  presi- 
dent (1892-1900),  second  vice  president  (March- 
June,  1900),  and  first  vice  president. 

Shortly  after  taking  up  his  headquarters  in  San 
Francisco  he  acquired  the  San  Francisco  street  rail- 
ways. In  1898  he  sold  this  property  and  began  to 
buy  into  the  Los  Angeles  street  railroads.  The  de- 
velopment of  the  Los  Angeles  street  railway  system 
and  of  the  radiating  interurban  electric  system, 
which  began  with  the  date  of  his  entry,  constitute 
the  unique  achievement  of  his  life. 

One  by  one  he  bought  up  all  competing  lines 
until  he  was  sole  owner  of  the  street  system.  He 
extended  until  the  whole  great  area  of  the  city  was 
a  solid  network  of  tracks,  and  the  mileage  and  the 
number  of  cars  operated  made  it  the  second  or  third 
largest  urban  system  in  the  United  States. 

He  bought  an  existing  electric  line  to  Pasadena, 
incorporated  it  under  the  name  of  the  Pacific  Elec- 


tric, and  began  a  campaign  of  construction.  He 
built  an  immense  station  of  skyscraper  construction 
as  the  nucleus  in  Los  Angeles.  Then  he  laid  tracks 
to  outlying  districts,  until  it  was  by  far  the  greatest 
interurban  system  on  earth,  with  a  thousand  miles 
of  double  and  quadruple  tracks,  and  a  valuation  of 
approximately  $100,000,000.  The  result  was  the 
transformation  of  Los  Angeles  into  a  great  modern 
city  and  the  development  of  the  country  within  a 
fifty-mile  radius  to  the  highest  standard  of  civi- 
lized life. 

In  addition  he  bought  or  built,  chiefly  the  latter, 
the  Los  Angeles  Interurban  Railway,  Los  Angeles 
&  Redondo  Railway,  routes  running  from  the  city 
to  the  beaches;  the  San  Bernardino  Valley  Traction 
Co.,  San  Bernardino  Interurban,  Redlands  Central, 
and  Riverside  &  Arlington,  all  important  traction 
lines  in  the  orange  belt,  with  scores  of  miles  of 
track.  His  final  work  was  the  formation  of  a  plan 
which  is  to  unite  in  an  electric  network  all  that  part 
of  California  from  Santa  Barbara  to  San  Diego,  and 
from  the  ocean  back  to  Redlands,  creating  a  sys- 
tem with  more  than  2000  miles  double  and  quad- 
ruple track.  At  this  stage  he  sold  out  to  the  South- 
ern Pacific,  who,  however,  will  continue  his  plans. 

He  is  an  officer  in  numberless  important  corpora- 
tions, and  is  the  chief  figure  in  power  development 
in  Southern  California,  dominant  in  companies 
whose  combined  capital  runs  close  to  the  $100,000,000 
mark.  He  is  the  greatest  single  land  owner  in 
Southern  California,  owning  tens  of  thousands  of 
acres  of  city  and  country  property.  He  is  a  director 
in  the  Huntington  Land  &  Improvement  Co.,  L.  A. 
Railway-Land  Co.,  Huntington  Redondo  Co.,  Oak 
Knoll  Co.;  vice  president  and  director  San  Gabriel 
Valley  Water  Co.,  Pacific  Light  &  Power  Co.,  and  a 
director  in  eleven  other  California  companies  and 
banks.  He  is  chairman  of  the  Newport  News  Ship- 
building &  Drydock  Co.,  one  of  the  largest  ship- 
building concerns  in  America,  which  has  built  many 
of  the  biggest  United  States  battleships.  He  is  a 
director  of  the  Chicago  &  Alton  Ry.,  Clover  Leaf 
Ry.,  Central  Pacific,  Colorado  &  Southern  Ry.,  Des 
Moines  &  Fort  Dodge  Ry.,  Iowa  Central  Ry.,  C.  &  O. 
Ry.,  Minnesota  &  St.  Louis  Ry.,  Oregon  &  California 
Ry.,  Toledo,  St.  Louis  &  Newton  Ry.,  Occidental  & 
Oriental  Steamship  Co. 

His  activities  are  legion.  His  property  holdings 
range  from  hotels  to  farms.  He  is  the  greatest 
builder  of  resorts  on  the  Pacific  Coast,  probably  in 
the  world,  and  has  created  entire  resort  cities.  He 
is  the  great  force  which  has  been  behind  the  phe- 
nomenal growth  of  Southern  California,  a  growth 
without  comparison  in  its  quality  as  well  as  in 
quantity,  that  has  created  Los  Angeles  and  more 
than  a  score  of  the  most  beautifully  built  and  highly 
improved  cities  in  the  country. 

He  has  built,  near  Pasadena,  a  country  estate  of 
rare  beauty,  in  an  unrivaled  setting  of  mountains 
and  orange  groves.  There  he  has  brought  a  price- 
less collection  of  art  treasures,  and  a  library  cost- 
ing in  the  millions.  In  the  great  park  surrounding 
he  is  having  planted  one  of  the  most  comprehensive 
tropical  botanical  gardens  to  be  found  on  the 
continent. 

Mr  Huntington  is,  or  has  been,  a  member  of  the 
Metropolitan,  Union  League,  City  Midday  clubs,  of 
New  York  City;  the  California,  Jonathan,  Los  An- 
geles Country,  of  Los  Angeles;  Pasadena  Country, 
San  Gabriel  Country,  Bolsa  Chica,  of  Pasadena;  the 
Pacific  Union,  the  Bohemian,  and  the  Unitarian,  of 
San  Francisco;  and  the  Oneonta  Club  of  Onponta 
New  Yorb 


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PRES.  AND  GEN.   MGR.  TIMES-MIRROR  COMPANY,   PUBLISHERS 
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USH,  JUDSON  R  A  N- 
DOLPH,  Attorney-at-Law, 
Los  Angeles,  Cal.,  was  born 
in  Green  County,  Pa.,  March 
9,  1865,  the  son  of  John  L.  S. 
Rush  and  Dorcas  (Parcell)  Rush.  He  mar- 
ried Elizabeth  V.  Atwood,  April  6,  1898,  at 
Los  Angeles.  Attorney  Rush's  family  on  the 
father's  side  is  one  of  the  oldest  in  Pennsyl- 
vania, dating  back  five 
generations.  The  first  of 
the  Rushes  came  from 
Europe,  and  immediately 
settled  in  the  Indian 
country.  He  himself  was 
a  noted  Indian  fighter, 
and  the  names  of  his  de- 
scendants of  the  next  two 
or  three  generations  fre- 
quently appear  in  the  an- 
nals of  Indian  warfare. 
The  family  was  very 
faithful  to  the  old  Rush 
homestead,  and  Attorney 
Rush  himself  was  born 
in  the  same  house  as  his 
grandfather. 

Mr.  Rush  received  his 
common  school  education 
in  Iowa.  In  1881  he  went 
to  Santa  Ana,  Cal.  The 
cowboy's  life  appealed  to 
him,  and  he  punched  cows 
for  the  next  three  years, 
particularly  on  the  great 
Chino  ranch  and  over  the 
Mojave  desert.  He  lived 
the  life  of  the  typical  young  westerner.  He 
spent  much  time  in  the  mountains  hunting. 
In  1886  he  removed  to  Pasadena  and  went 
into  the  dairy  business  with  his  father. 

He  was  a  pioneer  in  the  oil  industry  and 
worked  on  the  first  well  in  the  Fullerton  dis- 
trict. He  took  an  active  part  in  the  develop- 
ment of  the  field  and  made  himself  thorough- 
ly familiar  with  the  industry  which  has  now 
become  such  an  important  one  in  California. 
His  next  venture  was  in  meat  markets  in 
Monrovia  and  El  Monte,  which  he  ran  suc- 
cessfully for  three  years  and  then  sold  out. 
While  in  it  he  became  interested  in  the  life 
and  politics  of  the  community  and  was  elect- 
ed justice  of  the  peace  at  El  Monte.  He 
served  from  1890  until  1892. 

It  was  while  he  was  justice  of  the  peace 
that  his  mind  first  turned  to  the  law,  and  he 
determined  to  become  a  member  of  the  legal 
profession.  He  studied  and  read  the  law,  un- 


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der  his  own  guidance,  and  successfully  passed 
the  bar  examination  in  1893.  He  then  re- 
moved to  Los  Angeles,  and  a  few  months 
later  was  appointed  one  of  the  deputy  dis- 
trict attorneys.  He  served  in  this  capacity 
until  Jan.  7,  1895.  Le  Compte  Davis  was  a 
deputy  district  attorney  during  the  same  term 
and  on  the  expiration  of  the  term  the  two  en- 
tered upon  a  partnership.  They  began  prac- 
tice the  afternoon  of  the 
day  they  stepped  out 
of  office,  and  within 
two  hours  were  trying 
their  first  case.  They  had 
their  quarters  in  the  old 
Rogers  building,  which  is 
now  the  site  of  the  new 
Hall  of  Records.  Frank 
R.  Willis  was  a  member 
of  the  firm  for  six  years, 
the  combination  then  be- 
ing known  as  Davis, 
Rush  &  Willis.  When 
Attorney  Willis  was 
elected  to  the  Superior 
Court  judgeship,  he  with- 
drew from  the  partner- 
ship. 

The  firm  of  which  At- 
torney Rush  is  a  member 
has  been  retained  in 
many  of  the  noted  cases 
that  have  come  before  the 
courts  of  Southern  Cali- 
fornia. Its  practice  has 
been  steady  and  the  work 
along  all  lines  of  the  law. 
The  firm  has  handled  many  Oregon  and 
Washington  cases,  as  well  as  those  originat- 
ing in  California.  In  1908,  the  year  William 
H.  Taft,  with  his  magnificent  political  organ- 
ization, was  elected  United  States  President, 
Mr.  Rush  accepted  the  Democratic  nomina- 
tion for  Congress  in  the  Seventh  California 
district.  His  opponent  was  James  D.  Mac- 
Lachlan,  a  Republican  who  had  been  in 
•Washington  for  many  years.  Despite  the 
fact  that  it  was  a  Republican  year,  and  Mr. 
Rush  had  only  thirty  days  to  make  his  cam- 
paign, he  ran  far  ahead  of  his  own  ticket.  He 
was  defeated,  but  by  a  greatly  reduced 
majority. 

Attorney  Rush  is  a  member  of  the  Los 
Angeles  Bar  Association.  He  is  a  thirty- 
second  degree  Mason,  a  Shriner,  and  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Benevolent  and  Protective  Order 
of  Elks.  He  is  also  a  member  of  the  Gamut 
Club. 


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RNOLD,  BION  JOSEPH,  Electrical 
Engineer.  Born  in  Michigan, 
1861.  Son  of  Joseph  and  Geral- 
dine  Reynolds  Arnold.  Received 
early  education  public  schools  of 
Ashland,  Nebraska,  and  in  Uni- 
versity of  Nebraska.  Showed  marked  inclination 
for  mechanics  early  and  under  the  adverse  condi- 
tions of  a  new  country,  where  machine  shops  and 
technical  schools  were  unknown,  made  numerous 
mechanical  devices,  among 
them  being  a  small  steam  en- 
gine at  twelve;  a  full  sized 
working  bicycle  at  seventeen 
and  a  complete  miniature 
working  locomotive  at  eight- 
een. Spent  vacations  when 
in  school  at  practical  engi- 
neering work,  and  graduated 
from  Hillsdale  College  with 
the  degree  of  B.  S.  in  1884; 
M.  S.  1887;  honorary  M.  Ph. 
1889;  post-graduate  work 
electrical  engineering,  Cor- 
nell, 1888-89;  E.  E.  from  Uni- 
versity of  Nebraska,  for 
course  of  technical  lectures, 
in  1898;  honorary  D.  Sc.,  Ar- 
mour Institute,  1907;  honor- 
ary Doctor  Engineering,  Uni- 
versity of  Nebraska,  1911; 
President  American  Institute 
Electrical  Engineers,  1903-04; 
delegate  from  this  Institute  to 
International  Electrical  Con- 
gress, Paris,  1900;  First  Vice 
President  and  Chairman  Ex- 
ecutive Committee,  St. 
Louis-,  1904;  President,  West- 
ern Society  of  Engineers  during  1906  and  1907. 
After  graduation  was  general  agent  for  an  en- 
gine company;  draftsman  for  the  Allis  Company, 
Milwaukee  (now  Allis-Chalmers) ;  chief  designer 
Iowa  Iron  Works,  Dubuque;  mechanical  engineer, 
Chicago  Great  Western  Railway,  St.  Paul. 

Upon  leaving  Cornell  in  1889  took  charge  of  St. 
Louis  office  Thomson-Houston  Company,  and  later 
acted  as  Consulting  Engineer  of  its  Chicago  office. 
Acted  in  similar  capacity  for  the  Columbian  Intra- 
mural Railway,  Chicago  World's  Fair,  the  first  ele- 
vated electric  road  in  the  United  States. 

October,  1893,  opened  office  as  an  independent 
Consulting  Engineer.  In  this  capacity  has  been  em- 
ployed by  many  large  corporations  and  municipali- 
ties, being  recognized  as  one  of  the  foremost  en- 
gineers of  the  country. 

Organized  the  Arnold  Company  in  1895,  one  of 
the  most  successful  engineering  organizations  in 
the  United  States,  carrying  on  engineering  and  con- 
struction work  for  many  leading  steam  railways 
and  industrial  concerns  throughout  the  country. 


BION   J.   ARNOLD 


In  1896  developed  and  took  the  responsibility  of 
first  applying  the  rotary  converter  sub-station  stor- 
age battery  high  tension  system  of  electric  railway, 
by  utilizing  it  on  the  Chicago  &  Milwaukee  Electric 
road.  This  immediately  became  standard  and  was 
exemplified  in  its  highest  type  in  the  installation 
of  the  New  York  Central  terminal.  Was  a  pioneer 
in  single  phase  alternating  current  railway  work 
and  conducted  at  his  own  expense  a  series  of  ex- 
periments, 1900-04,  which  was  largely  instrumental 
in  causing  the  rapid  develop- 
ment of  the  single  phase  al- 
ternating current  railway 
system.  A  number  of  steam 
roads  have  since  adopted  the 
single  phase  system,  among 
them  being  the  New  York, 
New  Haven  &  Hartford  R.  R. 
and  the  Grand  Trunk  Rail- 
way. Acted  as  Consulting  En- 
gineer for  the  latter  company 
in  the  design  and  installation 
of  the  electrification  of  the 
St.  Clair  tunnel. 

In  1902,  the  city  of  Chi- 
cago selected  him  to  make  a 
thorough  study  and  report  of 
its  traction  system.  This  re- 
port formed  the  basis  of  the 
1907  ordinances,  under  which 
Chicago  is  getting  one  of  the 
finest  street  car  systems  in 
the  world.  As  Chairman  and 
Chief  Engineer  of  the  Board 
of  Supervising  Engineers,  he 
is  largely  responsible  for 
this  work.  Also  served  on 
various  Chicago  commissions 
valuing  surface  car  lines.  In 
1911  submitted  complete  plans  for  a  comprehensive 
subway  system  to  the  City  Council  Local  Transpor- 
tation Committee. 

Prepared  series  of  reports  upon  the  subway  sys- 
tem of  the  Interborough  Rapid  Transit  Company 
when  acting  as  Consulting  Engineer  for  the  Public 
Service  Commission,  First  District,  State  of  New 
York.  Also  acted  as  director  of  appraisals  in  the 
valuation  of  all  surface  street  railway  properties 
of  New  York  and  the  Brooklyn  Rapid  Transit  Co. 
Has  recently  devoted  much  time  to  the  solution 
of  public  utility  problems  and  has  submitted  reports 
upon  the  traction  systems  of  Pittsburg,  Providence 
and  Los  Angeles.  Is  now  engaged  in  similar 
studies  for  the  cities  of  San  Francisco  and  Toronto. 
Has  just  presented  a  report  to  the  Interurban 
Rapid  Transit  Commission,  upon  a  comprehensive 
system  of  interurban  terminals  for  Cincinnati,  pro- 
viding rapid  transit  to  the  heart  of  the  city  and  is 
now  making,  for  the  Federal  Court,  an  appraisal 
of  the  properties  of  the  Metropolitan  Street  Rail- 
way, Kansas  City,  Missouri. 


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RENNAN,  THOMAS  M.,  Merchant, 
Banker  and  State  Representative, 
Parker,  Arizona,  was  born  in 
Christian  County,  Illinois,  Sep- 
tember 22,  1870,  the  son  of  John 
L.  Drennan  and  Henrietta  Dren- 
nan.  He  married  Blanche  J.  Soule  of  Los  Angeles, 
Cal.,  December  10,  1900,  and  to  them  there  has 
been  born  a  daughter,  Mary  Henrietta  Drennan. 

Mr.  Drennan  spent  his  boyhood  on  the  farm  of 
his  father  in  Illinois  and  at- 
tended the  public  schools  of 
Christian  County  until  he 
had  passed  his  thirteenth 
year.  Since  that  time  he 
has  educated  himself  and 
earned  his  own  living. 

Leaving  home  when  he 
was  about  fourteen  years  of 
age,  he  first  went  to  work 
as  head  clerk  for  his  older 
brother,  who  was  in  the 
abstract  and  real  estate 
business  at  Taylorville,  Illi- 
nois. During  the  nine  years 
he  remained  with  him,  Mr. 
Drennan  learned  the  busi- 
ness and  obtained  an  in- 
sight into  banking  which  he 
used  to  advantage  in  later 
years. 

In  1893,  Mr.  Drennan  left 
his  brother  and  went  to  Chi- 
cago, 111.,  in  the  employ  of 
the  U.  S.  Government  as 
Deputy  Customs  Collector  at 
the  World's  Columbian  Ex- 
position. His  duties  involved 
the  checking  of  all  foreign 
exhibits  brought  into  the 
Electricity  and  Mining 
Buildings  of  the  World's 
Fair,  a  work  which  held 
him  until  the  close  of  the 
Exposition.  At  the  conclu- 
sion of  the  Fair's  run,  he  was  retained  in  the 
Government  employ,  assigned  in  1894  to  the  Indian 
Service,  as  Agency  Clerk  of  the  Colorado  River 
Indian  Reservation,  with  headquarters  at  Parker, 
Arizona.  He  also  was  appointed  Postmaster  at 
Parker,  then  only  a  small  trading  post,  and  re- 
tained both  positions  until  he  resigned  in  June, 
1900,  to  go  into  business  on  his  own  account. 

Upon  leaving  the  Government  service,  Mr.  Dren- 
nan went  into  the  mining  business  and  built  a 
stamp  mill  on  the  California  side  of  the  Colorado 
River.  He  operated  this  for  about  two  years,  but 
at  the  end  of  that  time  sold  his  plant  and  closed 
the  mine.  He  then  moved  to  Los  Angeles  and  en- 
gaged in  the  real  estate  business  there,  although 
he  still  retained  mining  properties  in  Arizona  and 
California.  In  1904,  after  about  two  years  in  the 
Los  Angeles  field,  he  gave  up  the  realty  business 
and  returned  to  Arizona,  where  he  began  the  de- 
velopment of  new  gold  and  copper  properties  near 
Parker.  He  has  been  interested  in  mining  from 
that  time  down  to  date  and  from  1905  to  1907,  in 
addition  to  other  duties,  served  as  Superintendent 
of  the  Quartz  King  Mining  Company,  whose  prop- 
erty was  located  near  Parker. 

In  1906,  Mr.  Drennan  organized  the  Colorado 
River  Supply  Company,  of  which  he  is  President, 


T.  M.  DRENNAN 


and  as  the  directing  force  in  this  mercantile  enter- 
prise has  been  a  power  for  progress  in  the  up- 
building of  the  town  of  Parker  and  surrounding 
country.  Among  other  things-  he  secured  fran- 
chises for  and  promoted  various  public  utilities, 
including  telephones,  power,  gas,  electric  light  and 
water  companies  for  the  improvement  of  the  city. 
He  also  organized  the  Parker  Bank  &  Trust  Com- 
pkny,  in  October,  1910,  and  has  served  as  Presi- 
dent of  the  institution  since  its  formation. 

Because  of  his  active  ef- 
forts in  the  upbuilding  of  his 
section,  Mr.  Drennan,  who  is 
a  Democrat,  has  become  a 
prominent  figure  in  political 
affairs,  and  at  the  first  gen- 
eral election  after  Arizona 
was  admitted  to  Statehood, 
was  elected  to  the  State 
House  of  Representatives 
from  Yuma  County. 

For  many  years  the  ques- 
tion of  the  opening  of  the 
town  of  Parker  to  settlement 
has  been  in  dispute  and  Mr. 
Drennan  made,  as  one  of  the 
chief  planks  of  his  platform, 
a  pledge  to  work  for  the  rati- 
fication of  the  Carey  Act,  a 
Congressional  measure  which 
provides  that  adequate  irri- 
gation shall  be  provided  be- 
fore this  land  can  be  taken 
up.  The  Parker  Irrigation 
project,  including  a  huge 
dam,  second  in  size  only  to 
the  Roosevelt  dam  above 
Phoenix,  is  part  of  the  plans 
for  irrigating  the  Indian 
lands  around  Parker,  and  Mr. 
Drennan,  as  one  of  the  sin- 
cere workers  for  the  upbuild- 
ing of  the  town,  has  been 
tireless  in  his  labors  for  the 
succe&s  of  the  project. 

During  his  service  in  the  Arizona  House  of  Rep- 
resentatives, Mr.  Drennan  stood  at  all  times  for 
constructive  legislation  and  is  generally  credited 
with  having  had  an  important  influence  upon  the 
progressive  measures  which  marked  the  first  Legis-- 
lature  of  the  new  State,  and  which  attracted  the 
attention  of  the  entire  country. 

In  the  summer  of  1912,  Mr.  Drennan  was  ap- 
pointed by  Governor  Hunt  of  Arizona,  as  a  member 
of  an  advisory  committee  of  five,  to  represent  Ari- 
zona in  the  work  being  carried  on  by  the  World's 
Permanent  Exposition  at  Washington,  D.  C.  With 
his  thorough  knowledge  of  conditions  and  the  work 
being  done  to  develop  the  lands  and  resources  of 
Arizona,  Mr.  Drennan  is  in  a  position  to  aid  greatly 
in  advancing  the  interests  of  his  adopted  State. 

Aside  frcvn  his  public  service,  Mr.  Drennan  is 
one  of  the  most  popular  men  in  the  State  of  Arizona 
and  is  prominent  in  club  and  fraternal  circles.  He 
is  a  member  of  the  State  Democratic  Club  of  Ari- 
zona; the  B.  P.  O.  Elks,  of  Prescott,  Arizona;  the 
Sierra  Madre  Club,  of  Los  Angeles;  Knights  of 
Pythias,  of  Anaheim,  California;  Uniform  Rank 
Knights  of  Pythias,  Yuma,  Arizona;  American  Em- 
ba&sy  Association,  of  New  York;  American  Mining 
Congress,  Yuma  County  Commercial  Club,  and 
Parker  Board  of  Trade. 


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ACKLING,  DANIEL  COWAN,  Vice 
President  and  General  Manager  of 
the  Utah  Copper  Company,  Salt 
Lake  City,  Utah,  was  born  near 
Appleton  City,  Bates  County,  Mis- 
souri, Aug.  14,  1869,  the  son  of 
Daniel  Jackling  and  Lydia  Jane  (Dunn)  Jackling. 
He  married  Jennie  B.  Sullivan,  at  Albany,  New 
York,  in  1896. 

Colonel  Jackling  spent  the  early  part  of  his 
life  on  a  farm  in  Missouri  and  received  the  pre- 
liminaries of  his  education  in  the  public  and  high 
schools.  Subsequently  he  attended  the  State 
Normal  School,  at  Warrensburg,  Missouri,  and 
after  completing  his  studies  there,  entered  the 
Missouri  School  of  Mines,  at  Rolla,  taking  a  course 
in  mining  engineering  and  metallurgy,  graduating 
in  1892,  with  the  degree  of  Metallurgical  Engineer. 
In  1892  and  '93  he  took  a  post-graduate  course  and 
accepted  the  position  of  assistant  professor  of 
Chemistry  and  Metallurgy  at  the  School  of  Mines. 
He  was  an  instructor  for  a  year,  then  went  forth 
to  the  real  work  of  his  career. 

Seeking  a  practical  and  thorough  knowledge 
of  mining,  he  began  as  an  ordinary  miner  and  as- 
sayer  in  the  Cripple  Creek  district  of  Colorado,  and 
later,  in  1894,  quit  that  to  devote  himself  to  the 
labors  of  a  chemist  and  metallurgist  in  the  same 
district.  In  1896  he  left  the  Colorado  field  and 
went  to  Mercur,  Utah,  where  he  met  with  instant 
success. 

The  first  big  accomplishment  of  Colonel  Jack- 
ling's  career  came  in  1897,  when  he  was  appointed 
superintendent  in  charge  of  the  construction  of  the 
great  metallurgical  works  of  the  Consolidated 
Mercur  Gold  Mines,  of  Mercur,  Utah.  He  was  en- 
gaged for  three  years  in  the  building  and  operation 
of  this  plant,  but  in  1900  gave  it  up  to  engage  in 
general  work,  and  for  the  next  three  years  figured 
in  various  important  consultation,  construction  and 
operating  capacities  in  the  states  of  Washington, 
Colorado  and  Utah. 

Prior  to  this  time,  however,  his  attention  had 
been  drawn  to  the  wonderful  possibilities  and  re- 
sources of  Bingham,  Utah,  and  he  made  up  his 
mind  that  at  some  time  he  would  undertake  the 
development  of  that  section. 

Accordingly,  in  1903,  he  organized  the  Utah  Cop- 
per Company,  and  at  once  began  the  development 
work  he  had  planned  years  before.  He  was  made 
Vice  President  and  General  Manager  of  the  com- 
pany's properties  and  has  been  in  active  command 
Of  its  operations  since  the  day  of  its  organization. 
That  was  the  foundation  of  Colonel  Jackling's  po- 
sition as  one  of  the  big  figures  in  the  copper  in- 
dustry of  the  United  States,  and  since  then  he  has 
become  interested  in  many  other  concerns. 

These  companies,  with  the  positions  he  holds 
in  each,  are:  Ray  Consolidated  Copper  Company, 
vice  president  and  general  manager;  Nevada  Con- 


solidated Company,  vice  president;  Nevada  North- 
ern Railroad,  vice  president;  Bingham  and  Garfield 
Railway,  vice  president  and  general  manager;  Ray 
and  Gila  Valley  Railway,  vice  president  and  general 
manager;  Utah  National  Bank,  director;  McCormick 
&  Co.,  Bankers,  Salt  Lake,  vice  president;  Garfield 
Banking  Company,  vice  president;  Salt  Lake  Se- 
curity and  Trust  Company,  director;  Utah  Hotel 
Company,  director;  Utah  Hotel  Operating  Company, 
president;  Utah  Fire  Clay  Company,  director. 

In  addition  he  is  a  heavy  stockholder  in  the 
First  National  Bank  of  Denver,  Colorado;  United 
States  Sugar  and  Land  Company,  of  Garden  City, 
Kansas;  United  Iron  Works,  Oakland,  California; 
Kansas  City  Structural  Iron  Company,  and  many 
others. 

The  position  occupied  in  the  mining  world  by 
Colonel  Jackling  is  unique,  not  only  for  the  rather 
brief  period  of  time  in  which  it  has  been  attained, 
but  because  in  some  respects  it  stands  singularly 
alone.  Most  noted  mining  men  of  the  day  owe 
recognition  to  their  ability  in  determining  the  ex- 
istence and  value  of  ore  bodies  and  their  relation 
to  mineralogical  and  geographical  conditions. 

Colonel  Jackling's  pre-eminence  is  due  to  his 
work  in  making  commercially  profitable  bodies  of 
ore  that  at  large  would  be  deemed  almost  worth- 
less. It  may  be  said  that  the  Utah  Copper  Com- 
pany, because  of  his  metallurgical  knowledge,  cov- 
ering the  widest  and  most  practical  grasp  of  the 
subject,  was  really  the  pioneer  in  making  commer- 
cially profitable  the  handling  of  large  bodies  of  cop- 
per ore  of  such  low  grade  as  had  been  looked  upon 
previously  as  so  much  waste. 

From  a  three  hundred  ton  mill  which  he  erected 
at  Bingham  for  experimental  purposes,  one  now 
handling  eight  hundred  tons  is  in  operation  there, 
and  another  one  with  a  capacity  of  seven  thousand 
tons  daily  is  running  at  Garfield,  Utah.  When  the 
small  quantity  of  copper  in  the  ore  is  considered, 
the  vast  tonnage  of  copper  produced  is  little  less 
than  marvelous. 

Colonel  Jackling  was  attached  to  the  honorary 
staff  of  Governor  Peabody  of  Colorado,  1903-4,  with 
the  rank  of  colonel,  and  has  been  a  member  of  the 
staff  of  Governor  Spry  of  Utah  for  three  years.  He 
was  commissioner  for  Utah  to  the  Alaska-Yukon- 
Pacific  Exposition  in  1909.  Aside  from  these  moie 
or  less  honorary  offices  Colonel  Jackling  has  always 
and  positively  declined  political  preferment,  and 
while  he  takes  an  active  interest  in  party  progress 
he  believes  that  he  can  best  serve  the  interests  of 
his  State  by  devoting  himself  to  practical  business 
improvement. 

His  clubs  are  Alta,  University,  Commercial  and 
Country  of  Salt  Lake  City,  California  of  Los  An- 
geles, Rocky  Mountain  of  New  York,  El  Paso  of 
Colorado  Springs.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Ameri- 
can Institute  of  Mining  Engineers  and  the  Metal- 
lurgical Society  of  America. 


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EXTER,  STEPHEN  BYRON,  Real 
Estate  and  Industrial  Promoter, 
Los  Angeles,  California,  was  born 
in  Boston,  Massachusetts,  March 
22,  1869,  the  son  of  John  W.  Dex- 
ter and  Emma  (Denmead)  Dexter. 
He  married  Miss  Louie  Schryber  at  Polo,  Illinois, 
June  16,  1893,  and  to  them  there  have  been  born 
two  children,  Byron  Russell  and  Martin  Schryber 
Dexter.  Descended  from  an  early  New  England 
family,  Dr.  Dexter's  ances- 
tors for  generations  have 
been  prominent  in  public  af- 
fairs. His  great-great-grand- 
uncle,  Samuel  Dexter,  served 
as  Secretary  of  War  in  the 
Cabinet  of  President  John 
Adams  during  the  year  1800. 

Dr.  Dexter  was  educated 
for  the  ministry  and  spent  a 
large  part  of  his  life  in  relig- 
ious endeavor.  He  attended 
the  grammar  and  high 
schools  of  Boston  until  the 
year  1881,  then  went  to  Suf- 
field  Institute  in  Connecticut 
for  several  months.  He  fol- 
lowed this  with  brief  study 
in  a  preparatory  school  of 
New  York  City. 

It  was  shortly  after  this, 
when  about  seventeen  years 
of  age,  that  Dr.  Dexter  felt 
the  call  to  the  Christian 
ministry.  He  first  entered 
upon  the  work  as  an  assist- 
ant to  Dr.  S.  P.  Henson,  hav- 
ing charge  of  the  work  at 
Raymond  Chapel,  after- 
wards associating  with  Dr.  R. 
E.  Torrey,  the  famous  evan- 
gelist. Later  he  became  ac- 
quainted with  such  celebrated 
men  as  Dr.  A.  J.  Gordon,  a 
great  Boston  preacher;  Rev. 

Wilbur  Chapman  and  Alexander,  the  noted  singing 
evangelist.  His  zeal  and  sincerity  during  various 
campaigns  attracted  the  attention  of  Dwight  L. 
Moody,  known  all  over  the  world  for  his  evange- 
listic efforts,  and  the  latter  was  so  impressed  that 
he  offered  to  pay  the  tuition  of  Dr.  Dexter  in  pre- 
paring for  the  ministry.  The  latter  accepted  the 
offer  and  entered  Chicago  Bible  School,  where  he 
studied  for  two  years,  supplementing  this  with  five 
years  at  the  University  of  Chicago,  from  which  he 
was  graduated  in  1897  with  the  degree  D.D. 

Beginning  his  career  as  an  ordained  minister, 
Dr.  Dexter's  first  charge  was  the  Humbolt  Baptist 
Church,  Chicago,  to  which  he  was  called.  He 
served  there  about  four  years  and  in  1901  received 
a  call  to  Emmanuel  Baptist  Church,  Chicago, 
where  he  was  in  association  with  the  Rev.  Johnson 
Meyers,  D.D.  for  part  of  the  time. 

Possessed  of  unusual  ability  as  an  organizer 
and  executive,  Dr.  Dexter  was  called  upon  to  per- 
form numerous  duties  outside  of  his  pulpit  and 
spent  much  time  in  travel  as  a  lecturer  on  tem- 
perance and  the  work  of  the  Y.  M.  C.  A.  In  this 
connection  he  was  chosen  President  of  the  Million 
Voters'  League,  a  quasi-religious  organization  in 
Ohio  and  Illinois,  whose  members  were  pledged 
to  vote  for  the  adoption  of  temperance  legislation. 


S.   B.   DEXTER 


While  conducting  this  campaign,  Dr.  Dexter  was 
invited  to  Washington  by  Secretary  Root,  to  dis- 
cu&s  the  army  canteen  problem,  and  was  appointed 
to  investigate  the  closing  of  the  canteens  at  Fort 
Sheridan,  111.  In  his  report,  he  took  a  stand  against 
saloons  outside  the  gates  of  army  posts,  stating 
there  was  less  injury  from  canteens  within  the  gar- 
risons than  from  the  saloons  outside.  This  report 
was  decried  by  the  ultra-temperance  advocates  and 
Dr.  Dexter  suffered  great  persecution,  but  the 
press,  President  McKinley 
and  Secretary  Root  received 
his  views  with  favor. 

In  1903,  Dr.  Dexter  was 
called  to  Princeton,  111., 
where  he  engaged  in  church 
and  missionary  work  for  four 
churches-  during  the  next 
year.  In  1904,  he  was  called 
to  the  Park  Place  Baptist 
Church,  Aurora,  111.,  and  re- 
mained there  about  five  years. 
During  this  charge  Dr. 
Dexter  attracted  the  atten- 
tion of  the  country  by  his  pro- 
gressive ideas.  He  estab- 
lished a  lodging  house  for 
men  in  connection  with  the 
church,  providing  for  fifty 
men.  This,  personally  con- 
ducted by  him,  proved  a 
success  and  was  a  valuable 
adjunct  to  the  church  work. 
One  of  his  ideas,  however, 
shocked  the  deacons;  he  an- 
nounced from  the  pulpit 
that  he  favored  flirting 
in  churches.  At  first  blush 
this  seemed  the  ultimate  of 
radicalism,  but  Dr.  Dexter  de- 
clared he  had  personally  con- 
ducted an  investigation  of 
amusement  places  in  Aurora, 
and  had  come  to  the  conclu- 
sion that  flirtations  within 

the  confines  of  the  church,  under  the  hallowed  in- 
fluences of  divine  love  and  church  society,  were 
preferable  to  the  sudden  bewitching  and  beguiling 
flirtations  of  dance  halls. 

In  1909,  after  more  than  twenty  years  of  church 
work,  Dr.  Dexter  decided  to  abandon  it  for  com- 
mercial life,  and  became  Manager  for  the  Pittsburg 
Life  Trust  &  Insurance  Co.  He  had  under  his  su- 
pervision thirty-one  counties  in  Illinois,  but  in  1911 
resigned  and  moved  to  the  Pacific  Coast. 

Dr.  Dexter  first  organized  the  Golden  West 
Home  Builders  of  Los  Angeles,  but  in  May,  1912,  sold 
this  and  organized  the  Securities  Investment  Co., 
with  the  insurance  of  mortgages  and  bonds  as  its 
object.  He  is  President  of  this  company  and  also 
of  the  Guarantee  Fund  &  Investment  Co.  He  is 
also  President,  Spring  Street  Investment  Co.;  Vice 
President,  Tungsten  Consolidated  Co.;  Vice  Pres- 
ident, Pacific  Tunnel  Co.,  and  Vice  President,  Spiral 
Amusement  Co. 

The  main  part  of  Dr.  Dexter's  business  is  trans- 
acted through  the  S.  B.  Dexter  Syndicate  Co.,  of 
which  he  is  President  and  chief  stockholder. 

He  retains  interest  in  church  affairs  as  a  mem- 
ber of  Temple  Baptist  Church  in  Los  Angeles.  He 
is  member,  Masons,  Knights  of  Pythias,  and  the 
Gamut  and  Sierra  Madre  Clubs. 


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AGE,  BENJAMIN  EDWIN,  Attor- 
ney, Los  Angeles,  California,  was 
born  at  North  Haven,  Connecticut, 
October  16,  1877,  the  son  of  Dr. 
Benjamin  Maltby  Page  and  Cor- 
nelia (Blakeslee)  Page.  He  mar- 
ried Miss  Marie  Markham,  the  eldest  daughter  of 
California's  distinguished  former  Governor,  Hon. 
Henry  Harrison  Markham,  at  Pasadena,  California, 
March  1,  1906,  and  to  them  there  have  been  born 
two  children,  Eleanor  and 
Benjamin  Markham  Page. 
Mr.  Page  is  descended  of 
early  New  England  stock, 
his  family,  paternal  and  ma- 
ternal, having  been  repre- 
sented there  for  many  gen- 
erations. His  father  was  a 
prominent  physician  of 
Cleveland,  Ohio,  who  moved 
to  California  on  account  of 
ill-health  in  1873;  his  grand- 
father, the  Reverend  Benja- 
min St.  John  Page,  was  a 
graduate  of  Yale  Theological 
School  and  a  noted  clergy- 
man of  the  Congregational 
and  Presbyterian  churches 
for  many  years;  his  paternal 
great-grandfather  was  en- 
gaged for  many  years  as  a 
merchant  in  the  West  India 
trade  and  later  became  a 
manufacturer  in  New  Eng- 
land. 

Mr.  Page  has  spent  the 
greater  part  of  his  life  in 
Southern  California  and  re- 
ceived his  preliminary  edu- 
cation in  the  public  schools  of  Pasadena,  graduating 
from  High  School  in  the  class  of  1895.  He  was 
graduated  from  Leland  Stanford,  Jr.  University  in 
1899  with  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Arts  and  then 
took  up  the  study  of  law  in  Columbia  Law  School, 
New  York,  from  which  he  received  the  degree  of 
Bachelor  of  Laws  in  1902. 

Immediately  after  his  graduation,  Mr.  Page  was 
admitted  to  practice  before  the  courts  of  New  York 
State  and  shortly  afterward  returned  to  California, 
where  he  also  was  admitted.  Later  he  was  ad- 
mitted to  practice  before  the  U.  S.  Supreme  Court. 
Mr.  Page  began  practice  in  Los  Angeles  in  the 
office  of  the  firm  of  Bicknell,  Gibson  &  Trask,  but 
after  a  few  months  he  formed  a  partnership  with 
the  late  Clarence  A.  Miller,  under  the  firm  name  of 
Miller  &  Page,  this  continuing  until  the  death  of 
Mr.  Miller  in  the  early  part  of  1906.  In  December 
of  that  year,  Mr.  Page  formed  a  partnership  with 
Joseph  R.  Patton,  who,  at  Mr.  Page's  request, 
moved  to  Los  Angeles  from  San  Jose,  California. 
After  a  few  years  successful  work,  however,  death 


BENJAMIN   E.  PAGE 


again  visited  the  offices  of  Mr.  Page,  his  partner 
dying  in  the  early  part  of  1910. 

Since  that  time  Mr.  Page  has  practiced  alone, 
making  specialties  of  corporation,  banking,  mining 
and  insurance  law,  serving  as  legal  adviser  for  a 
number  of  important  financial  institutions  in  the 
West.  These  include  the  Merchants'  Bank  &  Trust 
Co.  (about  to  become  the  Hellman  Commercial  Sav- 
ings &  Trust  Co.)  and  other  banks;  the  California 
business  of  the  Northwestern  Mutual  Life  Insurance 
Co.,  the  Occidental  Life  In- 
surance Co.,  and  various 
similar  concerns.  He  also  is 
the  counsel  for  the  Los  An- 
geles Realty  Board,  the  Civic 
Center  Assn.,  and  a  number  of 
the  leading  real  estate  firms. 
Through  his  successful 
representation  of  the  institu- 
tions and  firms  mentioned, 
Mr.  Page  has  attained  promi- 
nence as  one  of  the  versatile 
members  of  the  profession.  In 
addition  to  the  above  clientele 
he  ha.s  an  extensive  mining 
practice  and  has  successfully 
represented,  in  corporate  and 
financial  affairs,  a  number  of 
important  copper  companies 
of  Arizona  and  Nevada.  He 
is  generally  regarded  as  an 
authority  in  certain  branches 
of  mining  law. 

Mr.  Page  is  known  in  the 
city  of  Pasadena,  where  he 
has  made  his  home  during 
his  residence  in  California, 
as  one  who  takes  a  deep 
interest  in  all  movements 
for  the  betterment  of  municipal  and  civic  affairs, 
and  he  has  been  especially  interested  in  the  devel- 
opment of  the  educational  facilities  of  his  city.  For 
several  years  he  was  a  member  of  the  Pasadena 
Board  of  Education,  and  was  its  Chairman  on  four 
successive  occasions — a  mark  of  the  appreciation  of 
his  fellow  members  of  his  energetic  activities  in  the 
improvement  of  the  local  educational  system. 

As  is  natural  of  one  who  has  lived  in  Southern 
California  for  so  many  years,  and  witnessed  its  mar- 
velous growth,  Mr.  Page  has  ever  held  a  most  op- 
timistic view  of  its  future,  and  has  been  himself  of 
material  assistance  in  helping  in  the  development  of 
Los  Angeles  through  the  placing  of  funds  of  impor- 
tant financial  institutions  wiih  which  he  has  become 
connected  in  the  course  of  his  practice.  Millions  of 
dollars  from  these  institutions  have  been  invested 
in  the  County  under  his  advice  and  supervision. 

Mr.  Page  is  a  member  of  the  Los  Angeles  County 
Bar  Association,  the  California  Club  of  Los  An- 
geles, the  Midwick  Country  Club,  and  the  Valley 
Hunt  Club  of  Pasadena,  and  the  Twilight  Club. 


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ETERS,  DIXIE  L.,  Real  Estate  and 
Oil  Operator,  Los  Angeles,  Cali- 
fornia, is  a  native  of  Kentucky, 
born  on  a  farm  near  Paris,  Octo- 
ber 24,  1874.  His  father  was  Ab- 
bie  Peters  and  his  mother  Sallie 
A.  (Crandall)  Peters.  He  married  Jennie  Corrigan 
at  Covington,  Kentucky,  October  26,  1896;  there 
are  two  children,  Claude  and  Ben  Peters. 

Mr.  Peters  received  his  primary  education  in 
the  country  schools  near 
Paris,  Kentucky,  and  from 
there  went  to  the  High 
School  of  Lexington.  He  did 
not  finish,  however,  but  left 
when  he  was  about  fourteen 
years  of  age  to  earn  a  living 
for  himself. 

Almost  from  the  time  he 
left  school  Mr.  Peters  has 
been  a  successful  business 
man.  He  first  obtained  em- 
ployment in  1889,  in  a  wall 
paper  establishment  in  Lex- 
ington, Kentucky,  and  re- 
mained there  a  year,  during 
which  time  he  acquired  a 
knowledge  of  business  details. 
In  1890,  he  moved  to  Chatta- 
nooga, Tennessee,  and  ob- 
tained employment  in  an- 
other wall  paper  establish- 
ment. Within  three  months, 
although  he  was  then  a  youth 
only  about  sixteen  years  of 
age,  he  purchased  the  busi- 
ness from  his  employer  and 
became  an  active  business 
man  in  the  Lookout  Moun- 
tain city.  After  operating  his  business  for  about  five 
years,  Mr.  Peters  sold  out  in  the  latter  part  of 
1895  and  within  a  short  time  was  appointed  South- 
ern Agent  for  the  Lake  Carriers'  Oil  Company, 
which  had  headquarters  in  Cleveland,  Ohio.  Al- 
though he  was  then  barely  twenty-one  years  of  age 
Mr.  Peters  was  one  of  the  highest  paid  men  in 
the  company's  service,  receiving  a  salary  of  $500 
monthly  and  expenses-,  and  at  that  time  was  one 
of  the  few  men  of  his  years  receiving  such  an 
amount.  He  continued  as  Southern  Agent  for  the 
Company  for  about  a  year  and  a  half  and  then 
made  up  his  mind  to  go  into  the  oil  business  for 
himself. 

Casting  about  for  a  location,  he  decided  to  es- 
tablish himself  in  Atlanta,  Georgia,  and  accord- 
ingly, at  the  beginning  of  the  year  1897,  he  opened 
his  offices  in  that  city.  He  bought  and  sold  oil 
in  large  quantities  and  within  a  short  space  of 
time  was  operating  an  extensive  delivery  service. 
He  had  quite  as  many  tank  wagons  in  operation 
as  any  of  his  competitors  and  was  classed  with 


D.   L.   PETERS 


the  leading  business  men  of  the  city.  Within  two 
years  he  had  so  firmly  established  himself  that  the 
Standard  Oil  Company  purchased  his  business  and 
he  received  from  the  larger  concern  a  handsome 
profit  for  his  investment. 

For  the  three  years  succeeding  the  sale  of  his 
Atlanta  interests  Mr.  Peters-  engaged  in  various 
enterprises,  more  or  less  successful,  and  in  1900 
went  to  California,  locating  in  Los  Angeles.  The 
Southern  California  capital  was  at  that  time  en- 
tering upon  a  period  of  prog- 
ress which  has  continued 
almost  without  interruption, 
and  Mr.  Peters  invested 
heavily  in  real  estate.  He 
soon  became  an  active  realty 
operator,  because  he  believ- 
ed in  the  future  of  the  South- 
ern California  metropolis  and 
his  judgment  has  since  been 
vindicated  by  the  almost  un- 
paralleled increase  in  realty 
values  there. 

In  1908,  after  more  than 
seven  years  as  a  dealer  in 
city  and  suburban  lands,  Mr. 
Peters  became  interes-ted  in 
the  oil  industry  of  California 
and  in  the  same  year  entered 
the  petroleum  fields  on  a 
large  scale.  The  oil  fields 
of  California,  now  recognized 
as  among  the  greatest  in  the 
history  of  petroleum,  have 
yielded  vast  fortunes  to  hun- 
dreds of  men  within  a  few 
years,  and  Mr.  Peters,  from 
the  time  he  engaged  in  the 
business-,  has  been  regarded 

as  one  of  the  competent  operators  there,  the  result 
of  his  previous  experience  in  the  business. 

Mr.  Peters  began  his  career  in  the  California 
fields  by  purchasing  oil  lands  and  contracting,  but 
within  a  short  time  he  became  an  independent  oper- 
ator. During  the  few  years  he  has  been  in  the  oil 
business  he  has  been  the  impelling  force  in  the  suc- 
cess of  several  well  known  companies.  His  first 
company  was  the  Dixie  National  Oil  Co.,  which  was 
followed  by  the  Piru  Monarch  Oil  Co.,  of  which  he 
is  a  Director;  the  Ventura  Oil  Co.,  of  which  he  is 
Secretary,  and  the  Maricopa  Union  Oil  Co.,  of  which 
he  is  President.  He  also  organized  the  Orange 
County  Gas  Co.,  of  Cal.,  and  takes  an  active  part  in 
its  affairs. 

Mr.  Peters  served  six  years  as  a  member  of  the 
National  Guard  of  Kentucky. 

He  is  closely  affiliated  with  the  progressive 
business  interests  of  Los  Angeles,  being  a  member 
of  the  Chamber  of  Commerce,  the  Chamber  of 
Mines  and  Oil  and  the  Municipal  League.  He  is 
also  a  member  of  the  Los  Angeles  Athletic  Club. 


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ROST,  FRANK  WADHAM,  Secre- 
tary, United  Properties  Company, 
San  Francisco,  California,  was 
born  in  that  city  April  29,  1867, 
the  son  of  Horatio  Frost  and  Mary 
L.  (Wadham)  Frost.  He  married 
Aletta  Garreston  at  Haywards,  California,  February 
26,  1895,  and  to  them  there  were  born  three  chil- 
dren, Harlan  Garreston,  Dudley  Wadham  and 
Phyllis  Frost.  His  father  and  mother  were  among 
the  pioneers  of  California. 

Mr.  Frost,  who  has  partici- 
pated in  the  development  of 
the  street  railway  business  of 
the  cities  on  San  Francisco 
Bay,  almost  from  the  begin- 
ning of  such  development, 
has  spent  practically  all  his 
life  in  that  section.  He  re- 
ceived his  education  in  the 
public  schools  of  San  Fran- 
cisco and  at  Lincoln  Gram- 
mar School  of  the  same  city, 
and  began  his  business  career 
in  the  employ  of  a  large  paint 
and  oil  concern  of  San  Fran- 
cisco. 

He  remained  in  his  first 
position  for  about  three  years 
and  for  three  years  more  was 
in  the  employ  of  the  Overland 
Packing  Company  of  San 
Francisco,  as-  clerk.  He  next 
entered  the  service  of  the 
United  States  Government  as 
teller  in  the  Money  Order  de- 
partment of  the  San  Fran- 
cisco Postoffice  and  remained 
in  that  capacity  for  a  little 
over  two  years,  leaving  to  enter  the  business  field. 
In  1893  Mr.  Frost  took  a  position  as  receiving 
clerk  for  the  Oakland  Consolidated  Street  Railway 
Company  of  Oakland,  California.  This  company, 
organized  by  Messrs.  George  W.  McNear,  John  W. 
Colemari  and  J.  E.  McElrath,  owned  the  first  elec- 
tric railway  system  built  in  either  Oakland  or  San 
Francisco,  and  formed  the  basis  of  the  present  rail- 
way system  centering  on  San  Francisco  Bay.  The 
F.  M.  Smith  interests  purchased  control  of  the  com- 
pany in  the  latter  part  of  1893  and  a  little  later 
acquired  control  of  the  Central  Avenue  Railway 
Company  and  the  Alameda,  Oakland  &  Piedmont 
Electric  Railway  Company  and  consolidated  them 
all  into  one  corporation.  Following  this  there  were 
six  other  different  mergers,  each  taking  in  a  sepa- 
rate railroad,  and  the  corporation  is  now  known  as 
the  San  Francisco-Oakland  Terminal  Railways-.  This 
company,  embracing  the  East  Bay  cities  electric 
lines,  connects  with  all  the  Oakland  street  railways 
and  also  those  lines  embraced  in  what  is  known  as 
"The  Key  Route,"  altogether,  making  a  vast  system. 


F.  W.  FROST 


Mr.  Frost  held  office  as  Assistant  Secretary  of  the 
company  during  its  various  changes  and  in  1911 
was  elected  Secretary  of  the  San  Francisco-Oakland 
Terminal  Railways.  About  the  same  time  he  was 
elected  Secretary  of  the  United  Properties  Company 
of  California,  a  holding  corporation. 

Mr.  Frost's  election  to  the  latter  position,  occur- 
ring on  January  13,  1911,  marked  the  eighteenth 
anniversary  of  his  entry  into  the  railroad  business. 
Since  he  firs-t  began  his  career  in  electric  rail- 
ways, Mr.  Frost  has  devoted 
himself  exclusively  to  his 
work  and  has  been  one  of  the 
important  factors  in  their 
management.  Incidentally  he 
has  had  a  prominent  part  in 
the  development  of  the  city 
of  Oakland,  for  a  large  part 
of  the  growth  of  the  city 
has  been  due  to  the  street 
railways.  Prior  to  the  in- 
auguration of  the  street  rail- 
way system,  Oakland,  like 
other  cities,  was  cramped, 
but  with  the  coming  of  the 
street  railways-  the  munici- 
pal area  was  extended,  real 
estate  values  increased  and 
the  city  started  towards  its 
present  position  among  the 
important  municipalities  of 
the  Pacific  Coast. 

Mr.  Frost,  in  the  capacity 
of  Assistant  Secretary  of  the 
Oakland  Railroads,  took  an 
active  part  in  the  relief  work 
following  the  San  Francisco 
disaster  of  1906.  His  com- 
pany was  little  affected  by 

the  earthquake,  its  sole  damage  consisting  of  In- 
jury to  one  boat,  which  was  knocked  off  the  ways. 
The  ferry  and  railway  lines  were  in  operation  a 
few  hours  after  the  shock  occurred  and  the  com- 
pany did  a  great  deal  to  alleviate  the  sufferings  of 
the  people  of  San  Francisco.  Refugees  were  car- 
ried across  the  bay  in  thousands  and  the  company 
furnished  hundreds-  of  cots  which  were  placed  in 
the  parks  for  the  people,  while  the  company's 
offices  were  turned  into  temporary  hospitals  and 
its  employes  engaged  in  relief  work.  Mr.  Frost 
had  the  direction  of  the  greater  part  of  this  work 
and  labored  night  and  day  for  the  sufferers  until 
conditions  were  brought  back  to  normal. 

Aside  from  his  office  in  the  United  Properties 
Company,  Mr.  Frost  is  Secretary  of  various  sub- 
sidiaries of  that  corporation  and  is  a  prominent  fig- 
ure in  the  business  circles  of  San  Francisco  and 
Oakland,  but  has  never  taken  any  active  part  in 
politics  or  public  affairs.  His  only  affiliation  out- 
side of  his  business  is  with  the  Transportation 
Club  of  San  Francisco. 


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NRUH,  HIRAM  AUGUSTUS,  Man- 
ager and  Executor,  estate  of  E.  J. 
(Lucky)  Baldwin,  Arcadia,  Cali- 
fornia, was  born  November  1, 
1845,  at  Valparaiso,  Indiana,  the 
son  of  Joseph  Unruh  and  Abigail 
(Bowman)  Unruh.  On  the  paternal  side  he  is  of 
German  descent,  while  his  mother  is  of  the  original 
Quaker  stock  that  first  settled  in  Pennsylvania.  He 
married  Jane  Anne  Dunn,  October  10,  1868,  at 
Gold  Run,  Cal.  He  has  two  sons,  Joseph  Andrew 
and  David  Spencer  Unruh. 

Mr.  Unruh  is  a  soldier,  railroad  man,  construct- 
ing engineer,  banker,  electrician  and  all-around 
business  man  of  the  highest  caliber,  and  has  had 
the  varied  education  to  fit  him  for  a  successful 
career  in  all  these  occupations.  He  lived  and 
fought  through  the  Civil  War,  and  his  was  no  hum- 
drum part,  but  among  the  most  romantic  and  se- 
vere. He  is  a  part  of  the  early  development  of 
the  West,  one  of  the  Pathfinders,  one  of  the  men 
the  work  of  whose  hands  is  seen  in  many  thriving 
industries  and  great  institutions,  and  whose  names 
should  be  written  wherever  a  history  of  the  West 
is  compiled. 

His  parents  entered  him  at  Carley's  Institute, 
now  the  Indiana  State  Normal  School,  at  Valpa- 
raiso, Ind.  But  before  he  had  finished  his  course 
the  great  War  of  the  Rebellion  broke  out,  and 
patriotism  made  an  irresistible  appeal.  The  boy 
of  sixteen  answered  the  first  call  for  volunteers. 

He  enlisted  with  the  Twentieth  Indiana  Volun- 
teer Infantry,  Company  C,  May  1,  1861,  and,  boy 
though  he  was,  was  made  a  non-commissioned 
officer.  The  regiment  was  sent  to  the  front,  and 
stationed  on  Chicamacomico  Island,  North  Caro- 
lina. Mr.  Unruh,  along  with  hundreds  of  others, 
after  a  desperate  battle,  was  captured  by  the 
overwhelming  Confederate  force.  He  was  among 
the  earliest  confined  in  Libby  Prison.  Five  months 
he  suffered  there,  then  was  taken  to  Columbia, 
South  Carolina,  as  one  of  the  hostages  for  the 
rebel  privateers  captured  by  the  North.  He  was 
released  and  honorably  discharged  from  the 
service,  by  reason  of  being  a  "prisoner  of  war  on 
parole."  He  began  his  parole  in  June,  1862. 

The  North  began  capturing  prisoners  in  num- 
bers, to  balance  those  that  were  caught  by  the 
Confederate  Army,  so  he  was  formally  exchanged  a 
few  months  later.  He  did  not  feel  that  he  had 
yet  done  his  duty  in  fighting  for  the  Union,  so  he 
re-enlisted  at  the  close  of  1862  in  Company  K, 
First  United  States  Marine  Artillery  Volunteers, 
known  better  as  the  Burnside  Coast  Guards  and 
famed  as  the  only  U.  S.  volunteer  corps  of  its  kind 
in  existence  during  the  war.  The  position  of  these 
guards  was  one  of  the  anomalies  of  the  Civil  War. 
They  were  kept  in  active  service  for  two  years,  only 
to  be  honorably  discharged  on  the  ground  that 
there  was  "no  Congressional  authority  for  organi- 
zation." By  that  time  the  war  was  over. 

Mr.  Unruh  at  once  studied  telegraphy,  and  be- 
came an  operator  for  the  Western  Union  Telegraph 
Company.  He  then  accepted  a  better  position  with 
Wells,  Fargo  &  Co.,  at  Southern  San  Juan  and  Wat- 
sonville,  Cal.,  as  agent,  and  held  it  from  July,  1866, 
to  January,  1867. 

Then  began  the  period  of  his  pioneering.  The 
Central  Pacific  was  under  construction,  an  event 


or  as  much  contemporary  importance  and  Interest 
as  the  digging  of  the  Panama  Canal  is  today.  He 
joined  the  telegraph  construction  crews  building 
the  first  railroad  telegraph  line  over  the  Sierra  Ne- 
vadas,  and  was  well  ahead  of  the  first  whistle  of 
the  locomotive  as  the  line  was  pushed  eastward 
into  the  desert.  When  the  line  was  completed  he 
was  promoted  to  advance  agent  and  operator.  This 
place  he  held  until  1869,  when  he  was  given  the 
office  of  assistant  freight  agent  of  the  Central  Pa- 
cific at  San  Francisco. 

He  saw  the  beginning  of  the  freight  traffic  over 
the  new  transcontinental  railroad,  and,  although 
San  Francisco  and  California  were  not  then  in  an 
advanced  state  of  development,  the  growth  of  the 
traffic  was  almost  dramatic.  He  began  with  one 
clerk,  and  the  opening  weeks  the  two  had  hardly 
enough  to  do,  aside  from  the  necessary  work  of 
organization.  Then  came  the  flood.  In  less  than 
five  years  under  Mr.  Unruh  were  eighty-four  clerks, 
and  they  were  hardly  able  to  handle  the  business. 
He  resigned  in  1874  and  the  office  was  at  once 
reorganized.  The  duties  he  had  performed  were 
divided  among  five  men. 

He  joined  the  L.  E.  Wertheimer  wholesale 
tobacco  firm,  and  was  with  them  until  1877.  He 
moved  to  Highland  Springs,  Lake  County,  in  that 
year  and  joined  the  Eureka  and  Palisade  Railroad, 
remaining  with  them  in  various  official  capacities 
until  1879.  Meanwhile,  he  had  become  acquainted 
with  the  late  E.  J.  (Lucky)  Baldwin,  and  the  larter 
persuaded  him  to  take  charge  of  his  vast  estates 
and  business  interests.  In  1879,  he  took  over  this 
responsibility,  which  required  him  to  move  to 
Arcadia  (in  Southern  California)  in  1884.  He  has 
been  so  occupied  since. 

In  the  management  of  the  Baldwin  property, 
and,  since  Mr.  Baldwin's  death,  of  the  estate,  Mr. 
Unruh  has  handled  a  wide  variety  of  business 
enterprises.  The  Baldwin  ranch  is  an  immense 
property,  containing  many  square  miles  in  the  San 
Gabriel  Valley.  Mr.  Unruh  has  laid  out  several 
towns,  all  of  which  are  growing  rapidly,  owing  to 
the  unusual  beauty  of  the  sites.  He  made  the 
property  yield  all  the  money  that  Mr.  Baldwin 
needed  during  life  in  his  various  costly  occupations. 
This  alone  gave  him  a  reputation  as  a  clever 
financier.  He  is  a  merchant,  running  a  number  of 
big  stores.  He  operates  hotels;  he  personally  keeps 
an  eye  on  mines;  he  has  laid  out  water  systems, 
and  manages  them;  he  operates  gas,  light  and 
power  plants  of  no  mean  magnitude.  On  the  farm 
proper  he  is  a  fruit  grower,  stock  grower,  and  gen- 
eral all-around  agriculturist. 

Among  his  historic  achievements  was  the  first 
test  of  the  Bell  telephone  for  distance  in  1877.  He 
found  the  limit  then  to  be  eighteen  miles.  About 
1883,  he  laid  the  first  underground  electric  light 
cable  in  San  Francisco. 

Mr.  Unruh  has,  meanwhile,  been  active  in  other 
ways.  He  is  president  of  the  Ramera  Oil  Company. 
He  is  a  director  of  the  Los  Angeles  Racing  Associa- 
tion. As  a  banker  he  is  a  director  of  the  Monrovia 
First  National  Bank.  He  is  also  director  of  the 
San  Gabriel  Valley  Rapid  Transit  Company,  and 
president  of  the  Southern  California  Floral  Com- 
pany. 

He  belongs  to  the  Masonic  order  and  to  the 
Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows. 


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JOSEPH    MESMER 

ESMER,  JOSEPH,  Pres.,  North  L. 
A.  Development  Co.,  Los  Angeles, 
Cal.,  was  born  at  Tippecanoe  City, 
Miami  County,  Ohio,  Nov.  3,  1855, 
the  son  of  Louis  Mesmer  and 
Katherine  (Forst)  Mesmer;  mar- 
ried Rose  Elizabeth  Bushard  at  Los  Angeles,  April 
22,  1879,  and  to  them  there  have  been  born  six 
children,  Louis  Francis,  Marie  Josephine  Perier, 
Clarence  Woodman,  Junietta  Lucille,  Beatrice  Eva- 
lynne  and  Aloysius  Joseph  Mesmer. 

He  went  with  his  parents  to  Los  Angeles,  Sept., 
1859,  going  by  way  of  the  Isthmus  of  Panama.  He 
received  a  primary  education  in  the  schools  of  Los 
Angeles  and  finished  at  the  College  of  Strasburg, 
in  Germany.  Shortly  after  his  return  from  Ger- 
many he  engaged  in  mercantile  pursuits.  In  1878 
he  entered  the  shoe  business,  opening  the  Queen 
Shoe  Store.  In  1896  he  sold  out,  and  with  his  fam- 
ily went  traveling.  He  was  abroad  over  a  year. 

He  returned  to  Los  Angeles  and  became  identi- 
fied with  the  St.  Louis  Fire  Brick  and  Clay  Co.,  a 
concern  of  which  he  is  president  and  a  heavy  stock- 
holder. He  is  also  president  of  the  N.  E.  W.  Com- 
mercial and  Improvement  Association. 

Mr.  Mesmer  has  twice  served  in  a  public  ca- 
pacity, once  as  a  member  of  the  Freeholder's  Char- 
ter Commission,  to  frame  up  a  charter  for  the  City 
of  Los  Angeles,  and  at  another  time  as  Park  Com- 
missioner. He  was  chairman  of  a  committee  of 
three  who  were  instrumental  in  the  location  of  the 
Federal  Building  on  the  Downey  block  site,  and  is 
one  of  the  most  energetic  workers  for  a  City  Beau- 
tiful, to  be  built  on  a  comprehensive  plan.  He 
belongs  to  a  number  of  improvement  clubs. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  California  Club,  Jonathan 
Club,  Elks,  Knights  of  Columbus,  Catholic  Knights 
of  America,  L.  A.  Catholic  Beneficial  Assn.,  a  life 
member  of  St.  Vincent  de  Paul  Society,  and  direc- 
tor of  the  L.  A.  County  Pioneers'  Society. 


FERNAND  PARMENTIER 

ARMENTIER,  FERNAND,  Archi- 
tect, Los  Angeles,  Cal.,  was  born 
in  Paris,  France,  May  28,  1865,  the 
son  of  Ferdinand  Alexis  Parmen- 
tier  and  Caroline  Sophie  (Engel) 
Parmentier.  He  received  his  ed- 
ucation abroad,  attending  the  College  at  Guebwille, 
Alsace.  His  collegiate  education  complete,  he  came 
to  the  United  States,  and  later  studied  architecture 
at  Chicago. 

He  entered  into  partnership  with  W.  I.  Beman  in 
1888  for  the  practice  of  architecture.  This  part- 
nership continued  for  five  years,  to  be  dissolved  in 
1893,  when  he  associated  himself  with  Frederick 
Baumann.  During  his  time  in  Chicago  he  built  the 
office  building  of  the  Chicago  City  Railway,  the 
Cooper  Block,  the  McKee  Block,  the  Sheridan  Club 
House,  Hyde  Park  Club  House,  the  residence  of  Dr. 
Almon  Brooks  and  others. 

He  came  to  California,  November,  1893,  first  to 
Santa  Barbara.  In  the  spring  of  1894  he  came  to 
Los  Angeles.  He  received  his  certificate  for  the 
practice  of  architecture  in  California,  Aug.  30,  1901. 
Since  that  time  he  has  designed  the  First  Church 
of  Christ,  Scientist,  the  French  Hospital,  the  Mas- 
carel  Building,  factory  for  L.  J.  Christopher,  Cam- 
bria-Union apartment  house,  Pellisier  apartment 
house,  residences  of  G.  Pellisier,  L.  Schirm,  J.  V. 
Elliott,  C.  G.  Hale  and  others. 

He  was  a  member  of  the  Illinois  Chapter  Ameri- 
can Institute  of  Architects,  while  in  Chicago,  and  is 
at  present  a  member  of  the  American  Institute  of 
Architects,  member  of  the  Southern  California 
Chapter  American  Institute  of  Architects,  and  he 
has  been  Secretary  of  this  organization  since  Oct. 
21,  1904. 

He  is  also  a  member  of  the  Engineers  and  Archi- 
tects' Association  of  Southern  California.  While  in 
Chicago  he  was  also  one  of  the  earlier  members  of 
the  Chicago  Architectural  Club. 


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THOMAS  HUGHES 


J.    W.    SUMMERFIELD 


UGHES,  THOMAS,  Manufacturer, 
Los  Angeles,  California,  was  born 
at  Rice's  Landing,  Greene  County, 
Pa.,  August  25,  1859,  the  son  of 
James  Hughes  and  Fanny  Cline. 
He  was  married  in  June,  1881,  to 
Mrs.  Perry  Mosher  in  New  Mexico. 

He  received  his  education  in  the  common 
schools  of  his  home  town,  and  when  he  was  nine- 
teen years  of  age  went  to  Kansas  to  work,  and 
thence,  in  1880,  to  Albuquerque,  N.  Mex.,  where  he 
engaged  in  the  contracting  business.  He  stayed 
there  until  1883,  but,  foreseeing  the  growth  of  Los 
Angeles,  went  there.  His  first  work  was  in  a  plan- 
ing mill,  where  he  formed  the  basis  of  his  success 
later  in  Jife. 

After  working  a  year,  he  invested  his  capital, 
five  hundred  dollars,  in  two  machines  and  went 
into  the  sash  business  for  himself.  He  had  suc- 
cess and  in  1896  organized  the  firm  of  Hughes 
Brothers,  changing  this  in  1902  to  the  Hughes 
Manufacturing  Company,  of  which  he  is  president. 
His  plant  today  represents  a  value  of  $700,000,  em- 
ploys five  hundred  men  and  is  considered  the  larg- 
est of  its  kind  in  the  West. 

He  also  is  active  in  oil  production,  having  with 
Ed.  Strassburg  organized  the  American  Oil  Com- 
pany, one  of  the  first  formed  in  the  Southwest. 
This  company  has  been  a  steady  producer,  and  has 
been  one  of  the  most  conservative  and  profitable. 
He  has  helped  organize  other  companies.  He  is  the 
owner  of  considerable  property  in  Los  Angeles  and 
in  the  adjacent  cities  of  Southern  California. 

Mr.  Hughes  is  a  purist  in  business  and  politics, 
and  although  he  has  never  held  public  office  has 
done  much  to  aid  the  city  and  keep  its  politics 
clean. 

He  is  an  Elk,  a  member  of  the  Driving  Club, 
Los   Angeles   Country   Club,   San   Gabriel   Country 
Club  and  former  president  of  the  Union  Club. 


UMMERFIELD,  JOHNSON  WY- 
ATT,  Attorney-at-Law  and  Justice 
of  the  Peace,  Los  Angeles,  Cali- 
fornia, Cal.,  is  a  native  of  Indiana, 
having  been  born  at  Vernon,  that 
State,  November  20,  1869,  the  son 
of  Johnson  Wyatt  Summerfield  and  Catherine  Jane 
McClaskey.  He  was  married  at  Santa  Ana,  Cal., 
December  5,  1908,  to  Phoebe  F.  Labory,  daughter  of 
Leonard  J.  Labory.  One  child,  Catherine  Jane 
Summerfield,  has  been  born  to  them. 

He  received  a  common  school  education  and 
spent  part  of  his  boyhood  in  Utah,  the  family  mov- 
ing to  Santa  Monica  in  1883.  He  finished  his  pre- 
liminary schooling  in  Los  Angeles  and  in  the  late 
eighties  entered  the  University  of  California  Col- 
lege of  Law,  from  which  he  was  graduated  in  1891. 
He  did  not  immediately  enter  into  the  practice 
of  law,  but  learned  shorthand,  and  in  1895  was  en- 
gaged as  a  shorthand  reporter.  He  continued  at 
this  until  1898.  The  next  year  he  became  asso- 
ciated with  District  Attorney  James  C.  Rives,  now 
Superior  Judge,  and  remained  with  him  until  1902. 

In  that  year  he  took  up  active  practice,  and  for 
five  years  was  a  pleader,  but  in  1907  he  was  elected 
to  Justice  of  the  Peace  and  has  continued  in  that 
office  since,  having  been  re-elected  in  1910. 

He  is  considered  one  of  the  best  men  who  has 
ever  occupied  the  bench  in  a  justice  court.  He  is 
popular  with  the  public,  his  associate  justices  and 
with  the  attorneys  who  practice  before  him. 

Justice  Summerfield  has  been  a  prominent  fig- 
ure in  lodge  matters  for  several  years  and  at  the 
present  time  is  a  member  of  the  B.  P.  O.  E.,  Eagles, 
Independent  Order  of  Foresters,  Knights  of  Pyth- 
ias, Modern  Woodmen,  Ancient  Order  of  United 
Workmen,  Foresters  of  America  and  Free  and  Ac- 
cepted Masons. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Metropolitan  Club  and 
the  Jonathan  Club. 


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ON  DON,  EDWARD  BIRDSALL, 
Mining,  Los  Angeles,  California, 
was  born  in  Chappaqua,  West- 
chester  County,  New  York,  March 
14, 1861,  the  son  of  Edward  M.  Con- 
don and  Anna  Elizabeth  Birdsall. 
He  married  Ida  Gillette  Mercer  at  San  Rafael,  Cal- 
ifornia, and  to  them  there  was  born  a  son,  Edward 
Birdsall  Condon,  Jr.  Mrs.  Condon  died  February 
19,  1911. 

Mr.  Condon,  who  is  of  Quaker  descent,  spent 
his  boyhood  in  Brooklyn, 
N.  Y.,  and  received  his  pre- 
liminary education  in  private 
and  public  schools  of  that 
city.  He  first  attended  a  pri- 
vate juvenile  school,  then 
went  through  high  school 
and  the  Brooklyn  Polytech- 
nic Institute.  He  after- 
wards attended  Wabash  Col- 
lege and  was  graduated  from 
Dartmouth  College  in  the 
class  of  1882.  Mr.  Condon  was 
gifted  with  a  remarkable  fac- 
ulty for  the  acquirement  and 
retention  of  knowledge,  and 
when  he  was  twelve  years  of 
age  passed  examinations  for 
Harvard  University.  Be- 
cause of  his  extreme  youth, 
however,  he  was  not  permit- 
ted to  enter  and  instead  was 
sent  away  by  his  father  for 
five  years-  in  order  that  his 
physical  development  might 
equal  his  mental. 

Following  his  graduation 
from  Dartmouth,  Mr.  Condon 
took  up  teaching  as  a  pro- 
fession and  for  approximate- 
ly ten  years-  was  engaged  in 
the  private  schools  of  New 
York,  principally  the  old  Co- 
lumbia Grammar  School,  at 
that  time  the  largest  in  the 

metropolis,  studied  law  and  was  admitted  to  prac- 
tice in  the  courts  of  New  York  in  1904. 

In  1892  Mr.  Condon  established  the  Condon 
School  on  Fifth  Avenue  in  New  York  and  con- 
ducted it  for  three  years,  as  one  of  the  most  exclu- 
sive and  high-priced  educational  institutions  in  the 
United  States.  He  disposed  of  it,  however,  and  in 
1894  engaged  in  an  entirely  different  line  of  busi- 
ness, that  of  a  railroad  contractor  for  the  Phila- 
delphia &  Reading  Railroad  Company.  He  re- 
mained in  this  field  for  about  two  years  and  in 
1896  became  associated  with  the  Postal  Telegraph 
Company  in  a  similar  capacity  for  about  a  year. 

Mr.  Condon,  in  1897,  took  up  the  mining  busi- 
ness and  has  been  active  in  it,  with  brief  interrup- 
tions, since  that  time.  He  was  early  in  the  Klon- 
dike country  and  was-  one  of  the  first  to  locate  at 
Dawson,  Yukon  Territory.  He  began  his  career 
there  as  a  practical  miner  and  prospector  and 
within  a  very  short  time  came  to  be  regarded  as 
one  of  the  strong  men  of  the  camp.  Because  of  his 
diversified  knowledge  of  law  and  other  subjects,  he 
was  chosen  Chairman  of  the  Committee  on  Mines 
of  the  Yukon  Board  of  Trade  and  served  in  this 
position  for  four  years.  Under  the  Canadian  laws 
the  Boards  of  Trade  of  that  country  perform  judi- 


E.   B.  CONDON 


cial  functions  corresponding  to  those  of  the  Su- 
perior Courts 'in  the  United  States,  their  decisions 
in  all  matters  coming  before  them,  when  recorded, 
have  the  same  force  and  dignity  of  those  emanating 
from  courts  of  record,  and  can  be  reversed  only 
through  appellate  action.  As  practically  all  of  the 
business  of  the  Yukon  Territory  was  connected 
with  mining,  ninety  per  cent  of  all  judicial  matters 
came  before  the  committee  of  which  Mr.  Condon 
was  Chairman  and  which  was  clothed  with  judicial 
authority  to  settle  all  disputes. 

After  serving  four  years 
as  Chairman  of  this  commit- 
tee, Mr.  Condon  declined  to 
serve  a  fifth  because  the 
Canadian  authorities  of  the 
county  notified  him  that  he 
would  have  to  swear  alle- 
giance to  the  British  Crown 
if  he  accepted  a  re-election. 
This  was  at  a  time  when  po- 
litical affairs  in  the  Yukon 
country  were  in  a  turmoil. 
The  Canadians,  about  1903, 
had  organized  the  Territory 
under  their  own  laws,  and 
most  of  the  Americans  had 
sold  their  claims  and  left  the 
country.  About  a  year  prior 
to  this  Mr.  Condon,  as  Chair- 
man of  the  Committee  on 
Mines,  had  averted  serious 
international  difficulty  be- 
cause of  the  antagonism  be- 
tween the  Canadians  and 
Americans  and  he  handled 
the  situation  with  such  deli- 
cacy and  diplomacy  that  the 
anniversary  of  the  birth  of  the 
Queen  of  England  was  cele- 
brated along  with  the  Fourth 
of  July  by  British  and  Ameri- 
can settlers  alike. 

It  was  not  long  after  this 
that  Mr.  Condon  sold  his 
holdings  in  the  Yukon  coun- 
try and  returned  to  the  United  States.  Since  that 
time  he  has  been  steadily  engaged  in  mining  enter- 
prises. He  is  principally  occupied  by  the  General 
Securities  Co.  of  Los  Angeles,  of  which  he  is  Pres- 
ident, and  he  has  been  active  also  in  the  operation 
of  the  Arizona  Empire  Copper  Company,  with  mines 
near  Parker,  Arizona.  This  property  is  only  par- 
tially developed,  but  has  been  declared  to  be  one  of 
the  richest  copper  mines  in  the  United  States. 

Since  embarking  in  the  development  of  South- 
western resources,  Mr.  Condon  has  established  his 
home  in  Los  Angeles,  intending  to  remain  there. 

Mr.  Condon  has  at  all  times  been  a  supporter 
of  the  Democratic  party  and  in  1892  was  offered 
the  nomination  for  Congress  from  one  of  the  New 
York  districts  by  Richard  Croker  and  the  late 
William  C.  Whitney,  then  the  dominant  factors  of 
the  Democratic  party  in  the  Empire  State.  Mr. 
Condon  declined  the  offer,  however,  and  George  B. 
McClellan,  afterwards  Mayor  of  New  York  City, 
was  given  the  nomination.  Mr.  Condon  declined  po- 
litical honor  at  that  time  because  of  unwillingness 
to  engage  in  public  life  and,  with  the  exception  of 
the  time  he  served  the  Yukon  Board  of  Trade  as 
Chairman  of  its  Committee  on  Mines,  has  never 
held  public  office. 


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OIT,  HENRY  AUGUSTUS,  Finan- 
cial Underwriter,  Los  Angeles, 
California,  was  born  in  Philadel- 
phia, Pennsylvania,  December  3, 
1875,  the  son  of  Edward  Woolsey 
Coit  and  Caroline  (Moore)  Coit. 
He  married  Kathryne  Howard  at  Los  Angeles, 
September  21,  1912.  His  is  one  cf  the  noted 
American  families,  his  great  uncle,  Henry  A.  Coit, 
having  been  the  first  man  to  bring  grand  opera  to 
American  shores.  He  after- 


ward  became  a  promi- 
nent sugar  factor  in  New 
York  City.  Mr.  Colt's  father 
was  President  of  the  Read- 
ing Iron  Works  at  Reading, 
Pa.,  and  the  latter's  brother 
was  the  founder  and  head  of 
the  St.  Paul  School  at  Con- 
cord, New  Hampshire. 

Mr.  Coit  received  his  early 
education  in  private  schools 
of  Philadelphia,  but  during 
the  greater  part  of  his  youth 
studied  under  private  tutons. 
Moving  to  St.  Louis,  he  en- 
tered Smith's  Academy,  a 
preparatory  school,  and  in 
1893  became  a  student  at 
Washington  University,  St. 
Louis.  He  was  prominent  in 
athletics  and  noted  as  one  of 
the  greatest  football  players 
in  the  Middle  West. 

Leaving  school  in  1895, 
Mr.  Coit  embarked  in  busi- 
ness as  a  crude  drug  broker, 
but  sold  out  a  year  later. 
He  then  purchased  an  inter- 
est in  the  Missouri  Tele- 
phone Manufacturing  Co.  and 
occupied  the  position  of  sales 
manager  until  he  later  sold 
his  interest.  In  1897  he  be- 
came engaged  in  the  con- 
struction of  telephone  exchanges  and  long  dis- 
tance lines,  and  organized  the  Telephone  Exchange 
&  Construction  Co.,  with  himself  as  President.  As- 
sociated with  him  were  several  well  known  busi- 
ness men  of  St.  Louis,  among  them  J.  C.  Howe, 
Treasurer,  St.  Louis,  Peoria  &  Northwestern  R.  R.; 
and  Robert  L.  McLaran,  an  attorney. 

Mr.  Coit  and  associates  operated  on  a  large 
scale,  building  the  telephone  exchanges  at  Terre 
Haute,  Ind.;  Nebraska  City  and  Syracuse,  Neb.; 
Baton  Rouge,  La.,  and  Meridian,  Miss.  The  plant 
at  Terre  Haute  was  the  largest  independent  tele- 
phone exchange  in  the  country  and  the  first  oper- 
ated on  the  central  energy  multiple  lamp  line  sys- 
tem. 

The  company  of  which  Mr.  Coit  was  the  head 
was  instrumental  in  giving  to  many  small  cities 
and  towns  modern  utilities,  its  method  of  operation 
being  the  construction  and  operation  of  plants  un- 
til they  were  on  a  paying  basis,  when  they  would 
turn  them  over  to  the  municipality  or  local  capital- 
ists. 

Mr.  Coit  directed  the  affairs  of  the  company  for 
about  three  years,  disposing  of  his  interest  in  1900 
to  engage  in  a  different  line  of  business.  In  1902, 
after  handling  various  financial  enterprises  he  be- 
came associated  with  Paul  Cable  in  the  transfor- 


HENRY   A.   COIT 


mation  of  the  Santa  Fe  line  between  Las  Vegas- 
and  Las  Vegas  Hot  Springs  (New  Mexico)  into  an 
electric  interurban  road,  this  being  the  first  in  the 
West.  He  was  active  in  the  preliminary  work,  but 
before  the  line  was  completed  he  went  to  California 
to  visit  his-  father,  who  had  settled  there  after  re- 
tiring from  business. 

He  remained  at  Corona  for  about  a  year,  and  in 
1904  moved  to  Los  Angeles,  where  he  opened  brok- 
erage offices.     He  finally  specialized  in  the  under- 
writing    of     financial     enter- 
prises  and  has   continued  in 
this  field. 

In  1907  Mr.  Coit  organized 
the  Burbank  State  Bank,  at 
Burbank,  Gal.,  and  despite 
the  fact  that  it  was  born  in 
a  year  of  financial  panic  the 
institution  has  thrived  and 
ranks  among  the  substantial 
banking  institutions  of 
Southern  California.  Two 
years  afterwards  he  turned 
his  attention  to  San  Diego, 
and  in  association  with  Louis 
J.  Wilde  organized  the  Fed- 
eral Building  Co.,  which 
erected  the  American  Na- 
tional Bank  building  there, 
an  eleven-story  structure, 
and  the  first  to  exceed  six 
stories. 

The  same  year  Mr.  Coit, 
acting  for  Los  Angeles  capi- 
talists, purchased  the  Bank 
of  Southern  California,  be- 
coming Secretary  and  Direc- 
tor, and  was  active  in  the 
management  of  it  until  it  was 
sold  in  1911  to  interests 
which  changed  the  name  to 
Globe  Savings  Bank.  Dur- 
ing the  greater  part  of  his 
connection  with  the  bank  he 
represented  the  controlling 
interests  and  was  active  in  all  of  its  operations. 

While  engaged  in  handling  the  affairs  of  the 
Bank  of  Southern  California,  Mr.  Coit  organized 
the  Yucaipa  Land  Co.,  which  owned  nine  thousand 
acres  of  ranch  land  in  the  Yucaipa  Valley  of  Cal. 
He  was  associated  with  Los  Angeles  and  several 
local  and  mid-western  capitalists  in  this  venture. 

Early  in  1910,  Mr.  Coit  acted  as  the  agent  ot 
the  Southern  California  Cement  Co.  (now  the  Riv- 
erside Port.  Cement  Co.)  in  the  sale  of  its  under- 
written bonds. 

About  the  same  time  Mr.  Coit  became  active  in 
the  financing  of  the  Tejunga  Water  &  Power  Co., 
to  which  he  has  devoted  much  of  his  time. 

Mr.  Coit,  early  in  1912,  organized  and  financed 
the  Oxnard  Eucalyptus  Mills,  at  Oxnard,  Cal.,  the 
first  mill  in  the  U.  S.  for  the  utilization,  on  a  large 
commercial  scale,  of  eucalyptus  timber.  This  mill, 
with  a  capacity  of  25,000  feet  of  finished  material  a 
day,  is  engaged  in  a  general  manufacturing  busi- 
ness, and  gives  promi&e  of  developing  into  one 
of  the  important  State  industries. 

Mr.  Coit  is  a  book-lover  and  owns  one  of  the 
most  select  libraries  in  Southern  California.  Mrs. 
Coit  joins  M"r.  Coit  in  his  taste  along  these  lines. 

Mr.  Coit  is  a  member  of  the  Los  Angeles  Ath- 
letic Club,  and  the  Cuyamaca  Club  of  San  Diego. 


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ALL,  WILLIAM  HAMMOND,  Con- 
sulting and  Constructing  Engi- 
neer, San  Francisco,  California, 
was  born  in  Hagerstown,  Mary- 
land, February  12,  1846,  the  son 
of  John  Buchanan  Hall  and  Anna 
Maria  (Hammond)  Hall.  In  1870,  at  San  Fran- 
cisco, he  married  Emma  Kate  Fitzhugh,  of  the  dis- 
tinguished Southern  family  of  that  name.  They 
have  three  daughters,  Anna  Hammond,  Margaret 
Fitzhugh  and  Katharine  Buchanan  Hall. 

Arriving  in  California  at  the  age  of  seven,  Mr. 
Hall's  school-room  education  was  confined  to  a 
private  academy,  from  1858  to  1865,  under  the  tu- 
telage of  an  Episcopal  clergyman.  It  was  intended 
that  he  should  enter  the  West  Point  Military 
Academy,  and  his  schooling  was  directed  to  that 
end,  but  the  outbreak  of  the  Civil  War  caused  his 
parents  to  abandon  these  plans.  Shortly  after  the 
close  of  the  war  he  became  a  computer  and 
draughtsman  in  the  office  of  Col.  R.  S.  Williamson 
of  the  U.  S.  Engineer  Corps. 

His  first  work  under  Col.  Williamson  in  the 
field  was  as  an  assistant  in  the  barometrical  meas- 
uring of  the  snow-clad  peaks  in  Oregon.  He  next 
became  a  rod-man  and  subsequently  a  surveyor  on 
topographic  service  for  fortification  purposes,  un- 
der the  U.  S.  Board  of  Engineers  for  the  Pacific 
Coast.  He  was  also  a  draughtsman  in  the  same 
employ.  Therein  he  participated  as  field  engineer, 
computer  and  draughtsman  in  the  surveys  of  lo- 
calities for  the  purposes  of  fortification,  light- 
houses, harbors  of  refuge  and  navigation.  These 
ranged  from  San  Diego  Harbor  to  and  including 
Neah  Bay,  the  southernmost  and  northernmost 
harbors  then  on  the  Pacific  Coast  (1866-1870).  In 
this  period  he  was  also  on  the  surveys  of  the  rapids 
of  the  upper  Columbia  and  Willamette  rivers, 
Oregon,  for  the  improvement  of  navigation;  and 
these  activities  were  supplemented  by  his  topo- 
graphic contouring  of  the  peninsula  of  San  Fran- 
cisco, especially  the  Presidio  Reservation  and 
Point  Lobos,  again  for  fortifications,  as  well  as  by 
his  hydrographic  work  for  the  harbors  of  San  Diego 
and  San  Francisco. 

In  August,  1870,  Mr.  Hall  was  awarded  the  con- 
tract, by  the  first  Board  of  Park  Commissioners  of 
San  Francisco,  for  the  topographic  survey  of  the 
Golden  Gate  Park  Reservation. 

In  August,  1871,  after  his  plans  had  been  ac- 
cepted by  the  Commission,  he  was  appointed  En- 
gineer and  Superintendent  of  Parks,  and  in  this 
capacity,  until  1876,  reclaimed  the  sand  wastes  and 
planned  and  improved  Golden  Gate  Park.  The  next 
two  years,  in  the  joint  employ  of  the  Bank  of  Cali- 
fornia and  the  then  Nevada  Bank,  he  was  in  charge, 
as  engineer,  of  extensive  land  and  water  properties 
in  the  San  Joaquin  Valley,  including  the  canals 
which  have  since  made  Fresno  famous. 

Under  an  act  of  Legislature  providing  for  investi- 
gation of  problems  of  irrigation,  river  improvement, 
reclamation  and  disposal  of  mining  debris,  Gover- 
nor William  Irwin,  in  May,  1878,  appointed  Mr.  Hall 
first  State  Engineer  of  California.  He  was  four 
times  reappointed  to  this  office  and  served  until  his 


resignation  in  February,  1889.  It  is  only  just  to  say 
that  the  extensive  irrigation,  water  storage  and 
river  and  reclamation  surveys  and  examinations 
made  by  the  State  Engineering  Department  under 
his  supervision  have  constituted  the  basis  of  work 
and  reports  of  a  number  of  State  and  other  authori- 
ties since  that  time,  who  have  received  credit  there- 
for. The  State  Engineer's  reports  of  that  period, 
which  were  the  first  systematic  studies  of  the  sub- 
ject in  this  country,  have  also  served  as  guides  for 
many  reports  in  later  years. 

In  March,  1889,  Mr.  Hall  was  appointed  Supervis- 
ing Engineer  of  the  United  States  Irrigation  Investi- 
gation (the  predecessor  of  the  United  States  Recla- 
mation Service)  for  all  the  region  west  of  the  Rocky 
Mountains,  and  served  until  the  end  of  June,  1890. 
Therein  he  was  one  of  the  three  engineers  who  or- 
ganized and  managed  the  first  United  States  Gov- 
ernment irrigation  investigation.  Here,  too,  the 
methods  and  reports  of  those  years  have  shaped 
similar  work  ever  since.  From  July,  1890,  to  June, 
1896,  while  in  private  practice  as  a  civil  engineer, 
he  was  in  charge  of  important  irrigation  and 
water  supply  work  in  the  southern  and  central 
parts  of  California  and  in  the  State  of  Wash- 
ington. 

The  next  step  in  Mr.  Hall's  progression  was  to 
Europe  and  South  Africa,  in  1896.  Until  1898  he 
was  in  this  latter  country,  and  in  London,  acting 
as  Consulting  Engineer  on  Irrigation  and  Water 
Works.  During  this  period  he  was  in  charge  of 
the  construction  of  a  large  plant  for  supplying 
water  to  the  principal  mines  about  Johannesburg, 
in  the  Transvaal,  for  the  Cecil  Rhodes  and  Werner 
Beit  Syndicate.  Under  a  contract  with  the  Com- 
missioner of  Public  Works  of  the  Cape  Colo- 
nial Government  he  made  an  extended  report  on 
irrigation  and  drafted  a  new  water  and  irrigation 
law.  Zest  was  given  to  his  stay  in  this  country 
by  the  unique  experience  of  having  to  serve  pro- 
fessionally and  intimately  two  warring  factions  at 
daggers'  points  with  each  other — in  other  words, 
to  make  a  report  on  irrigation  in  Rhodesia,  to  the 
Rt.  Hon.  Cecil  Rhodes,  and  on  the  other  hand,  an 
examination  for  water  storage  for  irrigation  for 
President  Paul  Kruger  of  the  Transvaal  Republic. 

The  year  1899  finds  Mr.  Hall  in  the  Russian  Em- 
pire. Here  he  made  examinations  and  reports  on 
irrigation  and  great  canal  projects  in  the  Russian 
Transcaucasus  and  in  Central  Asia  to  the  Minister 
of  Agriculture,  M.  Yermoloff,  and  on  similar  works 
in  the  Merve  Oasis,  to  the  minister  in  charge  of 
the  Imperial  Estates,  Prince  Viasemski. 

He  returned  to  California  in  1900,  where  until 
the  present  time  he  has  been  engaged  chiefly  in 
the  management  of  properties  for  investment  and 
development.  In  this  connection  he  acquired  con- 
trol of  properties  in  the  Lake  Eleanor  and  Cherry 
Creek  water  sheds,  which  have  since  been  selected 
by  the  city  of  San  Francisco  for  a  water  supply. 

Mr.  Hall  has  confined  his  membership  to  the 
American  society  of  Civil  Engineers,  in  which  he 
is  the  holder  of  the  Norman  Medal,  and  to  the  Pa- 
cific-Union Club,  from  which  he  resigned  when  he 
went  abroad  in  1896. 


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OHNSTON,  TOM  LEMUEL,  Law- 
yer, Los  Angeles,  California,  was 
born  at  Seguin,  Texas,  February 
25,  1862,  the  son  of  Thomas 
Dickey  Johnston  and  Catherine 
K.  (Calvert)  Johnston.  He  is 
descended  from  one  of  the  noted  families  of  the 
South,  among  his  ancestors  being  Lord  Baltimore, 
who  first  settled  Maryland  Colony,  and  James  Hall, 
one  of  the  signers  of  the  Declaration  of  Independ- 
ence. Mr.  Johnston  married 
Lula  Freeman  at  Seguin, 
Texas,  September  30,  1885, 
and  to  them  there  was  born 
a  daughter,  Miss  Clair  John- 
ston, who  is  now  one  of  the 
beautiful  and  brilliant  young 
women  in  Southern  Cali- 
fornia society  circles. 

Mr.  Johnston,  who  bears 
the  distinction  of  having  re- 
ceived the  largest  fee  in  the 
legitimate  practice  of  law 
ever  made  South  of  the  Ma- 
son and  Dixon  Line,  spent 
most  of  his  life  in  the  Lone 
Staf  State  and  received  the 
larger  part  of  his  education- 
al training  in  its  schools. 
Following  his  attendance  at 
the  public  schools  of  San 
Antonio,  Texas,  he  entered 
St.  Mary's  College  at  the 
same  place.  He  next  be- 
came a  student  at  Bingham 
School  in  North  Carolina, 
where  he  received  the  de- 
gree of  Bachelor  of  Arts. 
The  degree  of  Master  of 

Arts  he  received  later  at  St.  Mary's  University  in 
Galveston,  Texas.  He  also  studied  at  McNeal's  Col- 
lege in  Texas  and  read  law  for  six  years  under 
private  tutors. 

Despite  these  many  years  of  study,  Mr.  John- 
ston had  barely  attained  his  majority  when  he 
was  admitted  to  the  practice  of  law  in  the  courts 
of  Texas.  A  man  of  great  natural  ability,  with 
the  splendid  education  he  received  to  supplement 
it,  he  met  with  succe&s  from  the  very  beginning 
of  his  career.  He  first  opened  offices  in 
his  native  town — Seguin,  but  moved  to  Galveston 
within  a  few  months  because  of  the  greater  field 
offered  in  the  larger  city.  As  in  his  home  town, 
he  met  with  gratifying  success  and  during  the 
three  years  that  he  remained  in  Galveston  was 
one  of  the  most  active  of  the  younger  men  in  the 
profession  of  law.  However,  he  decided  to  return 
to  Seguin  where  he  resumed  his  practice  and  took 
an  active  interest  in  the  political  affairs  of  the 
place.  He  was  elected  Prosecutor  on  the  Demo- 
cratic ticket  shortly  after  his  return  and  held  the 


TOM    L.    JOHNSTON 


office  for  a  term  of  four  years,  when  he  was  re- 
elected  (1890)  for  a  second  term  of  four  years.  Dur- 
ing his  tenure  of  office  Mr.  Johnston  established  a 
reputation  for  thoroughness  in  the  preparation 
of  his  cases  and  also  won  recognition  as  an  orator 
of  unusual  power.  He  appeared,  during  the  eight 
years  he  served  as  a  public  officer,  in  many  cele- 
brated criminal  cases,  and  his  success  in  these, 
together  with  that  attending  his  efforts  in  several 
notable  actions  since  locating  in  California,  has 
given  him  wide  repute  in  pro- 
fessional circles. 

Besides  his  work  in  crim- 
inal cases,  however,  Mr. 
Johnston  has  handled  a 
large  amount  of  civil  prac- 
tice and  one  case  in  this 
branch  of  judicial  procedure, 
that  in  which  he  received 
the  great  fee  referred  to 
above,  attracted  attention  all 
over  the  South  at  the  time 
of  its  trial.  This  action  was 
known  as  the  Twohig  Will 
Contest,  Mr.  Johnston  repre- 
senting the  heirs  in  the  suit. 
Twohig,  the  testator,  was  one 
of  the  wealthy  men  of  San 
Antonio  and  died  leaving  an 
estate  valued  at  one  million 
six  hundred  thousand  dol- 
lars. Certain  heirs  had  tried 
in  vain  to  acquire  their 
part  of  the  property  involved 
and  finally  offered  Mr.  John- 
ston one-half  of  all  they  real- 
ized if  he  would  undertake 
their  cause  and  carry  it  to 
conclusion.  It  was  a  case 

generally  regarded  as  hopeless  and  Mr.  Johnston 
had  little  to  encourage-  him  to  make  a  fight.  He 
did,  however,  and  he  fought  so  well  that  the  final 
decision  was  in  his  favor,  carrying  with  it  the  en- 
tire estate.  His  clients  readily  and  willingly  turned 
over  to  him  $800,000  as  his  fee  and  he  received  the 
congratulations  of  the  profe&sion  all  over  the  South 
for  the  great  victory  he  had  won. 

Mr.  Johnston  gave  up  his  practice  in  Texas  in 
1908,  after  having  been  one  of  the  leaders  of  the 
Bar  there  for  more  than  a  quarter  of  a  century, 
and  went  to  Los  Angeles,  where  he  has  since  been 
located  in  the  practice  of  his  profession. 

Since  his  arrival  in  California,  Mr.  Johnston 
has  taken  no  active  part  in  politics,  but  still  is  a 
staunch  supporter  of  the  Republican  party  princi- 
ples, which  he  espoused  in  Texas  in  1900. 

Endowed  with  the  natural  grace  and  culture  of 
the  old  South,  Mr.  Johnston  and  his  family  early 
took  their  place  in  the  exclusive  society  of  Los 
Angeles  and  are  to-day  noted  for  the  entertain- 
ments which  they  give  at  their  beautiful  home. 


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LETCHER,  PAUL  BATTELLE, 
Real  Estate  and  Building,  Los 
Angeles,  California,  was  born  in 
Kansas  City,  Missouri,  June  13, 
1887,  the  son  of  William  Scott 
Fletcher  and  Elizabeth  D.  (Bat- 
telle)  Fletcher.  He  married  Ruth  Elma  Whiffen 
at  Los  Angeles,  January  22,  1910. 

Mr.  Fletcher  began  his  education  in  the  grammar 
schools  of  Kansas  City,  but  his  studies  were  inter- 
rupted by  the  removal  of  his 
family  to  San  Diego,  in  1894. 
He  attended  school  there  for 
a  short  time,  but  he  was 
halted  again  when  the  fam- 
ily, in  1896,  changed  resi- 
dence to  Los  Angeles.  Mr. 
Fletcher  there  made  his  third 
start  in  school  for  an  educa- 
tion and  finished  in  the  High 
School,  being  graduated  in 
the  summer  of  1906.  While 
attending  school  he  was  in 
the  employ  of  the  Los  An- 
geles Record  in  various  ca- 
pacities from  carrier  to  re- 
porter and  when  he  was 
graduated  from  High  School 
had  had  considerable  ex- 
perience in  the  newspaper 
business.  Following  his 
graduation,  Mr.  Fletcher  at- 
tended the  University  of 
Southern  California  for  a 
year,  going  north  in  1907 
with  the  intention  of  enter- 
ing the  University  of  Cali- 
fornia at  Berkeley  for  the 
purpose  of  studying  law,  but 

the  death  of  his  father  compelled  him  to  return 
home  and  seek  employment. 

Early  in  1908  he  became  a  salesman  for  Robert 
Marsh  &  Company,  realty  operators  in  Los  Angeles. 
He  remained  there  for  several  months,  then  en- 
tered the  employ  of  O.  A.  Vickrey,  in  the  same 
line  of  business.  After  a  year  with  Mr.  Vickrey, 
Mr.  Fletcher  determined  to  go  into  business  for 
himself  and  opened  offices  in  the  Douglas  Building, 
Los  Angeles. 

He  had  gratifying  success  from  the  start  and 
within  a  short  time  decided  to  go  into  the  business 
on  a  larger  scale.  The  result  was  the  incorpora- 
tion in  February,  1911,  of  the  Suburban  Develop- 
ment Company  of  Southern  California,  with  Mr. 
Fletcher  as  Secretary  and  Treasurer  of  the 
company. 

Mr.  Fletcher's  company  has  made  a  specialty  of 
subdivisions  and  has  taken  an  active  part  in  the 
suburban  development  around  Los  Angeles.  The 
Southern  California  metropolis,  for  several  years 
past,  has  been  the  magnet  for  thousands  of  home- 


PAUL  B.  FLETCHER 


seekers,  and  according  to  statistics  has  more  home- 
owners than  any  other  city  of  its  size  in  the 
United  States. 

While  he  was  alone  Mr.  Fletcher  operated  in 
various  sections  of  Los  Angeles,  both  as  a  broker 
and  subdivider,  also  building  a  good  many  homes 
which  sold  readily.  He  specialized,  however,  in 
acreage,  selling  many  large  tracts  from  the  old 
Glassell  Estate  in  the  Eagle  Rock  section,  and  in 
that  way  has  taken  a  leading  position  among  the 
subdividers  and  builders-  of 
the  city.  Altogether  he  has 
built  or  had  to  do  with 
scores  of  modern  homes  in 
which  to  house  the  new- 
comers to  that  section  of 
the  country. 

Glassell  Park,  the  name 
given  to  this  tract,  is  thirty- 
two  acres  in  extent,  and  with 
the  residences  and  improve- 
ments installed  by  Mr. 
Fletcher's  company  in  the 
summer  of  1911  it  was  trans- 
formed into  one  of  the  at- 
tractive suburban  districts  of 
Los  Angeles.  The  opening 
up  of  this  subdivision  gave 
an  impetus  to  real  estate 
values  all  around  it  and  from 
a  stubble  field  country  it 
rapidly  changed  into  a  place 
of  beautiful  homes  and 
parks,  with  wide,  well-paved 
streets.  When  this  section 
had  been  built  up,  Mr. 
Fletcher  and  his  associates 
acquired  another  large  tract, 
more  than  ninety-three  acres 

in  extent,  immediately  adjoining  their  original 
purchase,  and  followed  the  same  system  of  im- 
provement. 

His  position  naturally  makes  of  Mr.  Fletcher  an 
enthusiastic  worker  for  the  betterment  of  Los 
Angeles  and  vicinity  and  he  is  an  ardent  supporter 
of  any  movement  having  this  for  its  object.  He  is 
Republican  in  his  political  belief,  but  has  taken 
little  active  part  in  politics.  On  one  occasion, 
when  his  father-in-law,  Frederick  J.  Whiffen,  was 
a  candidate  for  the  City  Council  of  Los  Angeles, 
Mr.  Fletcher  aligned  himself  with  the  Good  Gov- 
ernment forces  and  was  able  to  aid  materially  in 
Mr.  Whiffen's  election.  That,  however,  was  his 
only  venture  into  the  political  field,  and  he  has 
applied  himself,  for  the  most  part,  to  the  work  of 
building  homes-  for  the  newcomers  to  Los  Angeles 
and  to  advertising  the  beauties  and  advantages  of 
the  city  to  the  rest  of  the  world. 

Mr.  Fletcher  is  a  member  of  the  alumni  chap- 
ter of  the  Sigma  Chi  Fraternity,  the  Sierra  Madre 
Club  and  the  Los  Angeles  Chamber  of  Commerce. 


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AVIDSON,  PAUL  BECK, 
Contracting,  Los  Angeles, 
California,  was  born  in  Cleve- 
land, Ohio,  August  5,  1887, 
the  son  of  Arthur  Nicholas 
Davidson  and  Addie  (Pirnie)  Davidson.  He 
married  Grace  Louise  Ramsay  at  Piru,  Cali- 
fornia, May  30,  1911. 

His  family  having  moved  to  Los  Angeles 
when  he  was  a  child  five 
years  of  age,  Mr.  David- 
son received  his  education 
there  and  may  rightly  be 
classed  as  a  Californian. 
He  received  his  prelim- 
inary training  in  the  pub- 
lic schools  of  Los  An- 
geles and  upon  the  open- 
ing of  the  Harvard  Mili- 
tary School  in  the  same 
city,  enrolled  there  and 
remained  until  1905.  He 
then  went  to  Leland 
Stanford  University.  At 
a  subsequent  date  he  took 
a  course  in  Structural 
Engineering  with  the  In- 
ternational Correspond- 
ence Schools  and  received 
a  certificate. 

For  a  brief  period  after 
qualifying  as  a  Struc- 
tural Engineer,  Mr.  Da- 
vidson was  in  the  real  es- 
tate business,  as  agent 
for  his  father.  He  gave 
this  up  to  go  into  the 


PAUL  B.  DAVIDSON 


Alta  Planing  Mill,  where  he  studied  the  mill 
and  drafting  end  of  his  profession  in  all  de- 
partments, making  special  experiments  in 
concrete  and  concrete  construction  after  his 
regular  hours. 

About  six  months  after  the  San  Francisco 
disaster  of  1906,  Mr.  Davidson  made  a  trip 
to  that  city  for  the  purpose  of  investigating 
the  effect  of  the  earthquake  on  building  in 
general,  and  on  concrete  and  brick  in  particu- 
lar. Upon  his  return  to  Los  Angeles  he  en- 
tered the  employ  of  F.  O.  Engstrum,  to 
familiarize  himself  further  with  concrete 
construction. 

Following  his  resignation  from  this  posi- 
tion Mr.  Davidson  was  connected  with  the 
test  of  the  Pacific  Light  &  Power  Com- 
pany's plant  at  Redondo  Beach,  and  from 
there  he  went  to  Piru,  California,  to  aid  in 
the  erection  of  the  Piru  Oil  and  Land  Com- 
pany's fruit  drying  sheds. 

In  the  latter  part  of  August,  1908,  Mr.  Da- 


vidson and  his  brother,  John  P.  Davidson, 
determined  to  go  into  the  contracting  busi- 
ness for  themselves  and  opened  offices  in 
their  father's  barn.  They  began  building 
homes  to  sell  and  within  two  months  their 
business  had  grown  to  such  an  extent  they 
had  to  seek  larger  offices  and  even  these 
soon  proved  too  small  for  their  purposes  and 
they  had  to  expand  their  headquarters  a 
second  time.  The  broth- 
ers made  a  specialty  of 
modern  houses,  employ- 
ing only  the  best  labor 
and  the  highest  grade 
material  and  their  suc- 
cess grew  apace  of  their 
reputation. 

In  June,  1909,  the 
Davidson  Construction 
Company  was  incorpor- 
ated under  the  laws  of 
the  State  of  California, 
with  Mr.  Davidson  as 
Secretary  and  Treasurer. 
Although  a  comparative- 
ly young  man,  he  made 
such  a  thorough  study  of 
his  business  that  he  is 
recognized  as  a  progres- 
sive, enterprising  con- 
tractor and  endeavors  to 
keep  abreast  of  all  im- 
provements which  may 
come  to  his  line  of  work. 
He  is  an  indefatigable 
worker  and  his  ambitipn 
is  to  make  his  firm  one  of 
the  best  known  in  the  country.  He  was 
also  the  originator  of  his  company's  field 
system,  an  innovation  that  has  proved  of  in- 
estimable value. 

The  Designing  Department  of  the  com- 
pany's business,  organized  by  Mr.  David- 
son, is  one  of  its  important  features,  and  is 
on  a  par  with  the  best  architectural  offices 
in  Los  Angeles,  both  in  efficiency  and  origi- 
nality of  work. 

Mr.  Davidson  is  a  member  of  the  Uni- 
versity Club  of  Los  Angeles ;  Southern 
California  Lodge,  Free  and  Accepted 
Masons,  Los  Angeles ;  Los  Angeles  Con- 
sistory No.  3,  Ancient  and  Accepted  Scot- 
tish Rite  Masons ;  Al  Malaikah  Temple, 
Ancient  Arabic  Order  of  Nobles  of  the 
Mystic  Shrine ;  Los  Angeles  Chamber  of 
Commerce  and  the  Architectural  Club. 
He  also  belongs  to  the  Master  Builders' 
Association  of  Los  Angeles  and  the  Ameri- 
can Institute  of  Technology. 


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TEDDOM,  CALVIN  B.,  Con- 
tracting, Los  Angeles,  Cali- 
fornia, was  born  near  Rich- 
mond, Indiana,  January  14, 
1878,  the  son  of  Isaac  P.  C. 
Steddom  and  Lucinda  P.  (Puckett)  Steddom. 
He  married  Helen  May  Cattanach  at  Los 
Angeles,  August  31,  1904,  and  to  them  there 
have  been  born  three  children,  Eleanor 
Frances,  Helen  Margaret 
and  Carol  Bernice  Sted- 
dom. 

Mr.  Steddom  received 
his  education  in  the  pub- 
lic schools  of  his  district 
and  remained  at  home 
until  the  year  1898,  when 
he  accompanied  a  sick 
brother  to  Los  Angeles. 
He  intended  remaining 
there  only  a  few  months, 
but  after  a  short  stay  de- 
cided to  make  his  home 
in  Southern  California. 

His  first  work  in  Los 
Angeles  was  in  the  em- 
ploy of  the  Southern  Pa- 
cific Railroad  Company 
as  a  mechanic  in  the  car 
repair  department  and  he 
remained  there  for  about 
two  years.  He  then  ac- 
cepted a  position  with  L. 
L.  Newerf,  a  leading 
builder  of  Los  Angeles, 
as  foreman,  and  in  this 
capacity  began  to  take  an 
active  interest  in  the  building  business.  He 
remained  in  the  employ  of  Mr.  Newerf  for 
about  three  years  and  resigned  to  go  into 
business  for  himself  as  a  contractor. 

Mr.  Steddom  operated  with  success  for 
several  years,  and  in  1907,  the  year  of  the 
financial  panic  which  gripped  the  entire 
country,  organized  the  Eagle  Rock  Building 
Company,  of  which  he  is  President  and  Gen- 
eral Manager.  As  the  directing  force  of  this 
company,  Mr.  Steddom  has  been  very  suc- 
cessful and  for  several  years  has  been  active- 
ly engaged  in  building  in  Los  Angeles  and 
vicinity. 

Within  recent  years  Los  Angeles  and  its 
suburbs  have  experienced  an  unprecedented 
growth,  the  population  of  the  city  having 
grown  nearly  a  quarter  of  a  million,  and  this 
has  necessitated  the  construction  of  thou- 
sands of  houses.  Mr.  Steddom,  as  one  of  the 
enterprising  men  of  the  city,  has  been  among 


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the  most  active  of  the  builders,  especially  in 
the  Eagle  Rock  district  near  the  city.  This 
section  of  Los  Angeles  has  enjoyed  phenome- 
nal growth  in  real  estate  and  other  lines,  and 
Mr.  Steddom  is  credited  with  having  done 
quite  as  much  as  any  individual  for  the  up- 
building of  the  town.  He  has  also  builded 
largely  in  Santa  Monica,  Monrovia,  Pomona 
and  other  Southern  California  towns  which 
are  sharing  in  the  general 
prosperity  of  the  section. 
Mr.  Steddom  has  been 
a  conscientious  worker 
all  his  life  and  his  success 
is  due,  in  large  measure, 
to  the  fact  that  he  applied 
himself  industriously  to 
any  task  in  hand  and 
spared  neither  time  nor 
effort  to  acquire  complete 
knowledge  of  the  work  in 
which  he  was  engaged. 

Besides  the  construc- 
tion of  hundreds  of 
homes,  Mr.  Steddom's 
company  also  has  erected 
a  number  of  large  mod- 
ern buildings  in  various 
parts  of  Los  Angeles 
County,  in  the  construc- 
tion of  which  Mr.  Sted- 
dom has  taken  an  active 
personal  interest.  An  ex- 
pert builder  himself,  he 
has  surrounded  himself 
with  talented  assistants, 
but  devotes  his  own  time 
to  the  supervision  of  the  work  entrusted  to 
the  company. 

Mr.  Steddom,  aside  from  his  building  op- 
erations, is  interested  in  various  other  de- 
velopment enterprises  in  Los  Angeles  and 
is  one  of  the  enthusiastic  men  engaged  in 
the  upbuilding  of  the  city  and  the  country 
surrounding  it.  He  is  one  of  the  popular 
men  of  the  city,  but  has  never  taken  an  ac- 
tive part  in  politics,  preferring  to  give  his 
spare  time  to  the  advancement  of  the  public 
interest  by  lending  aid  to  civic  movements. 

Mr.  Steddom  is  a  prominent  figure  in  fra- 
ternal circles,  being  a  member  of  the  Fra- 
ternal Brotherhood,  the  Woodmen  of  the 
World  and  the  Loyal  Order  of  Moose.  He 
also  belongs  to  the  Sierra  Madre  Club,  an 
organization  composed  of  men  with  mining 
and  business  interests  connected  with  the 
development  of  the  resources  of  the  South- 
west. 


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UBACH,  C.  J.,  Contractor, 
Los  Angeles,  California,  was 
born  in  Germany  in  1855.  He 
received  his  education  in  the 
public  schools  of  that  coun^ 
try,  where  he  remained  until  eighteen 
years  of  age.  As  a  boy  he  learned 
the  contracting  business  from  his  father,  who 
was  a  master  builder  in  a  small  town,  located 
near  Heidelberg,  Germany.  He  continued 
with  his  father  until  1873,  when  a  desire  to 
see  more  of  the  world  caused  him  to  move  to 
America. 

He  went  to  Pittsburg,  Pa.,  where  an  uncle 
was  living,  and  there  entered  school  for  one 
year,  learning  the  English  language.  He  then 
returned  to  contracting  work  for  a  year  and  a 
half  in  Pittsburg. 

In  1875  he  moved  to  San  Francisco  and 
obtained  a  position  with  a  company  known 
as  Herrman  and  Von  Bostle,  builders.  He 
remained  in  their  employ  for  one  year,  when 
he  moved  to  Virginia  City,  Nevada.  There 
he  started  in  as  a  millwright  in  the  mining 
district.  He  followed  that  business  for  fifteen 
months,  when  he  moved  to  Los  Angeles  in 
1878. 

When  Mr.  Kubach  arrived  in  Southern 
California  there  was  little  to  denote  the  fu- 
ture city  of  350,000  population,  and  the  open- 
ing of  a  business  in  that  day  meant  a  long 
and  hard  struggle.  He  originally  opened  a 
small  shop  on  East  First  street,  but  in  1884 
he  opened  a  larger  one  at  First  and  Vine 
streets;  by  that  time  he  was  taking  part  in 
the  construction  of  many  of  the  largest  build- 
ings put  up  in  Los  Angeles  in  those  days. 

In  1885,  shortly  after  Mr.  Kubach  had 
opened  his  business  career  in  Los  Angeles, 
he  married  in  that  city  a  young  lady  from  a 
prominent  family.  There  are  two  children,  as 
a  result  of  this  union,  Rose  Cecilia  and  So- 
phie Octavia  Kubach. 

He  built  the  noted  Stimson  residence,  one 
of  the  most  beautiful  homes  of  Los  Angeles 
at  the  time  of  its  construction.  He  made  the 
acquaintance  then  of  Mr.  Stimson,  for  whom 
he  erected  a  number  of  buildings,  including 
the  foundation  of  the  present  Stimson  block, 
in  which  building  he  established  his  offices. 

A  pioneer  contractor  of  Los  Angeles,  he 
developed  his  business  as  the  city  progressed. 
He  has  taken  contracts  for  many  of  the  larg- 
est buildings  in  Los  Angeles.  In  the  sur- 
rounding towns  he  also  has  been  active,  hav- 
ing constructed  blocks  in  San  Diego,  River- 
side, Redlands  and  many  other  places. 

On  March  7,  1903,  Mr.  Kubach  organized 
the  C.  J.  Kubach  Company,  the  present  firm, 


of  which  he  is  president.  His  nephew,  Mr. 
George  Schneider,  is  his  able  assistant,  secre- 
tary, treasurer  and  superintendent,  having  in 
his  care  a  large  part  of  the  business  end  of 
that  organization.  Before  the  above  date  the 
firm  was  known  as  C.  J.  Kubach. 

In  1904  he  moved  his  offices  to  the  Pacific 
Electric  building,  where  he  has  been  located 
since.  His  business  kept  pace  with  the  great 
growth  of  the  city,  and  as  the  concrete  and 
steel  structures  became  an  assured  success, 
Mr.  Kubach  became  one  of  the  efficient  con- 
tractors in  that  line.  He  built  the  magnificent 
Alexandria  Hotel  Annex,  one  of  the  finest 
examples  of  a  modern  hostelry  in  the  West. 
He  has  erected  numerous  buildings  for  the 
Los  Angeles  Railway  Company,  built  the 
First  National  Bank  building  of  Riverside 
and  a  number  of  buildings  at  Del  Mar,  San 
Diego  County.  He  also  constructed  the 
Wright  &  Callender  building  and  the  Chris- 
tian Science  Church  building  of  Los  Angeles. 

During  his  years  of  work  as  a  contractor 
in  Los  Angeles,  Mr.  Kubach  has  constructed 
buildings  the  total  value  of  which  reach  the 
enormous  sum  of  $8,000,000.  Had  he  been  a 
man  of  ordinary  ability,  he  would  have  been 
satisfied  with  Los  Angeles  and  its  environs 
as  a  field  for  his  labors.  But  today,  in  look- 
ing over  the  work  that  has  been  accomplish- 
ed by  him  during  the  thirty  years  spent  in 
Southern  California,  buildings  of  the  high- 
est type  of  workmanship  are  found  through- 
out that  region  as  far  north  as  the  Tehach- 
api  Pass  and  as  far  south  as  San  Diego, 
which  will  stand  for  many  years  as  monu- 
ments of  his  constructive  ability.  He  has 
built  blocks  in  such  progressive  cities  as 
Riverside,  Redlands,  Santa  Barbara,  Pasa- 
dena and  many  of  the  beautiful  centers  that 
are  typical  of  Southern  California. 

In  1904,  on  the  organization  of  the  K.  and 
K.  Brick  Company,  because  of  his  exceptional 
record  as  a  contractor  and  because  of  his 
prominence  in  the  field  of  building  and  con- 
struction, Mr.  Kubach  was  made  president 
of  that  corporation.  He  became  one  of  the 
organizers  of  that  company  and  since  1904 
has  had  its  management  and  chief  business 
affairs  entirely  in  his  hands.  The  growth  of 
this  corporation  from  a  small  organization 
to  one  of  the  largest  brick  concerns  in  South- 
ern California,  with  a  capitalization  of 
$120,000,  was  due  largely  to  the  excellent 
management  of  Mr.  Kubach.  He  was  one 
of  the  organizers  of  the  Rice  Ranch  Oil  Com- 
pany and  is  its  present  president. 

Mr.  Kubach  is  a  member  of  the  Masonic 
Fraternity  and  of  the  Jonathan  Club  of  Los 
Angeles. 


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ENNEDY,  WILLIAM  HOWE, 
Stocks  and  Bonds,  Vice  President 
Fierce-Kennedy  Brokerage  Co., 
Los  Angeles  and  San  Francisco, 
Cal.,  was  born  in  Des  Moines, 
Iowa,  February  12,  1872,  the  son 
of  Doctor  Josiah  Forest  Kennedy  and  Mary  Cath- 
erine (Reigart)  Kennedy.  He  married  Mary  Adelle 
Satterlee  at  Dunlap,  Iowa,  June  16,  1897,  and  to 
them  has  been  born  two  sons,  Donald  Satterlee 
Kennedy  and  William  Howe 
Kennedy,  Jr. 

Mr.  Kennedy  is  of  Scotch 
and  Irish  ancestry,  both  sides 
having  been  represented  by 
men  notable  in  the  history  of 
the  two  countries.  One  of 
the  early  members  of  the 
family  was  James  Kennedy, 
Bishop  of  St.  Andrews',  in 
Scotland  during  the  reign  ot 
James  II.  A  later  member  of 
the  family,  his  great-great- 
grandfather was  William 
Kennedy,  a  noted  Scotchman, 
who  married  a  sister  of  Lord 
North,  Prime  Minister  of 
England  before  and  during 
the  Revolutionary  War.  Lord 
North  was  one  of  the  most 
prominent  men  in  the  reign 
of  King  George  the  III,  and 
was  credited  with  having 
more  influence  with  his  King 
than  any  man  in  public  life 
at  that  time.  After  a  nota- 
bly brilliant  career  he  retired 
as  the  Earl  of  Guilford.  For 
five  years  before  his  death  he 
was  totally  blind.  During 
the  Civil  War,  Mr.  Kennedy's 
father,  Dr.  Josiah  Forest  Ken- 
nedy was  a  surgeon  in  the 
regular  army,  receiving  his 
appointment  direct  from  Abra- 
ham Lincoln.  While  in  service  he  was  surgeon  of 
the  Officers'  Hospital  at  Washington,  D.  C.  Later 
removing  to  Des  Moines  he  was  elected  Secretary 
and  Treasurer  of  the  State  Board  of  Health,  and 
Secretary  and  Treasurer  of  the  State  Board  of 
Medical  Examiners  and  held  these  positions  for 
twenty-three  consecutive  years,  the  longest  record 
ever  held  by  any  public  official  in  the  State  of 
Iowa,  with  the  exception  of  the  late  United  States 
Senator  William  Allison. 

Mr.  Kennedy's  wife  is  a  member  of  the  family 
of  which  the  late  Bishop  Satterlee  of  Washington, 
D.  C.  was  a  notable  representative. 

Mr.  Kennedy  received  his  primary  education  in 
the  public  schools  of  Des  Moines  and  later  com- 
pleted his  studies  at  Highland  Park  College  and 
the  Baptist  College  of  the  same  city.  Leaving 
college  in  1892  Mr.  Kennedy  traveled  for  two  years, 
and  during  that  time  visited  many  parts  of  the 
United  States  and  Mexico.  Returning  to  Des 
Moines  in  1894  he  passed  a  civil  service  examina- 
tion for  position  in  the  United  States  Postoffice 
there,  but  remained  in  the  Government  employ 
only  a  short  time.  In  1896  Mr.  Kennedy  entered 
the  employ  of  the  Northwestern  Life  &  Savings 
Company  of  Des  Moines,  as  special  representative, 
and  there  began  the  career  in  which  he  has  earned 


W.   H.   KENNEDY 


a  name  for  himself  as  one  of  the  expert  sales  man- 
agers of  the  United  States.  From  the  position  of 
special  representative  of  this  institution  he  was 
soon  elected  to  the  position  of  Manager  of  Agents 
and  Director  of  the  Company.  As  Manager  of 
Agents  he  had  charge  of  one  of  the  largest  agency 
forces  in  the  United  States-,  including  some  1500 
men  scattered  over  all  parts  of  the  Union.  He  held 
this  position  for  seven  years.  His  dexterous 
management  of  the  agents  employed  and  his 
ability  to  influence  men  of 
large  affairs,  resulted  in  the 
sale  of  millions  of  dollars  of 
bonds  for  that  institution 
throughout  the  country.  In 
1912  Mr.  Kennedy  resigned 
his  position  and  went  to 
Philadelphia,  Pa.,  as  General 
Eastern  Manager  of  the  Na- 
tional Life  &  Trust  Co.,  and 
remained  there  for  the  next 
two  years.  At  the  end  of 
that  period  he  accepted  a  po- 
sition as  Superintendent  of 
Agents-  of  the  selling  branch 
of  the  Middlesex  Banking 
Company  with  headquarters 
in  New  York  City,  and  or- 
ganized a  selling  force  of 
about  two  hundred  and  fifty 
agents.  He  is  credited  with 
having  directed  the  sale  of 
$2,700,000  of  bonds  in  the 
last  fourteen  months  of  his 
connection  with  that  com- 
pany. Of  this  amount  he 
personally  disposed  of  over 
$300,000  worth.  In  1906,  Mr. 
Kennedy  decided  to  go  into 
business  for  himself,  and 
opened  brokerage  offices  in 
New  York  and  Philadelphia. 
During  the  next  five  yeara 
he  was  unusually  active  in 
the  sale  of  timber  lands  and 

listed  and  unlisted  securities,  meeting  with  splendid 
success. 

In  October,  1911,  he  gave  up  his  business  in 
the  East  and  moved,  with  his  family,  to  Los  Angeles, 
where  he  has  since  been  located. 

In  company  with  Dr.  V.  Mott  Pierce,  the  pro- 
prietary medicine  manufacturer  of  Buffalo,  N.  Y., 
W.  O.  Statton,  banker  and  beet  sugar  manufacturer 
of  Los  Angeles,  and  Karl  K.  Kennedy,  a  brother, 
Mr.  Kennedy  organized  the  Fierce-Kennedy  Broker- 
age Company,  and  opened  offices  in  Los-  Angeles 
and  San  Francisco. 

This  company  operates  extensively  in  listed  and 
unlisted  securities.  Since  the  organization  of  the 
business  the  company  has  handled  several  import- 
ant issues  of  stock  with  startling  success,  it  has 
been  stated,  and  has  taken  a  front  rank  among  the 
active  stock  and  bond  concerns  of  the  Pacific 
Coast. 

Mr.  Kennedy,  who  takes  little  interest  in  poli- 
tics or  outside  interests,  enjoys  an  unusually  high 
standing  in  stock  and  bond  circles  as  manager 
and  salesman  and  has  been  declared  in  various 
letters  from  bankers  and  others,  to  be  one  of  the 
most  capable  men  in  the  United  States  in  these 
lines.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Sierra  Madre  Club 
of  Los  Angeles. 


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EACH,  EVERETT  CHARLES, 
Physician,  Surgeon  and  Physical 
Education  Expert,  Los  Angeles, 
California,  born  in  Independence, 
Kansas,  May  22nd,  1880,  son  of 
Charles  Theodore  Beach  and 
Elizabeth  A.  (Bridgeman)  Beach. 

Dr.  Beach  began  his  education  in  the  public 
schools;  moved  to  California  in  1889;  moved  to 
Connecticut  in  1897;  attended  the  District  High 
School  at  Litchfield,  two 
years-;  attended  Williston 
Seminary  at  East  Hampton, 
Mass.,  1899-1901,  returned  to 
California  in  1901,  attended 
Stanford  University  1901-1903, 
entered  the  Baltimore  Medi- 
cal College  1903,  graduated 
in  1908  with  honors.  One 
year  post-graduate  study  and 
chief  Resident  Pathologist  at 
the  Maryland  General  Hospi- 
tal. Completed  his  under- 
graduate work  in  the  Univer- 
sity of  Southern  California  in 
1911,  receiving  the  degree 
A.  B. 

Dr.  Beach,  one  of  the 
leading  Physical  Education 
experts  in  the  U.  S.,  has  been 
teaching  since  1899.  He  was 
Gymnasium  Asst.,  at  Willis- 
ton  Seminary  1899-01.  Stu- 
dent Asst.,  in  Stanford  Uni- 
versity 1901-03;  was  Physical 
Director  of  Hoitt's  Prepara- 
tory School,  Menlo  Park, 
Cal.,  1902-03.  During  the  five 
years  he  was  in  Maryland,  he 

held  several  positions  simultaneously.  He  was  As- 
sistant Physical  Director  Central  Y.  M.  C.  A.  Balti- 
more, 1903-04.  Physical  Director  and  Organizer  of 
Social  Centers  throughout  Maryland,  1903-08.  Phys- 
ical Director  of  the  College  of  Preparatory  School 
1904-06,  of  the  University  School  1907-08,  the  Nurses' 
Training  School  of  Sheppard-Pratt  Hospital  1907-08, 
the  Maryland  Swimming  Club  1907-08;  the  Balti- 
more Athletic  Club  1906-08,  Public  Playgrounds, 
1904-08.  He  also  served  as  Laboratory  Assistant 
and  Demonstrator  in  Pathology  in  the  Baltimore 
Medical  College,  1903-08. 

Besides  being  a  skillful  boxer,  wrestler,  swim- 
mer, gymnast  and  a  practical  instructor  in  all 
forms  of  gymnastics  and  athletics,  Dr.  Beach  has 
taught  Physiology,  Anatomy,  Pathology,  Theory  of 
Gymnastics,  the  Nature,  Function  and  Administra- 
tion of  Play;  Physical  and  Medical  Diagnosis; 
First  Aid  Administration  and  Military  Hygiene  and 
Sanitation. 

Dr.  Beach  is  conceded  to  be  an  authority  on 
the  Laws  of  Amateurism,  is  Chairman  of  the  Regis- 


DR.   EVERETT   C.   BEACH 


tration  Committee  of  the  Southern  Pacific  Associa- 
tion of  the  Amateur  Athletic  Union  of  the  United 
States;  is  a  member  of  the  governing  council  of 
the  Physical  Education  Association  of  the  Pacific 
Coast,  and  has  served  on  other  prominent  local, 
State  and  national  committees. 

While   at   Stanford   University,   Dr.   Beach   was 
prominent  in  athletics  and  other  student  body  af- 
fairs.    Since  coming  to  Southern  California  he  has 
been  a  conspicuous  figure  in  the  reorganization  of 
inter-scholastic  athletics  and 
has     done     much     to     place 
these  activities    on    a    sane 
educational  basis. 

Since  locating  in  Los  An- 
geles, in  1908,  Dr.  Beach  has 
been  head  of  the  department 
of  Physical  Education  in  the 
Los  Angeles  High  Schools, 
Director  of  Physical  Educa- 
tion, Los  Angeles  Elemen- 
tary Schools,  Examining  Sur- 
geon, Seventh  Regiment,  Na- 
tional •  Guard  of  California, 
with  the  rank  of  First  Lieu- 
tenant; Instructor  in  the 
Department  of  Physical  Edu- 
cation, University  of  South- 
ern California.  Head  of  the 
Department  of  Physical  Edu- 
cation, University  of  Califor- 
nia Summer  Sessions  1909-12, 
and  Director  of  Corrective 
Development  of  the  Los  An- 
geles Athletic  Club,  Field 
Lecturer  for  the  Playgrounds 
and  Recreation  Association  of 
America,  and  Lecturer  in  the 
Department  of  Education, 
University  of  California. 

In  each  of  these  several  capacities,  Dr.  Beach 
labors  tirelessly  for  the  advancement  of  science 
and  his  influence  is  shown  by  the  high  standard  of 
physical  development  and  general  health  of  the 
students  who  come  within  his  instruction. 

The  Doctor  opened  practice  in  1909,  and  in  addi- 
tion to  his  professional  work,  has  written  on  phys- 
ical education  and  medical  topics  and  is  Editor  of 
the  Pacific  Coast  Physician  Editorial  Bulletin. 

Dr.  Beach  belongs  to  the  following  professional 
organizations:  The  Los  Angeles,  Pacific  Coast  and 
American  Physical  Education  Associations;  Amer- 
ican School  Hygiene  Association,  Los-  Angeles 
County  and  California  State  Medical  Societies,  and 
the  American  Medical  Association. 

Aside  from  his  strictly  professional  affiliations, 
Dr.  Beach  holds  membership  in  the  University 
Club,  Stanford  Club,  Los  Angeles  City  and  Southern 
California  School  Masters'  Clubs,  and  the  Los  An- 
geles Athletic  Club.  He  also  belongs  to  the  Phi 
Phi  Fraternity. 


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E.    W.    FREEMAN 

REEMAN,  HONORABLE  EDWIN 
W.,  Attorney  at  Law,  Los  Angeles, 
California,  was  born  in  Galesville, 
Wisconsin,  October  1,  1860.  His 
father  was  George  Y.  Freeman  and 
his  mother  Ann  Hollinhead.  He 
married  twice.  His  first  wife  was  Maude  Fauver, 
of  La  Crosse,  Wis.,  and  his  present  wife  was  Car- 
rie Stone,  whom  he  married  at  Riverside,  Cal.,  Aug. 
19,  1905. 

Mr.  Freeman  received  a  common  schooling 
which  was  followed  by  attendance  at  the  university 
in  Galesville,  Wisconsin.  After  securing  a  good 
collegiate  education,  he  studied  law  with  his  father, 
Judge  G.  Y.  Freeman,  who  had  a  large  law  practice 
in  Northwestern  Wisconsin. 

In  the  spring  of  1887,  having  been  admitted  to 
the  bar,  he  came  to  Los  Angeles,  and  for  a  time  was 
a  clerk  in  the  law  office  of  the  late  Judge  W.  P. 
Gardiner,  but  soon  went  to  San  Bernardino,  Cali- 
fornia, as  clerk  in  the  office  of  Judge  H.  C.  Rolfe, 
with  whom  he  soon  became  associated  as  a  partner. 
He  stayed  in  San  Bernardino  until  May,  1892,  when 
he  accepted  the  attorneyship  for  the  South  River- 
side Land  and  Water  Company,  Citizens'  Bank  and 
Temescal  Water  Company,  and  moved  to  South 
Riverside,  then  to  San  Bernardino  County,  but  now 
the  City  of  Corona,  in  Riverside  County. 

In  1893  the  County  of  Riverside  was  formed  from 
portions  of  San  Bernardino  and  San  Diego  Coun- 
ties, and  Mr.  Freeman  was  elected  to  represent  it 
as  its  first  Assemblyman  in  the  Legislature  of  1895. 
In  the  spring  of  1898  he  accepted  the  presidency 
of  the  Citizens'  National  Bank  of  Corona,  and  the 
business  greatly  increased  under  his  management, 
but  he  found  that  the  bank  occupied  so  much  time 
it  interfered  with  his  law  practice,  and  he  resigned 
for  that  reason. 

In  February,  1899,  he  moved  to  Los  Angeles, 
where  he  is  now  enjoying  a  large  civil  law  practice. 


A.    H.   WOOLLACOTT,   JR. 

OOLLACOTT,  A.  H.,  Stocks  and 
Bonds,  Los  Angeles,  California, 
was  born  July  22,  1884,  at  Los 
Angeles,  the  son  of  H.  J.  Woolla- 
cott  and  Mary  D.  Woollacott. 

H.  J.  Woollacott,  the  father, 
was  for  twenty  years  a  stock  broker  and  for  many 
years  president  of  one  of  the  larger  trust  and 
banking  companies  of  Los  Angeles.  He  was  emi- 
nently successful  and  became  known  throughout  the 
United  States.  He  was  a  broker  on  Wall  Street 
in  New  York  at  one  time,  and  in  Los  Angeles  be- 
came active  in  real  estate  to  the  extent  that  he 
was  among  the  largest  tax  payers  of  the  city  for 
years. 

A.  H.  Woollacott,  was  educated  in  the  schools 
of  Los  Angeles,  and  when  he  was  given  the  choice 
of  a  course  at  the  university  or  in  practical  busi- 
ness experience,  chose  the  latter.  He  went  into 
his  father's  offices,  and  learned  the  details  of  the 
brokerage  business.  He  took  charge  of  his  father's 
business  in  1907,  and  the  firm  is  counted  one  of  the 
most  substantial.  With  the  development  of  Los 
Angeles  as  the  center  of  the  oil  industry  of  South- 
ern California,  and  of  the  Nevada  gold  fields,  the 
business  has  greatly  increased.  He  maintains  a 
private  wire  to  San  Francisco  and  deals  exten- 
sively in  bonds. 

Mr.  Woollacott  has  inherited  a  large  estate 
from  his  father,  and  a  large  part  of  his  time  is 
spent  in  looking  after  its  administration.  He  has 
became  largely  interested  in  Mexican  copper.  He 
is  a  director  of  the  Los  Angeles  Jalisco  Mines 
Company,  secretary  and  treasurer  of  the  Butte 
Lode  Mining  Company,  president  of  Mojave  Min- 
ing and  Milling  Company  and  secretary  of  the  Cali- 
fornia Warehouse  Company. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  South  Coast  Yacht  Club, 
the  Jonathan  Club  and  the  Los  Angeles  Stock  Ex- 
change. 


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M.    G.    COOPER 

OOPER,  MILTON  G.,  Wholesale 
Dry  Goods,  Los  Angeles,  Cal.,  was 
born  at  Springdale,  Ohio,  Octo- 
ber, 1873.  His  father  was 
Thomas  Cooper  and  his  mother 
Sarah  (Gilbert)  Cooper.  He 
married  Miss  Hattie  Cooper,  in  Kansas  City,  Mo., 
June,  1895.  To  them  was  born  one  child,  Stuart 
Cooper. 

Mr.  Cooper  attended  the  public  schools  of  his 
native  city  until  he  was  fifteen  years  of  age,  when 
his  family  removed  to  Missouri,  and  he  went  to 
work  for  the  Burnham,  Hanna,  Munger  Dry 
Goods  Company,  of  Kansas  City,  one  of  the  largest 
firms  of  its  kind  in  the  United  States.  He  re- 
mained with  the  one  house  for  more  than  fifteen 
years.  He  began  as  a  stock  room  boy,  then  be- 
came stock  clerk,  and  during  his  many  years  of 
service  occupied  various  other  positions,  until 
finally  he  became  one  of  its  traveling  salesmen, 
with  his  territory  embracing  the  Southwestern 
states. 

In  1895  he  established  headquarters  in  Los  An- 
geles, Cal.,  for  the  Burnham,  Hanna,  Munger  Com- 
pany, and  for  eleven  years  traveled  out  of  that 
city.  He  continued  in  this  work  up  to  the  year 
1906,  when,  with  two  other  partners,  he  decided 
to  go  into  business  for  himself.  The  Cooper,  Coate 
&  Casey  Dry  Goods  Company  was  incorporated  to 
transact  a  wholesale  dry  goods  business.  Mr. 
Cooper  was  elected  president  and  general  man- 
ager of  the  firm,  and  has  directed  its  destinies 
since.  The  business  was  started  on  a  compara- 
tively small  scale,  but  it  has  grown  continuously 
and  at  the  present  time  is  one  of  the  largest  whole- 
sale houses  on  the  Coast,  with  salesmen  spread 
over  the  entire  Southwest. 

Mr.  Cooper  is  president  of  the  L.  A.  Wholesale 
Dry  Goods  Association,  and  is  one  of  the  leading 
young  business  men  of  Los  Angeles. 


J.    B.    MORROW 

O  R  R  O  W,  JOHN  BENJAMIN, 
Motor  Vehicles,  Los  Angeles,  Cal- 
ifornia, was  born  at  Gibraltar, 
Michigan,  June  10,  1865,  the  son 
of  George  Morrow  and  Mary  (Al- 
ford)  Morrow.  He  married  Maize 
F.  Gotshall,  at  Miles,  Iowa,  November  6,  1889,  and 
there  are  three  children,  Helen  M.,  George  A.,  and 
Benjamin  S.  Morrow. 

He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  Tren- 
ton, Michigan,  and  graduated  in  1882.  He  went  to 
work  for  the  Canada  Southern  Railroad,  and  until 
1888  was  in  their  shops,  drove  an  engine,  and  was 
train  dispatcher.  Then  he  became  a  commercial 
telegraph  operator,  worked  in  many  cities,  and  in 
1892  was  employed  by  Edward  L.  Brewster  &  Co., 
stock  brokers,  of  Chicago.  In  1894,  W.  H.  and  J.  H. 
Moore,  capitalists,  who  controlled  the  Diamond 
Match  Co.,  New  York  Biscuit  Co.,  and  Rock  Island 
Railroad,  employed  him  in  a  confidential  capacity. 
He  left  them  to  join  the  Chicago  Board  of  Trade. 
He  identified  himself  with  Schwartz,  Dupee  &  Co., 
among  the  largest  stock  and  grain  brokers  in  the 
world,  with  J.  F.  Harris  &  Co.,  and  in  1904,  when 
the  firm  of  Charles  G.  Gates  &  Co.  was  formed  he 
became  a  partner,  handling  the  Chicago  and  West- 
ern end  of  their  business.  In  1907,  when  the  firm 
dissolved,  he  associated  himself  with  John  H. 
Wrenn  &  Co.,  of  Chicago,  and  after  a  year  with  J.  J. 
Townsend  &  Co.,  brokers,  in  1910,  he  moved  to  Los 
Angeles.  There  he  formed  the  firm  of  Morrow, 
Loomis  &  Co.,  and  has  become  one  of  the  largest 
handlers  of  automobiles  on  the  Coast.  He  is  a  di- 
rector of  the  firm  of  Wagner  &  Co.,  Chicago,  and 
other  eastern  corporations. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  South  Shore  Country 
Club,  Exmore  Golf  Club,  Germania  Club,  Chicago 
Yacht  Club  and  Chicago  Athletic  Club,  of  Chicago, 
and  the  Delavan  Yacht  Club  of  Delavan,  Wis- 
consin. 


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ORYELL,  JOSEPH  BELLEAU, 
Capitalist,  San  Francisco,  Cal., 
was  born  in  that  city  June  4,  1871. 
He  is  the  son  of  Dr.  John  R.  Cory- 
ell,  a  noted  physician,  and  Zoe( 
Christine  (Belleau)  Coryell,  and  on 
both  his  maternal  and  paternal  sides  his  descent  is 
from  forebears  who  distinguished  themselves  in  the 
Old  South.  The  Coryells  were  among  those  old 
families  which  formed  the  aristocracy  and  whose 
members  have  been  celebrated  in  song  and  story 
for  their  courtliness  and  gentle  breeding.  His  an- 
cestry dates  back  to  the  earliest  days  of  the  Ameri- 
can colonies,  and  his  people  were  among  the  inti- 
mate members  of  General  George  Washington's 
circle  of  friends.  George  Coryell,  his  great  uncle, 
was  one  of  the  pallbearers  who  carried  the  body  of 
the  first  President  to  the  grave.  Another  branch 
of  Mr.  Coryell's  family  was  the  Frelinghuysens,  of 
New  Jersey,  one  of  whom,  Hon.  F.  T.  Frelinghuy- 
sen,  was  Secretary  of  State  in  the  Cabinet  of  Presi- 
dent Arthur,  from  1881  to  1885. 

Mr.  Coryell  was  married  in  San  Francisco,  April 
18,  1900,  to  Miss  Mabel  Lloyd  Jessup.  They  have 
three  children,  Royal,  Gordon,  and  Sibyl  Coryell. 

He  attended  St.  Ignatius  College,  in  San  Fran- 
cisco, from  1881  to  1884,  inclusive,  and  upon  com- 
pletion of  his  studies  there  took  a  course  in  the 
classics  and  mathematics  at  Santa  Clara  College, 
from  which  he  was  graduated  in  1887.  While  this 
preparation  was  not  especially  well  adapted  to  the 
busine&s  career  Mr.  Coryell  had  decided  upon  for 
himself,  it  evidently  nourished  the  germ  of  the 
large  ideas  which  he  subsequently  developed  and 
aided  him  in  the  attainment  of  the  success  tnat 
has  come  to  him  in  business  life. 

Less-  than  a  year  after  his  graduation  from 
Santa  Clara,  Mr.  Coryell  opened  a  small  office  in 
San  Francisco  for  the  conduct  of  a  real  estate 
business,  at  that  time  (1888)  a  promising  field  of 
endeavor.  By  dint  of  much  vigilance  and  activity 
on  his  part  this  business  grew  apace  and  ultimately 
led  him,  by  an  evolution  that  seemed  logical  at  the 
time,  into  mining  and  other  forms  of  investment. 
But  he  devoted  himself,  for  the  most  part,  to  the 
acquisition  of  well-situated  land,  and  today  is  said 
to  own  more  spur-track  property  than  any  other 
landholder  in  the  entire  city  of  San  Francisco. 

The  promise  that  Mr.  Coryell  saw  lurking  in 
those  districts  at  that  early  day  has  been  largely 
realized  by  the  extension  of  the  Sixteenth  Street 
and  Santa  Fe  lines.  In  the  twenty-odd  years  that 
have  passed  since  he  made  those  investments,  Mr. 
Coryell's  activities  have  expanded  into  a  variety  of 
fields,  including  many  more  mines,  stocks,  bonds, 
additional  real  estate  and  other  lucrative  holdings. 

More  recently  Mr.  Coryell  acquired  a  large  tract 
of  land  on  Islais  Creek,  a  channel  adjoining  the 
new  harbor  area  of  San  Francisco.  This  latter  is 
now  (1913)  in  process  of  condemnation  by  the 
State  of  California  under  authority  of  what  is 


known  as  the  Indian  Basin  Act  and  will  be  the 
principal  part  of  the  Bay  City's  gigantic  harbor 
improvement  plans.  Mr.  Coryell's  holdings  in  this 
district  are  the  largest  of  any  individual  land- 
owner and  it  is  his  plan  to  develop  them  as  fast  as 
the  public  improvements  are  made. 

Mr.  Coryell  has  many  other  interests  aside  from 
those  mentioned  and  at  one  time  was  in  close  alli- 
ance with  the  enterprises  of  the  late  E.  H.  Harri- 
man  and  still  is  interested  in  Harriman  affairs.  He 
was  at  one  time  offered  the  Presidency  of  a  rail- 
road company,  but  declined  it,  preferring  to  devote 
himself  to  his  private  investments. 

Mr.  Coryell  is  especially  interested  in  the  devel- 
opment of  openings  for  capital,  both  domestic  and 
foreign,  and  in  this  way  has  acquired  possessions 
in  various  lines  outside  of  the  State  of  California. 
Necessarily,  Mr.  Coryell  has  been  instrumental,  in 
a  large  measure,  in  the  development  of  the  State's 
resources,  and  has  figured  in  numerous  deals  which 
have  provided  new  industries  for  it. 

All  of  this  applied  energy  in  the  upbuilding  of 
the  country  and  the  exploitation  of  its  wonderful 
opportunities  for  investors  has,  of  course,  tended 
to  reconcile  Mr.  Coryell  to  his  early  resistance  of 
a  temptation,  inherited  from  his  father,  to  verse 
himself  in  the  laws  of  medicine  and  take  up  the 
work  in  which  his  father  was  a  distinguished  figure. 

He  has  been  a  loyal  son  of  San  Francisco  and 
while  not  active  in  political  or  public  affairs  gen- 
erally, has  done  his  share  towards  the  advance- 
ment of  the  city's  interests.  He  was  an  active 
and  powerful  force  in  the  upbuilding  of  the  city 
for  many  years  prior  to  the  disaster  which  ruined 
San  Francisco  in  April,  1906,  and  was  among  the 
leaders  when  it  came  to  rebuilding  and  rejuvenat- 
ing the  city  in  the  trying  days  which  followed.  In 
this  connection  he  has  been  an  enthusiastic 
worker  in  behalf  of  the  Panama-Pacific  Exposition, 
which  will  celebrate  in  1915  the  opening  of  the 
Panama  Canal  and  also  serve  to  demonstrate  to 
the  world  at  large  the  greatness  of  the  city,  which, 
through  the  efforts  of  her  citizens,  has,  in  the 
space  of  a  few  short  years,  risen  from  ashes  to  a 
position  among  the  great  municipalities  of  the 
country. 

Mr.  Coryell  has  a  beautiful  home  in  Menlo  Park, 
San  Mateo  County,  California,  and  there  finds  a 
great  deal  of  enjoyment  in  orchid  culture;  his 
orchid  beds,  which  are  among  the  most  extensive 
owned  by  any  individual  in  the  United  States,  em- 
brace fourteen  hothouses.  In  one  of  these  hothouses 
alone  Mr.  Coryell  has  one  hundred  and  twenty-five 
varieties  and  his  blooms  have  won  fame  for  their 
grower  and  San  Mateo  County. 

From  his  home  life  he  spares  a  little  time  to 
his  clubs,  among  which  are  the  Pacific  Union,  the 
Burlingame,  the  Menlo  Country  Club,  McCloud 
Country  Club,  and  the  Country  Club  of  Marin 
County.  He  is  also  a  life  member  of  the  California 
Society  of  Pioneers. 


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OTTER,  COL.  DELBERT  MAX- 
WELL, Mining,  Clifton,  Arizona, 
was  born  in  Canton,  Ohio,  De- 
cember 25,  1863,  the  son  of  H. 
Bentley  Potter  and  Arminda  C. 
(Carter)  Potter.  He  married  Lizzie 
S.  Dorsey  at  Paola,  Kansas,  October  31,  1882,  and 
to  them  there  have  been  born  four  children,  Olive 
May,  Delbert  Dorsey,  Lloyd  Vernon  and  Raymond 
Maxwell  Potter.  He  is  of  old  American  ancestry, 
Potter  County  in  Pennsyl- 
vania having  been  named  in 
honor  of  that  branch  of  the 
family  from  which  he  is  di- 
rectly descended. 

Colonel  Potter,  who  is  one 
of  the  survivors  of  the  fron- 
tier days  in  the  Southwest, 
received  his  early  education 
in  the  public  schools  of  his 
native  town,  and  later  spent 
two  years  in  high  school  at 
Muscatine,  Iowa,  but  left  his 
studies  at  the  age  of  eighteen 
and  went  further  west  to 
seek  his  fortune  in  mining. 

Upon  his  arrival  in  Arizona 
in  1881,  he  began  prospecting 
with  Hank  Dorsey,  an  ex- 
perienced mining  man  and 
the  discoverer  of  the  Green- 
lee  camp  in  the  Clifton- 
Morenci  district.  They  located 
their  first  claims  in  the  noted 
Telegraph  mining  district  of 
Grant  County,  New  Mexico, 
and  in  the  fall  of  the  same 
year  located  several  mines  at 
Dos  Cabasas,  Arizona.  They 

began  shipping  ore  from  their  properties  in  1882, 
but  in  doing  so  had  to  overcome  tremendous 
obstacles. 

From  the  outset  of  his  career  as  a  miner  Colonel 
Potter  was  more  or  less  successful,  and  while  he 
underwent  hardships  and  experienced  the  heart- 
breaking disappointments  that  go  with  the  life  of 
a  prospector,  he  finally  achieved  succe&s  and  has 
since  been  actively  engaged  in  large  mining  enter- 
prises. In  1885  he  located  mines  in  the  Greenlee 
Gold  Mountain  mining  district,  and  has  been  the 
owner  and  operator  of  various  other  mining  prop- 
erties in  Arizona,  Colorado  and  New  Mexico  con- 
tinuously during  the  last  thirty  years. 

While  he  was  engaged  in  mining  practically  all 
the  time,  Colonel  Potter  also  rendered  valuable 
services  to  the  Government  in  the  suppression  of 
Indian  uprisings.  From  the  earliest  days  of  his 
arrival  in  the  Southwest  until  peaceful  conditions 
were  brought  about,  Colonel  Potter  acted  on 
various  occasions  as  guide  and  scout,  notifying 
settlers  of  danger  and  warning  the  United  States 


COL.   DELL   M.    POTTER 


troops  of  the  whereabouts  of  the  Indians.  During 
the  last  outbreak  of  the  Apaches,  led  by  the 
fiercest  of  all  war  chiefs,  Geronimo,  Colonel  Potter 
acted  as  guide  and  scout  for  Troop  H,  of  the 
Eighth  Cavalry,  and  distinguished  himself  for 
bravery  during  that  campaign.  He  trailed  the  band 
of  Indians  who  ambushed  the  soldiers  on  Dry 
Creek,  and  was  only  a  few  hours  behind  the  red- 
s-kins when  the  battle  took  place  there,  in  which 
several  soldiers  were  killed. 

Later  on  Colonel  Potter 
was  appointed  Deputy  United 
States  Marshal  for  the  South- 
ern District  of  New  Mexico, 
under  Marshal  Romero,  and 
also  served  as  Chief  Deputy 
Sheriff  under  Sheriff  White- 
hill,  one  of  the  historic 
figures  during  the  exciting 
days  of  the  Southwest. 

During  all  this  time,  how- 
ever, Colonel  Potter  was  en- 
gaged in  the  development  of 
mining  properties  as  fast  as 
he  could  procure  the  funds, 
and  has  kept  up  his  activities 
in  mining  ever  since,  having 
patented  more  than  forty 
mines.  An  interesting  fact 
in  connection  with  Colonel 
Potter's  work  as  a  pros- 
pector concerns  the  site  of 
his  present  homestead  on 
the  San  Francisco  river,  in 
the  hills  to  the  north  of 
Clifton,  Arizona.  It  is  one 
of  the  most  beautiful  homes 
in  the  Southwest,  built  from 
plans  originated  by  Colonel 

Potter,  and  provides  an  air  of  civilization  for  an 
otherwise  wild  and  uninviting  stretch  of  country. 
Colonel  Potter,  in  his  business  ventures,  has 
not  only  been  very  successful  personally,  but  also 
has  contributed  largely  to  the  development  of  the 
reources  of  Arizona.  He  was  first  attracted  to  the 
Clifton  mining  district  about  1885,  and,  as  noted 
before,  located  a  number  of  mining  properties, 
including  gold,  silver  and  copper,  and  most  of 
these  he  owns  at  this  time  (1913).  He  is  a  stock- 
holder in  various  companies,  but  his  chief  mining 
connection,  perhaps,  is  the  Sierra  de  Oro  Gold 
Mining  &  Milling  Company  of  Arizona,  Limited, 
which  he  organized  and  in  which  he  serves  as 
General  Manager  and  Director. 

One  of  his  most  valuable  contributions  to  mining 
advancement  was  the  building  of  the  Clifton 
Northern  Railroad,  a  narrow-gauge  line  extending 
from  the  smelter  plant  of  the  Shannon  Copper 
Company  at  Clifton,  through  the  town  of  Clifton 
to  the  Eastern  part  of  the  Clifton-Morenci  mining 
district.  He  sold  control  of  this  railroad,  but  still 


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retains-  an   interest   and   is   one    of   its    Directors. 

The  most  recent  enterprise  of  Colonel  Potter  is 
the  Arizona  Power  &  Water  Company,  one  of  the 
largest  irrigation  projects  undertaken  in  recent 
years  in  Arizona.  It  is  the  Colonel's  plan  to 
develop  through  this  company's  plant  twelve  thou- 
sand horse  power  and  hold  sufficient  water  in 
storage  to  irrigate  the  entire  Gila  Valley. 

Although  this  company  was  capitalized  at  five 
million  dollars,  Colonel  Potter  carried  the  entire 
preliminary  expense  and  did  not  offer  a  single  share 
of  stock  for  sale  until  the  work  had  been  success- 
fully launched.  He  has  made  it  a  principle  of  his 
life  not  to  invite  others  to  risk  their  capital  in  any 
of  his  enterprises  until  he  has  satisfied  himself  that 
the  matter  in  hand  would  justify  his  own  invest- 
ment. In  this  he  has  earned  the  confidence  of  the 
people  and  is  regarded  as-  one  of  the  most  sub- 
stantial business  men  in  the  State  of  Arizona. 

Aside  from  the  mining  and  other  projects  men- 
tioned Colonel  Potter  is  heavily  interested  in  cattle 
and  is  one  of  the  large  shippers  of  Arizona. 

Colonel  Potter  early  realized  the  necessity  of 
good  roads  in  the  promotion  of  prosperity  in  the 
land  and  the  upbuilding  of  the  nation,  particularly 
the  Southwestern  section,  and  has  for  many  years 
been  a  consistent  and  persistent  advocate  of  such 
improvements.  About  1906,  after  several  years  of 
labor  for  local  good  roads  in  Arizona,  he  inaugu- 
rated a  movement  for  an  organization,  national  in 
character,  whose  object  should  be  the  co-opera- 
tion of  the  various  States  of  the  Union  in  securing 
Federal  aid  in  the  building  of  National  highways. 
In  public  addresses  and  in  writings  Colonel  Potter 
kept  up  a  continual  campaign,  and  his  efforts  were 
finally  rewarded,  in  1911,  by  the  formation  of  the 
Ocean-to-Ocean  Highway  Association,  which  has  in 
charge  the  plans  for  a  highway  which  shall  start  at 
the  Atlantic  and  cross  the  continent  in  a  southwest- 
erly direction  to  the  Pacific  Coast. 

This  association  was  launched  at  a  convention 
of  good  roads  enthusiasts  from  all  parts  of  the 
country,  held  at  Phoenix,  Arizona,  in  December, 
1911,  and  the  following  year  an  allied  body,  known 
as  the  Old  Trails  Association,  was  formed  at  a 
meeting  held  at  Kansas  City,  Mo.  The  first  named 
organization  comprises  the  Southwestern  States, 
principally;  the  second,  the  Central  States,  and 
still  a  third  embraces  the  Southern  States. 

It  is  the  plan  of  Colonel  Potter,  the  recognized 
projector  of  the  national  movement,  to  have  all 
the  States  embraced  in  these  various  affiliated 
bodies  combine  to  influence  Congress  to  ratify  the 
movement  and  vote  Federal  funds-  to  defray  half  the 
expense,  the  individual  States  paying  the  other  half. 

When  Colonel  Potter  first  took  up  the  advocacy 
of  good  roads  he  was  almost  alone,  but  his  propa- 
ganda gained  new  recruits  as  the  years  wore  on, 
with  the  result  that  it  is  one  of  the  most  important 
topics  in  Arizona,  and  he  is  given  credit  for  having 
aroused  this  great  enthusiasm. 


Since  the  organization  of  the  several  associations 
mentioned  various  meetings  of  importance  have 
been  held  by  them,  and  in  all  of  their  deliberations 
Colonel  Potter  has  been  an  active  and  enthusiastic 
participant.  He  is  Vice  President  for  Arizona  of 
the  Ocean-to-Ocean  Highway  Association,  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Executive  Committee  of  the  Old  Trails 
Association  and  has  been  an  indefatigable  worker 
for  the  raising  of  funds  necessary  to  the  inaugura- 
tion of  the  work. 

Colonel  Potter,  by  telegram  and  letter,  and 
personally,  worked  incessantly  for  the  inclusion  in 
their  platforms,  by  both  the  leading  political 
parties,  of  a  readable  plank  declaring  for  Federal 
aid  for  highway  construction.  He  made  his  cam- 
paign on  unbiased,  non-political  lines,  appealing 
to  the  leaders  of  both  the  Republican  and  Demo- 
cratic parties,  but  claims  none  of  the  credit 
attaching  to  the  actual  framing  of  the  provision 
which  Woodrow  Wilson  looked  upon  as  one  of  the 
causes  contributing  to  the  success  of  the  Demo- 
cratic ticket  at  the  polls  in  1912.  Mr.  Wilson, 
following  his  election  to  the  Presidency,  wrote 
Colonel  Potter  a  personal  letter  of  appreciation 
for  his  work  in  this  respect. 

The  beginning  of  work  for  the  great  highway  has 
been  delayed  owing  to  a  difference  of  opinion 
among  the  leaders  of  the  movement  as  to  the  route 
to  be  traversed,  Colonel  Potter  standing  for  the 
route  which  he  considered  would  be  for  the  best 
interests  of  the  country  in  general.  This  line  fol- 
lows the  old  National  Pike,  Boon's  Lick  Road,  and 
the  Santa  Fe  Trail,  thence  across  New  Mexico  and 
Arizona  to  Southern  California,  with  the  terminus 
at  Los  Angeles.  It  is  generally  believed  that  this 
route  will  be  the  one  decided  upon  by  Congress. 

In  addition  to  his  activities  in  business  and  good 
roads  movements,  Colonel  Potter  has  for  many 
years  been  a  leader  in  the  affairs  of  the  Repub- 
lican party  in  Arizona,  and  although  he  has  never 
been  an  aspirant  for  public  office,  has  served  the 
party  in  various  official  capacities. 

Because  of  his  prominence  in  public  affairs  and 
his  record  for  military  service,  he  was  appointed 
Paymaster  General  of  the  National  Guard  of 
Arizona,  with  the  rank  of  Colonel,  serving  on  the 
staff  of  Governor  Richard  E.  Sloan. 

Colonel  Potter  is  generally  recognized  as  one 
of  the  men  who  have  made  possible  the  advance- 
ment of  Arizona's  interests,  and  is  one  of  the 
popular  men  of  the  State,  and  a  strong  advocate  of 
higher  education.  He  has  given  his  own  children 
splendid  educational  advantages,  his  son  being  a 
graduate  of  a  military  school  in  New  Mexico  and 
the  University  of  Arizona,  while  his  daughter  was 
graduated  from  one  of  the  leading  private  schools 
of  Los  Angeles,  Cal.  He  is  noted  for  his  hospitality 
and  his  home  near  Clifton  is  the  scene  of  many 
notable  gatherings  each  year. 

Colonel  Potter  is-  a  member  of  the  B.  P.  O.  Elks, 
Woodmen  of  the  World,  and  other  orders. 


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'DOWELL,  ELMER  ROOT,  At- 
torney at  Law,  Los  Angeles,  Cali- 
fornia, was  born  in  Freeport,  Il- 
linois, July  26,  1869,  the  son  of 
Elmer  Root  McDowell  and  Caro- 
line Elizabeth  (Baker)  McDowell. 
Mr.  McDowell,  who  is  one  of  the  versatile  men 
in  the  legal  profession,  attended  the  public  schools 
of  Illinois  and  other  institutions.  In  his  youth  he 
served  as  a  page  in  the  Illinois  State  Senate  for 
three  sessions,  during  the 
years  1881,  1883  and  1885. 
When  not  so  engaged  Mr. 
McDowell  attended  school  or 
college.  After  giving  up  his 
position  in  the  Senate  he  be- 
came a  messenger  for  P.  D. 
Armour  &  Co.,  packers,  of 
Chicago.  He  remained  with 
them  for  a  few  months  only, 
next  becoming  a  clerk  for 
N.  C.  Frederickson  &  Co., 
western  land  dealers,  whose 
headquarters  were  in  Chi- 
cago. He  was  with  the  firm 
until  1889,  when  he  was  com- 
pelled, on  account  of  im- 
paired health,  to  resign. 

For  a  year  Mr.  McDowell 
was  unable  to  work  and  when 
he  had  recovered  his  strength 
sufficiently  he  took  up  the 
study  of  dentistry. 

He  entered  the  College  of 
Dentistry  of  the  Lake  Forest 
University,  Chicago.  He  was 
associated  as  Assistant  with 
Dr.  J.  W.  Whipple  after  grad- 
uating and  later  served  in  the 
same  capacity  with  his 
brother,  Dr.  F.  H.  B. 
McDowell.  Ill  health  again 
forced  him  to  give  up  busi- 
ness for  a  time  and  when  he 
was  able  to  work  again  he 

entered  the  employ  of  the  United  States  Govern- 
ment as  clerk  in  the  United  States  Appraiser's 
warehouse  at  Chicago.  He  held  this  for  about  six 
months  and  then  was  promoted  through  Civil  Ser- 
vice to  the  position  of  United  States  Customs 
Clerk  and  Storekeeper  of  the  Appraiser's  store, 
serving  under  John  M.  Clark,  Collector  of  the  Port 
of  Chicago  and  General  R.  N.  Pearson,  United 
States  Appraiser  at  the  same  nort.  He  WPP  com- 
pelled to  resign  this  position  October  31,  1893,  on 
account  of  a  recurrence  of  ill  health. 

Mr.  McDowell  immediately  started  to  California 
in  search  of  health  and  located  in  Los  Angeles. 
For  the  first  two  years  afterward  he  worked  as  a 
bookkeeper  and  then  accepted  a  position  with  the 
mercantile  firm  of  T.  F.  Miller  &  Co.,  at  Jerome, 
Arizona.  He  held  that  position  for  about  a  year 
and  then  was  placed  in  charge  of  the  sawmill  and 
brick  making  plant  of  the  United  Verde  Copper  Co. 
After  six  months  in  this  place  he  was  appointed 
to  a  clerkship  in  the  general  offices  of  the  United 
Verde  &  Pacific  Railway  and  within  a  short  time 
was  advanced  to  Chief  Clerk  and  Assistant  Auditor 
of  the  Company. 

While  in  Jerome  Mr.  McDowell  took  an  active 
Interest  in  the  affairs  of  the  town  and  in  1898  was 
made  Town  Clerk,  Treasurer,  Tax  Collector  and 


Assessor.  He  held  these  offices  for  about  two 
years  and  resigned  in  June,  1900,  to  travel.  He 
visited  his  old  home  in  Illinois,  then  toured  Wis- 
consin, Iowa,  North  Dakota  and  other  states,  re- 
turning to  Arizona  in  December  of  the  same  year. 
He  located  in  Phoenix  and  at  once  became  As- 
sistant Secretary  of  the  Carnival  and  Street  Fair 
there. 

Mr.  McDowell's  stay  in  Phoenix  was  brief,  for 
in  April,  1901,  he  moved  to  Prescott,  Arizona.  He 
was  in  the  office  of  the  Tax 
Assessor  there  for  three 
months  and  then  engaged  in 
mining  in  the  McCabe  mining 
district.  Following  this  Mr. 
McDowell  organized  the  min- 
ing brokerage  firm  of  Mc- 
Dowell, Biles  &  Monette  and 
also  the  Federal  Investment 
Building  &  Loan  Association, 
of  which  he  was  Vice  Presi- 
dent. He  operated  in  Pres- 
cott for  about  two  years  and 
then  moved  to  Los  Angeles, 
where  he  made  headquarters. 
He  continued  his  brokerage 
business  there,  operating 
mines  in  Arizona  and  Cala- 
veras  County,  California. 

In  September,  1904,  how- 
ever, Mr.  McDowell  deter- 
mined to  make  law  his  pro- 
fession, so  sold  out  his  min- 
ing interests  and  enrolled  as 
a  student  in  the  University  of 
Southern  California  College 
of  Law.  He  was  graduated 
with  the  degree  of  LL.  B.  in 
1906  and  later  took  a  post 
graduate  course,  being 
awarded  the  degree  of  Master 
of  Laws  June  17,  1909. 

Immediately  following  his 
admission  to  the  Bar  Mr.  Mc- 
Dowell opened  offices  with 

Charles  E.  Haas,  but  the  partnership  was  dissolved 
a  few  months  later  when  Mr.  Haas  accepted  ap- 
pointment as  Deputy  City  Attorney  of  Los  Angeles. 
Mr.  McDowell  has  continued  his  practice  since 
then,  being  associated  at  various  times  with  some 
of  the  leading  members  of  the  Los  Angeles  Bar. 
These  included  Arthur  L.  Veitch,  now  Deputy  Dis- 
trict Attorney  of  Los  Angeles  County;  Kemper  B. 
Campbell  and  William  Hazlett.  Since  the  last  of 
those  associations  were  dissolved  he  has  been  asso- 
ciated with  E.  Earl  Crandall. 

In  addition  to  his  activities  in  the  legal  profes- 
sion Mr.  McDowell  has  other  interests,  public  and 
private,  which  make  call  upon  his  time.  He  is 
President  of  the  Los  Angeles  Humane  Society  for 
Children  and  Vice  President  of  the  State  Humane 
Society,  Director  of  the  Sharon  Farms  Company, 
member  of  the  Advisory  Board  of  the  Pyramid  In- 
vestment Company  and  a  Director  of  the  New 
Method  Co-operative  Laundry  Company  of  Los 
Angeles. 

Mr.  McDowell  is  a  Mason,  Odd  Fellow,  Elk  and 
Knight  of  Pythias.  He  is  a  member  of  Union 
League  Club,  the  Los  Angeles  University  Club,  the 
Gamut  Club  ,the  Celtic  Club,  the  City  Club,  and  the 
Metronolitan  Club,  of  which  latter  he  is  President 
and  Director. 


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OBINSON,  FRANK  N BALL.  Physi- 
cian,   Monrovia,    California,    was 
born  in  Camden,  New  Jersey,  May 
30,  1874,  the  son  of  Heber  Chase 
Robinson  and  Martha  Neely  (Tay- 
lor) Robinson.     He  married  Mary 
Beatrice  Martin,  of  Trenton,  New  Jersey,  at  Azusa, 
California,  June  14, 1909.     Dr.  Robinson  is  descended 
from  an  old  American  family,  his  maternal  great- 
grandfather having  been  Captain  of  the  First  Foot 
Infantry       of       Philadelphia, 
which  saw  service  with  "Mad 
Anthony"  Wayne  at  the  his- 
toric battle  of  Brandywine. 

Dr.  Robinson  attended  the 
public  schools  of  Camden  un- 
til 1885,  then  entered  the 
Friends'  School  of  that  city. 
In  1887  he  became  a  student 
at  the  Friends'  Central  School 
in  Philadelphia,  and  upon 
the  completion  of  his  course 
in  1890,  took  a  preparatory 
medical  course  at  the  Uni- 
versity of  Pennsylvania,  Phil- 
adelphia. In  1891,  he  en- 
rolled in  the  Medical  Depart- 
ment of  the  University  and 
was  graduated  in  the  class 
of  1895  with  the  degree  of 
Doctor  of  Medicine,  with 
honorable  mention  for  his- 
Thesis. 

Following  his  graduation, 
Dr.  Robinson  served  for  a 
brief  period  as  Assistant  in 
the  Genito-Urinary  Depart- 
ment of  the  University  of 
Pennsylvania  Hospital  and 

left  that  to  become  Assistant  to  Professor  McClure 
in  the  Wills  Eye  Hospital  of  Philadelphia.  He 
remained  in  that  capacity  for  a  year  and  then  be- 
came Assistant  to  Professor  Gibbs,  throat  and  ear 
specialist,  serving  for  a  year.  During  the  years 
1896,  1897  and  1898,  Doctor  Robin&on  held  the  post 
of  Chief  Surgeon  of  the  Nose  and  Throat  Depart- 
ment of  the  Camden  City  Dispensary,  and  in  1899, 
was  elected  Coroner  of  Camden  County,  New  Jersey. 
Dr.  Robinson  held  the  office  of  Coroner  until 
1902,  at  which  time  he  was  elected  a  member  of 
the  Camden  City  Council  and  he  served  his  section 
of  the  city  for  about  five  years  giving  up  his  office 
in  1907  when  he  moved  to  California. 

For  two  years  after  his  location  in  Southern 
California,  Dr.  Robinson  was  the  Assistant  Medical 
Director  of  the  Pottenger  Sanitarium,  and  in  this 
capacity,  made  a  place  for  himself  among  the  lead- 
ing physicians  of  the  Southwest.  For  several 
years  prior  to  his  removal  from  New  Jersey, 
he  had  been  among  those  scientists  who  de- 
voted a  great  deal  of  time  to  the  study  of  tubercu- 


losis and,  during  the  years  1906  and  1907,  served  as 
Vice  President  of  the  New  Jersey  Society  for  the 
Relief  and  Prevention  of  Tuberculosis. 

Upon  leaving  the  Sanitarium  in  1909,  Dr.  Rob- 
inson established  private  practice  in  Monrovia  and 
since  that  time  has  specialized  in  the  treatment 
of  tuberculosis  and  gastro-intestinal  diseases,  in 
both  of  which  branches  he  is  considered  an 
authority. 

Aside  from  his  professional  work,  Dr.  Rob- 
inson is  a  deep  student  and 
a  persistent  seeker  for 
knowledge.  In  1899,  four 
years  after  he  had  begun  his 
professional  career,  he  went 
to  Europe  for  post-graduate 
work,  studying  for  a  time 
under  Nothnagle,  von  Neus- 
ser,  Politzer  and  Wieder- 
hofer  in  Vienna.  Later  he 
studied  at  the  Pasteur  Insti- 
tute in  Paris,  and  in  1903, 
again  returned  to  Europe. 
On  this  visit  he  studied  with 
Franz  Winkle,  of  Munich,  ex- 
pert in  ob&tetrics,  and  during 
the  same  year  spent  some 
time  in  hospitals  of  Berlin 
in  the  study  of  internal  medi- 
cine. 

Devoted  to  his  work,  Dr. 
Robinson  has  been  a  prolific 
writer  on  medical  topics  and 
has  been  a  liberal  contribu- 
tor to  the  scientific  journals. 
His  writings  have  dealt  prin- 
cipally with  tuberculosis-  and 

FRANK  NEALL  ROBINSON,  M.  D.     have  been  given  publication 

in    the    Monthly    Cyclopedia 

and  Medical  Bulletin,  Medical  Review,  of  St.  Louis, 
Dietetic  and  Hygienic  Gazette,  of  New  York,  and 
the  Southern  California  Practitioner,  the  organ  of 
the  Southern  California  Medical  Society. 

In  addition  to  his  medical  practice,  Dr.  Robin- 
son has  taken  an  active  interest  in  the  development 
of  the  resources  of  California,  and  in  the  promo- 
tion of  his  adopted  town,  Monrovia. 

His  outside  interests  include  various  corpora- 
tions, in  which  he  is  represented  as  stockholder 
or  officer,  devoted  to  the  development  of  real 
estate  or  oil.  Among  others  he  is  Director  of  the 
Midway  Basin  Oil  Company. 

Dr.  Robinson's  professional  affiliations  include 
honorary  membership  in  the  Philadelphia  Medical 
Society,  Camden  County  and  City  Medical  Societies, 
and  membership  in  the  Los  Angeles  County  Medical 
Society  and  the  Medical  Society  of  the  State  of 
California.  He  also  is  ex-President  of  the  Foothill 
Medical  Society. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  University  Club,  Los  An- 
geles, and  the  San  Gabriel  Valley  Country  Club. 


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RUMMOND,  HARRISON  IRWIN, 
Banker,  Pasadena,  California,  and 
St.  Louis,  Missouri,  was  born  in 
Alton,  Illinois,  December  14,  1869, 
the  son  of  James  T.  Drummond 
and  Bethia  (Randle)  Drummond 
He  married  Mary  W.  Prickett  at  St.  Louis,  Mis- 
souri, November  22,  1892,  and  to  them  were  born 
twin  children,  Harrison  and  Georgianna  Drummond. 
Mr.  Drummond  is  descended  from  an  illustrious 
Southern  family,  its  original  locale  in  Virginia, 
where  for  generations  the  plantation  was  the  scene 
af  those  beautiful  hospitalities  which  were  charac- 
teristic of  the  old  South. 

Mr.  Drummond  in  1906  transferred  his  home  to 
Southern  California,  where  he  has  taken  his  place 
among  the  substantial  business  and  social  leaders 
of  that  section.  He  spent  the  greater  part  of  his 
life  in  the  middle  West.  Born  to  riches,  he  had 
the  advantage  of  culture  and  a  splendid  education, 
but  withal,  has  the  democratic  distinction  of  hav- 
ing won  his  own  way  in  the  business  world.  He 
received  the  primary  part  of  his  education  in  the 
German  Lutheran  School  at  Alton,  later  attending 
Wyman  Institute  at  Upper  Alton,  Illinois.  From 
there  he  went  to  the  Episcopal  Academy  of  Con- 
necticut, situated  at  Cheshire,  that  State,  and 
there  prepared  for  his  university  course.  He  was 
graduated  from  the  academy  in  1887,  and  the  fol- 
lowing year  became  a  student  in  Sheffield  Scien- 
tific School  (Yale  University),  from  which  he  was 
graduated  in  the  class  of  1890,  after  having  studied 
there  two  years. 

For  generations  the  Drummonds  had  been  to- 
bacco raisers  and  at  the  time  of  Mr.  Drummond's 
graduation  his  father's  company  was  conducting 
one  of  the  greatest  tobacco  industries  in  the  world. 
In  his  youth  he  had  learned  much  about  the  busi- 
ness of  his  ancestors,  but  it  was  the  desire  of  his 
father,  the  controlling  spirit  in  the  Drummond  To- 
bacco Company,  that  the  son  should  ultimately  suc- 
ceed to  the  management  of  this  great  enterprise, 
and  so  started  him  in  at  the  bottom  to  learn  the 
business  in  its  every  department. 

Beginning  in  one  of  the  smallest  positions  in 
the  factory,  he  worked  through  the  various  grades 
and  at  the  end  of  two  years  was  appointed  Assis- 
tant Superintendent  of  the  plant  in  St.  Louis.  In 
this  position  his  responsibilities  were  largely  in- 
creased and  he  discharged  his  duties  with  the  same 
conscientiousness  and  zeal  he  would  have  displayed 
had  he  not  been  the  owner's  son.  In  due  time  he 
was  promoted  to  the  position  of  Superintendent 
of  the  company  and  held  this  position  for  approxi- 
mately six  years.  During  this  period  he  had  full 
charge  of  the  manufacturing  branch  of  the  busi- 
ness and  carried  a  large  part  of  the  very  great  re- 
sponsibility of  management. 

Having  qualified  as  a  practical  tobacco  manu- 
facturer, Mr.  Drummond  was  elected  by  the  board 


of  directors  to  the  Presidency  of  the  Drummond 
Tobacco  Company,  succeeding  his  father,  who  was 
called  by  death  about  this  time.  From  that  time 
forward  Mr.  Drummond  was  one  of  the  leading 
figures  in  the  tobacco  industry  in  the  United  States. 
He  retained  the  office  of  President  until  his  com- 
pany, like  many  others,  was  taken  in  as  part  of 
the  Continental  Tobacco  Company,  thus  forming 
one  of  the  most  gigantic  business  enterprises  in 
the  world.  The  new  corporation  was  capitalized 
at  one  hundred  million  dollars,  of  which  Mr.  Drum- 
mond held  a  large  part,  and  he,  being  recognized 
as  one  of  the  great  tobacco  experts  of  the  world 
at  the  time,  was  elected  First  Vice  President  and 
Director  of  the  Continental  Company,  also  holding 
a  place  on  the  Board  of  Directors  of  the  American 
Tobacco  Company,  the  parent  organization. 

His  new  offices  necessitated  the  removal  of  Mr. 
Drummond  from  St.  Louis  to  New  York,  and  dur- 
ing the  next  two  years  he  was  one  of  the  chief 
factors,  with  James  V.  Duke,  in  the  direction  of 
the  combine's  affairs.  In  1901,  however,  his  con- 
tracts with  the  tobacco  companies  expired  and  he 
resigned  his  offices,  determined  to  retire  from  the 
business  for  all  time. 

Upon  severing  his  connection  with  the  Ameri- 
can Tobacco  Company  Mr.  Drummond  returned  to 
St.  Louis,  where  he  still  retained  large  interests, 
principally  banking,  and  determined  upon  devoting 
himself  to  their  direction.  In  1894,  when  he  was 
still  a  young  man,  he  had  been  elected  Director  of 
the  Merchants-Laclede  National  Bank  of  St.  Louis, 
and  five  years  later  became  a  director  and  member 
of  the  executive  board  of  the  Mississippi  Valley 
Trust  Company  of  the  same  city.  He  applied  him- 
self almost  exclusively  to  the  banking  business 
for  the  first  few  years  after  his  return  to  St.  Louis, 
but  also  took  an  active  interest  in  the  public  af- 
fairs of  the  city.  When  the  Louisiana  Purchase 
Exposition  was  organized  he  was  chosen  as  one 
of  the  directors  of  the  enterprise  and  proved  one 
of  the  most  active  factors '  in  the  success  of  the 
World's  Fair,  held  at  St.  Louis  in  1904.  Besides 
serving  as  one  of  the  executive  board,  he  also  was 
Chairman  of  the  Committee  on  Police  and  a  member 
of  the  Committee  on  Concessions.  These  were  two 
of  the  most  important  sections  of  the  great  under- 
taking and  his  responsibilities  were  such  that  he 
devoted  most  of  his  time  to  them,  with  the  result 
that  at  the  close  of  the  exposition  he  was  declared 
one  of  the  factors  to  whom  the  success  of  it  was 
very  largely  due. 

For  the  next  two  years  following  the  close  of 
the  exposition  Mr.  Drummond  confined  himself  to 
his  banking  interests  and  a  few  movements  ol  a 
civic  nature,  but  in  1906  resigned  his  offices  in  the 
banks  and  most  of  his  other  corporations  and  de- 
cided to  transfer  his  home  to  California.  It  was 
his  original  intention  to  locate  in  Santa  Barbara, 
but  on  his  way  there  he  halted  for  a  brief  visit 


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at  Pasadena  and  was  so  impressed  with  the  beau- 
ties of  the  Crown  City  that  he  decided  to  remain 
there  permanently.  He  purchased  a  beautiful  home 
within  a  short  time  after  his  arrival  and  for  the 
first  few  years  spent  his  time  in  travel  and  recre- 
ation, not  engaging  actively  in  any  business.  In 
the  early  part  of  1912,  however,  he  took  part  in 
the  formation  of  the  Security  National  Bank  of 
Pasadena,  now  one  of  the  important  financial  or- 
ganizations of  the  city. 

Ernest  H.  May,  one  of  the  best  known  finan- 
ciers in  the  West,  is  President  of  the  bank,  which 
has  $100,000  capital  and  a  splendid  building,  while 
Mr.  Drummond  is  Vice  President  and  Director.  As 
in  his  previous  banking  ventures,  Mr.  Drummond 
has  given  to  this  all  of  his  time  and  energy,  and, 
with  Mr.  May,  has  placed  the  bank  among  the 
most  substantial  financial  institutions  in  Southern 
California. 

Mr.  Drummond  is-  a  prominent  figure  in  the 
affairs  of  the  Pasadena  Rose  Tournament  Associa- 
tion, under  the  auspices  of  which  the  Crown  City's 
annual  floral  carnival  is  held,  and  had  the  distinc- 
tion, in  1913,  of  being  chosen  first  "King  of  Ar- 
cady,"  the  highest  honor  of  the  celebration.  The 
choice  of  Mr.  Drummond  for  this  honor  was  a 
s-plendid  tribute  to  his  personal  popularity,  owing 
to  the  fact  that  it  was  the  first  time  a  "King"  had 
been  named  to  rule  over  the  carnival  since  the 
origin  of  the  fete,  nearly  a  quarter  of  a  century 
before. 

In  the  work  of  the  Rose  Tournament  Associa- 
tion, Mr.  Drummond  has  been  one  of  its  most  en- 
thusiastic members.  This  carnival,  which  began 
in  a  small  way  in  1889,  is  unique  among  public 
celebrations-  of  the  world  in  that  it  is  held  on  New 
Year's  Day  and  only  natural  flowers  are  used  in 
the  decorations.  The  sight  of  thousands  of  fresh 
blooms  when  most  other  parts  of  the  country  are 
buried  in  snow,  and  fresh  flowers  are  a  luxury, 
serves-  to  draw  thousands  of  tourists  to  Pasadena 
each  New  Year's  Day,  and  in  1913  the  visitors  to 
the  city  were  estimated  at  200,000  in  number. 

Realizing  that  the  Rose  Tournament  is  one  of 
the  city's  greatest  assets,  the  progressive  business 
men  of  Pasadena,  of  whom  Mr.  Drummond  is  one, 
spare  neither  time  nor  money  in  preparing  for  the 
event.  They  are  among  the  most  practical  workers 
for  the  advancement  of  the  city's  interests. 

The  Drummonds  have  taken  their  place  among 
the  leaders  of  the  exclusive  society  for  which  Pas- 
adena is  noted,  their  affairs  during  the  Winter 
season  being  among  the  most  notable  given  there. 
In  years  past  Mr.  Drummond  was  a  prominent 
figure  in  the  social  life  of  St.  Louis  and  the  East- 
ern resorts  and  was  celebrated  as  a  yachtsman. 
He  spent  part  of  each  year  at  Bar  Harbor,  occupy- 
ing the  Steepways  or  some  other  fashionable  cot- 
tage, and  also  indulged  himself  in  his  favorite 
recreation,  his  big  steam  yacht,  "White  Heather," 
being  one  of  the  most  magnificent  private  vessels 


on  the  Atlantic  coast.     Mr.  Drummond  has  taken 
many    notable    voyages    in    the    "White    Heather," 
cruising  to  many  parts  of  the  world. 

While  in  the  East  Mr.  Drummond  belonged  to 
a  number  of  fashionable  clubs  and  was  an  enthui- 
astic  amateur  golfer.  This  sport  he  still  indulges 
in  in  various  parts  of  the  country,  holding  member- 
ships in  several  of  the  most  noted  country  clubs  of 
the  United  States. 

Born  of  ancestry  famous  for  its  hospitality,  Mr. 
Drummond  has  always  been  a  splendid  host,  and 
during  his  visits  to  the  family  home  in  Alton, 
Illinois,  entertains  on  a  lavish  scale. 

Although  he  makes  his  home  for  the  greater 
part  of  the  year  in  Pasadena,  Mr.  Drummond  still 
directs  the  Drummond  family  interests  in  St.  Louis, 
as  President  of  the  Drummond  Realty  &  Trust 
Company,  through  which  he  manages  the  large  es- 
tate left  by  his  father. 

Another  enterprise  in  which  Mr.  Drummond  is 
interested  is  the  Western  Hardwood  Company,  a 
California  institution,  of  which  he  is  a  director. 

Mr.  Drummond  is  a  Democrat  in  his  political 
affiliations  and  during  his  residence  in  St.  Louis 
was  an  important  figure  in  the  party's  affairs.  He 
received  the  Democratic  nomination  for  Congress 
in  the  Eleventh  district  of  St.  Louis  in  1896,  but, 
although  he  was  quite  a  young  man  to  receive  such 
an  honor,  he  declined  it.  Later  he  was  chosen  a 
member  of  the  staff  of  Governor  Lon  V.  Stephens 
of  Missouri,  and  served  for  four  years  as  Quarter- 
master General.  He  was  also  appointed  by  Gover- 
nor Stephens  to  the  office  of  Police  Commissioner 
of  St.  Louis,  but  resigned  it  after  serving  a  few 
months,  his  private  affairs  compelling  him  to  re- 
linquish the  post.  Mr.  Drummoud  still  is  an  en- 
thusiastic supporter  of  the  Democratic  party,  but 
has  taken  no  active  part  in  politics  since  his  re- 
moval to  California. 

Endowed  with  an  unusual  amount  of  energy, 
Mr.  Drummond  has  been  a  worker  and  has  done  his 
share  to  develop  the  industries  and  resources  of 
the  country,  and  even  though  he  determined  to 
retire  from  active  business  life  the  interests  re- 
tained by  him  were  such  as  to  keep  him  in  touch 
with  various  important  enterprises.  Also  he  has 
applied  himself  to  various  movements  for  the  bet- 
terment of  civic  conditions  in  Pasadena  and  is  gen- 
erally regarded  as  one  of  the  enthusiastic  citizens 
of  the  Southern  California  social  capital. 

Mr.  Drummond  is  a  member  of  clubs  in  various 
parts  of  the  United  States,  his  memberships  in- 
cluding the  Pasadena  Country  Club,  Midwick  Coun- 
try Club  of  the  same  place,  the  University  Club 
of  New  York,  the  St.  Louis  Club  and  the  Mount 
Deseret  Country  Club  of  Bar  Harbor,  being  a  life 
member  of  the  latter  two.  He  also  belongs  to  the 
New  York  Yacht  Club  and  the  Larchmont  Yacht 
Club,  and  formerly  was  a  member  of  the  Ardsley 
Club,  one  of  the  fashionable  organizations  near 
Dobbs'  Ferry,  on  the  Hudson. 


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USTIN,  JOHN  CORNELEY 
WILSON,  Architect,  Los  An- 
geles, California,  was  born  at 
Bodicote,  near  Banbury,  Ox 

fordshire,  England,  February 

13,  1870.  He  is  the  son  of  Richard  Wilson 
Austin  and  Jane  Elizabeth  Austin  of  Eng- 
land. He  has  been  married  twice,  the  second 
'marriage  being  in  1902,  when  he  was  wedded 
to  Hilda  Violet  Mytton 
in  Los  Angeles.  By  the 
first  marriage  there  is  one 
child,  Dorothy  Austin, 
and  by  the  second  there 
are  five  children,  Mar- 
jorie,  Ada,  William,  Hilda 
and  Angela. 

Mr.  Austin  was  edu- 
cated in  private  schools 
of  England  and  at  various 
times  was  under  the  di- 
rection of  a  tutor.  He 
went  through  an  architec- 
tural apprentice  course  in 
England  while  studying 
in  the  offices  of  William 
S.  Barwick,  architect. 

At  the  age  of  twenty- 
one,  moved  by  a  desire  to 
see  the  world,  he  came  to 
America,  and  settled  at 
Philadelphia.  This  was 
in  1891,  at  which  time  he 
entered  the  employ  of 
Benjamin  Linfoot,  one  of 
the  prominent  architects 
o  f  Philadelphia,  with 


JOHN  C.  W.  AUSTIN 


whom  he  remained  for  one  year.  He  then 
returned  to  England,  where  he  again  went 
into  the  offices  of  the  Barwick  firm. 

His  stay  in  England  was  brief;  three 
months  after  taking  his  position  with  the 
Barwick  Company  he  again  sailed  for  the 
United  States.  This  time  he  continued  west 
and  crossed  the  continent,  settling  at  San 
Francisco.  He  sought  and  found  employ- 
ment with  the  firm  of  William  Mooser  and 
C.  J.  Devlin,  with  whom  he  stayed  for  two 
and  a  half  years.  At  the  end  of  that  period 
he  returned  to  England,  where  he  visited  his 
relatives  for  three  months. 

On  returning  to  San  Francisco  he  went 
with  his  former  employers,  but  the  great  rush 
to  Los  Angeles  and  Southern  California  was 
then  attracting  the  attention  of  the  entire 
country  and  Mr.  Austin  joined  in  the  rush  to 
that  city.  He  arrived  there  in  1894  and  has 
since  made  it  his  home. 


Upon  his  arrival  in  Los  Angeles  Mr.  Aus- 
tin worked  for  several  firms,  among  them  be- 
ing Morgan  and  Walls,  but  two  years  later 
opened  offices  for  himself.  From  that  date 
he  gradually  worked  his  way  to  the  front  and 
is  now  recognized  as  one  of  the  leading  archi- 
tects in  the  West. 

He  has  constructed  everything  from  a 
mission  style  building  to  the  most  up-to-date 
and  modern  sky-scraper 
and  has  played  a  leading 
role  in  the  rapid  architec- 
tural development  of  Los 
Angeles  and  Southern 
California.  His  business 
extends  all  through  the 
Southwest  and  embraces 
some  of  the  most  noted 
structures  of  the  Pacific 
Coast.  His  work  is  rep- 
resented east  as  far  as 
Grand  Rapids,  Michigan, 
and  in  Arizona  and 
Washington  and  British 
Columbia. 

Among  his  best  ex- 
amples of  construction 
are  the  following:  Wright 
and  Callender  Building; 
the  Potter  Hotel,  at  Santa 
Barbara ;  the  Virginia 
Hotel,  of  Long  Beach; 
many  local  schools  and 
churches ;  Madam  Erskine 
M.  Ross'  beautiful  home 
at  Vermont  and  Wilshire 
boulevards ;  the  First 


Methodist  churches  of  both  Los  Angeles  and 
Pasadena;  the  California  and  Angelus  Hos- 
pitals; Harvard  Military  School,  Ontario 
High  School,  Grand  Avenue  School,  Twelfth 
and  E.  Street  Grammar  School  of  San  Diego ; 
every  building  constructed  in  Del  Mar;  the 
Darby,  Freemont,  Leighton,  Hershey  Arms 
and  Alvarado  hotels  of  this  city. 

Besides  his  many  business  interests,  which 
are  scattered  over  a  greater  part  of  the  State, 
he  is  deeply  interested  in  the  cause  of  the 
needy  and  is  at  the  present  time  President  of 
the  L.  A.  Humane  Society  for  Children ;  a 
member  of  the  L.  A.  Chapter  of  the  American 
Institute  of  Architects  and  an  associate  mem- 
ber of  the  national  body.  He  is  a  member  of 
the  Jonathan  Club  and  Sierra  Madre  Club  of 
this  city  and  of  the  L.  A.  Chamber  of  Com- 
merce. He  is  a  thirty-second  degree  Mason 
and  a  member  of  the  Mystic  Shrine,  Al  Malai- 
kah  Temple. 


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LEXANDER,  GEORGE, 
Mayor  of  Los  Angeles,  Cali- 
fornia, was  born  near  Glas- 
gow, Scotland,  September  21, 
1839,  the  son  of  William 
Alexander  and  Mary  (Cleland)  Alexander. 
The  family  came  to  America  in  1850,  first 
settling  in  Chicago,  Illinois.  There  they 
lived  for  about  five  years,  and  early  in  1856 
journeyed  to  Iowa,  where  . 
the  elder  Alexander  pur- 
chased a  large  acreage  of 
government  land  and  be- 
gan work  as  an  agricul- 
turist. Mr.  Alexander 
married  Annie  Yeiser  in 
Iowa  in  April,  1862,  and 
to  them  were  born  three 
children,  two  of  whom, 
Lydia  A.  and  Frank  A. 
Alexander,  are  still  liv- 
ing. The  son  is  a  promi- 
nent merchant  of  Red- 
lands,  California. 

Mr.  Alexander's  educa- 
tional opportunities  were 
extremely  limited  and  he 
began  life  as  a  newsboy 
in  Chicago  at  the  age  of 
twelve  years.  This  occu- 
pation held  him  until  the 
family  went  to  Iowa,  and 
then  he  became  a  farmer, 
helping  his  father  with 
his  crops.  He  remained 
on  the  farm  until 'about 
the  time  of  his  marriage, 
and  four  months  after  his  wedding  he  vol- 
unteered for  service  in  the  Civil  War,  enlist- 
ing in  the  Union  Army. 

He  served  in  numerous  battles  and  re- 
mained under  arms  until  the  conclusion  of 
the  War,  in  1865.  He  was  with  General 
Grant's  army  in  the  campaign  around  Vicks- 
burg  and  was  under  General  Banks  in  the 
Red  River  campaign..  His  regiment  was 
then  transferred  to  the  East  and  placed 
in  General  Sheridan's  command,  serving 
throughout  the  Shenandoah  Valley  cam- 
paign. Mr.  Alexander  was  a  witness  of 
Sheridan's  famous  ride  from  Winchester  to 
Cedar  Creek. 

When  he  was  mustered  out  of  service 
Mr.  Alexander  had  to  start  life  over  again, 
and  his  first  position  was  in  a  grain  ware- 
house, where  he  received  wages  of  $40  per 
month.  He  stayed  with  the  firm  for  five 
years  and  during  that  time  became  an  expert 


HON.  GEORGE  ALEXANDER 


in  the  grain  business,  drawing  a  salary  of 
$100,  when  he  quit  to  go  into  the  grain  ware- 
house business  for  himself.  In  1874  he  went 
to  Toledo,  Iowa,  establishing  a  business 
there,  and  a  year  later  took  up  a  similar 
enterprise  at  Dysart,  Iowa.  In  1886,  when 
he  had  four  large  warehouses  and  a  great 
shipping  business  under  his  control,  he  and 
his  wife  visited  California  and  he  decided  to 
make  his  future  home 
there. 

Returning  to  Iowa,  he 
sold  out  his  interests  and 
went  to  Los  Angeles. 
He  spent  some  time 
looking  over  the  business 
field  and  finally  built  a 
feed  mill.  This  he  con- 
ducted  approximately 
two  years,  and  then,  in 
1890,  entered  the  political 
field. 

His  first  public  office 
was  that  of  Inspector  in 
the  City  Street  Depart- 
ment, under  E.  H.  Hutch- 
inson.  His  ability  won 
him  rapid  promotion,  and 
in  1893  he  was  made 
Chief  Deputy.  Two  years 
in  this  position  and  he 
entered  the  County  Re- 
corder's office  as  a  clerk, 
but  by  the  time  he  left 
that  office,  in  1898, '  he 
was  Chief  Deputy  Re- 
corder. In  1899  he  re- 
turned to  the  Street  Dept.,  and  remained 
there  until  elected  to  the  Board  of  County 
Supervisors,  in  January,  1901,  a  position  he 
held  eight  years.  During  that  time  he  made 
a  record  for  honest  service  and  protection  of 
the  people's  interests.  He  won  a  great  fight  in 
1902,  against  the  majority  of  the  Board  of 
County  Hospital  contracts.  He  carried  the 
matter  successfully  through  the  courts.  He 
made  another  notable  battle  when  he  took  a 
stand,  advocated  by  the  Los  Angeles  Exami- 
ner, against  the  award  by  private  bid  of 
$3,500,000  for  building  County  good  roads. 

In  1909  he  was  chosen  Mayor  of  Los  An- 
geles when  the  people  had  recalled  the  for- 
mer Mayor  from  office.  At  the  regular  elec- 
tion the  following  fall  he  was  retained  in 
that  office  and  has  filled  it  down  to  date.  He  is 
a  Mason,  K.  T.,  member  G.  A.  R.,  Municipal 
League,  City  Club,  Chamber  of  Commerce, 
Moose  Lodge  and  Union  League  of  L.  A. 


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OOTH,  WILLIS  H.,  Bank- 
ing and  Real  Estate,  Los  An- 
geles, California,  was  born 
in  Winnemucca,  Nevada,  on 
February  15,  1874,  the  son  of 
L.  Booth  and  Ellen  Ann  (Bratt)  Booth.  He 
married  Chancie  Ferris,  in  Los  Angeles,  Jan- 
uary 21,  1899,  and  to  them  there  has  been 
born  one  child,  Ferris  H.  Booth.  Mr.  Booth 
missed  by  five  years  be- 
coming a  son  of  Califor- 
nia, for  it  was  at  that  age 
that  he  was  taken  to  Los 
Angeles,  where  he  has 
grown  up  with  the  city, 
being  educated  in  its  pub- 
lic schools  and  the  'Uni- 
versity of  California. 

His  family  owning  the 
firm  of  L.  Booth  &  Sons, 
a  large  machinery  house 
of  Los  Angeles,  Mr. 
Booth,  upon  the  comple- 
tion of  his  education,  in 
1895,  entered  at  once  in 
that  business,  being  made 
treasurer  of  the  firm.  He 
held  this  office  for  ap- 
proximately thirteen 
years,  becoming  a  com- 
mercial and  a  civic  factor. 
In  1908  the  Booth  Com- 
pany was  consolidated 
with  the  Smith  Machin- 
ery Company,  under  the 
name  of  the  Smith-Booth- 
Usher  Company,  at  the 
present  time  one  of  the  leaders  in  its  line 
on  the  Pacific  Coast.  Mr.  Booth  was  elected 
secretary  of  the  new  firm,  a  position  he  still 
retains. 

Two  years  prior  to  the  merger  of  the 
machinery  concerns,  Mr.  Booth  aided  in  the 
organization  of  the  Pacific  Electric  Heating 
Company,  a  concern  manufacturing  electric 
heating  appliances  at  Ontario,  California, 
and  he  was  elected  vice  president  of  it.  This 
company  has  a  large  plant  as  its  California 
base  and  in  addition  has  branch  factories  in 
Chicago,  New  York,  Vancouver,  B.  C,  and 
Toronto,  Canada.  The  whole  put  together 
make  it  one  of  the  large  modern  electric  in- 
dustries, with  most  promising  prospects  for 
the  future. 

Although  he  devotes  a  great  deal  of  his 
time  to  this  corporation's  affairs,  Mr.  Booth 
has  other  interests  which  claim  his  attention 
and  into  each  of  which  he  injects  the  spirit 


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of  progress.  He  was  elected  vice  president 
of  the  Equitable  Savings  Bank,  one  of  the 
large  Los  Angeles  financial  institutions,  in 
1908,  and  still  occupies  that  office.  He  is 
also  treasurer  of  the  Booth  Investment  Com- 
pany, a  Booth  family  corporation,  with  real 
estate  and  other  holdings  in  and  about  the 
city.  Mr.  Booth  has  been  one  of  the  con- 
spicuous men  in  the  growth  and  improve- 
ment of  Los  Angeles  and 
has  figured  in  practically 
every  movement  having 
for  its  object  the  improve- 
ment of  the  city  and  its 
establishment  as  a  metro- 
politan municipality. 

He  was  elected  presi- 
dent of  the  Chamber  of 
Commerce  of  Los  An- 
geles in  1909,  and  during 
his  administration  numer- 
ous plans  for  the  upbuild- 
ing of  the  city  were  origi- 
nated and  carried  to  a 
successful  issue.  One 
work  in  which  he  was 
most  active  was  the  an- 
nexation of  San  Pedro  to 
Los  Angeles,  a  transfor- 
mation that  made  Los 
Angeles  a  deep  water 
port  and  placed  it  in  line 
for  the  commercial  bene- 
fits that  are  sure  to  ac- 
crue to  the  entire  Pacific 
Coast  with  the  opening  of 
the  Panama  Canal.  Work 
of  building  a  modern  harbor  is  now  in 
progress  and  Mr.  Booth  has  been  an  ardent 
advocate  of  this  at  all  times. 

He  was  president  of  the  Associated 
Chambers  of  Commerce  of  the  Pacific  Coast 
in  1910,  and  under  his  leadership  a  commer- 
cial delegation,  made  up  of  leading  men  in 
all  the  organizations  in  the  association, 
toured  the  Orient  in  a  study  of  conditions 
and  to  devise  means  for  increasing  American 
strength  in  that  part  of  the  world. 

He  is  Commander  of  Los  Angeles 
Commandery  No.  9,  Knights  Templar,  and 
holds  membership  in  the  leading  clubs 
of  his  city,  among  them  the  Jonathan  Club, 
Sunset  Club,  California  Club  and  the  Los 
Angeles  Country  Club. 

Mr.  Booth  has  been  an  ardent  supporter 
of  higher  education.  He  has  recently  been 
honored  by  being  chosen  a  director  of  Occi- 
dental College. 


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OODWARD,  FRANK  J.,  President 
and  Manager  of  the  F.  J.  Wood- 
ward Company,  Incorporated,  Oak- 
land, California,  was  born  near 
Mission  San  Jose,  in  Alameda 
County,  California,  on  September 
27,  1870.  He  is  the  foster  son  of  James  and  Eliza- 
beth Woodward.  He  married  Miss  Dell  Chapman, 
daughter  of  the  Reverend  Doctor  E.  S.  Chapman,  at 
Oakland,  California,  August  11,  1892.  Of  their  union 
there  are  three  children,  Gwendolen  Dell,  born 
April  1,  1894;  Phyllis  Fay,  born  March  18,  1896,  and 
Ervin  Chapman  Woodward,  born  June  9,  1899. 

Mr.  Woodward's  father  went  to  California  in  the 
year  1869,  settling  in  Alameda  County,  and  the  son, 
who  has  spent  practically  all  his  days  in  California, 
has  been  prominently  identified  with  the  practical 
growth  and  development  of  that  section.  From 
the  outset,  Mr.  Woodward  was  trained  for  a  busi- 
ness career.  He  attended  Franklin  Grammar 
School  in  Oakland,  from  1876  to  1884,  and  during 
the  following  year  was  a  student  at  Oakland  High 
School.  Leaving  there  he  took  up  a  commercial 
course  in  Heald's  Business  College,  of  San  Fran- 
cisco, and  graduated  from  that  institution  in  1886. 

Upon  the  conclusion  of  his  educational  work  Mr. 
Woodward  obtained  employment  with  the  real  es- 
tate firm  of  Woodward  &  Gamble,  of  Oakland,  in 
the  capacity  of  cashier,  and  served  in  this  position 
for  about  four  years.  He  then  became  confidential 
man  and  private  secretary  to  E.  C.  Sessions,  of 
Oakland,  a  celebrated  financier  of  the  Pacific  Coast, 
whos-e  interests  included  banking,  real  estate  and 
street  railways.  Mr.  Sessions  is  recalled  as  one  of 
California's  most  progressive  investors  and  capital- 
ists, the  builder  of  street  railways  and  one  of  the 
pioneer  developers  of  the  water  front  district  of 
Oakland.  He  also  was  instrumental,  to  a  great  ex- 
tent, in  the  general  improvement  of  real  estate  in 
Oakland. 

Mr.  Woodward  was  associated  with  Mr.  Ses- 
sions for  about  five  years,  during  the  most  active 
stage  of  his  career,  and  in  the  confidential  capacity 
occupied  by  him  was  enabled  to  gain  a  tremendous 
amount  of  practical  knowledge  about  the  organiza- 
tion and  operation  of  great  financial  enterprises. 

This  experience,  gained  by  participation  in  some 
of  the  most  important  undertakings  of  the  time  in 
Oakland  and  San  Francisco,  proved  of  inestimable 
value  to  Mr.  Woodward  and  has  been  largely  in- 
strumental in  his  own  subsequent  success  as  a 
financier  and  adviser  of  financial  institutions. 

In  1895  Mr.  Woodward  resigned  his  position  with 
Mr.  Sessions  to  accept  appointment  by  the  Superior 
Court  of  Alameda  County,  California,  as  Receiver 
for  the  Highland  Park  &  Fruitvale  Railway  Com- 
pany. His  previous  knowledge  of  street  railway 
affairs  was  such  that  Mr.  Woodward's  administra- 
tion resulted  in  the  company  being  restored  to  a 
firm  basis,  and  within  two  years  and  a  half  the  re- 
ceivership was  concluded  and  the  road  sold  to  the 
Oakland  Traction  Company. 


His  success  in  handling  this  company  immedi- 
ately placed  Mr.  Woodward  among  the  prominent 
business  men  of  Oakland,  although  he  was  barely 
twenty-five  years  of  age  when  he  undertook  the 
responsibility  imposed  upon  him  by  the  court. 

Following  the  sale  of  the  Highland  Park  & 
Fruitvale  Railway  to  the  Oakland  Traction  inter- 
ests, Mr.  Woodward  took  over  the  management  of 
the  W.  J.  Dingee  real  estate  interests,  a  position  in- 
volving the  handling  of  much  valuable  property  and 
requiring  considerable  managerial  ability.  After 
handling  the  business  for  about  a  year,  Mr.  Wood- 
ward, in  1899,  purchased  the  Dingee  holdings  and 
organized  the  real  estate  firm  of  Woodward,  Wat- 
son &  Co.  For  the  next  three  years  Mr.  Woodward 
devoted  himself  to  the  management  of  the  com- 
pany's business,  but  at  the  end  of  that  period  with- 
drew from  it  and  associated  himself  with  Henry  A. 
Butters,  another  well-known  capitalist  of  Oakland. 
Together  they  organized  the  Realty  Bonds  & 
Finance  Company,  Mr.  Woodward  taking  the  posi- 
tion of  Vice  President  and  Manager,  and  for  about 
five  years  succeeding  he  devoted  practically  all  of 
his  time  and  energy  to  this,  one  of  the  flourishing 
investment  enterprises  of  Oakland. 

In  1907  Mr.  Woodward  sold  out  his  interest  in 
the  Realty  Bonds  &  Finance  Company  and  retired 
for  a  time  from  brokerage  business. 

Later  Mr.  Woodward  organized  the  F.  J.  Wood- 
ward Company,  Incorporated,  which  is  engaged  in 
the  buying,  developing  and  selling  of  property.  He, 
as  President  and  Manager  of  the  concern,  has  been 
one  of  its  dominant  factors  and  has  placed  it  among 
the  s-trong  institutions  of  Oakland. 

During  his  many  years  of  business  activity,  Mr. 
Woodward  has  earned  a  wide  reputation  for  keen 
judgment  and  loyalty  to  the  best  interests  of  Oak- 
land and  its  environs.  He  has  promoted  and  man- 
aged some  of  the  most  important  realty  enterprises 
ever  undertaken  on  the  east  side  of  San  Francisco 
Bay,  and  is  generally  regarded  by  the  investing 
public  as  an  authority  on  realty  and  other  finance. 

A  man  of  great  public  spirit,  Mr.  Woodward  has 
for  many  years  been  closely  identified  with  the  pro- 
gressive elements  of  Oakland  and  has  figured  in 
various  civic  movements  inaugurated  for  the  ad- 
vancement of  the  city's  interests.  He  was  espe- 
cially active  in  relief  work  following  the  disaster 
which  visited  San  Francisco  in  1906,  and  was  one 
of  the  men  who  helped  to  establish  the  reputation 
of  Oakland  for  generosity. 

Mr.  Woodward  belongs  to  the  conservative  wing 
of  the  Republican  party  and  has  always  supported 
the  principles  of  the  organization,  but  he  is  not  an 
active  participant  in  political  affairs  except  insofar 
as  he  has  stood  at  all  times  for  the  men  and  move- 
ments which  he  considered  best  for  the  country. 

He  is  prominent  in  fraternal  circles  in  Oakland, 
being  a  member  of  Live  Oak  Lodge,  Free  and  Ac- 
cepted Masons;  Oakland  Lodge  No.  171,  B.  P.  O. 
Elks,  and  the  Native  Sons  of  the  Golden  West.  He 
also  is  a  member  of  the  Athenian  Club  of  Oakland. 


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PUBLISHER 
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RINGLE,  WILLIAM  BULL, 
Attorney  and  Counselor-at- 
Law,  San  Francisco,  Califor- 
nia, was  born  in  Oakland, 
Cal.,  Sept.  14,  1872,  the  son  of 
Edward  J.  Pringle  and  Cornelia  Covington 
(Johnson)  Pringle.  His  father  was  for  many 
years  a  noted  lawyer  in  San  Francisco,  and 
in  1899  was  appointed  Judge  of  the  Supreme 
Court  Commission  of  Cal- 
ifornia. Among  his  an- 
cestors who  distinguished 
themselves  in  South  Car- 
olina, especially  notewor- 
thy was  his  great-grand- 
father, Hon.  John  Julius 
Pringle,  of  Charleston, 
who  on  the  26th  of  Sep- 
tember, 1789,  was  ap- 
pointed by  George  Wash- 
ington Judge  of  the  Dis- 
trict of  South  Carolina, 
and  who,  on  June  15, 
1809,  declined  the  United 
States  Attorney  General- 
s  h  i  p  offered  him  by 
Thomas  Jefferson,  at  that 
time  President  of  the 
United  States.  In  con- 
nection with  this  histori- 
cal tender  of  office  an  in- 
teresting incident  grew 
out  of  one  of  President 
Taft's  visits  to  the  South 
during  his  campaign. 
While  calling  at  the  Prin- 
gle home  in  Charleston 
he  saw  the  original  document  containing  the 
above-mentioned  offer  from  President  Jeffer- 
son, and  remarked:  "Pringle,  Pringle — I 
don't  remember  any  Attorney  General  by  that 
name !"  "Yes,"  replied  the  lady  of  the  house, 
"but  in  those  days  the  office  sought  the  man, 
not  the  man  the  office.  Mr.  Pringle  declined 
the  offer." 

On  his  maternal  side  Mr.  Pringle  is  a 
great-great  grandson  of  the  Revolutionary 
heroine,  Rebecca  Motte,  and  through  his  con- 
nections has  a  personal  pride  in  much  of  the 
early  history  of  South  Carolina.  On  Dec.  19, 
1899,  he  was  married  in  Oakland,  Cal.,  to 
Miss  Isabel  Hutchinson,  the  children  of  which 
union  are  William  Bull  Pringle,  Jr.,  born 
Sept.  16,  1903,  and  Anne  Isabel  Pringle,  born 
Oct.  16,  1905. 

After  a  course  through  the  Oakland  gram- 
mar school  he  entered  Boone's  Academy,  in 
Berkeley,  where  he  prepared  for  Yale  Univer- 


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sity,  and  later  became  a  member  of  the  class 
of  '95.  Afterward  attended  Yale  Law  School, 
transferring  to  Hastings  College  of  the  Law, 
San  Francisco,  from  which  he  took  the  degree 
of  LL.  B.  in  1895. 

In  the  latter  year  he  began  his  professional 
life  as  a  clerk  in  the  law  office  of  his  father, 
Edward  J.  Pringle.  Three  years  later  he  be- 
came a  member  of  the  firm  of  Pringle,  Monroe 
&  Pringle.  In  1899  the 
firm  was  changed  to  Prin- 
gle &  Pringle,  of  which 
he  and  his  brother,  Ed- 
ward J.  Pringle,  Jr.,  were 
the  junior  partners.  Short- 
ly thereafter  his  father  re- 
tired from  the  firm  to  be- 
come Judge  of  the  Su- 
preme Court  Commis- 
sion, and  the  firm  Pringle 
&  Pringle  has  continued 
to  the  present  time,  being 
composed  of  the  two 
brothers. 

In  1895-96  Mr.  Prin- 
gle was  a  member  and 
President  of  the  Oakland 
City  Council,  and  since 
that  time  has  been  inter- 
ested in  real  estate.  Of 
late  years  his  enterprise 
has  extended  to  securing 
of  long  leases  as  an  aid  to 
the  rebuilding  of  the  city. 
Among  the  expressions  of 
PRINGLE  his  activity  in  this  di- 

rection are  the  Russ 
Building,  the  Turpin  Hotel  and  the  Terminal 
Hotel.  He  is  President  of  the  Convention 
League,  formed  for  the  purpose  of  attracting 
important  conventions  to  San  Francisco. 

He  reads  much  on  economic  subjects, 
upon  which  he  has  positive  views.  He  is  well 
known  as  a  football  enthusiast  and  expert 
and  for  a  number  of  years  coached  the  Re- 
liance Club  eleven  to  victory  over  the  best 
teams  on  the  Pacific  Coast. 

In  addition  to  his  membership  in  the  firm 
of  Pringle  &  Pringle,  he  is  President  of  the 
Montgomery  Street  Investment  Co.,  Powell 
Street  Investment  Co.,  Terminal  Investment 
Co.;  vice  president  S.  F.  Suburban  Home 
Bldg.  Society,  Columbia  Theater  Co.,  Secre- 
tary Direct  Line  Telephone  Co.,  and  director 
of  the  United  Milk  Co. 

His  clubs  are:  Pacific-Union,  Burlingame 
Country,  Mira  Monte  Gun  and  the  Com- 
monwealth. 


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ASTON,  EDWARD  EUGENE, 
President  Engineers'  Exploration 
Company,  Ltd.,  Los  Angeles,  Cali- 
fornia, was  born  at  Cincinnati, 
Ohio,  January  5,  1878.  His  father 
is  John  Ammen  Easton,  Ph.  D., 
L.  L.  D.,  and  his  mother  Laura  (Browder)  Easton. 
Mr.  Easton  is  descended  from  a  long  line  of  Ameri- 
can ancestry,  dating  back  to  the  days  when  Mary- 
land and  Virginia  were  first  settled.  His  family  both 
on  the  paternal  and  maternal 
sides  fought  through  the 
Revolutionary  War,  and  were 
prominent  in  settling  up  the 
country  after  the  Republic 
was  formed.  Mr.  Easton  is 
also  related  to  Admiral  Dan- 
iel Ammen,  U.  S.  N. 

On  April  23,  1906,  he  mar- 
ried Elise  Holliday  at  Berke- 
ley, California.  Three  chil- 
dren have  been  born,  Nancy, 
Jean  Elise  and  Edward  Mon- 
tague Easton. 

Mr.  Easton  was  educated 
in  the  public  schools  of  Cin- 
cinnati, including  the  high 
school  of  that  city.  He  went 
abroad  and  at  Vienna  and 
Paris  studied  chemistry  and 
engineering  (civil  and  min- 
ing) for  a  period  of  three 
years. 

Mr.  Easton  has  experi- 
enced a  very  active  and  pic- 
turesque career,  having  been 
engaged  as  a  war  correspon- 
dent, explorer,  author,  engi- 
neer and  in  several  other 

capacities  in  distant  parts  of  the  world.  In  his  ex- 
plorations and  travels  he  has  visited  a  great  many 
of  the  world's  most  inaccessible  regions,  including 
portions  of  Africa,  South  America,  the  Orient  and 
other  little  explored  countries. 

His  first  venture  in  the  active  business  world 
was  at  Kansas  City,  where  he  followed  newspaper 
work  for  the  Kansas  City  Journal,  and  when  the 
war  with  Spain  broke  out  he  was  sent  to  Cuba  as  a 
certified  special  war  correspondent  for  that  publi- 
cation. Returning  home,  he  was  appointed  private 
secretary  in  the  Interior  Department  at  Washing- 
ton, D.  C.,  which  position  he  resigned  in  1899  in 
order  to  go  with  an  exploring  expedition  into  South 
Africa.  While  there  he  was  made  war  correspon- 
dent during  the  Boer  War  for  the  New  York  Jour- 
nal, also  for  Harper's  Monthly  and  Harper's 
Weekly. 

He  had  the  distinction  of  being  certified  as  a 
war  correspondent  by  Sir  Alfred  Milner,  British 
High  Commissioner  of  South  Africa,  and  also  later 
by  President  Steyn  of  the  Orange  Free  States  and 
by  President  Kruger  of  the  Transvaal. 

In  1902,  with  the  closing  of  the  war,  he  resumed 
his  exploration  work,  making  an  examination  of 
the  mineral  deposits  in  East  Africa  and  traversing 
the  regions  north  of  the  Zambesi  River.  A  year 


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later  he  was  given  charge  of  an  expedition  in  the 
Malay  Peninsula  and  in  Borneo  for  a  French-Dutch 
syndicate.  His  success  was  such  that  in  the  year 
following  he  was  detailed  on  a  similar  expedition 
to  the  famed  Atlas  Mountains  and  along  the  north- 
ern border  of  the  Sahara  Desert.  In  1905  he  ex- 
plored the  jungles  of  Spanish  Honduras,  known  as 
one  of  the  most  dangerous  regions  for  a  white  man 
in  all  the  world. 

After  spending  a  brief  period  in  New  York  he 
moved  to  Los  Angeles,  Cali- 
fornia in  1906,  and  since  that 
time  he  has  made  that  city 
his  permanent  residence. 

He  has  written  consider- 
ably for  magazines  and  peri- 
odicals, contributing  such 
articles  as  "Inside  the  Boer 
Lines"  (Harper's  Month- 
ly, 1900),  and  the  "Battle  of 
Pepworth  Hill"  (Harper's 
Weekly,  1900). 

His  achievements  since 
moving  to  Los  Angeles  have 
been  largely  in  California 
and  in  the  northwestern  re- 
gions of  Mexico.  Two  of  his 
best  accomplishments  were 
the  securing  of  the  Cinco 
Minas  Mines,  located  in  the 
far  Hostotipaquillo  district, 
Jalisco,  Mexico,  for  a  syndi- 
cate of  Eastern  capitalists 
and  the  purchasing  of  32,000 
acres  of  land  in  the  Colorado 
River  delta.  This  territory 
lies  in  the  heart  of  the  Im- 
perial Valley  region,  and  as  a 
result  of  his  work  he  was 

honored  with  the  presidency  of  the  Imperial  Valley 
Land  and  Irrigation  Company  of  Lower  California, 
S.  A.  Mr.  Easton  sold  one-half  of  this  land  to  John 
Cudahy,  the  packer,  while  the  remaining  portion  he 
has  retained  in  his  own  corporation.  He  owns  a 
controlling  interest  in  this  company. 

As  an  explorer,  war  correspondent  and  author 
he  has  seen  and  written  about  many  of  the  most  in- 
teresting movements  of  the  present  day,  including 
two  modern  wars.  His  scientific  research  work  has 
brought  him  under  the  notice  of  the  foremost  scien- 
tists and  engineers  of  the  day.  He  is  president  of 
the  Engineers'  Exploration  Company,  Ltd.,  and  is  a 
leading  spirit  in  the  life  of  that  organization.  He 
is  a  member  of  the  National  Geographic  Society; 
his  work  in  exploring  many  of  the  unknown  por- 
tions of  the  world  having  won  him  an  enviable  po- 
sition among  the  members  of  this  society. 

Mr.  Easton  is  now  permanently  located  in  Los 
Angeles,  where  he  continues  to  carry  out  his  liter- 
ary and  scientific  pursuits  as  well  as  the  more 
prosaic  business  undertakings.  He  takes  an  active 
part  in  the  welfare  of  his  home  city  and  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Chamber  of  Commerce,  the  Chamber  of 
Mines  and  Oils,  and  of  the  Jonathan  and  Gamut 
clubs  of  the  city. 


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ILGER,  FRANK  WILLIAM,  Secre- 
tary, Treasurer  and  Manager, 
Oakland  Paving  Co.,  and  of  the 
Blake  &  Bilger  Co.,  Oakland,  Cal., 
was  born  at  Willow  Springs,  Ore- 
gon, August  2,  1868,  the  son  of 
William  F.  Bilger  and  Pauline  (Hauser)  Bilger.  He 
is  of  German  descent  on  both  sides  of  the  house 
and  seems  to  have  inherited  his  quarry-operating 
and  road-building  proclivities  from  his  paternal 
grandfather,  who  was  a  Bur- 
gomaster in  Trossingen,  Ger- 
many, and  for  many  years 
operated  stone  quarries  and 
was  active  in  constructive 
work  in  various  parts  of  the 
Empire. 

Mr.  Bilger  was  married  in 
Oakland,  December  19,  1894, 
to  Miss  Carrie  S.  Siebe, 
daughter  of  George  Siebe, 
for  many  years  an  official  of 
the  San  Francisco  Customs 
House.  Their  children  are 
Anson  S.,  Marion  A.,  William 
F.  and  Frank  W.  Bilger,  Jr. 
Mental  and  physical  alert- 
ness, ambition  to  get  ahead 
and  avidity  for  any  kind  of 
work  that  came  to  hand  have 
been  the  dynamos  that  have 
supplied  the  live  wire  that 
Mr.  Bilger  has  proved  him- 
self to  be.  His  actual  school- 
ing was  of  the  intermittent 
kind.  Coming  from  Jackson- 
ville, Oregon,  in  May,  1875, 
he  attended  the  grammar 
school  in  San  Leandro,  Ala- 

meda  County,  until  1883,  and  for  the  next  two 
years  tried  to  qualify  as  a  farmer  on  his  father's 
ranch  at  Vacaville,  Solano  County.  Tiring  of  this 
uncongenial  monotony,  he  secured  employment,  in 
1885,  in  Bowman's  Drug  Store,  Oakland,  as  errand 
boy,  window  washer  and  about  everything  else  he 
was  asked  to  be.  During  this  strenuous  appren- 
ticeship he  entered  the  Department  of  Pharmacy 
of  the  University  of  California,  from  which  he  was 
graduated  in  1889,  with  the  degree  of  Ph.  G.  His 
ambition  to  add  an  M.  D.  to  this  designation,  how- 
ever, was  sidetracked  by  opportunity,  for  which  he 
was  ever  on  the  watch.  Pending  his  intended  ma- 
triculation in  the  Cooper  Medical  College  he  be- 
came a  collector  for  the  Oakland  Paving  Company, 
liked  the  work,  remained  and  was  promoted  to 
bookkeeper.  On  the  death  of  one  of  the  owners  he 
was  elected  a  trustee  of  the  company,  and  later 
was  made  secretary  and  treasurer. 

In  1905  Mr.  Bilger,  with  Mr.  Anson  S.  Blake,  or- 
ganized the  Blake  &  Bilger  Company,  contractors 
for  all  kinds  of  work  connected  with  the  paving 


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business.  He  has  focused  his  commercial  energies 
on  these  concerns,  and  together  with  his  associates 
has  developed  them  to  large  proportions.  A  super- 
fluity of  energy,  however,  will  generally  find  an 
outlet  in  more  than  one  channel — a  fact  which  Mr. 
Bilger  has  well  exemplified.  For  years  he  was  a 
director  of  the  Oakland  Chamber  of  Commerce,  in 
which  capacity  he  became  a  close  observer  and  a 
student  of  organization  work.  Largely  through  his 
intelligent  efforts  the  membership  of  the  chamber 
was  greatly  increased,  and 
in  1906,  on  the  consolidation 
with  the  Board  of  Trade,  he 
was  made  its  first  vice  presi- 
dent. The  next  year  he 
was  chosen  president  of 
the  body. 

Immediately  after  the  fire 
of  1906  Mr.  Bilger  became 
very  active  in  the  relief 
work.  Dropping  his  private 
business  he  co-operated  with 
the  business  men  of  San 
Francisco  and  was  one  of 
the  most  ardent  of  all  the 
Good  Samaritans  in  that 
beneficent  field. 

In  1907  Mr.  Bilger  or- 
ganized the  Harbor  Bank 
and  was  its  first  president, 
acting  at  the  same  time  as 
director  of  the  Oakland 
Bank  of  Commerce.  Beyond 
all  this  he  has  been  a  very 
live  Republican,  for  six  years 
chairman  of  the  City  Cen- 
tral Committee,  manager  of 
Mayor  Mott's  campaign  in 
1905  and  state  campaign 

manager  for  Alden  Anderson,  candidate  for  Gover- 
nor in  1910.  His  prominence  and  success  in  fra- 
ternal circles  have  been  equally  marked.  He  or- 
ganized the  Alameda  County  Shriners'  Club,  for 
four  years  held  together  the  disintegrating  ele- 
ments, and  in  April,  1910,  had  the  Imperial  Council, 
in  session  at  New  Orleans,  grant  the  charter  for 
Aahmes  Temple,  Oakland's  new  shrine.  He  was 
elected  the  first  Illustrious  Potentate  of  the  temple 
and  still  retains  the  office.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Yerba  Buena  Lodge,  F.  &  A.  M.;  of  the  Oakland 
Chapter,  No.  36,  R.  A.  M.;  Oakland  Commandery, 
K.  T.;  Oakland  Consistory,  A.  A.  R.  S.;  Woodmen 
of  the  World,  and  an  Elk. 

He  belongs  also  to  the  Nile,  the  Deutscher  and 
the  Athenian  Clubs  of  Oakland,  and  is  the  tenth 
life  member  of  the  Society  of  American  Magicians, 
an  order  whose  chief  object  is  the  prevention  of 
exposure  of  the  tricks  by  which  public  entertainers 
in  this  field  earn  their  living  and  whose  efforts 
have  done  a  great  deal  toward  keeping  the  myster- 
ies of  the  art  among  the  fascinations  of  the  stage. 


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H.  C.  MERRITT 


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ERRITT,  H.  C.,  Investment  Bank- 
er,   Pasadena,    Cal.,   was    born   at 
Duluth,  Aug.  17,  1872,  the  son  of 
Lewis  J.  Merritt  and  Eunice  An- 
nette   (Wood)    Merritt.     He   mar- 
ried Rosaline   Calistine  Haben  of 
Saginaw,  Mich,   (granddaughter  of  Gen.  Olivier,  of 
Napoleon's   staff),  July   13,   1892.     They  have  two 
children,  Hulett  Clinton,  Jr.,  born  Oct.  15,  1893,  and 
Rosaline  Eunice  Merritt,  born  Nov.  3,  1895. 

Mr.  Merritt  is  a  descendant  of  the  French  Hu- 
guenots who  were  driven  from  France,  settled  in 
England  and  moved  to  America  in  Colonial  times, 
and  of  William  Wright,  an  early  pilgrim  father,  who 
came  across  the  Atlantic  in  the  ship  "Fortune"  in 
1621  with  his  wife  Priscilla.  Every  generation  that 
followed  the  original  William  Wright  had  its  men  of 
consequence.  There  was  Sir  James  Wright,  the 
last  royal  governor  of  Georgia,  of  the  Colonial  days, 
who  was  born  in  1714.  Silas  Wright,  governor  of 
New  York  and  U.  S.  Senator;  William  Wright,  gov- 
ernor of  New  Jersey  and  U.  S.  Senator;  Robert 
Wright,  governor  of  Maryland;  James  Wright,  gov- 
ernor of  Indiana,  and  Richard  Wright,  one  of  the 
founders  of  Methodism  in  this  country. 

General  Wesley  Merritt  of  the  United  States 
army  is  a  descendant  of  a  related  family. 

Mr.  Merritt's  grandfather  was  one  of  the  found- 
ers of  Duluth,  in  1854.  His  homestead  of  160  acres 
is  today  the  heart  of  the  Duluth  business  district, 
covered  with  skyscrapers  and  warehouses. 

Mr.  Merritt  graduated  from  a  business  college  at 
the  age  of  sixteen  and  was  immediately  taken  into 
full  partnership  in  the  real  estate  and  investment 
banking  business  by  his  father  under  the  firm  name 
of  L.  J.  Merritt  &  Son,  in  Duluth.  Within  three 
years  this  concern  became  the  largest,  strongest 
and  most  aggressive  investment  house  in  the  North- 
west. 

Hulett  C.  Merritt,  with  his  father  and  uncles, 
financed  and  built  the  Duluth,  Missabe  &  Northern 
Railway,  connecting  the  world's  greatest  iron  ore 
deposit  in  the  Missabe  range  with  Lake  Superior. 
At  the  age  of  twenty-one,  which  was  as  early  as  he 
was  legally  eligible,  he  became  a  director  of  this 
railway,  which  has  a  greater  record  for  profit  than 
any  other  railway-  line  in  the  world.  Representing 
his  firm,  who  owned  two-thirds  of  the  capital  stock 
of  the  Missabe  Mountain  Iron  Co.,  he  conducted 
successfully  the  negotiations  with  that  great  steel 
magnate  of  Pittsburg,  Henry  W.  Oliver,  who  for 
himself  and  the  Carnegie  Steel  Co.  leased  from  the 
Missabe  Mountain  Iron  Co.  their  great  ore  mine, 
paying  65  cents  a  ton  royalty  and  guaranteeing  to 
mine  not  less  than  400,000  tons  annually.  This 
was  the  highest  royalty  ever  obtained  for  the 
lease  of  an  iron  mine  in  the  history  of  the  iron 
trade.  His  work  in  this  deal  won  for  Mr.  Merritt 
a  national  reputation  as  a  negotiator. 

He  next  helped  form  the  Lake  Superior  Consoli- 
dated Iron  Mines,  known  as  the  Merritt-Rockefeller 
Syndicate,  and  in  the  enterprise  he  was  the  largest 
stockholder  outside  of  John  D.  Rockefeller.  In  April, 
1901,  the  Merritt-Rockefeller  Syndicate  turned  over 
all  the  ore  and  railway  holdings  to  the  U.  S.  Steel 
Corporation  for  $81,000,000.  one  of  the  largest  single 


financial  transactions  recorded  in  America.  Through 
these  transactions  Hulett  C.  Merritt  became  one  of 
the  ten  principal  members  of  the  U.  S.  Steel  Cor- 
poration. 

The  U.  S.  Steel  Corporation,  as  is  generally 
known,  is  the  greatest  single  corporation  on  earth. 
At  its  organization  it  represented  a  capital  close  to 
one  and  three-quarter  billions  of  dollars.  It  began 
at  once  to  dominate  the  iron  and  steel  industry  of 
the  world.  Its  employes  number  240,000  and  its  an- 
nual production  reads  like  a  resume  of  the  wealth 
of  a  great  nation.  To  be  one  of  the  first  ten  men 
controlling  such  a  corporation  was  the  distinction 
achieved  by  Mr.  Merritt  before  he  had  passed  his 
twenty-eighth  birthday. 

On  the  Pacific  Coast  Mr.  Merritt  has  been  as 
active  as  in  Minnesota.  He  has  been  president  and 
treasurer  of  the  United  Electric,  Gas  &  Power  Co., 
controlling  the  electric  light  and  gas  plants  of  sev- 
enteen cities  in  Southern  California,  and  the  street 
railway  system  of  Santa  Barbara.  The  company 
has  been  consolidated  with  the  Southern  California 
Edison  Company. 

During  the  panic  of  1907  he  bought,  for  spot  cash, 
two  of  the  best  downtown  business  corners  of  Los 
Angeles.  He  financed  the  Olds,  Wortman  &  King 
building  of  Portland,  Ore.,  covering  an  entire  city 
block  and  the  largest  building  in  the  city.  He  was 
vice  president  of  the  West  Adams  Heights  Associa- 
tion, with  Henry  E.  Huntington,  who  also  was  vice 
president,  and  Frederick  H.  Rindge,  president. 

His  activities,  at  the  present  time,  are  concen- 
trated in  several  important  companies.  He  is  presi- 
dent and  treasurer  of  the  Spring  Street  Co.  and  the 
Pacific  States  Corporation,  owning  several  million 
dollars'  worth  of  business  and  residence  property  in 
Los  Angeles  and  Pasadena.  He  controls  the  Tagus 
Ranch  Co.,  California  Farmland  Co.,  and  the  Su- 
perior Beet  Sugar  Corp.,  owning  together  a  sugar 
factory,  which  has  been  in  successful  operation  for 
three  years,  and  10,000  acres  of  the  most  valuable 
agricultural  land  in  California.  He  is  president  and 
treasurer  of  the  Merritt  Banking  &  Mercantile  Co. 
and  Itasca  Mercantile  Co.  of  Minnesota,  operating 
banks  and  department  stores  in  Minnesota.  He  is 
president  of  the  Missabe  Co.,  a  concern  of  varied  ac- 
tivities in  the  iron  region  of  Lake  Superior.  He  is 
president  of  the  Pacific  Co.,  the  Hill  Street  Co.,  Mer- 
ritt Building  Co.,  and  Merritt  Bond  Syndicate;  presi- 
dent Wolvin  Building  Co.,  owners  of  one  of  the  larg- 
est office  buildings  in  Duluth,  occupied  entirely  by 
the  U.  S.  Steel  Corporation.  He  is  a  director  with 
James  J.  Hill  and  Louis  W.  Hill  in  the  North  Star 
Iron  Co.  (Great  Northern  Iron  Ore  Properties).  He 
holds  directorates  in  innumerable  financial,  public 
utility,  banking,  manufacturing  and  mercantile  cor- 
porations. 

He  has  been,  for  a  number  of  years,  chairman 
of  the  board  of  trustees  of  the  First  Methodist 
Church  of  Pasadena. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  California  Club,  Country 
Club,  Annandale  Club,  Bolsa  Chica  Gun  Club,  all  of 
Southern  California,  and  of  clubs  in  Duluth  and  New 
York  City. 

He  maintains  offices  in  Los  Angeles,  Duluth  and 
New  York  City. 


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J.  T.  SCOTT 

COTT,  JOHN  THADDEUS,  Banker, 
Houston,  Tex.,  was  born  at  Cam- 
den,  Miss.,  Oct.  10,  1870,  the  son 
of  John  T.  Scott  and  Delitha 
(Hamblen)  Scott.  He  married 
Mattie  Campbell,  June  7,  1893,  at 
Houston,  and  to  them  have  been  born  four  children, 
John  Thaddeus,  Jr.,  Margaret,  Martha  and  Dorothy 
Scott. 

Mr.  Scott  obtained  his  education  in  the  public 
schools  of  his  native  town  and  of  Houston,  com- 
pleting his  studies  with  a  commercial  course  in  a 
Houston  business  college,  in  July,  1887.  Immedi- 
ately he  obtained  a  position  as  assistant  bookkeep- 
er in  a  wholesale  drug  house  in  Houston,  and  re- 
mained in  that  place  until  1890,  when  he  was  made 
general  bookkeeper  for  the  same  concern.  He 
served  in  that  capacity  until  Jan.  1,  1893,  when  he 
became  head  bookkeeper  for  the  First  National 
Bank  of  Houston. 

That  was  the  beginning  of  his  banking  career, 
and  after  handling  the  bank's  books  for  five  years 
he  was  elected  in  September,  1898,  Assistant  Cash- 
ier. His  record  in  this  office  was  such  that  after 
four  years  he  was  promoted  to  be  Cashier.  He  was 
in  that  position  six  years,  and  upon  the  death  of 
the  bank's  President,  in  1908,  was  elected  Vice  Pres. 
and  Manager,  both  of  which  positions  he  retains. 

Mr.  Scott  is  Treas.  and  Director,  Great  Southern 
Life  Insurance  Co.;  Vice  Pres.  and  Director  Tyler 
County  Lumber  Co.,  Secy,  and  Treas.  Houston  Stock 
Yards  Co.,  Pres.  J.  C.  Hill  Lumber  Co.  and  Eureka 
Ice  Co.,  Vice  Pres.  Oriental  Textile  Mills.  He  is  a 
director  in  each  of  these. 

Mr.  Scott  stands  among  the  leaders  of  finance 
and  business  in  Houston,  a  just  reward  for  a  life  of 
earnest  endeavor.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Houston 
Country  Club,  Houston  Club  and  the  Thalian  Club, 
and  is  an  official  member  of  the  First  Methodist 
Church. 


DR.  J.  W.  TRUEWORTHY 


RUEWORTHY,  JOHN  WESLEY, 
Physician  and  Surgeon,  Los  An- 
geles, California,  was  born  at 
Troy,  New  York,  May  28,  1843,  the 
son  of  William  and  Mary  (Finney) 

Trueworthy. 

He  was  left  an  orphan  at  the  age  of  seven  and 
was  reared  on  the  farm  of  a  friend  in  Illinois.  He 
attended  the  public  schools  of  Montgomery  County, 
Illinois,  and  Hillsboro  Academy,  at  Hillsboro,  111., 
until  he  was  seventeen  years  old,  then,  at  the  first 
call  for  three  months'  volunteers  by  President  Lin- 
coln, he  enlisted.  After  serving  his  time  he  was 
honorably  discharged  and  did  not  re-enlist  for  the 
reason  that  he  was  not  eligible  owing  to  disability 
caused  from  exposure  and  sickness  during  his 
service  in  the  army. 

Dr.  Trueworthy  studied  medicine  at  the  Uni- 
versity of  Michigan  and  at  the  Rush  Medical  at 
Chicago,  graduating  from  the  latter  in  1865. 

He  practiced  at  Donaldson,  111.,  at  Emporia, 
Kans.,  and  Kansas  City,  Mo.  He  organized  the  Cen- 
tral Bank  of  Kansas  City  and  was  its  president  two 
years.  In  the  year  1892  he  moved  to  Los  Angeles, 
and  there  has  been  in  active  practice  since. 

Offices  he  has  held  are:  County  physician  and 
coroner,  Lyon  county,  Kans.;  member  school  board, 
Emporia;  president  and  director,  Los  Angeles 
Public  Library.  Dr.  Trueworthy  was  a  personal 
friend  of  Grover  Cleveland,  who  appointed  him  U.  S. 
Pension  Examiner  at  Emporia. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  California,  University 
and  Sierra  Clubs;  belongs  to  the  Chamber  of  Com- 
merce, the  Sequoia  League,  the  Archaeological  So- 
ciety, the  Shriners,  Knights  Templar,  the  Gamut 
Club,  College  Men's  Association  and  University  of 
Michigan  Alumni  Association.  He  was  at  one  time 
president  of  the  Academy  of  Medicine  of  Los  An- 
geles, and  belongs  to  all  the  important  national, 
State  and  local  medical  societies. 


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HON.  G.  M.  PITTMAN 

ITTMAN,  GODWIN  MONTEREY, 
Judge  and  Attorney-at-Law,  San 
Bernardino,  Cal.,  was  born  Oct.  28, 
1886,  at  Owatouna,  Minn.,  the  son 
of  Dr.  H.  Pittman  and  Josephine 
(Monterey)  Pittman.  His  grand- 
father on  the  maternal  side  is  Antonio  Monterey, 
one  of  the  cattle  kings  of  Arizona. 

When  two  years  old  his  parents  brought  him  to 
Oro  Grande,  Cal.  He  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools  of  San  Bernardino.  He  studied  law  in  the 
office  of  Attorney  Byron  Waters  of  San  Bernardino 
and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  July  22,  1908. 

He  began  the  practice  of  law  in  1908,.  as  a  part- 
ner of  Byron  Waters.  In  the  year  1909  went  into 
partnership  with  Raymond  E.  Hodge.  This  part- 
nership was  afterwards  dissolved  and  he  went  into 
practice  for  himself,  doing  a  general  legal  business. 
Some  of  the  important  cases  in  which  Attorney 
Pittman  has  taken  part  are  those  of  Whittram  vs. 
the  County  of  San  Bernardino;  chief  counsel  for 
the  defence  in  the  Whitehead  murder  case.  He 
was  special  prosecutor  for  the  Mexican  Govern- 
ment in  the  case  of  the  People  vs.  Magill.  He  has 
the  distinction  of  not  having  lost  a  single  case  in 
which  he  has  taken  part. 

He  was  chosen  to  succeed  Senator  H.  M.  Willis 
as  Secretary  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  the 
County  of  San  Bernardino  Law  Library  in  1908. 
He  entered  politics  and  was  elected  Municipal 
Judge  of  San  Bernardino,  Nov.  8,  1910.  He  has  the 
distinction  of  being  the  youngest  judge  on  the 
bench  in  California. 

Judge  Pittman  enlisted  as  private  in  Company 
K,  7th  Infantry,  and  was  promoted  to  Company 
Clerk  and  later  to  Quartermaster  Sergeant. 

He  has  been  Past  Worthy  Conductor  of  San 
Bernardino  Aerie  No.  506.  Was  nominated  for  the 
presidency  of  the  same  lodge,  January,  1911,  but 
declined. 


H.  F.  STEWART 

TEWART,  HUGH  FORD,  Banking 
Los  Angeles,  California,  was  born 
at  Oneonta,  New  York,  the  son  of 
James  Stewart  and  Harriet  F. 
(Ford)  Stewart.  He  married 
Alice  Graves  September  15,  1904, 
at  Los  Angeles,  and  has  two  children  living,  Hugh 
Ford  Stewart,  Jr.,  and  Alice  Howard  Stewart.  Grif- 
fith Graves  Stewart,  another  son,  died  January  4, 
1908. 

He  was  taught  in  the  common  schools  of  Oneon- 
ta, and  attended  the  State  Normal  College.  But 
the  chief  education  has  been  in  that  school  which 
has  graduated  so  many  successful  men,  the  rail- 
road. 

Just  after  leaving  school,  in  1899,  he  went  to 
San  Francisco  and  entered  the  employ  of  the  South- 
ern Pacific,  in  the  passenger  department.  He  held 
this  position  suitably  for  two  years,  and  was  then 
transferred  to  Los  Angeles.  There  his  office  was 
known  as  the  Traveling  Passenger  Agent. 

After  only  four  years  of  service,  his  wide-awake 
qualities  and  the  success  with  which  he  handled 
his  position  attracted  the  attention  of  the  Pacific 
Electric  Railway.  In  spite  of  his  youth  they  offered 
him  the  place  of  General  Passenger  Agent. 

He  had  his  ambition  set  upon  a  banking  career, 
however,  and  after  two  years  he  arranged  with  the 
Mercantile  Trust  and  Savings  Bank  to  become 
their  assistant  cashier.  Not  long  after,  the  Mer- 
cantile Trust  and  Savings  Bank  and  the  Southern 
Trust  Company  were  consolidated  and  he  was 
chosen  the  vice  president  of  the  combination,  later 
being  elected  vice  president  and  manager. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  American  Institute  of 
Banking.  He  is  a  man  socially  inclined,  and  be- 
longs to  the  Masons,  the  California  Club,  the  San 
Gabriel  Valley  Country  Club,  the  Valley  Country 
Club,  the  Los  Angeles  Athletic  Club  and  the  South- 
ern California  Automobile  Club. 


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'ALEER,  OWEN,  Vice  President 
and  General  Manager  of  the  Re- 
public Iron  and  Steel  Company, 
Los  Angeles,  California,  was 
born  at  Liscard,  Canada,  Febru- 
ary 3,  1858.  His  father  was  Owen 
McAleer  and  his  mother  Mary  (Miller)  McAleer. 
He  was  married  in  Los  Angeles  April  5,  1898,  to 
Gertrude  E.  Mullally.  He  came  to  Los  Angeles 
from  Youngstown,  Ohio,  in  February,  1888. 

Mr.  McAleer  received  his 
education  in  the  public 
schools  of  Youngstown,  Ohio, 
and  began  his  business  ca- 
reer when  but  a  small  boy 
in  the  boiler  works  of  W.  B. 
Pollock.  He  remained  at  this 
work  until  he  became  pro- 
prietor of  an  establishment, 
which  he  later  disposed  of. 
When  he  came  to  California 
in  1888  he  entered  the  em- 
ploy of  the  Baker  Iron  Works 
as  superintendent  of  the 
boiler  department  and  there 
made  the  first  boiler  ever 
manufactured  in  Los  An- 
geles. He  continued  with 
this  firm  until  1906.  Then 
he  entered  into  a  partner- 
ship with  Nat  Wilshire,  form- 
ing the  Republic  Iron  and 
Steel  Company.  He  is  vice 
president  of  the  McAleer 
Land  and  Water  Company, 
president  of  the  Cashier  Cop- 
per Company  and  president 
of  the  Surprise  Valley  Water 
Company.  He  is  a  staunch,  regular  line  Republican. 

His  first  public  office  was  on  the  Examining 
Board  of  Engineers  in  1901  and  1902.  His  next  was 
as  Councilman  from  the  First  Ward,  where  he 
made  an  excellent  record.  He  fought  for  universal 
transfers;  had  a  law  passed  making  the  life  of  a 
railway  franchise  twenty-one  years;  had  an  ordi- 
nance passed  making  it  unlawful  to  gamble  on 
horse  races;  assisted  in  establishing  the  first 
Municipal  Machine  Shop  and  in  the  establishing  of 
the  First  Playground  on  Violet  Street.  A  large  de- 
ficit confronted  the  Council  when  Mr.  McAleer  was 
a  member,  but  at  the  close  of  the  term  there  was  a 
splendid  balance  with  all  current  debts  paid. 

Upon  this  record  Mr.  McAleer  was  importuned 
to  run  for  Mayor,  which  he  did  and  was  elected 
by  the  largest  majority  ever  polled  previous. 

During  his  administration  the  Owens  River 
project  was  launched,  and  he  was  one  of  the  party 
that  made  the  first  investigation  and  fathered  the 
enterprise  in  its  infancy.  Mr.  McAleer  was  the 


OWEN  McALEER 


means  of  the  city's  becoming  possessed  of  a  street 
railway  by  confiscating  the  South  Park  franchise. 
It  is  stated  that  the  constant  upneaval  and  op- 
position he  met  with  in  office,  due  to  his  de- 
sire to  carry  out  the  wishes  of  the  people  and  the 
opposition  he  met  with  from  those  seeking  per- 
sonal gains,  caused  the  beginning  of  the  reform  in 
municipal  politics. 

During  his  term  of  office  he  vetoed  thirty-five 
acts  of  Legislation  passed  by  the  City  Council,  among 
which  the  following  are  of 
most  notable  importance: 
Against  thirty  -  nine  -  year 
street  railway  franchise  on 
Vermont  avenue ;  against 
ordinance  placing  tax  on 
privilege  of  performing  man- 
ual labor;  against  increased 
gas  rate  ordinance;  against 
acceptance  of  City  Hall  site 
north  of  Temple  street; 
against  contract  for  pur- 
chase of  voting  machines; 
against  spur  track  on  Third 
street  and  Central  avenue; 
against  spur  track  crossing 
twenty-one  public  streets  in 
the  southwest  portion  of  the 
city;  against  use  of  the  Los 
Angeles  River  bed  for  street 
railway  purposes  (subse- 
quently known  as  the  notori- 
ous "River  Bed  Franchise") ; 
against  the  giving  to  the 
Southern  Pacific  Railway 
Company  of  East  Fifth  street 
easterly  of  Central  avenue; 
against  proposed  charter 
amendment  repealing  twenty-one-year  franchises 
and  permitting  the  carrying  of  freight  by  street  rail- 
ways; against  advertising  signs  over  sidewalks; 
against  steam  railway  spur  track  on  Date  street, 
and  against  abolishing  Gas  Meter  Inspector. 

He  advocated  adoption  of  legislation  providing 
for  the  following:  Municipal  ownership  of  gas 
plant;  prohibiting  freight  cars  running  on  street 
railways;  appointment  of  committee  for  proper 
celebration  of  the  "Owens  River  Aqueduct  Prop- 
osition"; against  allowance  of  desecration  of  the 
Stars  and  Stripes;  the  collection  of  license  on 
street  cars;  extension  of  time  for  payment  of 
city  taxes,  to  allow  citizens  to  contribute  funds  for 
the  relief  of  San  Francisco;  granted  leave  of  ab- 
sence by  the  City  Council  for  the  purpose  of  ascer- 
taining the  feasibility  of  bringing  to  the  City  of 
Los  Angeles  water  from  the  Owens  River  Valley, 
and  twice  disapproved  demand  for  $36,400,  cover- 
ing purchase  of  voting  machines. 

He  is  member  Union  League,  Elks'  and  Sierra 
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ORGAN,      ELMER     ELLSWORTH, 

MReal  Estate  and  Investment,  Los 
§  Angeles,  California,  was  born  in 
a  log  cabin  at  De  Witt,  Iowa,  on 
September  13,  1861,  the  son  of 
Isaac  Fisher  Morgan  and  Sarah 
Elizabeth  (Williams)  Morgan.  He  was  united  in 
marriage  to  Nina  May  Golden  at  Moline,  Illinois, 
on  October  17,  1906,  and  to  them  there  has  been 
born  a  daughter,  Katherine  Elizabeth  Morgan.  Mr. 
Morgan  is  of  German  and 
English  descent,  his  paternal 
grandparents  having  been 
Quakers  and  his  maternal 
forbears  adherents  of  the 
Methodist  faith.  The  former 
were  members  of  an  old  Ken- 
tucky family,  also  prominent 
in  Georgia,  and  the  latter 
were  among  the  early  settlers 
of  Tennessee.  A  direct  de- 
scendant of  General  Daniel 
Morgan,  of  Revolutionary 
fame,  Mr.  Morgan's  father 
served  the  Union  in  Company 
A,  Twenty-sixth  Iowa  Volun- 
teer Infantry,  for  three  years 
during  the  Civil  War  and  at 
the  close  of  the  struggle,  set- 
tled on  a  farm  in  Scott 
County,  Iowa.  He  removed  to 
another  farm  in  Powshiek 
County,  Iowa,  in  the  early 
seventies. 

The  larger  part  of  his 
boyhood  Mr.  Morgan  spent  on 
the  plains  and  he  began  to 
work  when  he  was  about  five 
years  of  age.  When  he  was 
six  years  old  he  dropped  corn 
from  the  first  Brown  corn 
planter  used  in  eastern  Iowa. 
He  had  no  schooling  what- 
ever during  his  boyhood  and 
was  his  own  instructor  with 

the  exception  of  four  months  s-pent  in  a  small  acad- 
emy at  De  Witt,  Iowa,  when  he  was  twenty-two 
years  of  age.  He  passed  the  teacher's  examination 
at  Clinton,  Iowa,  and  expected  to  teach  school  for 
a  livelihood,  but  in  the  meantime  visited  Moline, 
Illinois,  and  there  became  a  student  at  law  with 
W.  A.  Meese,  one  of  the  foremost  attorneys  of  that 
section  at  the  time. 

Mr.  Morgan  read  law  for  about  two  years  and 
during  that  time  also  became  interested  actively  in 
the  real  estate  and  collection  business,  with  the 
result  that  in  1886  he  abandoned  his-  law  studies  and 
devoted  himself  exclusively  to  real  estate.  This  was 
not  his  first  business  venture,  however,  for  when 
he  was  only  sixteen  years  of  age  he  had  embarked 
in  the  cattle  business  and  gained  a  wide  experience 
in  that  line.  He  drove  cattle  from  Iowa  through 
Nebraska,  Kansas,  Colorado,  Utah,  Idaho,  Montana 
and  the  Dakotas  and  was  compelled  to  go  through  a 
great  number  of  hardships,  having  to  encounter  the 
Indians  and  cattle  thieves,  both  of  which  classes 
were  very  numerous  in  those  days. 

During  his  long  residence  in  Moline,  Mr.  Morgan 
was  one  of  its  most  enterprising  business  men, 
imbued  with  an  extraordinary  amount  of  public 
spirit.  A  Republican  in  politics,  he  took  a  keen  in- 
terest in  political  affairs  but  never  was  active  in 


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the  party.  He  had  the  honor,  however,  of  holding 
various  important  public  offices  outside  of  the 
political  field  and  was  greatly  interested  in  the  up- 
building of  the  old  plow  city  of  Moline.  He  was 
President  of  the  Moline  Club,  known  throughout 
Illinois-  as  one  of  the  wideawake  clubs  of  the  State, 
and  in  this  capacity  raised  the  money  in  one  day 
to  build  the  beautiful  Manufacturers'  Hotel  of  Mo- 
line. He  also  raised  the  money  to  build  their  first 
modern  theater  and  helped  to  establish  several 
important  manufacturing  en- 
terprises. 

Mr.  Morgan  was  deeply  in- 
terested in  procuring  what  is 
known  as  the  Moline  Lock  on 
the  Rock  Island  Arsenal  and 
aided  in  the  success  of  many 
oiher  projects-. 

Mr.  Morgan  joined  the 
llinois  National  Guard  in 
1884  as  a  private  and  worked 
his  way  up  to  Major  and  Ad- 
jutant General  of  the  Third 
Brigade,  Illinois  National 
Guard,  resigning  therefrom 
on  the  first  day  of  February, 
1912,  with  the  rank  of  Lieu- 
tenant-Colonel (retired).  He 
participated  in  several  impor- 
tant maneuvers  and  riots  dur- 
ing his  time  of  service  and 
also  organized  the  Tenth  Illi- 
nois Volunteer  Infantry, 
known  also  as  the  Clendenin 
Provisional  Regiment,  for 
service  in  the  Spanish-Amer- 
ican war.  They  never  were 
called  out  of  the  State,  but 
were  held  ready  to  leave  at 
any  time.  He  assisted  in  the 
organization  of  the  Army  and 
Navy  League. 

Mr.  Morgan  sold  out  his- 
business  in  Moline  in  Jan., 
1912,  and  on  Feb.  9,  of  the 


same  year,  located  in  Los  Angeles,  Cal.  Before  he 
left  Moline,  the  business  men,  manufacturers  and 
friends  of  Mr.  Morgan  tendered  him  a  public  ban- 
quet, at  which  he  was  presented  with  a  gold  watch 
and  chain,  a  diamond  stud  and  a  gold  knife  with 
diamond  setting.  The  old  soldiers  of  the  city  also 
banqueted  him  and  in  addition  to  presenting  him 
with  a  beautiful  watch  charm,  gave  him  a  me- 
morial in  appreciation  of  the  good  he  had  done  for 
the  old  veterans  and  their  widows. 

A  man  of  unusual  endurance  powers,  Mr.  Mor- 
gan, in  1896,  toured  Europe  on  a  bicycle,  making  in 
all  4,000  miles-  and  before  leaving  for  the  Old 
Country,  had  toured  over  1,000  miles  in  the  United 
States.  He  visited  England,  Ireland,  Scotland, 
Wales,  France,  Holland  and  Belgium,  and  still  keeps 
in  perfect  condition  the  machine  on  which  he  rode. 

He  has  always  taken  a  great  interest  in  irriga- 
tion and  navigation  and  has  attended  several  of  the 
National  Rivers  and  Harbors  Congresses  at  Wash- 
ington, D.  C.,  also  the  meetings  of  the  National 
Boards  of  Trade. 

He  belongs  to  the  Masons,  Elks,  Redmen,  Knights 
of  Pythias,  Select  Knights  and  also  is  a  Turner.  He 
leans  towards  the  Unitarian  Church  and  was  one  of 
four  who  built  the  First  Unitarian  Church  of  Mo- 
line, Illinois. 


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ONES,  HON.  JOHN  PERCIVAL, 
Santa  Monica,  California,  Capi- 
talist and  ex-Senator  of  the 
United  States,  was  born  at  The 
Hay  by  the  River  Wye,  Hereford- 
shire, England,  close  to  the  Welsh 
border,  January  27,  1829,  the  son  of  Thomas  Jones 
and  Mary  (Pugh)  Jones.  He  married  Hannah  Cor- 
nelia Greathouse,  widow  of  George  Greathouse,  in 
1861,  and  they  had  one  son,  Roy.  His  first  wife 
died  in  1871  and  he  married  Georgina  Frances  Sulli- 
van in  1875,  and  to  them  there  were  born  three 
daughters,  Alice,  Marion  and  Georgina. 

The  Jones  family  came  to  America  when  the  fu- 
ture Senator  was  only  two  years  old  and  settled  at 
Cleveland,  Ohio,  then  a  town  of  only  a  few  thou- 
sand inhabitants  and  known  as  the  heart  of  the 
Western  Reserve.  He  attended  the  public  schools 
of  Cleveland,  and  after  graduating  from  the  high 
school  attended  a  private  school  for  some  time, 
then  went  to  work  for  a  shipping  firm,  and  later 
obtained  employment  in  a  local  bank. 

In  1849,  when  young  Jones  was  just  twenty 
years  of  age,  came  the  discovery  of  gold  in  Califor- 
nia. The  hard  times  following  the  Mexican  War 
had  produced  great  restlessness  and  discontent 
throughout  the  country,  so  that  the  tales  of  fabu- 
lous wealth  to  be  found  in  California  brought  about 
the  most  spectacular  migratory  rush  in  the  annals 
of  the  world. 

A  number  of  the  most  adventurous  young  men 
of  Cleveland,  of  whom  Jones  was  one,  organized  a 
party  and  chartered  the  small  bark,  Eureka,  of  less 
than  160  tons  displacement,  and  on  September  26, 
1849,  set  sail  for  the  coast  of  California.  They 
went  through  the  new  Welland  Canal,  which  was  so 
narrow  that  it  was  necessary  to  trim  down  the 
sides  of  the  bark  in  order  that  she  might  pass 
through,  on  down  the  St.  Lawrence  and  then  along 
two  continents  and  around  Cape  Horn. 

The  little  vessel  was  scarcely  seaworthy  when 
she  started,  but  in  spite  of  numerous  adventures 
she  made  the  trip  in  safety,  and  in  April,  1850, 
after  a  voyage  occupying  nearly  nine  months,  sailed 
into  the  harbor  of  San  Francisco. 

Of  all  the  ship's  company  including  the  crew, 
Senator  Jones  is  now  the  only  survivor. 

After  landing  in  California,  he  remained  in 
San  Francisco  for  a  while,  but  before  long  pro- 
ceeded to  the  gold  fields  of  Trinity  County  and 
washed  gold  from  the  sands  of  its  streams.  Some- 
times he  worked  in  the  employ  of  others,  but  most 
of  the  time  he  was  mining  for  himself.  As  with 
most  of  the  early  pioneers,  small  fortunes  came 
and  went,  and  throughout  the  vicissitudes  of 
the  search  he  managed  to  prove  one  fact 
of  great  value — that  he  possessed  boldness  of 
character  and  utter  fearlessness  of  all  conse- 
quences. He  fought  a  good  fight  with  fate,  and  he 
had  to  be  ready  to  fight  good  men.  He  looked  death 
in  the  face  frequently  enough  in  his  contact  with  the 


reckless  characters  that  peopled  the  goldfields, 
and  he  did  it  so  unflinchingly  that  he  was  elected 
to  that  greatest  of  all  offices  of  the  early  West,  the 
one  that  carried  with  it  the  highest  tribute  to 
character,  the  office  of  Sheriff.  He  held  the  office 
successfully  and  good  men  respected,  while  bad 
men  feared  him.  He  was  long  remembered  by  the 
latter  class  in  California.  He  took  his  dangerous 
post  in  the  late  fifties  and  held  it  until  1863. 

In  1863  he  was  elected  to  represent  Shasta  and 
Trinity  Counties  in  the  California  State  Senate, 
and  was  fairly  started  on  a  political  career  that 
continued  almost  without  interruption  for  a  period 
of  more  than  forty  years.  He  represented  the  two 
counties  as  State  Senator  until  1867,  when  he  was 
nominated  Lieutenant  Governor  on  the  Republican 
ticket.  The  ticket  was  defeated,  but  his  nomina- 
tion indicated  that  he  had  become  a  man  of  power 
in  the  State. 

Senator  Jones  had  in  reality  two  parallel  careers 
— one  in  politics  and  the  other  in  finance.  In  both  he 
was  more  than  ordinarily  successful.  Each  was  in  a 
measure  responsible  for  the  other,  because  his 
success  in  business  and  investment  recommended 
him  to  public  office,  and  his  clear-headedness  in 
politics  won  the  confidence  of  the  men  of  business. 

He  left  California  in  the  year  1868,  just  after 
his  defeat  for  the  lieutenant  governorship,  and 
went  to  Virginia  City,  Nevada,  the  scene  of 
the  magic  Comstock  Lode,  easily  the  most  wonder- 
ful treasury  of  wealth  the  world  has  yet  unearthed 
and  which  made  millionaire's  in  great  numbers.  He 
went  as  superintendent  of  the  Crown  Point  mines, 
of  which  he  was  a  part  owner. 

The  game  of  politics  was  in  his  blood.  He  had 
no  sooner  arrived  at  Virginia  City  than  he  began 
to  play  it  with  the  same  energy  as  in  California. 
Nevada  was  really  a  California  overflow.  He  knew 
all  of  the  men  of  consequence  personally  and  all 
of  them  knew  the  former  Sheriff  of  Trinity  county. 
In  less  than  three  years'  time  he  was  candidate  for 
the  greatest  office  Nevada  had  to  give,  the  United 
States  Senatorship.  His  force,  popularity  and  gen- 
eralship swept  aside  opposition  and  won  him  the 
election  in  1872. 

He  became  known  as  Nevada's  perpetual  Sena- 
tor. He  held  the  honor  for  thirty  years,  or  five 
terms.  At  every  election  he  won  easily.  He  gave 
Nevada  an  influence  in  the  affairs  of  the  United 
States  out  of  all  proportion  to  the  importance  of 
the  State  at  that  time.  This  pleased  the  people  of 
Nevada  and  they  kept  him  at  Washington  as  long  as 
he  chose  to  stay. 

He  never  failed  to  give  his  support  to  any 
measure  that  promised  good  to  the  West,  and 
particularly  to  his  own  State.  Nevada  got  fully 
its  share  of  appropriations,  and  with  Senator  Jones 
on  the  watch  no  measure  that  would  hurt  the 
Pacific  States  got  through  without  a  fight.  He 
managed  to  get  the  Sawtelle  Soldiers'  Home  for 
Southern  California,  although  to  persuade  Con- 


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gress  he  and  his  partner,  Colonel  R.  S.  Baker, 
donated  three  hundred  acres  of  its  site. 

For  this  he  has  the  gratitude  of  thousands  of 
old  soldiers,  because  there,  in  that  almost  ideal 
climate,  the  veterans  of  the  Civil  War  can  have 
their  lives  prolonged  a  decade  of  years,  and  live  in 
a  comfort  impossible  in  the  wintry  East. 

He  led  a  successful  fight  for  the  exclusion  of 
the  Chinese,  and  thereby  saved  the  western  half 
of  the  continent  to  the  white  man.  He  has  not 
always  received  the  credit  he  deserves  for  this 
fight,  as  it  is  the  opinion  of  many  that  without  his 
efforts  the  Chinese  would  never  have  been  ex- 
cluded. 

He  himself  believes  that  one  of  his  most  im- 
portant actions,  and  one  most  far  reaching  in  its 
effect,  was  his  earnest  opposition  to  the  Force 
Bill.  This  bill  provided  for  the  employment  of  the 
Federal  army  in  the  elections  of  the  South  to  com- 
pel the  Southerners  not  to  interfere  with  the  col- 
ored voters.  Feeling  ran  high  at  the  time,  but  now 
everybody  realizes  that  the  passage  of  such  a  bill 
would  have  precipitated  another  Civil  War. 

He  was  a  consistent  supporter  of  fiat  money,  ac- 
cepting bimetalism  as  the  best  available  comprom- 
ise obtainable  at  the  time,  but  basing  his  conten- 
tions upon  the  principles  of  a  scientific  currency 
dependent  upon  the  quantitative  theory  of  money. 
He  is  known  as  one  of  the  most  astute  financiers  in 
the  United  States  and  for  many  years  has  been  con- 
sidered an  authority  on  such  matters. 

Because  of  his  thorough  understanding  of  the 
money  question,  the  Senate,  in  1876,  appointed  him 
a  member  of  the  Silver  Commission,  of  which  he 
was  made  chairman,  and  he  later  prepared  a  re- 
port for  the  commission,  which  was  a  fundamental 
treatise  on  money.  In  recognition  of  his  knowledge 
of  the  subject,  President  Harrison  in  1892  named 
him  a  delegate  to  the  International  Monetary  Con- 
ference at  Brussels. 

While  preparing  for  his  work  at  this  conference 
the  Senator  went  over  the  ground  so  thoroughly 
that  his  gold-silver  report  was  characterized  as  the 
most  conclusive  documentary  presentation  of  the 
facts  that  our  nation  has  seen.  At  the  final  confer- 
ence at  Brussels,  the  Senator's  argument  con- 
sumed two  days,  and  when  printed  reached  the 
astonishing  length  of  200,000  words.  This  achieve- 
ment stamped  Senator  Jones  as  one  of  our  leading 
financial  thinkers,  as  well  as  one  of  the  greatest 
statistical  authorities  the  country  has  known  in 
public  life. 

The  Senator's  mind  is  and  always  has  been, 
from  early  years,  a  storehouse  of  statistical 
information,  and  he  has  the  unusual  faculty  of  mak- 
ing columns  of  figures  and  tables  tell  a  story  as 
fascinating  as  a  novel. 

His  leading  speech  on  money,  delivered  in  the 
Senate,  made  a  large  volume  and  was  a  fundamen- 
tal treatise  of  the  science  of  money.  It  is  perhaps 
the  most  complete  history  and  exposition  of  the 
quantitative  theory  which  has  ever  been  written. 


But  one  of  the  greatest  services  of  his  public 
life  was  his  investigation  and  presentation  of  the 
principles  of  protection.  In  1890  he  delivered  in 
the  Senate  a  treatise  on  the  subject  in  a  speech  en- 
titled, "Shall  the  Republic  do  its  own  work?"  which 
was  so  convincing  and  fundamental  that  more  than 
a  million  copies  were  reprinted  by  the  National 
Republican  Committee  and  by  the  American  Pro- 
tective Tariff  League  and  circulated  throughout  the 
United  States. 

The  personality  of  Senator  Jones  is  one  of  the 
traditions  of  the  United  States  Senate.  He  is  a 
man  of  powerful  physique  and  has  kept  his  strength 
well  into  the  eighties. 

His  known  fearlessness,  the  piercing  quality  of 
his  eye  and  his  naturally  dominating  appearance 
is  also  unusual,  and  few  men  are  armed  with 
such  keenness  of  logic  and  such  a  wealth  of 
facts. 

He  was  always  a  convincing  debater,  and,  al- 
though he  made  no  pretensions  to  oratory,  he  had 
a  beautiful  speaking  voice  and  was  a  master  of 
English.  He  was  a  political  tactician  of  the  high 
est  order  and  his  opponents  dreaded  his  resource 
fulness. 

He  is  known  to  all  his  friends  as  a  great  wit 
and  story  teller  and  his  most  serious  speeches  are 
interspersed  with  illustrations  so  apt  that  they  grip 
the  mind  more  powerfully  than  a  column  of  argu- 
ment. 

He  used  to  sit  for  hours  in  the  cloak  room 
of  the  Senate  surrounded  by  a  group  of  his  col- 
leagues, telling  anecdotes  and  discussing  questions 
of  the  hour.  It  was  thus  that  he  acquired  the  per- 
sonal influence  which  gave  him  so  much  power. 

At  the  time  of  his  election  to  the  Senate  he  had 
made  a  great  fortune  in  mining,  and  during  his 
long  career  he  has  always  been  associated  with  the 
mining  development,  not  only  of  California  and 
Nevada,  but  of  Alaska,  Mexico  and  Colorado.  He 
was  one  of  the  original  company  which  opened  the 
great  Treadwell  Mine,  near  Juneau,  Alaska. 

In  addition  to  his  mining  interests  he  has  in- 
vested largely  in  real  estate,  and  still  owns  several 
large  ranches. 

In  1875  he  laid  out  the  town  of  Santa  Monica, 
on  the  San  Vicente  Rancho,  which  he  owned  in 
partnership  with  Col.  R.  S.  Baker.  He  built  the 
first  railroad  from  Los  Angeles  to  Santa  Monica, 
intending  to  continue  it  to  Independence.  Subse- 
quently this  road  was  sold  to  the  Southern  Pacific. 
He  has  now  disposed  of  most  of  his  interests  around 
Santa  Monica,  but  still  lives  in  the  old  homestead 
there  which  the  family  has  occupied  for  20  years. 

He  has  belonged  to  innumerable  clubs  in  Ne- 
vada, San  Francisco,  New  York,  Washington  and 
Los  Angeles  and  retains  his  membership  in  several 
of  them. 

Although  January  27,  1912,  was  his  eighty-third 
birthday,  he  is  still  an  active  man,  taking  a  keen 
interest  in  the  affairs  of  the  world. 


Ed.  Note  :    Senator  Jones  was  called  by  death  Nov.  27.  1912. 


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OWLAND,  SAMUEL  PRUDENCIO, 
Investments,  Los  Angeles,  Califor- 
nia, was  born  in  Los  Angeles 
County,  April  28,  1865,  the  son  of 
Thomas  Rowland  and  Zenobia 
(Yorba)  Rowland.  He  married 
Maggie  A.  Temple  in  Los  Angeles,  November  16, 
1889,  and  to  them  there  were  born  five  children, 
Roevena,  Theresa,  Samuel  J.,  Marguerite  and  Evan- 
geline  Rowland. 

The  Rowland  family 
stands  pre-eminent  among 
the  old  houses  of  Southern 
California,  the  first  of  the 
name  to  settle  there  having 
been  his  grandfather,  John 
Rowland,  member  of  a  promi- 
nent Maryland  family.  Early 
in  the  Nineteenth  century 
John  Rowland  made  his  way 
across  the  then  unsettled 
Western  continent  and 
stopped  in  New  Mexico, 
where  for  several  years  he 
worked  as  a  gold  miner.  In 
1841,  in  company  with  Wil- 
liam Workman,  his  partner, 
he  moved  to  Southern  Cali- 
fornia and  they  hunted  gold 
there  for  a  short  time.  They 
returned  to  New  Mexico, 
however,  and  settled  their 
affairs  there,  after  which 
they  returned  to  California, 
taking  with  them  B.  D.  Wil- 
son, D.  W.  Alexander,  John 
Reed,  William  Perdue  and 
Samuel  Carpenter,  all  of 
whom  became  prosperous 

residents  of  Los  Angeles  and  had  much  to  do  with 
the  early  history  of  the  city.  Mr.  Rowland  and  his 
partner,  Mr.  Workman,  secured,  by  Federal  grant, 
the  Puente  Ranch,  comprising  48,000  acres  in  Los 
Angeles  County,  and  they  settled  there  to  spend  the 
remainder  of  their  lives.  In  1869  John  Rowland 
divided  his  property  among  his  children,  including 
the  father  of  Mr.  Rowland,  giving  to  each  about 
3000  acres  of  land  and  a  thousand  head  of  cattle. 
Mrs.  S.  P.  Rowland  is  also  descended  from  a 
notable  family,  prominent  during  the  days  of  Span- 
ish rule  in  California. 

Mr.  Rowland  began  his  education  in  the  country 
schools  of  the  county  where  he  was  born  and  later 
attended  St.  Vincent's  Academy  at  Los  Angeles  for 
two  years.  Upon  leaving  there  he  entered  the 
employ  of  C.  Laux,  one  of  the  best-known  chemists 
in  the  State  of  California  at  that  time,  and  it  was 
while  in  association  with  him  that  Mr.  Rowland 
became  a  student  in  the  Medical  Department  of  the 
University  of  Southern  California. 

Leaving  college,   Mr.  Rowland  engaged  in  the 


S.  P.  ROWLAND 


drug  business  and  in  a  short  time  was  the  owner 
of  several  stores  in  Los  Angeles,  having  an  estab- 
lishment in  the  old  Commercial  Depot  of  Los  An- 
geles and  another  in  what  is  known  as  the  Boyle 
Heights  district  of  the  city.  After  conducting  his 
business  successfully  for  about  six  years,  Mr.  Row- 
land returned  to  the  ranch  which  had  been  given 
him  by  his  father.  From  1890  to  1903  he  was  in 
the  commission  business  at  Rancho  La  Puente,  but 
since  that  latter  date  he  has  been  engaged  prin- 
cipally as  an  investor  and  to- 
day is  one  of  the  heaviest 
land  owners  in  the  southern 
part  of  California. 

His  interests  include: 
Ownership  in  a  company 
known  as  the  Cross  Land 
Company,  of  which  he  is 
President,  and  which  controls 
about  2000  acres  of  land  in 
Rancho  La  Puente; 

Cross  Water  Company,  of 
which  he  is  Vice  President, 
and  which  owns  one  of  the 
finest  modern  pumping  plants 
in  the  West; 

F  u  1 1  e  r  t  o  n  -Whittier  Oil 
Company,  of  which  he  is 
President; 

A  tract  of  land  in  Brook- 
line  Heights,  and  numerous 
other  reel  estate  holdings. 

Mr.  Rowland  is  a  Repub- 
lican in  politics  and  at  vari- 
ous times  has  been  an  office- 
holder and  one  of  the  most 
active  workers  for  the  suc- 
cess of  the  party.  He  served 
for  several  years  as  Justice 

of  the  Peace  of  Rowland  Township,  named  after  his 
family,  and  was  twice  appointed  a  Deputy  Sheriff  in 
Los  Angeles  County,  the  last  time  in  charge  of  the 
criminal  department  of  the  office. 

He  was  a  member  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  of 
Rowland  district  for  twenty  years  and  during  fif- 
teen years  of  that  time  served  as  president  of  the 
board. 

In  addition  to  his  prominence  in  financial  cir- 
cles and  public  life,  Mr.  Rowland  is  a  leader  in 
fraternal  circles,  haying  the  distinction  of  being 
one  of  the  charter  members  of  the  Native  Sons  of 
the  Golden  West  and  a  charter  member  of  the  For- 
esters of  America.  He  is  also  a  member  of  the 
Red  Men  and  the  Fraternal  Brotherhood,  Lodge 
No.  1. 

Mr.  Rowland  has  always  been  one  of  the  most 
enthusiastic  workers  for  the  development  and  up- 
building of  Los  Angeles  and  Southern  California 
and  has  been  a  liberal  supporter  of  all  worthy 
movements  or  enterprises  having  for  their  object 
the  betterment  of  that  section. 


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'NEIL,  JOHN  VINCENT,  Contrac- 
tor, Los  Angeles,  California,  was 
born  at  Benacadie,  Cape  Breton 
County,  Nova  Scotia,  May  4,  1858, 
the  son  of  Donald  Edward  Mc- 
Neil and  Catherine  McNeil.  He 
married  Christina  E.  McDonald,  of  Colchester, 
Nova  Scotia,  at  Los  Angeles,  Feb.  20,  1887,  and  to 
them  there  have  been  born  eleven  children,  Donald 
(now  a  student  at  St.  Vincent's  College,  Missouri), 
Margaret  Ann  (who  died  at 
the  age  of  twenty  years  after 
becoming  a  nun  in  the 
Dominican  order,  where  she 
was  known  as  Sister  Mer- 
cedes), Lawrence  G.,  Lily 
M.,  Catherine  R.,  Andrew  M., 
Edward  J.,  Joseph,  Bruce  D. 
(deceased)  and  Mary  McNeil. 
He  is  of  Scotch  descent,  his 
forbears  going  from  the  Isle 
of  Barra,  Scotland,  to  Nova 
Scotia  where  they  were 
among  the  early  settlers. 

Mr.  McNeil  received  the 
primary  part  of  his  educa- 
tion in  the  public  schools  of 
Cape  Breton  County,  Nova 
Scotia,  and  later  attended  an 
academy  there,  graduating  in 
the  class  of  1878.  Following 
the  completion  of  his  own 
education,  he  became  a  school 
teacher  and  followed  this  vo- 
cation for  about  three  years. 

In  1881,  having  saved  a 
considerable  amount  of  his 
earnings,  Mr.  McNeil  gave  up 
his  school  work  and  em- 
barked in  the  general  merchandise  business,  estab- 
lishing a  small  store  in  his  native  district.  He  ap- 
plied himself  to  this  for  three  years,  but  at  the  end 
of  that  time  found  he  was  not  making  any  con- 
siderable progress,  so  determined  to  seek  better  op- 
portunities in  the  United  States.  With  that  ob- 
ject in  view,  he  sold  out  his  store  at  Benacadie  and 
went  to  Boston,  Massachusetts. 

Upon  arriving  there  he  was  determined  to  learn 
the  carpenter  trade  and  obtained  employment  in 
this  branch  of  work.  He  was  ambitious  to  advance, 
so  devoted  his  evenings  to  study  and  eventually 
sought  special  instruction  in  architecture  and 
building  construction.  Within  a  comparatively 
short  time  he  was  qualified  to  handle  larger  opera- 
tions and  served  as  superintendent  of  construction 
on  various  important  structural  enterprises  in 
Massachusetts. 

In  1886  he  moved  to  Los  Angeles,  which  at  that 
time  was  entering  upon  a  period  of  great  develop- 
ment. Upon  his  arrival  in  Southern  California, 
however,  Mr.  McNeil  was  unable  to  make  connec- 


J.  V.  McNEIL 


tions  such  as  he  desired  and  was  forced  to  take  em- 
ployment for  a  time  as  a  mechanic.  However,  at 
the  end  of  a  few  months  he  was  entrusted  with  the 
superintendency  of  building  construction  for  his 
employer. 

Mr.  McNeil  worked  on  a  salary  for  nearly  two 
years,  but  in  1888  found  himself  in  a  position  to 
engage  in  business  for  himself  as  a  contractor.  He 
operated  successfully  until  1891,  but  at  that  time 
his  business  slumped  to  such  an  extent  that  he 
suspended  temporarily  and 
was  compelled  to  seek  em- 
ployment with  larger  con- 
cerns. He  again  worked  as 
superintendent  for  some 
time,  but  as  soon  as  condi- 
tions righted  themselves  he 
reopened  his  own  offices  and 
has  since  been  engaged  as  a 
building  contractor. 

During  this  period  of  ap- 
proximately twenty  years  as 
a  contractor,  Mr.  McNeil 
greatly  enlarged  his  activi- 
ties, putting  up  magnificent 
structures  in  most  of  the  im- 
portant centers  of  the  South- 
western States.  He  is  one 
of  the  successful  builders  of 
Southern  California.  He  has 
made  a  specialty  of  concrete 
and  heavy  construction  and 
has  erected  numerous  large 
public  and  private  buildings, 
including  schools,  office 
buildings,  manufacturing 
plants,  hotels  and  residences. 
Some  of  his  more  notable 
buildings  are  the  Polytechnic 

High  School  Fine  Arts  Building,  Los  Angeles;  Santa 
Rita  Hotel,  Tucson,  Ariz.;  California  Building,  Ra- 
phael Building,  M.  A.  Newmark  Building,  Newmark 
Brothers  Building,  Glass  Building,  Cohn  &  Gold- 
water  Building  and  numerous  others  in  Los  An- 
geles and  over  the  Southwest. 

In  addition  to  contracting,  Mr.  McNeil  has  been 
active  in  real  estate  development  in  and  around 
Los  Angeles  and  has  made  numerous  investments, 
most  of  which  turned  out  profitably.  Despite  the 
setbacks  which  he  experienced  during  the  early 
part  of  his  residence  in  Los  Angeles,  he  always 
maintained  unfaltering  faith  in  the  future  growth 
and  greatness  of  the  city  and  has  been  one  of  the 
sincere  workers  for  its  development.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  Los  Angeles  Chamber  of  Commerce 
and  is  recognized  as  one  of  the  substantial  busi- 
ness men  of  the  city.  He  has  lent  his  assistance  and 
encouragement  to  numerous  civic  movements  which 
have  helped  in  the  city's  general  advancement. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Knights  of  Columbus 
and  the  Municipal  League  of  Los  Angeles. 


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OSTER,  FRED  L.,  Secretary,  The 
Alfalfa  Farming  &  Dairying  Com- 
pany, Los  Angeles,  California, 
was  born  in  Concordia,  Kansas, 
October  27,  1881,  the  son  of  Rose- 
land  Lusk  Foster  and  Charlotte 
Liween  (Johnson)  Foster.  He  married  Lulu  May 
Hare  at  Kansas  City,  Missouri,  September  16,  1903, 
and  to  them  there  have  been  born  three  children, 
Paul  L.,  Myrtle  L.  and  Myron  L.  Foster.  He  is  of 
British  blood,  his  father  hav- 
ing been  of  English-Irish  de- 
scent while  his  mother's 
family,  an  old  one  of  Scot- 
land, traces-  back  in  direct 
line  to  the  time  of  Mary, 
Queen  of  Scots. 

Mr.  Fosters  father  was  a 
cattleman  in  Kansas  and 
when  the  boy  was  about  six 
years  of  age,  moved  the  fam- 
ily home  to  the  western  part 
of  the  State,  where  he  ac- 
quired a  ranch  sixty  thous- 
and acres  in  extent.  Mr. 
Foster  attended  the  public 
schools  of  Winfield,  Kas.,  and 
was  graduated  from  the  high 
school  there  in  the  year  1897. 
He  then  entered  St.  John's 
Lutheran  College  at  Winfield, 
Kansas,  and  was  graduated 
in  the  class  of  1899  with  the 
degrees  of  A.  B.  and  M.  A. 

Upon  the  completion  of 
his  studies  Mr.  Foster  enter- 
ed the  employ  of  Stafford  & 
Albright,  a  real  estate  and 
abstract  firm  of  Winfield,  as 

stenographer,  and  remained  in  that  employ  for 
about  eight  months.  He  then  took  charge  of  the 
abstract  department  of  Johnson  Brothers,  of  the 
same  place,  and  remained  with  them  until  the 
early  part  of  1900. 

Leaving  the  abstract  business,  Mr.  Foster  went 
to  his  father's  cattle  ranch,  then  in  Oklahoma, 
and  took  charge  of  the  property  during  the  spring 
round-up,  but  left  in  June  of  the  same  year  (1900) 
and  became  associated  with  the  Minneapolis 
Threshing  Machine  Company,  as  Assistant  Mana- 
ger of  the  office  at  Kansas  City,  Mo.  This  branch 
of  the  company  handled  all  of  its  business  west 
of  Kansas  City,  which  amounted  approximately  to 
a  million  and  a  half  dollars  annually,  and  Mr. 
Foster  held  office  until  the  latter  part  of  1905. 

Upon  resigning  his  position  with  the  Minne- 
apolis Threshing  Machine  Company,  Mr.  Foster 
went  to  Leavenworth,  Kas.,  as  Assistant  to  the 
Treasurer  of  the  Great  Western  Manufacturing 
Company,  and  held  this  position  for  about  two 
years.  He  then  went  into  the  mining  business, 


F.  L.  FOSTER 


taking  up  the  management  of  several  properties 
owned  by  his  father  in  the  locality  known  as  the 
Quapaw  Reservation  in  the  Indian  Territory.  This 
held  him  for  about  a  year  and  upon  the  sale  of 
the  properties  in  1908,  he  transferred  his  home 
to  Los  Angeles,  where  he  has  since  made  his 
headquarters  while  operating  in  various  business 
enterprises. 

His  first  important  venture  in  the  Southwest 
was  in  Mexico.  As  the  representative  of  a  syndi- 
cate of  bankers  he  went  to 
Mexico  City  and  visited  va- 
rious other  parts  of  the  re- 
public, buying  up  large  tracts 
of  land  for  colonization  pur- 
poses. The  Madero  revolu- 
tion of  1910  interrupted  his 
work,  however,  and  Mr.  Fos- 
ter returned  to  the  United 
States  after  passing  through 
several  thrilling  experiences 
as  the  result  of  the  condi- 
tion of  war  then  existing. 
Before  he  left  Mexico,  Mr. 
Foster  acquired  a  large 
amount  of  farming  land  and 
retained  about  52,000  acres, 
awaiting  the  settlement  of 
the  troubles  there. 

In  1911,  Mr.  Foster  helped 
in  the  financial  organization 
of  the  Pacific  Coast  Mail  Or- 
der House,  said  to  be  the 
largest  concern  of  its  kind 
(co-operative)  in  the  world. 
This  company  has  since  tak- 
en its  place  among  the  im- 
portant commercial  institu- 
tions of  Los  Angeles  and  has 

met  with  an  unusual  amount  of  success.  Follow- 
ing the  launching  of  this  concern,  Mr.  Foster  also 
aided  in  financing  the  Western  Underwriting  & 
Mortgage  Company,  of  San  Diego,  California. 

Mr.  Foster,  in  the  Summer  of  1912,  took  up  the 
organization  of  the  Alfalfa  Farming  &  Dairying 
Company,  a  mutual  farming  corporation  capital- 
ized at  $1,000,000,  and  stated  to  be  the  largest 
farming  concern  of  its  kind  in  existence.  The 
company  entered  actively  into  business  in  June, 
1912,  and  since  that  time  has  acquired  a  large 
amount  of  land,  including  the  Hansen  Ranch,  at 
Corcoran,  California,  a  property  celebrated  as  one 
of  the  greatest  alfalfa  ranches  in  the  world.  In 
addition,  the  company  operates  a  string  of  alfalfa 
and  dairy  farms  extending  from  San  Francisco  to 
Corcoran,  California. 

Aside  from  his  business  operations,  Mr.  Foster 
takes  an  active  interest  in  social  and  civic  affairs 
in  Los  Angeles  and  is  a  member  of  various  organ- 
izations, including  the  Los  Angeles  Athletic  Club, 
Gamut  Club,  and  the  B.  P.  O.  Elks. 


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ARGENT,  EDWIN  W.,  Attorney 
and  Vice  President  of  the  Title 
Guarantee  &  Trust  Company  of 
Los  Angeles,  Los  Angeles,  Cali- 
fornia, was  born  at  Oregon,  Dane 
County,  Wisconsin,  August  15, 
1848.  His  father  was  Croydon  Sargent  and  his 
mother  Lucy  W.  (Hutchinson)  Sargent.  He  mar- 
ried Ella  Bar  at  Sterling,  Illinois,  on  August  30, 
1876,  and  to  them  there  has  been  born  a  daughter, 
Lillian  Sargent. 

Mr.  Sargent,  who  has  occupied  a  leading  posi- 
tion among  the  professional  and  business  men  for 
many  years,  was  reared  in  his  native  State.  After 
completing  his  preliminary  education  he  matricu- 
lated at  the  University  of  Wisconsin,  Liberal  Arts 
Department,  in  the  year  1868,  and  continued  his 
studies  there  until  the  latter  part  of  1870.  He  then 
moved  to  Iowa,  and  in  1873  entered  the  Law  De- 
partment of  the  University  of  Iowa,  at  Iowa  City, 
graduating  the  following  year  with  his  law  degree. 

Immediately  after  his  graduation  Mr.  Sargent 
was  admitted  to  practice  in  the  Supreme  Court  of 
Iowa,  and  going  to  Denison,  Iowa,  opened  his 
offices.  He  remained  in  practice  there  for  approxi- 
mately five  years,  and  in  1879  moved  to  Atchison, 
Kansas,  where  he  pursued  the  business  of  his  pro- 
fession until  1886.  During  that  time  he  came  to 
be  known  as  one  of  the  strong  men  of  the  profes- 
sion, enjoyed  a  lucrative  practice  and  achieved 
considerable  note  as  a  specialist  in  land  titles. 

In  1886,  upon  relinquishing  his  practice  in  Atchi- 
son, Mr.  Sargent  moved  to  Los  Angeles  and  has  re- 
mained there  ever  since.  When  he  first  arrived  in 
the  Southern  California  metropolis,  it  was  only  a 
small  town,  but  even  then  gave  promise  of  the 
greatness  it  has  achieved  since  among  the  large 
cities  of  the  country,  and  Mr.  Sargent,  in  his  ca- 
pacity as  a  title  expert,  aided  materially  in  the  de- 
velopment of  the  real  estate  business,  the  growth 
of  which  has  been  almost  phenomenal. 

His  land  title  business  in  Kansas  had  made  Mr. 
Sargent  familiar  with  the  activities  of  the  guaranty 
title  and  abstract  companies  and  he  knew  the  op- 
portunities they  offered.  He  discovered  upon  lo- 
cating in  Los  Angeles  that  there  were  no  guaranty 
title  companies  in  existence  there  and  that  land 
titles,  under  the  system  then  in  vogue,  were  given 
without  any  guarantee.  He  immediately  set  about 
the  correction  of  this  and  other  evils  connected 
with  property  transactions,  and  through  his  inno- 
vations came  to  be  known  as  "The  Father  of  the 
Land  Title  Business"  in  Los  Angeles. 

Mr.  Sargent  made  his  impression  upon  the  com- 
munity by  establishing  as  evidence  of  title  in  Los 
Angeles  City  and  County  the  "Certificate  of  Title," 
practically  in  the  form  in  which  it  is  used  today 
in  real  estate  transfers  and  has  been  for  more 
than  twenty-five  years. 

In  1887  Los  Angeles  enjoyed  a  tremendous 
boom  in  real  estate,  and  during  this  historic 
period  of  activity  there  were  many  persons  en- 
gaged in  the  abstract  business  who  thrived  wholly 
upon  searching  the  records  by  the  name  index  for 
the  investigation  of  title,  making  expensive  abstracts 
and  obtaining  expensive  legal  opinions  of  lawyers 
upon  the  same.  With  his  wide  experience  in  the 
law  and  his  intimate  knowledge  of  the  title  and 
abstract  business,  Mr.  Sargent  devised  a  plan  for 
putting  an  end  to  what  he  considered  an  extor- 
tionate practice,  and  with  it  the  basis  of  the  land 
title  business  of  Los  Angeles  was  formed.  The 


change  was  brought  about,  in  the  first  place,  by 
the  organization  of  the  Los  Angeles  Abstract  Com- 
pany early  in  1887,  conceived  in  a  spirit  of  fair 
dealing  and  on  a  comprehensive  scale,  with  Mr. 
Sargent  and  several  wealthy  men  of  Los  Angeles 
as  its  organizers. 

This  company  adopted  what  is  known  as  the 
"property  system,"  by  following  the  title  to  each 
individual  piece  of  land  by  the  different  references 
that  are  made  by  all  instruments  affecting  the  title. 
The  company  merely  completed  an  abstract  plant 
in  the  fall  of  1887,  and  then  began  making  full  and 
unlimited  certificates  of  title  at  a  moderate  price, 
upon  any  and  all  real  estate  in  the  City  of  Los 
Angeles  and  Los  Angeles  County. 

It  was  the  unusual  legal  ability  brought  to  this 
company  by  Mr.  Sargent  that  enabled  it  to  issue 
Certificates  of  Title,  and  the  community  soon 
learned  that  for  a  moderate  price  they  obtained 
the  most  competent  legal  opinion  that  could  be 
given  on  titles  to  real  estate.  These  unlimited 
Certificates  of  Title  soon  commanded  the  con- 
fidence of  real  estate  dealers,  money  lenders  and 
banks,  and  in  a  few  years  there  was  a  complete 
change  in  the  business  of  furnishing  evidence  of 
title,  which  was  done  quickly  and  at  a  great  deal 
less  expense  than  under  the  former  system.  It 
is  conceded  that  Mr.  Sargent,  with  his  energy  and 
force  of  character,  took  the  leading  part  in  the 
establishment  of  the  Unlimited  Certificate  as  the 
universal  and  accepted  means  and  evidence  of 
title  employed  by  persons  in  the  real  estate  trans- 
actions of  Loe-  Angeles  County. 

The  Los  Angeles  Abstract  Company  being  a 
success-  from  the  start,  the  business  was  soon  ex- 
panded by  the  absorption  of  other  firms,  and  in 
1894,  it  was  reorganized  and  the  name  changed  to 
that  of  the  Title  Insurance  &  Trust  Company.  The 
following  year  Mr.  Sargent  resigned  from  this 
institution  and  organized  another,  known  as  the 
Title  Guarantee  &  Trust  Company,  both  of  which 
are  now  rated  among  the  largest  concerns  of  the 
kind  in  the  United  States.  They  employ  scores 
of  men  in  their  clerical  departments,  require  the 
services  of  many  lawyers  and  transact  business  of 
immense  proportions.  Each  is  housed  in  a  splendid 
office  building,  among  the  handomest  of  Los  An- 
geles skyscrapers,  the  one  known  as  the  Title  In- 
surance &  Trust  Building,  the  other  as  the  Title 
Guarantee  &  Trust  Building. 

Mr.  Sargent's  residence  in  Los  Angeles  has  cov- 
ered the  period  of  its  greatest  growth  and  the  com- 
panies of  which  he  has  been  the  organizer  have 
handled  a  large  percentage  of  the  titles  to  Los  An- 
gles property.  In  the  management  of  these  com- 
panies Mr.  Sargent  has  been  one  of  the  dominant 
factors,  and  few  men  are  more  intimately  ac- 
quainted with  the  history  of  ownership  of  acres 
and  lots  in  Southern  California. 

Aside  from  his  own  business  interests  Mr.  Sar- 
gent is  one  of  those  men  who  is  quietly  yet  effec- 
tively behind  every  public  movement  which  con- 
cerns his  city.  He  recognizes  that  part  of  his  suc- 
cess is  due  to  the  rapid  growth  of  Los  Angeles 
and  of  the  territory  surrounding,  and  has  always 
been  willing  with  both  work  and  means  to  assist 
in  all  enterprises  for  the  public  good.  He  is  not 
an  active  factor  in  politics,  but  is  an  advocate  of 
a  beautiful  and  well  governed  city. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Masonic  Order,  is  a 
Knight  Templar  and  Shriner  and  a  member  of 
the  Jonathan  Club. 


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LPAUGH,  EDWIN  KITCHEN, 
Orange  Grower  and  President  of 
the  Provident  Pledge  Corpora- 
tion, Los  Angeles,  California,  was 
born  in  Asbury,  New  Jersey, 
February  28,  1853,  the  son  of  John 
R.  Alpaugh  and  Sarah  Ann  (Ingham)  Alpaugh.  He 
married  Sarah  E.  Slack,  daughter  of  General  James 
R.  Slack,  at  Huntington,  Indiana,  May  17,  1882  and 
to  them  there  was  born  a  daughter,  Mary  I.  Al- 
paugh. Mr.  Alpaugh  is  de- 
scended from  Colonial  stock, 
connected  on  the  maternal 
side  with  the  Runkle  and 
Ingham  families  of  New  Jer- 
sey. The  Runkles  trace  back 
in  direct  line  to  the  middle 
ages,  at  which  time  they 
were  among  the  nobility  of 
Germany.  The  first  of  this 
branch  in  America  was  Adam 
Runkle,  the  great  -  great  - 
grandfather  of  Mr.  Alpaugh, 
and  a  man  of  prominence 
and  great  religious  fervor 
during  the  Revolutionary 
period.  His  son,  William, 
great-grandfather  of  Mr.  Al- 
paugh, was  a  wealthy  farmer 
and  land  owner  of  New  Jer- 
sey, noted  as  one  of  the  com- 
manding men  of  his  section. 
His  daughter  married  Jona- 
than W.  Ingham  and  they 
were  the  parents  of  Mr.  Al- 
paugh's  mother. 

Mr.  Alpaugh  spent  his 
childhood  in  New  Jersey  and 
from  1860  to  1863  attended 

an  academy  at  Clinton,  N.  J.,  but  the  family  re- 
moving to  Indiana  in  1863,  the  greater  part  of  his 
life  was  spent  in  the  latter  State.  His  parents  lo- 
cated on  a  farm  and  he  helped  his  father  during 
the  greater  part  of  each  year,  going  to  the  country 
school  for  about  three  months  out  of  the  twelve. 
Concluding  his  schooling  when  he  was  about  six- 
teen years  of  age  Mr.  Alpaugh  worked  on  the  farm 
of  his  father  until  1871,  when  he  moved  to  Wabash, 
Indiana,  and  went  into  the  drug  business. 

For  the  next  two  years  Mr.  Alpaugh  confined 
his  time  to  the  drug  business  in  Wabash  and  in 
Lagro,  Indiana,  and  in  1873  moved  to  Huntington, 
Indiana,  where  he  obtained  employment  as  a  clerk 
in  a  drug  store.  The  confining  life  of  stores  told 
on  his  health  in  time,  and  in  1876  he  gave  up  the 
drug  business,  in  which  he  had  become  known  as 
a  capable  pharmacist,  and  went  to  Tennessee, 
where  he  worked  in  the  woods  for  three  years. 

Returning  to  Huntington,  Indiana,  in  1879,  Mr. 
Alpaugh  embarked  in  the  drug  business  for  him- 
self and  conducted  a  store  there  for  about  five 


EDWIN  K.  ALPAUGH 


years,  but  sold  it  out  at  the  end  of  that  time  and 
went  into  the  lumber  business  with  his  brother- 
in-law.  They  operated  under  the  name  of  Slack 
&  Alpaugh,  and  for  more  than  ten  years,  Mr.  Al- 
paugh was  active  in  the  business,  but  sold  out 
his  interest  in  1895  and  practically  retired  from 
active  business  for  several  years. 

Accompanied  by  his  wife,  Mr.  Alpaugh  traveled 
through  the  northwestern  part  of  the  United  States 
for  some  time,  going  as  far  north  as  Alaska  and  then 
returned  to  Indiana  by  way 
of  the  Pacific  Coast.  They 
halted  in  Los  Angeles  for  a 
time  and  Mr.  Alpaugh  was 
so  impressed  with  Southern 
California  during  his  brief 
stay  there  that  he  sold  his 
home  in  Indiana  in  1898  and 
returned  to  Los  Angeles,  in 
and  near  where  he  has  made 
his  home  ever  since. 

For  about  two  years  Mr. 
Alpaugh  was  not  actively  en- 
gaged in  business,  but  in  the 
early  part  of  1900  he  pur- 
chased thirty  acres  of  the 
finest  Valencia  orange  land 
from  the  L.  J.  Rose  Sunny 
Slope  estate,  one  of  the 
celebrated  fruit  ranches  of 
Southern  California,  and  has 
been  engaged  as  an  orange 
grower  since  that  time.  He 
makes  his  home  on  the  ranch, 
and  in  addition  to  having  been 
for  many  years  a  large  ship- 
per of  fruit  from  his  own  land, 
is  Vice  President  of  the  Cit- 
rus Cove  Ranch  Company. 
In  1911,  upon  the  organization  of  the  Provi- 
dent Pledge  Company  of  Los  Angeles,  Mr.  Al- 
paugh, who  had  devoted  himself  exclusively  to 
orange  growing,  was  called  from  his  ranch  to  take 
the  office  of  President  of  the  concern.  The  Provi- 
dent Pledge  Corporation  is  capitalized  at  $500,000 
and  was  organized  for  the  purpose  of  lending  money 
at  a  minimum  rate  of  interest,  with  the  result  that 
it  has  served  to  free  Los  Angeles,  to  a  great  extent, 
from  the  loan  shark  evil. 

Mr.  Alpaugh  devotes  a  large  part  of  his  time  to 
business,  but  also  continues  as  one  of  the  large 
individual  orange  growers  of  Southern  California. 
During  the  time  he  was  engaged  in  the  drug 
business,  Mr.  Alpaugh  took  an  active  interest  in 
scientific  matters  and  was  a  member  of  the  Amer- 
ican Society  for  the  Advancement  of  Science,  but 
upon  retiring  from  the  business  he  gave  up  his 
membership.  He  continues  his  studies  of  scientific 
subjects,  but  his  only  affiliation  outside  of  business 
circles  is  the  Jonathan  Club  of  Los  Angeles, 
and  the  Cazadores  Gun  Club,  near  Los  Patos. 


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OULSTON,  JOHN  BISHOP,  Presi- 
dent, Crown  City  National  Bank, 
Pasadena,  Cal.,  was  born  at  Ellis- 
burg,  Pa.,  May  22,  1869,  the  son 
of  John  Coulston  and  Stella  Char- 
lotte (Bishop)  Coulston.  He  mar- 
ried Nora  V.  Seibert  at  Austin,  Pennsylvania,  No- 
vember 10,  1891,  and  to  them  there  have  been 
born  two  sons,  John  T.  and  George  S.  Coulston, 
and  a  daughter,  Lillian  M.  Coulston. 

Mr.  Coulston  had  only  a 
common  school  education 
and  worked  on  his  father's 
farm  until  he  was  seventeen 
years  of  age.  In  1887  he 
went  to  Austin,  Pa.,  and 
there  became  Assistant  Post- 
master, a  position  he  held 
until  1890.  He  then  entered 
the  employ  of  the  F.  H.  &  C. 
W.  Goodyear  Lumber  Com- 
pany and  also  was  engaged 
in  the  drug  business  for  sev- 
eral years,  until  he  moved  to 
Coudersport,  Pa.,  in  1894. 

At  that  time  he  became 
interested  in  the  natural  gas 
business  and  served  as  Sec- 
retary and  Treasurer  of  sev- 
eral gas  companies  in  North- 
western Pennsylvania  and 
Southwestern  New  York, 
representing  the  T.  N.  Barns- 
dall  interests.  He  also 
turned  his  attention  to  bank- 
ing and  organized  the  Cou- 
dersport Trust  Company  and 
several  affiliated  banks  in 
that  section  of  the  country. 

Prom  that  time  forward  Mr.  Coulston  has  been 
actively  engaged  in  the  banking  business  and  until 
he  transferred  his  residence  to  Southern  Cali- 
fornia was  one  of  the  leading  financiers  in  North- 
western Pennsylvania. 

In  1905  Mr.  Coulston  made  a  visit  to  Pasadena, 
California,  as  a  tourist  seeking  relief  from  asthma, 
and  the  following  year,  after  disposing  of  his  in- 
terests in  Pennsylvania,  transferred  his  home  to 
the  Crown  City.  Shortly  after  his  arrival  Mr. 
Coulston  organized  the  Covina  National  Bank,  at 
Covina,  California,  adjacent  to  Pasadena,  and  the 
Colton  National  Bank  of  Colton,  California,  in 
both  of  which  institutions  he  filled  the  office  of 
President.  These  organizations  marked  the  be- 
ginning of  Mr.  Coulston's  career  in  the  banking 
affairs  of  Southern  California  and  in  the  years 
that  have  followed  he  has  figured  in  numerous 
others.  He  was  one  of  the  organizers  of  the  Na- 
tional Bank  of  Riverside,  California,  and  also  of 
the  Traders  Bank  of  Los  Angeles,  in  which  he 
holds  the  office  of  Vice  President. 


J.   B.   COULSTON 


In  1907  he  purchased  the  Crown  City  Bank, 
then  a  small  State  institution  located  at  East 
Pasadena,  and  two  years  later  caused  it  to  be 
Nationalized.  The  history  of  this  bank,  since  Mr. 
Coulston  took  over  its  management,  has  been 
most  remarkable.  In  1907  it  had  deposits  of  only 
$41,000,  and  in  1912,  a  period  of  about  five  years, 
had  more  than  a  million  and  a  quarter  dollars  on 
deposit  and  ranked  among  the  strongest  monetary 
institutions  of  California  and  the  West. 

Mr.  Coulston's  success  in 
the  upbuilding  of  this  bank 
has  been  characteristic  of 
his  work  in  behalf  of  va- 
rious others  with  which  he 
has  been  connected,  and  in 
addition  to  the  institutions 
mentioned,  he  has  been  a 
factor  in  the  growth  of  the 
following : 

Crown  City  Savings  & 
Trust  Company,  of  which  he 
is  President;  the  First  Na- 
tional Bank  of  San  Pedro, 
Gal.,  of  which  he  is  a  Direc- 
tor; the  First  National 
Bank  of  South  Pasadena,  in 
which  he  is-  a  Director,  and 
the  South  Pasadena  Savings 
Bank,  in  which  he  is  also  a 
Director. 

Aside  from  his  banking 
connection,  Mr.  Coulston  is 
largely  interested  in  the  cit- 
rus industry,  with  extensive 
orange  ranches  at  Covina 
and  Glendora,  Cal.  His 
Wildwood  ranch  at  the  lat- 
ter place  is  one  of  the  show 

places  of  Southern  California.  He  is  also  actively 
engaged  in  the  development  of  water  for  irriga- 
tion purposes  in  Southern  California,  and  has  been 
a  Director  of  several  large  irrigation  companies. 

Mr.  Coulston's  diversified  interests  command  a 
large  part  of  his  time,  but  nevertheless  he  takes  an 
active  interest  in  civic  affairs  of  Pasadena,  although 
he  is  not  in  politics.  For  four  years  he  has  been  a 
Director  of  the  Tournament  of  Roses  Association, 
and  has  been  one  of  the  men  responsible  for  the 
success  of  the  organization  in  recent  years.  This 
association's  chief  object  is  the  promotion  of  the 
world-famous  "Tournament  of  Roses,"  the  beautiful 
carnival  held  on  New  Year's  Day  at  Pasadena  each 
year,  to  which  thousands  of  touri&ts  are  attracted. 
Mr.  Coulston  has  a  beautiful  home  at  Altadena, 
surrounded  by  a  grove  of  choice  tropical  and  sub- 
tropical fruit  trees.  He  is  President  of  the  Altadena 
Country  Club  and  belongs  to  the  Annandale  Coun- 
try Club,  the  Overland  Club  of  Pasadena,  and  the 
Jonathan  Club  of  Los  Angeles.  He  is  a  Thirty- 
second  degree  Mason,  member,  Mystic  Shrine. 


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ARTIN,  GEORGE  GUSHING,  At- 
torney, Los  Angeles,  California, 
was  born  at  Minonk,  Illinois,  De- 
cember 10,  1875,  the  son  of  Eu- 
clid Martin  and  Luelle  (Gushing) 
Martin.  He  is  descended  from 
one  of  the  most  notable  of  the  old  families  of  Vir- 
ginia, the  Martins  having  given  numerous  men  to 
the  military  and  professional  ranks  of  the  nation. 
He  married  Helene  Smith  at  Los  Angeles,  Novem- 
ber 3,  1903,  and  is  the  father 
of  Adelaide  Helen,  Gaylor 
Georgia,  Euclid  II  and  Vir- 
ginia Rose  Martin. 

Euclid  Martin,  the  father, 
now  a  resident  of  Pasadena, 
was  for  many  years  one  of 
the  most  prominent  citizens 
of  the  State  of  Nebraska. 
During  his  residence  in  that 
State,  he  was  identified  with 
practically  every  movement 
of  importance  undertaken  by 
the  citizens  for  the  benefit 
of  the  State,  and  particularly 
for  the  City  of  Omaha,  of 
which  he  was  a  resident. 

He  was  for  many  years 
Chairman  of  the  Democratic 
State  Central  Committee, 
was  a  member  of  the  Execu- 
tive Committee  of  the 
World's  Columbian  Exposi- 
tion at  Chicago.  He  was 
President  of  the  Omaha  Board 
of  Trade,  the  Omaha  Com- 
mercial Club,  the  Omaha 
Business  Men's  Association, 
the  Nebraska-Iowa  Grain  Co., 

Parlin-Orendorff  &  Martin  Co.,  and  the  Martin  An- 
derson Co.  He  was  postmaster  of  Omaha,  a  per- 
sonal friend  of  Grover  Cleveland,  Adlai  Stevenson 
and  J.  Sterling  Morton,  and  was  tendered  a  ban- 
quet on  his  leaving  Omaha  for  California,  by  the 
citizens  of  Omaha,  and  was  at  the  banquet  pre- 
sented with  a  handsome  loving  cup  as  a  memento 
of  the  respect  and  esteem  of  his  fellow  citizens. 

Mr.  Martin's  family  having  moved  further  West 
when  he  was  a  youth,  most  of  his  younger  days 
were  spent  in  Nebraska.  He  attended  the  public 
schools  of  Omaha  and  was  graduated  from  the 
high  school  there,  after  which  he  went  to  Phillips 
Academy  at  Andover,  Massachusetts.  He  followed 
this  with  a  course  at  Heidleberg,  Germany's 
famous  educational  seat,  and  upon  his  re- 
turn to  the  United  States  entered  the  University 
of  Wisconsin,  at  Madison,  from  which  he  was 
graduated. 

Upon  leaving  school  Mr.  Martin  decided  to  study 
law  as  a  profession  and  was  fortunate  in  being 
taken  into  the  office  of  two  of  the  most  noted 


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jurists  produced  by  the  United  States  in  recent 
times.  They  were  John  C.  Spooner,  for  many  years 
one  of  the  leaders  of  the  United  States  Senate, 
and  A.  L.  Sanborn,  who  has  gained  fame  as  United 
States  District  Judge  in  Wisconsin.  Mr.  Martin 
read  law  under  these  two  famous  practitioners  and 
later  attended  the  law  school  of  the  University  of 
Wisconsin,  from  which  he  was  graduated  in  the 
year  1899. 

After  he  was  admitted  to  practice,  Mr.  Martin 
became  a  member  of  the  law 
firm  of  Duffie,  Gaines,  Kelby 
&  Martin,  one  of  the  lead- 
ing firms  in  Nebraska.  E.  R. 
Duffie,  the  senior  member  of 
the  firm,  later  became  a  Jus- 
tice of  the  Supreme  Court  of 
Nebraska  and  James  E.  Kel- 
by, another  member  gained 
fame  as  the  General  Counsel 
for  the  Chicago,  Burlington 
&  Quincy  Railroad.  Mr. 
Martin  practiced  in  Omaha 
for  approximately  six  years 
and  then  removed  to  Los  An- 
geles, where  he  was  admitted 
to  practice  in  California,  and 
opened  offices  which  he  has 
since  maintained.  He  prac- 
ticed alone  for  the  first  seven 
years  after  his  arrival  there 
and  then,  in  1912,  his  former 
partner,  Mr.  Kelly,  having 
moved  to  Los  Angeles,  they 
formed  a  new  partnership 
there. 

In  addition  to  his  work  in 
the  legal  profession,  Mr. 
Martin  has  won  distinc- 
tion in  other  lines  of  endeavor,  notably  as  an  in- 
ventor and  writer.  He  is  the  inventor  of  a  number 
of  practical  devices,  but  the  most  important  one, 
perhaps,  is  the  Martin  Shock  Absorber,  which  is 
manufactured  in  Los  Angeles  by  the  Martin  Shock 
Absorber  Company,  of  which  he  is  President  and 
principal  stockholder. 

Mr.  Martin's  writings  have  been  along  scientific 
lines  and  consist  principally  of  articles  for  the 
technical  press  of  the  country.  In  his  legal  work 
he  has  made  a  specialty  of  patent  causes  and  was 
connected  with  various  important  cases  for  the 
United  Motor  Company,  and  others. 

Since  his  arrival  in  Los  Angeles  he  has  become 
intimately  identified  with  public  affairs  in  the  city 
and  State. 

He  has  taken  an  active  interest  in  politics-  and 
for  a  time  was  a  member  of  the  Los  Angeles  County 
Central  Democratic  Committee. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Psi  Upsilon  and  Phi 
Delta  Phi  college  fraternities,  also  of  the  California 
Club  and  Gamut  Club,  of  Los  Angeles. 


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ADNER,  ALBERT  EDWIN,  Bank- 
ing and  Investments,  Los  Angeles, 
California,  was  born  in  San  Fran- 
cisco, California,  June  28,  1874, 
the  son  of  Edwin  Ladner  and 
Nancy  Clark  (Nowlin)  Ladner. 
He  married  Maud  Withers  at  Salinas,  California, 
May  9,  1894,  and  to  them  there  have  been  born 
four  children — two  daughters,  Marguerite  and  Mil- 
dred, and  two  sons,  Ernest  and  Raymond  Ladner. 

Mr.  Ladner  attended  the 
public  schools  of  Petaluma, 
California,  until  he  was  fif- 
teen years  of  age,  but  from 
that  time  forward  has  been 
earning  his  own  livelihood, 
and  has  won  a  place  for  him- 
self in  the  business  world 
through  his  own  efforts.  He 
began  his  career  in  1889  as  a 
clerk  in  a  small  country 
store  at  San  Luis  Obispo, 
California,  and  remained 
there  for  about  two  years. 

Returning  to  San  Fran- 
cisco in  1891,  Mr.  Ladner  en- 
tered the  employ  of  the 
Southern  Pacific  Railroad 
Company  and  worked  in  va- 
rious capacities  for  the  next 
few  years,  being  Assistant 
Station  Agent  at  Monterey, 
when  he  resigned  in  1894.  He 
gave  up  railroading  in  order 
to  take  over  the  manage- 
ment of  his  father's  cattle 
ranch,  which  he  purchased 
outright  some  time  later  and 
which  he  continues  to  retain. 

For  several  years  prior  to  1902  Mr.  Ladner  in- 
terested himself  in  various  mining  enterprises  and 
for  three  years  operated  a  quicksilver  mine,  which 
he  later  sold  to  Los  Angeles  capitalists.  Following 
this  he  went  to  Los  Angeles  in  search  of  an  invest- 
ment and  within  a  short  time  embarked  in  the 
grocery  business  at  San  Pedro  (Los  Angeles  Har- 
bor), but  sold  this  out  at  the  expiration  of  a  few 
months  and  re-engaged  in  mining. 

From  this  he  turned,  in  time,  to  concrete  con- 
struction and  superintended  the  erection  of  sta- 
tions for  the  Las  Vegas  &  Tonopah  Railroad  on  its 
new  line  into  Las  Vegas.  In  addition  he  built  nu- 
merous mining  plant  buildings  and  did  other  work 
in  the  Colorado  Desert  country.  He  continued  in 
the  construction  business  until  1908,  disposing  of 
his  interest  at  that  time  to  take  up  the  develop- 
ment of  an  alfalfa  ranch  which  he  had  purchased 
in  Southern  California. 

In  1909  Mr.  Ladner  directed  his  attention  to 
financial  matters  and  in  association  with  others  or- 
ganized the  Anchor  Brokerage  Company,  which 


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brought  about  the  formation  of  the  Anchor  Fire 
Insurance  Company.  This  company  later  was 
merged  with  the  California  National  Life  Insurance 
Company  and  Mr.  Ladner,  as  one  of  the  principal 
factors  in  the  original  concern,  had  a  prominent 
part  in  the  amalgamation. 

In    1911,    through    the   Anchor    Brokerage    Com- 
pany, acting  as  a  holding  corporation,  the  Pyramid 
Investment    Company    was    organized    in    Los    An- 
geles and  this  has  since  become  one  of  the  factors 
in    the    home    building    busi- 
ness of  that  city.     Mr.   Lad- 
ner was  elected  to  the  Board 
of  Directors  and  made  Man- 
ager of  the  company,  a  posi- 
tion he  held  for  more  than  a 
year,    devoting    his    time    to 
getting    the    concern    started 
on  a  sound  basis. 

Los  Angeles,  like  most 
other  cities  of  its  size,  was 
beset  for  many  years  by  the 
"loan  shark"  evil  in  its  va- 
rious phases  and  the  usuri- 
ous rates-  of  interest  charged 
became  so  great  that  in  the 
early  part  of  1912,  a 
civic  crusade  against  that 
class  of  business  resulted 
in  the  prosecution  of  nu- 
merous firms  and  individuals. 
A  direct  result  of  this  cru- 
sade was  the  organization 
of  the  Provident  Pledge  Com- 
pany, capitalized  at  $1,000,- 
000,  for  the  purpose  of  lend- 
ing money  at  a  minimum 
rate  of  interest,  ins-tead  of 
at  10  and  20  per  cent  per 

month,  as  had  been  the  practice.  Mr.  Ladner 
aided  in  the  organization  of  this  company,  which 
is  incorporated  under  the  laws  of  California,  and 
was  made  Vice  President  and  Treasurer  of  the 
concern. 

In  addition  to  this  company,  Mr.  Ladner  is  in- 
terested in  various  other  enterprises,  among  them 
the  Bank  of  Lancaster  'Lancaster,  California),  in 
which  he  is-  Secretary,  Treasurer  and  Director; 
Lancaster  Land  &  Loan  Company,  of  which  he  is 
President  and  the  Pyramid  Investment  Company 
in  which  he  is  a  Director. 

He  takes  an  active  interest  in  the  affairs  of 
each  of  these  companies,  but  devotes  the  greater 
part  of  his  time  to  the  management  of  the  Provi- 
dent Pledge  Company. 

Mr.  Ladner  is  a  prominent  member  of  the  Ma- 
sonic Fraternity  in  Los  Angeles,  having  member- 
ship in  Pentalpha  Lodge,  No.  202,  Free  and  Accepted 
Masons,  Los  Angeles  Consistory,  No.  3,  Scottish 
Rite,  and  the  Mystic  Shrine.  He  also  belongs  to 
the  Metropolitan  Club  of  Los  Angeles. 


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OBBS,  JOHN  HENRY,  Mining,  Los 
Angeles  and  Pasadena,  California, 
was  born  in  Colorado  Springs, 
Colorado,  January  22,  1874,  the 
son  of  James  Thomas  Hobbs  and 
Mary  (Dalton)  Hobbs.  He  mar- 
ried Charlotte  Estep  at  Colorado  Springs,  June  26, 
1898,  and  to  them  there  has  been  born  a  daughter, 
Catharine  Wray  Hobbs. 

Mr.  Hobbs  spent  the  greater  part  of  his  life  in 
his  native  State  and  attended  the  public  schools 
there.  At  a  later  date  he  completed  a  business 
course  in  a  college  at  Colorado  Springs  and  was 
graduated  in  the  class  of  1894. 

Immediately  after  the  completion  of  his  educa- 
tion, Mr.  Hobbs,  who  had  devoted  special  attention 
to  the  study  of  banking,  entered  the  offices  of  Clar- 
.ence  Edsall  &  Company,  a  brokerage  firm  of  Colo- 
rado Springs,  and  at  the  end  of  eighteen  months  re- 
signed to  go  into  the  employ  of  the  El  Paso  Na- 
tional Bank  of  that  city.  He  retained  his  position 
there  until  the  beginning  of  the  year  1896. 

At  that  time,  Mr.  Hobbs,  in  conjunction  with 
the  Edsall  interests,  took  up  mining  and  has  been 
interested  in  mining  enterprises  since  that  time, 
his  operations  taking  him  to  various  mining 
fields  of  the  United  States  and  Mexico.  His 
first  venture  was  in  the  latter  country,  where  he 
mined  successfully  until  1898,  and  at  the  end  of 
the  two-year  period  he  returned  to  Colorado,  locat- 
ing at  Cripple  Creek.  He  was  then  taken  into  the 
brokerage  firm  of  Edsall,  Key  &  Company  as  an 
equal  partner,  and  was  given  the  management  of 
all  the  mining  properties  which  the  firm  controlled. 
These  he  managed  until  1907,  at  which  time  he 
went  to  New  York  City  and  opened  brokerage  of- 
fices at  No.  1  Wall  Street,  under  the  firm  name  of 
Hobbs  &  Seeley. 

Through  his  knowledge  of  mining  and  his  affilia- 
tion with  various  important  mining  men  of  the 
West,  he  soon  built  up  an  extensive  stock  business 
and  during  the  time  he  remained  in  Wall  Street 
was  extremely  active.  While  in  New  York,  Mr. 
Hobbs  became  associated  with  John  Hays  Ham- 
mond, the  eminent  mining  expert  and  engineer,  and 
together  they  went  to  California  in  October,  1908, 
becoming  jointly  interested  in  the  Tom  Reed  Gold 
Mines  Company  of  Arizona  and  the  Pacific  Mines 
Company  of  California.  The  former  was  one  of  the 
most  productive  properties  ever  worked  in  the 
Southwest,  but  the  holdings  of  the  Pacific  Mines 
Company  exceed  it  in  value.  This  company,  whicn 
is  owned  by  five  prominent  mining  men  of  New 
York  and  Los  Angeles,  has  one  mine  which  pro- 
duces one  hundred  and  fifty  tons  of  ore  daily,  the 
gold  value  being  unu&ually  high.  Mr.  Hobbs  is  a 
Director  of  the  company  and  one  of  the  active  fac- 
tors in  its  management. 

Mr.  Hobbs  at  one  time  held  the  controlling  in- 
terest and  the  office  of  President  in  the  Nugget 
Mining  &  Milling  Company,  which,  in  1899,  became 
involved  in  a  very  serious  and  bitter  litigation 
with  the  Doctor  &  Chief  Mining  Company  and  the 
Jackpot  Mining  Company  of  Colorado.  The  litiga- 
tion continued  for  more  than  a  year  and  was 
finally  terminated  in  1900  by  the  consolidation  of 
the  three  companies  into  what  is  known  as  the 


Doctor  Jackpot  Mining  Company  of  Colorado. 
Mr.  Hobbs  was  an  active  factor  in  the  litigation 
and  also  the  peacemaker,  the  merger  of  the  con- 
testing companies  being  brought  about  largely 
through  his  efforts.  Since  the  reorganization  he 
has  served  as  Secretary,  Treasurer  and  Director  of 
the  Doctor  Jackpot  Mining  Company,  one  of  whose 
mines  has  produced  gold  valued  at  more  than  three 
and  a  half  million  dollars. 

In  1905,  Mr.  Hobbs  acquired  the  lease  on  what 
was  known  as  Stratton's  Independence,  Limited,  a 
valuable  property  in  the  Cripple  Creek  district  of 
Colorado.  This  mine  was  valued  at  ten  million  dol- 
lars and  was  considered  the  most  important  lease 
in  the  Cripple  Creek  region  at  that  time. 

In  his  mining  operations,  Mr.  Hobbs  has  com- 
bined the  abilities  of  the  practical  engineer  with 
those  of  the  financier  and  in  both  branches  of  the 
business-  has  proved  unusually  successful. 

Mr.  Hobbs  devotes  himself  assiduously  to  his 
work,  but  at  the  same  time  is  a  prominent  figure  in 
club  and  social  circles  of  Southern  California  and 
is  an  ardent  devotee  of  the  sport  of  Polo.  He 
played  Polo  in  Denver  and  Colorado  Springs  for 
several  years  before  transferring  his-  home  to  Cali- 
fornia and  is  regarded  as  one  of  the  experts  of  the 
game.  He  is  the  owner  of  a  stable  of  pedigreed 
ponies  and  ever  since  his  location  in  the  Southwest 
has  been  a  conspicuous  figure  in  the  matches  played 
between  the  teams  of  Southern  California  and  va- 
rious foreign  players  visiting  the  United  States. 
In  1910,  he  was  a  member  of  the  championship 
t'eam  of  Coronado  Beach,  winners  of  the  State  tro- 
phy, and  the  following  year  played  as  a  member  of 
the  Pasadena  Polo  Club  team,  one  of  the  fastest  in 
the  United  States.  In  1912,  Mr.  Hobbs  was  elected 
Captain  of  the  Coronado  Country  Club  team,  made 
up  of  brilliant  players  who  have  proved  their  abili- 
ties in  matches  with  the  world's  best  Poloists.  Polo 
being  the  principal  sport  of  the  winter  season  in 
Southern  California,  Mr.  Hobbs  figures  prominently 
in  the  Polo  &et  and  enjoys  unusual  personal  popu- 
larity. 

In  addition  to  the  mining  projects  already  men- 
tioned, Mr.  Hobbs  is  interested  in  several  others, 
these  including  the  La  Luz  Mines  Company,  of 
Guanajuato,  Mexico,  of  which  he  is  President,  and 
the  Empire  Copper  Company,  in  which  he  also 
holds  the  office  of  President.  This  latter  concern 
has  been  operating  in  Idaho  for  more  than  seven 
years  and  during  that  time  Mr.  Hobbs  has  been 
the  directing  force.  He  is  possessed  of  grit  and 
determination,  and  during  the  sixteen  years  he 
has  been  in  the  mining  business  has  contributed 
materially  to  the  upbuilding  of  the  various  sections, 
where  he  has  operated. 

Mr.  Hobbs  maintains  his  offices  in  Los  Angeles, 
but  has  his  residence  in  Pasadena,  California,  the 
beautiful  winter  resort  where  many  of  the  notables 
of  the  United  States  have  their  homes.  Mr.  Hobbs 
is  a  member  of  several  clubs  there,  including  the 
Pasadena  Polo  Club,  Pasadena  Country  Club,  and 
the  Midwick  Country  Club.  His  other  club  affilia- 
tions include  the  Denver  Club  and  Denver  Country 
Club  of  Denver,  Colorado;  El  Paso  Club  and  Chey- 
enne Mountain  Country  Club,  of  Colorado  Springs; 
*nd  the  Rocky  Mountain  Club,  of  New  York  City. 


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'NEALL,  GROSVENOR  PIXLEY, 
Attorney  at  Law,  Los  Angeles, 
California,  was  born  in  Idaho 
Springs,  Colorado,  November  27, 
1872,  the  son  of  Dr.  Jefferson 
Cyrus  O'Neall  and  Josephine 
(Pixley)  O'Neall.  He  married  Frances  Grace 
Church  Dampier  at  St.  Paul,  Minnesota,  October 
17,  1900,  and  to  them  there  has  been  born  a  son, 
Grosvenor  Pixley  Hugh  O'Neall.  While  his  family 
has  been  prominent  in 
America  eince  1730  ana  Mr. 
O'Neall,  of  the  sixth  genera- 
tion, is  distinctly  and  typi- 
cally American,  there  are 
combined  in  him  four  strains 
— Irish,  Scotch,  English  and 
Dutch.  He  is  directly  de- 
scended from  the  Earls  of 
Tyrone,  Ireland,  and  one  of 
his  early  ancestors  was  Sir 
Tristram  Coffin  of  Nantucket. 
The  American  branch  of 
the  family  was  of  Quaker 
belief  and  resided  for  four 
generations  in  Newberry, 
South  Carolina.  Chief  Jus- 
tice John  Belton  O'Neall  of 
the  Supreme  Court  of  South 
Carolina,  was  the  head  of  the 
family  and  the  most  promi- 
nent member  during  his  life- 
time. During  the  Revolu- 
tionary War  four  of  Mr. 
O'Neall's  great-great  grand- 
uncles  were  under  arms.  One, 
Major  James  O'Neall,  was 
on  the  Staff  of  General 
Washington,  and  a  younger 

brother  was  a  drummer  boy  in  the  Continental 
Army.  Two  others,  British  sympathizers,  served 
the  Crown,  as  Colonel  and  Captain,  respectively, 
in  the  English  Army.  Mr.  O'Neall's  great-great- 
grandfather, brother  of  these  four  soldiers,  was  a 
devout  Quaker  and  refused  to  bear  arms  against 
his  fellow-man,  but  his  sympathies  were  with  the 
Colonials  and  he  furnished  the  American  forces 
with  a  large  amount  of  supplies. 

The  O'Neall  and  allied  families  have  been 
prominent  in  the  affairs  of  the  South  since  their 
earliest  days,  various  members  having  served  in 
Congress  or  held  other  positions  of  trust.  One  of 
these  is  Governor  Emmet  O'Neal,  of  Alabama.  On 
the  paternal  side,  Mr.  O'Neall  is  connected  with 
the  Coffin,  Gilbert  and  Cary  families,  all  noted 
names  in  the  South,  and  on  the  maternal  side  he 
is  connected  with  the  Kipp,  Radcliffe,  Sturgis, 
Noxon  and  Pixley  families  of  New  York  and 
Massachusetts,  and  the  Clarks,  of  Hartford,  Conn. 
Mr.  O'Neall  received  his  preliminary  education 
in  the  public  schools  of  Massachusetts  and  later 


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attended  Holderness  Church  School,  at  Plymouth, 
New  Hampshire.  He  was  graduated  from  Wash- 
ington College,  at  Tacoma,  Washington,  in  1892, 
and  in  1895  took  up  the  study  of  law  in  the  Uni- 
versity of  Minnesota.  He  was  graduated  in  the 
class  of  1897,  with  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Laws. 
Admitted  to  practice  in  the  courts  of  Minne- 
sota shortly  after  his  graduation,  Mr.  O'Neall  be- 
gan his  professional  career  in  the  office  of  Morphy, 
Ewing  &  Gilbert,  a  law  firm  of  St.  Paul.  He  re- 
mained with  this  firm  for 
about  a  year,  at  which  time 
it  was  dissolved,  and  he  then 
became  associated  with  Phil- 
lip Gilbert,  who  had  been  a 
member  of  it.  He  was  with 
Mr.  Gilbert  for  a  short  time 
and  then  opened  offices 
alone. 

Early  in  his  career  Mr. 
O'Neall  became  affiliated 
with  the  Republican  party  in 
St.  Paul,  and  took  an  active 
part  in  the  local  and  State 
campaigns.  He  was  one  of 
the  organizers  of  the  first 
Roosevelt  Club  in  the  coun- 
try and  served  as  its  chair- 
man for  a  time.  In  1901  he 
was  nominated  for  County 
Attorney,  but  failed  of  elec- 
tion, being  defeated  by  a 
small  majority. 

The  stress  of  his  profes- 
sional work  and  political  ac- 
tivity greatly  impaired 
the  health  of  Mr.  O'Neall, 
and  in  1903  he  was  com- 
pelled to  give  up  his  work 

in  St.  Paul  and  quit  the  cold  climate  of  the  North 
for  the  more  congenial  climate  of  Southern  Cali- 
fornia. Locating  at  Los  Angeles,  he  was  admitted 
to  the  bar  and  practiced  there  for  about  a  year. 
He  then  went  to  New  York  City  as  attorney  for  sev- 
eral large  corporation  interests  and  during  the  next 
two  years  devoted  himself  almost  exclusively  to 
corporation  law. 

In  1906,  Mr.  O'Neall  was  chosen  attorney  for 
the  Chicago,  Milwaukee  &  Puget  Sound  Railroad 
Company,  with  headquarters  in  Seattle,  Wash- 
ington, and  went  to  the  latter  city.  He  continued 
as  attorney  for  the  railroad  for  about  five  years, 
resigning  in  March,  1911,  to  return  to  Los  Angeles, 
where  he  has  been  engaged  in  general  practice. 
Mr.  O'Neall  has  devoted  himself  to  his  profes- 
sion and  is  reckoned  among  its  successful  mem- 
bers. He  has  taken  an  interest  in  public  affairs 
during  his  entire  career  and,  while  a  resident  of 
Seattle,  served  in  the  National  Guard  of  Wash- 
ington. He  is  a  Master  Mason  and  a  member  of 
the  American  Bar  Association. 


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RAHAM,  BENJAMIN  FRANKLIN, 
President,  Graham  Farm  Lands 
Company,  Los  Angeles,  California, 
was  born  in  Coryell  County,  Texas, 
Oct.  21,  1868,  the  son  of  Otis  Den- 
ton  Graham  and  Martha  (Thorn- 

ton)   Graham.      Of    Scotch-English     ancestry,     he 

has  carried   through  life  the   qualities   of   shrewd- 

ness, integrity  and   affability  presumed   to  inhere 

in  that  strong  combination.     Mr.  Graham  was  mar- 

ried   in    1887    and    later    di- 

vorced.    He   has   three   chil- 

dren, Nettie  May,  Bertha  and 

Cecil  Franklin  Graham. 
Mr.   Graham   began   at  an 

early  age  to  fight  the  battles 

of  life  and  has  been  at    it 

ever    since.     He    has     been 

successful    in     accumulating 

three  fortunes.      His    educa- 

tion was  received    at    inter- 

vals from  the  district  school, 

and  when   not   there  attend- 

ing, he  worked  on  his  father's 

farm.    At  the  age  of  eighteen 

he  had  accumulated   enough 

capital  through  his  own  en- 

ergy, to  lease  a  tract  of  farm- 

ing land.  This  same  farm  Mr. 

Graham    later    bought    with 

money  accumulated  as  a  re- 

sult of  his  intelligent  indus- 

try. 
In  1891,  on  account  of    ill 

health,  he  sold  his  farm  and 

moved  to  New  Mexico,  where 

he  established    a    mercantile 

store  at  Carlsbad    and  later, 

one  at  Roswell.     During   the 

few  years   that   Mr.   Graham 

was  in   New   Mexico  outside 

activities,  such  as  real  estate 

and   mining,   claimed   his   at- 

tention   a    good   deal    of   the 

time.   He  later  sold  his 


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ests  in  New  Mexico  and  in  1896  moved  to  Arizona, 
where  he  started  a  mercantile  store  at  Bisbee.  He 
also  engaged  in  real  estate  there  and  operated 
mining  properties  in  that  vicinity.  Soon  he  be- 
came a  general  broker  and  after  two  years  gave 
up  the  mercantile  business  in  order  to  devote  his 
time  exclusively  to  the  promotion  and  development 
of  new  mining  properties.  In  1903  his  operations 
spread  to  Douglas,  Arizona,  and  thence  in  differ- 
ent parts  of  that  State  and  in  Old  Mexico. 

Three  years  later  Mr.  Graham,  who  had  come 
into  possession  of  properties  representing 
nearly  three  million  dollars,  encountered  a  heavy 
loss. 

After  this  experience  he  went  to  Los  Angeles, 
California,  where  he  remained  but  a  short  time 
before  securing  an  option  on  a  valuable  mine  in 
British  Columbia,  but  after  going  to  the  northern 
fields  he  saw  greater  possibilities  in  the  timber 
industry.  He  was  in  the  territory  hardly  thirty 
days  before  he  had  secured  a  tract  of  twenty 
thousand  acres  of  timber.  This  he  sold  in  a 
very  short  time,  netting  for  himself  a  very  hand- 
some profit.  In  October  of  the  same  year  he  se- 
cured 100,000  acres  of  timber  located  on  what  is 
now  known  as  Graham  Island,  and  immediately 
organized  the  Graham  Island  Lumber  Company, 


a  company  of  which  he  is  now  the  sole  owner. 
He  has  since  sold  all  of  the  timber  on  Graham 
Island,  and  has  disposed  of  a  large  part  of  other 
timber  holdings  which  he  had  accumulated.  Mr. 
Graham  met  with  phenomenal  success  in  his  timber 
deals  during  that  year,  with  the  result  that  he 
switched  from  mining  to  timber  and  real  estate 
operations.  By  1910  he  had  secured  large  land 
holdings  in  California  and  Oregon,  and  also  a  sixty- 
eight  thousand-acre  plantation  in  Mexico,  part  of 
which  is  in  coffee  and  con- 
taining 600,000  trees.  Mr. 
Graham  soon  became  one  of 
the  largest  land  operators  on 
the  Pacific  Coast. 

From  1910  until  1912  he 
spent  the  time  in  looking 
after  his  properties,  and  in- 
vestigating properties  offered 
in  large  tracts  in  Southern 
California  suitable  for  sub- 
division purposes  on  a  large 
scale.  Mr.  Graham  was  suc- 
cessful in  finding,  twenty 
miles  west  of  the  city  of 
Fresno,  seventy-two  thousand 
acres  known  as  the  J.  G. 
James  ranch.  After  spending 
three  months  bringing  this 
deal  to  a  close  it  was  con- 
summated for  a  sum  stated 
to  aggregate  three  million 
dollars.  He  closed  the  deal 
July  24th,  1912,  and  this  tract 
constitutes  one  of  the  largest, 
owned  and  controlled  by  one 
man,  in  the  State  of  Cali- 
fornia. 

Mr.  Graham  began  at  once 
with  the  development  of  this 
vast  tract  of  land  by  organiz- 
ing the  Graham  Farm  Lands 
Company.  He  is  the  Presi- 
dent and  General  Manager  of 
the  company  and  is  also  the 

managing  director  of  all  its  operations.  He  has 
turned  over  to  the  company  the  entire  seventy-two 
thousand  acres  with  its  present  town-site  of  Tran- 
quillity and  a  new  one  to  be  named  Graham. 

Graham  is  to  be  the  principal  town  of  Graham 
Ranch  and  is  located  in  the  exact  center  of  the 
property  and  on  the  line  of  the  Southern  Pacific 
Railroad.  The  country  surrounding  Graham  is  be- 
ing laid  out  in  farms  of  all  sizes,  irrigation  ditches 
and  roads  are  being  built  and  the  water  supply 
put  in  shape  to  immediately  take  care  of  the  land. 
The  future  of  the  town  is  practically  assured  by 
the  improvements  being  installed  and  fertility  of 
the  soil  of  the  vast  farming  country  tributary. 

Mr.  Graham  is  now  devoting  his  entire  time  to 
carrying  out  his  idea  of  making  the  Graham  Ranch 
the  most  successful  farming  community  in  the  West. 
He  is  laying  it  out  in  small  farms  of  from  two  acres 
up,  thus  making  for  the  man  with  small  means  a 
place  which  will  yield  him  returns,  acre  for  acre, 
equal  to  those  earned  by  the  large  farm  owners. 

Mr.  Graham  is  a  member  of  the  Jonathan  Club 
of  Los  Angeles,  of  the  Los  Angeles  Athletic  Club, 
of  the  Southern  Club  of  Chicago,  of  the  Glenn  Oak 
Country  Club  of  Chicago,  of  the  Chicago  Athletic 
Club,  and  of  the  Chamber  of  Commerce  of  Chicago 
and  also  the  Chamber  of  Commerce  of  Los  Angeles. 


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BYRON   MAUZY 

AUZY,  BYRON,  Piano  Manufac- 
turer and  Merchant,  San  Fran- 
cisco, Cal.,  was  born  in  Rushville, 
Ind.,  March  31,  1860,  the  son  of 
Reuben  D.  Mauzy  and  Rachel 
(Caldwell)  Mauzy.  He  married 
Ellen  Tillman  Schroth  at  San  Francisco,  April  15, 
1891.  Mr.  Mauzy  attended  the  public  schools  of  his 
native  town  up  to  the  year  1875,  when  he  moved  to 
San  Francisco.  There  he  entered  high  school  for 
two  years,  and  then  went  out  into  the  world  to 
carve  a  career  for  himself. 

He  learned  the  piano  trade  and  worked  at  that 
for  seven  years.  At  the  end  of  that  period  (1884) 
Mr.  Mauzy  embarked  in  business  for  himself,  and 
has  continued  down  to  date.  He  has  enlarged  his 
field  of  operations  during  the  27  years  in  which  he 
has  been  in  business,  and  today,  in  addition  to  con- 
ducting one  of  the  finest  and  most  widely  known 
piano  salesrooms  on  the  Pacific  Coast,  he  is  a  man- 
ufacturer and  importer,  handling  some  of  the 
world's  most  noted  instruments. 

He  is  a  director  of  the  Down  Town  Association, 
and  has  also  been  Treasurer  and  Director  for  five 
years  of  the  Merchants'  Association,  a  body  devoted 
to  commercial  progress.  He  is  a  director  of  the 
Mechanics'  Institute,  having  held  that  office  for 
many  years. 

He  has  taken  a  prominent  part  in  the  progres- 
sive politics  of  San  Francisco,  and  in  1907  was  a 
candidate  for  Mayor  on  the  Lincoln-Roosevelt  Re- 
publican ticket.  In  1911  was  elected  Supervisor, 
two-year  term. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Bohemian,  Union  League, 
Olympic,  Commonwealth,  Elks  and  Rotary  Clubs,  in 
addition  to  being  a  member  of  the  Masonic  orders, 
a  Knight  Templar,  Eastern  Star  and  Shriner,  32d- 
degree  Mason,  Scottish  Rite,  Son  of  the  American 
Revolution,  Vice  President  and  Director  of  the 
Young  Men's  Christian  Association. 


A.  W.  ROSS 

OSS,  ALVAH  WARREN,  Real  Es- 
tate and  Investments,  Los  An- 
geles, Cal.,  was  born  in  Des 
Moines,  la.,  Oct.  15,  1878,  the  son 
of  William  C.  Ross  and  Sarah  A. 
Ross.  He  married  Jennie  S. 
Rounsefell,  Feb.  10,  1902,  at  Los  Angeles.  There  is 
one  child,  Wilfred  Gordon  Ross. 

He  finished  the  public  schools  of  Des  Moines, 
la.,  and  in  1893  he  was  brought  to  Los  Angeles, 
where  he  attended  the  Woodbury  Business  College. 
He  studied  law  under  private  instruction  for  a 
couple  of  years,  but  only  as  a  preparation  for  busi- 
ness and  not  with  the  intention  of  practice. 

In  1900  he  engaged  in  the  real  estate  and  in- 
vestment business,  which  is  still  his  principal  in- 
terest. He  at  first  made  a  specialty  of  building  and 
selling  homes.  There  was  a  big  demand  for  such 
houses  at  that  time  and  he  had  considerable  suc- 
cess. He  then  branched  out  and  began  the  pur- 
chase of  suburban  tracts,  adjacent  to  the  city,  and 
their  development  into  building  lots.  These  tracts 
he  improved  according  to  the  best  residential  stand- 
ards, cutting  and  paving  streets,  laying  sidewalks 
and  bordering  the  streets  with  trees  and  flowers 
and  placing  gas,  water  and  light  mains.  Most  of 
the  tracts  have  now  been  included  within  the  city 
limits.  He  developed  one  of  the  first  subdivisions 
of  the  now  famous  Wilshire  district,  where  the  fin- 
est residences  are  being  built. 

Mr.  Ross  is  heavily  interested  in  the  oil  busi- 
ness in  the  San  Joaquin  Valley  and  other  fields.  He 
is  Secretary  and  Treasurer  of  the  Oil  Development 
Co.,  and  Secretary  and  Treasurer  of  the  Los  An- 
geles-Kern Oil  Co.  He  is  a  director  in  the  Zahn 
Roller  Bearing  Co. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Los  Angeles  Country 
Club,  the  Union  League  Club,  Los  Angeles  Cham- 
ber of  Commerce,  and  the  Los  Angeles  Realty 
Board. 


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A.  H.  KOEBiG,  JR. 

OEBIG,  ADOLF  H.,  Jr.,  Civil  En- 
gineer, Los  Angeles,  California, 
was  born  at  San  Bernardino,  Cali- 
fornia, August  5,  1886.  He  is  the 
son  of  A.  H.  Koebig,  Sr.,  and 
Helene  M.  ((Kieffer)  Koebig. 
He  received  his  primary  education  in  the  public 
schools  of  San  Bernardino  and  Harvard  Military 
Academy,  located  at  Los  Angeles.  He  attended  the 
University  of  Southern  California  in  1901,  and  for 
two  years  subsequently  was  a  student  at  Leland 
Stanford  University  in  California.  He  then  went 
to  Amherst  College  to  specialize  in  geology  and 
mechanics. 

Upon  the  completion  of  his  studies  he  returned 
to  Los  Angeles,  where  his  father  had  been  in  busi- 
ness for  a  number  of  years,  and  was  immediately 
appointed  assistant  engineer  of  the  Los  Angeles 
Harbor  Company,  then  engaged  in  heavy  construc- 
tion work.  During  the  year  that  he  continued 
with  the  company  took  an  active  part  in  building 
the  harbor  at  San  Pedro,  Port  of  Los  Angeles. 

Leaving  the  harbor  company,  he  went  into  busi- 
ness with  his  father  under  the  firm  name  of  Koebig 
&  Koebig,  acting  as  his  chief  lieutenant,  and  for 
about  three  years  was  busy  in  various  important 
construction  works. 

Early  in  1909  he  was  appointed  Reinforced  Con- 
crete Engineer  and  Inspector  for  the  Los  Angeles 
Board  of  Public  Works  and  remained  in  that 
capacity  for  eight  months,  resigning  to  become 
assistant  engineer  of  the  Ramona  Power  and  Irri- 
gation Company.  At  the  beginning  of  1910  he  be- 
came assistant  engineer  to  his  father  in  the  work 
of  the  Chucawalla  Development  Company,  a  vast 
Irrigation  project  in  California,  Arizona  and  Ne- 
vada, in  which  the  elder  Koebig  is  the  consulting 
engineer.  Mr.  Koebig  is  a  member  of  the  Engi- 
neers and  Architects'  Association  of  Los  Angeles 
and  the  University  Club. 


CLARENCE  DROWN 

ROWN,  CLARENCE  G.,  Theatrical 
Manager,  Los  Angeles,  California, 
was  born  at  Chicago,  Illinois, 
August  11,  1870,  the  son  of  Oscar 
A  Drown  and  Matilda  (Gogan) 
Drown.  August  3,  1895,  he  married 
Giace  Groth,  at  Wanatah,  Indiana,  and  to  them 
was  born  one  daughter,  Grace  Hope  Drown. 

Mr.  Drown  was  educated  in  the  public  schools 
of  Chicago,  Illinois  and  Valparaiso,  Indiana.  After 
finishing  his  preliminary  education,  he  entered 
Notre  Dame  University,  the  famous  Indiana  edu- 
cational institution.  In  1893,  he  went  on  the  stage 
and  for  one  year  was  an  actor,  associated  with  the 
Abbey-Schoeffield-Grau  Companies. 

From  1894  to  1898,  he  was  with  the  H.  B. 
Thearle  Amusement  Company  and  Pain  Fire- 
works Company  in  the  capacities  of  stage  di- 
rector and  business  manager.  In  1898  he  re- 
signed these  positions  to  go  with  Stair  and  Havlin, 
and  was  a  company  manager  for  that  syndicate 
until  the  latter  part  of  1899,  when  he  left  it  to  join 
the  Orpheum  forces  at  Chicago.  For  three  years 
he  was  manager  of  the  Orpheum  Road  Show,  the 
largest  vaudeville  attraction  put  out  by  the  com- 
pany, and  in  1903  he  was  appointed  manager  of 
the  Orpheum  Theater  at  Los  Angeles.  He  has  con- 
tinued in  that  capacity  down  to  date. 

Since  locating  in  Los  Angeles,  Mr.  Drown  has 
become  one  of  the  most  conspicuous  men  in  the 
theatrical  profession  there.  In  addition  to  the  Or- 
pheum he  has  had  the  management  of  the  Grand 
Opera  House,  Los  Angeles,  since  1906,  and  in  the 
summer  of  1911,  when  the  Lyceum  Theater  of 
Los  Angeles,  was  built,  took  the  management  of 
that. 

Mr.  Drown  is  a  member  of  the  Los  Angeles 
Chamber  of  Commerce,  Merchants'  and  Manufac- 
turers' Association  and  Municipal  League  of  that 
city,  and  of  the  Los  Angeles  Athletic  Club. 


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ACKNEY,  LESLIE  SYLVESTER, 
Capitalist,  land  dealer,  inventor 
and  manufacturer,  Los  Angeles, 
California,  and  St.  Paul,  Minne- 
sota, was  born  at  Prescott,  Prov- 
ince of  Ontario,  Canada,  Septem- 
ber 17,  1859.  Mr.  Hackney  is  the  son  of  William 
Hackney  and  Catherine  (Bradley)  Hackney,  both 
of  whom  are  from  a  direct  line  of  Scotch  ancestry. 
He  was  married  December  28,  1888,  to  Miss  Lillian 
Rolf  at  St.  James,  Minnesota,  and  their  home  has 
been  blessed  with  seven  children,  six  of  whom  are 
living,  William,  Grace,  Edna,  Leslie,  Lyle  and  Lil- 
lian. 

Mr.  Hackney's  early  childhood  was  spent  in 
Canada  and  at  the  age  of  three  years,  his  parents 
moved  from  Canada  to  St.  Lawrence  County,  New 
York  State.  When  a  lad  of  six  years  his  father 
moved  from  New  York  State  to  Watonwan  County, 
Minnesota,  where  he  took  up  a  homestead.  Here 
young  Hackney  received  his  early  education  and 
grew  to  young  manhood. 

Shortly  after  Mr.  Hackney  became  of  age  he 
engaged  in  the  selling  of  farm  machinery  and 
opened  an  agency  and  distributing  point  at  Madelia, 
Minnesota.  This  business  was  later  transferred  to 
St.  James,  Minnesota,  and  the  field  of  operations 
extended. 

During  the  time  in  which  Mr.  Hackney  was  en- 
gaged in  this  line  of  business  he  met  many  farmers 
who  were  selling  their  farms  at  advanced  prices 
and  moving  farther  west  to  take  up  cheaper  land. 
This  gave  him  the  vision  for  his  large  land  busi- 
ness, which  he  later  built  up.  He  realized  the 
ever-present  increasing  demand  for  farm  lands  and 
the  fact  that  cheap  lands  would  soon  be  a  thing  of 
the  past.  Starting  out  with  his  acquaintance  with 
a  large  number  of  wealthy  farmers,  he  immediately 
began  a  successful  farm  land  business  and  in 
1897  opened  offices  at  St.  Paul,  Minnesota,  there  to 
begin  one  of  the  most  aggressive  campaigns  for 
colonization  work  ever  started  up  to  that  time  in 
the  Northwest.  During  these  early  years  he  fre- 
quently closed  large  deals  ranging  anywhere  from 
5000  to  600,000  acres.  This  business  led  to  larger 
work  and  in  1900  the  Hackney-Boynton  Land  Com- 
pany was  incorporated  with  Mr.  Hackney  as  Presi- 
dent, and  in  the  Fall  of  that  year  this  company  pur- 
chased from  the  Northern  Pacific  Railroad  Com- 
pany a  tract  of  land  including  1,250,000  acres  along 
the  main  line  of  the  Northern  Pacific  Railway  in 
North  Dakota.  This  deal  involved  the  largest  acre- 
age of  any  deal  ever  closed  in  the  history  of  the 
Northwest  and  possibly  no  other  deal  in  the  history 
of  the  country,  outside  of  the  Government  making 
the  Louisiana  Purchase,  ever  covered  as  large  an 
acreage.  Mr.  Hackney  directed  a  vigorous  and  ag- 
gressive campaign  of  colonization  work  and  estab- 
lished a  selling  force  of  over  1500  agents,  scattered 
throughout  the  North  and  Middle  West.  The  result 
of  this  work  was  that  the  Hackney-Boynton  Land 
Company  kept  up  an  average  sales  record  for  two 
years  of  over  one  thousand  acres  per  day.  The 
original  purchase  of  over  one  million  acres  was  re- 
duced about  50  per  cent,  a  large  part  of  the  land 
being  sold  to  actual  settlers,  who  are  now  occupy- 
ing and  improving  it. 

In  1904  Mr.  Hackney  incorporated  his  second 
large  company,  the  Hackney  Land  Credit  Company, 


which  has  large  offices  in  its  own  building,  known 
as  the  Hackney  Building,  St.  Paul.  This  company 
deals  extensively  in  farm  lands,  city  property,  mort- 
gages and  bonds.  Associated  with  Mr.  Hackney  in 
this  company  are  his  two  brothers,  Joseph  M.  Hack- 
ney, Secretary-Treasurer,  and  William  L.  Hackney 
as  Vice  President,  Mr.  Leslie  S.  Hackney  being 
President  and  General  Manager. 

In  addition  to  the  large  corporate  interests  of 
Mr.  Hackney,  he  also  has  a  great  deal  of  property 
in  his  own  name.  His  holdings  in  Central  North 
Dakota  are  about  one  hundred  and  fifty  thousand 
acres,  valued  at  from  $20.00  to  $35.00  per  acre.  He 
has  a  considerable  acreage  in  Minnesota  and  quite 
a  little  property  on  the  Pacific  Coast. 

During  the  years  that  Mr.  Hackney  was  en- 
gaged in  selling  and  colonizing  the  lands,  he  saw 
the  need  of  power  machinery  for  farm  work  and 
invented  one  of  the  most  unique  pieces  of  farm  ma- 
chinery made — the  Hackney  Auto  Plow — an  auto- 
mobile tractor  and  plow  combined.  This  plow,  it  is 
stated,  is  adapted  to  the  small  or  medium  sized 
farm,  ranging  from  160  acres  up.  It  can  also  be 
used  in  connection  with  farm  work  for  all  purposes 
where  power  is  needed,  such  as  grinding  feed,  saw- 
ing wood,  pumping  water  for  irrigation  and  running 
cream  separators. 

In  1910  Mr.  Hackney  incorporated  his  third  com- 
pany, known  as  the  Hackney  Manufacturing  Com- 
pany, of  which  he  is  President,  with  two  of  his 
brothers  holding  other  offices  in  the  company.  In 
addition  to  the  Hackney  Auto  Plow,  the  company 
manufactures  a  large  line  of  farm  implements  and 
specialties. 

Another  important  invention  of  Mr.  Hackney's 
is  the  Hackney  System  of  Ventilation,  a  combina- 
tion of  the  Plenum  and  Exhaust  Systems  so  ar- 
ranged as  to  bring  in  fresh  air  and  take  out  the  foul, 
with  a  special  arrangement  for  keeping  the  air  at 
a  certain  temperature.  This  method  of  ventilation 
has  been  patented  and  a  fourth  company  organized 
in  order  to  manufacture  the  product  and  keep  the 
business  separate  from  his  other  lines.  This  fourth 
company  is  known  as  the  Hackney  Ventilating 
Company,  with  Leslie  S.  Hackney  as  President. 

Several  very  practical  devices-  have  been  in- 
vented by  Mr.  Hackney,  of  which  the  Hackney 
Auto  Plow  and  the  Hackney  System  of  Ventilation 
are  the  two  most  important.  He  is  also  interested 
in  several  other  large  enterprises  in  the  Central 
and  Middle  West. 

The  home  office  and  principal  headquarters  of 
Mr.  Hackney's  business  enterprises  are  in  the 
Hackney  Building,  St.  Paul,  Minnesota.  He  spends 
his  winters  in  Pasadena,  California,  where  his  resi- 
dence is  one  of  the  "show  places"  of  the  city. 

Mr.  Hackney  is  known  as  a  self-made  man.  He 
worked  hard  to  get  started  in  life  and  has  never 
lost  an  opportunity  to  improve  his  time  by  increas- 
ing his  business  and  developing  products  that  will 
be  of  benefit  to  humanity.  He  has  given  consider- 
able to  charitable  work  and  is  a  man  in  whom 
public  spirit  abounds. 

His  interest  in  commercial  bodies  is  shown  by 
his  membership  in  the  Los  Angeles  Chamber  of 
Commerce,  the  Pasadena  Board  of  Trade,  the  St. 
Paul  Commercial  Club,  St.  Paul,  Minnesota,  and 
the  St.  Paul  Associated  Board  of  Commerce. 


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WILLIAM   H.   CROCKER 

PRESIDENT,    CROCKER    NATIONAL   BANK,   SAN   FRANCISCO 


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477 


INGS  BURY,  WILLIAM  JERE, 
Banker,  Tempe,  Arizona,  was 
born  in  San  Antonio,  Texas,  Au- 
gust 15,  1858,  the  son  of  William 
George  Kingsbury  and  Elizabeth 
Kingsbury.  Mr.  Kingsbury  mar- 
ried Viola  C.  West  at  Tempe,  Arizona,  August  16, 
1891.  To  them  were  born  two  children,  Katheren, 
(deceased)  and  William  West  Kingsbury. 

Mr.  Kingsbury  is  of  English  descent.  His 
genealogy,  as  known,  begins 
with  Gilbert  de  Kingsbury, 
the  incumbent  of  St.  Peter's 
Church  at  Kingsbury,  War- 
wickshire, England  in  1300. 
The  first  members  of  the 
Kingsbury  family  immigrated 
to  America  in  1630,  com- 
ing in  the  "Talbot,"  a  ship  of 
Governor  Winthrop's  fleet, 
and  settled  in  New  England. 
Daniel  Webster,  the  greatest 
orator  this  country  has  pro- 
duced, was  descended  from 
a  Kingsbury  through  his 
mother,  Abigail  Eastman ; 
Frances  Folsom  Cleveland, 
widow  of  the  late  President, 
Grover  Cleveland,  is  also  de- 
scended from  the  Kingsbury- 
Eastman  line. 

Mr.  Kingsbury  is  an 
alumnus  of  Washington  &  Lee 
University,  Lexington,  Vir- 
ginia, having  graduated  with 
the  class  of  1879,  with  the 
degree  of  Bachelor  of  Law. 

He  began  the  active  prac- 
tice of  law  at  San  Antonio,  W>  J-  KINGSBURY 
Texas,  in  1880,  in  association  with  J.  H.  McLeary, 
afterwards  Attorney  General  of  the  State,  and  con- 
tinued to  practice  in  that  city  until  1882,  when  in 
company  with  a  former  college  mate,  George  J. 
Denis,  now  a  leading  lawyer  in  Los  Angeles,  Cali- 
fornia, he  moved  to  Los  Angeles,  and  formed  the 
law  partnership  of  Kingsbury  &  Denis.  Mr.  Kings- 
bury  continued  practice  until  1884,  when  he  went  to 
Europe  to  visit  his  father,  then  the  European  Agent 
for  the  Southern  Pacific  Railroad  Co.,  with  head- 
quarters in  London,  England. 

In  1885  Mr.  Kingsbury  returned  to  San  Antonio 
for  the  purpose  of  looking  after  his  father's  exten- 
sive property  interests  and  continued  the  practice 
of  law  until  1887,  when  he  moved  to  Arizona,  and 
settled  at  Tempe,  nine  miles  from  Phoenix. 

Mr.  Kingsbury  has  been  more  prominently 
identified  with  the  development  of  Tempe  and  the 
surrounding  locality  than  any  other  man  there. 
He  has  erected  more  than  a  score  of  buildings,  prin- 
cipally business  blocks  which  he  owns,  notably,  the 
Casa  Loma  Hotel,  famous  as  the  only  hotel  in  the 


world  that  guarantees  the  sun  to  shine  over  it 
every  day  in  the  year — "You  do  not  pay  if  the  Sun 
doe&n't  shine" — an  advertisement  that  has  attracted 
tourists  from  every  part  of  the  country. 

He  has  redeemed  from  its  desert  state,  more  than 
three  thousand  acres  of  arid  land  which  includes 
an  alfalfa  farm  of  about  one  thousand  acres,  one  of 
the  most  beautiful  farms  of  its  kind  in  the  West. 
In  1897  he  was-  elected  President  of  the  Farmers 
&    Merchants'    Bank   of   Tempe,    which    under   his 
management    has    grown    to 
be  one  of  the  State's  leading 
financial  institutions,  with  a 
capital     stock    of    $50,000.00, 
most  of  which  he  owns. 

In  1907  Mr.  Kingsbury  pur- 
chased an  entire  brand  of  cat- 
tle and  a  range  having  an 
area  of  about  twenty  miles 
square,  at  Hillside,  Arizona. 
This  business  has  grown,  un- 
til his  annual  calf  brand  now 
exceeds  fifteen  hundred  head. 
These  cattle  are  shipped  to 
Tempe,  where  they  are  fat- 
tened, then  sold. 

Mr.  Kingsbury  has  done 
much  towards  securing  ap- 
propriations and  advancing 
the  facilities  of  the  State 
Normal  School  at  Tempe  to 
its  present  high  standard.  In 
1908  he  created  a  fund, 
known  as  the  "Kingsbury 
Senior  Assistance  Fund," 
which  is  loaned  on  the  recom- 
mendation of  a  committee  to 
Senior  students,  when  neces- 
sary to  enable  them  to  finish 

their  graduating  year.  The  fund  has  enabled  many 
students  to  secure  their  diplomas  when,  without  it, 
they  would  have  had  to  quit  school. 

He  has  always  been  active  in  advancing  the 
principles  of  Democracy,  and  although  importuned, 
he  has  never  held  any  office  excepting  that  of  City 
Attorney,  to  which  he  was  appointed  in  1906,  and 
served  for  three  consecutive  terms. 

He  is  a  member,  California  Club,  Los  Angeles; 
Arizona  Club,  Country  Club  and  Automobile  Club, 
all  of  Phoenix;  Phoenix  and  Tempe  Boards  of 
Trade,  and  other  associations.  He  is  also  a  mem- 
ber of  the  K.  of  P.,  the  I.  O.  O.  F.,  and  W.  O.  W. 

His  home  at  Tempe  has  one  of  the  most  beautiful 
private  parks  in  the  Southwest,  being  almost  trop- 
ical in  the  abundance  and  variety  of  its  growth. 
His  collection  of  Indian  baskets,  purchased  direct 
from  the  Indians  and  containing  over  three  hundred 
specimens,  is  one  of  the  finest  and  largest  collec- 
tions in  the  country.  Everybody,  whether  friend  or 
stranger,  is  given  a  cordial  welcome  to  his  home, 
which  in  all,  is  one  of  the  show  places  in  Arizona. 


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ECK,  EDWARD  ELISHA,  Mining, 
Los  Angeles,  was  born  in  War- 
saw, Wyoming  County,  New 
York,  April  3,  1864,  the  son  of 
Elisha  S.  Peck  and  Melvina  A. 
(Mynard)  Peck.  He  married  May 
Kelly  Goold  at  Petoskey,  Michigan,  May  10,  1887. 

Mr.  Peck's  early  life  was  one  of  considerable 
hardship,  and  his  success  in  attaining  a  position 
among  the  leading  mining  men  of  the  West  is  due 
entirely  to  his  own  efforts. 
His  father  was  killed  in  bat- 
tle during  the  Civil  War  and 
the  son  was  denied  the  ad- 
vantages enjoyed  by  other 
boys.  When  he  grew  old 
enough  he  went  to  the  coun- 
try schools  of  his  native  town 
and  later  worked  on  farms 
nearby  for  his  board  and  a 
chance  to  go  to  school,  the  ac- 
quirement of  an  education  be- 
ing at  that  time  his  chief  am- 
bition. 

He  continued  as  a  farmer 
until  1881,  when  he  went  to 
work  as  clerk  in  a  store  at 
Petoskey,  Michigan,  and  re- 
mained in  that  capacity  for 
about  two  years.  In  1883  he 
embarked  in  business  for 
himself  as  proprietor  of  a  lap- 
idary shop,  where  he  conduct- 
ed a  thriving  business  in  the 
cutting  and  polishing  of 
stones  found  by  tourists  and 
others  at  Petoskey.  He  de- 
voted himself  to  this  until 
1886,  when  he  went  into  part- 
nership in  the  hardware  business  with  Olin  M. 
Goold,  whose  daughter  he  married  a  year  later. 
They  moved  their  stock  to  Grand  Rapids,  Michigan, 
and  Mr.  Peck  then  continued  to  aid  in  the  manage- 
ment of  the  store  for  about  three  years. 

In  1889  Mr.  Peck  turned  his  attention  to  the  cafe 
business  in  Grand  Rapids,  and  in  1895  opened  a 
cafe  of  his  own  in  that  city.  By  his  own  per- 
sonality he  built  up  a  prosperous  business  within  a 
short  time,  but  when  his  success  seemed  assured,  he 
was  caught,  in  1897,  in  a  financial  panic,  and  was 
compelled  to  suspend  business.  He  lost  all  the 
money  he  had  invested  in  the  establishment,  and  in 
addition  was  heavily  in  debt,  but  he  spent  little 
time  in  regrets,  and,  instead,  accepted  the  first  posi- 
tion that  presented  itself,  that  of  clerk  in  a  grocery, 
and  in  that  capacity  started  to  work  to  rebuild  his 
fortunes.  For  the  next  six  years  he  was  engaged  in 
the  grocery  business  on  a  salary,  but  in  that  time 
he  saved  his  money  conscientiously  and  finally  paid 
off  all  that  he  owed. 

With  what  he  had  left,  Mr.  Peck  went  to  Los 


ED.    E.    PECK 


Angeles,  and,  turning  back  to  his  old  profession  as 
a  lapidist,  obtained  employment  with  the  California 
Gem  Company.  He  remained  with  this  concern  only 
a  short  time,  however,  organizing  a  business  of  his 
own  with  William  Burkhardt,  as  the  firm  of  Peck  & 
Burkhardt.  They  were  successful  from  the  begin- 
ning of  their  operations,  and  Mr.  Peck,  with  his 
share  of  the  profits,  purchased  a  tourquoise  mine  at 
Mineral  Park,  Arizona.  Shortly  afterward  he  sold 
a  part  of  this  property  at  a  price  sufficient  to  pay 
for  the  entire  mine  and  used 
the  proceeds  for  development 
work.  He  gave  a  great  deal 
of  his  time  to  this  mine,  but 
he  also  continued  his  interest 
in  the  firm  of  Peck  &  Burk- 
hardt, and  in  1906  they  reor- 
ganized the  business  as  the 
Los  Angeles  Gem  Company, 
capitalized  at  $60,000.  Latei 
he  purchased  the  interest  of 
Mr.  Burkhardt  and  has  been 
practically  in  complete  con- 
trol of  the  company  since  that 
time,  holding  office  of  Presi- 
dent and  General  Manager. 

In  1908  Mr.  Peck  pur- 
chased two  more  mining  prop- 
erties, both  gem  deposits,  in 
Nevada,  and  since  that  time 
he  has  been  an  active  factor 
in  mining  operations  of  the 
West.  He  organized  the  In- 
ternational Mines  Develop- 
ment Company  in  1910,  this 
being  capitalized  at  one  mil- 
lion dollars,  and  as  President 
and  General  Manager,  he  has 
been  the  directing  force  in 

its  work.  The  company  owns  a  valuable  gold  and 
silver  property  in  Northern  Arizona,  known  as  the 
George  Washington  Mine,  and  although  the  opera- 
tions have  been  somewhat  limited,  the  ore  showed 
a  value  of  $245  per  ton.  The  ore  shoot  of  this  prop- 
erty is  considered  one  of  the  richest  in  the  country 
and  in  the  early  stages  of  development  indicates  a 
tremendous  depth.  It  is  the  plan  of  Mr.  Peck  and 
his  associates,  some  of  whom  are  well-known  busi- 
ness men  of  the  Southwest,  to  install  modern  ma- 
chinery and  work  six  claims  on  a  large  scale. 

Aside  from  the  properties  mentioned,  Mr.  Peck 
also  has  valuable  holdings  in  British  Columbia  and 
several  mines  in  the  San  Gabriel  Canyon  of  South- 
ern California.  , 

Mr.  Peck  is  devoting  himself  almost  exclusively 
to  mining,  his  conduct  of  the  Los  Angeles  Gem 
Company  being  subsidiary  to  his  gem  mining. 

He  takes  an  active  interest  in  the  work  of  the 
Los  Angeles  Chamber  of  Mines  and  Oil.  Aside 
from  this  organization,  his  only  other  membership 
is  in  the  Knights-  of  Pythias. 


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LEITZ,  GEORGE  LEONARD, 
Lumber  and  Grain,  Detroit,  Mich., 
and  Los  Angeles,  California,  was 
born  in  the  former  city  October 
10,  1874,  the  son  of  John  P.  Fleitz 
and  Elizabeth  (Mark)  Fleitz.  He 
married  Miss  Lola  Hartnett  at  St.  Loais,  Mo.,  July 
29,  1908.  Mr.  Fleitz  is  de&cended  from  an  ancient 
European  family  whose  members  for  many  genera- 
tions have  been  prominent  in  military,  medical  and 
judicial  circles.  In  1815, 
when  the  great  Napoleon 
was  engaged  in  his  historic 
attempt  to  conquer  all  Eu- 
rope, a  granduncle  of  Mr. 
Fleitz,  with  five  sons,  fought 
in  the  Imperial  Army.  At 
the  Battle  of  Waterloo,  Major 
Fleitz  fought  with  such  gal- 
lantry that  he  was  awarded 
the  Diamond  Cross  for  cour- 
age. Other  members  of  the 
family  were  prominent  in 
other  spheres  and  Mr.  Fleitz, 
on  his  various  visits  to  Eu- 
rope, often  goes  to  the  scenes 
of  the  successes  made  by  his 
distinguished  ancestors  hun- 
dreds of  years  ago. 

Mr.     F  1  e  i  t  z's     maternal 
grandfather,  John  Mark,  and 
his    father,    John    P.    Fleitz, 
were    among  the    prominent 
lumber   and    grain    operators 
of  Detroit.     They  were  both 
pioneers    in    that    section    of 
the  country  and   engaged  in 
the   lumber    industry   as    far 
back  as  fifty  years  ago.  Dur- 
ing the  intervening  period  their  interests  have  ex- 
panded largely  and  form  one  of  the  important  in- 
dustries of  Michigan,  although  the  founders  of  the 
business  have  long  since  passed  away. 

Mr.  Fleitz  spent  his  boyhood  days  in  the  great 
timber  regious  of  Michigan  and  there  grew  up  with 
the  lumber  industry.  His  earliest  recollections  are 
of  the  vast  forests  of  that  portion  of  the  country, 
now  practically  destroyed,  but  which  were  then 
among  the  finest  in  the  North.  He  received  his 
preliminary  education  in  the  public  schools  of  De- 
troit and  later  entered  Detroit  College  (now  De- 
troit University),  where  he  remained  until  the 
time  of  his  father's  death. 

Upon  leaving  his  studies,  Mr.  Fleitz  entered  ac- 
tively into  the  management  of  his  father's  business 
and  has  been  so  engaged  ever  since,  having  attained 
a  position  among  the  leading  lumber  and  grain 
operators  of  Michigan. 

One  of  the  principal  interests  of  Mr.  Fleitz  is 
the  United  States  Frumentum  Company,  of  Detroit, 
a  well  known  cereal  manufacturing  concern, 


GEORGE   L.   FLEITZ 


which  is  the  outgrowth  of  his  father's  early  grain 
business.  He  has  served  as  Vice  President  and 
Manager  of  the  company  since  1896  and  in  that 
time  has  built  it  up  to  a  place  among  the  large 
manufacturing  enterprises  of  the  country,  this  be- 
ing largely  due  to  the  thorough  knowledge  of  the 
grain  and  cereal  business  possessed  by  Mr.  Fleitz. 
Another  enterprise  which  commands  a  part  of 
Mr.  Fleitz's  time  is  the  Marsh  Tire  Company  of 
Detroit,  of  which  he  is  Treasurer,  but  his  chief  in- 
terests are  his  lumber  hold- 
ings, a  large  portion  of  which 
are  in  the  Pacific  Coast 
States  —  Oregon,  Washington 
and  California.  It  is  a  his- 
torical fact  that  Michigan,  for 
many  years,  was  one  of  the 
greatest  lumber  producing 
States  of  the  country,  but 
with  the  cutting  of  the  timber 
the  industry  gradually  began 
to  decline,  and  Mr.  Fleitz,  as 
a  man  of  keen  foresight, 
gradually  acquired  large  tim- 
ber holdings  in  the  West.  In 
many  instances  he  purchased 
entire  forests.  He  controls 
several  large  tracts  in  Oregon 
and  Washington,  being  ac- 
tively engaged  in  lumbering 
operations  in  both  States, 
and  also  has  a  valuable 
Sequoia  tract  in  T  u  1  a  r  e 
County,  California.  On  this 
latter  property  is  located  the 
celebrated  Fleitz  Forest, 
which  is  noted  for  its  gi- 
gantic Redwood  trees. 

Mr.    Fleitz    maintains   his 

headquarters  in  Detroit  and  spends  the  greater  part 
of  each  year  there,  but  he  also  visits  his  Western 
properties  on  frequent  occasions  and  as  the  direct- 
ing force  of  a  widespread  enterprise  has  under  his 
command  an  army  of  men.  His  father  having 
been  a  practical  man,  the  son  was  trained  in 
the  business  from  childhood  and  served  his  ap- 
prenticeship the  same  as  other  men.  He  underwent 
all  the  hardships  attendant  upon  life  in  the  lumber 
camps  and  by  the  time  he  was  called  upon  to  as- 
sume the  responsibility  of  handling  his  father's 
business,  had  passed  through  the  various  stages  of 
the  work  and  was  an  expert  lumberman. 

Owing  to  the  fact  that  his  interests  are  scat- 
tered so  broadly  over  the  United  States,  Mr.  Fleitz 
has  never  taken  an  active  part  in  politics,  but  he 
advocates  a  busines-s-like  government. 

Mr.  Fleitz  finds  a  great  deal  of  recreation  in 
motoring  and  has  traveled  all  over  Europe  and  the 
United  States.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Grosse  Point 
Country  Club,  the  Detroit  Boat  Club  and  the  De- 
troit Automobile  Club. 


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YLIE,  HERBERT  GEORGE,  Gen- 
eral Manager,  Mexican  Petroleum 
Company,  Los  Angeles,  Cal.,  and 
Mexico,  was  born  at  Dublin,  Ire- 
land, Oct.  20,  1867,  the  son  of  Rev. 
J.  B.  Wylie  and  Jane  (McBride) 
Wylie.  The  father  has  been  a  preacher  for  a  half 
century  at  Belfast,  Ireland,  and  is  one  of  the  most 
respected  divines  in  the  United  Kingdom,  who  left 
a  successful  business  to  take  up  the  work  of  re- 
ligion. Mr.  Wylie  married  Nellie  F.  Mills  at  San 
Diego,  July  2,  1895. 

Mr.  Wylie  was  sent  to  the  Royal  Belfast  Insti- 
tute, Ireland,  and  studied  there  until  nineteen  years 
old,  when  (about  1886)  he  came  to  the  United 
States. 

He  first  located  at  St.  Louis,  and  entered  the 
real  estate  firm  of  William  C.  Wilson  &  Co.,  but 
moved  to  San  Diego,  Cal.,  in  1887,  where  he  planted 
160  acres  to  lemons  and  oranges,  disposing  of  the 
property  after  six  years  and  moving  to  Los  An- 
geles. Mr.  Wylie  then  formed  a  partnership  with 
J.  S.  Maltman  for  the  purpose  of  doing  contract 
drilling  in  the  Los  Angeles  oil  fields,  but  shortly 
after  (1893)  conducted  the  business  alone. 

He  drilled  for  Turner  Bros,  for  a  time,  and  then 
began  operations  for  himself,  bringing  in  several 
producers.  He  later  sold  his  interests  to  George 
Squires  and  again  contracted  alone  until  1898,  when 
the  Bakersfield  discoveries  attracted  his  attention. 

He  entered,  as  one  of  the  partners,  the  Petro- 
leum Development  Company,  which  was  the  first  to 
interest  the  railroads  of  the  Pacific  Coast  in  oil  as 
a  source  of  fuel  for  locomotives.  In  1902  the  Atchi- 
&on,  Topeka  &  Santa  Fe  purchased  the  company 
and  its  properties,  and  in  August  of  that  year  Mr. 
Wylie  went  with  the  Mexican  Petroleum  Company 
of  Los  Angeles  and  Mexico  as  general  superintend- 
ent of  all  their  properties.  In  the  fall  of  that  year 
he  began  the  active  supervision  of  a  development 
without  a  parallel  even  in  that  most  remarkable  of 
all  industries. 

The  oil  fields  of  the  Mexican  Petroleum  Co.,  and 
of  the  Huasteca  Petroleum  Co.,  a  subsidiary  cor- 
poration, are  located  on  the  eastern  slope  of  Mex- 
ico, in  the  territory  adjacent  to  the  Port  of  Tam- 
pico,  on  the  Gulf  of  Mexico.  The  Mexican  Petroleum 
Co.  and  its  affiliated  interests  constitute  one  of  the 
most  tremendous  oil  enterprises  in  the  world.  The 
extent  of  the  proved  territory  and  the  scale  on 
which  the  property  is  being  developed,  promise  a 
future  almost  beyond  imagination. 

Herbert  G.  Wylie  is  the  veritable  developer  of 
the  property.  He  did  not  furnish  the  vast  capital, 
but  in  every  detail  of  the  practical  work  of  develop- 
ing he  has  been  the  directing  figure.  The  part  that 
he  has  played  has  not  been  that  of  a  mere  master  of 
men,  but  of  a  master  of  the  forces  of  nature  as  well. 

There  were  only  three  wells  on  the  properties 
of  the  company  when  he  took  charge.  Backed  by 
the  almost  unlimited  capital  of  the  Doheny  group 
of  operators,  he  was  soon  bringing  in  one  big  well 
after  another.  He  was  shortly  made  general  man- 
ager of  the  entire  company. 

In  1906  the  Huasteca  Petroleum  Company  was 
organized,  and  he  was  made  vice  president  and  gen- 
eral manager  while  still  holding  his  office  in  the 
parent  concern.  Later  he  was  given  power  of  at- 
torney over  all  the  Doheny  interests  in  Mexico, 
which,  according  to  conservative  estimate,  represent 
more  than  $80,000,000. 

He  drilled  the  great  No.  7  well,  at  Casiano,  Mex- 


ico, the  fame  of  which  is  due  not  only  to  the  im- 
mensity of  production,  but  because  of  the  fact  that 
this  production  has  been  mastered  and  confined 
The  force  of  this  well  was  almost  equal  to  the  one 
on  the  shores  of  the  Tuxpan  River,  out  of  which 
six  million  barrels  of  oil  have  been  lost,  and  which, 
when  it  caught  fire,  offered  a  spectacle  rivaling  that 
of  a  volcanic  eruption. 

Well  No.  7,  Huasteca  Petroleum  Co.,  came  in  at 
60,000  barrels  a  day,  a  quantity  rivaling  that  of 
the  Tuxpan  well,  but  Mr.  Wylie  devised  a  capping 
and  valve  that  confined  the  gusher  so  that  its  flow 
could  be  perfectly  controlled  in  spite  of  its  pres- 
sure of  more  than  280  pounds  to  the  square  inch. 
Its  flow  has  been  cut  down  to  25,000  barrels  a  day. 
He  also  brought  in  Well  No.  6,  almost  rivaling  the 
famous  No.  7,  and  again  it  was  done  without 
wasting  a  barrel. 

After  these  stupendous  producers  had  been  mas- 
tered there  came  the  problems  of  storage  and 
marketing.  To  master  these  problems  required 
operations  on  a  gigantic  scale,  and  in  one  of  the 
most  difficult  countries  on  earth,  but  the  way  in 
which  Mr.  Wylie  has  accomplished  the  task  has 
been  one  of  the  most  spectacular  details  of  the 
enterprise. 

Thousands  of  men  were  thrown  into  the  work 
of  construction.  Two  parallel  pipe  lines  were  laid 
from  the  fields  to  the  Port  of  Tampico,  where  an 
oil  city  has  been  built  for  the  handling  and  shipping 
of  the  product.  One  of  the  lines  was  laid  while  wells 
Nos.  6  and  7  were  being  drilled,  and  was  finished  in 
time  to  save  the  oil.  The  company,  under  his  man- 
agement, is  now  engaged  in  building  additional  stor- 
age capacity  of  ten  million  barrels  at  Tampico. 

Mr.  Wylie's  work  can  be  reckoned  one  of  the 
great  industrial  achievements  of  the  American  con- 
tinent. The  following,  clipped  from  an  article  in  a 
daily  paper,  on  the  Mexican  Petroleum  Company,  is 
worthy  of  quotation: 

•'Within  the  shadow  of  the  crumbling  temples  and  pyra- 
mids of  a  former  civilization,  whose  relics  down  there  in 
Vera  Cruz  today  offer  a  fascinating  puzzle  to  archaeolo- 
gists, a.  new  chapter  in  the  history  of  Mexico  has  been 
started.  In  a  way,  the  story  of  modern  Egypt,  with  its 
ruined  temples  and  pyramids,  fits  that  particular  part  of 
Mexico  where  Los  Angeles  men  are  directing  the  country's 
awakening  and  bringing  about  a  revival  of  the  industry 
and  thrift,  intelligence  and  enterprise,  represented  by  the 
architectural  triumphs,  the  ruins  of  which  are  now  the 
monuments  of  that  civilization  that  perished  hundreds  and 
perhaps  thousands  of  years  ago. 

"More  effective  than  treaty  or  standing  army  in  pre- 
serving the  peace  and  tranquillity  of  Mexico  are  such  en- 
terprises as  that  of  the  Mexican  Petroleum  Company,  Ltd. 
Steady  employment,  fair  compensation  and  regular  pay 
days  appeal  just  as  strongly  to  the  native  Mexican  as  to 
the  native  of  the  United  States. 

Insurrections  thrive  on  discontent,  and  during  the  re- 
cent revolution  in  Mexico  it  was  demonstrated  that, 
thanks  to  the  development  activities  of  the  Mexican  Pe- 
troleum, Ltd.  there  was  no  discontent  among  the  native 
population  in  the  zone  of  the  company's  operations.  Dur- 
ing the  revolution,  the  only  army  in  that  district  was  a 
peaceful  army,  commanded  by  that  great  industrial  gen- 
eral, Herbert  G.  Wylie.  That  army,  equipped  with  the 
weapons  of  industry,  fought  with  the  jungle  for  a  right 
of  way  for  the  company's  railroad  and  pipelines,  fought 
and  conquered  the  great  oil  gushers  until  they  were  mnde 
captive  and  peaceful  factors  in  the  new  life  of  the  region. 

In  addition  to  his  interests  with  the  corpora- 
tions mentioned,  he  is  a  stockholder  in  the 
National  Gas  Company  of  Mexico,  American  Oil 
Fields  Company  of  Los  Angeles,  of  which  he  is  a 
director,  and  the  American  Petroleum  Company  of 
Los  Angeles. 

Mr.  Wylie  has  his  principal  residence  in  Los 
Angeles,  but  maintains  several  places  of  residence 
in  the  Mexican  fields. 


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AVIS,  FRANK,  Mining  Engineer, 
Los  Angeles,  Cal.,  was  born  in 
Red  Oak,  Iowa,  December  24,  1862, 
the  son  of  John  Miles  Davis  and 
Vironicy  (Hunt)  Davis.  He  mar- 
^  ried  Laura  E.  Lewis  at  Alameda, 
Cal.,  January  15,  1888,  and  to  them  there  was  born 
a  daughter,  Elizabeth  Davis.  Mr.  Davis  is  de- 
scended from  one  of  the  Colonial  families  of  Mary- 
land, who  emigrated  in  1836,  from  Little  Gunwater, 
a  village  near  Baltimore,  to 
Fort  Recovery,  Ohio.  Mr. 
Davis'  father  was  then  six 
years  old,  and  was  reared  in 
Ohio,  but  following  his  mar- 
riage, moved  to  Iowa.  There 
the  son  was  born  and  when 
he  was  two  years  old  the 
family  again  moved,  going 
across  the  continent  with 
horse  and  ox  teams.  After  a 
tedious  journey,  during  which 
they  were  compelled  to  bat- 
tle with  Indians,  the  family 
settled  in  the  Willamette 
Valley  of  Oregon.  The  elder 
Davis  is  one  of  the  few  per- 
sons living  who  pioneered 
from  the  Atlantic  Ocean  to 
the  Pacific;  he  celebrated 
his  sixtieth  wedding  anniver- 
sary September  10,  1912. 

Frank  Davis  spent  his 
boyhood  in  the  vicinity  of  Sa- 
lem and  Portland,  Oregon, 
and  received  his  early  educa- 
tion in  the  country  schools. 
He  attended  the  High  School 
of  East  Portland  and,  return- 
ing to  Salem,  studied  chemis- 
try, metallurgy  and  mine  en- 
gineering under  private  in- 
structors. 

In  1882,  Mr.  Davis  left  Sa- 
lem and  went  to  New  Mexico, 

where  he  became  an  assayer  in  the  Organ  Mining 
camp.  The  Apache  Indians  were  on  the  warpath 
during  the  time  he  was  in  New  Mexico  and  Mr. 
Davis  figured  in  several  engagements  with  them. 

During  the  early  part  of  1884,  Mr.  Davis  went 
to  the  Coeur  d'Alene  mining  region,  but  remained 
there  only  a  short  while,  and  next  began  prospect- 
ing for  gold  in  the  southern  part  of  Oregon.  At 
the  beginning  of  1885,  he  drifted  down  to  the  gold 
placer  mines  of  the  New  River  district  in  Trinity 
County,  California;  thence  to  Shasta  County,  Cali- 
fornia, prospecting  at  various  places  on  the  way. 
In  Shasta  County  he  met  with  his  first  notable  suc- 
cess, discovering  the  Clipper  Mine,  a  gold  quartz 
property,  which  he  developed  and  sold  in  1886. 

For  the  next  two  years  he  was  engaged  in  the 
examination  and  investigation  of  mining  properties, 
and  early  in  1888  went  to  British  Columbia,  visiting 
various  prospective  mining  sections,  including  tne 
Tompson  River  and  Upper  Frazier  River  regions. 
He  was  among  the  first  to  recognize  the  possibili- 
ties of  the  Lake  Tesia  coal  fields  near  Kamloops. 

In  the  fall  of  1888,  Mr.  Davis  was  employed  by 
the  Melrose  Smelting  &  Refining  Works,  located  at 
East  Oakland,  Cal.  He  held  several  important  po- 
sitions, but  resigned  in  1890  to  resume  mining, 
going  to  Lower  California.  There  he  developed  the 


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Calmalli  gold  mines,  afterwards  the  property  of 
the  Ybarra  Gold  Mining  Co.,  and  for  six  years  was 
engaged  in  the  metallurgical  operations  of  the  com- 
pany's works.  He  resigned  in  1896  and  became  af- 
filiated with  the  famous  Rawhide-App  Consolidated 
mines  on  the  Mother  Lode  near  Jamestown,  Cal. 
For  the  next  three  years  he  was  engaged  as  gen- 
eral metallurgist  for  the  company,  achieving  nota- 
ble success  in  the  economic  chloridization  process. 
He  left  this  in  1900  to  make  a  special  exploration 
tour  in  Mexico  which  was 
to  result  in  his  becoming 
one  of  the  active  mining  men 
in  that  country. 

Mr.  Davis  began  his  Mexi- 
can operations  by  making  ex- 
tensive investigations  in  the 
interior  of  the  State  of  So- 
nora,  and  in  1902  was  ap- 
pointed General  Manager  of 
the  Yaqui  Smelting  &  Refin- 
ing Co.  He  installed  the 
company's  plants  on  the 
Yaqui  River  and  also  was  en- 
gaged in  general  mine  en- 
gineering, his  work  taking 
him  into  many  parts  of  Mexi- 
co. He  acted  as  Consulting 
Engineer  to  a  number  of  com- 
panies simultaneously  and  in 
this  way  was  an  important 
factor  in  the  development  of 
some  notable  mining  proper- 
ties. Among  the  more  im- 
portant of  these  is  the  Los 
Animas  Mine,  belonging  to 
the  Wyman  Mining  Company, 
situated  at  San  Xavier,  So- 
nora.  A.  V.  Baumann,  of  Fre- 
mont, Ohio,  and  others  con- 
trol this  property. 

For  the  first  six  years 
after  going  to  Mexico,  his 
operations  never  brought  him 
nearer  than  ninety  miles  to  a 
railroad  and  as  a  result  he  and  his  men  were  com- 
pelled, because  of  the  numerous  bands  of  mur- 
derous Yaqui  Indians  at  large  in  the  country,  to 
become  scouts  and  marksmen.  Oftentimes  Mr. 
Davis  carried  large  sums  of  money  with  him 
and  had  to  ride  long  distances  through  Indian- 
infested  regions.  He  had  many  experiences  with 
the  Yaquis,  but  in  each  instance,  by  a  display  of 
courage  and  knowledge  of  the  Indian  methods  of 
warfare,  escaped  safely.  On  one  occasion  he  and 
two  companions,  mounted  on  horses,  were  caught 
in  a  canyon  between  two  forces  of  Yaquis.  Know- 
ing the  Indian  trait  of  not  attacking  a  party  with- 
out first  ascertaining  its  strength,  Mr.  Davis  in- 
structed his  men  to  spread  out  in  single  file  and  in 
this  formation  the  three  rode  safely  through  the 
Yaquis,  who,  fifty  strong,  were  hidden  in  the  brush. 
In  1911,  Mr.  Davis,  who  had  spent  the  greater 
part  of  twelve  years  in  the  wilds  of  Mexico,  was 
called  East  by  a  syndicate  of  capitalists  who  de- 
sired his  advice  on  some  mining  ventures  and  he 
has  been  engaged  since  that  time  in  engineering 
work  for  these  interests.  Among  other  duties  he 
serves  as  Consulting  Engineer  for  several  groups 
of  property  in  which  he  holds  interest,  among  them 
the  Fuerte  River  Copper  Company  and  the  Reiniger 
Mining  &  Smelting  Company. 


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OOTAN,  JOHN  THOMAS,  Mana- 
ger, Amalgamated  Oil  Company, 
Los  Angeles,  California,  was  born 
in  Wetumpka,  Elmore  County,  Ala- 
bama, August  5,  1871,  the  son  of 
John  Thomas  Wootan  and  Mary 
Ellen  (Smith)  Wootan.  He  married  Margaret  Eu- 
nice Kirkpatrick  February  12,  1908,  at  Los  Angeles, 
and  to  them  have  been  born  two  sons,  John 
Thomas,  Jr.,  and  James  Kirkpatrick  Wootan. 

Mr.  Wootan  was  edu- 
cated both  in  Missouri  and 
Illinois.  He  attended  the 
district  schools  of  St.  Louis- 
and  studied  in  the  public 
schools  there  from  1880  to 
1886.  The  family  moving  to 
Ashley,  Illinois,  about  this 
time,  Mr.  Wootan  completed 
his  studies  in  schools  of 
that  place,  concluding  his 
education  in  1888. 

From  his  earliest  boy- 
hood Mr.  Wootan  has  been 
self-supporting,  having  be- 
gun to  earn  a  livelihood  dur- 
ing the  vacation  periods, 
when  he  worked  at  various 
boys'  occupations,  taking  any 
kind  of  employment  that  pre- 
sented it&elf.  His  first  im- 
portant position  came  to  him 
when  he  was  eighteen  years 
of  age,  he  being  appointed 
foreman  of  a  broom  factory, 
one  of  the  important  indus- 
tries of  Ashley,  Illinois. 

He  resigned  this  post  in 
1890,  however,  to  engage  in 
railroad  work  as  an  employe  of  the  Illinois  Central 
Railroad  Company.  Before  the  end  of  the  year,  he 
went  to  California,  and  he  has  been  a  resident  of 
that  State  practically  ever  since.  He  first  located 
in  Tulare  County,  California,  and  for  the  next  two 
years  or  more  was  engaged  in  farming.  In  1894  he 
was-  appointed  agent  in  Siskiyou  County,  Califor- 
nia, for  the  Singer  Manufacturing  Company  and 
made  such  a  splendid  record  during  that  year  that 
he  was  promoted,  in  1895,  to  the  position  of  Travel- 
ing Supervisor  for  the  company.  This  is  one  of  the 
important  branches  of  the  Singer  Manufacturing 
Company's  business  system,  the  Traveling  Super- 
visor having  under  him  numerous  agencies  and  su- 
pervision of  their  selling  methods. 

Mr.  Wootan's  territory  included  various  Califor- 
nia counties  north  of  Mariposa,  and  the  entire  State 
of  Nevada.  His  work  kept  him  in  the  field  most  of 
the  time  and  during  the  two  years  he  held  the  po- 
sition of  Supervisor  he  familiarized  himself  with 
geological  formation,  general  business  conditions 
and  the  people  of  the  sections  through  which  he 


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traveled.  The  knowledge  thus  gained  stood  him  in 
good  stead  and  was  of  particular  value  to  him  when 
he  embarked  in  the  oil  business,  with  which  he  has 
been  connected  since  the  year  1900. 

Upon  leaving  the  employ  of  the  Singer  Manu- 
facturing Company  in  1896,  Mr.  Wootan  became  as- 
sociated with  a  firm  at  Selma,  California,  and  re- 
mained there  for  the  next  four  years.  He  then  en- 
tered the  oil  business  as  an  employe  of  the  El  Do- 
rado Oil  Company  and  Clarence  J.  Berry,  one  of 
the  successful  operators  of 
Southern  California,  and  con- 
tinued there  until  the  early 
part  of  1903,  when  he  became 
a  clerk  for  the  Associated  Oil 
Company  of  California  on  the 
San  Joaquin  Division,  at  Oil 
Center,  Cal.  From  that  time 
on  his  career  has  been 
one  of  successive  advance- 
ment in  the  bus-mess.  In 
time  he  became  Chief  Clerk 
for  the  Associated  Oil  Com- 
pany and  later  was  made  As- 
sistant to  the  General  Super- 
intendent of  the  company. 

In  September,  1907,  Mr. 
Wootan  moved  to  Los  An- 
geles as  Superintendent  of 
Shipments  and  Purchasing 
Agent  for  the  Amalgamated 
Oil  Company  and  affiliated 
concerns,  and  upon  the  re- 
tirement of  F.  B.  Henderson 
as  General  Manager  of  the 
Amalgamated  Oil  Company, 
on  October  1,  1911,  was  ap- 
pointed to  the  office.  The 
Amalgamated  Oil  Company, 
which  i&  controlled  by  the  same  interests  which 
predominate  in  the  Associated  Oil  Company,  is  one 
of  the  largest  and  most  successful  in  the  United 
States,  and  Mr.  Wootan,  as  General  Manager  of  it, 
occupies  an  important  position  in  the  industry. 
His  duties,  in  addition  to  handling  the  operations 
of  the  Amalgamated  Oil  Company,  entail  also  the 
management  of  the  West  Coast  Oil  Company,  Salt 
Lake  Oil  Company  and  the  Arcturus  Oil  Company, 
all  of  which  are  affiliated  with  the  main  corporation. 
He  has  made  a  study  of  the  industry  in  all  its 
phases  and  while  a  greater  part  of  his  work  has 
been  in  connection  with  the  executive  end  of  the 
business,  he  also  is  a  practical  man  in  the  field  and 
is  generally  regarded  as  one  of  the  most  competent, 
all-round  oil  men  in  California. 

Mr.  Wootan-  devotes  himself  almost  wholly  to  his 
work  and  spends  a  great  deal  of  time  in  the  oil 
fields,  but  he  also  is  a  figure  in  fraternal  and  social 
circles,  being  a  member  of  the  Masonic  Order,  the 
Benevolent  and  Protective  Order  of  Elks,  and  of 
the  Sierra  Madre  Club. 


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INCKLE,  WILLIAM,  Vice 
President  and  General  Man- 
ager, Pacific  Packing  Com- 
pany, Colton,  California,  was 
born  in  Philadelphia,  Penn- 
sylvania, July  26,  1877,  the  son  of  Charles 
F.  Hinckle  and  Katherine  E.  (Chambers) 
Hinckle.  He  was  married  in  1903  and  is  the 
father  of  two  children,  Margaret  E.  Hinckle 
and  William  Hinckle,  Jr. 

Mr.  Hinckle,  who  is  a 
member  of  an  old  Phila- 
delphia family,  was  edu- 
cated in  the  schools  of  the 
Quaker  City  and  prepared 
for  college  at  Delancey 
School,  a  noted  Philadel- 
phia institution.  In  1895 
he  entered  the  University 
of  Pennsylvania,  but  was 
compelled  to  leave  the  fol- 
lowing year  owing  to  fail- 
ing health,  superinduced 
by  overstudy. 

Following  his  departure 
from  college,  Mr.  Hinckle, 
on  the  advice  of  his  physi- 
cian, traveled  to  various 
parts  of  the  country  in 
search  of  health,  and  in 
1900  visited  Southern 
California.  Locating  at 
Riverside,  California,  he 
became  interested  in  the 
citrus  fruit  industry  and 
purchased  several  large 
tracts  of  land  which  he 
turned  into  orange  and  lemon  groves.  He 
has  been  actively  interested  in  the  fruit  busi- 
ness from  that  time  to  date  and  has  taken  a 
prominent  part  in  the  introduction  of  new 
methods  for  the  handling  of  the  product. 

In  1903  Mr.  Hinckle  became  interested  in 
the  Orange  Growers'  Cash  Association  at 
Redlands  and  assumed  the  office  of  General 
Manager.  He  conducted  its  affairs  until 
1910,  when  he  sold  his  interest  and  took  up 
the  auction  method  of  selling  citrus  fruits. 

In  1911  Mr.  Hinckle  associated  himself 
with  J.  W.  Sutphen  of  Los  Angeles,  and  to- 
gether they  organized  the  Pacific  Packing 
Company,  a  corporation  designed  to  estab- 
lish a  chain  of  packing  houses  in  Southern 
California  for  the  handling  of  citrus  fruits. 
The  shipping  of  this  product  has  long  been 
one  of  the  chief  problems  of  this,  a  leading 
industry  of  Southern  California,  and  under 
the  plan  of  Mr.  Hinckle's  company  much  of 


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the  difficulty  is  overcome,  the  citrus  growers 
being  afforded  facilities  for  packing  their  fruit 
and  selling  it  at  the  point  of  production,  thus 
eliminating  the  risk  to  the  growers  of  ship- 
ping their  fruits  East  without  a  definite  price 
or  sale  being  made  until  the  car  arrives  at 
its  destination. 

The  citrus  industry  of  California  repre- 
sents from  $150,000,000  to  $200,000,000  capi- 
tal invested,  ten  thou- 
.  sand  growers  are  inter- 
ested in  the  cultivation  of 
the  fruit  and  more  than 
100,000  persons  depend 
on  it  for  a  livelihood.  It 
is  an  enormous  business, 
as  many  as  50,000  car- 
loads of  fruit  being 
shipped  in  one  year,  and 
is  growing  in  extent 
every  year.  Until  the 
advent  of  the  Pacific 
Fruit  Packing  Company, 
most  of  the  fruit  was 
shipped  to  the  Eastern 
markets  in  refrigerator 
cars,  but  the  growers 
were  compelled  to  meet 
great  losses,  due  to  risks 
in  transit  of  the  fruit  de- 
caying, wreckage,  con- 
gested market  conditions 
upon  arrival,  and  in  addi- 
tion to  these,  were  under 
heavy  expense  in  various 
other  ways. 

Through  the  applica- 
tion of  the  principles  Mr.  Hinckle  and  asso- 
ciates are  working  for,  a  large  part  of  this 
liability  is  taken  off  the  shoulders  of  the 
growers,  as  Eastern  buyers  assume  these 
risks  in  procuring  and  paying  for  the  citrus 
supply  in  California. 

From  the  time  he  engaged  in  the  fruit 
industry  Mr.  Hinckle  has  made  a  study  of 
the  business  and  has  conducted  numerous 
independent  experiments,  with  the  result 
that  he  has  introduced  more  scientific  meth- 
ods of  packing  and  has  aided  in  many  other 
ways  in  the  advancement  of  the  industry. 
Aside  from  his  fruit  interests,  Mr.  Hinckle 
is  -interested  in  several  other  enterprises. 

Mr.  Hinckle  is  a  member  of  the  University 
Club  of  Redlands,  California,  with  which  he 
has  been  connected  for  a  number  of  years, 
and  also  belongs  to  the  Riverside  Country 
Club  of  Riverside,  California,  and  the  Los 
Angeles  Athletic  Club  of  Los  Angeles. 


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ARTIN,  JAMES  RUFUS, 
Banking  (member  of  the  firm 
of  Torrance,  Marshall  & 
Company),  Los  Angeles,  Cali- 
fornia, was  born  in  Buffalo, 
New  York,  November  28,  1875,  the  son  of 
William  Allen  Martin  and  Isabella  (Walls) 
Martin.  He  married  Pauline  Elizabeth  Corn- 
well  at  Los  Angeles,  on  July  2,  1901,  and 
to  them  there  has  been 
born  a  daughter,  Mar- 
garet Cornwell  Martin. 

Mr.  Martin,  who  has 
attained  a  position  among 
the  successful  business 
men  of  the  Southwest, 
has  spent  the  greater 
part  of  his  life  in  South- 
ern California,  having  re- 
moved to  Los  Angeles 
when  he  was  eleven 
years  of  age.  Prior  to  his 
removal  there  he  had  at- 
tended the  public  schools 
of  Buffalo,  but  following 
the  death  of  his  parents, 
left  his  native  city.  He 
continued  his  studies  in 
the  public  schools  of  Los 
Angeles  and  attended  the 
High  School  there,  but 
left  in  1895  to  earn  a 
livelihood. 

Entering  the  employ  of 
the  Southern  Pacific  Rail- 
road Company  in  Los 
Angeles,  Mr.  Martin  took 
up  the  study  of  telegraphy  and  after  working 
in  Los  Angeles  for  a  time  was  transferred  to 
one  of  the  company's  stations  on  the  Colo- 
rado Desert.  Despite  the  loneliness  of  the 
post,  Mr.  Martin  stuck  to  it  for  about  three 
years  and  in  addition  to  his  railroad  duties, 
was  engaged  in  the  general  merchandise 
business,  in  which  he  met  with  success. 

His  faithfulness  to  the  company's  interests 
caused  Mr.  Martin  to  be  promoted,  in  1899, 
to  the  position  of  Freight  and  Ticket  Agent 
for  the  Southern  Pacific  Company  at  its  sta- 
tion in  Pasadena,  California.  This  is  one  of 
the  important  offices  of  the  company  in 
Southern  California  and  Mr.  Martin  re- 
mained in  charge  of  the  two  deoartments  for 
about  three  years,  or  until  1902,  when  he 
abandoned  the  railroad  business  and  entered 
the  employ  of  Adams,  Phillips  &  Co.,  one  of 
the  leading  private  banking  firms  of  the 
West,  with  its  principal  office,  Los  Angeles. 


JAMES  R.  MARTIN 


Mr.  Martin  began  his  career  with  the  firm 
as  a  bond  salesman  and  handled  securities 
for  the  house  for  about  one  year,  becoming 
at  that  time  a  member  of  the  firm.     He  has 
been  an  active  factor  in  the  brokerage  busi- 
ness from  that  time  to  the  present   (1913). 
Since  Mr.  Martin  became  a  member  of  the 
firm    it    has    undergone    several    changes    of 
name,  but  through  all  these  changes  he  has 
continued    in    an    active 
capacity.     In  August, 
1907,    the    house    became 
known  as  J.  H.  Adams  & 
Company,  and  under  this 
name    operated    for    ap- 
proximately    five     years. 
In   July,    1912,   upon   the 
retirement  of  Mr.  Adams, 
the  firm  was  reorganized 
and  has  since  been  known 
as  Torrance,  Marshall  & 
Company. 

This  firm  has  grown  to 
be  one  of  the  most  im- 
portant financial  houses 
of  the  country  and  has 
played  an  important  part 
in  the  promotion  of  new 
industries  and  the  gen- 
eral development  of  the 
Southwest,  devoting  par- 
ticular attention  to  the 
advancement  of  South- 
ern California  enterprises. 
With  the  backing  of  this 
company  numerous  proj- 
ects, industrial  and  other- 
wise, have  been  financed  and  made  possible 
of  success.  It  has  operated  largely  in  govern- 
ment, municipal,  school  and  public  service 
corporation  bonds,  and  has  been  instrumental 
in  giving  to  various  sections  of  Southern 
California  modern  utilities  which  have  great- 
ly aided  in  the  general  growth  of  those  com- 
munities. The  company  has  been  especially 
active  in  the  financing  of  irrigation,  light, 
power  and  land  development  corporations. 
The  group  of  men  comprising  the  firm  are 
among  the  most  enterprising  in  the  city  and 
Mr.  Martin  is  credited  with  being  one  of  its 
most  active  members. 

Mr.  Martin  obtains  his  recreation  in  golf 
and  other  outdoor  exercises.  He  is  a  member 
of  the  Los  Angeles  Country  Club,  Annandale 
Country  Club,  Midwick  Country  Club  of 
Pasadena,  the  California  Club  of  Los  An- 
geles, and  the  Los  Angeles  Athletic  Club,  the 
leading  club  of  its  kind  in  the  West. 


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AGON,  FRANCIS  EUGENE,  Re- 
tired Merchant,  Los  Angeles,  Cal., 
was  born  in  Fulton,  N.  Y.,  August 
12,  1851,  the  son  of  Dr.  Charles  G. 
Bacon  and  Mary  M.  (Whitaker) 
Bacon.  He  has  been  twice  mar- 
ried, his  first  wife  having  been  Miss  Gertrude  P. 
Andrews,  whom  he  married  at  Lyons-,  N.  Y.,  in  1872. 
He  was  wedded  a  second  time,  at  Clifton  Springs, 
N.  Y.,  on  July  3,  1902,  to  Miss  Cora  May  Hiscox. 
The  Bacon  family  is  of  English  origin,  having  been 
transplanted  to  New  England  during  Colonial 
times.  The  great-grandfather  of  Mr.  Bacon  was 
wounded  at  the  Battle  of  Bunker  Hill.  Mr.  Bacon's 
father,  who  died  in  1906,  aged  ninety-two  years, 
was  the  oldest  resident  of  Fulton,  N.  Y.,  had  served 
several  terms  as  President  of  the  Oswego  County 
Medical  Society  and  was  one  of  the  founders  of 
Falley  Seminary  at  Fulton.  He  was  noted  as  the 
only  physician  in  America  who  had  attended  every 
semi-annual  meeting  of  a  medical  society  for  fifty 
years.  His  death  was  mourned  by  the  entire  city 
of  Fulton,  all  business  houses  closing  on  the  day 
of  his  funeral  in  honor  of  his  memory. 

The  Bacon  family  had  been  prominent  in  med- 
ical circles  for  many  generations  and  it  was  the 
wish  of  his  father  that  Francis  E.  Bacon  should 
adopt  that  profession.  The  latter,  however,  de- 
cided to  become  a  merchant,  and  when  he  was 
about  fourteen  years  old  apprenticed  himself  to 
a  merchant  of  Fulton. 

At  the  end  of  eighteen  months,  Mr.  Bacon,  fol- 
lowing the  advice  of  his  father,  gave  up  his  work 
and  entered  Falley  Seminary,  where  his  father  at 
one  time  was  an  instructor.  His  studies  there 
completed,  Mr.  Bacon  accepted  appointment  as-  a 
school  teacher  and  taught  for  one  term,  but  at  the 
end  of  the  session  he  returned  to  the  dry  goods 
business  as  a  clerk  in  the  store  of  B.  J.  Dyer  &  Co., 
of  Fulton.  Mr.  Bacon  within  two  years  came  to  be 
regarded  as  an  expert,  and  accepted  a  better  posi- 
tion in  another  store  of  Fulton,  but  ultimately  re- 
turned to  the  Dyer  establishment  as  a  part  owner 
of  the  business.  While  still  retaining  his  interest 
in  the  Dyer  Company  he  bought  the  store  where 
he  had  worked  as  a  clerk  only  a  few  years  before, 
and  under  the  name  of  Francis  E.  Bacon  &  Co. 
built  this  up  to  the  point  where  it  was  the  leading 
store  of  the  town.  When  he  had  placed  this  new 
business  on  a  firm  basis,  he  withdrew  from  B.  J. 
Dyer  &  Co.  and  devoted  himself  to  the  former. 

In  1894  his  health  became  impaired  through 
overwork  and  he  was  compelled  to  give  up  the 
management  of  his  store.  Having  acquired  other 
interests  in  Fulton,  including  leather,  lumber  and 
the  Fulton  Machine  Works,  of  which  he  was  Pres- 
ident, he  retired  from  the  merchandise  business 
and  devoted  a  year  to  these  outside  affairs,  most 
of  his  work  in  connection  therewith  being  out  of 
doors.  Mr.  Bacon's  health  was  restored  in  this 
way,  and  he  then  availed  himself  of  an  opportunity 
to  establish  a  department  store  in  the  city  of  Syra- 
cuse, N.  Y.  He  invited  a  former  partner,  Mr.  Chap- 
pell,  to  join  him  in  this  enterprise  and  the  firm  of 
Bacon,  Chappell  &  Co.  was  established.  They  be- 
gan operations  on  a  comparatively  modest  basis, 
but  with  Mr.  Bacon  as  the  directing  force,  the  busi- 
ness finally  became  one  of  the  principal  commer- 
cial establishments  of  that  section. 

Mr.  Bacon  continued  in  active  charge  of  the 
business  until  1910,  but  his  ceaseless  activity  in 
private  and  public  affairs  again  impaired  his  health 
and  he  was  compelled  to  abandon  his  work.  He 
had  wintered  in  Los  Angeles  for  some  years  prior, 


so  went  there  on  this  occasion  to  recuperate,  but 
has  made  that  city  his  home  ever  since. 

While  he  practically  retired  from  business  life 
in  1910,  Mr.  Bacon  still  retained  his  interests  in 
Syracuse  and  did  not  finally  dispose  of  his  holdings 
in  the  store  until  the  summer  of  1912,  when,  during 
a  visit  to  Syracuse,  he  was  offered  a  large  price 
for  his  business  and  he  sold  out.  By  a  strange  co- 
incidence, he  wound  up  his  business  career,  after 
forty  years  of  success,  by  selling  to  a  man  of  the 
same  name  as  his-  first  sponsor  in  business,  Dyer, 
although  the  two  men  were  in  no  way  related. 

During  his  residence  of  fifteen  years  in  Syra- 
cuse Mr.  Bacon  was  one  of  its  most  prominent 
men.  When  he  first  went  to  the  city  in  the  year 
1895  it  was  greatly  undeveloped  and  it  boasted  of 
only  two  modern  paved  streets.  He  immediately 
became  a  factor  in  public  affairs  and  later,  as  Pres- 
ident of  the  Syracuse  Chamber  of  Commerce,  led 
in  many  movements  which  aided  in  the  upbuilding 
of  the  city  and  the  increase  of  its  commercial  im- 
portance. He  served  five  years  as  President  of 
the  Chamber  of  Commerce  and  with  his  associates 
kept  up  a  continual  campaign  in  the  interest  of 
Syracuse,  being  responsible  for  the  location  there 
of  scores  of  manufacturing  institutions,  thus  lift- 
ing the  city  from  an  obscure  place  to  one  among 
the  leading  manufacturing  cities  of  the  U.  S. 

Mr.  Bacon  was  tireless  in  his  efforts  to  adver- 
tise Syracuse  and  was  responsible  for  many  noted 
personages  visiting  the  city.  Among  others  he  had 
as  his  gue'sts  and  guests  of  the  city,  President  Wil- 
liam McKinley,  President  Theodore  Roosevelt,  the 
late  Senator  Mark  Hanna,  Leslie  M.  Shaw,  Secre- 
tary of  the  Treasury,  and  numerous  others.  Large- 
ly through  his  efforts  Syracuse  was  included  in  the 
itinerary  of  Prince  Henry  of  Prussia  during  his 
notable  tour  of  the  United  States  and  Mr.  Bacon 
figured  prominently  in  the  attendant  ceremonies. 

One  of  Mr.  Bacon's  distinguished  achievements 
for  Syracuse  was  the  securing  of  a  new  Federal 
building.  He  headed  a  delegation  which  went  to 
Washington  to  secure  the  appropriation  of  a  sum 
of  money  for  this  purpose  and  aided  in  the  selec- 
tion of  the  site.  Mr.  Bacon  placed  the  Syracuse 
Chamber  of  Commerce  among  the  strongest  institu- 
tions of  the  kind  in  the  country  and  for  four  years 
was  its  representative  at  the  annual  meetings  of 
the  National  Board  of  Trade.  He  served  during 
that  time  as  a  member  of  the  Council  of  the  latter 
organization. 

While  he  was  devoted  to  the  work  of  upbuilding 
Syracuse,  Mr.  Bacon  was  also  active  in  church  and 
charitable  lines.  He  brought  about  the  organiza- 
tion of  the  Associated  Charities  of  Syracuse,  which, 
working  in  conjunction  with  the  Syracuse  Society 
for  the  Prevention  of  Cruelty  to  Children,  had  charge 
of  all  public  aid.  Mr.  Bacon  was  President  of  both. 

Prior  to  his  removal  to  Syracuse  Mr.  Bacon  had 
served  for  fifteen  years  as  a  member  of  the  Fulton 
Board  of  Education,  and  during  eight  years  of  the 
period,  as  President.  He  also  served  two  years  as 
President  of  the  Oswego  County  Sunday  School  As- 
sociation and  was  for  many  years  a  member  of  the 
Board  of  Trustees  of  the  First  Methodist  Church  of 
Fulton,  which  he  had  helped  to  build.  He  personal- 
ly procured  a  large  part  of  the  funds  used  in  build- 
ing the  church  and  performed  a  similar  service  for 
the  Methodist  Church  of  Syracuse. 

Mr.  Bacon,  on  two  occasions,  was  urged  to  ac- 
cept nomination  for  Mayor  of  the  city  of  Syracuse, 
but  in  each  instance  declined. 

He  is  a  Mason,  member  of  the  Citizens'  Club  of 
Syracuse  and  of  the  Los  Angeles  Athletic  Club. 


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AURELIO  SANDOVAL 

ANDOVAL,  AURELIO,  Fisheries, 
Los  Angeles,  California,  one  of 
the  greatest  of  Mexican  born 
business  men,  was  born  June  28, 
1863,  at  Ures,  Sonora,  Mexico,  the 
son  of  Jose  U.  Sandoval  and 
Beatriz  Ortiz  Sandoval.  He  married  Louise  Parodi, 
July  4,  1906,  at  Los  Angeles.  There  are  two  chil- 
dren, by  a  former  wife,  Adela  and  Aurelia  Sandoval. 
Mr.  Sandoval  was  taught  in  a  private  school 
at  Guaymas,  fconora.  Then  he  was  apprenticed  in 
business  to  his  father,  himself  one  of  the  biggest 
merchants  of  his  section.  Later  he  was  taken  in 
as  a  partner  in  his  father's  numerous  enterprises, 
which  included  wholesale  merchandising,  banking 
and  mining.  In  1888,  he  formed  the  firm  of  P. 
Sandoval  &  Co.,  with  his  brother,  and  opened  a 
banking  house  at  Nogales,  Sonora.  He  is  still  in 
that  firm,  and  it  is  known  throughout  Mexico  and 
the  United  States  as  well  as  a  financial  institution 
of  high  credit  and  great  resources. 

Then  he  obtained  from  the  Mexican  government 
one  of  the  most  valuable  grants  ever  given  to 
one  man,  on  condition  of  its  full  development. 
This  was  the  exclusive  fishing  right  on  the 
West  Coast  of  Mexico  from  Guaymas  north  to  the 
mouth  of  the  Colorado  River,  and  to  all  the  water 
that  surrounds  the  peninsula  of  Southern  Cali- 
fornia. This  includes  several  thousand  miles  of 
sea  coast.  The  entire  coast  is  extremely  rich  in 
sea  food,  such  as  oysters,  lobsters  and  crabs,  not 
to  mention  the  vas'  shoals  of  edible  fish.  Valuable 
pearl  fisheries  have  been  found  and  are  being 
worked.  Los  Angeles  forms  the  best  market  for 
the  sea  food,  and  to  that  city  Mr.  Sandoval  removed 
in  1904. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  California  Club,  the 
Chamber  of  Commerce,  and  the  Merchants  and 
Manufacturers'  Association. 


HON.   FRANK   R.   WILLIS 


ILLIS,  FRANK  R.,  Judge  of  the 
Superior  Court,  Los  Angeles,  Cali- 
fornia, was  born  at  North  Adams, 
Massachusetts,  August  17,  1854, 
the  son  of  Albert  Willis  and  Laura 

P.   (White)   Willis.       He  married 

at  Iowa  City,  Iowa,  March  8,  1882.     There  are  two 
children,  William  H.  and  Fred  A.  Willis. 

The  family  moved  to  Iowa  in  his  youth,  and  he 
was  educated  there.  He  attended  the  State  Nor- 
mal of  Iowa,  with  the  class  of  1879.  His  higher 
education  was  obtained  at  the  State  University  of 
Iowa,  and  there  he  received  his  law  degree  in  1881. 

Judge  Willis  began  to  practice  law  at  Cherokee, 
Iowa,  July  1,  1881,  and  continued  there  until  1883. 
In  that  year  he  removed  to  Los  Angeles. 

He  practiced  for  two  years,  meanwhile  becom- 
ing known  in  politics,  and  in  1886  was  chosen  at- 
torney for  the  public  administrator.  In  1888  he 
was  chosen  City  Attorney  for  Redondo  Beach  and 
held  the  place  four  years.  Then,  for  eight  years, 
performed  the  duties  of  the  office  of  Assistant  Dis- 
trict Attorney  for  Los  Angeles  County. 

He  was  elected  judge  of  the  Superior  Court  of 
Los  Angeles  County  in  the  year  1908.  He  has  given 
special  attention  to  the  expedition  of  cases,  in  or- 
der that  the  administration  of  justice  might  not 
cost  his  county  too  much  money,  and  has  the  re- 
markable record  of  disposing  of  more  than  400 
cases  per  annum. 

Judge  Willis  is  a  noted  criminologist.  He  has 
put  into  practice  the  probation  system  now  on  the 
penal  code  of  California.  He  makes  his  proba- 
tioners put  money  into  the  savings  bank  to  show 
their  good  faith  in  reform.  He  had  in  1911,  150 
probationers  earning  an  average  of  $15  per  week. 

He  has  been,  since  1901,  Professor  of  Criminal 
Law  and  Procedure  at  the  University  of  Southern 
California.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Union  League 
and  the  Gamut  Clubs. 


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R.  B.  YOUNG 

OUNG,  ROBERT  B.,  Architect,  Los 
Angeles,  California,  was  born  in 
Huntington  County,  Canada,  April 
1,  1855,  the  son  of  Alexander 
Young  and  Mary  Ann  (Dowler) 
Young.  He  married  Mary  C.  Wil- 
son, January  2,  1880,  at  Denver,  Colorado.  There 
are  two  children,  Frank  Wilson  and  Mary  Eliza- 
beth (Young)  Moore. 

Mr.  Young  studied  in  the  public  schools  of 
Canada,  and  after  he  had  chosen  architecture  as 
his  profession  moved  to  Denver.  There  he  studied 
the  art  of  construction  and  of  architecture  design- 
ing until  1881. 

In  that  year  he  moved  to  San  Francisco,  and 
after  working  there  awhile  he  decided  that  Los 
Angeles  offered  a  better  field,  and  removed  to  that 
city,  where  he  opened  an  office  for  himself. 

He  can  be  reckoned  as  one  of  the  pioneer  archi- 
tects of  Los  Angeles,  as  there  were  but  few  build- 
ings of  any  consequence  when  he  started  business; 
few,  indeed,  that  had  needed  the  services  of  an 
architect.  Today  the  embodiments  of  his  designs 
are  to  be  found  in  every  corner  of  that  city,  and  in 
every  other  city  of  Southern  California. 

Among  the  notable  buildings  of  which  he  was 
architect  are  the  Hollenbeck  Hotel;  the  Braum 
Building,  which  was  the  highest  building  in  the 
city  at  the  time  of  its  construction;  the  Lankershim 
Block,  and  many  fine  residences.  He  built  the  in- 
dustrial school  at  Whittier.  Examples  of  his  work 
are  to  be  found  in  Bakersfield,  Stockton,  Pomona, 
California,  and  Yuma,  Arizona.  He  has  built  many 
Catholic  school  buildings  in  California  and  several 
churches  in  the  diocese  of  Los  Angeles  and  Mon- 
terey. In  the  list  of  the  big  Los  Angeles  business 
blocks  which  he  designed  are  the  Lankershim 


FRANK  W.  YOUNG 

Hotel,  the  Broadway  and  Occidental  Block,  West- 
minster, Lexington,  and  other  hotels,  Barker  Bros.' 
building,  California  Furniture  building,  and  Black- 
stone  Dry  Goods  Company  building.  There  are 
many  apartment  houses,  residences  and  lesser  busi- 
ness blocks.  At  the  present  time  he  has  under 
construction  the  largest  apartment  house  in  South- 
ern California,  the  Seminole,  for  Orena  Bros.;  an- 
other of  almost  equal  size,  the  Gerold,  for  F.  E. 
Engstrum;  others  for  C.  G.  Craig,  Miss  M.  C.  May- 
hew,  and  a  seven-story  hotel  building,  the  largest 
in  point  of  area  and  number  of  rooms,  for  him- 
self. 

He  is  vice-president  of  the  Southern  California 
Chapter  of  the  American  Institute  of  Architects. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Chamber  of  Commerce,  the 
Jonathan  Club  and  the  Elks. 

YOUNG,  FRANK  WILSON,  Architect,  Los  An- 
geles, California,  was  born  at  Los  Angeles,  June 
30,  1885,  the  son  of  Robert  B.  Young  and  Mary  C. 
(Wilson)  Young.  He  is  unmarried. 

Mr.  Young  received  his  schooling  at  St.  Vin- 
cent's College,  Los  Angeles;  St.  Mary's  College,  at 
Oakland,  Cal.,  and  received  his  training  as  archi- 
tect in  the  office  of  his  father. 

Immediately  after  he  finished  his  schooling, 
and  had  served  his  apprenticeship,  he  was  made  a 
member  of  his  father's  firm,  the  R.  B.  Young  & 
Son  Company,  architects,  and  he  has  been  active 
in  its  business  ever  since. 

He  has  had  the  active  outside  work  directing 
the  construction  of  most  of  the  large  buildings  de- 
signed by  the  office  referred  to  above. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Southern  California 
Chapter  of  the  American  Institute  of  Architects. 

He  has  joined  the  Jonathan  Club,  the  Elks,  and 
the  Chamber  of  Commerce,  Los  Angeles  Athletic 
Club  and  the  Native  Sons  of  the  Golden  West. 


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ULLGARDT,   LOUIS    CHRISTIAN, 

M*J  Architect,  San  Francisco,  Califor- 
\  nia,  was  born  in  Washington, 
Franklin  County,  Missouri,  Janu- 
ary 18,  1866,  the  son  of  John  Chris- 
tian Mullgardt  and  Wilhelmina 
(Hausgen)  Mullgardt.  He  married  Laura  R.  Stef- 
fens  at  Chicago,  Illinois,  June  9,  1897.  They  have 
two  children,  Alexander  S.  and  John  L.  C. 
Mullgardt,  thirteen  and  six  years  old,  respectively. 

Mr.  Mullgardt's  work  is  well 
known  on  both  sides  of  the 
Atlantic.  He  received  his  pre- 
liminary education  in  public 
and  private  schools  of  his  na- 
tive town  and  in  the  summer 
of  1881  went  to  St.  Louis,  Mis- 
souri, where  he  took  up  the 
study  of  architecture  in  the 
offices  of  O.  J.  Wilhelmi  and 
Ernest  C.  Janssen  and  later 
James  Stewart,  well-known 
members  of  the  profession. 
He  also  studied  in  the  Poly- 
technic Institute  and  Depart- 
ment of  Fine  Arts  of  Wash- 
ington University. 

In  the  winter  of  1885  Mr. 
Mullgardt  went  to  Boston, 
Massachusetts,  as  a  student 
in  the  office  of  H.  H.  Richard- 
son, Brookline,  Mass.,  and 
subsequently  with  Mr.  Rich- 
ardson's successors,  Shepley, 
Rutan  &  Coolidge  of  Boston. 
He  also  studied  with  Peabody 
&  Stearns  and  Brigham  & 
Spofford  of  Boston.  During 
the  years  of  1889  and  1890  he 

was  a  special  student  at  Harvard  University. 
With  the  training  and  experience  gained  during 
his  student  years,  Mr.  Mullgardt  went  to  Chicago 
in  1891,  and  until  1893,  was  Designer-in-Chief  in  the 
offices  of  Henry  Ives  Cobb.  Among  the  buildings 
designed  by  him  while  serving  in  that  capacity  are 
the  following:  Newberry  Library,  Cook  County  Ab- 
stract Building,  Chicago  Athletic  Association  Build- 
ing, University  of  Chicago  and  the  Fisheries  Build- 
ing at  the  World's  Columbian  Exposition. 

His  exceptional  talent  and  training  placed  Mr. 
Mullgardt  among  the  few  recognized  leading  Archi- 
tectural Designers  of  the  middle  West.  In  1893  he 
went  to  St.  Louis  to  enter  private  practice.  He 
continued  there  about  nine  years,  having  added  to 
his  reputation  in  designing  and  erecting  numerous 
private  and  public  structures.  Among  the  more 
notable  were  the  designs  of  the  Abolitionist  Monu- 
ment to  Elijah  Parish  Lovejoy,  publisher,  erected 
at  Alton,  111.,  by  the  State  of  Illinois;  the  University 
Club,  St.  Louis;  Boyer  Pneumatic  Tool  factories  at 
Detroit,  Mich.,  and  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  and  the  Arlington 


Hotel  and  Bath  House,  a  stately  group  of  buildings 
at  Hot  Springs,  Arkansas. 

In  1902  Mr.  Mullgardt  went  to  Manchester,  Eng- 
land, in  conjunction  with  James  C.  Stewart  of  New 
York,  respecting  the  construction  of  the  New  Mid- 
land Grand  Hotel.  In  1903  he  went  from  Manchester 
to  London,  opened  offices  on  Somerset  Street, 
where  he  remained  during  that  year  and  the  next, 
engaged  in  conjunction  with  Messrs.  Colcutt  and 
Hamp  in  planning  the  extensions  of  the  celebrated 
Savoy  Hotel  on  the  Strand; 
also  alterations  on  the  old 
buildings  of  the  Savoy  on  the 
Embankment.  This  is  one  of 
the  historic  hotels  on  the 
other  side  of  the  Atlantic, 
and  Mr.  Mullgardt's  selection 
for  this  work — costing  over 
$2,000,000 — was  a  tribute  alike 
to  American  architecture  and 
to  Mr.  Mullgardt. 

During  the  period  covering 
his  work  on  the  Savoy  Hotel, 
Mr.  Mullgardt  fulfilled  other 
commissions  in  the  British 
Isles.  He  remained  in  Lon- 
don until  the  year  1905,  when 
illness  in  his  family  necessi- 
tated return  to  the  United 
States.  Among  the  archi- 
tectural works  of  Mr.  Mull- 
gardt in  Great  Britain  were 
the  designs  for  electric  pow- 
er stations  for  the  British 
Westinghouse  Company,  Hey- 
sham  Harbour  and  at  Neas- 
den,  for  the  Metropolitan  Un- 
derground Railway  of  Lon- 
don. He  also  designed  a  large 

factory  for  the  British  Consolidated  Pneumatic  Tool 
Company  at  Frazerburg,  Scotland,  and  two  electric 
power  stations  in  the  Clyde  Valley,  Scotland. 

From  London,  Mr.  Mullgardt  went  almost  direct- 
ly to  San  Francisco  in  1905  and  has  resided  there 
and  in  Berkeley  since.  He  entered  private  practice 
in  San  Francisco  in  1905  and  has  been  chiefly  en- 
gaged in  California  Country  Residence  Architecture. 
In  addition  to  his  private  practice,  Mr.  Mull- 
gardt is  engaged  in  designing  the  "East  Court"  of 
the  Panama-Pacific  International  Exposition,  hav- 
ing been  appointed  a  member,  Architectural  Com- 
mission which  is  planning  the  International  Fair  to 
celebrate  the  Panama  Canal  completion  in  1915. 

Mr.  Mullgardt  is  Fellow  member,  American  In- 
stitute of  Architects,  Washington,  D.  C.,  and  life 
member,  Harvard  Engineers  Club.  He  belongs  to 
the  Bohemian  Club  of  San  Francisco  and  is  honor- 
ary member  of  the  San  Francisco  Press-  Club  and 
of  the  Outdoor  Art  League.  He  has  made  art  a  life 
study  and  has  lectured  and  written  numerously  on 
the  fine  arts  relative  to  architecture. 


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KITE,  CHARLES  HENRY,  Re- 
tired Banker,  Los  Angeles,  Cali- 
fornia, was  born  in  Saratoga 
County,  New  York,  April  10,  1840, 
the  son  of  James  Madison  White 
and  Charlotte  (Cole)  White.  Re- 
married Agnes  E.  Hall  at  Glens  Falls,  New  York, 
on  January  2,  1867,  and  to  them  there  were  born, 
three  children,  Walter  Everett  (deceased),  Ger- 
trude Dorcas  White  (Mrs.  George  R.  Field)  and 
Julia  Stella  White  (Mrs.  F. 
E.  Culver),  Mrs.  White 
died  in  1899. 

Mr.  White,  who  has  at- 
tained an  eminent  position 
in  business  affairs  of  the 
West,  is  essentially  a  self- 
made  man  and  rose  to  his 
present  place  solely  by  his 
own  efforts.  He  attended 
the  public  schools  of  Glens 
Falls,  New  York,  and  was  a 
student  at  Glens  Falls  Acad- 
emy of  the  same  place,  but 
was  compelled  to  give  up  his 
studies  when  he  was  twelve 
years  of  age  and  aid  in  the 
support  of  the  family.  He 
began  to  earn  his  livelihood 
in  the  store  of  Albert  Hall  of 
Glens  Falls,  whose  daughter 
he  married  some  years  later. 
Starting  as  a  clerk  he  con- 
tinued in  the  employ  of  Mr. 
Hall  for  twelve  years,  and 
at  the  end  of  that  period  he 
and  a  partner  purchased  the 
store,  and  conducted  it  for 
about  seven  years. 

In  1872  Mr.  White,  who  is  now  strong  and  active 
at  the  age  of  72,  was  adjudged  by  physicians  to  be, 
hopelessly  afflicted  with  tuberculosis,  and  his  ten- 
ure of  life  was  considered  to  be  only  a  matter  of  a 
few  months.  On  the  advice  of  one  physician,  how- 
ever, he  went  to  Colorado  in  the  hope  of  effecting 
a  cure,  and  after  a  brief  stay  in  Denver,  went  to 
Colorado  Springs,  where  he  made  his  home  for 
thirty  years  subsequently,  becoming  during  that 
time  one  of  the  strongest  men  of  that  section  in 
financial,  real  estate,  mining  and  public  affairs. 

Associated  with  three  other  gentlemen,  Mr. 
White  in  1873  organized  the  El  Paso  County  Bank 
of  Colorado  Springs,  but  he  took  no  active  part  in  its 
affairs  until  1876,  when  he  was  restored  to  health. 
At  that  time  he  accepted  a  place  on  the  Board  of 
Directors  and  became  active  in  the  business. 
This  was  the  beginning  of  his  new  career,  for  upon 
leaving  New  York  State  he  had  disposed  of  all  his 
interests  there,  believing  that  he  would  be  unable 
to  participate  in  business  again.  With  his  returning 
health,  however,  the  energy  and  determination 


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characteristic  of  the  man  came  back  and  for  twenty 
years  he  was  one  of  the  dominant  factors  in  the 
affairs  of  the  El  Paso  County  Bank,  and  the  El 
Paso  National  Bank  of  Colorado,  with  which  the 
El  Paso  County  Bank  was  merged  in  1896,  making 
this  one  of  the  strongest  monetary  institutions  in 
the  State  of  Colorado.  He  was  a  Director  and  of- 
ficial of  the  latter  institution  for  several  years. 

In  addition  to  his  banking  and  real  estate  inter- 
ests in  Colorado  Springs,  Mr.  White  also  was  one  of 
the  active  mining  men  of  the 
West,  being  a  successful  op- 
erator in  Leadville  and  Crip- 
ple Creek  during  and  after 
their  historic  booms.  He  still 
retains  valuable  properties  in 
Cripple  Creek. 

Although  he  had  little 
taste  for  politics,  Mr.  White 
was  one  of  the  prominent 
figures  in  public  affairs  of 
Colorado  Springs  and  served 
two  terms  as  Town  Trustee, 
as  the  Aldermen  were  known. 
He  also  served  two  years 
as  a  member  of  the  Board 
of  Trustees  of  the  Institute 
for  the  Education  of  the 
Mute  and  Blind  of  Colorado. 
In  1903  Mr.  White  went  to 
Los  Angeles  with  his  young- 
est daughter,  who  was  in  fail- 
ing health,  in  order  that  she 
might  have  the  benefit  of  the 
climate,  and  he  has  made  that 
city  his  home.  It  was  his  de- 
sire to  retire  from  active 
business  at  that  time,  but 
he  gradually  became  in- 
terested in  real  estate  and  other  investments,  and 
is  compelled  to  devote  time  to  them. 

Mr.  White  took  part  in  the  organization,  in  1911, 
of  the  Klamath  River  Canning  Co.,  engaged  in  the 
canning  of  salmon  on  the  Klamath  River.  The  com- 
pany was  organized  for  the  purpose  of  marketing  a 
select  product,  and  Mr.  White,  as  a  member  of  the 
Board  of  Directors  and  Secretary  and  Treasurer 
during  the  first  year,  was  a  factor  in  its  success, 
and  is  today  its  largest  stockholder.  He  is  a  stock- 
holder in  various  other  enterprises. 

During  his  entire  career  Mr  White  has  refrained, 
as  far  as  possible,  from  appearing  in  the  public 
eye,  and  has  never  been  a  seeker  for  public  office, 
preferring  to  perform  his  duty  to  the  State  and 
his  fellow  men  through  the  development  of  the 
country's  resources.  At  all  times  strong  for  the 
advancement  of  the  public  interest  and  a  man  of 
genial  temperament,  Mr.  White  is  regarded  as  one 
of  the  solid  citizens  of  the  West.  He  is  Vice  Presi- 
dent and  Director,  Sierra  Madre  Club,  Los  Angeles, 
and  member,  San  Gabriel  Valley  Country  Club. 


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OUNG,  GEORGE  ULYSSES,  Min- 
ing, Phoenix,  Arizona,  was  born 
in  Hamburg,  Indiana,  February 
10,  1867,  the  son  of  John  Alex- 
ander Young  and  Mary  E.  (Wil- 
son) Young.  He  married  Ellen 
M.  Smith  at  Williams,  Arizona,  September  26,  1900, 
and  to  them  there  have  been  born  three  children, 
George  U.,  Jr.,  Helen  Evelyn  and  Edna  Lucille 
Young.  He  is  descended  of  a  family  old  in  the 
history  of  England  and  one  which  was  numbered 
among  the  earliest  of  the  Virginia  settlers. 

Mr.  Young,  who  has  spent  his  life  in  various  vo- 
cations, including  teacher,  editor,  railroad  man, 
miner,  etc.,  received  his  early  education  in  the 
schools  of  his  native  State,  but  left  when  he  was 
twelve  years  old.  His  family  moved  to  Kansas 
at  that  time  and  for  three  years  he  was  engaged  in 
farming.  A  giant  physically,  he  seemed  older  than 
he  really  was,  and  at  the  age  of  fifteen  was  called 
from  the  wheat  field  to  the  school  room.  He  re- 
ceived his  teacher's  certificate  at  Lincoln  Center, 
Kansas,  in  a  competitive  examination  and  was  as- 
signed to  a  school  seven  miles  from  his  home.  He 
was  paid  twenty  dollars  for  his  first  month's 
labors,  but  after  that  his  compensation  was  in- 
creased and  he  held  his  post  for  two  years,  being 
then  transferred  to  another  school. 

In  1887  Mr.  Young  was  appointed  Superintend- 
ent of  Schools  for  Strong  City,  Kansas,  and  while 
in  the  office  took  up  the  study  of  law.  He  also 
learned  several  other  occupations,  including  paint- 
ing and  brick  moulding  and  during  the  next  three 
years  worked  for  a  limited  period  in  each.  In 
1890  Mr.  Young  went  before  Justice  Doster  of 
the  Kansas  Supreme  Court  for  examination  and 
was  admitted  to  the  bar,  the  examining  justice  at 
the  time  declaring  his  work  to  have  been  the  best 
he  ever  witnessed. 

For  six  months  Mr.  Young  practiced  with  bril- 
liant success,  but  at  that  time  voluntarily  retired 
because  of  personal  prejudice  against  certain 
methods  of  conduct  in  his  profession  and  took  up 
railroad  construction  work.  In  the  employ  of 
Lantry  Brothers,  he  worked  on  the  construction  of 
the  Santa  Fe,  Prescott  &  Phoenix  Railroad,  now 
a  part  of  the  San»ta  Fe  system,  for  about  three 
years,  and  then  located  at  Williams,  Arizona, 
where  he  became  an  engineman  for  the  Santa 
Fe.  While  thus  engaged  he  purchased  the  Wil- 
liams News,  a  weekly  newspaper,  which  he  con- 
ducted for  several  years,  and  in  addition  was 
chosen  principal  of  the  Williams  public  school. 

Mr.  Young  attended  to  his  various  duties  for 
about  four  years  and  in  1898  began  the  construc- 
tion of  the  first  railroad  to  the  Grand  Canyon  of 
Arizona.  His  partner  in  this  enterprise  was 
"Bucky"  O'Neill,  celebrated  as  the  first  man  who 
volunteered  for  service  In  the  Spanish-American 
war  and  one  who  gave  his  life  early  in  the 
struggle.  Mr.  Young  continued  the  construction 


of  his  road  single-handed,  but  was  unable  to  carry 
it  to  conclusion,  and  finally  it  passed  into  the 
hands  of  the  Santa  Fe  Company,  who  completed  it. 

Mr.  Young  resumed  his  work  as  an  engineman 
for  several  years,  but  was  on  the  lookout  for 
opportunities,  and  in  1903  went  into  the  mining 
fields  of  Arizona  as  a  prospector.  In  1904  he  ac- 
quired the  Madeizelle  Derby  Mine,  a  gold  and 
copper  property  containing  twenty-five  claims, 
which  he  has  been  working  ever  since.  Six  years 
later  he  became  the  owner  of  the  Goldfield  Mine, 
located  in  Maricopa  County,  Arizona,  and  this,  too, 
he  is  working.  It  comprises  216  acres  of  gold- 
bearing  land  and  promises  to  become  one  of  the 
profitable  mining  properties  of  the  West. 

These  two  are  the  principal  properties  with 
which  Mr.  Young  has  been  identified,  but  through 
them  he  has  come  to  be  regarded  as  one  of  the 
successful  operators  of  the  region. 

For  several  years  past  Mr.  Young  has  been  a 
prominent  figure  in  the  Republican  party  of  Ari- 
zona and  is  being  considered  among  the  probable 
candidates  for  the  party's  nomination  for  Gov- 
ernor in  the  next  general  election.  In  May,  1909, 
he  was  appointed  Territorial  Secretary  under 
Governor  Sloan,  a  position  which  also  included 
the  duties  of  Insurance  Commissioner  and  Acting 
Governor.  Mr.  Young  attracted  the  attention  of 
the  entire  country  to  Arizona  while  acting  as 
Governor  in  the  absence  of  Judge  Sloan  and  certi- 
fied the  first  constitution  of  the  new  State. 

He  was  a  candidate  for  the  Gubernatorial  nomi- 
nation on  the  Republican  ticket  at  the  primaries 
preceding  the  first  general  election  in  the  State 
of  Arizona,  but  was  defeated.  He  continued  to 
hold  office,  however,  until  Arizona  was  declared 
a  State  in  February,  1912. 

Mr.  Young  has  gained  considerable  local  repute 
as  a  political  prophet  and  on  numerous  occasions 
has  seen  his  predictions  of  future  events  come  to 
realization.  He  has  also  written  considerably 
along  this  line  and  one  of  his  addresses,  dealing 
with  the  psychology  of  government,  contained  a 
prophecy  which  received  vindication  several 
years  later,  when  Theodore  Roosevelt,  believed  at 
the  time  of  writing  forever  eliminated  as  a  Presi- 
dential possibility,  came  out  of  retirement  in  1912 
and  made  his  famous  contest  for  the  Republican 
nomination  for  President. 

Mr.  Young  has  been  a  factor  among  the  pro- 
gressive Republicans  ever  since  his  entry  Into 
politics,  but  he  has  also  been  keenly  interested 
in  the  development  of  Arizona;  and  as  President 
and  General  Manager  of  the  Young  Mines  Com- 
pany and  of  the  Madeizelle  Mining  Company  has 
done  his  share  towards  the  utilization  of  the 
country's  resources. 

He  is  a  Mason,  member  of  the  Mystic  Shrine,  the 
Elks,  Knights  of  Pythias,  and  the  Woodmen  of  the 
World.  He  also  belongs  to  the  Yavapai  Club  of 
Prescott,  Arizona. 


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OFFEE,  LAWRENCE  WILLIAM, 
Real  Estate,  Los  Angeles,  Califor- 
nia, was  born  in  Runnia,  Denmark, 
March  5,  1876,  the  son  of  Peter 
L.  Coffee  and  Maggie  (Larsen) 
Coffee.  He  married  Clara  Ellen 
De  Voll  at  Stockton,  California,  May  12,  1897,  and 
to  them  there  has  been  born  a  son,  Lawrence  Wil- 
liam Coffee,  Jr.  Mr.  Coffee's  family  is  an  extremely 
old  one  in  Denmark  and  several  centuries  ago  was 
among  the  ruling  families  of 
the  country. 

Mr.  Coffee  was  brought  to 
the  United  States  in  early 
childhood  and  has  spent  the 
greater  part  of  his  life  in 
California.  The  family  first 
settled  in  Stanislaus  County, 
California,  where  he  attended 
the  schools  of  the  district.  He 
left  school,  however,  and 
went  to  work,  first  on  a  farm 
and  later  in  the  employ  of  a 
California  horse  breeder.  It 
was  while  in  this  position 
that  Mr.  Coffee  learned  the 
bu&iness  of  horse-raising, 
and  before  he  had  attained 
his  majority  he  was  regarded 
as  an  expert  judge  of  horse- 
flesh. 

In  1891  Mr.  Coffee  went  to 
San  Francisco    and    engaged 
in  the  shoe  business,  devot- 
ing his  evenings  to  study  at 
a  business  college  of  the  city. 
At  the  end  of  a    year,    how- 
ever, he  entered  the  real  es- 
tate   business    in    San    Fran- 
cisco as  an  employe  of  the  G.  H.  Umbsen  Company, 
one    of    the    largest    firms    in    the    city    at    that 
time,  and  he  has  devoted  practically  all  of  his  time 
since  then  to  this  line  of  operation. 

For  a  large  part  of  the  time  that  he  was  asso- 
ciated with  this  company,  Mr.  Coffee  was  Manager 
of  its  County  Lands  Department,  and  in  1896  went 
to  Europe  to  study  European  colonization  methods 
and  also  to  bring  back  to  the  United  States  a  party 
of  colonists.  This  was  not  his  first  trip  to  Europe, 
he  having  gone  there  several  years  previously  to 
settle  up  the  estate  of  his  grandmother. 

Returning  to  the  United  States  in  1897,  Mr. 
Coffee  continued  with  his  firm  for  several  years 
longer,  and  in  1905  purchased  an  interest  in  the 
J.  W.  Wright  Company,  real  estate  operators.  He 
took  the  position  of  Manager  of  the  company's  af- 
fairs and  was  in  charge  when  San  Francisco  was 
destroyed  by  fire  in  April,  1906.  His  company  lost 
heavily  in  the  disaster,  but  before  the  flames  were 
quite  extinguished,  Mr.  Coffee,  with  characteristic 
energy,  had  erected  a  temporary  office  at  his  home 


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in  the  Richmond  District  and  resumed  bu&iness. 
He  had  been  operating  thus  for  a  week  before  his 
partner  put  in  an  appearance,  and  it  is  believed 
that  Mr.  Coffee  was  the  first  business  man  in  San 
Francisco  to  resume  operations  after  being  wiped 
out  by  the  fire. 

The  years  1907  and  1908  Mr.  Coffee  devoted 
almost  entirely  to  the  development  of  Point  Rich- 
mond, California,  an  industrial  town  across  the  bay 
from  San  Francisco.  At  first  the  town  only  had  a 
few  hundred  inhabitants,  but 
with  the  establishment  there 
of  large  refineries  by  the 
Standard  Oil  Company,  the 
place  began  to  grow,  and  Mr. 
Coffee  was  one  of  the  real 
estate  men  who  operated 
there  during  the  attendant 
boom.  He  sold  the  greater 
part  of  the  business  and  resi- 
dential property  taken  up  by 
the  new  settlers  of  Point 
Richmond,  and  in  the  im- 
provement of  his  firm's  hold- 
ings built  twelve  miles  of 
concrete  walks.  He  also  was 
instrumental  in  raising  a 
bonus  among  the  people  of 
Point  Richmond  to  bring  the 
Pullman  Palace  Car  Com- 
pany shops  to  that  place,  and 
conducted  his  campaign  with 
such  success  that  the  shops 
were  located  there,  thus  giv- 
ing to  Point  Richmond  an- 
other important  industry. 

Mr.  Coffee,  prior  to  taking 
up  the  Point  Richmond  work, 
had,  in  1907,  conducted  an- 
other large  operation  at  Glen  Arbor,  California. 
He  laid  out  the  town,  installed  an  electric  light 
system  and  water  works,  and  sold  seven  hundred 
residence  lots.  This  town  is  located  on  the  San 
Lorenzo  River,  and  Mr.  Coffee,  who  retains  large 
interests  there,  has  a  handsome  country  place, 
which  is  one  of  the  town's  features. 

Mr.  Coffee,  in  1907,  acquired  large  holdings  in 
lime  quarries  in  Santa  Cruz  County,  Cal.,  and  has 
devoted  considerable  time  to  their  handling. 

In  1912,  Mr.  Coffee  became  Manager  of  the  Bal- 
boa Realty  Co.,  of  Los  Angeles.  This  company  is 
actively  engaged  in  the  development  of  a  large 
beach  project  (Balboa  Island).  He  is  also  promot- 
ing 300,000  acres  in  Mexico  which  it  is  planned  to 
improve  and  colonize  with  American  farmers. 

Other  interests  with  which  Mr.  Coffee  is  associ- 
ated are  the  San  Francisco-Portland  Cement  Co.,  in 
which  he  is  a  heavy  stockholder,  and  the  People's 
Land  Co.,  San  Francisco,  of  which  he  is  President. 
Mr.  Coffee  i&  a  Mason  and  a  member  of  the 
Republican  Club  of  San  Francisco. 


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OHNSON,  BENJAMIN,  Merchant, 
Los  Angeles,  California,  was  born 
in  St.  Paul,  Minnesota,  January 
31,  1871,  the  son  of  Edward  P. 
Johnson  and  America  Frances 
(Blasdel)  Johnson.  He  married 
Minnie  B.  Guiteau,  at  Los  Angeles,  February  28, 
1893,  and  to  them  there  have  been  born  two  chil- 
dren, Estelle  Marie  and  Dorothy  Louise  Johnson. 
Mr.  Johnson's  family  is  one  of  the  oldest  in  the 
United  States,  the  early  mem- 
bers having  been  among  the 
settlers  of  Maryland  Colony. 
His  paternal  great-grand- 
father was  one  of  the  first 
Colonial  governors  of  Mary- 
land. 

Mr.  Johnson  has  spent  the 
greater  part  of  his  life  in  Los 
Angeles,  and  received  his 
education  there.  His  parents 
moved  there  when  he  was 
about  five  years  of  age,  and 
that  has  been  the  family 
home  since  that  time.  He  at- 
tended the  public  schools  of 
Los  Angeles,  and  then  spent 
two  years  at  the  University 
of  Southern  California. 

Leaving  college,  Mr.  John- 
son entered  the  employ  of  the 
Los  Angeles  Furniture  Com- 
pany, in  which  his  father 
was  a  part  owner,  intending 
to  learn  that  business  in  its 
various  branches.  He  served 
in  all  departments  of  the 
company's  plant,  and  in  1907 
was  elected  President  of  it, 

succeeding  to  the  office  which  his  father  had  held 
prior  to  selling  his  interest  in  the  business. 

Mr.  Johnson  continued  as  executive  head  of 
the  company,  one  of  the  largest  furniture  manufac- 
turing concerns  on  the  Pacific  Coast,  for  about 
two  years,  but  sold  out  his  holdings  in  it  in  1909 
and  retired  from  the  Presidency. 

Since  then  he  has  devoted  his  time  to  an  en- 
tirely different  field  of  activity,  having  organized 
shortly  after  quitting  the  furniture  business  the 
Los  Angeles  Public  Market  Company,  of  which  he 
is  President.  This  institution  is  unique  in  the 
West,  and  has  the  distinction  of  owning  one  of 
the  largest  wholesale  public  markets  in  the  world, 
covering,  as  it  does,  eighteen  acres  of  land.  It  is 
the  clearing  house  for  all  classes-  of  produce  grown 
in  Southern  California,  and  is  the  heart  of  the 
produce  commission  district  of  Los  Angeles,  being 
surrounded  on  all  sides  by  the  leading  wholesale 
houses  of  the  Southwest,  of  that  character,  they  be- 
ing tenants  of  the  market  company. 

As  the  head  of  the  Los  Angeles  Public  Market 


BENJAMIN  JOHNSON 


Company,  Mr.  Johnson  is  one  of  the  leading 
authorities  on  all  subjects  pertaining  to  the 
products  of  Southern  California,  and  has  been  a 
factor  in  presenting  these  products  to  the  world  at 
large.  Prior  to  the  formation  of  the  Los  Angeles 
Public  Market  Company  the  fruits  and  vegetables 
of  Southern  California  were  only  partially  known 
to  the  rest  of  the  country,  but  with  the  establish- 
ment of  a  central  trading  point  prices  became 
stable  and  standardized,  and  new  methods  for  the 
handling  of  the  crops  of  the 
section  were  inaugurated.  In 
this  work  Mr.  Johnson  took 
a  leading  part,  and  for  it  is 
credited  with  having  greatly 
aided  in  the  development  of 
California  commerce. 

In  addition  to  his  part  in 
the  affairs  of  the  market 
company,  Mr.  Johnson  is  in- 
terested in  several  allied 
concerns,  among  them  the 
Commercial  Warehouse  Com- 
pany and  the  Klein-Simpson 
Fruit  Company,  in  both  of 
which  he  is  a  Director. 

Mr.  Johnson  is  a  man  of 
great  public  spirit,  and  has 
been  an  active  worker  in  the 
Los  Angeles  Chamber  of 
Commerce  for  many  years. 
He  is  also  a  veteran  of  the 
Spanish-American  War,  hav- 
ing served  in  both  the  Cuban 
and  Philippine  campaigns.  In 
1898,  at  the  outbreak  of  the 
war,  he  was  appointed  Cap- 
tain and  Quartermaster  of 
the  Volunteer  Army  by  Presi- 
dent McKinley  and  assigned  to  General  Shafter's 
Staff.  He  served  with  Shatter  throughout  the 
campaign  in  Cuba,  and  then  went  to  the  Philippine 
Islands,  where  he  remained  for  two  years.  During 
this  time  the  native  rebellion  was  at  its  height  and 
Mr.  Johnson's  command  participated  in  many  nota- 
ble engagements.  He  saw  active  service  practically 
all  the  time  he  was  in  the  Islands,  and  was  among 
those  men  who  displayed  extraordinary  courage  un- 
der fire. 

When  quiet  had  been  restored  in  the  Islands,  Mr. 
Johnson  resigned  his  commission  and  returned  to 
Los  Angeles,  where  he  has  been  steadily  engaged 
in  business  since. 

Mr.  Johnson  is  a  Republican  in  his  political 
affiliations,  but  has  never  taken  a  very  active  part 
in  political  affairs.  He  is,  however,  prominent  in 
fraternal  and  club  circles  of  Los  Angeles,  being  a 
Thirty-Second  Degree  Mason,  member  of  the 
Mystic  Shrine,  Army  and  Navy  Club  of  Washing- 
ton, D.  C.,  California  Club  of  Los  Angeles  and  the 
Los  Angeles  Athletic  Club. 


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1  INNEY,  CHARLES  EMERY,  Min- 
ing,  Los  Angeles,  California,  was 
born  in  Cambridge  City,  Indiana, 
February  20,  18tiO,  the  son  of  Jas- 
per Finney  and  Sarah  A.  (Crane) 
Finney.  He  married  Alice  Gary 


Jones  at  Connersville,  Indiana,  May  15,  1889,  and  to 
them  there  have  been  born  five  children,  Charles 
Emery  Finney,  Jr.,  Edgar  Lawrence  Finney,  Wal- 
ter Finney,  Katherine  Finney  and  Emily  Finney. 

Mr.  Finney  received  his  ele- 
mentary training  in  the  pub- 
lic schools  of  Indianapolis, 
leaving  there  in  September, 
1875,  to  become  a  student  in 
the  Preparatory  School  of  De 
Pauw  University  at  Green- 
castle,  Indiana.  Completing 
his  preparatory  work  in  June, 
1877,  he  entered  De  Pauw 
University  the  following  Sep- 
tember and  was  graduated  in 
1881  with  the  degree  of  Bach- 
elor of  Arts.  Three  years  later 
the  degree  of  Master  of  Arts 
was  conferred  upon  him. 

From  the  time  he  left  school 
in  1881  down  to  the  present, 
Mr.  Finney's  life  has  been  one 
of  ceaseless  activity  and  pro- 
gression. He  was  clerk  in  a 
book  house  at  Indianapolis 
during  the  first  year  after 
concluding  his  studies  and 
followed  this  with  a  year's 
service  as  clerk  in  the  offices 
of  the  Hoosac  Tunnel  Line  in 
Indianapolis.  From  1883  to 
1885  he  was  a  clerk  for  the 

White  Star  Line  Transit  Company,  but  gave  this 
up  when  he  was  appointed  Chief  Clerk  of  the  In- 
dianapolis Division  Freight  Office  of  the  Cleveland, 
Columbus,  Cincinnati  &  Indianapolis  (Big  Four) 
Railway  Company. 

After  one  year  in  charge  of  the  Indianapolis 
office,  Mr.  Finney  was  appointed  General  Western 
Freight  Agent  for  the  Big  Four  Route,  with  head- 
quarters at  Kansas  City,  Missouri.  After  serving 
in  this  capacity  for  about  two  years,  Mr.  Finney 
severed  his  connection  with  the  railroad  company 
to  become  Traffic  Manager  of  the  Consolidated 
Kansas  City  Smelting  &  Refining  Company,  this 
marking  his  advent  into  the  mining  business. 

Mr.  Finney  served  in  various  capacities  with 
the  Consolidated  Kansas  City  Smelting  and  Refin- 
ing Company  until  1895,  when  he  was  made  Man- 
ager of  the  concern.  During  the  first  seven 
years  of  his  connection  with  the  company  he  was 
on  the  Board  of  Directors  and  also  held  Director- 
ships in  the  Arkansas  Valley  Smelting  Company 
of  Leadville,  Colorado;  the  El  Paso  Smelting  Com- 


C.  E.  FINNEY 


pany  of  El  Paso,  Texas,  and  the  Mexican  Ore  Com- 
pany, also  located  at  El  Paso.  In  1897  he  became 
a  member  of  the  Board  of  Directors  of  the  United 
Zinc  &  Chemical  Company  of  Kansas  City. 

In  the  year  1899,  Mr.  Finney,  who  had  come  to 
be  known  as  one  of  the  expert  smelting  men  of 
the  country,  gave  up  the  management  of  the  Kan- 
sas City  concern  and  its  affiliated  companies  and 
went  to  New  York  as  Manager  for  M.  Guggenheim's 
Sons,  taking  charge  of  their  refining  and  smelting 
plants  and  mining  interests 
in  various  parts  of  the  coun- 
try. He  was  occupied  in  this 
position  for  approximately 
two  years,  when,  in  1901,  the 
Guggenheim  properties  were 
merged  into  the  American 
Smelting  &  Refining  Com- 
pany, at  which  time  Mr.  Fin- 
ney became  a  member  of  the 
Operating  Committee  of  the 
latter  corporation,  in  charge 
of  the  operation  of  its  twenty- 
five  large  plants. 

In  1903  Mr.  Finney  became 
associated  with  Benjamin 
Guggenheim  in  the  organiza- 
tion of  the  Power  &  Mining 
Machinery  Company,  of  Mil- 
waukee, Wis.,  and  served  as  a 
Director  of  the  company  un- 
til some  time  in  the  latter 
part  of  the  year  1904. 

Severing  his  connection 
with  the  Milwaukee  concern, 
Mr.  Finney  was  elected  Vice 
President  and  General  Man- 
ager of  the  Arizona  Smelting 
Company,  of  Humboldt,  Ari- 
zona, also  serving  as  a  member  of  the  Board  of 
Directors.  The  company's  works  were  constructed 
under  the  direction  of  Mr.  Finney  and  he  began 
their  operation  in  March,  1906.  In  addition  to  his 
duties  with  this  company,  Mr.  Finnoy  served,  dur- 
ing the  year  1906,  as  a  Director  of  the  Prescott 
National  Bank,  of  Prescott,  Arizona. 

In  1907  Mr.  Finney  became  President  and  Direc- 
tor in  a  number  of  copper  companies,  among  which 
are  the  London-Arizona  Copper  Company,  the  Lon- 
don Range  Copper  Company,  London  Shamrock 
Copper  Company,  Ball  Copper  Company  and  the 
Vekol  Range  Copper  Company,  all  of  which  prop- 
erties are  located  in  Gila  County,  Arizona. 

Although  most  of  his  interests  are  in  Arizona, 
Mr.  Finney  found  it  more  convenient  to  transfer 
his  headquarters  to  Los  Angeles.  He  maintains 
offices  there,  under  the  name  of  Finney  &  Co. 
Mr.  Finney  is  a  member  of  the  Lawyers'  Club, 
New  York;  Highland  Club,  Summit,  N.  J.;  Canoe 
Brook  Country  Club,  Summit,  N.  J.;  Monday  Night 
Club  (Literary),  Summit,  N.  J. 


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BED,  GEORGE  WILLIAM,  Attor- 
ney at  Law,  Oakland,  Cal.,  was 
born  in  Vassalboro,  Maine,  June 
14,  1852,  the  son  of  William  and 
Hannah  Carleton  (Hall)  Reed. 
Coming  to  Oakland  when  he  was 
about  four  years  old  he  has  grown  up  with  that 
city  and  has  attained  a  notable  position.  On  Janu- 
ary 15,  1891,  some  years  after  the  death  of  his  first 
wife,  he  was  married  to  Miss  Georgia  Alice  Brown. 
By  the  first  marriage  he  is 
the  father  of  Mabel  Linden 
Reed  (now  Mrs.  Harry  A. 
Lane  of  Los  Angeles)  and 
Clarence  Munroe  Reed,  mem- 
ber of  the  firm  of  Reed,  Black 
&  Reed.  Another  son,  Rus- 
sell Albert  Reed,  died  at  the 
age  of  seventy-one  years. 

From  1858  to  1864  Mr. 
Reed  attended  the  public 
schools  of  Oakland,  subse- 
quently entering  the  Brayton 
School  of  the  same  city,  and 
in  '72  was  graduated  from  the 
University  of  California. 

He  then  studied  law  with 
the  intention  of  beginning  his 
3egal  career  as  soon  as  possi- 
ble, but  at  the  end  of  four 
years  was  appointed  Deputy 
County  Clerk,  under  his 
brother,  Charles  G.  Reed. 
This  position  he  held  for  four 
years,  continuing  his  law 
studies  in  the  meantime,  and 
in  December,  1879,  was  ad- 
mitted to  practice. 

Until  1883  Mr.  Reed  was  a 
law  clerk  in  the  office  of  A.  A.  Moore,  at  which 
time  he  became  a  partner  of  the  firm  of  Moore  & 
Reed,  which  soon  built  up  an  extensive  and  profit- 
able business.  In  1888  he  was  elected  District  At- 
torney of  Alameda  County,  and  was  re-elected  in 
1890.  Not  long  after  the  expiration  of  his  second 
term  he  formed  the  partnership  of  Reed  &  Nus- 
baumer.  This  for  eleven  years  was  one  of  the 
leading  legal  firms  of  Oakland,  doing  a  large  civil 
business,  especially  in  probate  matters  and  damage 
cases.  At  the  end  of  this  period  Mr.  Reed  organized 
the  present  firm  of  Reed,  Black  &  Reed,  which  in 
addition  to  an  extensive  probate  practice  has  a  con- 
siderable corporation  clientele. 

Among  the  especially  important  cases  with  which 
Mr.  Reed  was  associated,  and  in  which  points  of  law 
were  settled  for  the  State  of  California,  was  that  of 
Bacon  vs.  Davis,  which  involved  the  question  of  a 
real  estate  contract  to  sell  property,  and  a  large 
piece  of  land  on  Broadway.  This  was  bitterly  con- 
tested, and  the  judgment  of  the  Court  of  Appeals, 
which  had  reversed  the  decision  of  the  lower  court, 


G.  W.  REED 


was  confirmed  by  the  Supreme  Court's  denial  of 
the  petition  for  a  rehearing.  Still  more  noteworthy 
was  the  case,  which  is  now  a  leading  one,  of  Mar- 
tial Davoust  vs.  the  City  of  Alameda.  The  wife  of 
the  plaintiff  while  walking  on  the  streets  of  Ala- 
meda had  been  killed  by  a  broken  electric  wire,  and 
the  corporation  held  that  as  a  public  concern  it  was 
not  liable.  Through  the  efforts  of  Mr.  Reed  and  his 
associates  this  point  was  established:  "Although 
municipal  corporations  are  not  liable  for  the  negli- 
gence of  their  officers  or  serv- 
ants when  acting  in  their 
governmental,  political  or 
public  capacity,  in  the  ab- 
sence of  a  statute  permitting 
it,  yet  when  the  injury  arises 
from  the  exercise  of  mere  pro- 
prietary and  private  rights 
they  are  liable  for  negligence, 
like  individuals  or  private 
corporations."  The  Butters 
will  contest,  in  which  Mr. 
Reed  was  one  of  the  counsel, 
attracted  wide  interest,  both 
in  the  profession  and  with 
the  public  generally.  This  was 
a  contest  to  set  aside  the  will 
of  Lucie  B.  Butters,  which 
involved  half  a  million  dol- 
lars, for  the  benefit  of  eight 
heirs,  all  of  whom  now  get 
an  equal  share. 

Mr.  Reed  has  always  been 
an  ardent  and  active  Repub- 
lican. From  1907  to  1908,  in- 
clusive, he  was  chairman  of 
the  Republican  County  Cen- 
tral Committee,  and  was  also 
a  delegate  to  the  national 
conventions  of  1900,  1904  and  1908.  He  was  a 
member  of  Victor  Metcalf's  Congressional  Commit- 
tee, and  is  still  on  that  of  Joseph  R.  Knowland. 

While  at  the  University  Mr.  Reed  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Varsity  baseball  nine,  and  is  still  an 
ardent  "fan."  The  indulgence  of  this  taste  and 
that  of  angling  in  California's  mountain  streams 
are  about  the  only  forms  of  recreation  he  permits 
himself. 

His  firm  are  now  attorneys  for  the  Union  Sav- 
ings Bank  of  Oakland,  the  Permanent  Guarantee 
and  Loan  Society,  and  several  other  corporations. 
He  is  also  a  trustee  of  the  Cogswell  Polytechnic 
College  of  San  Francisco,  and  a  director  of  the 
California  Institute  for  the  Deaf,  Dumb  and  Blind 
at  Berkeley. 

He  is  a  Mason,  a  Past  Exalted  Ruler  of  the  Elks, 
an  Odd  Fellow  and  a  member  of  the  State  of  Maine 
Association. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Athenian  Club  of  Oak- 
land and  the  Zeta  Psi  Fraternity  of  the  University 
of  California. 


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HENRY  EICKHOFF 

ICKHOFF,  HENRY,  Attorney,  San 
Francisco,  California,  was  born  in 
New  York  City  January  17,  1856. 
His  father,  Anthony  Eickhoff,  of 
German  birth,  was  a  prominent 
philologist  and  journalist  in  New 
York,  at  one  time  Congressman  and  subsequently 
in  the  Treasury  Department,  under  Cleveland, 
where  he  had  charge  of  the  Consular  Service.  Mr. 
Eickhoffs  mother,  Elisa  Neuenschwander,  was  of 
Swiss  origin. 

On  September  13,  1882,  he  was  married  in  San 
Francisco  to  Miss  Jessie  M.  Lowe,  and  is  the  father 
of  Gregory  H.,  Victor,  Tekla  and  Henry  Eickhoff,  Jr. 

His  early  education  was  obtained  in  the  public 
and  private  schools  of  New  York  City,  followed  by 
a  business  and  classical  course  at  the  St.  Francis 
Xavier  Academy.  He  was  graduated  from  the  Co- 
lumbia Law  College  in  1875,  and  in  June  of  the 
same  year  came  to  San  Francisco,  where  he  began 
his  professional  career  as  clerk  for  Paul  Neumann, 
whose  partner  he  became  two  years  later,  continu- 
ing as  such  until  1883,  when  Mr.  Neumann  was 
appointed  Attorney  General  of  Hawaii.  For  several 
years  thereafter  he  practiced  alone  with  encour- 
aging success,  and  in  1886  entered  into  partnership 
with  Judge  Curtis  H.  Lindley,  under  the  present 
title  of  Lindley  &  Eickhoff. 

Mr.  Eickhoff's  temperament  and  inherited  lean- 
ings soon  prompted  his  activity  in  reform  move- 
ments. With  J.  J.  Dwyer,  Judge  Jeremiah  F.  Sulli- 
van, Sam  H.  Daniels  and  A.  A.  Watkins  he  was  one 
of  the  reorganization  committee  that  ousted  Chris 
Buckley  from  political  control  of  San  Francisco, 
and  was  Trustee  of  San  Rafael.  His  interest  in 
club  life  has  also  been  keen.  He  is  ex-president  of 
the  Cosmos  Club,  a  Mason  and  a  member  of  the  San 
Francisco  Commercial  and  the  Merchants'  Ex- 
change Clubs,  of  the  German  Benevolent  Associa- 
tion and  of  a  number  of  other  organizations. 


GEORGE  BURNHAM 

URNHAM,  GEORGE,  real  estate 
investments,  San  Diego,  Cal.,  was 
born  in  London,  Eng.,  December 
28,  1868;  son  of  James  Burnham 
and  Ann  Drusilla  (Steele)  Burn- 
ham.  Married  Neva  May  Ashley, 
at  Jackson,  Minn.,  October,  1890.  They  have  six 
children  living,  one,  Beth,  having  died  at  age  of 
two  years.  The  others  are  Harold,  Percy,  Helen, 
Lawrence,  Virginia  and  Ben  Burnham. 

Mr.  Burnham  was  denied  educational  advan- 
tages, and  is  perforce  a  self-made  man.  He  landed  in 
New  York,  July  5,  1881,  and  went  to  Wykoff,  Minn.; 
located  at  Jackson,  Minn.,  in  1881,  in  clothing 
business  with  M.  B.  Hutchinson.  In  1895,  Hutchin- 
son  retired  and  firm  became  Burnham  Brothers.  In 
1901  he  sold  out,  went  to  Spokane  and  incorporated 
the  Ashley-Burnham  Land  Company.  In  1903  he 
sold  Spokane  interests  and  moved  to  National  City, 
Cal.,  opening  real  estate  offices  in  San  Diego,  six 
miles  away,  with  C.  A.  Scott.  Latter  retiring,  in 
1908,  he  incorporated  as  George  Burnham  &  Co. 
In  1911  he  incorporated  the  San  Diego  Securities 
Company,  a  $2,000,000  corporation. 

In  Minnesota,  he  was  a  member  of  Jackson  City 
Council,  secretary  Board  of  Education,  secretary 
Library  Board  and  president  Jackson  County  Agri- 
cultural Society,  of  which  he  is  a  life  member. 
Was  president  San  Diego  Chamber  of  Commerce, 
1910,  and  delegate  with  Associated  Chambers  of 
Commerce  of  the  Pacific  Coast  on  Oriental  tour. 
Among  incorporators  Panama-California  Exposi- 
tion, San  Diego,  and  now  fourth  vice  president,  di- 
rector and  member  executive  committee.  Was  also 
president  Board  of  Education,  National  City. 

Mr.  Burnham  is  Eminent  Commander  San  Diego 
Commandery,  No.  25,  Knights  Templar;  Mystic 
Shriner,  trustee  Elks  Lodge,  director  Elks  Building 
Association,  and  a  Mason.  Member  Aero  Club  and 
vice  president  Cuyamaca  Club,  San  Diego. 


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GESNER  WILLIAMS 

ILLIAMS,  GESNER,  Lawyer,  Los 
Angeles,  California,  was  born  in 
Gainesville,  Alabama,  December 
15,  1867.  His  father  was  David 
Hitt  Williams  and  his  mother 
Eugenia  Florida  (Hutton)  Wil- 
liams. Mr.  Williams  went  to  Los  Angeles  from  De- 
mopolis,  Ala.,  in  1903,  and  immediately  became  asso- 
ciated with  A.  W.  Hutton  under  the  firm  name  of 
Hutton  and  Williams.  He  married  Jennie  Graydon 
Knox  at  Demopolis  on  September  7,  1892.  There 
is  one  daughter,  Graydon  Williams. 

Mr.  Williams  was  educated  in  the  public  schools 
of  Gainesville  until  1884.  From  1884  until  1888  he 
attended  the  Virginia  Military  Institute  at  Lexing- 
ton, Virginia.  From  1888  until  1890  he  attended 
the  University  of  Virginia.  During  the  summer  of 
1885  he  attended  the  Eastman  National  Business 
College  at  Poughkeepsie,  New  York. 

From  1893  until  1897  Mr.  Williams  practiced 
law  with  the  firm  of  Clarke  and  Williams  at  De- 
mopolis, Alabama.  He  was  attorney  for  the  South- 
ern Railway  Company  for  nine  years  and  was  one 
of  the  attorneys  who  broke  the  "Oiled  Roads  Pat- 
ent." He  was  associated  with  the  counsel  for  the 
plaintiff  Anita  Baldwin  in  her  contest  of  Lucky 
Baldwin's  will,  one  of  the  most  famous  cases  in 
the  annals  of  litigation  in  California.  In  1906  Mr. 
Williams  helped  to  organize  the  Independence 
party  in  California.  In  1908  he  was  a  member  of  the 
national  committee  of  the  Independence  party.  He 
was  a  member  of  the  National  Guard  of  Alabama 
from  1892  until  1902.  He  was  mayor  of  Demopolis 
from  1895  until  1897,  and  city  attorney  from  1897 
until  1903.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Constitutional 
Convention  of  Alabama  in  1901  and  civic  judge  in 
1898.  He  is  an  Elk,  Knight  of  Pythias  and  Odd  Fel- 
low. He  is  also  an  officer  in  several  commercial 
companies.  He  received  a  degree  from  the  Uni- 
versity of  Virginia  in  1890. 


HON.    A.    W.    HUTTON 

UTTON,  AURELIUS  WINFIELD, 
Attorney,  member  of  the  firm  of 
Hutton  &  Williams,  Los  Angeles, 
Cal.,  was  born  July  23,  1847,  at 
Hopewell  P.  O.,  Greene  County, 
Ala.,  son  of  Dr.  Aquila  D.  Hutton 
and  Elizabeth  H.  (Tutt)  Hutton.  His  grandfather 
was  Gen.  Joseph  Hutton  and  his  grandmother 
Nancy  Calhoun,  cousin  of  John  C.  Calhoun.  He 
was  married  in  Los  Angeles  February  24,  1874,  to 
Kate  Irene  Travis,  and  they  had  ten  children,  of 
whom  Mignonette,  William  B.,  Helen,  Elizabeth, 
Travis  C.  and  Eugenia  are  living. 

Judge  Hutton  attended  the  "old  field  schools" 
in  Alabama  until  1863,  when  he  joined  the  Cadet 
Corps  of  Alabama,  at  Tuscaloosa,  serving  as  a  cadet 
to  the  end  of  the  Civil  War  and  rendering  some 
service  in  the  Confederate  army. 

From  1866  to  1867  he  read  law  under  Bliss  & 
Snedecor  at  Gainesville,  Mr.  Bliss  having  been  a 
class  mate  of  Franklin  Pierce,  afterward  President. 
In  the  fall  of  1867  Judge  Hutton  entered  the  Uni- 
versity of  Virginia  Law  Dept.,  and  was  graduated 
in  a  year.  He  went  to  Los  Angeles  in  April,  1869. 

Judge  Hutton  wrote  the  first  special  charter  of 
Los  Angeles  in  1874.  He  was  the  first  judge  to 
decide  against  the  S.  P.  Ry.  in  its  claims  to  lands 
granted  to  the  A.  &  P.  R.  Company.  He  was  special 
counsel  for  the  United  States  in  the  "Itata  cases" 
for  violation  of  the  U.  S.  neutrality  laws  during 
Chilean  revolution.  In  1872  he  was  elected  City 
Atty.,  and  re-elected  in  1874.  In  1887  was  appointed 
Superior  Judge  L.  A.  County;  in  1889  U.  S.  Dist. 
Atty.  pro  tern  for  the  So.  Dist.,  Cal.  He  was  an 
original  stockholder  of  the  San  Gabriel  Orange 
Grove  Assn.,  which  founded  Pasadena.  He  served 
twice  as  Maj.  Gen.,  Pacific  Div.,  U.  C.  V.,  is  a  mem- 
ber L.  A.  Pioneer  Society,  L.  A.  Bar  Assn.,  Sam 
Davis  Camp,  U.  C.  V.,  L.  A.  Chamber  of  Commerce 
and  Golden  Rule  Lodge,  I.  O.  O.  F.,  Los  Angeles. 


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INTERHALTER,  WILHELM 
KARL,  Consulting  Agriculturist, 
San  Francisco  and  Los  Angeles, 
was  born  in  Munich,  Bavaria, 
Germany,  February  12,  1868.  His 
father  was  Leopold  Winterhalter, 
M.  D.,  and  his  mother  Minna  (Fischborn)  Winter- 
halter.  He  came  to  America  in  1893  and  was  mar- 
ried to  Nellie  Humphreys  in  San  Francisco,  October 
19,  1898.  They  have  one  child,  Eleanore  Gwendo- 
lyn, born  in  San  Francisco.  

Mr.  Winterhalter  comes  from 
an  old  family  of  physicians, 
dating  back  to  1721.  His  an- 
cestors were  mostly  court 
physicians  to  the  Grand 
Dukes  and  Kings  of  Bavaria 
up  to  1850,  and  also  num- 
bered among  them  were 
painters  of  reputation,  sol- 
diers and  merchants. 

Mr.  Winterhalter  was  ed- 
ucated in  Munich  and  Traun- 
stein,  graduating  from  the 
Real  Gymnasium  in  1885; 
then  went  for  ten  months  to 
Chateau  de  Gourchevaux, 
near  Morat,  Switzerland,  to 
perfect  himself  in  the  French 
language. 

He  then  went  as  appren- 
tice for  one  year  to  Hanover 
on  a  large  Rittergut  near 
Wunstorf,  in  order  to  become 
acquainted  with  practical  ag- 
riculture, before  entering  the 
Agricultural  Academy  Weih- 
enstephan,  near  Munich,  Ba- 
varia, from  which  he  was 

graduated  with  highest  honors  in  1889.  He  then 
accepted  a  position  as  agricultural  manager  of  a 
large  domain  at  Remstaedt,  near  Gotha,  Thuringen, 
Germany,  which  position  he  held  until  October, 
1901.  In  order  to  broaden  his  knowledge  in  agri- 
culture and  forestry  he  accepted  a  position  as  field 
superintendent  and  assistant  forester  at  the  Royal 
Domain,  Sarvar,  Hungary. 

In  May,  1893,  he  came  to  the  United  States  on 
a  leave  of  absence  to  visit  the  Chicago  World's 
Fair  and  California.  Being  charmed  with  Califor- 
nia, he  decided  not  to  return  to  Europe,  but  owing 
to  the  hard  times  of  1893,  the  seeming  impossibil- 
ity of  business  to  his  liking,  a  trip  to  Alaska,  late  in 
September,  1893,  was  undertaken.  Severe  hardships 
were  encountered  on  this  trip,  which  finally  ended 
on  Wood  Island,  but  after  a  couple  of  months  of 
employment  at  the  trading  station  of  the  North 
American  Commercial  Company  he  then  proceeded 
on  a  hunting  expedition  with  a  few  natives  south- 
ward to  Unalaska.  From  there  by  steamer  to  St. 
Michaels,  then  up  the  Yukon  for  600  miles  and  back 
to  St.  Michaels,  and  as  far  north  as  Point  Barrow. 
Returning  in  August,  1894,  on  a  coaling  vessel  to 
San  Francisco,  he  shortly  afterwards  joined  the  ex- 
perimental station  of  the  Kern  County  Land  Com- 


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pany  at  Bakersfield.  After  its  discontinuance  he 
took  up  the  study  of  practical  irrigation. 

In  the  fall  of  1895  he  went  to  the  University  of 
California  as  post  graduate  student,  and  in  Janu- 
ary, 1896,  he  was  appointed  secretary  to  professor 
Hilgard  until  January,  1897,  when  he  went  to  the 
Sacramento  Valley  to  engage  in  the  dairy  business 
to  obtain  practical  experience  in  that  line.  He  re- 
turned to  Berkeley  to  the  office  of  Professor  Hilgard 
in  August  of  the  same  year  for  five  months,  and 
then  accepted  the  superin- 
tendency  of  the  Spreckels 
ranch  of  12,000  acres  at  King 
City  until  October.  After  his 
marriage  and  a  short  vaca- 
tion he  was  engaged  by  the 
American  Beet  Sugar  Com- 
pany as  agriculturist  at  their 
Oxnard  factory,  having  had 
thorough  experience  in  this 
branch  at  Hanover,  Thurin- 
gen and  Hungary. 

In  January,  1900,  he  went 
for  them  to  the  Arkansas 
Valley,  Colorado,  and  took 
charge  of  the  agricultural 
work  in  that  State  and  in 
Kansas  and  New  Mexico,  in- 
troducing beet  culture  in 
those  States.  He  remained 
at  Rockyford,  where  the  first 
factory  had  been  construct- 
ed, until  November,  1904, 
when  he  was  appointed  man- 
ager of  the  second  sugar  fac- 
tory in  the  Arkansas  Valley, 
at  Lamar,  which  was  built  in 
1905.  He  remained  in  charge 
of  that  factory  and  of  the 

development  of  10,000  acres  of  land  and  of  the  La- 
mar  Canal,  which  had  been  purchased,  until  March, 
1907,  when  he  was  sent  by  the  president  of  the 
company  to  Europe  for  the  purpose  of  studying  the 
agricultural  situation  in  the  leading  beet  sugar 
countries,  with  instructions  to  go  over  the  ground 
thoroughly  and  without  time  limit.  He  traveled 
and  visited  sixty-seven  sugar  factories,  and  the  lar- 
gest seed-breeding  establishments  in  Germany,  Hol- 
land, Belgium,  France,  Italy,  Hungary,  Austria, 
Poland  and  Bohemia,  and  returned  to  the  United 
States  in  1908. 

He  was  then  appointed  to  the  position  of  con- 
sulting agriculturist  for  the  company's  six  factories, 
in  California,  Colorado  and  Nebraska,  which  place 
he  filled  until  January,  1911,  when  he  removed  to 
California,  having  resigned  his  position  after  twelve 
years'  service  and  established  himself  as  consulting 
agriculturist  in  the  purchase  of  land,  establishment 
and  operation  of  ranches,  under  irrigation  or  with- 
out. However,  he  continued  to  make  beet  culture 
and  its  many  branches  a  specialty. 

Mr.  Winterhalter  makes  his  principal  headquar- 
ters in  San  Francisco,  California,  with  offices  in 
the  Humboldt  Savings  Bank  Building,  on  Market 
street. 


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UNN,  WILLIAM  ELLSWORTH, 
Attorney  at  Law,  Los  Angeles, 
California,  was  born  at  Douglas, 
Michigan,  August  2,  1861,  the  son 
of  George  E.  Dunn  and  Ellen  V. 
(Dickinson)  Dunn.  He  married 
Nellie  M.  Briggs,  January  3,  1883,  at  Grand  Rapids, 
Michigan. 

Mr.  Dunn  received  his  preliminary  education 
in  the  Allegan  High  School  at  Allegan,  Michigan, 
and  later  attended  a  prepara- 
tory school,  following  this 
with  one  year  in  the  Law  De- 
partment of  the  University 
of  Michigan  at  Ann  Arbor. 
In  1885  he  moved  to  Los  An- 
geles, where  he  continued  his 
law  studies,  and  was  admit- 
ted to  the  Bar  of  California 
in  1887.  He  has  been  active 
in  the  practice  of  Law  in  Los 
Angeles  since  that  time  and 
has  attained  a  substantial  po- 
sition among  the  leading  at- 
torneys of  the  West. 

In  1890  Mr.  Dunn  was  ap- 
pointed Assistant  City  Attor- 
ney of  Los  Angeles  and 
served  in  that  capacity  for 
four  years,  at  the  end  of 
which  time  he  was  elected 
City  Attorney,  serving  for 
four  years  more.  During  this 
period  he  represented  the  city 
in  various  important  litiga- 
tions, chief  among  the  cases 
being  the  so-called  "water 
suits."  These  were  the  out- 
growth of  a  dispute  between 

the  city  and  the  Los  Angeles  Water  Co.  over  the 
amount  to  be  paid  by  the  city  for  the  company's 
property.  The  controversy  was  submitted  to  arbi- 
tration, but  the  company  refused  to  accept  the  de- 
cision of  the  arbitrators,  enjoined  the  city  from 
issuing  bonds  and  filed  various  other  actions.  Mr. 
Dunn  handled  the  city's  side  in  all  these  suits  and, 
after  the  expiration  of  his  term  in  office  was  re- 
tained as  Special  Counsel  for  the  city.  Finally, 
after  much  bitter  fighting,  he  came  out  victorious. 
As  a  member  of  the  law  firm  of  Gibson,  Dunn 
&  Crutcher,  one  of  the  most  important  on  the 
Pacific  Coast,  Mr.  Dunn  has  confined  himself  en- 
tirely to  corporation  law,  a  great  deal  of  his  work 
being  done  in  connection  with  Hon.  James  A.  Gib- 
son, former  Judge  of  the  Superior  Court  of  San 
Bernardino  County,  California.  For  many  years  Mr. 
Dunn  served  as  legal  adviser  to  the  Pacific  Elec- 
tric Railway  Company,  the  Los  Angeles  Railway 
Company,  the  Los  Angeles-Redondo  Railway  Com- 
pany, the  Huntington  Land  Company  and  other  of 
the  gigantic  enterprises  in  Southern  California,  of 
which  Henry  E.  Huntington  is  or  has  been  the  head. 
In  1909  Mr.  Huntington  disposed  of  the  Pacific 
Electric  Railway  and  the  Redondo  road,  together 


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with  all  his  other  interurban  lines  connecting  Los 
Angeles  with  contiguous  territory,  to  the  Southern 
Pacific  Railroad  Company,  but  retained  for  himself 
the  Los  Angeles  local  lines.  This  was  one  of  the 
largest  transactions,  railway  or  otherwise,  ever 
consummated  in  the  West  and  Mr.  Dunn  prepared 
and  handled  for  Mr.  Huntington  most  of  the  de- 
tails connected  with  the  enormous  transfer.  The 
successful  outcome  of  these  negotiations,  which 
were  perfected  down  to  the  minutest  detail,  justi- 
fied fully  the  confidence 
which  the  Huntington  inter- 
ests had  placed  in  Mr.  Dunn. 
After  Mr.  Huntington  sold 
the  Pacific  Electric  Railway 
he  entered  more  actively 
than  ever  into  the  develop- 
ment of  the  Los  Angeles 
Railway  Company's  lines  and 
the  Huntington  Land  Co., 
and  Mr.  Dunn,  while  con- 
tinuing in  his  legal  capacity, 
has  kept  a  supervisory  eye 
over  all  the  vast  Huntington 
interests  in  the  Southwest. 

Mr.  Dunn  is  a  man  of 
great  force  and  strength  of 
character,  and  deals  constant- 
ly with  questions  of  the  most 
vital  nature  in  the  legal 
world.  As  the  one  man  most 
intimately  acquainted  with 
the  inner  details  of  Mr.  Hunt- 
ington's  plans,  he  has  been 
compelled  to  look  after  the 
relations  existing  between 
Los  Angeles  City  and  County 
and  the  enterprises  of  his 
chief.  Though  anything  of 

a  political  character  in  connection  with  his-  profes- 
sional work  has  always  been  very  distasteful  to 
Mr.  Dunn,  it  falls  to  him,  in  his  legal  capacity,  to 
direct  all  proposals,  applications  and  defenses  for 
or  affecting  the  Huntington  interests,  before  the 
City  Council  and  County  Supervisors;  and  in  this 
way  he  has  been  of  monumental  service  to  the  city 
and  county,  as  well  as  to  the  direct  interests  which 
he  represents,  and  his  achievements  are  distinctly 
apparent  in  much  of  the  great  development 
that  has  taken  place  in  Southern  California  in  re- 
cent years. 

During  his  years  of  activity  in  California,  Mr. 
Dunn  has  been  a  staunch  supporter  of  the  Repub- 
lican party  and  one  of  its  strongest  and  ablest 
members. 

In  his  business  and  professional  work  he  is 
conservative,  with  the  faculty  of  being  able  to 
look  into  the  future  without  over-estimating,  and 
it  is  to  this  attribute,  added  to  his  native  ability 
and  aggressiveness,  that  his  success  is  largely  due. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  California  Club,  Jonathan 
Club,  Los  Angeles  Country  Club  and  the  Bolsa 
Chica  Gun  Club,  and  is  prominent  in  the  affairs  of 
the  Los  Angeles  Bar  Association. 


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ARNESON,  CAPTAIN  JOHN,  Cap- 
italist, San  Francisco  and  Los  An- 
geles, California,  is  a  native  of 
Scotland,  born  on  January  1,  1862. 
He  is  the  son  of  James  Barneson 
and  Elizabeth  Rose  (Bremner) 
Barneson.  He  married  Harriet  E.  Harris  at  Syd- 
ney, Australia,  January  8,  1886,  and  to  them  there 
have  been  born  four  children,  John  Leslie  Barne- 
son, Muriel  E.  Barneson,  Lionel  T.  Barneson  and 
Harold  J.  Barneson. 

Captain  Barneson,  who  has  been  one  of  the 
most  important  figures  in  commerce  and  develop- 
ment on  the  Pacific  Coast  for  some  years  past, 
spent  a  considerable  portion  of  his  boyhood  in 
New  South  Wales.  He  received  his  education  in 
the  public  schools  there,  this  being  limited,  how- 
ever, to  attendance  between  the  years  1872  and 
1876.  Descended  from  an  old  Scotch  family  in 
whom  love  of  the  sea  was  a  strong  characteristic, 
Captain  Barneson,  in  1876,  gave  up  his  books  and 
accepted  employment  with  an  English  marine  cor- 
poration operating  vessels  in  the  Australian,  Lon- 
don and  China  trades.  He  began  his  career  as  an 
apprentice  seaman  on  a  "tea  clipper,"  and  al- 
though he  was  only  a  boy  of  fourteen  years,  he 
endured  all  the  trials  of  a  sailor's  life  with  the 
fortitude  of  a  veteran. 

In  1879,  at  the  end  of  three  years  of  service 
before  the  mast,  Captain  Barneson,  who  had  learned 
the  science  of  navigation  in  its  various  branches, 
was  promoted  to  the  rank  of  Third  Officer  of  his 
ship.  He  served  in  this  capacity  for  about  a  year 
and  in  1880  was  moved  up  to  the  position  of  Second 
Officer.  From  this  he  went  rapidly  to  the  post 
of  First  Officer,  and  in  this  capacity,  on  board  the 
English  bark  "Wollahra,"  he  made  his  first  trip 
to  San  Francisco  in  1882.  Prior  to  this  time  he 
had  sailed  between  English,  Chinese  and  Australian 
ports  and  was  familiar  with  the  various  cities  of 
those  countries,  but  his  work  had  never  taken  him 
to  America,  to  which  country  he  had  always  been 
strongly  attracted. 

Captain  Barneson  served  as  First  Officer  of  the 
bark  "Wollahra"  for  approximately  three  years, 
although,  in  1883,  upon  attaining  his  majority,  he 
passed  the  necessary  examinations  at  London  and 
received  his  Captain's  papers.  In  1885  he  was 
placed  in  command  of  the  English  clipper  ship 
"George  Thompson,"  running  in  the  Pacific  trade. 
He  remained  in  charge  of  this  vessel  for  about 
five  years,  and  in  December,  1890,  resigned  his 
commission  and  retired  from  the  sea  after  nearly 
fifteen  years  of  continuous  service. 

Following  his  abandonment  of  life  as  a  sailor, 
Captain  Barneson  settled  on  Puget  Sound  and  en- 
gaged in  the  shipping  commission  and  stevedore 
business.  His  previous  practical  experience  in  the 
service  and  his  extensive  acquaintance  with  ship 
owners  and  sailors  placed  him  among  the  leading 
men  of  the  business,  and  from  the  outset  he  met 


with  that  success  so  marked  throughout  his 
career. 

For  eight  years  Captain  Barneson  devoted  him- 
self exclusively  to  this  business,  but  in  June,  1898, 
following  the  outbreak  of  the  Spanish-American 
War,  he  left  Puget  Sound  in  command  of  the  S.  S. 
"Arizona"  and  entered  the  service  of  the  United 
States  Government  as  Commander  of  that  vessel, 
which  had  been  transformed  into  a  transport.  The 
Federal  Government  at  this  time  was  engaged  in 
the  transportation  of  soldiers  to  the  Philippine 
Islands  to  take  possession  of  Manila  and  Captain 
Barneson,  sailing  from  San  Francisco  in  charge 
of  the  "Arizona,"  took  troops  to  the  scene  of  war. 
He  also  carried  troops  to  Honolulu,  Hawaii. 

After  a  period  engaged  in  the  transportation 
of  soldiers,  Captain  Barneson  retired  from  the  Gov- 
ernment service  and  returned  to  the  Puget  Sound 
country.  He  did  not  remain  there  long,  however, 
moving  his  headquarters  to  San  Francisco,  Cali- 
fornia, in  1899,  and  there  continuing  in  the  ship- 
ping business  for  some  time. 

Upon  the  formation  by  the  United  States  Gov- 
ernment of  the  permanent  Army  Transport  Service, 
some  months  after  he  located  at  San  Francisco, 
Captain  Barneson,  whose  previous  work  as  captain 
of  the  Troopship  "Arizona"  had  been  highly  ap- 
proved by  the  Government  officials,  was  appointed 
to  the  position  of  Marine  Superintendent.  In  this 
capacity  he  had  complete  supervision  over  all  ves- 
sels engaged  in  the  transportation  of  troops  from 
this  country  to  the  Insular  possessions  of  the 
United  States  in  the  Pacific  and  was  one  of  the 
most  important  officials  of  the  service.  His  duties 
in  this  position  covered  practically  everything  con- 
nected with  the  movement  of  troops  except  the 
actual  command  of  the  soldiers.  He  had  to  inspect 
every  ship,  see  that  it  was  in  first-class  condition 
from  the  standpoints  of  seaworthiness  and  sanita- 
tion, provide  supplies  and  have  them  put  on  board, 
and  generally  oversee  everything  connected  with  the 
sailing  of  the  vessels.  In  1900,  however,  Captain 
Barneson  resigned  from  this  post  and  re-entered 
the  shipping  business,  again  at  San  Francisco. 

This  virtually  wound  up  the  career  of  Captain 
Barneson  so  far  as  it  related  to  the  sea,  for  since 
that  time  he  has  been  engaged  in  various  of 
the  most  important  commercial  and  development 
projects  on  the  Pacific  Coast — big  things  which 
have  placed  him  among  the  most  powerful  business 
men  of  the  West. 

About  the  time  that  Captain  Barneson  gave  up 
his  position  in  the  United  States  transport  service, 
the  oil  business  of  California  was  taking  on  im- 
portant proportions,  and  he  turned  his  attention 
to  this  line  of  operation,  with  the  result  that  he 
has  become  one  of  the  conspicuous,  yet  always 
substantial,  figures  in  the  petroleum  industry  of 
California.  He  is  a  producer  in  a  big  way,  and, 
more  important  still  to  the  industry,  he  is  furnish- 
ing outlets  for  the  product. 


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The  California  oil  fields,  as  their  history  shows, 
have,  within  a  comparatively  few  years,  come  to 
be  regarded  as  among  the  best  and  most  productive 
in  the  world.  Many  millions  of  dollars  are  in- 
vested there,  millions  of  dollars  have  been  made 
from  it,  and  the  business  ranks  as  the  leading 
wealth  producer  of  the  State.  Numerous  sections 
of  the  country  have  been  developed  and  populated 
as  a  result  of  the  oil  discoveries,  and  Captain 
Barneson,  who  has  associated  with  him  other  of 
the  leading  men  in  the  producing  and  marketing 
of  the  product,  is  generally  credited  with  having 
had  an  important  influence  in  this  work  of  advance- 
ment. He  has  been  identified,  at  different  times, 
with  numerous  important  concerns,  but  his  chief 
affiliation  at  this  time  (1913)  is  with  the  General 
Petroleum  Company,  the  General  Pipe  Line  Com- 
pany and  subsidiary  interests — one  of  the  largest 
and  most  important  group  of  organizations  asso- 
ciated with  the  oil  industry  in  the  State.  He  nat- 
urally drifted  to  the  larger  end  of  the  business — 
he  could  not  help  it,  and,  besides,  little  things  don't 
look  right  in  association  with  him — he's  a  big  man. 

Captain  Barneson  is  a  man  cut  out  for  big 
things — he  looks  big,  thinks  big  and  acts  big.  He 
has  a  big  back  and  chest,  a  big  head  and  a  big 
hand.  When  you  grasp  hi&  hand  you  somehow 
feel  the  power  of  the  man  that  is  back  of  his 
handshake,  and  instinctively  know  that  you  are 
in  the  presence  of  things  big. 

Even  the  smallest  of  the  business  affairs  with 
which  he  has  ever  been  associated  he  has  handled 
in  a  big  way  and  they  quickly  became  big  affairs. 

Early  in  his  career  as  an  oil  operator,  Captain 
Barneson  realized  the  importance  of  pipe  lines  in 
the  transportation  of  oil,  and  to  this  branch  of  the 
business  he  has  devoted  a  great  deal  of  time  and 
energy.  In  association  with  Captain  William  Mat- 
son,  a  well  known  capitalist  of  San  Francisco,  he 
aided  in  the  organization  of  the  Coalinga  Oil  Trans- 
portation Company,  and  together  they  built  the 
first  pipe  line  in  California,  from  the  celebrated 
Coalinga  fields,  in  the  heart  of  the  California  oil 
region,  to  the  coast  city  of  Monterey,  California. 
Through  this  pipe  line,  which  is  one  hundred  and 
thirteen  miles  in  length  and  still  operating,  the 
first  Coalinga  oils  were  delivered  to  Monterey,  and 
from  there  by  ship  to  various  Pacific  Coast  and 
Hawaiian  ports.  This  line,  which  at  the  time  of 
its  construction  was  the  longest  in  California  and 
pumped  more  oil  than  any  other  pipe  line  in  the 
State,  marked  a  new  era  in  Caliornia  oil  produc- 
tion and  resulted  in  a  tremendous  saving  of  time 
and  money  to  its  owners. 

The  General  Petroleum  Company,  of  which  Cap- 
tain Barneson  is  Vice  President  and  Managing 
Director,  is  one  of  the  largest  concerns  operating 
in  the  California  fields,  and  he,  as  the  executive 
force  in  its  affairs,  has  been  largely  responsible  for 
the  progress  it  has  made.  The  company  has  wells 
operating  in  the  richest  fields  of  California,  pro- 


ducing thousands  of  carrels  of  oil  per  day,  operates 
its  own  refineries  and  ranks  among  the  leading 
shippers  of  oil  in  the  United  States. 

The  General  Pipe  Line  Company,  of  which  he 
is  President,  was  organized  in  the  year  1911  for 
the  purpose  of  building  a  pipe  line  to  connect  the 
properties  of  the  General  Petroleum  Company  in 
the  famous  Midway  oil  fields  of  California  with 
the  city  of  Los  Angeles  and  the  port  of  San  Pedro, 
California  (Los  Angeles  Harbor),  and  for  the  pur- 
pose of  distributing  the  General  Petroleum  Com- 
pany's oils  to  foreign  ports.  This  line,  which  is 
one  hundred  and  eighty-three  miles  in  length,  is 
an  eight-inch  main  line  with  feeders  in  the  field. 
It  has  twelve  powerful  pumping  stations,  in  the 
planning  of  which  Captain  Barneson  had  an  active 
part,  and  the  entire  project  cost  in  the  neighbor- 
hood of  four  million  dollars.  An  interesting  fact 
in  connection  with  this  pipe  line  is  the  rapidity 
with  which  it  was  built.  Work  on  it  was  begun 
some  time  in  the  month  of  September,  1912,  and 
by  the  first  of  March  of  the  following  year  oil  was 
being  delivered  through  it,  the  entire  period  of 
construction  being  somewhat  less  than  six  months. 

The  combined  business  of  the  General  Petro- 
leum Company  and  the  General  Pipe  Line  Com- 
pany is  among  the  largest  in  California,  and  they 
also  form  an  important  chapter  in  the  history  of 
California  oil  production  and  commercial  advance- 
ment. Starting  in  business  during  the  year  1910, 
the  General  Petroleum  Company,  in  which  Captain 
Barneson  is  a  dominant  factor,  has  made  one  of 
the  most  remarkable  advances  in  commercial  an- 
nals. Its  lands  are  to  be  found  all  over  the  State 
of  California,  where  oil  beds  are,  and  by  its  acqui- 
sition, in  the  latter  part  of  1912,  of  the  Union  Oil 
Company's  holdings,  it  became  the  largest  owner 
of  oil  land  in  that  State.  With  the  completion  of 
its  various  pipe  line  projects  it  ultimately  will  have 
the  greatest  mileage  of  pipe  lines  in  the  State  and 
also  the  largest  fleet  of  oil-carrying  ships  engaged 
in  the  foreign  trade. 

Captain  Barneson  devotes-  the  greater  portion 
of  his  time  to  the  "General"  companies,  being  at  all 
times  in  close  touch  with  field  operations  and  the 
thousand  and  one  other  details.  But  he  also  has 
a  multitude  of  other  interests.  To  all  of  them  he 
gives  close  attention.  Among  these  latter  are  the 
General  Construction  Company,  of  which  he  is 
President;  the  Wabash  Oil  Company,  of  which  he  is 
President;  the  Las  Flores  Land  &  Oil  Company, 
of  which  he  is  President;  Coalinga  Kettleman  Oil 
Company,  Vice  President;  Sauer  Dough  Oil  Com- 
pany, of  which  he  is  a  Director;  Bankline  Oil  Com- 
pany, of  which  he  is  President;  Union  Oil  Company, 
Director;  Union  Provident,  Director,  and  a  multi- 
tude of  other  concerns  connected  directly  or  indi- 
rectly with  the  oil  business-. 

The  Wabash  Oil  Company,  mentioned  above, 
was  one  of  the  most  remarkable  undertakings  with 
which  Captain  Barneson  has  been  identified.  Or- 


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ganizing  it  about  the  year  1908,  he  was  in  active 
control  of  its  operations  for  about  three  and  a  half 
years,  and  it  was  one  of  the  most  successful  com- 
panies in  the  field.  Stockholders  who  went  into  it 
with  Captain  Barneson  at  the  time  it  was  organized 
paid  thirty-five  cents  a  share  for  their  stock  and 
during  the  three  and  a  half  year  period  they  were 
paid  dividends  of  forty-six  cents  per  share.  He 
finally  brought  about  negotiations  which  resulted 
in  the  sale  of  the  property  at  a  price  which  paid 
the  stockholders  one  dollar  and  seventy-two  cents 
per  share. 

As  President  or  Director  of  various  land  and  im- 
provement companies  he  is  interested  in  land  de- 
velopment in  various  sections  of  California  and  is, 
as  in  everything  he  is  identified  with,  an  influential 
factor  in  their  operations.  These  companies  in- 
clude the  San  Vicente  Land  Company,  Santa  Bar- 
bara Improvement  Company,  Residential  Develop- 
ment Company,  San  Mateo  Improvement  Company 
and  others.  He  also  serves  as  President  of  the  San 
Mateo  Hotel  Company,  Barneson-Hibberd  Company, 
Barneson-Hibberd  Warehouse  Company,  Macondray 
&  Company  and  the  Tyee  Whaling  Company. 

He  has  various  other  interests — all  big — but 
these  serve  to  show  the  diversity  of  his  operations. 
The  great  majority  of  the  concerns  with  which  he 
is  identified  are  engaged,  in  one  way  or  another,  in 
the  development  of  the  resources  of  the  country. 

During  his  residence  of  more  than  ten  years  in 
San  Francisco,  Captain  Barneson  has  been  one  of 
the  most  enterprising  and  progressive  business  men 
in  the  city  and  in  behalf  of  the  city.  He  is  not 
an  active  participant  in  political  affairs  and  never 
had  any  ambition  to  hold  public  office,  but  he  does 
take  a  keen  interest  in  all  things  relating  to  the 
welfare  or  advancement  of  San  Francisco,  political- 
ly and  otherwise,  and  has  shown  his  devotion  on 
many  occasions. 

He  has  been  a  member  of  the  San  Francisco 
Chamber  of  Commerce  from  his  earliest  days  in 
that  city  and  during  the  intervening  period  has 
been  closely  identified  with  the  various  civic  move- 
ments inaugurated  by  the  organization.  He  was  a 
Director  for  many  years  and  also  served  for  a  time 
as  Vice  President  of  the  Chamber.  During  those 
years  of  office  he  was  extraordinarily  active  in  the 
work  of  the  body  and  helped  in  a  lavish  way  to 
entertain  the  various  important  visitors  from  for- 
eign countries,  one  notable  group  being  the  dele- 
gates from  the  Japanese  Chamber  of  Commerce 
who  made  a  tour  of  the  United  States  several  years 
ago,  which  resulted  in  adding  much  to  the  trade 
relations  of  the  two  countries,  and  did  a  great  deal 
toward  re-establishing  the  friendly  feeling  existing 
between  the  governments. 

In  1906,  following  the  earthquake  and  fire  disas- 
ter which  placed  the  city  in  ruins,  Captain  Barne- 
son was  one  of  the  first  men  to  start  on  the  work 
of  regeneration  and  in  addition  to  giving  valuable 
aid  to  the  sufferers  during  that  trying  period,  led  in 


the  work  of  rebuilding  which  has  made  a  new  city 
of  San  Francisco,  greater  in  every  way  than  it  was 
before  the  disaster. 

Captain  Barneson  has  been  one  of  the  most  en- 
thusiastic advocates  of  the  Panama-Pacific  Exposi- 
tion which,  in  1915,  will  celebrate  the  opening  of 
the  Panama  Canal  with  a  world's  fair,  and  as  one 
of  the  Directors  of  the  company  which  is  to  build 
the  fair,  has  had  an  active  part  in  the  planning  of  it. 

He  was  one  of  the  original  members  of  the  com- 
mittee which  caused  San  Francisco  to  be  chosen  by 
Congress  as  the  scene  of  the  fair,  and  although  he 
sought  to  evade  the  honor  of  being  one  of  the  build- 
ers of  the  exposition,  he  was  selected  as  a  member 
of  the  Board  of  Directors.  Once  selected,  however, 
he  went  into  the  work  vigorously  and  has  been  tire- 
less in  the  work  of  perfecting  the  organization. 

It  is  San  Francisco's  desire,  with  the  exposition, 
to  show  to  the  world  the  work  that  has  been  done 
by  its  citizens,  and  Captain  Barneson,  as  one  of  the 
men  who  have  been  actively  engaged  in  this  work, 
entered  into  the  proposition  with  all  of  his  excep- 
tionally great  energy. 

Captain  Barneson  is  essentially  a  self-made  man. 
Beginning,  as  he  did,  in  the  capacity  of  a  sailor 
boy,  he  was  compelled  to  fight  his  way  at  all  times, 
and  it  was  purely  through  determination,  combined 
with  physical  ability  of  an  exceptional  order,  that 
he  was  enabled  to  overcome  the  difficulties  which 
he  encountered.  The  experience  he  gained  at  sea, 
however,  the  hard  work  and  strict  discipline  which 
prevailed,  has  proved  invaluable  to  him  and  has 
been  responsible  for  a  large  part  of  his  success.  To 
his  wonderul  physical  powers  he  owes  much.  En- 
dowed with  great  strength  and  endurance,  he 
has  been  enabled  to  accomplish  an  extraordinary 
amount  of  work  in  his  life,  and  on  many  occasions 
has  accepted  tasks  which  were  given  him  because 
of  his  power  to  "stay"  and  accomplish. 

During  his  days  as  a  sailor  Captain  Barneson 
visited  many  parts  of  the  world,  but  since  retiring 
from  the  sea  he  has  also  done  a  great  amount  of 
traveling  and  has  visited  various  sections  of  the 
United  States  and  Europe,  his  business  extending 
to  the  most  remote  parts  of  the  globe. 

Captain  Barneson  is  a  man  of  unusual  personal 
magnetism  and  is  one  of  the  most  popular  men  in 
business  and  social  circles  on  the  Pacific  Coast 
He  is  of  affable  temperament,  devoted  to  his  family 
and  his  work.  He  maintains  offices  in  San  Fran- 
cisco and  Los  Angeles,  but  his  home  is  in  the 
former  city,  and  he  divides  his  time  between  the 
two  places. 

In  addition  to  his  prominence  in  business  circles, 
he  also  is  a  well  known  clubman,  his  membership 
including  the  Pacific-Union  Club,  Union  League 
Club,  Olympic  Club,  Press  Club,  Bohemian  Club, 
Commercial  Club  and  San  Francisco  Yacht  Club, 
all  of  San  Francisco;  the  California  Club  of  Los 
Angeles  and  the  San  Mateo  Polo  Club,  of  which  he 
is  Vice  President. 


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OOPER,  CHARLES  APPLE- 
TON,  President  of  the  C.  A. 
Hooper  Co.,  Shipping  and 
Lumber,  San  Francisco,  was 
born  in  Bangor,  Me.,  March 
14,  1843, tne  son  °f  Jonn  and  Martha  Stanwood 
(Perry)  Hooper.  His  first  ancestor  to  come 
from  England  to  America  was  Wm.  Hooper,  age 
i8,who  arrived  in  the  good  ship  "James."  Oth- 
ers came  later  and  set- 
tled in  various  parts  of 
New  England,  chiefly  in 
the  country  about  Red- 
ding, Mass.,  and  Ports- 
mouth, N.  H.,  where  some 
of  their  descendants  still 
live.  Members  of  the  fam- 
ily fought  in  the  American 
Revolutionary  War.  John 
Perry,  Jr.,  Mr.  Hooper's 
maternal  grandfather,  had 
the  distinction  of  establish- 
ing the  first  Sunday  school 
in  the  United  States  in 
1811,  in  Brunswick,  Me., 
where  a  memorial  window 
in  the  church  attests  the 
fact  and  the  date  thereof; 
and  on  the  Stanwood  side 
a  great-grandfather  gave 
to  Bowdoin  College  some 
of  the  ground  on  which 
that  institution  now  stands. 
Charles  A.  Hooper  came  to 
California  in  1863,  where 
he  is  today  one  of  the  lead- 
ing merchants  of  the  state. 


C.  A.  HOOPER 


occupation  in  this  State  was  in  the  Ply- 
mouth mine  in  Amador  county,  where  for 
about  a  year  he  assisted  his  father,  who  had 
reached  California  in  1851  and  become  inter- 
ested in  mining.  Returning  to  San  Francisco 
in  1865,  he  established  the  firm  of  C.  A. 
Hooper  &  Co.,  at  Fourth  and  Townsend 
streets,  on  the  ground  now  occupied  by  the  San 
Jose  depot.  Here  for  a  few  years  he  did  a 
thriving  business,  buying 
and  selling  lumber,  supply- 
ing not  only  the  city  but 
also  the  country  districts, 
especially  around  San  Jose 
and  up  the  rivers  tributary 
to  the  bay  of  San  Fran- 
cisco. He  remained  in  this 
location  until  forced  out 
by  "Steam"  Paddy 
Hughes,  a  well-known  con- 
tractor and  character  of 
the  times,  who  had  the 
contract  to  fill  in  Mission 
Bay. 

About  the  year  1867  Mr. 
Hooper  took  in  William 
Lockerman  as  a  partner, 
the  firm  becoming  Hooper 
&  Lockerman,  but  at  the 
end  of  two  years  bought 
him  out  and  resumed  the 
title  of  C.  A.  Hooper  & 
Co.  When  his  brother 
George  William  Hooper, 
came  of  age,  in  1869,  he 
became  a  member  of  the 
firm,  which  had  gradually 


He  was  married  on  June  7th,  1880,  in  Browns- 
ville, Me.,  to  Miss  Ida  Geneva  Snow,  and  by 
this  marriage  is  the  father  of  Isabel  Martha 
(Creed)  and  Idoline  Snow  (Crosby) — the 
former  married  to  Wigginton  E.  Creed  and 
the  latter  to  Sumner  Crosby. 

Mr.  Hooper  attended  the  Hawes  grammar 
school  in  South  Boston,  and  took  his  certifi- 
cate therefrom  in  1858,  when  he  entered  the 
Eno-lish  High  school,  but  left  after  one  rear 
to  enter  the  employ  of  his  uncle,  Wm.  S.  Perry, 
lumber  merchant. 

Beginning  as  clerk  he  rose  in  the  short  space 
of  two  years  through  the  positions  of  book- 
keeper and  salesman  to  the  active  superin- 
tendency  of  the  yard,  and  then,  at  the  age  of 
eighteen  enlisted  in  the  43rd  Massachusetts 
Volunteers,  a  "nine  months"  regiment,  for 
service  in  the  Civil  War.  After  serving  for 
one  vear  he  was  discharged,  pnd  came  to 
the  State  of  California  in  1863.  His  first 


enlarged  its  business  to  a  wholesale  trade.  In 
the  early  eighties  the  firm  began  to  manufac- 
ture lumber,  establishing  their  mills  in  Hum- 
boldt  County. 

Mr.  C.  A.  Hooper  has  organized  many  lumber 
companies.  In  the  early  70s  he,  with  others, 
formed  the  Sacramento  Lumber  Co.,  and 
became  its  president.  About  1881  he  organ- 
ized the  L.  W.  Blinn  Co.  for  Arizona  busi- 
ness. He  then  bought  out  the  Russ  Lumber 
&  Milling  Co.,  of  San  Diego,  which  he  reor- 
ganized. The  other  companies  he  successive- 
ly formed  are  the  So.  Cal.  Lumber  Co.,  Ore- 
gon &  California  Lumber  Co.,  Redwood  Man- 
ufacturers Co.,  and  in  1907  the  Big  Lagoon 
Lumber  Co.  Another  noteworthy  achieve- 
ment of  Mr.  Hooper  was  the  foundation  of 
the  now  flourishing  town  of  Pittsburg  at  Los 
Medanos,  Contra  Costa  County. 

His  clubs  are  the  Union  League  and  Pacific 
Union  of  San  Francisco. 


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OHNSON,  SAMUEL  ORA- 
MEL,  President  of  the  S.  S. 
Johnson  Company,  San  Fran- 
cisco, Cal.,  was  born  at  How- 
ard City,  Mich.,  March  9, 
1881,  the '  son  of  Samuel  S.  and  Emma 
(Gibbs)  Johnson.  His  father,  a  well  known 
lumberman  from  the  County  Glengarry,  Can- 
ada, acquired  large  timber  interests  in  the 
middle  West,  and  subse- 
quently in  Oregon  and 
California,  and  evidently 
transmitted  to  his  son 
that  love  for  the  forest 
which  he  himself  had 
brought  from  his  own  na- 
tive country.  On  Dec.  5, 
1906,  he  was  married  in 
the  College  Chapel  at 
Fairbault,  Minn.,  to  Miss 
Katharine  Horrigan,  and 
the  surviving  children  of 
this  marriage  are  Kath- 
arine and  Samuel  S. 
Johnson. 

Mr.  Johnson  attended 
the  public  school  at  Bar- 
num,  Minn.,  but  in  the 
fall  of  1894  entered  the 
Shattuck  School  at  Fair- 
bault, from  which  he  was 
graduated  in  1898.  Dur- 
ing the  winters  of  1902-3 
and  1903-4  he  took  a  spe- 
cial course  in  law  and 
mechanical  engineering 
at  the  University  of  Min- 
nesota. While  at  school  at  Barnum  he  spent 
his  vacations  in  the  sawmills  and  logging 
camps,  and  subsequently  when  he  was  a  stu- 
dent at  Fairbault  he  was  again  adding  to  his 
experience  in  the  same  mills  and  yards.  Im- 
mediately upon  his  graduation  from  Shat- 
tuck he  started  out  with  his  pack  on  his  back 
to  cruise  timber  in  northern  Minnesota.  He 
spent  two  winters  in  the  woods,  scaling  logs 
the  first  and  in  charge  of  a  logging  camp  the 
second.  In  the  summer  he  worked  in  all  the 
different  departments  of  the  business,  and 
became  thoroughly  familiar  therewith.  From 
1900  to  1904  he  was  in  charge  of  the  mill  and 
yards  at  Cloquet,  where  he  ran  successfully 
the  first  large  sawmill  that  was  ever  operated 
during  the  extremely  cold  Minnesota  winter. 
In  April,  1904,  he  left  the  University  of  Min- 
nesota to  join  his  father,  who  had  gone  to 
California  in  January  of  that  year.  The  first 
seven  months  after  his  arrival  Mr.  Johnson 


S.  O.  JOHNSON 


passed  in  the  forests  of  northern  California 
and  eastern  Oregon.  Here  he  bought  thou- 
sands of  acres  of  pine  timber. 

In  December,  1905,  on  the  death  of  his 
father,  he  took  charge  of  the  McCloud  River 
Lumber  Co.,  of  which  the  latter  had  been 
president  and  a  large  owner.  He  left  this  in 
1908  to  go  to  San  Francisco,  where  he  has 
since  been  chiefly  engaged  in  managing  his 
own  affairs,  consisting 
mainly  of  his  lumber  in- 
terests and  the  Klamath 
Falls  townsite  property. 

In  July,  1909,  Mr. 
Johnson  became  president 
of  the  Klamath  Develop- 
ment Co.,  of  Klamath 
Falls,  Ore.,  and  devotes 
much  of  his  energy  to 
these  interests.  Mr.  John- 
son regards  as  the  most 
worthy  action  of  his  life 
his  presentation,  in  1908, 
in  the  name  of  the  S.  S. 
Johnson  Co.,  of  the  Shat- 
tuck Armory  to  the  Shat- 
tuck Military  School,  as 
a  memorial  to  his  father. 
Besides  his  presidency 
of  the  S.  S.  Johnson  Co. 
and  the  Klamath  Devel- 
opment Co.,  he  is  presi- 
dent of  the  Hot  Springs 
Co.,  Des  Chutes  Lumber 
Co.,  Des  Chutes  Booming 
Co.  and  Big  Basin  Lum- 
ber Co. ;  vice  presi- 


dent  Weed  Lumber  Co.,  Willamette  Railroad 
Co.,  the  Wendling-Johnson  Lumber  Co.,  and 
the  First  National  Bank  of  Weed,  Cal.,  and  a 
director  of  the  Pacific  Coast  Redwood  Co.  He 
is  also  secretary  and  treasurer  of  the  Kla- 
math Investment  Co.  and  owner  of  valuable 
properties  in  Klamath  Falls,  including  the 
magnificent  White  Pelican  Hotel.  This  last 
is  a  monument  to  southern  Oregon  as  well  as 
to  the  untiring  energy  of  Mr.  Johnson,  the 
moving  spirit  in  its  erection.  It  is  second  to 
none  on  the  coast  and  unique  in  that  it  util- 
izes hot  water  from  its  famous  hot  springs 
for  its  Hammam  Baths,  as  well  for  heating 
the  building  throughout. 

His  clubs  are:  The  Pacific  Union,  Clare- 
mont  Country,  Bohemian,  Family,  Common- 
wealth and  Klamath  Country.  He  is  also  a 
Master  and  Royal  Arch  Mason  and  a  member 
of  the  Delta  Kappa  Epsilon  College  Frater- 
nity. 


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MICHAEL  F.  SHANNON 

HANNON,  MICHAEL  FRANCIS, 
Deputy  District  Attorney,  Los  An- 
geles Co.,  Cal.,  was  born  in  that 
city,  July  28,  1887.  He  is  the  son 
of  Michael  Shannon  and  Nellie 
(Holmes)  Shannon  and  married 
Agnes  Brown  in  Los  Angeles,  October  21,  1911. 

Mr.  Shannon  received  the  primary  part  of  his 
education  in  the  public  schools  of  Los  Angeles  and 
at  St.  Vincent's  College.  He  entered  the  Law  De- 
partment of  the  University  of  Michigan  in  1906  and 
was  graduated  with  the  class  of  1909  with  the  de- 
gree of  Bachelor  of  Laws. 

Following  his  graduation,  Mr.  Shannon  was  ad- 
mitted to  practice  in  Michigan,  then  returned  to 
Los  Angeles,  where  he  also  was  admitted.  He  was 
associated  with  Hunsaker  &  Britt  and  later  opened 
offices  in  partnership  with  P.  N.  Meyers  under  the 
firm  name  of  Meyers  &  Shannon,  and  has  been 
practicing  successfully  from  that  time  down  to  date. 

The  partnership  with  Mr.  Meyers  continued  un- 
til January  1,  1911,  when  Mr.  Shannon  was  ap- 
pointed to  the  staff  of  District  Attorney  Fredericks 
of  Los-  Angeles  County,  and  he  has  devoted  the 
larger  part  of  his  time  to  the  duties  of  the  position 
since. 

Mr.  Shannon,  since  entering  the  public  service, 
has  figured  in  various  important  cases,  particularly 
in  the  prosecution  of  criminals,  and  has  made  a 
splendid  record. 

A&  a  member  of  the  Los  Angeles  Chamber  of 
Commerce  he  takes  an  active  interest  in  all  move- 
ments for  the  good  of  the  city  and  is  a  director  in 
the  business  known  as  the  S.  C.  Brown  Plumbing 
Company. 

He  is  prominent  in  club  and  fraternal  circles, 
being  an  officer  of  Los  Angeles  Lodge  No.  99,  B. 
P.  O.  Elks,  and  a  member  of  the  Masonic  fraternity. 
He  also  belongs-  to  the  Los  Angeles  Athletic  Club, 
Knickerbocker  Club  and  the  Union  League. 


W.  J.  WALLACE 

ALLACE,  WALTER  JOHN,  Real 
Estate  and  Investments,  Los  An- 
geles, Cal.,  was  born  in  Alham- 
bra,  that  State,  September  22, 
1882,  the  son  of  James  Charles 
Wallace  and  Martha  Elizabeth 
(Wilson)  Wallace.  He  is  a  member  of  one  of  the 
pioneer  families  of  Southern  California,  his  grand- 
father, B.  D.  Wilson,  for  whom  Mount  Wilson  and 
Wilson  Lake  were  named,  being  among  the  Forty- 
niners.  He  first  located  in  what  is  now  Pasadena, 
then  an  Indian  village.  Mr.  Wallace  married  Earlda 
Marguerite  Baker  at  Los  Angeles,  Jan.  9,  1912. 

After  passing  through  the  public  schools  of  Al- 
hambra,  Mr.  Wallace,  in  1900,  graduated  from 
Woodbury  Business  College,  then  entered  the  Den- 
tal Department  of  the  University  of  Southern  Cali- 
fornia, graduating  in  1903,  degree,  D.  D.  S. 

Following  his  graduation  Dr.  Wallace  immedi- 
ately took  up  the  practice  of  his-  profession,  but  was 
compelled  to  abandon  it  two  years  later  owing  to 
an  accident.  Upon  the  advice  of  physicians  he  did 
not  resume  practice,  but  took  employment  as  Col- 
lector for  the  Edison  Electric  Co.  He  was  pro- 
moted rapidly  until  he  attained  the  position  of  gen- 
eral right-of-way  agent  for  the  company,  holding 
this  until  his  resignation,  June  1,  1911. 

For  a  year  prior  to  leaving  the  Edison  Co.  he 
had  been  interested  in  the  Sierra  Vista  Ranch  Co. 
as  President  and  General  Manager,  a  corporation 
which  he  organized  in  1910  for  the  purpose  of  de- 
veloping and  selling  fruit  ranches.  Since  the  Sum- 
mer of  1911  he  has  devoted  his  entire  time  to  its 
affairs.  Its  holdings  consist  of  3000  acres  of  fine 
ranch  land  in  the  San  Joaquin  Valley  and  include 
the  Wallace  Nursery,  of  Alhambra.  In  addition  to 
his  offices  in  the  Sierra  Vista  Ranch  Co.,  Mr.  Wal- 
lace is  V.  Pres.  and  Treas.,  Pacific  Gasoline  Co. 

He  belongs,  Annandale  Country  Club,  San  Gabriel 
Valley  Country  Club  and  South  Coast  Yacht  Club. 


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H.  M.  DOUGHERTY 

OUGHERTY,  HENRY  MICHAEL, 
Civil  Engineer,  Los  Angeles,  Cal., 
was  born  in  Philadelphia,  Pa., 
Feb.  2,  1877,  the  son  of  John 
Dougherty  and  Clara  (Covert) 
Dougherty.  He  married  Lucy 
Winifred  Taft  at  Burlington,  Vt,  in  June,  1902.  They 
had  three  children,  John  Taft,  Margaret  Lois  and 
Dorothy  Anne  Dougherty.  (The  fir&t  two  survive.) 
Mr.  Dougherty  received  his  education  in  private 
schools  in  the  East.  In  1894,  he  entered  the  Univ. 
of  Penna.,  remaining  there  two  years,  and  in  1897 
was  appointed  a  Cadet  at  the  U.  S.  Military  Acad- 
emy, West  Point,  N.  Y.  Graduating,  Feb.,  1901,  he 
entered  the  Army  with  the  rank  of  Second  Lieut., 
and  served  until  May,  1903,  then  resigned,  follow- 
ing the  loss  of  his  suit  for  mandamus  to  compel  the 
then  Secretary  of  War  to  rank  officers  of  the  Ar- 
tillery Corps  according  to  the  law  of  1901. 

Entering  civil  life,  Mr.  Dougherty,  as  Engineer 
in  Charge  for  the  N.  Y.  Continental  Jewell  Filtra- 
tion Co.,  supervised  the  building  of  Oak  Lane  Res- 
ervoir, at  Philadelphia;  building  of  the  Charleston, 
S.  C.,  Dry  Dock  and  other  construction  at  the 
Charleston  Navy  Yard.  In  1908  he  became  asso- 
ciated with  J.  G.  White  &  Co.,  Inc.,  general  con- 
sulting and  contracting  engineers  of  New  York,  and 
first  represented  them  in  the  construction  of  the 
Idaho-Oregon  Light  &  Power  Co.'s  development  at 
Copperfield,  Ore.  In  1909  he  was  sent  to  California 
in  charge  of  betterment  construction  for  the  San 
Joaquin  Light  &  Power  Co.  Upon  completion  of 
this  he  constructed  the  Midway  Gas  Co.'s  natural 
gas  pipe  line  from  the  Midway  oil  fields  of  Cali- 
fornia to  Los  Angeles,  110  miles,  and  one  of  the 
principal  enterprises  under  way  in  Southern  Cali- 
fornia in  1912-13,  which,  upon  completion,  will  form 
an  important  industrial  improvement. 

He  is  member,  American  Association  of  Civil 
Engineers  and  Los  Angeles  Athletic  Club. 


JAMES  S.  BENNETT 


STl 


ENNETT,  JAMES  STARK,  Attor- 
ney-at-Law,  Los  Angeles,  Cali- 
fornia, was  born  in  Sherburne,  N. 
Y.,  May  7,  1879,  the  son  of  George 
Calder  Bennett  and  Ella  J. 
(Stark)  Bennett.  He  married 
Ethelwyn  Foote  at  Pasadena,  California,  Oct.  8, 
1907,  and  they  have  three  children,  Louise,  Caro- 
line and  Constance. 

Having  moved  to  California  in  childhood,  the 
greater  part  of  Mr.  Bennett's  life  has  been  passed 
there.  He  attended  the  schools  of  Pomona,  Cal., 
graduating  from  Pomona  College  in  1903,  with  the 
degree  of  L.  B.  He  then  went  to  Columbia  Uni- 
versity, New  York,  and  in  1905  received  the  degree 
of  Master  of  Arts  from  the  Faculty  of  Political 
Science.  In  1906  he  was  graduated  from  Columbia 
Law  School  with  the  degree  of  LL.  B.,  and  had 
completed  residence  work  for  the  degree  of  Doctor 
of  Philosophy,  but  has  never  returned  to  the  Uni- 
versity to  take  the  degree. 

While  in  public  school  Mr.  Bennett  engaged  in 
the  retail  shoe  business  at  Pomona,  with  A.  S. 
Avery,  and  continued  in  that  business  during  the 
years  1899-1900.  During  1904-05,  while  he  was  a 
student  at  Columbia,  he  taught  English  to  adult 
foreigners  in  the  night  schools  of  New  York  City. 

Mr.  Bennett  was  admitted  to  the  Bar  of  New 
York  in  1905,  but  he  did  not  practice  until  he  re- 
turned to  his  home  in  1906.  Admitted  in  Califor- 
nia, in  July,  1906,  Mr.  Bennett  became  associated 
with  Hunsaker  &  Britt,  Los  Angeles,  and  remained 
with  them  until  September,  1909.  He  then  asso- 
ciated with  E.  J.  Fleming  for  two  years,  and  since 
Feb.,  1912,  in  partnership  with  Garfield  R.  Jones. 

He  is  active  in  Republican  politics  and  a  mem- 
ber of  the  State  Central  Committee  of  California. 

He  is  member,  University  Club,  Los  Angeles; 
Political  Science  Club  of  Columbia  University,  and 
L.  A.  Bar  Assn.  Resides  Pasadena. 


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INDBLOM,  ERIK  OLOF,  President 
of  the  Swedish-American  Bank  of 
San  Francisco,  was  born  at  Da- 
larna,  Sweden,  June  27,  1857,  the 
son  of  Olof  Lindblom  and  Brita 
(Olofson)  Lindblom.  His  father 
was  a  school  teacher  of  that  place,  which,  one  of 
the  most  rugged  and  barren  on  the  face  of  the 
habitable  globe,  fostered  a  hardy  race,  of  which 
Erik  Lindblom  has  proved  himself  to  be  a  worthy 
sample.  He  was  married  in  San  Francisco,  June 
1,  1903,  to  Miss  Hanna  Sadie  Ulrika  Sparman,  and 
by  a  former  marriage  is  the  father  of  Brita  and 
Olof  Lindblom. 

He  attended  the  Hede  public  school  in  Sweden, 
and  was  graduated  therefrom  in  1871.  During  the 
next  four  years  he  was  intermittently  a  pupil  at 
the  London  Polytechnic  School  of  the  Y.  M.  C.  A., 
while  working  in  that  city  at  the  trade  of  tailor, 
which  he  had  learned. 

After  spending  five  and  a  half  years  In  London 
and  traveling  over  a  considerable  part  of  Europe, 
he  sailed  for  America,  arriving  in  New  York  in 
1886.  Here  he  again  worked  at  his  trade  until 
1888,  when  he  moved  to  Butte  City,  Montana, 
where  he  continued  the  same  occupation  and  at 
the  same  time  became  interested  in  gravel  min- 
ing. On  September  15,  1893,  he  reached  San  Fran- 
cisco, resumed  his  trade,  subsequently  moving  to 
Oakland  and  opening  an  establishment  of  his  own. 
During  these  years  his  interest  in  mining  was 
growing,  stimulated  by  studying,  reading,  attend- 
ing Professor  George  Davidson's  lectures  on  Alaska 
and  by  the  tales  of  gold  discoveries.  On  April  27, 
1898,  his  imagination  still  further  fired  by  the  sub- 
stantially backed  reports  of  the  new  "gold  fields" 
of  Alaska,  he  abandoned  the  weary  grind  of  his 
trade  and  shipped  before  the  mast  in  the  bark 
Alaska,  commanded  by  Captain  Cogan.  His  experi- 
ences in  the  Northwest,  which  taxed  his  grit  and 
hardy  constitution  to  the  utmost,  and  where  he 
made  one  of  the  most  wonderful  discoveries  of  gold 
in  the  history  of  the  precious  metals,  form,  per- 
haps, the  most  romantic  chapter  in  the  story  of 
a  very  remarkable  life. 

Landing  on  the  shore  of  Grantley  Harbor,  July 
5,  1898,  whither  Captain  Cogan  had  sent  him  and 
some  other  sailors  for  fresh  water,  he  determined 
to  leave  the  vessel  and  try  to  reach  Golovin  Bay, 
where  he  knew  there  was  a  mission  and  trading 
post.  He  was  without  food  and  had  no  conception 
of  the  difficulties  to  be  encountered  in  that  sea- 
son of  floods.  Acting  on  the  advice  of  a  prospec- 
tor whom  he  chanced  to  meet,  he  started  back  for 
Port  Clarence,  in  the  hope  of  finding  that  the  bark 
had  sailed.  When  he  came  within  sight  of  the 
harbor  he  saw  the  vessel  riding  at  anchor  and  con 
eluded  that  his  presence  thereon  was  still  desired. 
From  this  critical  situation,  however,  he  was  aided 
to  escape  by  an  Eskimo  chief,  Promarshuk,  who 
took  him  in  his  boat  made  of  walrus  hide,  covered 
him  with  foul-smelling  skins,  and  paddled  him 
within  touching  distance  of  the  Alaska.  Boarding 
the  bark,  the  chief,  with  five  dollars  Mr.  Lindblom 
had  given  him  for  the  purpose,  bought  a 
dozen  sea  biscuits,  returned  to  his  boat  and 
slipped  out  of  the  harbor,  then  away  to  free- 


dom from  Captain  Cogan's  kind  of  hospitality. 
Stopping  at  the  mouth  of  the  Egoshoruk  River, 
now  known  as  Snake  River,  the  spot  where  Nome 
is  situated,  Mr.  Lindblom  prospected,  and  on  the 
bar  at  the  mouth  of  Dry  Creek  found  colors.  Ar- 
riving July  27,  with  his  Eskimo  pilot,  at  Dexter's 
trading  station  on  Golovin  Bay,  Mr.  Lindblom  told 
the  trader  of  his  discovery.  Dexter  wished  to  send 
him  back  on  a  prospecting  trip,  but  he  preferred 
the  work  offered  him  by  N.  O.  Hultberg,  the  mis- 
sionary of  the  station.  He  first  prospected  in  this 
region  on  Ophir  Creek.  Meeting  subsequently  with 
John  Brynteson  and  Jafet  Lindeberg,  the  former  of 
whom,  after  Lindblom's  discovery,  had  also  found 
prospects  in  what  is  now  known  as  the  Nome 
country,  he  joined  forces  with  them,  and  in  an  old 
scow  rigged  for  the  occasion  the  three  set  out  on  a 
100-mile  sea  voyage  through  stormy  weather  for 
the  Snake  River.  On  September  15,  1898,  they 
landed  at  the  mouth  and  began  prospecting.  One 
week  later  they  made  discoveries  and  locations  on 
Anvil  Creek.  Later  they  panned  about  fifty  dol- 
lars in  gold  dust,  and,  putting  it  in  shotgun  shells, 
returned  to  Golovin  Bay.  By  the  beginning  of  win- 
ter, acting  on  expert  advice,  they  had  gone  back  to 
the  Nome  district  and  measured  and  staked  their 
claims  in  compliance  with  the  law  of  the  land. 
Within  three  days'  panning  in  Snow  Gulch  and 
Anvil  Creek  the  three  partners  extracted  more 
than  $1800  worth  of  gold  dust.  Mr.  Lindblom  thus 
not  only  laid  the  foundation  for  the  fortune  which 
good  judgment  and  management  has  since  swelled 
to  generous  proportions,  but  was  thereby  the  origi- 
nal discoverer  of  the  Nome  gold  fields. 

He  returned  to  California  in  1899  and  invested 
in  real  estate.  Going  to  Mexico  in  1901  he  became 
interested  in  electric  light,  water  and  telephone 
development,  bought  out  Thomas  Lane  and  secured 
absolute  control  of  the  Parral  Electric,  Water  and 
Telephone  Company  of  Parral,  Mexico.  Gradually 
he  enlarged  his  real  estate,  mining  and  other  oper- 
ations, and  together  with  Captain  Matson  and  oth- 
ers, in  1908,  established  the  Swedish- American 
Bank,  which  in  1910  amalgamated  with  the  Inter- 
national Banking  Corporation. 

Mr.  Lindblom  is  today  president  and  sole  owner 
of  the  French  Gulch  Mining  Co.,  Greeneville  Min- 
ing Co.,  Parral  Electric,  Water  and  Telephone  Co., 
president  of  the  Swedish-American  Bank  of  San 
Francisco,  vice  president  of  the  Pioneer  Mining 
Co.  of  Nome,  Alaska;  a  member  of  the  advisory 
board  of  the  International  Banking  Corporation, 
and  a  director  of  the  Davidson-Ward  Lumber  Co. 
and  of  the  Claremont  Hotel  Co.  His  clubs  and  as- 
sociations are:  The  Swedish  Club,  of  Seattle;  Arc- 
tic, of  Seattle  (life  member);  Olympic,  Swedish 
Society  of  S.  F.  (life  member),  B.  P.  O.  E.  No.  171 
(life  member),  Islam  Temple,  Shriners  (life  mem- 
ber), Odin  Lodge,  I.  O.  O.  F.  No.  393;  Balder  Lodge, 
F.  and  A.  M.,  No.  393  (life  member);  King  Solo- 
mon's Chapter  No.  95,  R.  A.  M.  (life  member) ;  Cal- 
ifornia Commandery  No.  1,  K.  T.  (life  member); 
Cal.  Consistory  No.  5  (life  member),  and  Califor- 
nia Chapter  No.  183,  O.  E.  S.  (life  member)  He  is 
a  shrewd,  but  quiet  and  modest  personality,  in  no 
way  spoiled  by  his  success  in  life. 


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AUM,  FRANK  GEORGE,  Hydro- 
Electric  Engineer,  San  Francisco, 
California,  was  born  at  Sainte 
Genevieve,  Missouri,  July  18, 
1870,  the  son  of  Christian  Baum 
and  Mrs.  Klein  Baum.  He  mar- 
ried Mary  Elizabeth  Dawson,  at  Butte,  Montana, 
on  July  18,  1901.  They  have  three  children,  Esther, 
Helen  and  Adah  Baum. 

Mr.  Baum  received  his  preliminary  education 
in  the  public  schools  of  San 
Francisco  and  entered  Le- 
land  Stanford,  Jr.,  Uni- 
versity in  1894.  He  was 
graduated  in  1898  with  the 
degree  of  A.  B.  in  Electrical 
Engineering  and  the  follow- 
ing year  received  the  degree 
of  Electrical  Engineer. 

He  began  his  professional 
career  in  1899  in  the  em- 
ploy of  the  Standard  Elec- 
tric Company  of  California, 
taking  up  high-tension  trans- 
mission work,  but  after  a 
short  time  he  entered  the 
works  of  the  Stanley  Electric 
Company  of  Pittsfield,  Mass. 
He  remained  there  about  a 
year,  returning  to  California 
in  1900  to  accept  appoint- 
ment as  instructor  in  Elec- 
trical Engineering  at  Leland 
Stanford,  Jr.,  University.  He 
served  in  this  capacity  until 
1902,  being  engaged  in  the 
meantime  in  special  work 
in  electrical  energy  trans- 
mission for  the  Bay  Counties 
Power  Company  and  other 
institutions, 

In  March,  1902,  following 
his  resignation  from  the 
faculty  of  the  University, 
Mr.  Baum  became  electri- 
cal engineer  of  the  California  Gas  &  Elec- 
tric Corporation,  being  advanced  within  a  short 
time  to  the  position  of  Transmission  Engineer 
and  Superintendent  of  the  same  concern,  having 
charge  of  all  hydraulic  and  electrical  construction 
and  of  operation.  His  duties  included  the  design 
and  installation  of  about  50,000  kilowatts  of  elec- 
trical machinery,  35,000  kilowatts  of  which  is  op- 
erated by  water-power,  and  in  addition  he  designed 
and  installed  numerous-  sub-stations. 

In  1907  Mr.  Baum  incorporated  the  firm  of  F. 
G.  Baum  &  Company,  and  since  that  time  has 
practiced  as  a  consulting  engineer,  with  special 
reference  to  hydro-electric  power  development, 
and  in  this  capacity  has  done  work  for  practically 
every  large  energy  transmission  company  on  the 
Pacific  Coast.  He  holds  a  commission  as  Chief 
Engineer  for  the  Pacific  Gas  &  Electric  Company, 
in  charge  of  all  hydro-electric  development,  and 
also  is  engaged  (1913)  in  the  installation  of  large 
hydraulic  systems  in  California  and  in  Peru,  South 
America. 

Mr.  Baum's  success  in  the  field  of  electricity 
has  been  largely  due  to  his  own  resourcefulness 
and  originality  and  in  addition  to  his  work  in  the 
installation  of  great  power  plants  has  also  in- 
troduced numerous  valuable  innovations.  Among 


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other  things  he  invented  the  outdoor  high-tension 
switch  used  throughout  the  Pacific  Gas  &  Electric 
Company's  system,  and  which  is  being  introduced 
quite  generally  in  the  Western  transmission  sys- 
tems. He  also  put  into  practical  form  the  type  of 
high-tension  oil  switch  now  used  throughout  the 
system  of  the  company  which  he  now  serves  as 
Chief  Engineer,  and  which  has  since  been  adopted 
by  many  others. 

A  thorough  student  of  all  phases-  of  elec- 
trical science,  Mr.  Baum 
has  written  prolifically  on 
its  many  subjects  and 
has-  been  a  liberal  con- 
tributor to  the  technical 
press.  His  writings  have 
included  articles  and  trea- 
tises on  Electric  Energy 
Transmission,  Transformers, 
A  1  t  e  rnators,  Synchro- 
nous Motors  and  Converters, 
these  being  subdivided  into 
discussions  on  the  Regulation 
of  Transmission  Systems; 
Effect  of  Wave-Form  on 
Capacity  of  Transmission 
Lines;  Surges  in  Transmis- 
sion Systems;  Conditions  of 
Maximum  Transformer  Effi- 
ciency; Effect  of  Magnetic 
Leakage  on  Transformer 
Regulation;  Effect  of  Lead- 
ing and  Lagging  Currents  on 
Transformer  Regulation;  Ef- 
fect of  Armature  Current  on 
the  Wave-Form  of  Alterna- 
tors; Synchronous  React- 
ance; Synchronous  Motor 
Stability  and  Overload  Ca- 
pacity Curves. 

In  conjunction  with  the 
late  Dr.  F.  A.  C.  Perrine,  Mr. 
Baum,  in  1900,  presented  the 
first  paper  published  on  the 
calculation  of  the  charging 

current  in  three-phase  transmission  lines,  and  de- 
veloped his  method  of  calculating  the  regulation  of 
transmission  systems,  which  forms  the  basis-  of  his 
"Alternating-Current  Calculating  Device,"  pub- 
lished in  1902. 

The  same  year,  in  his-  paper  on  "Surges  in 
Transmission  Systems,"  presented  before  the  Pa- 
cific Coast  Transmission  Association,  he  pointed 
out  for  the  first  time  in  a  practical  way  a  simple 
method  of  calculating  the  rise  in  pressure  due  to 
surges  in  transmission  systems. 

In  1904  Mr.  Baum  presented  a  notable  paper 
before  the  International  Electrical  Congress  at  the 
World's  Fair  in  St.  Louis,  on  High-Tension,  Long 
Distance  Transmission  and  Control. 

Mr.  Baum,  in  addition  to  the  writings  noted 
above,  is  the  author  of  a  book  entitled  "The  Alter- 
nating-Current Transformer"  and  is  the  inventor 
of  a  device  whereby  the  regulation  of  an  alter- 
nating-current line  may  be  simply  calculated. 

In  scientific  and  technical  societies  and  associa- 
tions, Mr.  Baum  is  a  member  of  the  High-Tension 
Transmission  Committee  of  the  American  Institute 
of  Electrical  Engineers,  and  ex-Vice  President  of 
that  body,  and  also  belongs  to  the  American 
Society  of  Civil  Engineers  and  the  American  So- 
ciety of  Mechanical  Engineers. 


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RIGHT,  HAROLD  BELL,  Author, 
Meloland,  California,  was  born  in 
Rome,  Oneida  County,  N.  Y.,  May 
4,  1872,  the  son  of  William  A. 
Wright  and  Alma  T.  (Watson) 
Wright.  He  married  Frances 
Elizabeth  Long,  at  Buffalo,  N.  Y.,  July  18,  1899. 
They  have  three  sons,  Gilbert  Hunger,  Paul  Wil- 
liams, and  Norman  Hall  Wright. 

Mr.  Wright  is  of  Anglo-Saxon  descent  on  the 
paternal  side  of  the  family, 
but  his  maternal  ancestors 
were  French.  The  first  of 
the  family  to  settle  in  Amer- 
ica came  over  about  1640  and 
located  in  New  England,  but 
later  generations  moved  to 
the  Mohawk  Valley  of  New 
York,  where  certain  of  the 
French  Huguenots  had  set- 
tled, and  there  his  parents 
were  married. 

Mr.  Wright  has  made  his 
position  among  the  great 
writers  of  his  time  solely  by 
his  own  eirorts.  His  fatner 
was  a  contracting  carpenter, 
a  practical  man  possessed  of 
great  moral  force;  his  moth- 
er was  more  of  an  artistic 
temperament;  and  the  char- 
acteristics of  each  were 
blended  in  the  son.  The  ru- 
diments of  his  education  Mr. 
Wright  obtained  from  his 
mother,  who  also  encouraged 
in  him  talent  as  a  painter 
which  displayed  itself  when 
he  was  a  mere  child.  She 
died  when  he  was  ten  years 
of  age,  and  Mr.  Wright  con- 
tinued his  studies  in  the 
common  schools  of  the  dis- 
trict. Later,  he  spent  two 
years  in  the  preparatory  de- 
partment of  Hiram  College,  at  Hiram,  Ohio,  but 
did  not  graduate  and  he  is,  for  the  most  part,  self- 
educated. 

Mr.  Wright  began  his  career  in  1887  as  a  painter 
and  decorator  and  followed  this  vocation  until 
1892,  when  he  turned  his  attention  seriously  to 
landscape  painting,  to  which  he  devoted  himself  for 
five  years,  but  relinquished  it  in  1897  to  enter  the 
ministry.  He  was  appointed  pastor  of  the  Christian 
(Disciple)  Church  at  Pierce  City,  Missouri. 

From  the  beginning  of  his  ministerial  career, 
which  continued  for  about  eleven  years,  Mr. 
Wright's  labors  were  marked  by  the  same  sincerity 
and  zeal  that  had  characterized  his  previous  efforts. 
He  remained  in  Pierce  City  about  a  year,  then  was 
transferred  to  Pittsburg,  Kansas,  where  he  worked 
for  five  years.  At  the  end  of  this  period  he  was 
called  to  the  Forest  Avenue  Church  in  Kansas  City, 
Missouri,  a  charge  he  held  until  1905.  He  next  had 
a  church  at  Lebanon,  Missouri,  in  the  Ozark  Moun- 
tains, for  two  years,  and  in  1907  was  appointed  to 
the  pastorate  of  the  Christian  (Disciples)  Church 
at  Redlands,  California. 

This  brought  about  a  turning  point  in  his  career, 
for  in  1908  he  resigned  and  joined  the  pioneers  of 
the  great  Imperial  Valley  of  California.  He  has 
since  made  his-  home  there,  devoting  himself  to  his 


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writing  and  the  management  of  his  ranch,  known 
as  Tecolote  Rancho,  one  of  the  picturesque  places 
of  the  Southwest. 

Several  years  prior  to  his  removal  to  California, 
Mr.  Wright  had  fixed  a  place  for  himself  in  the 
literary  world  through  his  first  book,  "That  Printer 
of  Udell's"  (1902).  This  story,  written  while  he 
was  engaged  in  his  religious  duties,  attracted  at- 
tention to  the  author  because  of  the  originality  of 
his-  style  and  his  power  of  description.  His  second 
work,  "The  Shepherd  of  the 
Hills"  (1907),  was  a  tale  of 
the  Ozarks  and  was  hailed 
as  a  masterpiece. 

In  1909,  Mr.  Wright  pub- 
lished "The  Calling  of  Dan 
Matthews,"  a  powerful  story, 
surpassing  his  previous  ef- 
forts in  character  study.  In 
1910  he  gave  to  the  world 
"The  Uncrowned  King." 

The  greatest  of  all  Mr. 
Wright's  works  was  pub- 
lished in  1911— "The  Win- 
ning of  Barbara  Worth." 
This  story  of  the  reclamation 
of  the  Imperial  Valley  has 
been  declared  the  greatest 
novel  of  modern  times  and 
ran  more  than  a  million 
copies.  The  Imperial  Valley 
and  the  men  who  made  it 
gave  Mr.  Wright  the  inspira- 
tion for  this  powerful  story. 
Arriving  in  the  country  in 
1907,  he  witnessed  many  of 
the  events  which  form  the 
main  features,  and  is  gener- 
ally believed  to  have  drawn 
his  characters  from  life, 
thus-  making  of  "The  Win- 
ning of  Barbara  Worth"  an 
almost  exact  history  of  the 
section. 

As  late  as  1900,  the  vast 

expanse  of  land  known  as  Imperial  Valley  was  part 
of  the  great  Colorado  Desert,  but  through  the  ef- 
forts of  a  small  band  of  pioneers  it  was  reclaimed 
by  irrigation,  and  a  quarter  of  a  million  acres  of 
dry  land  transformed  into  prosperous  ranches  and 
towns.  However,  all  that  had  been  achieved  by  the 
pioneers  was  threatened  with  destruction  through 
the  break  of  the  Colorado  River  from  its  natural 
channel.  It  was  only  saved  by  heroic  effort. 

To  Mr.  Wright  the  magic-like  work  of  the  build- 
ers and  protectors  of  Imperial  Valley  made  a  most 
remarkable  appeal  and  into  "The  Winning  of  Bar- 
bara Worth"  he  wrote  an  epic  of  the  desert. 

In  1912,  Mr.  Wright  produced  another  work, 
"Their  Yesterdays,"  a  beautiful  symbolic  story  in 
which  love  and  goodness-  are  idealized.  This  will 
be  followed  by  "The  Eyes  of  the  World." 

Mr.  Wright's  books,  in  each  of  which  he  has 
some  message  for  his  fellows,  made  a  wonderful 
appeal  to  readers  the  world  over,  and  their  com- 
bined sales  exceeded  three  million  copies'  "The 
Shepherd  of  the  Hills"  has  been  dramatized  and 
others  are  being  prepared  for  stage  production. 

Between  Mr.  Wright  and  his  publisher,  Mr.  E.  W. 
Reynolds,  there  exists  a  bond  of  extraordinary  sym- 
pathy. Their  relations  are  those  of  friends  and 
partners. 


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TORY,  FRANCIS  QUARLES, 
Fruit  Grower,  Los  Angeles,  Cal., 
was  born  at  Waukesha,  Wis.,  July 
18,  1845,  the  son  of  John  P.  and 
Elizabeth  (Quarles)  Story.  He 
married  Charlotte  Forrester  Dev- 
ereux,  daughter  of  Gen.  George 
H.  Devereux,  of  Salem,  Mass.,  in  1876.  She  died  1897. 

Mr.  Story  was  graduated  from  high  school  at 
Waukesha  before  he  was  16  years  old  and  then 
taught  school  for  a  term.  He  then  entered  and  was 
graduated  from  Eastman  Commercial  College,  at 
Poughkeepsie,  N.  Y.  He  be- 
came assistant,  then  head 
bookkeeper  in  a  wool  house  at 
Boston,  but  the  next  year  re- 
signed and  entered  the  "sort- 
ing room"  of  one  of  the  firm's 
mills,  working  12  hours  a  day 
for  six  months  without  remu- 
neration. He  next  entered  a 
Boston  wool  house  and 
worked  9  hours  a  day  for 
three  months,  and  then 
opened  offices  as  a  wool 
broker,  and  later  bought  into 
a  wool  scouring  mill  and 
studied  wool  shrinkage.  He 
succeeded,  by  1872,  in  mak- 
ing a  modest  competence,  but 
the  great  Boston  fire  of  that 
year  wiped  this  out  and  left 
him  $10,000  in  debt. 

Through  friends  he  was 
enabled  to  pay  his  obliga- 
tions and  by  hard  work  suc- 
ceeded, in  a  few  years,  in 
making  another  competence, 
but  his  health  was  broken 
and  he  was  compelled  to  re- 
tire from  business  in  Boston. 

In  1877,  Mr.  Story  moved 
to  San  Francisco,  and  be- 
came interested  with  B.  P. 
Flint  &  Co.,  wool  dealers.  In 
1883  he  moved  to  Alhambra, 
Cal.,  built  a  home  and  set 
out  an  orange  orchard.  He 
has  been  a  leading  figure  in  the  citrus  fruit  busi- 
ness ever  since,  as  grower  and  shipper,  and  has 
done  much  to  advance  the  industry.  He  has  been 
Pres.  of  the  Alhambra  Orange  Growers'  Ass'n.  since 
its  formation  in  1896;  Pres.,  Semi-Tropic  Fruit  Ex- 
change since  1897;  Vice  Pres.,  Southern  Cal.  Fruit 
Exchange  since  1897,  and  Pres.  of  the  Cal.  Fruit 
Growers'  Exchange  since  its  formation. 

This  latter  is  the  greatest  co-operative  organi- 
zation in  the  world,  over  sixty  per  cent  of  the  cit- 
rus crop  of  California  being  marketed  through  it. 
During  1911-12  it  shipped  20,033,933  boxes  of 
oranges,  which  netted  the  growers  f.  o.  b.  Cal., 
$37,599,845.16,  without  a  penny  loss  by  bad  debts. 

Mr.  Story  also  is  President  of  the  Fruit  Grow- 
ers' Supply  Co.,  which  is  capitalized  at  $838,000, 
and  saves  the  growers  over  $500,000  annually. 

Joining  the  L.  A.  Chamber  of  Commerce  in 
1891,  Mr.  Story  was  elected  Director  in  1896,  Pres- 
ident in  1902,  and  has  been  on  the  directorate  ever 
since.  He  has  served  as  Chairman  or  member  of 
some  of  its  most  important  committees.  In  1897 
he  was  Chairman  of  its  Citrus  Tariff  Committee, 
which  secured  a  tariff  of  one  cent  a  pound  on 
oranges  and  lemons.  In  this  same  connection,  he 
has  been  Chairman  since  1907  of  the  Exec.  Com. 
of  the  Citrus  Protective  League,  which,  during 
that  time,  has  secured  a  reduction  of  freight  on 


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oranges  of  10  cents  per  100  Ibs.  (an  annual  sav- 
ing of  over  $1,000,000  to  growers) ;  secured  an  in- 
crease tariff  duty  of  one-half  cent  a  pound  on  lem- 
ons, defeated  the  railroads'  attempt  to  increase 
freight  rates  on  lemons  and  also  caused  a  reduction 
in  refrigeration  rates. 

In  1898  Mr.  Story,  under  the  auspices  of  the 
Chamber  of  Commerce,  headed  the  local  executive 
committee  of  the  National  Educational  Ass'n.,  and 
with  Judge  Charles  Silent,  raised  $23,000  for  the 
convention  of  1899;  and  in  1907,  he  headed  a  simi- 
lar committee  with  Judge  Silent  and  raised  for  the 
same  purpose  about  $22,- 
000.  The  two  conventions, 
which  attracted  about  fifty 
thousand  people  to  Los  Ange- 
les, were  among  the  largest 
in  the  history  of  the  N.  E. 
A.  and  brought  from  the 
Secretary  of  the  N.  E.  A.  and 
the  Chamber  of  Commerce 
special  resolutions  prais- 
ing, in  extraordinarily  high 
terms,  the  work  of  Mr.  Story 
and  his  associates.  Similar 
resolutions  were  passed  fol- 
lowing his  work  as  Chairman 
of  the  Citizens'  Relief  Com- 
mittee, which  raised  more 
than  $300,000  in  money  and 
supplies  for  San  Francisco 
sufferers  in  1906. 

In  1903  he  was  Chairman 
of  the  Chamber's  General 
Methodist  Conference  Com- 
mittee, which  raised  funds 
and  entertained  the  Interna- 
tional Methodist  Conference 
in  Los  Angeles. 

In  1901  Mr.  Story  served 
as  Chairman  of  the  Chamber 
of  Commerce  Building  Com- 
mittee, which  raised  $350,000 
to  buy  property  and  erect  its 
building. 

Mr.  Story  was  Chairman 
of  the  Exec.  Com.  of  the  Nic- 
araguan  Canal  Assn.  until 
1899,  when  Congress  chose  the  Panama  route  for  the 
canal.  He  has  also  been  a  prominent  worker  for 
conservation  of  national  resources.  He  is  one  of 
California's  representatives  on  the  National  Con- 
servation Commission  and  State  Vice  Pres.  or  Dir. 
since  its  formation,  of  the  National  Irrigation  As- 
sociation, whose  work  induced  the  Government  to 
expend  $70,000,000  to  reclaim  arid  lands.  He  is  also 
Pres.  of  the  Arizona  &  Cal.  Conservation  Commis- 
sion, which  seeks  to  effect  control  of  floods  and  the 
reclamation  of  some  8,000,000  acres  of  desert  lands 
which  will  be  commercially  tributary  to  Los  An- 
geles. He  was  also  Chairman  of  the  Chamber  of 
Commerce  Committee  to  raise  funds  to  build  fire 
breaks  and  reforest  the  reserves  of  the  San  Gabriel 
Valley,  a  work  which  was  finally  taken  up  by  the 
United  States  Government. 

Early  in  his  residence  in  Southern  California 
(1887)  Mr.  Story  aided  in  organizing  the  San 
Gabriel  Valley  Transit  Railway  and  was  its  General 
Manager  or  Treasurer  until  it  was  sold  to  the 
Southern  Pacific  Railroad  Company. 

He  is  President  of  the  Los  Angeles  City  Direc- 
tory Co.,  Director  First  National  Bank,  Los  An- 
geles, and  Alhambra  National  Bank 

He  is  a  member  of  the  California  Club,  Los 
Angeles,  and  President  of  the  San  Gabriel  Valley 
Country  Club. 


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HANNON,  CHARLES  METCALFE, 
Capitali&t,  Los  Angeles,  Cal.,  and 
Tucson,  Ariz.,  was  born  on  a 
farm  near  Lexington,  Mo.,  Aug.  7, 
1853,  the  son  of  John  S.  and 
Elizabeth  (Metcalfe)  Shannon.  He 
married  Mollie  L.  Betterton,  at 
Dallas,  Texas,  October  13,  1885. 

His  paternal  ancestors  settled  in  Pennsylvania 
in  the  17th  century,  later  members  having  moved 
to  Kentucky  and  Missouri.  One  of  his  relatives, 
Gen.  John  R.  Baylor  of  Texas,  was  an  officer  in 
the  Confederate  Army  and 
figured  in  various  daring  ex- 
ploits, then  on  Feb.  14,  1862, 
he  divided  the  territory  of 
New  Mexico,  creating  what 
is  now  Arizona.  After  de- 
claring it  an  independent 
territory,  he  proclaimed  him- 
self Governor,  and  his  claim 
was  recognized  by  President 
Jefferson  Davis  of  the  Con- 
federacy. Mr.  Shannon  later 
played  a  prominent  part  in 
the  Territory. 

Mr.  Shannon  received  the 
early  part  of  his  education  in 
the  public  schools  of  his  dis- 
trict, later  attending  an 
academy  in  Kentucky. 

Following  his  graduation 
in  1870  he  went  to  Silver 
City,  New  Mex.,  where  two 
of  his  uncles,  by  name  Met- 
calfe, had  engaged  in  silver 
mining,  and  there  began  his 
mining  career.  After  work- 
ing around  Silver  City  for 
about  a  year,  he  joined  a 
party  in  which  his  uncle  was 
a  leader,  and  went  overland 
to  what  is  now  Clifton,  Ariz., 
in  the  hunt  for  new  mining 
properties.  There  they 
pitched  camp  and  Mr.  Shan- 
non helped  to  build  the  first 
log  house.  His  uncle  gave 

the  town  its  name,  also  named  the  towns  of  Globe 
and  Metcalfe,  Ariz. 

On  their  first  visit  to  this  section  of  Arizona, 
Mr.  Shannon's-  uncle  located  numerous  mining  prop- 
erties and  among  them  was  the  famous  Shannon 
Mine  at  Metcalfe,  which  he  located  in  the  name 
of  his  nephew  and  which  the  latter  operated  for 
nearly  thirty  years. 

Leaving  Clifton,  Mr.  Shannon's  party  returned 
to  Silver  City,  New  Mex.  This  was  his  headquar- 
ters for  many  years-  subsequent,  although  he  lo- 
cated for  limited  periods  at  other  places,  including 
Globe,  Ariz.,  Las  Cruces,  N.  Mex.,  and  El  Paso, 
Texas.  At  different  times  he  engaged  in  newspaper 
work  and  cattle  raising. 

Shortly  after  his  return  to  Silver  City,  Mr. 
Shannon  was  stricken  by  typhoid  fever,  which 
nearly  robbed  him  of  his  eyesight,  and  for  a  year 
or  more  he  had  to  live  in  a  room  of  dungeon 
blackness.  This  had  an  effect  upon  his  future,  in- 
terfering greatly  with  his  mining  operations-. 

In  1878  Mr.  Shannon  took  an  interest  in  the 
"Silver  Belt,"  a  newspaper  at  Globe,  Ariz.,  to 
which  he  devoted  part  of  his  time.  He  went 
to  Las  Cruces  about  1880  and  there  joined  a 
famous  Texas  editor,  named  Newman,  in  a  news- 
paper enterprise,  which,  while  it  lasted,  was  re- 


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markable  for  its  independence  and  the  number 
of  difficulties  their  policy  engendered.  Mr.  Shan- 
non next  started  the  "Lone  Star,"  a  daily  paper 
at  El  Paso,  Texas,  in  1882,  but  in  1883  ne  gave 
up  his  interest  and  returned  to  Silver  City,  where 
he  founded  the  "Silver  City  Sentinel."  This  he 
edited  for  some  years,  selling  it  in  1888  to  enter 
the  cattle  business.  However,  in  1890  he  returned 
actively  to  his  mining  operations  and  devoted  the 
greater  portion  of  his  time  to  the  Shannon  Mine. 
He  worked  it  alone  for  many  years,  but  owing  to 
the  lack  of  transportation  facilities  and  the  exces- 
sive rates  charged  on  ore, 
he  decided,  in  1900,  to 
sell  the  property,  which  he 
had  held  for  twenty-nine 
years  and  eight  months.  The 
mine  was  bonded  and  sold  to 
the  Shannon  Copper  Com- 
pany, a  syndicate  of  wealthy 
Easterners  who  were  in  a  po- 
sition to  conduct  it  along 
modern  lines.  This  company 
has  since  built  a  railroad  to 
the  mine,  erected  a  great 
smelter  at  Clifton  and  in- 
stalled powerful  machinery. 
More  than  $19,000,000  of  ore 
has  been  taken  out  in  twelve 
years.  Mr.  Shannon  still  re- 
tains an  intere&t  in  the  com- 
pany, but  is  devoting  a  great 
deal  of  time  to  timber  opera- 
tions in  the  West. 

During  his  many  years' 
residence  in  Arizona,  Mr. 
Shannon  was  an  important 
factor  in  the  Democratic  po- 
litical life  of  the  Territory. 
He  was  appointed  Collector 
of  Internal  Revenue  for  the 
District  of  New  Mexico  and 
Arizona  by  President  Cleve- 
land and  served  four  years, 
his  office  requiring  him  to 
live  during  that  time  at  Santa 
Fe,  N.  Mex.  He  maintained 
his  residence  in  Arizona, 

however,  and  was  twice  elected  to  the  Territorial 
Council,  or  Senate,  first  in  1893,  and  again  in  1900. 
He  was  also  Democratic  National  Committeeman 
from  Arizona  from  1892  to  1896.  It  was  generally 
believed  that  he  would  be  the  first  Governor  of 
Arizona  when  she  was  granted  Statehood.  Illness 
prevented  him  from  accepting  the  nomination. 

Mr.  Shannon  is  one  of  those  men  who  passed 
through  what  has  been  called  the  "wild  and 
woolly  days"  of  the  West.  When  he  began  his 
life  in  New  Mexico  and  Arizona  there  were  no 
railroads  and  Indians  were  numerous.  He  had 
many  narrow  escapes  from  the  redskins.  While 
he  was  editor  of  the  "Silver  City  Sentinel"  he  fig- 
ured in  a  battle  with  escaped  prisoners,  including 
four  desperate  train  robbers,  and  was  one  of  the 
posse  who  brought  the  men  to  bay  after  a  battle 
lasting  all  day,  in  which  five  men  were  killed. 

Despite  the  hardships  of  the  times,  the  exciting 
experiences  of  border  life  and  frequent  illness, 
Mr.  Shannon,  at  59  years  of  age,  shows  very  little 
traces  of  the  hard  life  he  endured. 

He  is  a  Mason,  a  member  Mystic  Shrine,  a 
Knight  Templar,  an  Elk  and  member,  California, 
Jonathan  and  Los  Angeles  Athletic  Clubs-,  Los  An- 
geles, the  Old  Pueblo  Club  of  Tucson,  and  the 
Hassayampas,  another  Arizona  organization. 


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ONTGOMERY,  ERNEST  ALEX- 
ANDER, Capitalist  and  Mine 
Operator,  Los  Angeles,  California, 
was  born  in  Toronto,  Canada, 
November  24,  1863,  the  son  of 
Alexander  Montgomery  and  Jane 
(Chapman)  Montgomery.  He  married  Miss  An- 
toinette Schwarz,  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Fred- 
erick Schwarz,  at  New  York  City,  July  23,  1912. 
Mr.  Montgomery  is  of  Scotch  descent,  his  paternal 
granduncle  having  been  General  Richard  Montgom- 
ery, who  fell  while  heroically  fighting  in  the  Battle 
of  Quebec  in  1775. 

Mr.  Montgomery,  who  occupies  a  position 
among  the  successful  mining  operators  of  the 
West,  received  his  early  education  in  the  public 
schools  of  Toronto,  and  later  studied  in  those  of 
Stuart,  Iowa,  whither  his  parents  had  moved. 

His  boyhood  was  spent  on  the  family  farm  in 
Iowa,  but  in  1884,  when  he  had  attained  his  ma- 
jority, he  decided  to  strike  out  for  himself  and 
made  his  way  to  Idaho,  where  he  engaged  in  mining. 
He  met  with  only  meager  success  there,  however, 
so  changed  his  operations  to  the  State  of  Washing- 
ton, where  he  spent  some  time  in  prospecting.  There, 
as  in  Idaho,  he  found  the  field  unpromising,  and 
after  working  in  various  other  sections  of  the  West 
he  went  to  Nevada  in  the  year  1901,  and  there 
helped  to  organize  and  develop  what  is  known  as 
the  Montgomery  District.  It  was  in  this  region  that 
he  brought  his  long  experience  into  play,  and  his 
years  of  disappointment  and  hardship  were  re- 
warded with  success.  One  of  the  early  properties 
developed  by  him  in  Nevada  was  the  Johnnie  Mine, 
which  netted  him  a  small  fortune,  but  which  has 
since  become  a  property  of  note. 

Mr.  Montgomery's  energy  next  directed  him  to 
Inyo  County,  California,  where  he  developed  the 
World  Beater  and  O  Be  Joyful  properties. 

Returning  to  Nevada  in  1903,  Mr.  Montgomery 
located  at  Tonopah  and  there  became  identified 
with  the  Los  Angeles,  Daggett  &  Tonopah  Railway 
Company,  which  commissioned  him  to  report  on 
the  districts  which  would  be  tributary  to  the  road. 
His  intimate  knowledge  of  the  country  enabled  him 
to  perform  this  work  in  such  a  manner  that  he 
foresaw  very  closely  the  tonnage  of  freight  that 
would  accrue  to  a  railway  in  that  section,  and  it 
was  upon  his  judgment,  to  a  great  extent,  that  the 
promoters  of  the  line  began  its  construction.  The 
railway  was  begun  by  the  original  company,  but 
they  did  not  complete  it,  the  Las  Vegas  &  Tonopah 
and  Tonopah  &  Tidewater  Railways,  two  Clark 
enterprises,  taking  over  the  road. 

In  1904,, Mr.  Montgomery  returned  to  mining  and 
outfitting,  prospected  the  region  surrounding  Tono- 
pah, Nevada.  In  September  of  that  year  he  lo- 
cated the  once  celebrated  Shoshone  Mine  in  the 
Bullfrog  District  of  Nevada,  a  property  which 
he  developed  rapidly,  and  at  the  end  of  six- 
teen months  it  had  made  such  a  remark- 
able showing  that  Charles  M.  Schwab,  the  steel 
magnate,  and  his  financial  associates,  sought  to 
purchase  it.  The  result  of  the  negotiations  was  the 
sale  of  this  property,  together  with  the  Polaris 
mine,  a  neighboring  property  which  Mr.  Mont- 
gomery also  owned,  to  the  Montgomery-Shoshone 
Mines  Company,  which  was  organized  to  take  over 
Mr.  Montgomery's  holdings.  He  retained  a  large 
interest  in  the  new  company. 

By  the  time  the  Shoshine  deal  was  consummated, 
Mr.  Montgomery  had  acquired  a  comfortable  fortune 
but  he  did  not  relax  in  his  mining  activity,  and  in 
1905,  after  examining  various  properties,  obtained 


control  of  the  Skiddo  Mines,  a  property  located  in 
the  Panamint  Mountain  Range  of  California,  on  the 
edge  of  the  Death  Valley.  He  immediately  began 
working  these  mines  on  a  scientific  and  extensive 
scale,  spending  a  large  sum  of  money  in  develop- 
ment work,  the  installation  of  machinery,  erection 
of  a  mill  and  the  construction  of  a  pipe  line  twenty 
miles  in  length,  from  which  a  supply  of  water  is 
furnished  sufficient  to  operate  a  fifteen-stamp  mill. 
The  entire  investment  represented  a  capital  outlay 
of  about  half  a  million  dollars,  which  has  been 
practically  equaled  in  dividends  during  the  few 
years  the  property  has  been  in  operation. 

Aside  from  the  development  of  the  mines  already 
mentioned,  Mr.  Montgomery  has  been  identified 
with  various  others.  He  was  among  the  pioneers  in 
the  great  camp  of  Goldfield,  Nevada,  and  was  one  of 
the  original  twenty  property  owners  of  that  district 
who,  in  the  autumn  of  1903,  held  a  meeting  at  which 
the  camp  was  organized  and  christened  Goldfield. 

Since  1910  Mr.  Montgomery  has  devoted  much 
of  his  time  to  the  development  of  several  new 
mining  properties,  one  of  which  is  in  Mexico  and 
another  in  the  camp  of  National,  Nevada.  The  most 
promising,  in  the  opinion  of  Mr.  Montgomery,  is 
the  Mexican  property,  which  adjoins  the  famous 
El  Monte  Mine  in  the  Guanajuato  District. 

Mr.  Montgomery  is  regarded  as  one  of  the 
practical  mining  engineers  of  the  country,  and 
also  is  versed  in  the  financial  end  of  the  business, 
but  his  present  position  is  not  entirely  a  matter 
of  discovery.  In  the  early  days  of  his  work  he 
underwent  many  hardships  and  heart-breaking 
disappointments.  A  great  portion  of  his  life  was 
passed  on  the  Nevada  and  California  deserts,  and 
in  those  isolated  places  he  was  compelled  to  treat 
a  great  deal  with  the  Indians.  By  his  fairness  and 
consideration  of  the  red  men  he  came  to  be  re- 
garded by  them  as  their  friend,  and  his  fame  as  a 
decent,  honorable  man  is  known  to  every  Indian 
of  the  desert  country.  Mr.  Montgomery  unhesitat- 
ingly declares  that  he  owes  much  of  his  success  to 
the  friendship  of  the  Indians,  who,  because  of  their 
trust  in  him,  overcame  the  prejudice  and  suspicion 
with  which  they  always  regarded  white  men,  and 
gave  him  assistance  in  his  prospecting  work. 

Aside  from  his  mine  holdings,  Mr.  Montgomery 
of  recent  years  has  also  been  active  in  oil  develop- 
ment in  Mexico,  having  large  interests  in  the 
Tampico  fields  of  that  country.  He  is  a  Director 
of  the  Mexican  Premier  Oil  Company  and  is  also 
Vice  President  of  the  Topila  Petroleum  Co.,  which 
has  brought  in  a  well  producing  about  one  thou- 
sand barrels  a  day. 

He  is  largely  interested  in  realty,  and  is  a  Di- 
rector of  the  Calif.  Savings  Bank,  Los  Angeles. 

Mr.  Montgomery  has  made  Los  Angeles  his 
headquarters  since  1904,  although  he  had  been  in 
that  city  at  various  times  for  nearly  fifteen  years 
previously.  Since  locating  there  permanently  he 
has  done  a  great  deal  toward  establishing  the 
city's  prestige  as  a  mining  center  and  devoted 
endless  time  and  capital  to  having  the  American 
Mining  Congress  meet  there  in  1910.  He  is  Vice 
President  and  Director  of  the  latter;  Director, 
Chamber  of  Mines  and  Oil,  and  member,  American 
Institute  of  Mining  Engineers. 

He  has  traveled  extensively  in  the  United 
States,  Europe  and  the  Orient,  and  is  a  prominent 
figure  in  fraternal  and  club  circles,  being  a  Mason, 
Mystic  Shriner,  President  of  the  Sierra  Madre  Club 
of  Los  Angeles  and  member  of  the  Jonathan  Club, 
Los  Angeles;  Rocky  Mountain  Club  and  Chemical 
Club,  New  York,  and  American  Club,  Mexico  City. 


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EWMAN,  GUSTAVUS  OLIVIO, 
Chief  Engineer,  Pacific  Light  & 
Power  Corporation,  Los  Angeles, 
California,  was  born  at  Frotuna, 
Sweden,  December  18,  1844.  His 
father  was  Per  Gustav  Nyman 
(English  spelling,  Newman)  and  his  mother  Jeana 
Fredericka  (Hesselius)  Nyman.  His  family  is 
noted  in  the  religious  and  professional  history  of 
Sweden,  one  of  his  grandfathers  having  been  a  Mag- 
ister  Campanius  (Professor) 
and  one  of  the  early 
settlers  in  Pennsylvania.  He 
founded  and  built  the  Old 
Swedes'  Church,  one  of  the 
historic  landmarks  of  Phila- 
delphia, in  1646.  This  fa- 
mous old  house  of  worship 
still  stands,  and  is  used  reg- 
ularly. Mr.  Newman  married 
Mary  Emma  Miller  at  River- 
side, California,  July  19,  1876, 
and  to  them  were  born  four 
children,  Rolph  R.,  a  civil 
engineer  at  Riverside,  Cal.; 
Olivia  E.,  and  Miller  and 
Davis  Newman,  twin  boys. 

Mr.  Newman  received  his 
early  education  in  the  com- 
mon schools  of  Fellingsbro 
and  Gotlunda,  Sweden,  and 
went  from  the  latter  place  to 
Caroline  University,  at  Ore- 
bro,  Sweden.  He  remained 
there  until  1859  and  then  en- 
tered the  Polytechnic  Insti- 
tute of  Orebro,  from  which 
he  was  graduated,  July  30, 
1863.  Mr.  Newman  was  sec- 
ond highest  man  in  his  class 
and  it  being  the  custom  of 
the  Swedish  Government  to 
give  the  two  leading  scholars 
of  each  graduating  class 
State  positions,  he  was  made 

Assistant  Engineer  of  the  Government  Railroad. 
He  entered  the  Government  service  immediate- 
ly after  leaving  school,  and  it  being  his  desire  to 
accomplish  something  in  the  world  of  machinery, 
he  took  a  position  three  years  later  in  the  Chris- 
tinehamns  Railroad  and  Machine  shops  in  Sweden. 
In  1868,  Mr.  Newman  came  to  the  U.  S.  in  order 
to  follow  his  ambition  in  the  engineering  field. 
He  had  a  splendid  letter  to  John  Erickson,  of 
New  York,  builder  of  the  "Monitor,"  from  the  lat- 
ter's  brother,  Nils  Erickson,  Chief  of  the  Govern- 
ment Railroad  of  Sweden.  Mr.  Erickson,  however, 
told  Mr.  Newman  that  if  he  was  the  fine  engineer 
his  recommendation  stated  he  was,  he  should  re- 
turn to  Sweden  and  work  out  its  problems.  Mr. 
Newman  did  not  have  the  money  to  return  at  that 
time,  so  drifted  towards  the  West. 

His  first  position  in  the  United  States  was  un- 
der O.  Chanute,  a  famous  bridge  builder  of  the 
middle  West,  who  was  engaged  at  that  time  in  the 
construction  of  a  bridge  at  Kansas  City,  Mo.  This 
was  the  first  bridge  across  the  Missouri  River,  and 
before  it  was  completed  Mr.  Newman,  who  began 
as  a  carpenter,  was  Asst.  Engineer  of  the  work. 

In  1869,  upon  completion  of  the  bridge,  Mr.  New- 
man became  connected  with  the  Fort  Scott  &  Gulf 
Railroad  and  served  as  Assistant  Engineer  on  the 


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first  survey  for  the  road  through  the  Indian  Terri- 
tory. He  remained  with  this  company  about  a  year 
and  then  went  to  Rulo,  Neb.,  to  collect  data  on  the 
Burlington  Southwestern  Railroad,  which  the 
"Atchison"  afterwards  purchased  and  extended 
from  Rulo  to  Lincoln,  Mr.  Newman  acting  as  Asst. 
Engineer  in  charge  of  survey  and  construction. 

In  1873  Mr.  Newman  was  transferred  to  Tomah, 
Wis.,  in  charge  of  the  building  of  the  Wisconsin 
Valley  Railroad,   which   extended   from   Tomah  to 
Wausau,  Wis.     He  held  the 
position  of  Asst.  Engineer  in 
charge   of   surveys   and   con- 
struction     until      Christmas, 
1874,    when    he    obtained    a 
leave  to  go  to  California  and 
claim  his  bride. 

Mr.  Newman  arrived  at 
Riverside  in  1875,  and  one 
year  later  he  married  and  de- 
cided to  remain  there  in  part- 
nership with  his  father-in- 
law,  C.  C.  Miller,  an  engi- 
neer, with  whom  he  laid  out 
the  famous  Magnolia  Ave. 
Their  first  intricate  work  of 
importance  was  the  construc- 
tion, in  '76-77,  of  the  Lower 
Canal  for  the  Riverside  Ca- 
nal &  Irrig.  Co.  Immediately 
following  they  constructed 
the  Orange  County  Canal 
C78).  In  '78-80  they  engaged 
in  subdividing  lands  for  the 
Riverside  Land  &  Irrig.  Co. 

In  1881  Mr.  Newman  en- 
tered the  service  of  the  U.  S. 
Geological  Survey  under 
Clarence  King,  and  with  his 
chief,  Maj.  F.  A.  Clark,  made 
a  topographical  map  of  the 
400  square  miles  known  as 
the  Eureka  mining  district  in 
Nevada.  Upon  leaving  the 
Federal  service  he  became 

Asst.  Engineer  on  the  construction  of  the  Atlantic 
&  Pacific  Railroad,  and  remained  in  its  employ  until 
it  was  bought  by  the  Southern  Pacific  Co.  in  1882. 
He  then  went  with  the  Central  Pacific  in  charge  of 
bridge  and  masonry  work,  also  of  the  construction 
of  the  road  from  Redding,  Cal.,  north  through  the 
Sacramento  Canyon  to  Delta,  Cal.  In  1884,  the  work 
having  been  stopped  at  Delta,  he  returned  to  River- 
side as-  Chief  Engineer  for  the  Riverside  Water  Co., 
a  position  he  held  twelve  years. 

During  this  time  he  perfected  the  Riverside  irri- 
gation system,  the  first  really  good  irrigation  sy&- 
tem  in  California,  and  numerous  engineers  from 
Europe,  Australia,  Canada  and  the  U.  S.  visited 
him  to  get  information  on  irrigation.  Mr.  New- 
man was  also  the  first  man  to  establish  the  relation 
between  a  miner's-  inch  and  a  cubic  foot  per  second, 
which  he  did  in  the  sumer  of  1876. 

In  1897,  Mr.  Newman  was  engaged  as  Chief  En- 
gineer for  A.  C.  Balch,  manager  of  the  San  Gabriel 
Electric  Co.,  and  when  this  concern  was  purchased 
by  the  Pac.  Light  &  Power  Co.  he  was  retained  by 
the  latter.  He  has  been  a  principal  factor  in  mod- 
ernizing the  hydraulic  business  of  the  Southwest. 
He  is  a  member,  California  Club,  Masons, 
Knights  Templar  and  Mystic  Shrine,  and  of  En- 
gineers &  Architects  Assn.  of  Southern  California. 


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EE,  BRADNER  WELLS,  Attorney- 
at-Law,  Los  Angeles,  Cal.,  was 
born  at  East  Groveland,  N.  Y., 
May  4,  1850,  the  son  of  David 
Richard  Lee  and  Elizabeth  North- 
run  (Wells)  Lee.  He  is  a  great 
grandson  of  Captain  Thoma&  Lee, 
of  the  Fifth  New  York  Continental  Line,  War  of  the 
Revolution.  He  married  Helena  Farrar  at  Phila- 
delphia, Pa.,  Oct.  16,  1883,  and  to  them  there  have 
been  born  two  sons,  Bradner  Wells  Lee,  Jr.,  and 
Kenyon  Farrar  Lee,  who  were  educated  at  Stan- 
ford University,  admitted 
1912  to  practice  and  associa- 
ted with  their  father.  Mr. 
Lee  is  a  nephew  of  Col.  G. 
Wiley  Wells,  for  many  years 
a  noted  lawyer  of  the  South 
and  later  of  the  Pacific 
Coast.  Col.  Wells  served  for 
two  terms  as  U.  S.  Dist.  At- 
torney for  the  Northern  Dis- 
trict of  Mississippi,  was  a 
member  of  the  Forty-fourth 
Congress  from  the  2nd  Mis- 
sissippi District  and  later 
was  U.  S.  Consul-General  at 
Shanghai,  China.  Mrs.  Lee's 
father  was-  Col.  William 
Humphrey  Farrar,  a  cele- 
brated lawyer  of  Washing- 
ton, D.  C.,  who  received  his 
legal  training  under  Hon. 
Daniel  Webster  and  Hon. 
Caleb  Gushing.  He  was  a 
descendant  of  one  of  the  old- 
est Colonial  families  in  Mas- 
sachusetts, many  of  whose 
members  achieved  distinc- 
tion in  Colonial  and  Revolu- 
tionary affairs,  at  the  Bar, 
upon  the  Bench  and  as  col- 
lege professors. 

Mr.  Lee  received  his  pre- 
liminary education  in  the 
public  schools  of  his  native 
town  and  later  under  private 
tutors.  He  read  law  with  Col. 

Wells,  and  was  admitted  to  the  Bar  by  the  U.  S. 
Dist.  Court  for  the  Northern  Di&t.  of  Mississippi,  in 
1871,  and  in  1875  to  the  Bar  of  the  Supreme  Court, 
Dist.  of  Columbia. 

Following  his  admission,  Mr.  Lee  was  appointed 
Asst.  U.  S.  Dist.  Attorney  for  Northern  Miss.,  and 
held  this  position  until  1879,  serving  one  year 
meantime  (1875)  as  Acting  U.  S.  Dist.  Attorney.  In 
the  spring  of  1879  he  moved  to  Los  Angeles  and 
there  entered  the  law  office  of  Brunson  &  Wells 
as  managing  clerk,  being  admitted  to  practice  in 
the  California  Supreme  Court,  April  30,  that  year. 
In  1883  Mr.  Lee  became  a  member  of  the  firm, 
which  was  styled  Brunson,  Wells  &  Lee,  and  two 
years  later  it  was  changed  to  Wells,  Van  Dyke  & 
Lee.  He  practiced  in  the  State  courts  until  1887, 
when  he  was-  admitted  to  Federal  practice  in  the 
U.  S.  Circuit  Court  for  the  Southern  Dist.  of  Cali- 
fornia. The  following  year  he  was  admitted  to  the 
U.  S.  Dist.  Court.  In  1889  the  firm  of  which  he  was 
a  member  became  Wells,  Guthrie  &  Lee,  and  in 
1890  it  became  Wells,  Monroe  &  Lee.  In  1893  it  was 
Wells  &  Lee  and  in  1896,  upon  the  entry  of  Judge 
John  D.  Works  (later  U.  S.  Senator  from  Califor- 
nia) it  became  Wells,  Works  &  Lee.  Col.  Wells 
retiring  in  1896,  on  account  of  ill  health,  it  became 
Works  &  Lee,  continuing  as  such  until  1901,  when 
the  entry  of  Judge  Works'  son,  caused  it  to  become 


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Works,  Lee  &  Works.  In  1908  Mr.  Lee  withdrew 
from  the  firm  and  practiced  alone.  In  1912  his  two 
sons  became  associated  with  him. 

Mr.  Lee  has  been  one  of  the  strong  factors  for 
progress.  He  joined  the  Chamber  of  Commerce 
in  1894  and  has  been  one  of  its  active  members, 
serving  for  many  years  on  its  Law,  and  later  on 
its  Harbor  Committee.  Since  1910  he  has  been 
serving  as  a  Director  and  Chairman  of  the  Law 
Committee.  He  also  represented  the  Chamber 
on  various  committees  appointed  to  welcome  and 
entertain  Presidents  McKinley,  Roosevelt  and 
Taft,  Secretary  of  the  Treas- 
ury Shaw  and  others. 

In  1911  Mr.  Lee  was  chosen 
Chairman  of  a  Citizens'  Com- 
mittee of  one  hundred  busi- 
ness and  professional  men 
who  joined  in  a  non-partisan 
movement  when  the  Social- 
ists- threatened  to  gain  con- 
trol of  the  city  government. 
He  was  the  campaign  leader 
and  carried  the  allies  to  vic- 
tory at  the  polls.  In  1912-13 
he  served  as  head  of  a  com- 
mittee which  mapped  out  a 
policy  for  the  advancement 
of  Los  Angeles  and  So.  Cal. 
Mr.  Lee  owns  the  Wells 
Law  Library  of  6000  volumes 
(formerly  owned  by  his  un- 
cle), the  largest  private  one 
in  the  Southwest. 

He  has  never  sought  and 
has  consistently  refused  pub- 
lic office,  one  notable  occa- 
sion being  in  1895,  when  Gov. 
Pardee  of  California  offered 
to  appoint  him  to  the  Supe- 
rior Bench  of  Los  Angeles-.  In 
1896  he  was  elected  Chairman 
of  the  Republican  County 
Central  Committee  of  Los 
Angeles,  serving  until  1910. 
From  1902  to  1904  he  was  a 
member  of  the  Executive 
Committee  and  the  Cam- 
paign Committee  of  the  Republican  State  Central 
Committee.  In  1906  he  was  Chairman  of  the  Los 
Angeles  County  Republican  Convention. 

Mr.  Lee  has  served  as  a  Trustee  of  the  Cal.  State 
Library  since  1897,  his  present  term  expiring  in 
1914,  and  in  1900  was  a  delegate  to  the  Natl.  For- 
estry &  Irrigation  Convention  at  Chicago. 

He  is  a  Director  of  the  Murphy  Oil  Company  at 
Whittier,  Cal.;  served  as  Director  of  City  and 
County  Bank  since  its  organization;  Attorney  for  the 
executor  of  the  estate  of  the  late  Elias  J.  Baldwin, 
and  actively  participated  in  all  the  litigation  con- 
nected with  the  administration  of  the  estate. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Union  League  Club  and 
the  Jonathan  Club  of  Los  Angeles,  having  been  a 
charter  member  and  Director  of  the  latter  for  two 
terms.  He  is  a  Mason,  Knight  Templar  and 
Shriner;  charter  member,  Judge  Advocate  and  Vice 
Commander  of  the  California  Commandery  of  the 
Military  Order  of  Foreign  Wars;  Director,  First 
Historian  and  Chancellor  of  the  California  Society 
of  Colonial  Wars;  Director,  Treasurer,  Vice  Presi- 
dent and  President  of  the  California  Society  of 
Sons  of  the  Revolution;  member,  Judiciary  Com- 
mittee of  Los  Angeles  Bar  Association;  member  of 
the  California,  and  of  the  American  Bar  Assns.,  also 
Southwest  Society  Archaeological  Institute  of 
America,  and  N.  Y.  State  Society  of  California. 


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DR.   C.   E.    STONER 

TONER,  DR.  CLARENCE  E.,  Physi- 
cian and  Surgeon,  Los  Angeles, 
California,  is  a  native  of  Maryland, 
born  in  Frederick  County.  He  is 
the  son  of  Ephraim  Stoner  and 

Margaret  (Smith)  Stoner.  He 

married  Gertrude  C.  Mead  in  Los  Angeles,  March 
26,  1896. 

Dr.  Stoner  studied  in  the  schools  of  his  native 
town  and  was  graduated  from  the  high  school  in 
1887.  Three  years  later  he  removed  to  Los  An- 
geles, California,  and  entered  the  Medical  Depart- 
ment of  the  University  of  California.  He  finished 
the  course  in  three  years  and  was  graduated  with 
the  degree  of  M.  D.  in  1893. 

Immediately  upon  leaving  college,  Dr.  Stoner 
began  the  practice  of  his  profession  in  Los  An- 
geles, becoming  associated  with  Dr.  Henry  Worth- 
ington,  a  pioneer  practitioner  of  Los  Angeles  City 
and  County.  He  remained  with  Dr.  Worthington 
for  four  or  five  years.  At  the  end  of  that  period 
Dr.  Worthington  died. 

Dr.  Stoner  has  continued  in  the  practice  of 
general  medicine  and  surgery  with  especial  at- 
tention to  sanitation  and  preventive  medicine. 

He  expects  within  the  near  future  to  spend  a 
year  abroad  studying  and  visiting  the  clinics  of 
London,  Paris  and  Berlin. 

Dr.  Stoner  is  interested  in  the  Mt.  Diablo  Oil 
Company  of  Los  Angeles,  and  for  more  than  ten 
years  has  been  a  director  of  that  company.  An- 
other organization  in  which  he  is  a  heavy  stock- 
holder is  the  California  National  Life  Insurance 
Company  of  San  Diego,  California.  He  is  chief 
medical  examiner  for  the  company  and  other  in- 
surance companies. 

Dr.  Stoner  is  a  member  of  numerous  medical 
and  scientific  societies,  and  in  addition  belongs  to 
the  Elks  and  Fraternal  Order  of  Eagles,  Sierra 
Madre,  and  Jonathan  Club  of  Los  Angeles. 


THOMAS    H.    FRANKLIN 

RAN  KLIN,  THOMAS  HENRY, 
Lawyer,  San  Antonio,  Tex.,  was 
born  in  Ascension  Parish,  La., 
March  4,  1854,  the  son  of  George 
Anson  Franklin  and  Mary  J.  (Clif- 
ton) Franklin.  On  his  father's 
side  he  is  descended  from  an  old  Maryland  family 
and  on  his  mother's  comes  from  the  Pickens  family 
of  South  Carolina.  He  married  Marianna  Jackson, 
of  Worcester  County,  Md.,  at  Baltimore,  Jan.  18, 
1883,  and  they  had  two  children,  a  son,  J.  Clifton, 
now  deceased,  and  a  daughter  Marianna  Catherine 
Franklin. 

Mr.  Franklin's  education  was  confined  to  private 
schools.  He  read  law  and  in  1874  was  admitted  to 
practice  in  Louisiana.  Began  practice  in  Donald- 
sonville,  La.,  partner  of  Felix  Poche,  subsequently 
Judge  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  Louisiana.  In  Jan- 
uary, 1876,  he  moved  to  Texas,  becoming  partner  of 
Major  W.  O.  Hutchison,  in  San  Marcos.  During 
years  1881  and  1882  was  District  Attorney  for  the 
Judicial  District  composed  of  Blanco,  Hays,  Cald- 
well,  Bastrop,  Fayette  and  Austin  Counties.  Moved 
to  San  Antonio  in  1885,  going  into  partnership  with 
Fred  Cocke  and  Leroy  G.  Denman.  Mr.  Cocke  re- 
tired, and  Judge  Denman  became  a  Justice  of  the 
Supreme  Court  of  Texas  in  1894.  He  resigned  five 
years  later  and  re-entered  partnership  with  Mr. 
Franklin.  The  firm  is  now  Denman,  Franklin  & 
McGown. 

Mr.  Franklin  has  served  as  President  of  the 
State  Bar  Association  and  is  a  member  of  the 
American  Academy  of  Social  and  Political  Science, 
American  Peace  and  Arbitration  League,  Texas 
State  Historical  Society,  Municipal  League,  Na- 
tional Child  Labor  Commission,  Metropolitan  Mu- 
seum of  Art  and  others. 

Clubs :  National  Arts  and  Reform,  of  N.  Y. ;  San 
Antonio,  Travis,  S.  A.  Country,  International  S.  A. 
Press,  Casino,  Turnverein  and  Beethoven. 


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W.    H.    O'BRYAN 

'BRYAN,  WILLIAM  H.,  Land  In- 
vestments, Los  Angeles,  Cal.,  was 
born  in  Oakfield,  Wis.,  April  25, 
1868,  the  son  of  William  O'Bryan 
and  Elizabeth  (Putman)  O'Bryan. 
He  married  Lilore  Keese  at  Santa 
Rosa,  Cal.,  in  1895.  There  are  three  children,  Wil- 
liam Cedric,  Lyndal  and  Elise  O'Bryan. 

He  was  educated  in  the  common  schools  of  Min- 
nesota up  to  the  age  of  17.  Afterwards  he  became  a 
school  teacher  and  taught  intermittently  in  Minne- 
sota and  South  Dakota  until  the  age  of  21.  In  1890 
he  went  to  Lead,  S.  D.,  and  was  associated  with  the 
Homestake  Co.,  one  of  the  most  famous  of  the 
world's  mining  companies.  During  the  years  1892 
and  1893  he  was  engaged  in  newspaper  work  in 
Deadwood,  S.  D.  After  four  years  in  the  gold  dis- 
trict of  the  Black  Hills  he  went  to  California,  ar- 
riving at  Santa  Rosa  in  1894,  where  he  was  engaged 
in  severa  industrial  enterprises  until  the  year  1900, 
when  he  located  in  Los  Angeles.  Since  arriving 
there  he  has  been  chiefly  interested  in  the  develop- 
ment of  agricultural  communities,  having  first 
taken  an  active  part  in  the  colonization  of  the  Im- 
perial Valley  in  California,  and  later  taking  up  the 
development  and  colonization  of  large  tracts  of  land 
in  the  San  Joaquin  Valley,  notably  on  the  great 
Kern  River  Delta,  comprising  something  more  than 
100,000  acres,  nearly  every  acre  of  which  has  passed 
under  nis  hands,  the  two  most  noted  colonies  placed 
thereon  being  the  white  colony  at  Alpaugh  and  the 
exclusive  colored  colony  at  Allensworth. 

He  is  now  arranging  to  extend  his  operations  to 
Central  and  South  American  countries,  which  af- 
ford much  greater  opportunities  for  successful  de- 
velopment and  ultimate  colonization.  He  is  the 
controlling  factor  in  several  development  com- 
panies. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Union  League  Club  of 
San  Francisco. 


DR.    FRED    C.    SHURTLEFF 

HURTLEFF,  FRED  C.,  Surgeon, 
Los  Angeles,  California,  was  born 
at  Somerset,  Massachusetts,  Octo- 
ber 18,  1867,  the  son  of  Frank  A. 
Shurtleff,  M.  D.,  and  Abbie 
(Davis)  Shurtleff.  William  A. 
Shurtleff,  the  first  ancestor  of  the  name  in  Amer- 
ica, came  over  with  the  Pilgrim  Fathers  in  1620,  in 
the  Mayflower.  He  was  the  first  practicing  sur- 
veyor on  American  soil.  Dr.  Shurtleff  married 
Wencesloa  Flores,  November  17,  1897,  at  Los  An- 
geles. They  have  one  son,  Frederico  L.  Shurtleff. 

Dr.  Shurtleff  studied  in  the  Fall  River,  Mass., 
high  school,  and  at  the  University  of  the  City  of 
New  York.  He  practiced  at  the  Long  Island  Col- 
lege Hospital  of  Brooklyn,  New  York,  where  he 
received  his  M.  D.  in  1891,  and  then  was  profes- 
sor of  surgery  at  the  Boston  College  of  Physicians 
and  Surgeons. 

After  three  years  he  removed  to  Indian  Ter- 
ritory and  was  railway  surgeon  for  the  Santa  Fe 
and  the  Rock  Island  and  Choctaw  railroads,  and 
deputy  sheriff  and  emergency  surgeon  for  the 
man-hunting  posses  of  the  territory.  He  moved 
to  Los  Angeles  in  1896,  and  opened  an  office  for 
the  practice  of  medicine.  He  also  went  into  the 
cattle  business  and  was  one  of  the  partners  of 
the  Rancho  Casa  Loma  of  San  Jacinto  and  of  the 
S.  &  M.  Cattle  Ranch.  He  has  a  long  lease  of  19,000 
acres  of  fine  grazing  land  in  Orange  county,  with 
never  less  than  a  thousand  fine  cattle. 

Dr.  Shurtleff  enlisted  in  the  Spanish  War  and 
was  made  major-surgeon  of  the  Spanish-American 
Cavalry;  later  major  and  chief  of  scouts  of  the 
California  rangers.  He  is  a  deputy  sheriff  of  Los 
Angeles  County. 

He  is  a  former  vice  president  of  the  Los  Angeles 
County  Medical  Assn.  and  a  former  president  of  the 
Los  Angeles  Academy  of  Medicine.  He  is  also  the 
organizer  of  the  Vaquero  Club  and  a  Mason. 


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CHUYLER,  JAMES  DIX,  Consult- 
ing Hydraulic  Engineer,  Los  An- 
geles, Cal.,  was  born  at  Ithaca,  N. 
Y.,  May  11,  1848,  the  son  of  Philip 
Church  Schuyler  and  Lucy  M. 
(Dix)  Schuyler.  He  married  Mary 
Ingalls  Tuliper,  July  25,  1889,  at  San  Diego,  Cal. 

Mr.   Schuyler  began  his   engineering  career  in 
1869,  on  locating  the  western  end  of  the  Kansas 
Pacific  Railway,  in  the  days  when  it  was  necessary 
to  fight  the  Indians  as  well  as 
to   combat   the   elements    of 
nature    in    a    wild    country. 
Many     thrilling      adventures 
and  hair-breadth  escapes  re- 
sulted, and  in  one  battle  he 
was  seriously  wounded. 

In  1882-83  he  was  appoint- 
ed chief  engineer  and  gen- 
eral superintendent  of  the 
Sinaloa  &  Durango  Railway 
in  Mexico,  returning  to  Cali- 
fornia in  1883  to  avoid  yel- 
low fever.  During  1884-85  he 
built  a  section  of  the  San 
Francisco  sea-wall  as  one  of 
a  firm  of  contractors  and  the 
engineer  in  charge.  In  1890- 
91  he  designed  and  super- 
vised the  building  of  the 
Hemet  dam  in  Riverside 
County,  California,  the  high- 
est masonry  structure  in  the 
State.  During  subsequent 
years  Mr.  Schuyler  devoted 
special  attention  to  hy- 
draulic engineering  in  gen- 
eral, designing  and  building 
water  works  in  many  cities 
and  towns,  including  Denver, 
Colorado;  Portland,  Oregon,  and  numerous  others. 
In  the  years  1903-04-05  he  was  employed 
as  the  consulting  engineer  for  the  build- 
ing of  the  great  dam  on  Snake  River  at  the  head  of 
the  Twin  Falls  Canal,  probably  the  largest  irriga- 
tion system  in  America,  and  held  a  similar  relation 
to  the  American  Beet  Sugar  Co.  in  California  and 
Colorado  during  a  period  of  nine  years  of  irrigation 
and  water  supply  development.  In  the  course  of  his 
long  practice  he  has  been  called  upon  to  act  in  an 
advisory  capacity  for  a  very  large  number  of  irri- 
gation projects,  power  development  projects  and 
domestic  water-supply  works  throughout  Western 
America,  and  in  the  midst  of  his  other  activities  he 
made  such  a  specialty  of  the  constructing  of  dams 
by  the  interesting  and  novel  process  of  hydraulic 
sluicing  as  to  have  become  a  recognized  authority 
among  engineers  the  world  over  on  that  subject. 
One  of  his  first  works  of  this  type  was  the  Lake 
Francis  Dam,  built  for  the  Bay  Counties  Power 
Company  in  Yuba  County,  California. 

As  consulting  engineer  of  the  Great  Western 
Power  Co.  of  California,  he  was  foremost  in  point- 
ing out  the  rare  possibilities  of  a  project  which  has 
since  become  the  largest  power  development  in  the 
State.  Much  of  his  time  has  been  engaged  in  plan- 
ning and  building  extensive  works  for  power  and 
irrigation  in  Mexico,  Hawaii,  Japan,  Brazil  and 


JAMES  D.  SCHUYLER 


throughout  the  Western  States  of  America.  In  1907 
Mr.  Schuyler  was  a  member  of  a  board  of  three 
consulting  engineers  selected  to  report  on  the  plans 
for  the  Los  Angeles  Aqueduct,  bringing  water  from 
the  Owens  River,  a  distance  of  some  250  miles. 
Changes  in  location  of  the  aqueduct  which  were 
suggested  by  him  and  subsequently  adopted  at  the 
recommendation  of  the  board,  resulted  in  a  saving 
of  some  twenty-five  miles  of  heavy  construction, 
which  would  have  cost  several  millions.  This  is 
generally  regarded  as  the 
most  distinguished  service 
he  has  accomplished  for  the 
public,  a  service  meeting 
with  fullest  recognition  by 
those  familiar  with  the  facts. 
He  was  consulting  engi- 
neer to  Waialua  Plantation, 
Hawaii,  on  the  construction 
of  the  highest  dam  on  the 
islands,  chiefly  built  by  sluic- 
ing; was  also  consulting  en- 
gineer for  Territorial  Gov- 
ernment of  Hawaii  on  Nuu- 
anu  dam,  Honolulu,  and  for 
U.  S.  Indian  Bureau  on  build- 
ing of  Zuni  dam,  New  Mex- 
ico. He  was  consulting  engi- 
neer for  the  British  Colum- 
bia Electric  Ry.  Co.  and  Van- 
couver Power  Co.  on  dam 
construction,  the  reclama- 
tion of  swamp  lands,  etc. 

Mr.  Schuyler  was  appoint- 
ed in  January,  1909,  by  Pres- 
ident Roosevelt  to  accom- 
pany President-elect  Taft  to 
Panama  as  one  of  seven  en- 
gineers to  report  on  canal 
plans,  the  Gatun  dam,  etc. 
The  unanimous  report  of  this  board  of  en- 
gineers was  in  favor  of  carrying  out  the  plan 
adopted  by  Congress  for  a  lock-canal,  but  recom- 
mended a  modification  of  the  height  and  slopes  of 
the  Gatun  dam,  lowering  it  by  twenty  feet. 

Mr.  Schuyler  is  past  vice  president,  American 
Society  of  Civil  Engineers;  member,  Institution  of 
Civil  Engineers  of  London,  Eng.;  Technical  Society 
of  Pacific  Coast,  Engineers  and  Architects'  Assn.  of 
So.  Cal.,  Franklin  Institute,  American  Geographical 
Society.  He  is  author  of  "Reservoirs  for  Irrigation, 
Water  Power  and  Domestic  Water  Supply,"  a  work 
on  dams,  of  600  quarto  pages,  published  by  John 
Wiley  &  Sons,  1908  (Revised  and  Enlarged),  a  stan- 
dard work  on  this  subject,  being  the  especial  author- 
ity on  the  use  of  sluicing  in  dam  construction.  Also 
author  of  numerous  contributions  to  engineering  so- 
cieties, two  of  which  won  the  Thos.  Fitch  Rowland 
prize  in  the  American  Society  of  Civil  Engineers.  He 
has  written  various  reports  for  the  U.  S.  Geological 
Survey,  published  at  different  times  in  public  docu- 
ments,'as  well  as  sundry  reports  on  irrigation  for 
the  State  of  California.  He  is  a  charter  member  of 
the  California  Club  of  Los  Angeles  and  a  member  of 
the  Union  League  Club  of  Los  Angeles.  He  went  to 
California  in  1873  from  Colorado,  and  took  perma- 
nent residence  in  Los  Angeles  in  1893.  He  is  count- 
ed one  of  the  foremost  engineers  in  the  world. 


Ed.   Note:     Mr.  Schuyler  died  Sept.,  1912. 


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RYOR,  ISAAC  THOMAS,  Banking, 
Lands  and  Live  Stock,  San  An- 
tonio, Texas,  was  born  at  Tampa, 
Florida,  June  22,  1852,  the  son  of 
David  Christopher  Pryor  and 
Emma  Almira  (McKissack)  Pryor. 
He  has  been  twice  married,  his  first  wife,  whom  he 
married  October  1,  1878,  in  Austin,  Texas,  having 
been  Sallie  Rapp.  To  them  three  children  were 
born,  David  M.,  Emma  A.,  and  Isaac  T.  Pryor,  Jr. 
Mr.  Pryor  was  married  a  second  time  at  Columbus, 
Texas,  to  Mrs.  Myra  Stafford  Early,  June  7,  1893. 
He  is  one  of  America's  cattle  kings,  one  of  the 
class  who,  with  the  passing  of  the  pioneer  West, 
are  now  more  often  found  in  romance  than  reality. 
He  came  to  the  great  grass  plains  shortly  after 
the  Civil  War,  and  rode  the  range  when  it  was 
open  from  Texas  to  Montana.  He  was  himself 
one  of  the  men  who  made  the  character  of  the 
cowboy  one  of  the  loved  American  traditions  be- 
cause his  own  nature  was  a  summary  of  all  his 
picturesque  and  sturdy  virtues.  Even  before  the 
days  when  he  had  achieved  wealth,  the  name  of 
Ike  Pryor  was  known  from  the  Canadian  line  to 
the  Gulf  among  the  cow  men,  and  it  was  generally 
spoken  with  affection.  He  had  the  shrewdness,  so 
often  lacking  in  the  frontiersman,  to  grow  with 
the  country.  He  was  not  one  of  those  who  mourned 
when  the  fences  of  civilization  cut  down  the  free- 
dom of  the  range.  He  bought  his  own  land  and 
fenced  his  herds.  He  adapted  himself  intelligently 
to  the  changing  conditions,  even  welcomed  them 
because  he  knew  they  were  for  the  best.  From  the 
cattle  man  of  the  open  range  he  changed  to  the 
cattle  grower  of  the  cultivated  farm,  and  when 
the  cities  began  to  grow  where  his  herds  used  to 
roam  he  became  a  business  man  of  the  modern 
type,  a  president  of  banks  and  insurance  compa- 
nies. He  is  today  one  of  those  Western  business 
men,  not  so  numerous,  who  is  an  interesting  com- 
pound of  pioneer  simplicity  and  modern  industrial 
culture. 

Both  of  Mr.  Pryor's  parents  died  before  the  boy 
was  six  years  old,  and  as  a  result  his  life  has  been 
of  his  own  moulding. 

Mr.  Pryor's  education  was  confined  to  three 
years  attendance  in  the  country  schools  of  Tennes- 
see and  North  Alabama,  and  at  the  age  of  ten  years 
he  was  earning  a  living,  his  first  work  being  as 
news  vender  during  the  Civil  War.  From  1862  to 
1864  he  followed  the  Union  Army,  selling  news- 
papers, and  was  at  the  battles  of  Murfreesboro, 
Chickamauga,  Lookout  Mountain  and  Chattanooga. 

In  1870  Mr.  Pryor  moved  to  Texas  from  the 
northern  part  of  Alabama,  whither  he  went  at  the 
conclusion  of  the  war,  and  located  on  a  farm  near 
Austin,  where  he  worked  for  fifteen  dollars  a 
month.  After  a  year  of  this  he  embarked  in  the 
occupation  of  driving  cattle  from  Texas  to  the 
Northwestern  States  and  Territories  and  thus  en- 
tered the  business  in  which  he  was  destined  later 


to  stand  out  as  one  of  the  greatest  leaders.  From 
cowboy  he  became  a  rancher  and  later,  by  pro- 
pressive  methods,  acquired  the  ownership  of  thou- 
sands of  acres  with  herds  of  cattle  numbering  five 
figures. 

"Ike"  Pryor,  as  he  is  affectionately  called  by  his 
friends  and  the  name  by  which  he  is  known  in  all 
parts  of  the  country,  stands  at  the  very  top  of  the 
cattle  industry  in  the  United  States,  and  has  been 
a  forceful  factor  in  the  organization,  regulation  and 
improvement  of  the  business.  He  served  two  years 
as  president  of  the  Texas  Live  Stock  Association, 
three  years  as  President  of  the  Cattle  Raisers'  As- 
sociation of  Texas,  one  year  as  chairman  of  the  Ex- 
ecutive Committee  of  the  Trans-Mississippi  Com- 
mercial Congress,  one  year  as  its  president,  one 
year  as  chairman  of  its  Congressional  Committee, 
and  he  was  chairman  of  the  Live  Stock  Transpor- 
tation Association,  which  secured  the  amendment 
twenty-eight-hour  law  to  thirty-six  hours  in  which 
stock  could  remain  aboard  cars.  During  the 
Roosevelt  administration  he  was  one  of  the  men  at 
the  head  of  the  American  Live  Stock  Association 
when  that  body  engaged  in  the  notable  struggle 
with  the  railroad  for  efficient  service  and  finally 
compelled  them  to  furnish  cattle  cars  when  wanted. 

In  these  various  offices  he  has  been  an  untiring 
worker  for  the  good  of  the  business,  and  it  is  due 
largely  to  his  experience  and  ability  that  the  trade 
has  been  put  on  its  present  high  plane. 

In  addition  t  ohis  cattle  interests,  Mr.  Pryor  Is 
a  heavy  land  owner  and  is  actively  engaged  in  that 
business.  He  also  has  holdings  in  other  concerns, 
•  including  banks,  insurance  and  development  proj- 
ects. He  is  president  of  the  Mascot  Land  and  Cat- 
tle Company;  president  of  the  Texas  Surety  and 
Insurance  Company  of  San  Antonio;  president  of 
the  Zavala  Lan  dand  Water  Company,  San  Antonio; 
vice  president  of  the  Evans-Snyder-Buel  Company, 
live  stock  commissioners,  with  offices  in  Kansas 
City,  St.  Louis,  San  Antonio,  Fort  Worth  and  other 
great  cattle  centers.  He  is  vice  president  of  R.  E. 
Stafford  &  Company,  bankers,  Columbus,  Texas;  is 
ex-president  of  the  Texas  and  Colorado  Land  and 
Cattle  Co.;  ex-president  of  the  Stafford  Land  and 
Cattle  Co.;  ex-president  of  the  City  National  Bank 
of  San  Antonio.  He  was  formerly  manager  of  the 
King  County  Land  and  Cattle  Co.  and  of  Pryor 
Brothers  &  Co.,  but  relinquished  these  on  account 
of  his  numerous  other  duties. 

During  his  many  years  of  active  business  life, 
Mr.  Pryor  has  been  in  a  multitude  of  ventures,  but 
a  large  proportion  of  them  he  has  been  compelled 
to  give  up  because  he  could  not  find  time  to  attend 
to  them  all.  Mr.  Pryor  is  a  millionaire  several 
times  over  and  enjoys  a  remarkable  popularity  in 
his  home  State  and  in  business  circles  at  large. 
He  has  been  urged  time  and  again  by  the  news- 
papers and  hordes  of  friends  to  run  for  Governor  of 
Texas,  but  he  has  steadfastly  declined  because  he 
does  not  care  for  politics. 


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ANNER,  WILSON  GUSTIN,  In- 
vestments, Los  Angeles,  Califor- 
nia, was  born  in  Preble  County, 
Ohio,  April  7,  1857,  the  son  of 
Michael  L.  Tanner  and  Mary 
(Banta)  Tanner.  He  married 
Emma  Miller  at  Dayton,  Ohio,  April  20,  1882,  and 
to  them  there  were  born  two  children,  Mary  (de- 
ceased) and  Flora  Tanner.  The  Tanner  family  was 
prominent  in  Virginia  for  many  generations  and 
Mr.  Tanner's  father,  who  represented  a  wholesale 
grocery  firm  for  many  years,  was  among  the  lead- 
ing members-  of  the  Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  and  a 
supporter  of  the  Republican  party  in  Ohio. 

Mr.  Tanner,  whose  family  moved  to  Dayton, 
Ohio,  when  he  was  about  eight  years  old,  received 
his  education  in  the  public  schools  of  that  city.  He 
gave  up  his  studies  when  he  was  sixteen,  but  from 
the  time  he  was  twelve  years  of  age  until  he  was 
fourteen,  had  spent  his  vacation  months  working 
as  a  clerk,  and  from  fourteen  to  eighteen  devoted 
most  of  his  time  to  farming.  At  the  age  of  seven- 
teen, however,  Mr.  Tanner  was  teaching  in  a  win- 
ter school,  an  occupation  which  he  followed  for 
about  three  years. 

When  he  was  twenty  years  of  age  he  became 
bookkeeper  for  a  firm  in  Dayton,  and  three  years 
later  was  superintendent  of  the  book  store  depart- 
ment of  the  United  Brethren  Publishing  Company 
in  that  city.  He  filled  this  position  for  eight  years, 
resigning  at  the  end  of  that  time  to  engage  in  the 
banking  business  as-  Cashier  for  the  Mutual  Home 
&  Savings  Association. 

In  1892,  after  four  years  as  Cashier  of  the  above 
named  concern,  Mr.  Tanner  went  into  business  for 
himself,  forming  a  partnership  with  August  F. 
Diers  in  the  shoe  business,  under  the  firm  name 
of  Diers  &  Tanner.  Mr.  Tanner  was  very  success- 
ful in  this  venture  and  attained  a  place  among  the 
leading  business  men  of  Dayton,  but  at  the  end  of 
about  five  years  was  compelled  to  retire  from  busi- 
ness on  account  of  ill  health,  and  so  disposed  of  his 
interest  to  his  partner. 

In  1897,  shortly  after  retiring  from  the  shoe 
business,  Mr.  Tanner  moved  to  California,  where 
he  first  located  at  San  Diego.  He  only  re- 
mained there  a  short  time,  however,  moving  to 
Los  Angeles  to  take  a  position  as  assistant  buyer 
for  the  shoe  department  of  a  large  department 
store  there.  He  retained  this  position  about  four 
years,  resigning  to  accept  appointment  as  instruc- 
tor in  the  Los  Angeles  Commercial  High  School. 
He  was  placed  at  the  head  of  the  Bookkeeping 
and  Commercial  Arithmetic  Department  and  served 
for  about  four  years. 

In  1904  Mr.  Tanner  became  Cashier  of  the  Dol- 
lar Savings  Bank  &  Trust  Company  of  Los  An- 
geles, and  when  that  institution  was  merged  in 
1907  with  the  Park  Bank  he  was  retained  in  the 
same  capacity  for  some  time,  later  being  appointed 
Vice  President.  He  retained  this  office  until  Oc- 


tober, 1912,  when  he  resigned  to  devote  his  atten- 
tion to  other  affairs. 

Mr.  Tanner's  chief  interest,  since  severing  his 
connection  with  the  bank,  has  been  in  the  Pyra- 
mid Investment  Company,  of  which  he  is  Secretary 
a,nd  Manager.  He  was  one  of  the  organizers  of  this 
company,  which  was  incorporated  in  September, 
1911,  and  has  been  a  potential  factor  in  its  success. 
The  company,  which  includes  among  its  officers 
and  directors  men  prominent  in  business  and  pro- 
fessional circles  of  Los  Angeles-,  was  formed  for 
the  purpose  of  engaging  in  a  general  real  estate 
business,  but  more  especially  in  what  is  known  in 
Los  Angeles  as  "home  building  business." 

In  this  latter  field  it  has  become  part  of  the 
unique  system  of  development  which  is  adding 
largely  to  the  population  of  Los  Angeles  and  giving 
it  place  among  the  leading  home  cities  of  the 
United  States.  Within  recent  years  thousands 
of  homes  have  been  built  by  these  companies  and 
sold  to  the  public  on  easy  terms,  with  the  result 
that  many  persons  of  small  means  have  been  en- 
abled to  have  their  own  homes,  a  fact  which  has 
given  the  population  of  the  city  more  permanency 
than  any  other  single  influence.  Mr.  Tanner  en- 
tered into  the  work  of  his  company  with  enthu- 
siasm, having  in  charge  the  subdivision  of  various 
tracts  of  land  into  residence  sites  and  the  building 
thereon  of  attractive  bungalow  homes. 

Mr.  Tanner  has  never  been  active  in  politics, 
but  has  taken  a  keen  interest  in  religious  and 
uplift  work  during  the  greater  part  of  his  life. 
While  a  resident  of  Dayton,  Ohio,  he  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Board  of  Trade,  served  as  Chairman  of 
the  Board  of  Trustees  and  class  leader  of  the  High 
Street  United  Brethren  Church.  For  fifteen  years 
he  was  a  member  of  the  Board  of  Directors  of  the 
Young  Men's  Christian  Association  of  that  city. 
Upon  transferring  his  residence  to  Southern  Cali- 
fornia he  continued  his  interest  in  these  matters 
and  has  been  one  of  the  prominent  workers  in 
church  circles.  For  twelve  years  he  has  been  Su- 
perintendent of  the  First  United  Brethren  Sunday 
School,  is  First  Vice  Chairman  of  the  Executive 
Committee  of  the  Los  Angeles  Young  Men's  Chris- 
tian Association,  and  a  member  of  the  Central  Com- 
mittee of  the  Sunday  School  Association  of  South- 
ern California.  He  also  is  Treasurer  of  the  Los 
Angeles  County  Sunday  School  Association. 

Mr.  Tanner,  whose  work  has  always  been  char- 
acterized by  a  spirit  of  absolute  fairness,  is  highly 
regarded  in  business  circles  as  a  man  of  honesty 
and  integrity,  and  in  addition  to  his  labors  for  the 
church,  takes  great  interest  in  fraternal  affairs. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Free  and  Accepted  Masons, 
a  Knight  Templar,  Odd  Fellow,  and  member  of  the 
Independent  Order  of  Foresters.  He  also  belongs 
to  the  Junior  Order  of  United  American  Mechanics. 
His  clubs  are  the  Union  League  and  Federation,  of 
Los  Angeles. 


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HEELER,  ROY  BRADLEY,  Bond&, 
Los  Angeles,  California,  was  born 
in  Appleton,  Wisconsin,  Septem- 
ber 27,  1882,  the  son  of  Nathaniel 
Milliman  Wheeler  and  Clara 
(Bradley)  Wheeler.  He  married 
Helen  Angeline  Stoughton  at  Pasadena,  Cali- 
fornia, November  1,  1911.  He  is  of  New  England 
ancestry,  the  early  members  of  his  family  hav- 
ing settled  in  Connecticut  in  1646.  They  were 
farmers  and  later,  when  the 
family  scattered  to  New  York, 
this  still  formed  the  chief 
pur&uit  of  the  men.  Various 
members  of  the  Wheeler  fam- 
ily served  in  the  Revolution- 
ary War  in  Connecticut  and 
New  York  companies. 

Mr.  Wheeler  was  taken  to 
Los  Angeles  by  his  parents 
when  he  was  a  child  three 
years  of  age  and  the  greater 
part  of  his  life  has  been  spent 
in  that  city.  He  attended 
the  public  schools  of  Los  An- 
geles and  Pa&adena  until  his 
twelfth  year,  then  became  a 
student  in  Belmont  School  at 
Belmont,  California,  graduat- 
ing in  the  class  of  1900.  For 
a  year  following  he  traveled 
in  Europe,  but  returning  to 
the  United  States  in  1901  he 
entered  Harvard  University 
and  was  graduated  in  1905 
with  the  degree  of  Bachelor 
of  Arts. 

At  the  conclusion  of  his 
college  career,  Mr.  Wheeler 

made  a  second  trip  to  Europe  and  spent  the  Sum- 
mer of  1905  in  travel.  Returning  to  Los  Angeles, 
he  entered  the  newspaper  business  as  a  reporter 
on  the  Los  Angeles  Times.  With  his  splendid 
education  and  experience  gained  by  travel  added 
to  a  natural  talent  for  the  work  he  became  a  pro- 
ficient newspaper  man  and  was  promoted  to  va- 
rious editorships  within  a  comparatively  brief 
period.  At  one  time  he  held  the  desk  of  Automo- 
bile Editor  and  later  was  Literary  Editor  of  the 
Times. 

Mr.  Wheeler  was  in  the  employ  of  the  Times 
for  about  three  years,  but  he  found  editorial  work 
too  confining,  and  took  a  trip  to  the  Hawaiian 
I&lands  for  a  stay  of  several  months  in  Honolulu 
and  other  parts  of  the  Islands. 

Instead  of  returning  to  the  newspaper  business, 
however,  he  decided  to  go  into  the  financial  field 
and  his  judgment  has  been  more  than  verified  by 
the  success  he  has  attained  within  a  few  years  in 
that  line  of  activity.  He  began  on  January  1,  1909, 
by  entering  the  firm  of  James  H.  Adams  &  Com- 


ROY   BRADLEY   WHEELER 


pany,  one  of  the  leading  stock  and  bond  banking 
houses  of  the  West,  and  fourteen  months  later  be- 
came a  member  of  the  company.  Upon  a  change 
in  the  organization  of  the  company  in  December, 

1911,  he  was  made  Assistant  Secretary.     In  July, 

1912,  Mr.  Adams  retired  from  business  and  the  old 
firm  was  succeeded  by  the  new  house  of  Torrance, 
Marshall   &   Company,  of  which   Mr.   Wheeler   be- 
came Secretary  and  Treasurer. 

In  this  company  Mr.  Wheeler  is  associated  with 
some  of  the  most  powerful 
financiers  of  the  West  and 
with  them  is  engaged  in  va- 
rious development  projects. 
As  large  operators  in  bonds, 
the  company  has  financed  a 
vast  number  of  corporations 
and  Mr.  Wheeler  is  either  a 
Director  or  Secretary  in  a 
great  many  of  them.  He  is 
Secretary  of  the  Dominguez 
Land  Company,  Southern  Ex- 
tension Company,  Western 
Fireproof  Building  Company, 
Merchants'  Fireproof  Build- 
ing Company,  South  Park 
Land  Company,  Ventura 
County  Power  Company,  S'an 
Miguel  Company,  Whittier 
Extension  Company,  Fontana 
Water  Company,  Fontana 
Land  &  Water  Company, 
Grand  Canyon  Cattle  Com- 
pany and  the  Nadeau  Exten- 
sion Company. 

Besides  holding  these  of- 
fices, he  is  a  Director  of 
the  following:  Mercantile 
Fireproof  Building  Company, 

Western  Extension  Company,  Standard  Fireproof 
Building  Company,  Traders'  Fireproof  Building  Com- 
pany, Fontana  Company,  Interurban  Land  Company, 
Fontana  Development  Company,  Southern  Counties 
Gas  Company  of  California  and  the  Fontana  Union 
Water  Company.  He  is  also  President  of  the  Rialto 
Domestic  Water  Company  and  Tract  349  Mutual 
Water  Company. 

Practically  all  of  the  business  enterprises  with 
which  Mr.  Wheeler  is  identified  are  ones  that  have 
a  substantial  bearing  upon  the  development  of  the 
Southwest.  The  land  and  water  companies  are  in 
reality,  the  backbone  of  progress  in  Southern  Cali- 
fornia and  wonderful  strides  are  being  made 
through  the  agency  of  such  companies  as  those 
with  which  Mr.  Wheeler  is  identified.  The  great 
majority  of  these  companies  are  in  active  operation. 
Mr.  Wheeler  finds  time  to  take  an  interest  in 
other  works,  being  a  member  of  the  American  Eco- 
nomic Assn.  and  the  National  Geographic  Society. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  University  Club,  Annan- 
dale  Country  Club  and  Los  Angeles  Country  Club. 


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UCE,  EDGAR  AUGUSTINE,  Attor- 
ney at  Law,  San  Diego,  California, 
was  born  in  that  city  May  20, 
1881,  the  son  of  Moses  Augustine 
Luce  and  Adelaide  (Montania) 
Luce. 

Mr.  Luce  attended  the  public  schools  of  his  na- 
tive city  and  was  graduated  from  the  High  School 
in  the  class  of  1899.  The  following  year  he  en- 
tered Leland  Stanford,  Jr.  University,  at  Palo  Alto, 
California,  and  was  gradu- 
ated from  the  Law  Depart- 
ment in  1905  with  the  degree 
of  Bachelor  of  Arts. 

Immediately  after  gradu- 
ating, Mr.  Luce  was  admitted 
to  the  practice  of  law  and 
began  in  September,  1905,  as 
a  member  of  the  firm  of 
Luce,  Sloane  &  Luce,  of 
which  his  father,  a  leading 
member  of  the  San  Diego 
Bar,  was  the  senior  member. 
He  was  quickly  recognized  as 
an  unusually  capable  attor- 
ney, and  after  four  years  of 
practice,  was  appointed  Dep- 
uty City  Attorney  and  City 
Prosecutor  of  San  Diego. 

Mr.  Luce  was  born  with 
the  instinct  of  political  re- 
form and  even  before  he  left 
college  had  taken  an  active 
interest  in  political  affairs. 
When  he  began  his  profes- 
sional life  in  San  Diego  he 
immediately  entered  into  po- 
litical activity,  espousing  the 
cause  of  the  Progressive  Re- 
publicans. He  was  an  active  factor  in  the  work  of 
the  party  and  one  of  the  most  ardent  agents  for 
reform  in  the  city. 

It  was  Mr.  Luce's  sincere  efforts  in  this  direc- 
tion which  caused  his  appointment  to  the  office  of 
City  Prosecutor  of  San  Diego  and  during  the  period 
he  held  this  post,  was  instrumental,  with  the  city's 
efficient  Police  Department,  in  making  the  city  one 
of  the  cleanest,  from  a  moral  standpoint,  in  the 
United  States.  He  took  up  the  prosecution  of 
illicit  liquor  traffic  and  other  social  evils,  and  the 
result  of  his  work  was  a  permanent  civic  reforma- 
tion, making  the  city  one  of  the  most  attractive 
municipalities  in  the  country. 

Among  his  other  political  activities,  Mr.  Luce 
was  one  of  the  active  leaders  in  the  movement  and 
successful  campaign  for  a  charter  amendment  that 
gave  to  San  Diego  the  Commission  form  of  govern- 
ment. This  was  the  first  city  in  California  to  adopt 
that  form  of  municipal  administration. 

Mr.  Luce  was  also  one  of  the  organizers,  in 
1906,  of  the  Roosevelt  Republican  League  of  San 


EDGAR  A.  LUCE 


Diego,  which  has  for  its  purpose  the  overthrow  of 
the  local  political  machine  of  the  city.  In  1907  the 
members  of  this  club  formed  themselves  into  the 
Lincoln-Roosevelt  Republican  League  of  San  Diego 
and  became  a  part  of  the  State-wide  movement 
bearing  that  name.  Mr.  Luce  was  elected  Secre- 
tary of  the  League,  which  position  he  has  occupied 
ever  since.  He  was  a  tireless  worker  in  behalf  of 
Hiram  Johnson,  who  was  elected  Governor  of  Cali- 
fornia in  1910,  and  who  two  years  later  was  nomi- 
nated for  Vice  President  of 
the  United  States  on  the  Pro- 
gressive Republican,  or 
"Bull  Moose"  ticket  with 
Theodore  Roosevelt.  Mr. 
Luce  took  the  stump  and 
made  numerous  addresses  in 
behalf  of  his  candidate.  Pos- 
sessed of  unusual  resource- 
fulness as  a  speaker,  he  was 
one  of  the  strong  men  in  the 
Johnson  ranks. 

While  Mr.  Luce  has  de- 
voted a  large  part  of  his 
time  to  political  affairs,  he 
has  not  neglected  his  pro- 
fessional work  and  ranks  to- 
day among  the  successful 
pleaders  at  the  San  Diego 
Bar.  He  was  a  candidate  for 
the  nomination  for  District 
Attorney  at  the  Republican 
primaries  in  1910,  following 
his  resignation  as  Deputy 
City  Attorney,  but  was  un- 
successful. 

The  firm  of  Luce,  Sloane 
&  Luce  was  changed  in  May, 
1911,  to  Luce  &  Luce,  with 

Mr.  Luce  and  his  father  sharing  the  duties  of  the 
office.  In  addition  to  his  legal  work,  Mr.  Luce 
has  become  actively  interested  in  various  business 
concerns  in  San  Diego,  as  stockholder,  officer  or 
attorney. 

He  is  Secretary  and  Director  of  the  Progressive 
Building  Company,  Director  of  the  Golden  Hill 
Land  and  Building  Company,  Director  of  the  Land 
and  Investment  Company,  and  a  Director  of  the 
Frank  Turnbull  Company.  He  also  acts  as  asso- 
ciate legal  adviser  to  several  others. 

Mr.  Luce  takes  a  prominent  part  in  all  move- 
ments having  for  their  object  the  improvement  of 
San  Diego  and  is  one  of  active  workers  in  the  San 
Diego  Civic  Association,  leading  or  supporting  vari- 
ous progressive  campaigns  of  a  social  or  economic 
charater. 

Mr.  Luce  also  belongs  to  a  number  cf  fraternal 
and  social  organizations,  including  the  San  Diego 
Country  Club,  University  Club,  San  Diego  Rowing 
Club,  the  Benevolent  and  Protective  Order  of  Elks 
and  the  Native  Sons  of  the  Golden  West,  San  Diego 
Parlor. 


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OW,  WILBER  OLIN,  Real  Estate 
and  Investments,  Los  Angeles, 
California,  was  born  in  Minneap- 
olis, Minnesota,  September  21, 
1860,  the  son  of  Justin  Sylvanius 
Dow  and  Naomi  (Moore)  Dow. 
His  grandfather  was  John  Wesley  Dow,  a  noted 
Methodist  clergyman  descended  of  Lorenzo  Dow, 
the  noted  ecclesiast,  who  served  the  Methodist 
Church  for  many  years  in  the  early  part  of  the 
Eighteenth  century  and  later  became  an  interna- 
tional figure  through  his  joining  the  Catholic 
Church  and  because  of  his  eccentricities  and  zeal. 
Mr.  Dow  married  Irene  Eladsit  Bowen  at  Santa 
Cruz,  California,  December  26,  1886,  and  to  them 
there  have  been  born  five  children,  Tisdale,  Justin, 
Wilber  O.,  Jr.,  Naomi  A.  (deceased),  lone  E.  and 
Adelaide  D.  Dow. 

Mr.  Dow  received  the  first  part  of  his  education 
in  the  public  schools  of  Minneapolis  and  continued 
his  studies  at  intervals  on  the  Pacific  Coast,  attend- 
ing school  in  San  Mateo,  California,  Pescadero  and 
Los  Angeles.  He  was  graduated  from  the  Los  An- 
geles Business  College  in  1878,  when  he  was  less 
than  eighteen  years  of  age- 
Mr.  Dow,  whose  life  has  been  a  progression 
of  successes  won  by  hard  work,  has  risen  from 
chore  boy  on  a  farm  to  the  direction  of  a  corpo- 
ration with  a  million  dollars  of  capital  and  is  today 
engaged  in  one  of  the  most  gigantic  home-building 
enterprises  in  the  Southwest,  where  all  records  in 
this  respect  have  been  shattered  within  recent 
years.  He  spent  his  early  days  upon  the  farm  of 
his  father  and  moved  with  his  parents,  in  1875, 
to  California.  At  that  time  the  Southern  Pacific 
was  the  only  main  line  railroad  in  the  State,  al- 
though he  traveled  on  the  Central  Pacific  to  Sac- 
ramento. From  there  the  family  went  to  San  Fran- 
cisco by  boat  and  in  1876  Mr.  Dow  located  in  Los 
Angeles,  then  a  city  of  about  five  thousand  inhab- 
itants. 

During  all  the  time  he  was  attending  school 
Mr.  Dow  was  engaged  in  work  of  one  sort  or  an- 
other, including  farming  and  contracting,  but  when 
he  finished  his  business  course  in  1878  he  went  into 
the  railroad  business  in  the  service  of  the  Southern 
Pacific  Railroad  Company.  His  first  work  was  in 
the  surveying  department,  which  he  followed  for 
several  years,  then  he  became  a  civil  engineer  and 
from  this  went  to  firing  a  locomotive.  He  "fired" 
for  about  seventeen  months  between  Los  Angeles 
and  Tucson,  Arizona,  at  a  time  when  travel  over 
the  desert  in  this  section  was  a  matter  of  hard- 
ship, but  he  stuck  to  his  post  and  was  rewarded 
in  the  early  part  of  1882  with  appointment  as  lo- 
comotive engineer.  He  served  in  this  capacity 
until  the  fall  of  1887,  the  last  two  years  of  this 
time  as  engineer  of  the  "Overland  Limited."  Even 
in  those  early  days  Mr.  Dow  was  noted  as  one  of 
the  most  capable  men  who  sat  at  a  throttle,  he 
having  developed  as  high  as  .seventy-three  miles 
an  hour  with  his  train  at  one  time.  Devotion  to 
duty  has  been  one  of  the  man's  strongest  character- 
istics and  in  his  engineering  days  has  been  known 
to  remain  at  his  post  for  sixty-three  hours  on  a 
stretch,  without  sleep  or  rest. 

While  serving  as  an  engineer,  Mr.  Dow  was  also 
interested  in  a  variety  of  small  commercial  enter- 
prises and  when  he  gave  up  railroading  on  ac- 
count of  ill  health,  he  decided  to  devote  himself 
to  his  private  business.  Within  a  short  time  after 
he  quit  the  road  he  went  into  partnership  with 
Walter  Mallard,  later  Assessor  of  the  city  of  Los 
Angeles,  in  the  wholesale  coal  business,  they  pur- 


chasing the  holdings  of  Mellus  &  Dickerson.  Their 
yards  were  located  at  that  time  on  Fourth  and 
Broadway,  the  principal  retail  thoroughfares  of  Los 
Angeles.  On  the  site  there  now  stands  a  large 
modern  department  store. 

Mr.  Dow  disposed  of  his  interest  in  the  property 
later  and  purchased  the  coal  business  of  Walter 
Maxwell  &  Company,  another  large  wholesale  con- 
cern, and  this  he  conducted  until  1890,  when  he  sold 
out  and  engaged  in  the  real  estate,  mining  and  in- 
vestment business.  He  had  for  a  partner  in  his  realty 
operations  L.  M.  Grider,  and  continued  in  associa- 
tion with  him  for  about  seven  years.  At  that  time 
the  partnership  was  dissolved  and  Mr.  Dow  organ- 
ized the  Dow  Real  Estate  Company,  a  corporation 
of  which  he  was  president.  About  the  same  time 
he  organized  the  Home  Real  Estate  Company,  sub- 
dividing large  tracts  of  land  and  building  homes. 
Both  of  these  ventures  proved  successful,  but  Mr. 
Dow,  in  time,  closed  out  his  interests  and  became 
identified  with  the  Pasadena  Park  &  Improvement 
Company  as  General  Manager,  in  which  capacity 
he  had  charge  of  the  subdivision  of  Pasadena 
Heights,  containing  320  acres. 

Upon  the  completion  of  this  work  Mr.  Dow  sold 
out  his  interest  and  after  four  years,  in  which  he 
looked  after  his  other  investments,  organized  the 
Sunset  Park  Land  Company  and  the  Dow,  Smith 
Company,  in  both  of  which  he  was  President  and 
General  Manager. 

Mr.  Dow  still  is  interested  in  these  companies, 
in  addition  to  the  Central  California  Farms  Com- 
pany, of  which  he  is  Vice  President  and  General 
Manager,  but  the  greatest  work  of  his  life  and  the 
one  to  which  he  devotes  the  greater  part  of  his 
time  at  present  is  the  Railway  Realty  and  Invest- 
ment Company.  This  corporation,  which  was  or- 
ganized by  Mr.  Dow  and  his  associates  in  June, 
1911,  is  unique  in  that  it  is  owned  by  railroad 
men,  operated  by  railroad  men  and  devoted  to  the 
interests  of  railroad  men.  It  is  one  of  the  most 
substantial  and  active  development  corporations 
in  the  United  States,  serving  the  two-fold  purpose 
of  building  homes  and  cultivating  the  agricultural 
resources  of  Southern  California  and  of  providing 
safe  investment  for  the  railroad  man  that  he  may 
have  something  tangible  to  rely  upon  when  "the 
age  limit"  shall  have  put  him  out  of  active  service. 

Within  the  first  nine  months  of  its  operation 
the  company  had  $300,000  of  paid-in  capital  and  had 
declared  four  dividends  on  a  basis  of  twelve  per 
cent  per  annum  and  is  today  engaged  in  the  build- 
ing of  homes  and  the  handling  of  more  than  46,000 
acres  of  fertile  orange  land  in  the  famous  Delano- 
Porterville  orange  district  of  California,  which  is 
being  held  for  the  men  of  the  railway  service. 

Mr.  Dow,  having  spent  so  many  years  in  the 
real  estate  business  in  Los  Angeles,  has  had  an 
active  part  in  the  upbuilding  of  the  city  and  sur- 
rounding territory  and  is  firmly  of  the  opinion  that 
it  will  rank  with  the  great  centers  of  the  world. 

He  has  devoted  a  large  part  of  his  time  to  the 
education  of  his  children  and  one  of  his  sons  is 
today  a  celebrated  artist  and  caricaturist.  He  is 
a  home  lover,  but  at  the  same  time  a  man  of 
affairs.  Always  a  staunch  supporter  of  the  Repub- 
lican party,  he  has  supported  its  candidates  and 
many  years  ago  was  one  of  the  active  campaigners 
in  behalf  of  Milton  Lindley,  candidate  for  County 
Treasurer  of  Los  Angeles. 

Mr.  Dow  was  a  member  of  the  National  Guard 
of  California  for  many  years,  in  Company  A  of  the 
First  Regiment.  He  was  a  charter  member  of  the 
Union  League  of  Los  Angeles. 


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*!  IGHIERA,  LEON  FOR- 
TUNE, Sculptor,  Los  An- 
geles, California,  is  a  native 
of  France,  born  at  Nice,  April 
1,  1872.  He  is  the  son  of 
Louis  Fighiera  and  Rachel  (De  Berio) 
Fighiera,  both  members  of  illustrious  families 
of  France.  He  married  Miss  Louise  Nicolas, 
daughter  of  Pierre  Nicolas,  one  of  Califor- 
nia's pioneer  citizens,  at 
Fullerton,  California,  Jan- 
uary 25,  1909. 

Monsieur  Fighiera  was 
born  in  an  atmosphere  of 
artistic  refinement.  He  be- 
gan the  study  of  his  art 
in  early  childhood  and  has 
devoted  his  life  to  it.  His 
elementary  education  he 
obtained  in  the  schools  of 
Nice,  then  attended  a  pre- 
paratory school  at  Lyons, 
France,  and  from  there 
went  direct  to  the  Acad- 
emic Nationale  des  Beaux 
Arts  in  Paris.  He  was 
graduated  from  there  in 
1899  and  continued  his 
studies  in  the  Royal 
Academy  at  Rome,  from 
which  he  graduated  in 
1902.  After  completing 
his  studies  in  Rome  he 
went  direct  to  Carrara, 
Italy,  there  to  perfect 
himself  in  the  sculpture 
of  marble.  He  was  a  pu- 
pil at  Carrara  of  the  famous  Nicoli  and  was 
sent  forth  by  the  master  a  finished  sculptor. 
Nicoli  was  not  the  only  great  teacher  under 
whom  M.  Fighiera  studied,  for  at  Rome  his 
instructors  were  Signer  Fontana  and  Gan- 
gerie,  while  at  Paris  and  Nice  he  was  a  pupil 
of  Falguiere  and  Borsani.  These  men,  re- 
garded as  modern  masters,  form  the  elite  of 
the  Italian  and  French  sculptors. 

In  1904,  upon  his  return  from  Carrara,  M. 
Fighiera  was  nominated  by  the  Government 
to  serve  in  the  Fourteenth  Corps  d'Armes, 
to  fulfill  the  obligation  devolving  upon  every 
male  citizen  of  France.  His  Government, 
however,  recognized  him  as  an  artist  and  in- 
stead of  exacting  active  military  service  un- 
der arms,  commanded  him  to  give  of  his  tal- 
ent to  the  country.  This  he  did  in  the  shape 
of  a  military  monument,  dedicated  to  the 
Twenty-first,  Ninety-ninth  and  One  Hundred 
and  Fifty-ninth  Regiments  of  Infantry.  This 


LEON  FIGHIERA 


magnificent  piece  of  sculpture,  carved  out  of 
the  beautiful  rose  marble  of  the  Alps,  was 
placed  in  the  Necropolis  of  Gap,  France,  and 
there  stands  today  an  everlasting  tribute  to 
the  artist  and  his  country. 

M.  Fighiera  opened  a  studio  in  the  year 
1905  in  his  native  city — Nice — and  there  cre- 
ated numerous  subjects  which  placed  him 
among  the  leaders  in  the  world  of  art  and  as- 
sured him  of  a  brilliant 
future.  Among  his  prin- 
cipal works  at  that  time 
were  the  Monument  de  la 
Douleur  for  the  Isperti 
family,  in  the  Cemetery 
of  Nice. 

"Penelope,"  in  marble, 
for  M.  Rossi,  of  Nice. 

"Spasme  of  Christ,"  for 
the  Fraternity  of  Peni- 
tents at  Nice. 

"Sauveteur,"  in  bronze, 
for  the  Vicomtesse  Vi- 
gier  d'Oria. 

"Eroe  and  Leandre." 
for  M.  Giroux,  of  Lyons, 
France. 

"Le  Corsaire,"  for  M. 
Meyer,  of  Paris. 

These  represent  only  a 
few  of  the  more  notable 
pieces  created  by  M. 
Fighiera,  but  they  were 
characteristic  of  his  art 
and  gave  him  a  firm  place 
in  the  esteem  of  critics 
and  fellow-artists. 

M.  Fighiera  would  have  continued  his 
career  in  his  native  France  had  not  fate,  in 
the  summer  of  1905,  decreed  that  he  should 
meet,  while  traveling  through  the  country, 
Miss  Louise  Nicolas,  a  beautiful  American 
girl,  daughter  of  a  noted  California  financier. 
Despite  the  entreaties  of  his  parents,  M. 
Fighiera  came  to  America  and  located  in  Los 
Angeles,  December  14,  1908.  Less  than  two 
months  later,  having  been  welcomed  by  his 
fiancee's  family,  they  were  married. 

Soon  after  marriage  M.  Fighiera  went  to 
Salt  Lake  City,  Utah,  to  do  some  commercial 
sculpture,  but  stayed  there  only  about  a  year, 
returning  to  Los  Angeles.  He  opened  the  In- 
ternational Statuary  Company,  which  he  has 
since  sold.  He  then  opened  a  private  studio 
and  as  in  the  past  will  exhibit  his  works  in  the 
International  Salons  and  Academies  of  Art. 
M.  Fighiera  is  a  member,  L.  A.  Chamber 
of  Commerce  and  Los  Angeles  Athletic  Club. 


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ARBER,  RAYMOND  JEN- 
NESS,  Mining  Engineer,  Los 
Angeles,  California,  was  born 
in  Epping,  New  Hampshire, 
August  12,  1884,  the  son  of 
Albert  Oilman  Barber  and  Annie  Estelle 
(Skerrye)  Barber.  The  family  of  Barber  is 
one  of  the  oldest  in  the  United  States,  the  first 
American  ancestor  having  been  Robert  Bar- 
ber, who  emigrated  from 
Yorkshire,  England,  in 
1690,  and  settled  in  Exe- 
ter, New  Hampshire.  The 
line  of  descent  is  traced 
through  his  son  Robert, 
who  married  Sarah  Bean ; 
their  son  Daniel,  who 
married  Sarah  Parsons, 
thence  through  their  son 
Daniel,  who  married  Sa- 
rah Coffin ;  their  son  Dan- 
iel, who  married  Hannah 
Holt  Oilman,  and  their 
son  James,  who  married 
Lucinda  Jenness  and  was 
the  grandfather  of  Ray- 
mond Jenness  Barber. 
Daniel  Barber,  of  the 
third  generation,  became 
a  Lieutenant  in  the  Con- 
tinental Army  and  his  son 
Daniel  also  took  part  in 
the  Revolution,  fighting 
at  the  Battle  of  Bunker 
Hill. 

Ray  J.  Barber  married 
Mabel    Leonard    at    Nor- 
wood, New  York,  June  20,  1906,  and  to  them 
there  have  been  born  two  sons,  Raymond  J., 
Jr.,  and  Cedric  Leonard  Barber. 

Mr.  Barber  received  his  primary  education 
in  the  Bigelow  Grammar  School,  Newton, 
Massachusetts,  then  prepared  for  college  in 
various  institutions.  Removing  to  Los  An- 
geles in  1899,  he  attended  the  High  School 
there  for  a  few  months,  then  went  to  Tilton 
Seminary,  at  Tilton,  New  Hampshire,  and 
followed  this  with  attendance  at  the  Newton, 
Massachusetts,  High  School,  from  which  he 
was  graduated  in  1902.  He  entered  the  Mass- 
achusetts Institute  of  Technology  the  same 
year  and  was  graduated  in  1906. 

Following  the  completion  of  his  studies, 
Mr.  Barber  was  sent  West  by  the  Boston 
Consolidated  Mining  Company,  his  first  posi- 
tion being  in  the  engineering  department  of 
the  comoany's  property  at  Bingham  Canyon, 
Utah.  He  remained  there  only  a  few  months 


RAY  J.   BARBER 


and  upon  finishing  his  task  did  work  in  other 
mining  camps  in  western  United  States  and 
Mexico.  For  the  next  two  years  he  was  not 
permanently  located  at  any  point,  but  moved 
from  one  camp  to  another,  holding  various 
positions  and  familiarizing  himself  with  the 
practical  operation  of  mines  and  mills.  After 
about  two  years  of  this  experience  he  re- 
turned to  Boston  and  there  engaged  in  busi- 
ness for  the  purpose  of  ac- 
quiring an  insight  into  ad- 
ministrative and  financial 
methods. 

In  the  summer  of  1910, 
Mr.  Barber  went  direct  to 
Los  Angeles,  now  the 
metallurgical  and  mining 
capitol  of  the  United 
States,  and  there  opened 
offices  for  the  practice  of 
his  profession.  Entering 
upon  his  work  at  the  be- 
ginning of  one  of  the  most 
remarkable  periods  of  de- 
velopment in  metal  min- 
ing that  the  industry  has 
ever  known,  Mr.  Barber 
met  with  success  from  the 
outset  of  his  career  and 
has  been  one  of  the 
active  men  of  his  profes- 
sion in  the  Southwest.  He 
has  a  splendid  profes- 
sional standing  and  an  ex- 
tensive clientele. 

For  nearly  three  years 
Mr.  Barber  has  been  en- 
gaged almost  exclusively  in  the  examination 
of  gold,  silver  and  copper  properties  in  vari- 
ous parts  of  the  United  States  and  Old  Mex- 
ico, especially  in  Oregon,  California,  Nevada, 
Utah  and  Arizona.  The  copper  industry  in 
the  latter  State  has  assumed  such  immense 
proportions  within  the  last  few  years  that  it 
now  ranks  as  the  leading  copper  producing 
section  of  the  Union.  He  is  (1912-13)  .en- 
gaged in  special  investigations  of  properties 
in  the  copper  belt  of  Arizona,  which  have 
attracted  the  attention  of  Eastern  capitalists. 
Mr.  Barber  is  fortified  with  splendid  tech- 
nical training  and  practical  experience  in  the 
active  operation  of  mines.  He  is  a  member 
of  the  American  Institute  of  Mining  Engi- 
neers and  the  Los  Angeles  Chamber  of  Mines 
and  Oil.  He  also  belongs  to  the  Delta  Tau 
Delta  Fraternity,  Technology  Club  of  South- 
ern California,  New  England  College  Club, 
and  the  Sierra  Madre  Club  of  Los  Angeles. 


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R.  J.  HUNTINGTON 

UNTINGTON,  RICHARD  JOSEPH, 
Pacific  Coast  Manager  Otis  Ele- 
vator Company,  San  Francisco, 
was  bom  at  Springfield,  Mass., 
March  15,  1870,  the  son  of  Loring 
and  Lucy  Hannah  (Dransfield) 
Huntington.  He  married  Abbie  Jane  Wallace  at 
Springfield,  Mass.,  and  there  is  one  child,  Virginia 
Huntington. 

Mr.  Huntington  was  educated  in  the  Springfield 
public  schools  until  1888,  when  he  went  into  the 
employ  of  the  Smith  &  Wesson  Manufacturing 
Company. 

He  worked  five  years  for  this  concern  becoming 
an  expert  in  sighting  target  rifles  and  revolvers. 
In  1893  he  entered  the  employ  of  the  Elektron 
Manufacturing  Company,  builders  of  electric  ele- 
vators and  other  electric  machinery.  He  was  pro- 
moted rapidly  while  in  their  employ,  until,  in  1902, 
he  was  appointed  New  York  manager  for  the  con- 
cern. After  four  years  in  this  responsible  office  he 
caught  the  eye  of  the  Otis  Elevator  Company,  and, 
in  1906,  became  associated  with  them. 

In  1907  he  was  sent  to  Los  Angeles,  in  charge 
of  the  Southern  California  department.  He  took 
care  of  the  immense  business  incident  to  the 
growth  of  that  section  in  a  manner  so  satisfactory 
to  the  home  company  that  he  was  advanced  to  the 
post  of  Pacific  Coast  Manager,  in  charge  of  all 
sales  and  installation  in  Washington,  Oregon,  Cali- 
fornia, adjacent  states  and  Hawaiian  Islands. 

He  is  a  man  of  affairs  aside  from  his  Otis  con- 
nections. He  is  a  director  of  the  Prudential  Finan- 
cing Company  of  Los  Angeles,  and  vice  president  of 
the  Prudential  Improvement  Company. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Jonathan  and  the  Rotary 
clubs,  the  Chamber  of  Commerce,  the  San  Fran- 
cisco Commercial  Club,  the  Humane  Society,  the 
American  Institute  of  Electrical  Engineers,  the  Y. 
M.  C.  A.,  and  the  National  Geographic  Society. 


O.  E.  FARISH 

ARISH,  OSCAR  EUGENE,  Real 
Estate,  Los  Angeles,  California, 
was  born  in  Chatham  County, 
North  Carolina,  July  20,  1868.  His 
father  was  John  W.  Farish  and 
his  mother  Mary  Ann  Harris.  He 
went  to  ix>8  Angeles  in  June,  1895,  and  was  mar- 
ried to  Alice  Aspinall  Grindrod  at  Pasadena,  De- 
cember 4,  1895.  To  them  were  born  Muriel  Es- 
teiie  ana  Gwendolen.  He  received  his  education 
in  the  public  schools  of  Arkansas. 

Mr.  Farish  first  entered  the  service  of  the 
Southern  Express  Company,  holding  positions  of 
responsibility  at  Little  Rock,  Arkansas;  at  Mem- 
phis, Knoxville  and  Bristol,  Tennessee;  at  Lynch- 
burg,  Roanoke  and  Norfolk,  Virginia,  and  at  Ocala, 
Florida.  Upon  arriving  in  Los  Angeles,  he 
entered  the  employ  of  the  Los  Angeles  Elec- 
tric Company,  resigning  after  two  years  to  engage 
in  business  for  himself  as  real  estate  and  oil  op- 
erator. In  1902  Mr.  Farish  formed  a  partnership 
with  William  W.  Mines,  under  the  firm  name  of 
Mines  and  Farish,  for  the  purpose  of  conducting 
a  general  real  estate  and  rental  business,  the 
firm  today  being  recognized  as  one  of  the  lead- 
ers in  the  local  field. 

He  was  a  member  of  the  City  Council  in  1903-04. 
President  of  the  Los  Angeles  Realty  Board,  and  was 
a  member  of  the  consolidation  committee  of  fifteen 
under  whose  guidance  Los  Angeles,  Wilmington 
and  San  Pedro  became  the  seaport  city  of  Los 
Angeles.  He  was  vice  president  for  one  term  of 
the  State  Realty  Federation. 

Mr.  Farish  is  a  member  of  the  California  Club, 
the  Federation  Club,  the  City  Club,  the  Municipal 
League,  the  Realty  Board,  the  Chamber  of  Com- 
merce, Chamber  of  Mines,  Knights  of  Pythias,  the 
Independent  Order  of  Foresters,  Fraternal  Broth- 
erhood, and  is  a  thirty-second  degree  Mason. 


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EDWARD  DAVIS 

AVIS,  EDWARD,  Proprietor,  Hotel 
Lankershim,  Los  Angeles,  Califor- 
nia, was  born  at  Pittsburg,  Pa., 
Jan.  25,  1851.  His  father  was  U. 
B.  Davis  and  his  mother  Maria 
(Graham)  Davis.  He  married 
Mary  Smith  on  Dec.  25,  1877,  at  Wamego,  Kansas. 

Mr.  Davis  was  educated  in  the  common  and 
grammar  schools  of  Pennsylvania,  where  he  spent 
the  early  part  of  his  life. 

As  a  young  man  he  began  his  career  as  a  rail- 
road employe  in  his  native  State,  which  occupation 
he  followed  for  eleven  years.  He  was  thrifty  and 
accumulated  a  little  capital.  At  the  end  of  this 
period  he  moved  to  St.  Paul,  Minn.,  where  he  owned 
and  operated  a  restaurant  for  over  six  years. 

Denver  then  began  its  period  of  rapid  growth. 
Its  great  tourist  business  appeared  to  offer  unusual 
opportunities  in  the  hotel  and  restaurant  line.  He 
sold  out  his  St.  Paul  establishment  and  moved  to 
the  Colorado  city.  He  bought  and  operated  hotels, 
and  there,  for  fourteen  years,  he  was  the  owner  of 
various  hotels,  ten  years  of  which  period  he  was 
the  proprietor  of  the  noted  Metropole  Hotel.  He 
profited  greatly  by  his  stay  in  that  city. 

In  1904  he  left  Colorado  and  located  in  Los  An- 
geles. Early  in  1905  he  secured  a  half  interest  in 
the  lease  of  the  Hotel  Lankershim,  which  has  since 
become  one  of  the  most  popular  hostelries  of  the 
city. 

At  the  time  of  the  opening  of  the  Lankershim 
Hotel  it  was  far  removed  from  the  business  center, 
but  that  Mr.  Davis  was  wise  in  his  move  is  proved 
by  the  fact  that  today  the  hotel  is  surrounded  on 
all  sides  by  a  number  of  the  leading  stores  and  busi- 
ness houses  of  Los  Angeles,  with  the  trend  of 
growth  pushing  far  beyond. 

Mr.  Davis  is  widely  known  in  California  as  a 
hotel  man  and  has  built  up  for  himself  an  enviable 
reputation  as  a  host. 


FRANKLIN  P.  BURCH 

URCH,  FRANKLIN  PRESTON, 
Retired  Capitalist,  Los  Angeles, 
California,  was  born  at  Blooming- 
ton,  Illinois,  December  5,  1861,  the 
son  of  James  Madison  Burch  and 
Jennie  L.  (McClunn)  Burch.  He 
married  Mary  Ella  Gilkey,  August  26,  1893,  at 
Pueblo,  Colorado. 

Mr.  Burch  received  his  education  in  the  schools 
of  his  native  town,  graduating  from  high  school  in 
1878.  He  went  to  New  Mexico  when  nineteen  years 
old,  but  remained  there  only  a  short  time,  when  he 
crossed  into  Texas  and  located  at  San  Angelo. 

In  partnership  with  E.  L.  House  he  was  one  of 
the  first  to  introduce  flocks  into  Western  Texas. 
He  raised  sheep  successfully  for  three  years  and 
then  went  to  Arizona  in  search  of  gold.  He  pros- 
pected in  the  Santa  Rita  Mountain  region  and  then 
took  as  a  partner  Joe  Music.  Together  they  did 
placer  mining  with  more  or  less  success  for  about 
four  years. 

A  marvelous  boom  sprang  up  in  Los  Angeles, 
and  in  1884  Mr.  Burch  quit  the  pick  and  went  to 
that  city.  He  first  took  up  real  estate  speculation, 
but  gradually  developed  a  real  estate  and  invest- 
ment brokerage  business.  In  1890  he  gave  that 
up  to  go  to  the  silver  beds  of  Colorado.  In  part- 
nership with  Thomas  Duncan  he  became  a  silver 
miner  at  Leadville,  working  with  gratifying  suc- 
cess until  the  price  of  silver  dropped  in  1894. 

Mr.  Burch  returned  to  Los  Angeles  and  entered 
the  U.  S.  Customs  Office.  He  was  stationed  at 
Santa  Monica,  Cal..  and  remained  in  the  Govern- 
ment service  until  he  resumed  the  brokerage  busi- 
ness in  Los  Angeles  in  1897.  He  retired  from  busi- 
ness, giving  up  his  seat  on  the  Los  Angeles  Stock 
Exchange,  in  1909. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Elks,  Union  League, 
Sierra  Madre  and  Automobile  Clubs  of  Los  An- 
geles, and  the  Chamber  of  Commerce. 


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HEARER,  PRANK,  Civil  and  Land- 
scape Engineer,  Los  Angeles,  Cal- 
ifornia, was  born  at  Aberdeen, 
Scotland,  September  3,  1875,  the 
son  of  Frank  and  Margaret  Shear- 
er, of  good  old  Scotch  stock. 

He  attended  the  Cairnbanna  Public  School  of 
County  Aberdeen,  Scotland,  between  the  years  1880 
and  1888;  then  for  two  years  he  worked  on  a  farm, 
and  for  five  years  more  was  in  the  employ  of  the 
Duke  of  Richmond  &  Gordon,  indentured  as  an 
apprentice  for  three  years  to  study  practical  gar- 
dening and  was  afterwards  in  charge  of  the  con- 
servatories. He  resumed  his  student  life  in  the 
year  1896  at  the  Heriot  Watt  College,  Edinburgh 
Scotland,  and  he  attended  its  lectures  and  recita- 
tions during  that  and  the  succeeding  year.  He  also 
entered  the  Whiteley  Business  College,  Edinburgh, 
in  1896,  and  secured  a  scholarship  from  the  British 
Government  in  the  same  year,  which  enabled  him 
to  enter  the  College  of  Forestry  and  Engineering, 
University  of  Edinburgh.  He  continued  his  courses 
at  the  business  college  while  studying  at  the  Uni- 
versity of  Edinburgh  during  the  years  and  in  the 
classes  of  1896,  1897  and  1898. 

The  scholarship  to  the  University  of  Edinburgh, 
which  was  given  him  by  the  British  Government, 
entitled  him  to  an  exceptionally  valuable  educa- 
tion. Part  of  his  course  was  practical  work,  con- 
nected with  the  reconstruction  and  remodeling  of 
the  Royal  Botanical  Gardens,  and  the  rearrange- 
ment of  the  plants  in  its  various  departments.  He 
helped  rearrange  the  Herbaceous  Plant  Depart- 
ment, the  Alpine  Plant  Department,  the  Arboretum, 
and  the  Economic  Plant  Collection,  under  glass. 
The  Royal  Botanical  Gardens  at  Edinburgh  are 
among  the  most  important  in  the  United  Kingdom 
and  contain  innumerable  valuable  specimens.  His 
course  familiarized  him  with  the  care  of  almost 
every  known  variety  of  tree,  shrub  and  plant, 
whether  decorative  or  useful.  An  important  part  of 
his  education  was  a  complete  preparation  in  civil 
engineering,  and  he  was  given  both  technical  and 
practical  work  in  the  field.  He  graduated  with  a 
Certificate  of  Distinction  from  the  University  of 
Edinburgh  in  the  year  1898. 

His  first  actual  work  was  before  he  attended 
the  University,  when,  as  a  boy  of  thirteen,  he  la- 
bored on  a  farm.  After  two  years  of  this  manual 
labor,  he  wa?  indentured  for  three  years  as  an  ap- 
prentice on  the  estate  of  the  Duke  of  Richmond 
&  Gordon,  at  Gordon  Castle,  Morayshire,  Scotland. 
This  was  an  exceptional  privilege,  for  which  a  bond 
had  to  be  given  and  an  annual  payment.  The 
Duke's  estate  is  one  of  the  finest  on  the  islands, 
with  formal  gardens,  orchards  and  farms  conducted 
in  the  most  scientific  manner  and  of  large  area. 
The  men  in  charge  are  expert  gardeners,  landscape 
architects  and  scientific  agriculturists.  His  work 
as  an  apprentice  was  to  learn  the  care  of  the  plants, 
outdoors  and  under  glass,  where  all  manner  of 
fruits,  flowers  and  vegetables  of  the  temperate 
and  tropic  zones  are  raised  with  artificial  heat, 
protected  from  the  severe  northern  climate  of 
Scotland.  These  gardens  of  the  Duke  of  Richmond 
are  of  many  acres  extent,  sufficient  to  supply  the 
ducal  family  and  guests  with  all  the  exotic  fruits 
and  flowers.  At  the  expiration  of  his  apprentice- 
ship Mr.  Shearer,  then  only  eighteen  years  old,  was 
appointed  florist  and  decorator,  in  charge  of  the 
conservatories  of  the  estate  for  two  years. 

Then  for  one  year  he  was  on  the  Coltness  es- 
tate, Wishaw,  Scotland,  the  property  of  James 


Houldsworth,  the  English  steel  manufacturer.  This 
position  he  held  until  he  was  given  his  scholarship 
to  the  University  of  Edinburgh,  secured  owing  to 
exceptional  attainments  in  gardening  sciences. 

On  the  completion  of  his  university  course  he 
was  appointed  overseer  in  charge  of  all  construc- 
tion and  outdoor  work  connected  with  the  Royal 
Botanical  Garden  and  Arboretum  at  Edinburgh. 

At  the  age  of  twenty-six  he  left  the  employ  of 
the  British  Government  to  come  to  the  United 
States,  where  he  saw  great  opportunities  for  a 
landscape  architect  skilled  in  botany  as  well.  He 
secured  immediately  the  work  of  landscape  con- 
struction on  the  Tilden  estate  on  the  Hudson. 
While  there  he  accepted  the  offer  of  a  position  as 
landscape  engineer  on  the  Castle  Gould  estate  on 
Long  Island,  the  property  of  Howard  Gould.  A  year 
later  he  took  a  three  years'  contract  to  lay  out  and 
construct  the  private  estates  belonging  to  members 
of  the  Carnegie  family  on  Cumberland  Island, 
Florida.  This  was  a  task  of  considerable  magni- 
tude, requiring  the  labor  of  several  hundred  men 
continuously  during  the  three  years.  The  greater 
portion  of  the  island  was  transformed  into  a  tropic 
park,  intersected  by  boulevards. 

On  completing  this  work  he  was  made  Chief 
Engineer  of  the  Shenandoah  Land  and  Irrigation 
Company  of  Southwestern  Colorado,  a  concern  with 
ambitious  plans.  For  that  firm  he  made  extensive 
surveys,  and  then  in  1906  he  became  associated 
with  the  Denver  Park  Department  as  Construction 
Engineer  on  park  extensions  and  boulevards.  He 
built  Denver's  first  boulevard.  Later  he  was  made 
Superintendent  of  Parks  in  the  Highland  Division. 

He  went  to  Los  Angeles  in  1908  to  engage  in  the 
citrus  business  in  the  Cahuenga  Valley  and  later 
took  up  his  work  as  Landscape  Engineer,  being  em- 
ployed on  several  of  the  estates  at  Hollywood.  He 
attracted  the  attention  of  the  Los  Angeles  City 
Park  Department  and  they  offered  him  the  position 
of  Landscape  Engineer  in  1910.  He  was  made  Su- 
perintendent of  Parks  for  the  city  later  in  1910. 

He  found  in  his  last  position  his  greatest  op- 
portunity. Los  Angeles  had  hardly  a  nucleus  of  a 
park  system  when  he  took  hold,  but  since  his  in- 
cumbency has  begun  a  development  which  will  give 
it  one  of  the  greatest  park  systems  in  the  United 
States,  with  thousands  of  acres  of  land  of  the  most 
beautiful  natural  topography,  and  which  it  will  be 
the  task  of  Mr.  Shearer  to  improve  with  boulevards, 
paths,  lawns,  gardens,  trees  and  flowers.  Under  his 
superintendency,  the  city  is  planning  to  spend  many 
millions  of  dollars.  This  work  will  give  him  an 
opportunity  to  make  use  of  all  his  varied  knowl- 
edge of  plants,  because  in  the  climate  of  Los  An- 
geles will  grow  the  tropical  verdure  of  Mexico,  as 
well  as  the  hardy  flower  and  tree  of  Scotland. 
And  to  this  work  he  took  an  exceptionally  wide 
experience,  one  which  ranges  from  the  near  Arctic 
to  the  Tropic,  from  the  precise  and  minute  knowl- 
edge of  each  plant,  to  the  comprehensive  scope  of 
the  landscape  architect  and  engineer  who  is  able 
to  devise  a  whole  city  system. 

One  of  the  important  developments  by  Mr.  Shear- 
er in  the  maintenance  of  parks  has  been  the  auto- 
matic system' of  lawn  irrigation,  by  which  the  cost  of 
maintenance  has  been  reduced  fully  80  per  cent,  the 
reduction  paying  for  installation  within  three  years. 

While  in  Scotland  he  served  three  years  as  a 
volunteer  in  the  British  army  and  in  addition  to  hia 
office  of  Overseer  in  the  Royal  Botanical  Gardens 
of  Edinburgh  was  custodian  of  the  Government 
Meteorological  Station. 


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ILLIGAN,  JOHN  JOSEPH, 
Surety  Bonds  and  Casualty 
and  Liability  Insurance,  Los 
Angeles,  California,  was  born 
in  Brooklyn,  New  York,  Jan- 
uary 23,  1880,  the  son  of  Daniel  Gilligan  and 
Catherine  (Cooney)  Gilligan.  He  married 
Margaret  A.  Goodwin  at  Denver,  Colorado, 
June  15,  1909,  and  to  them  there  have  been 
born  two  children,  Joseph 
and  Francis  Gerald  Gilli- 
gan. 

Mr.  Gilligan  received 
his  education  in  the 
schools  of  Irvington-on- 
Hudson,  N.  Y.,  being 
graduated  from  the  high 
school  there  in  the  class 
of  1898.  Upon  leaving 
school  he  went  to  New 
York  City  and  obtained 
eVnployment  in  the  office 
of  a  Wall  Street  broker. 
He  remained  in  that  po- 
sition about  a  year  and 
then  entered  the  First 
National  Bank  of  New 
York  as  a  clerk.  He 
served  in  that  capacity 
for  about  a  year  and  re- 
signed to  go  into  busi- 
ness with  his  father,  a 
contractor  i  n  interior 
decorations,  with  offices 
in  Irvington,  N.  Y. 

He  remained  with  his 
father  about  three  years 

and  in  that  time  aided  him  in  the  designing 
and  execution  of  numerous  artistic  decora- 
tions. In  1903,  Mr.  Gilligan  parted  company 
with  his  father  and  decided  to  move  West. 
He  first  went  to  Kansas  and  there  led  a  life 
in  the  open,  working  as  a  ranchman  and  cow- 
boy for  the  better  part  of  a  year.  Fascinated 
by  the  free  life  he  had  been  leading,  Mr.  Gil- 
ligan made  up  his  mind  to  settle  in  the  coun- 
try and  accordingly  took  up  a  homestead  of 
160  acres.  At  the  end  of  a  few  months,  how- 
ever, the  longing  for  the  city  came  upon  him 
and  he  returned  to  New  York. 

For  a  year  after  his  return  Mr.  Gilligan 
was  in  the  employ  of  F.  A.  Foster  &  Co.,  one 
of  the  largest  cotton  goods  and  art  drapery 
houses  in  the  world.  He  worked  as  city 
salesman  for  the  company  for  a  year  and 
then  turned  to  the  West  again.  He  first  went 
to  Denver,  Colorado,  but  remained  there 
only  a  short  time,  joining  the  1905  rush  to 


JOHN  J.  GILLIGAN 


Goldfield,  Nevada.  For  another  year  he  was 
engaged  in  mining  and  prospecting,  but  the 
yield  was  unsatisfactory  and  he  gave  it  up. 
Returning  to  Denver  he  became  connected 
with  the  American  Surety  Company  of  New 
York  and  was  appointed  Assistant  Manager 
for  four  States — Colorado,  Wyoming,  Ari- 
zona and  New  Mexico.  He  soon  found  that 
this  was  his  proper  field  and  determined  to 
remain  permanently  in 
the  surety  business. 

He  managed  the  busi- 
ness of  his  company  with 
great  success  for  several 
years  and  in  1909,  having 
been  attracted  by  Los 
Angeles,  resigned  his  po- 
sition in  order  that  he 
might  make  Southern 
California  his  home.  He 
was  appointed  special 
agent  there  for  the  Fi- 
delity and  Casualty  Com- 
pany of  New  York.  His 
work  in  the  southern 
part  of  California  so  im- 
pressed his  company  that 
he  was  transferred  to  the 
larger  field  of  which  San 
Francisco  was  the  center. 
He  remained  there  only  a 
short  time,  resigning  his 
position  in  December, 
1910,  to  accept  appoint- 
ment as  Casualty  Man- 
ager, covering  the  State 
of  California  for  the  Fi- 
delity and  Deposit  Company  of  Maryland. 

This  company,  of  which  former  Governor 
Warfield  of  Maryland  is  President,  is  one  of 
the  strongest  of  its  kind  in  the  world,  and 
Mr.  Gilligan's  work  with  them  was  rewarded 
in  the  early  part  of  1912  with  his  appoint- 
ment as  Southwestern  Manager  of  the  com- 
pany's interests.  His  territory  includes  all 
of  Southern  California,  Arizona  and  New 
Mexico. 

Mr.  Gilligan  has  established  himself  as  an 
expert  in  liability  insurance  and  its  allied 
branches  and  today  occupies  a  responsible 
position  in  his  line  of  activity. 

Since  locating  in  Southern  California  he 
has  taken  an  active  part  in  the  life  of  the  city 
and  is  also  a  participant  in  the  affairs  of  the 
Knights  of  Columbus.  He  is  a  member  of 
the  American  Institute  of  Banking,  the  Los 
Angeles  Athletic  Club,  and  the  Benevolent 
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OODRICH,  EDWIN  GIL- 
MORE,  Physician  and  Sur- 
geon, Los  Angeles,  Califor- 
nia, was  born  at  Fulton,  Wis- 
consin, October  19,  1867,  the 
son  of  George  Washington  Goodrich  and 
Mary  Asenith  (Cutlin)  Goodrich.  He  mar- 
ried Ruth  Anna  Prosser  at  Kearney,  Nebras- 
ka, December  19,  1890,  and  to  them  there 
have  been  born  two  chil- 
dren, Ayleen  Ellen  and 
Edwin  Glenn  Goodrich. 
Dr.  Goodrich  began  his 
education  in  the  public 
schools  of  Janesville, 
Wisconsin,  but  quit  his 
studies  when  he  was  fif- 
teen years  of  age  when 
his  family  moved  to  Ne- 
braska and  for  the  next 
two  years  worked  on  the 
farm  of  his  father,  which 
was  located  near  North- 
west Minden,  Nebraska. 
When  he  was  less  than 
seventeen  years  of  age 
the  Doctor  left  his  father's 
farm  and  started  out  to 
make  his  own  way  in  the 
world.  He  first  went  to 
Axtell,  Nebraska,  where 
he  became  a  clerk  in  a 
hotel  and  remained  there 
for  about  a  year.  He  was 
of  a  self-reliant  nature, 
with  higher  ambitions  in 
life,  and  for  several  years 
after  leaving  the  hotel 
business,  traveled  to  va- 
rious parts  of  Nebraska  in  different  capaci- 
ties. He  worked  in  different  lines  for  the 
next  few  years  and  mastered  several  crafts, 
including  the  manufacture  of  harvester  ma- 
chinery. In  association  with  C.  D.  Ayres,  at 
Kearney,  Nebraska,  he  came  to  be  regarded 
as  an  expert  in  harvester  machine  construc- 
tion and  remained  there  until  he  moved  to 
Cozad,  Nebraska,  in  1890,  a  period  of  about 
two  and  a  half  years. 

At  Cozad  Dr.  Goodrich  went  into  business 
for  himself  and  conducted  a  store  for  about 
two  years,  but  at  the  end  of  that  time  sold 
out  and  moved  further  west.  Locating  in 
Los  Angeles  in  1892,  he  worked  for  several 
years  in  commercial  lines,  and  while  so  en- 
gaged became  interested  in  the  study  of  med- 
icine, a  profession  which  he  fully  determined 
to  follow  as  soon  as  practical.  He  devoted 
his  leisure  time  to  reading  medical  works 
and  in  1899  he  entered  the  Medical  College  of 


DR.  E.  G.  GOODRICH 


the  University  of  Southern  California.  After 
four  years  of  study  he  was  graduated  with 
the  degree  of  Doctor  of  Medicine. 

Immediately  after  his  graduation,  Dr. 
Goodrich  passed  the  examinations  for  a  post 
as  interne  in  the  County  Hospital  of  Los 
Angeles  and  he  served  there  for  several 
years.  In  addition  to  his  duties  at  the  hos- 
pital, he  was  assigned  to  other  public  work, 
this  including  the  care 
of  all  surgical  cases  at 
the  public  institutions, 
such  as  the  County  Jail 
and  the  Detention  Home. 
When  this  latter  depart- 
ment was  established, 
Dr.  Goodrich  was  chosen 
as  chief  physician  and 
surgeon  and  he  handled 
the  first  cases  brought  to 
the  attention  of  the  med- 
ical authorities  of  that 
institution.  He  also  had 
charge  of  the  medical 
work  for  the  Associated 
Charities  of  Los  Angeles 
and  in  this  capacity  was 
called  upon  to  minister  to 
thousands  of  the  city's 
needy.  Dr.  Goodrich  was 
engaged  in  this  public 
work  for  about  a  year 
and  during  that  time 
came  to  be  known  as  one 
of  the  most  competent 
physicians  and  surgeons 
who  had  served  the  coun- 
ty in  many  years. 

In  1904,  he  decided  to 

go  into  private  practice  and  opened  offices  In 
Los  Angeles,  but  at  the  end  of  three  years 
he  was  prevailed  upon  to  accept  another  pub- 
lic office,  being  appointed  Assistant  Police 
Surgeon  for  the  city  of  Los  Angeles.  He  per- 
formed the  duties  of  this  office  in  addition  to 
his  private  work  and  about  the  same  time  or- 
ganized the  Fraternal  Hospital  Association 
of  Los  Angeles.  He  was  chosen  as  surgeon 
for  this  institution  and  he  has  handled  all  of 
its  surgical  cases  for  the  last  five  years. 

Dr.  Goodrich  is  one  of  the  prominent  sur- 
geons of  the  Southwest.  In  addition  to  the 
work  already  mentioned,  he  is  physician  to 
various  fraternal  organizations  in  Los  An- 
geles, these  including  the  Modern  Woodmen, 
Woodmen  of  the  World,  Independent  Fores- 
ters and  the  Odd  Fellows.  He  holds  mem- 
bership in  all  of  these  orders  and  in  addition 
is  prominent  in  Masonic  circles  in  the  South- 
ern California  district. 


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Mr. 


ANE,  FULTON,  Mining  and  Civil 
Engineer,  Los  Angeles,  California, 
was  born  in  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  Oc- 
tober 26,  1881,  the  son  of  Joseph 
Randolph  Lane  and  Katherine 
(Fulton)  Lane. 
Lane,  who  occupies  an  important  place 


among  the  engineers  of  the   Southwest,  has  lived 
in   various   parts  of  the   United   States   and,   as   a 
result,  his  education  was  obtained  in  several  differ- 
ent institutions.    The  prelim- 
inary portion  he  received  in 
the  public  schools  of  Colum- 
bus, Ohio,  and  Seattle,  Wash- 
ington.   He  finished  his  stud- 
ies at  Leland   Stanford   Uni- 
versity  in    California,    gradu- 
ating   in    the    class    of    1906 
with  the  degree  of  Bachelor 
of  Science. 

During  the  time  that  he 
was  in  college  Mr.  Lane  was 
actively  engaged  in  engineer- 
ing works,  serving  for  a 
time  as  assistant  engineer  of 
the  Bay  City  Water  Company 
of  San  Francisco.  He  also 
had  considerable  mining  ex- 
perience, being  employed  by 
the  Chicago  Mining  Company 
of  San  Francisco  and  the 
Piute  Mining  Company  of 
Bakersfield,  California. 

His  first  assignment  after 
leaving  the  university  was 
with  the  California  Debris 
Commission,  which  he  served 
in  the  capacity  of  assistant 
engineer.  This  board  was 

under  the  direction  of  the  United  States  Engineer- 
ing Corps  at  San  Francisco,  and  Mr.  Lane  was 
engaged  in  its  work  for  about  eight  months. 

At  the  termination  of  his  work  for  the  commis- 
sion, Mr.  Lane  formed  a  partnership  with  A.  M. 
Strong  of  Bishop,  California,  for  the  conduct  of  a 
general  engineering  business  under  the  firm  name 
of  Strong  and  Lane.  In  addition  to  their  engineer- 
ing work,  they  maintained  an  assaying  office  and 
handled  considerable  mining  business,  including 
numerous  examinations  of  properties  of  their  cli- 
ents. He  continued  at  Bishop  for  about  two  years, 
at  the  end  of  which  time  the  firm  was  dissolved, 
but  during  its  existence  Strong  and  Lane  were 
among  the  most  active  engineers  in  the  district. 
Their  work  included  a  number  of  mining  commis- 
sions, the  most  important  of  which,  perhaps,  was 
that  of  consulting  engineers  to  the  Four  Metals 
Mining  Company.  This  mine  is  one  of  the  richest 
opened  up  in  the  United  States,  more  than  $23,000,- 
000  worth  of  ore  having  been  taken  out  of  it. 


FULTON  LANE 


Following  the  dissolution  of  his  firm,  Mr.  Lane 
went  to  Los  Angeles  and  there  became  a  member 
of  the  engineering  corps  of  the  Los  Angeles  Aque- 
duct. This  project,  one  of  the  greatest  municipal 
waterway  enterprises  ever  undertaken  in  the 
United  States,  involving  the  expenditure  of  many 
millions  of  dollars  in  bringing  pure  water  to  Los 
Angeles  and  surrounding  territory  a  distance  of 
more  than  two  hundred  miles. 

Mr.  Lane  first  became  associated  with  this  work 
as  assistant  division  engineer 
on  what  is  known  as  the  Jaw- 
bone Division,  but  at  the  end 
of  eight  months  was  appoint- 
ed active  division  engineer 
in  charge  of  the  Majave  Di- 
vision, where  he  was  super- 
intendent of  construction, 
and  in  this  capacity  he  su- 
pervised the  construction  of 
a  large  section  of  the  great 
aqueduct.  It  was  at  this 
time  that  the  Jawbone,  Free- 
man, Antelope  Valley  and 
Mojave  division  was  consol- 
idated and  known  by  the  one 
name  and  this  branch  of  the 
work  was  one  of  the  most 
extensive  in  the  whole  enter- 
prise. 

Mr.  Lane  proved  himself 
an  engineer  of  exceptional 
resourcefulness  and  execu- 
tive ability  in  this  work  and 
won  for  himself  great  com- 
mendation for  his  perform- 
ances during  the  two  years 
of  his  service.  He  resigned, 
however,  in  September,  1911, 

to  resume  his  private  practice  and  he  opened 
offices  in  Los  Angeles,  engaging  in  important  en- 
gineering work  in  New  Mexico,  California  and  other 
sections  of  the  West. 

Owing  to  the  establishment  of  State  Public 
Utilities  Commissions,  there  has  been  a  new  field 
of  work  formed,  known  as  engineering  valuations. 
To  this  field  Mr.  Lane  has  contributed  largely  as 
an  expert  since  locating  in  Los  Angeles.  Among 
his  most  important  pieces  of  work  of  this  kind  has 
been  the  valuation  of  the  Spring  Valley  Water  Com- 
pany, San  Francisco,  Cal.,  for  the  purpose  of  sale, 
and  the  San  Diego  Flume  Company,  San  Diego, 
Cal.,  for  the  purpose  of  fixing  rates. 

Los  Angeles  has  within  recent  years  become  the 
center  of  large  engineering  enterprises  whose  work 
is  the  development  of  the  resources  of  the  section. 
Mr.  Lane  is  among  the  most  sincere  of  the  engi- 
neers thus  employed.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Los 
Angeles  Chamber  of  Commerce,  Los  Angeles  Cham- 
ber of  Mines  and  Oil  and  the  University  Club. 


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KITE,  THOMAS  PATRICK,  At- 
torney at  Law,  Los  Angeles,  Cali- 
fornia, is  a  native  of  that  city, 
born  September  27,  1888.  He  is 
the  son  of  Peter  White  and  Cath- 
erine (Clark)  White,  of  Irish 
lineage.  His  father  was  born  in  Ireland,  but  has 
been  a  resident  of  California  since  his  twenty-first 
year. 

Mr.  White  received  his  preliminary  education 
in  the  Catholic  parochial 
schools  of  Los  Angeles  and 
followed  this  with  attendance 
at  St.  Vincent's  High  School 
of  the  same  city,  being  gradu- 
ated in  the  class  of  1904. 
He  then  attended  St.  Vin- 
cent's College  for  a  term,  but 
did  not  finish,  going  to  work 
instead.  After  a  lapse  of  sev- 
eral years,  during  which  he 
earned  his  own  livelihood, 
Mr.  White,  in  1908,  entered 
the  University  of  Southern 
California,  College  of  Law, 
and  was  graduated  in  the 
class  of  1911  with  the  degree 
of  Bachelor  of  Laws.  He  was 
admitted  to  the  practice  of 
his  profession  by  the  District 
Court  of  Appeals,  Second 
Appellate  District,  on  June 
19,  1911,  and  in  the  same 
year  was  admitted  to  practice 
in  the  United  States  Circuit 
and  District  Courts  of  Cali- 
fornia. He  became  a  mem- 
ber of  the  firm  of  Randall, 
Bartlett  &  White  of  Los  An- 
geles, and  has  been  active  in  legal  practice  since. 
Mr.  White  has  had  considerably  more  experi- 
ence in  business  and  professional  circles  than  most 
young  attorneys,  and  the  immediate  success  at- 
tending his  efforts  placed  him  among  the  prominent 
practitioners  of  Southern  California.  From  the 
time  he  left  St.  Vincent's  College  until  he  entered 
the  College  of  Law  he  was  in  the  railroad  business, 
being  connected  with  the  Atchison,  Topeka  & 
Santa  Fe  Company.  He  began  as  Rate  Clerk  in 
the  Los  Angeles  general  offices  of  the  company, 
then  served  in  various  capacities  and  when  he  re- 
signed in  1908,  to  study  for  his  professional  career, 
was  occupying  the  position  of  Assistant  to  the 
Trainmaster  at  Needles,  California,  one  of  the 
important  division  points  on  the  Santa  Fe  trans- 
continental system. 

During  his  entire  connection  with  the  railroad, 
however,  Mr.  White  cherished  an  ambition  to  be- 
come a  member  of  the  legal  profession  and  worked 
with  that  end  in  view  at  all  times.  He  devoted 
most  of  his  spare  time  to  special  study  and  was 


THOS.  P.  WHITE 


unusually  well  prepared  when  he  entered  the 
College. 

Possessed  of  extraordinary  oratorical  gifts,  Mr. 
White  attained  prominence  during  his  college 
career  as  a  debater  and  represented  the  University 
of  Southern  California  in  several  important  con- 
tests. He  was  its  chief  reliance  in  the  intercollegi- 
ate debate  against  the  Cornell  University  team 
in  1910  and  also  in  the  contest  with  the  University 
of  Washington  the  following  year. 

Since  his  graduation  Mr. 
White's  ability  as  a  speaker 
has  been  recognized  and  he 
has  been  unusually  active  in 
political  and  civic  life  in  Los 
Angeles.  He  early  espoused 
the  cause  of  the  Republican 
party  and  when  he  was  just 
twenty-one  years  of  age  was 
elected  as  a  delegate  to  the 
Los  Angeles  County  Republi- 
can Convention.  He  has  been 
one  of  the  party's  campaign 
speakers  ever  since  that  time 
and  has  also  spoken  in  behalf 
of  various  public  improve- 
ments. 

A  clear  thinker  and  a  man 
of  progressive  ideas,  Mr. 
White  was  chosen,  shortly 
after  his  admission  to  prac- 
tice, as  attorney  for  the 
Boards  of  Education  of  sev- 
eral Union  High  School  Dis- 
tricts in  Los  Angeles  County 
and  still  acts  in  that  capacity. 
He  also  takes  a  prominent 
part  in  Catholic  affairs  in 
California,  being  Financial 

Secretary  of  the  Los  Angeles  Council  of  the 
Knights  of  Columbus  and  Grand  President  of  the 
California  Jurisdiction  of  the  Young  Men's  Institute. 
This  organization,  made  up  of  members  of  the 
Catholic  faith,  is  one  of  the  leading  fraternal  or- 
ganizations of  the  United  States  and  in  California 
has  an  unusually  large  membership.  Mr.  White 
has  been  prominent  in  its  affairs  for  several  years 
and  has  held  various  offices,  including  that  of  Vice 
President  of  the  Grand  Council.  He  was  elected  to 
the  office  of  Grand  President  at  the  Institute's  con- 
vention, held  on  August  2L  1912,  at  Vallejo,  Cali- 
fornia, and  had  the  distinction  of  being  the  first 
man  fro»  Los  Angeles  to  attain  that  office  in 
twenty-eight  years.  His  election  was  celebrated  by 
a  testimonial  banquet  a  short  time  later,  at  which 
Bishop  Conaty,  head  of  the  Catholic  diocese  of  Los 
Angeles,  public  officials  and  numerous  other  promi- 
nent men  were  present. 

He  is  a  member  of  Delta  Chi  legal  fraternity, 
Los  Angeles  Bar  Association,  Native  Sons  of  the 
Golden  West,  and  Chamber  of  Commerce. 


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DR.  A.  G.  R.  SCHLOESSER 


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CHLOESSER,  ALFRED  GUIDO 
RUDOLPH,  retired  Physician, 
Capitalist  and  Art  Connoisseur, 
Los  Angeles,  California,  was  born 
in  Chicago,  Illinois,  April  19,  1851, 
the  son  of  Rudolph  and  Amalia 
(Hoffmann)  Schloesser.  He  married  Emma  M.  R. 
McDonell,  daughter  of  General  A.  A.  McDonell,  in 
Chicago,  November  19,  1874.  There  are  four  chil- 
dren, Alexander  R.  Schloesser,  Mrs.  J.  G.  Barnett, 
Mrs.  George  F.  Stone  and  Mrs.  Eric  E.  Eastman. 

Dr.  Schloesser,  although  born  amid  luxurious 
surroundings,  began  his  career  at  the  bottom  of 
the  ladder.  He  first  attended  the  grammar  schools 
of  Chicago,  and  then  the  Select  High  School  of 
Professor  C.  J.  Belleke,  a  noted  instructor  of  his 
day.  The  school  was  an  exclusive  private  institu- 
tion, and  Dr.  Schloesser  studied  there  under  pri- 
vate tutors  for  a  time,  later  attending  Concordia 
College  at  Fort  Wayne,  Ind.,  a  theological  institute. 
He  graduated  in  medicine  from  Rush  Medical  Col- 
lege, Chicago,  in  1871. 

Leaving  Rush  Medical  College  with  high  honors, 
Dr.  Schloesser  took  post  graduate  courses  at  the 
Universities  of  Wurzburg,  Heidelberg,  Vienna,  Ber- 
lin, Paris  and  London.  While  he  was  a  student  at 
Vienna  in  1873,  he  volunteered  as  assistant  physi- 
cian in  the  Imperial  Royal  Allgemeines  Kranken- 
haus,  during  the  cholera  epidemic.  He  made  a 
special  study  of  dermatology  and  laryngology, 
and  after  his  return  to  Chicago,  he  practiced  along 
those  lines  for  several  years. 

Dr.  Schloesser  comes  of  a  family  prominent 
in  Germany  and  America.  His  father,  Rudolph 
Schloesser,  built  one  of  the  first  pretentious  office 
buildings  in  Chicago  after  the  great  conflagration 
in  1871.  The  building  was  known  as  the  Schloesser 
Block.  The  elder  Schloesser  was  a  successful 
banker  and  real  estate  operator  in  Chicago  for 
many  years.  He  was  one  of  the  most  prominent 
pioneers  of  Chicago,  an  associate  of  Potter  Palmer, 
Marshall  Field  and  Pullman. 

Many  of  Dr.  Schloesser's  ancestors  frequented 
the  royal  courts  of  Germany.  A  great  aunt,  who 
was  a  singer  of  rare  talent,  won  the  heart  of  Count 
Paul  von  Hopffgarten  with  her  beautiful  soprano 
voice,  and  their  marriage  was  one  of  the  most 
pleasing  romances  of  the  German  empire  of  that 
day.  Count  von  Hopffgarten  was  Lord  Chamber- 
lain to  Frederick  William  III  of  Prussia,  a  man  as 
popular  and  distinguished  in  the  affairs  of  govern- 
ment as  his  wife  was  beautiful  and  talented. 

Count  von  Hopffgarten  was  captain  of  Alexan- 
der's regiment,  named  in  honor  of  Alexander  III  of 
Russia.  This  regiment  was  the  favorite  bodyguard 
of  Emperor  William  I,  grandfather  of  the  present 
German  Emperor.  It  was  first  formed  by  Frederick 
the  Great  of  Prussia,  and  it  was  necessary  for 
every  member  of  the  guard  to  be  six  feet  tall.  To 
be  captain  it  was  necessary  for  Count  von  Hopff- 


garten to  boast  of  twelve  ancestral  noblemen  and 
an  income  of  12,000  thalers  or  $10,000  a  year  to 
maintain  his  social  position. 

Dr.  Schloesser's  mother  was  Amalia  Hoffmann, 
one  of  the  aristocratic  von  Groppe  family  of  Ger- 
many. Her  brother,  Francis  A.  Hoffmann,  was  an 
attorney  of  high  standing,  and  served  as  Lieuten- 
ant-Governor  of  Illinois  with  Governor  Richard 
Yates  during  the  Civil  War.  Mr.  Hoffmann  pos- 
sessed a  magnetic  personality  and  was  an  eloquent 
orator.  With  his  powerful  voice,  he  persuaded 
many  a  farmer's  son  to  fight  for  the  preservation 
of  the  Union,  and  he  further  distinguished  himself 
by  not  only  organizing,  but  fully  equipping  a  com- 
pany of  cavalry  at  his  own  expense.  This  cavalry 
was  known  as  the  Hoffmann  Dragoons.  His  loyalty 
and  zeal  in  the  cause  won  him  the  merited  friend- 
ship of  Abraham  Lincoln. 

A  cousin  of  Dr.  Schloesser's  was  the  famous 
General  Victor  von  Vahlkamph,  whom  Emperor  Wil- 
liam I  personally  decorated  with  the  Order  of  the 
Iron  Cross  for  bravery,  the  highest  decoration  for 
bravery  to  be  conferred  in  the  German  Empire. 
The  General  was  sent  before  Paris  in  1871,  when 
an  army  of  85,000  men  were  caught  in  an  ambus- 
cade. He  was  given  carte  blanche  orders  by  Field 
Marshal  Count  von  Moltke  to  use  his  own  judg- 
ment in  saving  the  army,  and  with  this  responsi- 
bility on  his  shoulders,  he  extricated  the  men  with- 
out a  single  loss. 

The  famous  Field  Marshal  Count  von  Moltke 
was  a  relative  of  Dr.  Schloesser's  by  marriage. 
During  one  of  his  trips  to  Europe,  Dr.  Schloesser 
was  entertained  by  him  on  his  estate  in  Silesia. 
One  of  Von  Moltke's  nephews  married  Dr.  Schloes- 
ser's sister. 

Dr.  Schloesser  was  a  close  friend  of  James  G. 
Blaine,  and  at  the  solicitation  of  a  mutual  friend, 
a  member  of  the  House  of  Representatives  at  that 
time,  the  Secretary  of  State  gave  Dr.  Schloesser  a 
letter  of  introduction  to  the  ambassadors,  ministers 
and  consuls  of  the  United  States  abroad.  This  let- 
ter, which  Dr.  Schloesser  values  as  a  priceless 
relic  of  the  famous  statesman,  follows: 

"Department  of  State, 

"Washington,  Dec.  8,  1890. 
"To  the  Diplomatic  and  Consular  Officers  of  the 

United   States: 

"Gentlemen — At  the  instance  of  the  Honorable 
George  E.  Adams,  a  member  of  the  House  of  Rep- 
resentatives from  Illinois,  I  herewith  introduce  to 
you  Dr.  Alfred  G.  Schloesser  of  Chicago,  and  ask 
for  him  your  official  courtesies. 

"I  am,  gentlemen,  your  obedient  servant, 

"JAMES  G.  BLAINE." 

Through  this  letter  Dr.  Schloesser  had  audi- 
ences with  the  royal  houses.  During  that  trip, 
made  in  1891,  he  was  the  guest  of  General  Lew 
Wallace,  then  minister  at  Constantinople.  His 
visit  to  General  A.  A.  Thomas  and  the  King  at 
Stockholm,  Sweden,  resulted  in  his  introduction  to 
the  Royal  Central  Institute,  the  great  medical  in- 


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stitute  of  Stockholm,  and  his  study  of  the  Ling 
system  of  treating  spinal  curvatures,  on  which 
later  he  wrote  an  extensive  treatise. 

On  his  visit  to  Constantinople,  Dr.  Schloesser 
was  presented  by  General  Wallace  to  the  Sultan 
Abdul  Hamid,  who  is  now  a  prisoner  at  Salonika. 
On  this  occasion,  the  Sultan  honored  him  with  an 
invitation  to  drink  coffee,  after  which  he  was 
ushered  into  one  of  the  windows  of  the  Palace, 
where,  with  the  Sultan,  he  reviewed  30,000  troops. 
During  his  sojourn  in  Turkey,  Dr.  Schloesser  was 
also  signally  honored  by  General  Wallace,  who 
gave  him  his  cavas,  or  personal  bodyguard,  as  an 
escort. 

On  one  of  his  tours  of  the  world,  Dr.  Schloesser 
was  within  700  miles  of  the  North  Pole. 

In  1894,  Dr.  Schloesser  bought  a  mining  pros- 
pect in  Lassen  county,  California,  for  which  he 
paid  $10,000.  This  he  quickly  developed  into  a 
property  which  yielded  a  net  profit  of  $25,000  a 
month.  Although  owner,  he  worked  his  way  up 
from  pick  and  shovel  man  to  the  asasy  office  in 
order  to  become  thoroughly  familiar  with  mining. 
He  built  a  100-ton  cyanide  mill  on  the  property, 
the  first  in  Lassen  county. 

His  experience  in  the  mining  business  is  char- 
acteristic of  his  whole  career.  He  began  at  the 
bottom,  working  his  way  up,  battling  with  the 
obstacles  and  overcoming  them  with  brain  and 
brawn,  until  at  last  he  found  himself  the  master 
of  one  of  the  most  prosperous  mining  properties 
in  the  West. 

Attracted  by  the  climate,  Dr.  Schloesser  went 
to  Los  Angeles  in  1909,  engaging  in  the  bond  in- 
vestment, real  estate  and  loan  business,  handling 
mostly  his  personal  funds  and  estate.  He  has 
transferred  most  of  his  holdings  from  the  East  to 
Los  Angeles  and  Hollywood. 

One  of  his  most  valuable  properties  is  the  land 
on  which  is  located  the  Corn  Exchange  National 
Bank  building  of  Chicago,  now  valued  at  $1,250,- 
000.  He  is  at  the  present  time  contemplating  the 
construction  of  a  $2,000,000  hotel  at  Hollywood,  a 
suburb  of  Los  Angeles,  where  he  resides.  There 
he  lives  in  Castle  Sans  Souci  of  Schloesser  Ter- 
race. The  castle  is  of  Tudor-Gothic  style  and  is 
one  of  the  most  beautiful  in  California.  It  contains 
twenty-three  rooms,  and  includes  a  Baronial  Hall 
and  a  Louis  XV  drawing  room. 

Into  this  "castle  without  care,"  Dr.  Schloesser 
has  brought  some  of  the  most  famous  art  treasures 
of  the  old  world.  It  contains  famous  paintings  by 
old  masters,  ancient  wood  carvings — fantastic  and 
weird,  and  vases  and  tapestries  that  have  been 
the  admiration  of  tourists  from  other  countries 
who  have  met  the  doctor  on  his  trips  abroad,  or 
who  have  come  to  him  with  letters  of  introduction 
from  his  famous  and  titled  kinsmen  in  Germany. 

Dr.  Schloesser  has  been  a  liberal  patron  of  the 
artists  of  the  present  day,  and  has  in  his  castle 


some  of  the  most  famous  works  of  his  late  friend 
and  neighbor,  Paul  de  Longpre.  Among  these  are 
"Wild  Roses,"  de  Longpre's  second  best  work,  and 
his  "Poinsettas"  and  "Poppies."  A  remarkable 
original  painting  of  an  Italian  peasant  girl  by  F. 
Andreatti,  entitled  "Pleasant  Recollections,"  hangs 
in  Dr.  Schloesser's  private  study.  In  the  art  gal- 
lery of  the  castle  and  in  the  halls  may  be  seen 
Field's  "Coming  On  of  the  Storm,"  "Dutch  In- 
terior" by  Van  der  Hyse,  a  copy  of  Corregio's 
"Jupiter  and  Antioch"  by  Alexandre,  a  copy  of 
Titian's  "Model"  by  Alexandre,  "Shoeing  the 
Mare"  by  Lancier,  "Satyr  Conversing  With  Peas- 
ant" by  Jordens,  Madame  Le  Brun's  "Marie  An- 
toinette With  Rose,"  "Dignity  and  Impudence"  by 
Lancier,  "Siege  of  Chinatown"  by  Rodgers, 
"Charles  I"  by  Van  Dyke,  the  most  famous  picture 
ever  painted  by  him  of  Charles  I;  Messonier's 
"Poet"  by  Alexandre,  an  original  picture  of  a 
German  army  officer  entitled  "In  a  Quandary,"  by 
Jean  Berne  Belle  Cour,  a  pupil  of  Messonier;  a 
picture  of  Maximillian  I  before  the  siege  of  Merse- 
bourg,  painted  by  Molkenboer  after  Albert  Duerer, 
a  famous  tapestry  by  Ben  Volkmer  after  Boucher, 
a  portrait  by  Mme.  Le  Brun  of  her  daughter,  a 
copy  of  Peter  Paul  Rubens'  "Consequences  of 
War,"  a  portrait  of  Peter  Paul  Rubens'  second 
wife  and  son  by  Professor  Huehne  of  Munich,  a 
famous  wood  carving  adorned  with  cherubs  ex- 
pressing every  mood,  a  vase  made  of  clay  adorned 
with  cherubs  representing  night  and  morning,  and 
exhibited  at  the  Chicago  World's  Fair;  a  Carrara 
marble  bust  of  Victoria  Collona,  poetess  of  Italy. 
These  are  only  a  few  of  the  art  treasures  in  this 
wonder  castle,  and  Dr.  Schloesser  adds  to  his  col- 
lection every  year. 

The  grounds  of  Castle  Sans  Souci  were  laid  out 
by  Nils  Emitslof,  a  famous  European  landscape 
artist,  and  when  completely  developed  will  be  un- 
surpassed in  landscape  artistry  in  this  country. 

Dr.  Schloesser  possesses  a  Gothic  coat  of  mail 
of  the  Fifteenth  Century  handed  down  to  him  from 
his  ancestors.  His  coat  of  arms — a  key,  rosettes, 
helmet,  shield  and  wings — are  frescoed  on  the  ceil- 
ing of  the  baronial  hall,  as  are  also  the  coat  of 
arms  of  Mrs.  Schloesser. 

Two  lions  made  of  Carrara  marble,  and  which 
are  144  years  old,  adorn  the  entrance  to  the  castle, 
and  also  bear  the  Schloesser  coat  of  arms.  These 
lions  formerly  adorned  the  entrance  to  the  palace 
of  the  last  Doge  of  Venice. 

The  inside  of  the  castle  contains  marble 
statutes  imported  from  Italy  to  conform  with  the 
style  of  architecture. 

Dr.  Schloesser  is  a  member  of  the  Masons, 
Commandery  No.  9,  is  a  Knight  Templar  and  a 
Shriner.  He  belongs  to  the  Jonathan  Club,  the 
Gamut  Club,  the  Los  Angeles  Chamber  of  Com- 
merce, the  Hollywood  Club,  and  the  Hollywood 
Board  of  Trade. 


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ONES,  ELMER  RAY,  General  Su- 
perintendent, Wells,  Fargo  &  Co., 
Express,  Los  Angeles,  Cal.,  and 
Vice  President  of  La  Compania 
Mexicana  de  Express,  S.  A.,  of 
Mexico,  was  born  in  Granby,  Mis- 
souri, February  26,  1874,  the  son  of  Thomas  L.  G. 
Jones  and  Sarah  Jane  (Bailey)  Jones.  He  is  of 
Scotch  and  Welsh  ancestry  on  the  paternal  side 
and  descended  from  prominent  Kentuckians  on  the 
maternal  side  of  the  family. 
Mr.  Jones'  education  was 
obtained  in  several  different 
institutions,  and,  like  his 
business  career,  was  of  his 
own  making.  He  attended 
the  public  schools  of  Webb 
City,  Missouri,  in  his  youth 
and  later  became  a  special 
student  at  the  University  of 
Missouri.  Following  this  he 
took  a  special  course  in  Eng- 
lish and  oratory  at  North- 
western University,  Chicago, 
Illinois.  Many  years  later, 
upon  his  removal  to  the  Pa- 
cific Coast,  he  determined  to 
add  to  his  educational  equip- 
ment and  took  up  the  study 
of  law  in  the  University  of 
Southern  California  and  was 
admitted  to  the  bar  of  Cali- 
fornia, but  never  engaged  in 
practice.  In  addition,  he 
studied  the  Spanish  language 
and  became  a  fluent  writer 
and  speaker  m  this  tongue, 
applying  it  with  the  same 
proficiency  as  he  does  Eng- 
lish. 

Beginning  as  a  newspaper 
agent  when  he  was  a  boy  in 
school  at  Webb  City,  Mo., 
Mr.  Jones  has  made  his  way 
to  a  place  among  the  promi- 
nent young  business  men  of  the  Southwest.  Dur- 
ing his  boyhood  he  worked  at  various  occupations 
and  at  the  age  of  nineteen  years  was  appointed 
agent  at  Webb  City  for  Wells,  Fargo  &  Company. 
This  was  the  beginning  of  his  career  in  the  ex- 
press business,  in  which,  after  approximately 
twenty  years  of  continuous  service,  he  has  ad- 
vanced to  a  position  of  prominence  and  great  re- 
sponsibility. He  retained  his  position  at  Webb 
City  for  about  two  years  and  at  the  end  of  that 
period  was  promoted  to  the  agency  of  the  Wells, 
Fargo  &  Company  at  Pittsburg,  Kansas,  a  more 
important  point. 

Three  years  afterwards,  in  1898,  he  was  ad- 
vanced to  the  position  of  Route  Agent  for  Wells, 
Fargo  &  Company,  his  first  official  position  with 
the  company.  He  made  his  headquarters  at  Joplin, 
Missouri,  for  eight  years  and  then  transferred  his 
offices  to  Hutchinson,  Kansas,  from  which  point  he 
directed  the  company's  business  over  a  large  part 
of  the  Middle  West. 

In  1907,  Mr.  Jones  was  appointed  Assistant 
General  Agent  for  the  company  at  Los  Angeles, 
California,  and  held  that  post  for  about  two  years. 
Then,  his  work  having  been  unusually  successful, 
he  was  sent  to  Mexico  as  Assistant  General  Man- 
ager of  the  company's  interests-  in  that  country, 


ELMER  R.  JONES 


with  headquarters  at  Mexico  City.  From  this  point 
forward  his  advancement  was  rapid.  In  January, 
1910,  a  few  months  after  leaving  Los  Angeles,  he 
was  elected  President  and  General  Manager  of  La 
Compania  Mexicana  de  Express,  S.  A.,  as  Wells, 
Fargo  &  Company  is  known  in  Mexico.  In  this 
capacity  Mr.  Jones  had  entire  charge  of  the  com- 
pany's vast  system  in  that  country  for  more  than 
a  year. 

At  this  time,  Wells,  Fargo  &  Company  inaugu- 
rated a  policy  of  placing  its 
most  efficient  men,  as  gen- 
eral superintendents, 
charge  of  its  various 
graphical  departments,  and 
Mr.  Jones,  whose  administra- 
tion in  Mexico  had  been  at- 
tended with  great  success, 
was  recalled  to  Los  Angeles 
to  take  office  as  General  Su- 
perintendent of  the  South- 
western Department.  This 
territory  includes  Southern 
California,  Utah,  Nevada, 
Colorado,  Arizona,  New  Mex- 
ico, and  the  West  Coast  of 
old  Mexico.  In  addition  to 
the  duties  of  this  position,  he 
has  been  held  in  an  official 
position  with  La  Compania 
Mexicana  de  Express,  S.  A., 
holding  since  he  left  Mexico, 
the  office  of  Vice  President. 
Because  of  his  thorough 
knowledge  of  the  Spanish 
language  and  of  business 
conditions  in  the  republic  to 
the  south,  he  has  an  impor- 
tant part  in  the  affairs  of  the 
company. 

Despite  the  responsibili- 
ties of  his  position  with  the 
express  company,  Mr.  Jones 
takes  an  ardent  Interest  in 
public  affairs  of  Los  Angeles, 

and  during  his  first  residence  in  that  city  distin- 
guished himself  as  a  worker  for  the  Young  Men's 
Christian  Association  there.  He  was  one  of  the  or- 
ganizers of  a  memorable  campaign  having  for  its 
object  the  increase  of  the  Association's  membership 
to  five  thousand.  He  aided  in  the  formation  of  the 
"Five  Thousand  Club,"  and  as  its  President  directed 
the  early  part  of  the  work,  but  was  compelled  to 
leave  Los  Angeles  for  Mexico  City  before  the  con- 
clusion of  the  campaign.  The  work  he  had  begun 
proved  a  brilliant  success  and  to  him  was  given  a 
great  deal  of  the  credit  for  placing  the  Young 
Men's  Christian  Association  of  Los  Angeles  among 
the  strongest  branches  of  the  organization.  The 
Los  Angeles  "Express,"  commenting  on  this,  said: 
"Few  men  did  more  to  boost  the  membership 
and  intrench  the  Association  solidly  in  Los  An- 
geles. He  organized  and  was  made  President  of  the 
'5000  Club,'  which  had  as  its  chief  aim  the  raising 
of  the  membership  to  5000.  Mr.  Jones  was  forced 
to  leave  Los  Angeles  before  this  was  achieved,  but 
the  work  of  the  club  resulted  in  the  achievement  in 
a  whirlwind  campaign  and  Mr.  Jones  was  given 
much  credit." 

Upon  his  return  to  Los  Angeles  he  again  became 
active  in  the  Y.  M.  C.  A.  In  the  Masonic  fraternity 
he  is  a  Knight  Templar  and  a  Shriner. 


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ANDREWS.HARRY, 
Real  Estate,  Loans  and 
Insurance,  Los  Angeles, 
California,  was  born  in 
Chicago,  Illinois,  Au- 
gust 10,  1868,  the  son 
of  Robert  Kennedy  An- 
drews and  Mary  (Black- 
man)  Andrews.  Mar- 
ried Laura  Elizabeth 
Lyman  May  23,  1906,  at 
Los  Angeles. 

He  attended  gram- 
mar and  high  schools 
at  Marengo,  Illinois,  but 
did  not  graduate.  He 
engaged  in  various 
lines  of  business  as  a 
young  man  and  in  1897 
became  a  city  salesman 
for  the  National  Biscuit  Company  in  Des  Moines, 
Iowa.  After  three  years  he  accepted  a  position 
with  H.  J.  Heinz  Company  of  Pittsburg,  Pennsyl- 
vania, traveling  for  five  years  over  Western  Iowa 
territory. 

In  1905  made  a  visit  to  Los  Angeles,  California, 
and  has  been  there  since.  Sold  real  estate  for 
Barry  Brothers  for  a  year,  then  entered  business 
for  himself.  Has  continued  down  to  date,  making 
a  specialty  of  high-class  residence  property  in  the 
Wilshire  boulevard  district.  He  has  placed  on  the 
market  a  number  of  subdivisions. 

Member  of  the  following  organizations,  located 
in  Los  Angeles:  Municipal  League,  Federation 
Club,  Auto  Club  of  Southern  California,  Realty 
Board  and  California  State  Realty  Federation'; 
also  Masonic  bodies. 


CURRAN,  ROBERT 
GARNER,  Printer  and 
Publisher,  Los  Angeles, 
California,  was  born  at 
Jeffersonville,  Indiana, 
June  18,  1870.  Son  of 
Robert  E.  Curran  and 
Pauline  (Garner)  Cur- 
ran.  Married  Caroline 
A.  Cook  at  Los  Angeles 
February  24,  1897. 

Attended  schools  in 
Jeffersonville  and 

Charlestown,  Ind.,  and 
Sioux  Rapids,  la.  Went 
to  California  in  1884, 
attended  the  high 
school  of  Ventura,  Cal- 
ifornia. Started  in  the 
newspaper  business  at 
Santa  Barbara,  California,  1886;  with  Ventura  Free 
Press  in  1887.  In  1888-89  worked  on  father's  pa- 
pers at  Nordhoff  and  Ventura.  Went  until  1894  to 
the  University  of  Southern  California,  where  he 
edited  and  published  the  college  paper  from  his 
own  plant.  Formed  a  partnership,  sold  interest 
after  three  years;  managed  Press  Clipping  Bureau 
five  years;  organizer  and  first  president  Southwest 
Printers'  Supply  Company;  sold  interest  and  trav- 
eled for  a  Chicago  type  foundry;  organized  Pacific 
Steam  Economizer  Company,  1903,  and  Keller 
Steam  Economizer  Company  at  St.  Louis  Exposi- 
tion; re-entered  publishing  and  printing  business, 
Los  Angeles,  1906;  publisher  Western  Insur- 
ance News,  president  Curran  Printing  Company, 
member  Sigma  Chi  Fraternity,  City  Club  and  Union 
League  of  Los  Angeles. 


BENT,  ARTHUR 
S.,  Contracting,  Los 
Angeles,  California, 
was  born  at  Dowievllle, 
California,  in  1863.  He 
is  the  son  of  Henry  K. 
Bent  and  Jennie 
(Crawford)  Bent.  His 
ancestors  were  minute 
men  and  officers  in  the 
Revolutionary  War. 
He  married  in  Los  An- 
geles, in  1888,  Eliza  J. 
McKee.  They  have  two 
children,  Ellen  and 
Crawford  H.  Bent.  He 
was  taken  to  Los  An- 
geles from  Massachu- 
setts when  6  years  old 
and  received  his  edu- 
cation in  the  grammar  and  high  schools  of 
that  city.  Finishing  school  he  went  into  the 
newspaper  business.  He  was  a  reporter  on 
the  Los  Angeles  Times  and  Herald,  and  in 
1881  was  city  editor  of  the  Los  Angeles  Express. 
He  then  went  with  the  Banning  Company  at  San 
Pedro  and  remained  for  five  years.  Was  for  a 
number  of  years  general  manager  of  the  Pacific 
Clay  manufacturing  Company  of  Los  Angeles  and 
Corona.  In  1888  he  began  for  himself  the  business 
of  general  contracting,  in  which  he  is  now  engaged. 
He  has  executed  many  important  irrigation,  con- 
crete and  macadam  road  contracts  throughout  the 
West  and  Mexico  and  maintains  offices  in  Denver 
and  Seattle. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Jonathan  Club  and  sev- 
eral learned  societies. 


CHANDLER,  LEO 
S.,  Banker,  Los  An- 
geles, California,  was 
born  at  St.  Louis,  Mis- 
souri, September  4, 
1878,  the  son  of  Jeffer- 
son Chandler  and  Cath- 
erine (O'Toole)  Chand- 
ler. Married  Louise 
Towell  McFarland  in 
February,  1907,  at  Los 
Angeles.  To  them  two 
children  have  been 
born,  Dan  McFarland 
and  Thomas  Alden 
Chandler. 

He  attended  the  St. 
Louis  University,  St. 
Louis,  then  was  sent  to 
Stanton  Military  Acad- 
emy. To  prepare  for  college  he  went  to  the  famous 
Lawrenceville,  New  Jersey,  school.  Before  com- 
pleting his  course  his  family  moved  to  Los  Angeles, 
in  the  year  1894.  Two  years  later  he  entered  the 
Leland  Stanford  University.  He  studied  through 
three  years,  until  the  spring  of  1899.  Then  he 
left  to  engage  in  U.  S.  Transport  Service.  Purser 
of  Transport  Warren,  which  took  the  Fourteenth 
Regiment  to  China  during  the  Boxer  Rebellion.  In 
May,  1900,  resigned  for  place  in  general  manager's 
office  Salt  Lake  Railroad.  Left  in  1905  to  join  Los 
Angeles  Trust  and  Savings  Bank,  with  which  he 
has  continued  to  date  as  trust  officer.  He  studied 
law  after  leaving  college;  admitted  to  bar  in  1906. 

Mr.  Chandler  is  a  member  of  the  Phi  Delta  Phi 
and  the  Sigma  Alpha  Epsilon  Fraternities  and  the 
California  Club. 


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BARLOW,  WALTER 
JARVIS,  Physician  and 
Surgeon,  Los  Angeles, 
California,  was  born  in 
Ossining,  New  York, 
January  22,  1868,  the 
son  of  William  Henry 
Barlow  and  Catherine 
Stratton  (Lent)  Bar- 
low. Ancestors  origi- 
nal American  colonists. 
Married  Marion  Brooks 
Patterson  at  Los  An- 
geles in  1898.  Three 
children  born  to  them, 
W.  J.,  Jr.;  Catherine 
Lent  and  Ella  Brooks. 
Graduated  at  Mount 
Pleasant  Military  Acad- 
emy, 1885,  New  York 
State;  graduated  Columbia  University  1889,  degree 
A.  B.;  received  degree  M.  D.  at  Columbia  Univer- 
sity in  1892.  His  first  practice  was  as  house  physi- 
cian at  the  Mt.  Sinai  Hospital,  New  York  City; 
then  he  was  house  surgeon  at  Sloane  Maternity 
Hospital,  New  York;  instructor  Post  Graduate 
School  of  New  York. 

Went  to  California  in  1895;  in  private  practice 
since  1895.  Dean  and  professor  of  Clinical  Medi- 
cine, Los  Angeles  Department,  College  of  Medi- 
cine, University  of  California;  vice  president  of 
American  Academy  of  Medicine,  member  of  Ameri- 
can Climatological  Association  and  President  Los 
Angeles  Medical  Association;  secretary-treasurer 
the  Barlow  Sanatorium. 

Clubs:  California  and  University,  Los  Angeles 
Athletic  Club  and  Phi  Pho  Sigma  Fraternity. 


KRESS,  GEORGE  H., 
Physician,  Los  Angeles, 
Cal.,  was  born  at  Cin- 
cinnati, O.,  December 
23,  1874,  the  son  of  Hen- 
ry Kress  and  Salome 
(Kern)  Kress.  He  mar- 
ried Elizabeth  Hamil- 
ton Hill,  a  college  class- 
mate, June  16,  1903,  at 
Cincinnati. 

He  graduated  from 
Hughes  High  School, 
Cincinnati,  in  1892;  re- 
ceived his  degree,  after 
four  years  of  study, 
from  the  University  of 
Cincinnati  in  the  year 
1896,  and  then  took  up 
the  study  of  medicine 
at  the  same  university.  He  received  the  degree  ot 
M.  D.  in  1899.  Dr.  Kress  at  once  became  resi- 
dent physician  at  the  Good  Samaritan  Hospital, 
Cincinnati;  appointed  assistant  surgeon  at  the  Na- 
tional Soldiers'  Hospital,  Dayton,  O.,  1900-1903; 
went  to  Los  Angeles  to  engage  in  private  practice. 
Conspicuous  in  medical  affairs  and  prominent  in 
fight  against  tuberculosis.  Chairman  of  the  State 
Tuberculosis  Commission  to  investigate  tuberculo- 
sis in  California.  Member  of  all  the  important  medi- 
cal and  scientific  societies;  has  written  prolifically 
on  health  subjects,  having  received  the  gold  and 
silver  medals  from  the  International  Tuberculosis 
Congress  for  educational  leaflets,  1908.  Secretary 
of  Faculty  and  Professor  of  Hygiene,  Los  Angeles 
department,  State  University  of  California  Medical 
School.  Member,  University  Club  of  Los  Angeles. 


FITZHUGH- 
THORNTON,  Archi- 
tect, Los  Angeles,  Cal., 
since  1895.  Born  In- 
dianapolis, Ind.,  1864. 
Parents,  Lee  Mason 
and  Anna  Harrison 
(Thornton)  Fitzhugh. 
Educated  in  Indianap- 
olis and  Cincinnati. 
Studied  art  under  Mr. 
Charles  J.  Fiscus  of 
Indianapolis.  Studied, 
afterward  taught  archi- 
tecture for  four  years, 
Ohio  Mechanics'  Insti- 
tute, Cincinnati.  Took 
special  course  in  struc- 
tural steel  in  Chicago. 
After  about  eight  years 
In  well  known  Eastern  offices,  began  prac- 
tice in  Cincinnati,  designing  buildings  for  the  Amer- 
ican Cotton  Seed  Oil  Company,  Russell-Morgan 
Printing  Company,  "Big  Four,"  and  "C.  &  O." 
Railways. 

In  Los  Angeles  he  has  built  the  Pacific  Electric 
Building,  with  the  Jonathan  Club  and  its  roof  gar- 
den, the  Territorial  Penitentiary  and  the  Insane 
Hospital  of  Arizona. 

Mr.  Fitzhugh  drafted  the  first  building  ordi- 
nance of  Cincinnati,  and  served  on  the  Los  An- 
geles Building  Ordinance  Commission  of  1905-6  and 
the  Theater  Commission  of  the  latter  year. 

Dr.  Matthew  Thornton,  one  of  the  architects 
of  the  National  Capitol  Building,  was  in  Mr.  Fitz- 
hugh's  maternal  line.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Southern  California  Chapter,  A.  I.  A. 


BLACK,  GEORGE 
NATHAN,  Real  Estate, 
Los  Angeles,  California, 
was  born  in  San  Fran- 
cisco, California,  June 
17,  1876,  the  son  of 
Samuel  Black  and  Ros- 
alie (Newman)  Black. 

Began  life  as  a 
newsboy,  went  through 
the  grammar  school 
and  high  schools  of  Los 
Angeles,  to  which  city 
he  went  when  he  was  9 
years  old. 

Leaving  school,  he 
went  to  work  in  a  de- 
partment store,  and  aft- 
er a  few  years  entered 
the  real  estate  busi- 
ness, in  which  he  has  remained  to  date.  Is  junior 
partner  of  the  firm  of  Black  Brothers. 

Mr.  Black,  although  yet  a  young  man,  has  had  a 
notable  political  career.  He  is  a  Republican  and 
honored  by  his  party.  He  has  served  on  its  State, 
city  and  county  executive  committees  at  Los 
Angeles.  He  was  entrusted,  in  1908,  with  the  man- 
agement of  the  Taft  campaign  in  Los  Angeles 
County.  He  was  chairman  of  the  Republican  City 
Convention  in  1908.  Governor  Gillett  of  California 
made  him  Lieutenant-Colonel  on  his  staff.  He  has 
not  yet  been  a  candidate  for  office,  although  urged 
repeatedly. 

Past  Grand  President  Independent  Order  B'nai 
B'rith,  Past  Master  Westgate  Lodge,  F.  and  A.  M., 
member  Governing  Committee  Los  Angeles  Realty 
Board. 


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INGFIELD,  GEORGE,  Mining, 
Reno,  Nevada,  was  born  in  Fort 
Smith,  Arkansas,  August  16,  1876, 
the  son  of  Thomas  Y.  Wingfield 
and  Martha  M.  Wingfield.  He 
married  Maud  Murdoch  at  San 
Francisco,  California.  In  his  childhood,  Mr.  Wing- 
field  went  to  the  West,  and  his  life  has  been 
passed  there,  in  a  manner  typical  of  the  country 
and  filled  to  the  brim  with  the  excitement  that  has 
characterized  the  growth  of  that  part  of  the 
land. 

Every  mining  boom  has  its  central  figure.  Just 
like  Cripple  Creek  had  its  Stratton,  so  have  Gold- 
field  and  Tonopah  their  Wingfield.  He  is  the  em- 
bodiment of  the  romance  of  this  latest  of  gold  ex- 
citements. 

His  career  differs  from  that  of  the  other  big  fig- 
ures of  former  booms.  Most  of  the  other  men  were 
discoverers,  and  luck  played  the  chief  part  in  their 
rise  to  wealth.  Mr.  Wingfield  could  not  exactly  be 
called  the  discoverer  of  either  Goldfield  or  Tonopah. 
His  fortune  came  more  through  personal  endeavor. 
He  is  the  man  who  put  mining  in  the  Nevada 
camps  on  a  business  basis.  He  took  prospects  and 
converted  them  into  great  mines.  He  organized 
mining  companies  that  mined.  He  is  a  born  leader 
of  men,  an  organizer,  and  to  this  perhaps  is  due 
the  most  of  his  success. 

Before  going  to  Nevada,  in  1897,  Mr.  Wingfield 
had  been  a  cowboy  in  Southeastern  Oregon,  where 
his  father  was  engaged  in  the  cattle  business,  and 
even  prior  to  this  he  had  led  a  varied  and  colorful 
life,  fairly  typical  of  his  occupation  in  that  country. 
His  first  mining  venture  in  Nevada  was  in  the 
copper  mines  about  Golconda.  This  stripped  him 
of  practically  all  he  possessed,  but  he  had  caught 
the  "gold  fever"  and  was  not  discouraged.  On 
May  7,  1901,  he  settled  temporarily  in  Tonopah, 
buying  mining  stocks  and  claims  which  subse- 
quently netted  him  a  handsome  profit.  From  there 
he  moved  to  Goldfield,  where  he  was  the  first  man 
to  put  money  into  the  mines,  and  bought  the  Sand 
storm,  Kendall,  Columbia  and  other  promising  prop- 
erties. Together  with  his  associates  he  took  a 
lease  on  the  Florence,  from  which  they  made  about 
$750,000,  in  the  meantime,  from  1904  to  1906,  pur- 
chasing all  the  inside  territory,  including  the  Mo- 
hawk, Laguna  and  various  others.  During  the 
earlier  years  of  his  stay  in  Nevada  he  had  banks 
in  Tonopah,  Reno  and  Carson,  but  sold  them  in 
1902-'06  and  started  others  in  Goldfield,  Tonopah 
and  Reno. 

In  1906  he  added  the  Red  Top  and  the  Jumbo  to 
his  holdings,  and  in  the  same  year  organized  the 
Goldfield  Consolidated  Mining  Company,  compris- 
ing the  Mohawk,  Red  Top,  Jumbo  and  Laguna.  He 
then  purchased  the  Goldfield  Mining  Company's 
properties,  which  he  merged  with  the  Consolidated. 
Later  he  bought  out  the  Combination  Mines  Com- 
pany, and  added  this,  too,  thus  converting  six  or- 


ganized mining  companies  into  one  huge  corpora- 
tion. Of  this,  which  has  produced  more  than  $42,- 
000,000  in  the  past  six  years,  Mr.  Wingfield  is  the 
president  and  chief  owner. 

Until  April,  1909,  he  was  associated  with  U.  S. 
Senator  Nixon  in  most  of  his  enterprises,  but  in 
that  year  the  partnership  was  dissolved,  the  Sen- 
ator taking  all  the  banking  and  real  estate  inter- 
ests except  the  John  S.  Cook  Banking  Company, 
of  Goldfield,  of  which  property  Mr.  Wingfield  is 
now  the  sole  owner. 

In  addition  to  these  holdings  he  has  large  in- 
terests in  California  and  Nevada,  including  live 
stock  and  oil  fields.  He  was  one  of  the  organizers 
of  the  Nevada  Petroleum  Company,  whose  proper- 
ties are  chiefly  in  Coalinga,  and  is  still  heavily  in- 
terested therein. 

One  of  the  greatest  services  Mr.  Wingfield  has 
rendered  Nevada,  and  the  mining  industry  as  well, 
was  the  fight  he  waged  successfully  against  the  In- 
dustrial Workers  of  the  World  and  the  Western 
Federation  of  Miners,  which  in  that  country  were 
practically  identical.  They  were  composed  largely 
of  dishwashers,  roustabouts  and  malcontents  who 
strove  to  control  the  labor  situation  in  the  mines. 
Strikes,  often  on  a  pretext,  were  frequent,  and 
much  high-grade  ore  was  stolen  from  the  Consoli- 
dated properties. 

Mr.  Wingfield  was  determined  to  submit  to  no 
dictation  from  these  Orders,  and  to  do  the  con- 
trolling himself.  Though  he  knew  that  his  life 
was  in  constant  danger  at  the  hands  of  those  who 
had  threatened  it,  he  moved  among  them  as  if  quite 
oblivious  of  the  conditions  surrounding  him.  By 
this  demeanor  he  not  only  won  the  respect  of  his 
friends,  but  also  contributed  much  to  the  first  de- 
cisive defeat  the  Federation  and  the  I.  W.  W.  had 
suffered  in  Nevada.  He  finally  succeeded  in  driv- 
ing the  trouble  makers  out  of  the  country  and  re- 
placed them  with  men  loyal  to  his  own  interests. 
Since  then  the  mines  have  been  well  conducted,  to 
the  great  benefit  of  all  concerned. 

Mr.  Wingfield  gives  the  observer  an  impression 
of  quiet  determination  and  of  a  refusal  to  be  flus- 
tered by  his  extraordinary  success.  For  a  man  of 
his  years  and  training  he  has  remarkable  poise, 
and  among  his  friends  he  is  known  for  his  substan- 
tial remembrances  of  his  former  comrades  in  ad- 
versity, especially  of  those  who  assisted  him  when 
he  needed  assistance.  Mr.  Wingfield  is  said  to 
be  one  of  those  rare  mortals  who  never  forget  a 
favor. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Bohemian  Club  of  San 
Francisco,  the  Press  Club  of  San  Francisco,  the 
Sierra  Madre  Club  of  Los  Angeles,  Reno  Commer- 
cial Club,  Rocky  Mountain  Club  of  New  York,  and 
is  one  of  the  most  prominent  members  of  the  B. 
P.  O.  E.  in  the  West.  He  it  was  who  donated  sev- 
eral thousand  dollars  in  a  lump  sum  in  order  to 
complete  the  building  of  the  Elks'  Home  in  Gold- 
field. 


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LLIOTT,  KARL,  Real  Estate, 
Building  and  Investments,  Los 
Angeles,  California,  was  born  at 
Greensboro,  Indiana,  January  25, 
1885,  the  son  of  Nathan  H.  Elliott 

and  Eva   (Bowman)   Elliott.     Mr. 

Elliott  married  Ada  Sellers  at  Pasadena,  California, 
June  4,  1910,  and  to  them  there  has  been  born  a 
daughter,  Adrienne  Elliott. 

Mr.  Elliott's  parents  left  Indiana  about  the  year 
1890  and  went  to  California, 
first  locating  at  San  Jose, 
later  at  Glendora,  and  finally 
at  Pasadena,  where  they  es- 
tablished a  permanent  resi- 
dence. 

He  received  his  prelim- 
inary education  in  the  gram- 
mar schools  of  Pasadena, 
then  entered  the  preparatory 
department  of  the  Univer- 
sity of  Southern  California, 
from  which  he  was  gradu- 
ated. He  then  entered  the 
University  and  studied  for 
about  two  years,  but  at  that 
time  left  to  enter  business 
life. 

Mr.  Elliott  first  went  to 
work,  in  1900,  for  the  Pasa- 
dena Electric  Railway  Com- 
pany (now  the  Pacific  Elec- 
tric Railway  Co.),  while  he 
was  going  to  school.  He 
worked  in  all  departments  of 
(he  railroad,  including 
clerical  and  mechanical 
branches,  and  despite  his 
youth,  was  entrusted  with 
various  responsible  positions. 

Mr.  Elliott  was  at  different  times  in  charge  of 
the  Southern  Division  Mechanical  Department  of 
the  above  corporation,  wherein  he  had  charge  of 
about  seventy-five  cars,  and  the  Electrical  Depart- 
ment of  the  Northern  Division  of  the  company's 
system.  Later  on  he  became  Chief  Clerk  in  the 
Mechanical  Department,  with  a  subdivision,  the 
Electrical  Department,  under  his  supervision. 

In  1908,  Mr.  Elliott  embarked  in  the  real  estate 
and  building  field,  in  which  he  has  met  with  un- 
usual success.  Severing  his  connection  with  the 
Pasadena  Railway  Company,  he  purchased  an  in- 
terest in  the  Original  Home  Builders  of  Los  An- 
geles, a  development  enterprise  which  has  since 
become  firmly  established  in  the  business  life  of 
Southern  California.  He  was  elected  President  of 
the  company  almost  immediately,  and  at  once  took 
up  his  duties  in  that  capacity. 

When  Mr.  Elliott  became  the  head  of  the  Home 
Builders  it  was  not  very  strong  financially,  its 
total  capital  at  the  time  being  about  $10,000. 


KARL  ELLIOTT 


Largely  through  his  managerial  ability  and  pro- 
gressive methods  the  concern  has  grown  steadily 
until,  in  1912,  it  had  assets  approximately  half  a 
million  dollars  in  value. 

The  Original  Home  Builders  of  Los  Angeles 
have  taken  an  active  part  in  the  development  of 
Los  Angeles  and  vicinity,  the  company's  method 
of  operation  being  the  purchase  of  large  tracts  of 
land,  which  are  later  subdivided  into  residence  lots 
and  homes  built  thereon,  for  sale.  The  company 
became  particularly  active 
during  the  year  1912,  open- 
ing up  for  improvement  sev- 
eral large  stretches  of  terri- 
tory in  the  outlying  sections 
of  Los  Angeles.  One  notable 
purchase  was  that  of  117 
acres  between  Los  Angeles 
and  Glendale,  a  suburb,  for- 
merly a  part  of  the  Glassell 
Estate.  This  will  be  known 
as  Wrighton  Place.  Another 
tract,  comprising  forty  acres 
of  land  in  the  Southwestern 
part  of  Los  Angeles,  will  be 
known  as  Elliott  Place,  so 
named  in  honor  of  Mr.  El- 
liott, and  will  be  subdivided 
and  built  up  within  the  next 
few  years,  it  is  stated. 

The  Home  Builders  of 
Los  Angeles  occupies  an  ad- 
vantageous position  in  its 
business  field  in  the  South- 
west in  that  it  owns  its  mills 
and  lumber  yards  where  its 
building  material  is  pre- 
pared. In  addition  to  the 
parent  concern,  which  is  the 

second  oldest  of  the  kind  in  Los  Angeles,  Mr.  El- 
liott is  the  dominating  factor  in  several  other 
allied  concerns.  These  include  the  Elliott  Supply 
Company,  of  which  he  is  President,  a  corporation 
which  handles  the  building  material  for  the  Home 
Builders  of  Los  Angeles;  the  Elliott,  Wright  & 
Company,  a  general  stock,  bond  and  investment 
firm  which  handles  the  general  financial  affairs  of 
the  original  company,  and  also  provides  a  guaranty 
fund  for  the  stockholders  of  the  Home  Builders  of 
Los  Angeles.  He  also  is  Treasurer  of  the  Wright 
Builders. 

His  business  interests  naturally  make  Mr.  El- 
liott one  of  the  most  enthusiastic  workers  for  the 
upbuilding  of  Los  Ongeles  and  Southern  California 
and  through  his  companies,  he  has  helped  to  at- 
tract many  new  citizens  to  that  section. 

Mr.  Elliott  is  a  member  of  the  University  Club, 
of  Los  Angeles;  Los  Angeles  Athletic  Club  of  the 
same  city,  and  of  the  Sigma  Chi  Fraternity,  Alpha 
Upsilon  Chapter,  of  the  University  of  Southern 
California. 


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ITCHELL,  CLYDE  WITHERS, 
Mining,  Los  Angeles,  California, 
was  born  in  San  Marcos,  Texas, 
April  2,  1873,  the  son  of  Lafayette 
Withers  Mitchell  and  Mary  Lou 
(Ellison)  Mitchell.  He  married 
Elizabeth  Moore  at  Tropico,  California,  July  13, 
1896,  and  to  them  there  have  been  born  three 
children,  Gerald,  Dorothy  and  Donald  Mitchell.  Mr. 
Mitchell's  family  is  one  of  the  oldest  in  the  South, 
and  his  grandfather,  Colonel 
James  Ellison,  served  in  the 
United  States  Army  during 
the  war  with  Mexico.  His 
father  served  four  years  in 
the  Confederate  Army. 

Mr.  Mitchell's  family 
moved  to  Los  Angeles  when 
he  was  twelve  years  of  age 
and  he  has  since  made  his 
home  there,  with  the  excep- 
tion of  slight  interruptions. 
He  attended  the  public  schools 
of  Los-  Angeles,  during  1885- 
1887,  and  1887-1889  he  was  a 
student  at  McPherson's 
Academy,  a  well  known  pri- 
vate school  of  the  city.  Fin- 
ishing there,  he  worked  for 
about  two  years  and  in  1890 
began  to  study  Mine  Engi- 
neering at  the  Colorado 
School  of  Mines,  Golden, 
Colorado,  graduating  in  1892, 
with  the  degree  of  E.  M. 

For  the  first  five  years 
after  receiving  his  degree 
Mr.  Mitchell  worked  for  va- 
rious mining  interests  of  the 

West    and    in    1897    entered    the    employ    of    the 
Phelps-Dodge    Mining    Company    as    metallurgist. 

He  was  stationed  at  Nacozari,  Sonora,  Mexico, 
where  the  Moctezuma  Copper  Company,  a  subsid- 
iary corporation  of  the  Phelps-Dodge  interests, 
operates  one  of  the  best  producing  mines  in  that 
section  of  the  country.  He  remained  there  for 
five  years  and  during  that  time,  in  addition  to 
his  professional  work,  was  engaged  in  important 
metallurgical  experiments. 

Upon  severing  his  connection  with  the  Phelps- 
Dodge  Company  in  1902,  Mr.  Mitchell  was  appointed 
Superintendent  of  the  Black  Diamond  Copper  Com- 
pany's smelter  in  Arizona  and  remained  in  charge 
of  the  plant  for  about  four  years. 

In  1906,  Mr.  Mitchell  organized  the  Pacific  Cop- 
per Mining  Company,  at  Prescott,  Arizona,  a  cor- 
poration financed  by  Kansas  City  capitalists,  and 
one  in  which  he  still  retains  the  offices  of  first 
Vice  President  and  Consulting  Engineer.  John 
Kelley,  of  Kansas  City,  was  the  principal  owner  of 
this  property,  as  well  as  the  famous  El  Tigre  Mine, 


CLYDE  W.  MITCHELL 


in  Sonora,  Mexico.  After  two  years  with  the  Pa- 
cific Copper  Mining  Company,  Mr.  Mitchell  was 
appointed  Consulting  Engineer  of  El  Tigre  Mine 
and  while  acting  in  this  capacity  was  sent  to  New 
York  by  the  owners  to  negotiate  the  sale  of  the 
property  to  the  Lewisohns,  bankers.  This  deal 
fell  through  because  of  a  difference  on  price  and 
Mr.  Mitchell  was  then  authorized  to  open  ne- 
gotiations with  a  syndicate  of  English  capitalists, 
but  this  also  failed  and  the  property,  considered 
one  of  the  rich  gold  mines 
of  the  American  Continent, 
has  remained  with  its  origi- 
nal owners. 

Mr.  Mitchell  relinquished 
his  connection  with  the  Mex- 
ican property  in  1908,  but  he 
still  is  associated  with  the 
Kansas  City  capitalists  in 
their  American  enterprises 
and  acts  as  Consulting  Engi- 
neer for  the  Pacific  Copper 
Mining  Company. 

In  1909  Mr.  Mitchell's  at- 
tention was  turned  to  South- 
ern Arizona  and  as  Secretary 
and  Treasurer  of  the  Arizona 
Empire  Copper  Mines  Com- 
pany, he  has  been  engaged  in 
the  development  of  a  valua- 
ble copper  property  at  Par- 
ker, Arizona.  He  also  has  a 
mine  at  Tuolumne,  California, 
which  he  is  working. 

Aside  from  his  mining 
operations,  Mr.  Mitchell  for 
several  years  has  been  ac- 
tively interested  in  real  es- 
tate in  Southern  California, 

especially  in  the  Sierra  Madre  district,  where  he 
has  a  beautiful  home.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Sierra  Madre  Board  of  Trade  and  an  active  partici- 
pant in  the  affairs  of  the  town,  which  he  has 
aided  in  upbuilding  and  which  has,  in  the  last 
few  years,  come  so  noticeably  to  the  front  as  a 
residence  place  of  great  natural  beauty. 

Mr.  Mitchell  occupies  a  strong  position  in  min- 
ing, affairs  in  the  Southwest  and  in  1909  was  chosen 
by  the  Los  Angeles  Chamber  of  Commerce,  of 
which  he  is  a  member,  to  represent  the  city  at  the 
American  Mining  Congress,  held  that  year  in  the 
Southwestern  Center. 

In  addition  to  the  interests  mentioned,  Mr. 
Mitchell  is  President  of  the  Sierra  Madre  Hotel 
Company. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Masonic  order,  the 
Sierra  Madre  Club  and  Gamut  Club  of  Los  An- 
geles, the  Southern  Club  of  San  Francisco,  and 
National  Geographic  Society  of  Washington.  He 
also  holds  membership  in  the  Los  Angeles  Cham- 
ber of  Mines  and  Oil. 


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ENNEDY,  KARL  KEENER.  Secre- 
tary, Fierce-Kennedy  Brokerage 
Company,  Los  Angeles,  California, 
was  born  in  Des  Moines,  Iowa, 
January  1,  1876.  He  is  the  son 
of  Josiah  Forest  Kennedy  and 
Mary  Catherine  (Reigart)  Kennedy,  descended  of 
Scotch  and  Irish  stock  which  traces  back  for  more 
than  three  hundred  years.  His  great-great-grand- 
uncle  was  Lord  North,  Prime  Minister  of  England 
during  the  reign  of  King 
George  III,  upon  whose 
shoulders  much  of  the  re- 
sponsibility for  the  Revolu- 
tionary War  was  placed. 
Lord  North's  sister  was  mar- 
ried to  William  Kennedy, 
great-great-grandfather  of 
Mr.  Kennedy,  a  notable 
Scotchman  of  the  times.  An 
earlier  member  of  the  Ken- 
nedy family  is  believed  to 
have  been  James  Kennedy, 
Bishop  of  St.  Andrews  dur- 
ing the  reign  of  King 
James  II. 

Mr.  Kennedy  attended  the 
grammar  and  high  schools  of 
Des  Moines,  graduating  from 
the  latter  in  the  class  of  1895. 
He  then  spent  three  years 
in  the  University  of  Ten- 
nessee. Leaving  college  in 
1898,  Mr.  Kennedy  was  ap- 
pointed Assistant  Secretary 
of  the  State  Board  of  Medical 
Examiners,  of  which  his 
father  was  Secretary  and 
served  in  that  capacity  for 
about  a  year  and  a  half. 

Resigning  his  position 
with  the  State  Board  in 
1900,  Mr.  Kennedy  went  to 
Phoenix,  Arizona,  where  he 
engaged  in  the  banking  busi- 
ness for  a  short  time  in  the  employ  of  the  Valley 
Bank  of  that  city. 

In  1901  Mr.  Kennedy  visited  Los  Angeles  for  a 
short  time,  then  returned  to  his  home  in  Des 
Moines,  where  he  became  interested  in  the  insur- 
ance business.  He  was  thus  engaged  for  the  next 
two  years,  his  travels  taking  him  to  many  parts 
of  the  West,  including  Kansas,  Oklahoma,  Colorado, 
Oregon  and  Washington.  He  made  his  headquar- 
ters in  Portland,  Oregon. 

Mr.  Kennedy  organized  the  Occidental  Oyster 
Company  at  Bay  Center,  Washington,  in  1903,  and 
this  has  since  come  to  be  one  of  the  important  en- 
terprises of  that  section.  For  some  time  he  took 
an  active  part  in  the  management  of  the  company, 
but  other  duties  caused  him  to  give  up  the  work, 
although  he  still  retains  an  interest  in  the  concern. 
Leaving  the  Northwest  in  1906,  Mr.  Kennedy 
went  to  Los  Angeles  and  there  started  the  forma- 
tion of  the  Occidental  Life  Insurance  Company. 
This  corporation,  which  is  now  one  of  the  firmly  es- 
tablished insurance  enterprises  of  California,  had 
a  somewhat  precarious  beginning,  due  to  the  San 
Francisco  disaster.  Mr.  Kennedy,  who  had  entire 
charee  of  the  sale  of  stock  for  the  comoany,  had 
disposed  of  all  but  $15,000  worth  of  the  issue,  and 
a  meeting  had  been  called  for  April  19,  1903,  to 


KARL  K.  KENNEDY 


consider  the  disposal  of  this  balance.  On  April  18, 
San  Francisco  was  visited  by  fire  and  earthquake, 
thus  upsetting  financial  conditions  throughout  the 
Pacific  Coast  country. 

When  the  company  finally  was  organized,  Mr. 
Kennedy  was  chosen  Secretary,  Director  and  Super- 
intendent of  Agents.  He  also  had  the  honor  of 
nominating  Honorable  Edwin  H.  Conger,  former 
American  Minister  to  China,  the  man  who  was  the 
official  representative  of  this  country  during  the 
Boxer  uprising,  for  first  Presi- 
dent of  the  Company.  Al- 
though he  had  worked  hard 
for  the  organization  of  the 
Company,  Mr.  Kennedy  re- 
mained with  it  less  than  a 
year,  resigning  his  offices  in 
1907,  to  go  into  the  brokerage 
business.  He  made  a  special- 
ty of  Mexican  lands  and  his 
investigations  took  him  fre- 
quently into  the  wild  regions 
of  the  West  Coast  of  Mexico. 
On  one  of  his  trips  through 
the  Tepic  district,  before  the 
Southern  Pacific  Railroad 
had  been  built  into  the  coun- 
try, Mr.  Kennedy  had  an  en- 
counter that  nearly  cost  him 
his  life. 

Owing  to  the  intense  heat 
he,  like  many  others, 
traveled  by  horseback  at 
night.  He  was  making  his 
way  through  the  mountains 
on  one  of  these  trips  when  he 
was  suddenly  held  up  by 
bandits.  He  resisted  the  de- 
mands of  the  robbers  and 
finally,  after  a  struggle,  es- 
caped them.  This  was  an  in- 
cident characteristic  of  the 
West  Coast  at  that  time, 
when  Yaqui  Indians  and  na- 
tive bandits  were  continually 
on  the  lookout  for  travelers. 

Returning  to  the  United  States  in  1908,  Mr. 
Kennedy  organized  the  Walker-Heck  Oil  Company 
and  engaged  in  oil  operation  in  California,  also 
going  in  for  mining  at  Goldfield,  Nevada,  where  he 
worked  the  Commonwealth  property  for  some  time. 
He  remained  in  these  lines  less  than  three 
years,  however,  giving  up  both  in  1911,  to  assist 
in  the  organization  of  the  Pyramid  Investment 
Company,  of  which  he  is  a  Director. 

This  company,  which  is  made  up  of  Los  Angeles 
business  men,  was  organized  for  the  purpose  of 
building  and  selling  homes,  a  field  of  operation 
unique  in  Los  Angeles  and  one  which  has-  resulted 
in  greatly  increasing  the  population  of  the  city. 
Mr.  Kennedy  was  an  active  factor  in  launching  the 
company  and  later,  in  the  same  year,  upon  the  or- 
ganization of  the  Fierce-Kennedy  Brokerage  Com- 
pany, in  which  his  brother,  W.  H.  Kennedy,  is  one 
of  the  principal  figures,  Mr.  Kennedy  became  asso- 
ciated with  the  company  as  Secretary  and  Director. 
In  addition  to  these,  he  is  a  Director  of  the  Lan- 
caster Land  &  Loan  Company. 

Mr.  Kennedy,  aside  from  his  business  activities, 
i&  prominent  in  fraternal  circles,  being  a  Thirty- 
second  Degree  Mason.  He  also  holds  membership 
in  the  Metropolitan  Club  of  Los  Angeles. 


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ILLIAN,  LLOYD  JOHN,  Invest- 
ments, Los  Angeles,  California, 
was  born  in  Wahoo,  Nebraska, 
May  8,  1880,  the  son  of  Thomas 
Killian  and  Mary  (Zelczny)  Kil- 
lian.  He  married  Alma  Theresa 
Zoeller-Jamieson  at  Pasadena,  California,  Septem- 
ber 12,  1910. 

Mr.  Killian,  who  is  a  member  of  one  of  the  most 
important  investment  concerns  on  the  Pacific  Coast, 
is  a  true  product  of  the  new 
West.  He  received  the  early 
part  of  his  education  in  the 
public  schools  of  his  native 
town  and  in  1898  entered  the 
University  of  Nebraska,  tak- 
ing up  scientific  studies.  He 
did  not  finish  there,  however, 
but  stopped  in  his  Junior 
year  to  take  up  business. 

Mr.  Killian  entered  the 
mercantile  and  banking  busi- 
ness with  his  father  and 
brothers  at  Wahoo,  Nebras- 
ka. The  Killians  were  at 
that  time  the  owners  of  a 
chain  of  stores  in  Nebraska 
and  Iowa  and  theirs  was  one 
of  the  most  important  entet- 
prises  in  that  section  of  the 
Middle  West.  Mr.  Killian 
was  appointed  manager  of 
the  drygoods  department, 
having  in  charge  the  buying 
for  all  the  stores,  and  con- 
tinued in  that  capacity  for 
about  five  years. 

In  1907  Mr.  Killian  went 
to  California,  locating  in  Pas- 
adena, there  applying  in  his  operations  the  busi- 
ness knowledge  he  had  gained  in  association  with 
his  father  and  brothers  in  their  mercantile  estab- 
lishments. Like  many  other  men  of  means  who 
go  to  Southern  California,  he  was  charmed  by  the 
beauties  of  the  country,  with  its  mountains  and 
flowered  valleys,  and  he  immediately  saw  an  op- 
portunity in  the  real  estate  field.  Accordingly,  he, 
with  others,  organized  the  Arrowhead  Realty  Cor- 
poration, which  was  incorporated  in  August,  1907. 

Mr.  Killian  was  elected  Secretary,  Treasurer  and 
Manager  of  the  company  which  began  by  purchas- 
ing four  thousand  acres  of  land  in  San  Bernardino 
County,  and  immediately  turned  half  of  the  tract 
into  a  vineyard.  This  is  today  one  of  the  most 
extensive  and  successful  grape-growing  sections 
in  Southern  California,  more  than  two  thousand 
acres  being  in  production  at  the  present  time 
(1912).  Mr.  Killian  was  one  of  the  dominant 
factors  of  this  company,  which  devoted  a  large 
amount  of  capital  to  the  development  and  improve- 
ment of  its  land,  with  the  result  that  a  large  num- 


L.  J.  KILLIAN 


ber  of  home  owners  were  attracted  to  the  lands, 
which  they  put  on  the  market. 

For  four  years  Mr.  Killian  devoted  his  entire 
time  to  the  upbuilding  of  this  land  and  remained 
in  active  charge  of  the  work  until  the  improve- 
ments were  matured.  He  then  sold  out,  in  1911, 
and  moved  to  Los  Angeles,  where  he  has  since 
been  located.  For  the  first  few  months  after  his 
arrival  he  was  inactive,  but  later  he  became  asso- 
ciated with  G.  M.  Purcell  and  R.  B-  Dickinson  in  the 
firm  of  Purcell,  Dickinson  & 
Killian,  now  recognized  as 
one  of  the  substantial  finan- 
cial houses  of  the  city  of  Los 
Angeles,  and  members  of  the 
Los  Angeles  Stock  Exchange. 
They  are  engaged  in  general 
investment  enterprises,  in- 
cluding stocks,  bonds  and  in- 
surance. The  men  who  com 
pose  the  firm  are  generally 
regarded  as  among  the  suc- 
cessful business  builders  of 
Southern  California. 

Mr.  Killian,  aside  from 
his  actual  business,  is  one 
of  the  most  enthusiastic 
men  within  the  confines  of 
California  and  an  ardent  ad- 
vocate of  the  lands  and  op- 
portunities for  fortune  af- 
forded there.  He  never  loses 
an  opportunity  to  praise  the 
fruit  lands,  especially  of  this 
particular  section,  and  is 
himself  the  possessor  of  a 
splendid  ranch  in  the  San 
Joaquin  Valley,  comprising 
about  four  hundred  and 
also  has  other  small  holdings 
this  property,  located  in  one 


eighty   acres.     He 

in    California,    but 

of  the  richest  valleys  on  the  American  Continent, 

is  his  chief  pride,  and  he  has  devoted  much  time 

and  money  to  its  improvement.    He  has  a  home  in 

Los  Angeles,  but  spends  part  of  each  year  on  his 

ranch. 

Since  locating  in  Southern  California,  Mr.  Kil- 
lian, who  has  a  genial  personality,  has  won  a  large 
number  of  friends  and  is  one  of  the  most  popular 
young  clubmen  of  the  Southwest.  Being  an  enthusi- 
astic golfer,  he  is  a  member  of  the  San  Gabriel 
Country  Club  and  of  the  Annandale  Country  Club, 
and  also  holds  membership  in  the  Pasadena  Polo 
Club.  His  other  clubs  are  the  Los  Angeles  Athletic 
Club  and  the  Sierra  Madre  Club  of  Los  Angeles, 
the  Pasadena  Athletic  Club  and  the  Overland  Club 
of  Pasadena. 

Mr.  Killian  is  prominent  in  fraternal  circles, 
being  a  Mason,  member  of  the  Benevolent  and 
Protective  Order  of  Elks,  and  Theta  Nu  Epsilon 
and  Sigma  Alpha  Epsilon  college  fraternities. 


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'BRIEN,  JAMES  FRANCIS,  Capi- 
talist and  Inventor,  Los  Angeles, 
California,  was  born  in  Black 
Creek,  Wisconsin,  March  18,  1875. 
He  is  the  son  of  James  O'Brien 
and  Elizabeth  (Haase)  O'Brien.  He 
married  Williamina  de  Grant  Barclay  in  Los  An- 
geles, October  25,  1911.  Mrs.  O'Brien  is  the 
youngest  daughter  of  James  Barclay,  member  of 
the  historically  famous  family,  the  Barclays,  of 
Urie,  Scotland. 

Mr.  O'Brien  received  his  primary  education  in 
the  public  schools  of  his  native  town,  but  when  he 
was  only  a  child  began  the  study  of  telegraphy  and 
at  the  age  of  eight  was  a  competent  operator,  en- 
joying the  distinction  of  being  the  youngest  teleg- 
rapher in  the  United  States.  At  the  age  of  nine 
he  was  in  charge  of  the  Black  Creek  railroad  sta- 
tion. Moving  with  his  parents  to  Wausau,  Wiscon- 
sin, he  worked  nights  as  telegrapher  while  attend- 
ing High  School. 

His  first  position  was  with  the  Green  Bay  and 
Western  Railroad.  After  completing  his  studies  at 
Wausau,  he  entered  the  employ  of  the  Chicago  and 
Northwestern  Railroad  at  Wausau,  Wisconsin,  as 
Ticket  Agent  and  Telegraph  Operator  and  in  time 
was  made  Train  Dispatcher.  From  there  on  he 
served  in  various  responsible  positions  both  in 
the  Traffic  and  Operating  Departments  of  the  rail- 
road, his  abilities  securing  rapid  promotion  for 
him.  He  later,  in  connection  with  the  Chicago  and 
Northwestern  Railroad,  worked  for  the  Pere  Mar- 
quette  and  Ann  Arbor  Railroads  in  the  systematiz- 
ing and  development  of  the  "Car  Ferry"  business 
across  Lake  Michigan  in  connection  with  these 
three  systems;  and  for  six  years,  from  1899  to  1905, 
was  manager  for  these  roads,  jointly,  at  Mani- 
towoc,  Wisconsin.  During  the  years  1905  and  1906 
he  was  Assistant  to  the  General  Manager  of  the 
Chicago  and  Northwestern  on  lines  west  of  the 
Missouri  River  and  Omaha,  but  left  them,  after 
twenty  years  of  service,  upon  completion  of  the 
Wyoming  and  Northwestern,  a  subsidiary  com- 
pany. 

During  Mr.  O'Brien's  railroad  career  he  took  up 
the  study  of  law,  chemistry  and  mechanics, 
and  in  1906  gave  up  the  railroad  business  to 
attend  to  his  own  affairs,  having  perfected  several 
inventions  during  his  connection  with  the  Chicago 
and  Northwestern  Railroad.  His  principal  inven- 
tion is  "Utahnite,"  a  blasting  powder  for  which  Mr. 
O'Brien  discovered  and  patented  the  "Cold  Proc- 
ess," chemical  formula,  and  also  perfected  the  non- 
confined,  frictionless  mechanical  means  used  in 
the  manufacture  of  "Utahnite."  After  patenting 
this  process  he  formed  the  Utahnite  Safety  Powder 
Company  (parent  company),  of  which  he  is  Presi- 
dent, and  since  1907  he  has  devoted  the  major  por- 
tion of  his  time  to  its  development  and  production, 
in  the  many  "Utahnite"  plants  located  at  various 
points,  and  supplying  the  United  States,  Canada 
and  Mexico. 

"Utahnite,"  in  the  opinion  of  experts,  is  des- 
tined to  play  an  important  part  in  the  future  of 
mining  and  other  industries.  It  is  held  to  be  more 
powerful  than  dynamite  or  nitro-glycerine  pow- 
ders, while  it  lacks  the  dangerous  qualities  of  these 
explosives.  When  he  invented  it,  Mr.  O'Brien  had 
in  mind  an  ambition  to  perfect  a  safe  mechanical 
means  for  its  manufacture,  as  well  as  the  produc- 


tion of  a  safety  blasting  powder,  thereby  rendering 
work  in  the  mines  and  other  places  less  hazardous 
to  the  workmen  and  thus  reduce  the  number  of 
fatalities  recorded  yearly  in  this  particular  line  of 
work;  at  the  same  time  making  for  economy  and 
commercial  stability  in  the  manufacture  of  powder 
as  a  business.  The  result  was  the  production  of 
the  remarkably  simple,  safe  "Utahnite"  machinery 
and  of  a  powder  substance  which,  while  it  pos- 
sesses tremendous  blasting  power,  also  reduces 
danger  to  a  minimum  and  lacks  the  objectionable 
gases,  flame,  smoke,  and  deteriorating  character- 
istics of  other  explosives.  Mr.  O'Brien  also  has 
adapted  his  invention  to  other  lines  of  industry, 
agriculture  and  quarrying,  and  by  its  use  is  becom- 
ing one  of  the  leading  factors  in  modern  develop- 
ment work  in  the  Western  States  and  other  sec- 
tions of  the  country. 

"Utahnite,"  however,  is  not  the  only  invention 
which  bears  Mr.  O'Brien's  name.  Among  others  is 
the  "Publiciscope,"  a  device  which  has  had  an  im- 
portant and  revolutionary  effect  upon  advertising. 
Another  of  his  productions  is  a  patented  device, 
a  combined  gas  and  steam  generator,  designed  for 
economizing  on  fuel  and  reducing  the  first  cost  of 
power  plants.  These,  like  "Utahnite,"  have  found 
a  place  in  their  respective  fields  and  are  in  prac- 
tical use  today  in  all  parts  of  the  United  States. 

Mr.  O'Brien  is  also  heavily  interested  in  the  West 
Coast  Development  Company  of  Bandon,  Coos  Coun- 
ty, Oregon,  which  company  has  large  holdings  of 
timber  and  mineral  lands  and  owns  the  terminals 
at  Bandon  and  other  Coast  points  in  Oregon,  from 
which  points  the  West  Coast  Development  Com- 
pany has  recently  completed  the  promotion  of  the 
Bandon  &  Eastern  Railroad  Co.,  a  railroad  over 
200  miles  in  length — from  Port  Orford  to  Bandon 
and  thence  to  Grant's  Pass — connecting  with  the 
Southern  Pacific  Railway  at  the  latter  point.  The 
construction  of  this  road  is  now  under  way;  having 
been  financed  by  Eastern  and  English  capital. 

Mr.  O'Brien  is  also  President  and  General  Man- 
ager of  the  American  Steel  &  Drill  Company,  manu- 
facturing a  leading,  automatic  ai  rand  water  feed, 
piston  drill  and  patented  hollow-rolled  steel. 

In  addition  to  his  railroad  and  manufacturing 
interests,  Mr.  O'Brien  is  heavily  interested  in  irri- 
gation projects  in  various  Western  States  and  is 
taking  an  active  part  in  land  development.  With 
others  he  is  engaged  in  the  rehabilitation  of  South 
Antelope  Valley,  California,  through  large  irriga- 
tion projects,  being  a  Director  in  the  Palmdale 
Land  Company  and  the  Palmdale  Water  Com- 
pany. He  has  joined  the  ranks  of  practical 
men  who  are  building  up  that  part  of  the  country 
and  is  one  of  the  enthusiastic  workers  for  the  bet- 
terment of  Los  Angeles  and  vicinity.  He  has  in- 
vested largely  in  Los  Angeles  real  estate  and  has 
made  his  home  there  since  his  arrival  in  1907. 
He  is  also  an  active  member  of  the  American 
Railway  Association,  the  Los  Angeles  Chamber  of 
Commerce;  the  Chamber  of  Mines  and  Oil,  the 
Sierra  Madre  Club,  B.  P.  O.  Elks,  and  the  Y.  M. 
C.  A.  of  Los  Angeles. 

While  he  has  never  taken  any  active  part  in 
politics  or  sought  public  office,  Mr.  O'Brien  is 
aligned  with  the  Progressive  element  of  the  Repub- 
lican party  and  has  done  considerable  to  advance 
its  doctrines. 


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H.  ALBAN  REEVES 


EEVES,  HERBERT  ALBAN,  Archi- 
tect, Los  Angeles,  California,  was 
born  in  London,  England,  Novem- 
ber   20,    1869,    the    son    of    H.    A. 
Wooster  Reeves,  a  Fellow  of  the 
Royal   Institute  of  British  Archi- 
timma   (Uffindel)   Reeves.     He  married 
Goodman   in    London,    England, 


tects,  and 
Harriet    Elizabeth 
in  1890. 

After  attending  private  schools  in  England  he 
was  sent  to  Albert  Memorial  College,  Framlingham, 
Suffolk,  England,  and  later  went  to  King's  College! 
Somerset  House,  London,  England.  His  college 
education  complete,  he  studied  his  profession  in 
his  father's  office  and  at  the  Architectural  Associa- 
tion, London,  England.  He  then  married. 

He  came  to  the  United  States  in  1891,  and  began 
practice  in  New  York  City  and  designed  many 
buildings  of  more  or  less  importance  in  New  York 
and  its  surroundings,  his  last  New  York  building 
being  "The  Schuyler  Arms  Hotel."  The  rush  of 
construction  in  Los  Angeles  then  attracted  him  and 
he  came  to  that  city  in  1906. 

Since  arriving  in  Los  Angeles  he  has  designed 
and  superintended  the  construction  of  several  resi- 
dences, the  International  Bank  Building,  the  Po- 
mona City  Hall,  the  Eagle  Rock  Bank,  and  is  now 
engaged  on  several  structures  for  the  Southern 
California  Edison  Company. 

His  specialty  is  business  buildings,  hotels,  apart- 
ment houses  and  high-class  residences,  and  for  this 
kind  of  work  he  has  found  a  big  opportunity  in  Los 
Angeles  and  in  Southern  California  generally. 

By  special  enlistment  and  examination  he  was 
admitted  to  the  Royal  Engineers  of  the  British 
Army,  before  his  departure  for  America.  He  bought 
his  discharge. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Southern  California 
Chapter  of  the  American  Institute  of  Architects  and 
the  University  Club  of  Los  Angeles. 


H.  I.  BETTIb 

ETTIS,  HORACE  INGERSOLL, 
Auditor  of  the  San  Pedro,  Los 
Angeles  and  Salt  Lake  Railroad, 
Los  Angeles,  California,  was  born 
at  Salem,  Mass.,  April  20,  1863. 

He  is  the  son  of  John  B.  Bettis 

and  Harriett  (Bacon)  Bettis. 

Mr.  Bettis  was  educated  in  the  public  schools 
of  Salem,  Mass.,  and  at  the  Norwich  University  of 
Vermont.  After  minor  positions  with  the  Thomson 
Houston  Electric  Company,  this  firm  sent  him  to 
Atlanta,  Ga.  There  he  was  connected  with  the  or- 
ganization of  the  Atlanta  Consolidated  Street  Rail- 
way, and  was  at  different  times  Asst.  Sec.  and 
Treas.  and  later  Gen.  Mgr.  of  that  company.  In 
1893  he  went  to  New  York  as  Auditor  of  the  Street 
Railways  in  New  Jersey,  which  were  controlled  by 
General  Louis  Fitzgerald  of  the  Mercantile  Trust 
Co.  and  the  Equitable  Life  Insurance  Co.  Two 
years  later,  at  Washington,  D.  C.,  he  was  Auditor 
of  Disbursements  for  the  Southern  Railway  Co. 

He  moved  to  Omaha,  Neb.,  in  1898  as  Asst.  Gen. 
Auditor  of  the  Union  Pacific  R.  R.,  and  from  that 
city  moved  to  Los  Angeles,  in  1903.  When  he  left 
Nebraska  he  was  commissioned  by  Harriman  to 
represent  him  on  the  Board  of  Directors  of  the  San 
Pedro,  Los  Angeles  and  Salt  Lake  R.  R.  and  to  act 
as  Auditor  of  that  system.  Mr.  Bettis  has  also 
been  the  Harriman  representative  on  the  Directory 
of  the  Pacific  Eelctric  Ry.  and  the  Los  Angeles 
Interurban  Ry. 

Besides  his  interests  in  the  Salt  Lake  R.  R.  Mr 
Bettis  is  Vice  Pres.  and  Auditor  of  the  Las  Vegas 
Land  and  Water  Co.,  as  well  as  a  Director,  Secre- 
tary and  Treasurer  of  the  Tampico  Petroleum  Co. 
Clubs:  California,  the  Los  Angeles  Country, 
Gamut.  He  belongs  to  Los  Angeles  Commandery 
Number  Nine,  Knights  Templar,  Signet  Chapter 
Number  Fifty-seven,  Royal  Arch  Mason,  and  Al 
Malaikah  Temple  A.  A.  O.  N.  M.  8. 


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GEN.  C.  F.  A.  LAST 

AST,  CARL  F.  A.,  Wine  Merchant, 
Los  Angeles,  Cal.,  was  born  on 
Island  Ruegen,  Germany,  Oct.  17, 
1861,  the  son  of  Carl  J.  C.  Last 
and  Louise  (Lemmen)  Last.  He 
married  Agnes  W.  Menzies  at  San 
Francisco,  Cal.,  Dec.  30,  1886,  and  to  them  there 
has  been  born  one  child,  Stewart  Menzies  Last. 

Gen.  Last  was  brought  to  this  country  in  his 
early  childhood,  his  family  first  locating  in  Wiscon- 
sin. In  1868  his  parents  moved  to  San  Francisco, 
and  for  the  next  eighteen  years  he  called  that  city 
his  home.  He  attended  the  public  schools  of  San 
Francisco,  but  left  when  he  was  thirteen  years  old 
and  became  apprentice  to  an  engraver.  He  mas- 
tered the  engraver's  art,  but  instead  of  following 
that  profession  he  became  a  bookkeeper  for  Wil- 
merding  &  Co.  of  San  Francisco,  remaining  with 
them  seven  years.  His  conscientious  efforts  won 
him  the  confidence  and  esteem  of  his  employers  to 
such  an  extent  that  they  backed  him  in  the  enter- 
prise which  he  owns  today. 

It  was  on  Aug.  14,  1886,  that  Gen.  Last  pur- 
chased an  interest  in  the  firm  of  Joe  Bayer  &  Co.  of 
Los  Angeles.  After  five  years  he  formed  a  new 
partnership  with  F.  E.  Fisk,  under  the  firm  name 
of  Last  &  Fisk.  Within  a  year  he  bought  out  Fisk's 
interest,  and  then  conducted  the  business  from  1892 
until  1908  as  C.  F.  A.  Last.  In  June  of  the  latter 
year  he  incorporated  under  the  title  of  the  C.  F.  A. 
Last  Company.  In  addition  to  his  wine  business, 
Gen.  Last,  with  his  former  partner,  Joe  Bayer,  put 
down  the  first  oil  well  in  Los  Angeles  City,  in  1893. 
Gen.  Last  is  Retired  Brigadier  General  of  the 
California  National  Guards.  He  is  also  Past  Mas- 
ter of  Los  Angeles  Lodge  No.  42,  F.  &  A.  M.,  and 
served  as  chairman  of  the  Democratic  County  Cen- 
tral Committee  in  1892.  His  clubs  are:  California 
and  Jonathan,  Los  Angeles,  Army  and  Navy  and 
Union  League  of  San  Francisco. 


W.  ONA  MORTON 

ORTON,  WILLIAM  ONA,  Attorney- 
at-Law,  Los  Angeles,  Cal.,  was 
born  in  Lafayette  County,  Ala., 
July  30,  1868,  the  son  of  Dr.  Wil- 
liam Addison  Morton  and  Eliza- 
beth J.  (Moore)  Morton;  married 
Maude  Hunter  and  has  one  son,  William  Taylor 
Morton.  He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of 
Texas,  at  the  Springtown  Male  and  Female  Insti- 
tute, Fort  Worth  Business  College  and  Fort  Worth 
University,  taking  degrees  at  each;  became  a  mem- 
ber of  the  law  firm  of  McLean,  Booth  &  Morton, 
Fort  Worth,  in  1898;  moved  to  Los  Angeles  in  1902 
and  became  a  member  of  the  firm  of  Morton,  Hou- 
ser  &  Jones  (Judge  Houser  now  being  on  the  Su- 
perior bench).  Was  nominated  for  Congress  on  the 
Democratic  ticket  in  1904  and  ran  several  thousand 
votes  ahead  of  his  ticket. 

Was  nominated  for  Attorney  General  on  the 
Democratic  ticket  for  California  in  1906;  became  a 
member  of  the  Civil  Service  Commission  of  the 
City  of  Los  Angeles  to  fill  the  unexpired  term  of 
the  late  L.  B.  McCutcheon  in  1907;  reappointed  on 
Civil  Service  Commission  in  1908;  term  expires  in 
1912;  now  President  of  the  Civil  Service  Commis- 
sion. 

He  taught  school  in  public  and  private  institu- 
tions of  Texas  for  eight  years,  finishing  the  law 
course  in  the  Fort  Worth  University  while  teaching 
in  that  institution.  He  was  for  one  year  professor 
of  corporation  law  in  the  Legal  Department  of  the 
University  of  California,  and  resigned  that  position 
on  account  of  pressing  professional  duties. 

He  belongs  to  the  Masons,  Elks,  Woodmen  of 
the  World,  Women  of  Woodcraft,  Texas  State  So- 
ciety, Fraternal  Brotherhood,  Improved  Order  of 
Red  Men,  Jefferson  Club  and  other  social  organiza- 
tions; official  director  and  general  counsel  for  sev- 
eral corporations;  senior  member  of  the  law  firm 
of  Morton,  Riddle,  Hollzer  &  Morton. 


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A  R  T  I  N,  ROBERT  MEAD, 
Mining  and  Oil,  Los  Angeles, 
California,  was  born  in  Elgin, 
Kane  County,  Illinois,  May 
26,  1868,  the  son  of  Robert 
Mead  Martin  and  Cornelia  (Sherman)  Mar- 
tin. He  is  a  grandson  of  Colonel  Richard  B. 
Martin  and  of  Henry  Sherman,  who  built  the 
first  butter  factory  in  Elgin,  Kane  County, 
Illinois,  gave  the  site 
where  the  famous  Elgin 
Watch  Company's  plant 
is  located  and  was  gener- 
ally regarded  as  one  of 
the  prominent  men  of  his 
day.  Mr.  Martin  married 
Emma  A.  Brown  at  Red 
Cloud,  Nebraska,  Septem- 
ber 2,  1892,  and  to  them 
there  have  been  born  two 
children,  Dorothy  and 
Helen  Martin. 

Mr.  Martin  received 
his  early  training  in  the 
public  schools  of  Mount 
Pleasant,  Iowa,  and  later 
attended  school  in  Elgin, 
finishing  in  the  academic 
department  of  Northwest- 
ern University.  Upon 
the  completion  of  his 
studies  there  he  took  a 
special  course  in  banking 
at  the  Worthington  Drew 
Business  College. 

Upon  graduation  from 
that  institution,  Mr.  Mar- 
tin moved  with  his  family  to  Red  Cloud, 
Nebraska,  and  there  engaged  in  the  mercan- 
tile business  with  his  father.  This  was  in 
the  year  1886  and  Mr.  Martin  remained  with 
his  father  until  1894,  when  he  went  to  Crip- 
ple Creek,  Colorado,  then  the  mecca  of  the 
fortune  hunters  of  the  land,  and  engaged  in 
the  mining  business.  He  remained  at  Crip- 
ple Creek  until  after  that  camp  had  been  vis- 
ited by  two  great  fires  and  he  then  migrated 
to  California  and  Arizona,  where  he  became 
associated  with  Governor  Louis  Wofley  in 
the  mining  business.  They  were  in  partner- 
ship until  the  death  of  Mr.  Wofley,  in  1910, 
and  during  that  time  carried  on  various  de- 
velopment enterprises.  Together  they  devel- 
oped the  Climax  Mine,  eighteen  miles  west  of 
Prescott,  Arizona,  the  first  gold  quartz  mine 
discovered  north  of  the  Gila  River.  He  is 
the  President  and  General  Manager  of  the 
Climax  Mining  Company  at  the  present  time. 


R.  M.  MARTIN 


In  1901  Mr.  Martin  had  established  his 
home  in  Los  Angeles  and  he  there  became 
interested  in  real  estate  and  oil  enterprises, 
the  magnitude  of  which  caused  him,  in  1903, 
to  dispose  of  a  considerable  portion  of  his  in- 
terests in  Arizona.  From  that  time  down  to 
date  he  has  been  engaged  principally  in  the 
oil  business  and  has  acquired  valuable  hold- 
ings in  various  parts  of  the  California  oil 
fields,  principally  in  Ven- 
tura County.  In  addition 
to  the  erection  of  two 
large  oil  refineries,  Mr. 
Martin  has  been  active  in 
the  drilling  of  wells  and 
the  production  of  oil. 

In  1903  Mr.  Martin 
financed  the  Granite  Se- 
curities Company  for  the 
purpose  of  warranting 
corporation  bonds.  This 
company  is  now  consid- 
ered the  largest  guarantee 
company  of  its  character 
in  the  United  States,  and 
Mr.  Martin  has  been  an 
active  factor  in  the  suc- 
cess of  the  concern.  Two 
years  after  its  organiza- 
tion he  bought  control  of 
the  company,  and  in  1909 
assumed  the  Presidency 
and  General  Management 
of  it,  both  of  which  posi- 
tions he  occupies  at  pres- 
ent. In  addition  to  the 
duties  of  this  company 
and  his  other  enterprises,  Mr.  Martin  has 
taken  up  a  large  development  project  with 
Colonel  Robert  Hunter  of  Washington,  D.  C. 
In  the  Spring  of  1911  they  acquired  1,070,- 
000  acres  of  land  in  Southwestern  Arizona 
and  are  at  the  present  time  at  work  upon  a 
plan  of  colonization  which  they  expect  to  put 
into  effect  in  1915.  This  is  one  of  the  most 
important  individual  attempts  at  colonizing 
that  part  of  the  country  that  has  ever  been 
attempted. 

Owing  to  the  nature  of  his  business  in- 
terests, Mr.  Martin  has  come  to  be  regarded 
as  one  of  the  most  practical  developers  and 
upbuilders  the  Southwest  possesses. 

Mr.  Martin  is  a  stanch  supporter  of  the  pol- 
icies of  the  Republican  party  and  also  is  ac- 
tively engaged  in  the  work  of  the  Methodist 
Church.  He  belongs  to  the  Masons,  the  Fra- 
ternal Brotherhood  and  the  Ancient  Order 
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GORE,  ALBERT  WIL- 
LIAM, Physician  and  Sur- 
geon, Los  Angeles,  Califor- 
nia, was  born  in  that  city 
July  21,  1876,  the  son  of  Rob- 
ert Steele  Moore  and  Lucy  Campbell  (Dur- 
rett)  Moore.  He  married  Anna  May  Kuehn 
at  Indianapolis,  Indiana,  October  3,  1904,  and 
to  them  there  have  been  born  two  children, 
Jack  Kuehn  and  Richard 
William  Moore.  Dr. 
Moore,  who  was  the 
third  of  a  family  of  four 
children,  comes  of  dis- 
tinguished American 
stock,  its  members  for 
generations  having  been 
prominent  in  professional 
and  business  lines.  His 
uncle,  Captain  Charles 
Moore,  served  the  Con- 
federate cause  in  the 
Civil  War. 

Dr.  Moore  received  his 
preliminary  education  in 
Los  Angeles,  graduating 
from  the  high  school  in 
the  class  of  1896.  For 
four  years  after  this  he 
worked  with  a  large  com- 
mercial establishment  in 
Los  Angeles,  and  in  1900 
took  up  the  study  of 
medicine  in  the  Univers- 
ity of  Southern  California 
Medical  College.  H  e 
was  graduated  in  1904 
with  the  degree  of  M.D.  He  then  went  to 
Philadelphia  and  took  post-graduate  work 
in  the  Presbyterian  and  University  Hos- 
pitals, receiving  the  degree  of  M.D.  from  the 
University  of  Pennsylvania  in  1905. 

For  one  year  before  his  graduation  from 
University  of  Southern  California  he  was  As- 
sistant Police  Surgeon  of  the  city  of  Los  An- 
geles, but  resigned  this  upon  receiving  his 
degree  and  opened  offices  for  practice. 

In  1906,  two  years  after  his  graduation,  Dr. 
Moore  was  appointed  a  member  of  the  Los 
Angeles  Board  of  Health,  under  Mayor  Harp- 
er, and  during  his  tenure  of  office  conducted 
one  of  the  most  notable  campaigns  in  the 
interest  of  public  health  in  the  history  of  the 
city.  As  a  member  of  the  Pure  Milk  Com- 
mission, he  led  the  fight  of  that  body  for  the 
purification  of  the  milk  supply  of  the  city  and 
was  instrumental  in  giving  certified  milk  to 
Los  Angeles.  In  that  crusade  Dr.  Moore 


DR.  ALBERT  W.  MOORE 


devoted  his  own  time  to  the  inspection  of 
dairies  in  and  around  Los  Angeles  and 
caused  a  complete  reorganization  of  methods 
in  many  of  them.  This  one  regulation  in  the 
health  rules  of  Los  Angeles  has  had  an  im- 
portant influence  upon  the  public  health,  the 
mortality  record  among  infants  of  the  city 
being  reduced  to  a  point  far  below  that  of 
any  municipality  of  the  same  size  in  the 
United  States-  Dr.  Moore 
continued  a  member  of 
the  Board  of  Health  un- 
til 1910. 

In  1908  he  was  ap- 
pointed a  member  of  the 
Board  of  Medical  Exam- 
iners of  the  Los  Angeles 
Civil  Service  Commission 
and  remained  in  that  ca- 
pacity until  1911.  He 
is  at  present  (1912)  a 
member  of  the  Board  of 
Medical  Examiners  for 
the  Public  Schools  of  Los 
Angeles.  In  this  capacity 
he  has  been  overseer  of 
thousands  of  children  and 
to  his  careful  examina- 
tion and  watchfulness  is 
largely  due  the  high 
standard  of  health  in  the 
public  schools  of  Los  An- 
geles. He  is  regarded  as 
an  expert  on  diseases  of 
children  and  has  devoted 
a  large  part  of  his  pro- 
fessional career  to  the 
study  of  their  ills  and  the  treatment  thereof. 
Aside  from  his  public  school  work  he  has 
been  physician  to  the  Los  Angeles  Orphans' 
Home  for  five  years,  and  for  three  years  was 
psysician  to  the  Children's  Hospital  of  Los 
Angeles.  Also,  he  was  Dean  of  the  Training 
School  of  the  Good  Samaritan  Hospital,  Los 
Angeles,  until  the  early  part  of  1912. 

At  the  present  time  (1912-13)  he  is  surgeon 
in  the  Los  Angeles  district  for  the  Maryland 
Casualty  Company  of  Baltimore  and  for  the 
Continental  Casualty  Company  of  Illinois. 

Dr.  Moore  is  a  member  of  the  Public  Health 
Committee  of  the  Los  Angeles  County  Medi- 
cal Society.  He  also  belongs  to  the  Medical 
Society  of  the  State  of  California  and  the 
American  Medical  Association.  He  is  a 
Thirty-Third  Degree  Mason,  member  of  the 
Municipal  League  of  Los  Angeles,  the  Uni- 
versity Club  and  the  Native  Sons  of  the 
Golden  West,  Ramona  Chapter. 


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HANKS,  DAVID  WILLIAM,  Mm 
ing,  Los  Angeles,  California,  was 
born  at  Amelia  Courthouse,  Vir- 
ginia, February  2,  1866,  the  son 
of  David  William  Shanks  and 
Juliet  (Irvine)  Shanks.  He  mar- 
ried Fannie  Sydnor  Cartmell  of  Winchester,  Va., 
at  Los  Angeles,  July  11,  1894,  and  after  eighteen 
years  of  ideal  married  life,  Mrs.  Shanks  died  in 
the  summer  of  1912. 

Mr.  Shanks  is-  descended  from  one  of  the  oldest 
and  most  notable  families  in  Virginia,  various 
members  being  distinguished  in  the  history  of  the 
country.  Among  these  was  his  great-grandfather, 
Colonel  William  Cabell  of  Virginia,  one  of  the  dis- 
tinguished men  of  Revolutionary  days.  Another 
notable  relative  of  Mr.  Shanks  was  his  great  uncle, 
Governor  Francis  J.  Thomas,  one  of  the  most  fa- 
mous statesmen  produced  by  Maryland. 

Mr.  Shanks  received  his  preliminary  education 
in  public  and  private  schools  of  Virginia,  going 
from  the  Fancy  Hill  Academy  to  the  Washington 
and  Lee  University  of  Lexington,  Virginia.  Leav- 
ing college  in  1885,  he  went  to  western  Colorado 
and  there  engaged  in  the  cattle  business  for  him- 
self. 

The  Ute  Indian  Reservation  on  the  Grand 
River  had  just  been  thrown  open  by  the  Govern- 
ment and  Mr.  Shanks-  was  one  of  the  first  white 
men  to  settle  in  that  part  of  the  country.  He  was 
at  that  time  just  about  twenty-one  years  of  age, 
one  of  the  youngest  cattle  men  in  the  country, 
but,  despite  his  youth,  acted  as  captain  of  the 
round-up  each  year.  He  had  under  his  command 
all  the  independent  cattle  men  of  the  region,  which 
embraced  a  territory  one  hundred  miles  long  and 
fifty  miles  wide,  while  the  cattle  handled  and 
shipped  each  year  numbered  many  thousands. 

He  remained  in  the  cattle  business  for  about 
four  years,  then  sold  out  his  interests,  in  1889,  and 
returned  to  his  home  in  Virginia.  For  the  next 
two  years  he  was  engaged  in  the  real  estate  and 
land  business  in  the  Old  Dominion,  with  headquar- 
ters at  Glasgow,  Virginia.  He  was  a  member  of 
the  Board  of  Directors  and  the  Executive  Commit- 
tee of  the  Rockbridge  Company,  a  corporation, 
capitalized  at  $600,000,  which  was  at  that  time 
engaged  in  building  the  town  of  Glasgow.  General 
Fitzhugh  Lee,  the  famous  Virginia  warrior,  hero  of 
two  wars,  was  President  of  the  company,  and  Mr. 
Shanks  was-  one  of  the  active  factors  in  this  devel- 
opment enterprise. 

In  1892  Mr.  Shanks  again  went  West,  locating 
this  time  in  Arizona,  as  General  Manager  of  the 
Citrus  Canal  Company.  For  the  next  three  years 
he  was  in  charge  of  the  operations  of  that  com- 
pany, which  was  engaged  in  the  development  of 
lands  on  the  Gila  River  in  Arizona.  This  has 
since  become  one  of  the  richest  and  most  highly 
cultivated  sections  of  the  State.  He  resigned  his 
position  in  1895  and  early  in  the  following  year 


took  up  the  study  of  mining.  He  was  thus  engaged 
for  two  years  and  was  also  occupied  part  of  the 
time  in  the  examination  of  mining  properties,  but 
in  1898,  when  news  of  the  discovery  of  gold  in  the 
Klondike  region  reached  the  States,  he  joined  the 
historic  rush  to  the  Far  Northern  fields.  He  was 
one  of  the  pioneers  in  that  region,  which  later  be- 
came the  mecca  of  fortune-seekers  from  every  walk 
of  life  and  from  all  part  of  the  globe;  he  underwent 
the  hardships  which  befell  the  men  who  first  ven- 
tured into  the  country,  including  isolation  from 
the  rest  of  the  world  for  months  at  a  time,  subsist- 
ing on  inferior  food,  living  in  temperature  so  cold 
as  to  tax  the  endurance  of  the  most  hardy  men, 
and  various  other  sufferings  which  only  those  who 
experienced  them  can  appreciate. 

Mr.  Shanks  was  engaged  in  gold  mining  in 
Alaska  for  more  than  a  year  and  returned  in  1899 
to  the  States.  He  was  appointed  General  Managei 
of  the  Tecopa  Mining  &  Smelting  Company, 
which  operated  a  lead  smelter  near  Death  Valley, 
California.  He  owned  a  considerable  interest  in 
the  company  and  was  in  complete  charge  of  its 
operations  for  about  a  year.  He  sold  out  at  the 
end  of  that  time,  however,  and  became  associated 
with  the  late  Mr.  W.  G.  Nevin,  General  Manager  of 
the  Santa  Fe  Railroad  System,  in  the  examina- 
tion of  mining  properties  in  the  United  States 
and  Mexico. 

After  working  with  Mr.  Nevin  for  about  a  year 
Mr.  Shanks,  in  1901,  became  Assistant  Manager  in 
Mexico  of  the  Mexican  Petroleum  Company,  one 
of  the  largest  oil  concerns  operating  in  that  Re- 
public. He  was  engaged  in  the  oil  business  until 
1903,  and  then  returned  to  mining,  this  time  as 
General  Manager  of  the  Almoloya  Mining  Company, 
which  controlled  large  properties  in  the  State  of 
Chihuahua,  Mexico. 

In  this  position  Mr.  Shanks  became  one  of  the 
best  known  mining  men  in  the  Republic  of  Mexico, 
and  also  one  of  the  best-informed  men  on  the  min- 
eral wealth  of  the  country.  He  managed  the  com- 
pany's properties  until  1906  and  left  his  position 
to  become  General  Manager  of  the  Rio  Plata  Min- 
ing Company,  also  located  in  the  rich  State  of 
Chihuahua. 

In  connection  with  this  latter  company,  of 
which  he  is  General  Manager  at  the  present  time 
(1913),  Mr.  Shanks  performed  one  of  the  most 
notable  feats  in  his  career.  The  property,  a  val- 
uable silver  mine,  had  been  purchased  from  a 
wealthy  Mexican  under  the  agreement  that  the 
purchasing  company,  of  which  Mr.  Shanks  was  a 
member,  should  erect  a  complete  stamp  mill  and 
reduction  plant  in  one  hundred  and  forty-eight  days. 
It  was  the  belief  of  the  seller  that  this  could  not 
be  done,  because  the  property  was  located  one 
hundred  and  ten  miles  from  a  railroad  and  every 
piece  of  machinery  had  to  be  transported  by  mules 
over  a  wild,  mountainous  country. 

However,    Mr.     Shanks    undertook    to    do   the 


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work  and  hauled  the  necessary  machinery,  amount- 
ing to  over  one  million  pounds,  across  the  moun- 
tains. By  almost  superhuman  effort  he  built  the 
plant  and  had  it  in  complete  shape,  ready  for  work 
in  147  days,  one  day  ahead  of  schedule  and  then, 
in  the  presence  of  several  prominent  government 
officials  of  Mexico,  started  the  plant  in  actual 
operation.  The  original  owner  of  the  property, 
who  thought  the  work  impossible  of  accomplish- 
ment and  had  expectations  of  the  plant  and  prop- 
erty reverting  to  him,  wept  when  he  saw  that  his 
plans  were  shattered. 

The  Rio  Plata  Mine,  starting  in  this  impressive 
manner,  has  been  in  steady  operation  since  1906, 
and  has  proved  one  of  the  most  valuable  silver 
holdings  in  the  entire  Republic  of  Mexico,  its  yield 
to  the  middle  of  the  year,  1912,  approximating  one 
hundred  and  ten  tons  of  pure  silver,  which  has 
netted  the  owners  a  profit  of  $825,000. 

An  interesting  phase  of  Mr.  Shanks'  operation 
of  the  Rio  Plata  property  was  his  acquaintance 
with  General  Pasquale  Orozco,  the  noted  Mexican 
revolutionist,  who  helped  Francisco  Madero  over- 
throw the  Diaz  Government  and  later,  becoming 
dissatisfied  with  Madero's  conduct  of  the  country's 
affairs,  joined  the  revolution  against  the  latter. 
Orozco  was  a  contractor  in  the  mining  fields  of 
Chihuahua  and  was  employed  by  Mr.  Shanks  at 
various  times  to  transport  large  quantities-  of  sil- 
ver bullion  from  the  Rio  Plata  Mine  to  the  rail- 
road, whence  it  was  shipped  to  the  United  States. 

In  November,  1910,  Orozco  was  engaged  by  Mr. 
Shanks-  to  haul  a  large  consignment  of  silver  from 
the  mine  to  the  shipping  point.  He  left  the  mine 
on  November  10,  of  that  year,  delivered  the  silver 
to  the  express  company  on  the  16th  of  the  month, 
and  four  days  later  took  the  field  at  the  head  of 
a  band  of  rebels  whom  he  led  to  victory  at  Juarez. 
Orozco  and  his  men  ignored  the  fortune  in  silver 
which  had  been  entrusted  to  their  care,  but  did 
appropriate  "the  rifles  with  which  Mr.  Shanks  had 
supplied  him  and  his  helpers  for  the  purpose  of 
guarding  the  shipment.  These  rifles  he  used  in 
his  subsequent  campaign,  which  resulted  in  his 
capture  of  Juarez,  this  being  the  deciding  battle 
which  caused  the  downfall  of  the  Diaz  government 
and  the  elevation  of  Madero  to  the  Presidency. 

In  1912,  when  Orozco  rebelled  against  Madero, 
his  former  chief,  and  took  the  field  against  him, 
Mr.  Shanks  had  occasion  to  visit  Mexico  in  con- 
nection with  his  mining  interests.  The  country 
was  in  a  state  of  war  and  Chihuahua,  where  the 
principal  mines-  of  Mr.  Shanks'  company  are  lo- 
cated, was  the  center  of  strife.  It  was  a  hazard- 
ous undertaking  to  travel  through  the  country,  but 
Mr.  Shanks  passed  through  safely,  being  accorded 
safe  conduct  by  General  Orozco,  who  continued  to 
be  the  friend  of  the  American  mining  man. 

Besides  the  Rio  Plata  Mine,  Mr.  Shanks  is  in- 
terested in  other  development  work  in  the  West, 
including  large  placer  operations  in  Trinity  Coun- 


ty, California.  In  this  field  he  is  General  Manager 
of  the  Trinity  Gold  Mining  &  Reduction  Company 
and  of  the  Trinity  Consolidated  Hydraulic  Mining 
Company,  and  is  also  Vice  Pre&ident  of  the  Trinity 
Exploration  Company. 

These  various  companies-  are  among  the  prin- 
cipal operators  in  that  part  of  the  country  and 
have  erected,  under  the  supervision  of  Mr.  Shanks, 
three  of  the  country's  largest  and  most  thoroughly 
equipped  placer  mining  plants. 

In  1909,  Mr.  Shanks  erected  for  the  Trinity  Gold 
Mining  &  Reduction  Company  a  200-ton  cyanide 
plant  which  has  given  its  owners  $9000  a  month 
net  profit  since,  a  period  covering  nearly  four 
years.  In  1911  he  erected  a  plant  for  the  Trinity 
Consolidated  Hydraulic  Mining  Company,  at  a  cost 
of  $250,000,  and  this  is  operating  with  3000  inches 
of  water  under  a  pressure  of  450  feet. 

The  three  companies  with  which  Mr.  Shanks  is 
connected  control  practically  all  the  placer  mines 
in  the  famous  Weaverville  District  of  California, 
one  of  the  most  productive  districts  of  the  kind  in 
the  world.  It  was  first  opened  in  1849  and  has 
been  worked  at  various  times  and  by  different 
methods  since.  One  property  under  Mr.  Shanks' 
supervision  has  been  producing  since  1854,  but  up 
to  1911  had  only  yielded  about  a  million  and  a  half 
dollars.  Under  the  modern  methods  employed  by 
Mr.  Shanks  its  owners  expect  the  yield  to  greatly 
exceed  that  in  the  next  few  years. 

Mr.  Shanks  is  regarded  as  one  of  the 
most  efficient  and  successful  men  who  ever  oper- 
ated in  the  gold  and  silver  fields  of  the  United 
States  and  Mexico  and  stands  among  the  foremost 
developers  of  their  mineral  resources. 

In  1912,  Mr.  Shanks  and  several  associates-  or- 
ganized the  E.  B.  Salsig  Lumber  Company,  with 
headquarters  in  San  Francisco,  Cal.  This  company 
purchased  twenty-four  thousand  acres  of  redwood 
timber  lands  in  the  northern  part  of  California  and 
the  development  of  this-  property  is  now  numbered 
among  the  important  lumber  projects-  of  the  Pacific 
Coast,  Mr.  Shanks  being  one  of  the  active  factors 
in  the  affairs  of  the  company. 

Mr.  Shanks  has  never  taken  an  active  part  in 
politics,  but  numbers  among  his  friends  some  of 
the  leading  statesmen  of  the  American  Continent. 
He  has  devoted  his  entire  life  to  development 
work  and  is  enthusiastic  in  the  work  of  upbuilding 
Southern  California. 

Mr.  Shanks  first  established  his-  residence  in 
the  city  of  Los  Angeles  in  the  year  1893  and  has 
lived  there  ever  since.  He  has  a  handsome  home 
in  the  fashionable  West  Adams  district  of  the 
city.  He  is  an  ardent  motorist  and  has  driven  his 
high-power  machine  over  wide  stretches  of  the 
United  States  and  Mexico. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Sierra  Madre  Club  and 
the  Gamut  Club,  of  Los  Angeles;  the  Toltec  Club, 
of  El  Paso,  Texas,  and  of  the  Chihuahua  Foreign 
Club,  of  the  city  of  Chihuahua,  Mexico. 


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UNN,  WALTER  THOMAS,  Attor- 
ney-at-Law,  Los  Angeles,  Cali- 
fornia, was  born  in  La  Salle 
County,  Illinois,  June  4,  1879,  the 
son  of  Luther  V.  Gunn  and  Alice 
E.  (Rogers)  Gunn.  He  married 
Vina  L.  Dayton  at  Danville,  Illinois,  June  29,  1904, 
and  to  them  there  have  been  born  two  children, 
Horace  Edson  and  Marjorie  Gunn.  He  is  of 
English  descent  and  his  paternal  great  uncle,  the 
Rev.  Walter  Gunn,  for  whom 
he  was  named,  was  a  mis- 
sionary to  India.  He  lost  his 
life  in  the  siege  of  Cawnpore 
during  the  Mutiny  of  1857, 
when  the  natives  rose  simul- 
taneously in  various  parts  of 
the  country. 

Mr.  Gunn,  who  is  an  at- 
torney of  wide  experience, 
received  his  preliminary  edu- 
cation in  the  common  schools 
of  Vermilion  County,  Illinois, 
later  attended  high  school  at 
Hoopeston,  Illinois,  and  was 
graduated  from  Greer  College 
in  the  class  of  1898  with  the 
degree  of  Bachelor  of  Science. 
He  then  entered  the  Law  De- 
partment of  Wesleyan  Uni- 
versity at  Bloomington,  In- 
diana, and  was  graduated  in 
1901.  He  was  admitted  to 
the  Illinois  Bar  the  same 
year. 

Opening  offices  at  Danville, 
Illinois,  Mr.  Gunn  practiced 
alone  for  about  two  years, 
but  in  1903  formed  a  partner- 
ship with  J.  W.  Keeslor,  State's  Attorney,  of  Ver- 
milion County,  Illinois,  and  was  named  by  Mr. 
Keeslor  as  Assistant  State's  Attorney,  an  office 
in  which  he  served  until  1908.  During  this  time 
Mr.  Gunn  figured  prominently  in  several  notable 
cases,  among  them  the  trial  of  a  band  of  men 
indicted  for  participation  in  the  lynching  of  a 
negro  at  Danville  in  1903.  This  act  was  followed 
by  serious  rioting  in  the  city  and  other  acts  of 
violence,  which  caused  the  State  troops  to  be 
called  out.  Fourteen  men  were  tried  on  the  charge 
of  participation  in  the  lynching  and  subsequent 
acts  of  lawlessness  and  all  were  convicted,  this 
being  the  first  time  on  record  where  such  convic- 
tion was  obtained.  Mr.  Gunn  was  one  of  the  active 
attorneys  for  the  State  in  this  prosecution. 

Another  important  case  in  which  Mr.  Gunn  ap- 
peared as  counsel  for  the  State  was  that  of  the 
prosecution  of  Manager  Davis,  who  was  charged 
with  manslaughter  growing  out  of  the  Iroquois 
Theater  fire  in  Chicago,  in  which  more  than  six 
hundred  persons  lost  their  lives. 


WALTER  T.  GUNN 


In  1906  Mr.  Gunn  was  appointed  Master  in 
Chancery  of  the  United  States  Circuit  Court  for 
the  Eastern  District  of  Illinois,  and  held  this 
office  until  he  left  the  State  in  the  latter  part  of 
1911  to  transfer  his  home  to  Southern  California. 
During  the  ten  years  of  his  residence  in  Dan- 
ville Mr.  Gunn  was  active  in  political  affairs  as  a 
member  of  the  Republican  party,  and  served  one 
term  as  Alderman.  In  the  capacity  of  Master  in 
Chancery  he  heard  many  of  the  cases  involving 
oil  rights,  following  the  dis- 
covery of  oil  in  Illinois,  and 
also  acted  as  Special  Master 
in  fixing  the  valuation  of 
street  car  properties  in  the 
controversy  between  the  City 
of  Belleville,  Illinois,  and  the 
East  St.  Louis  Suburban 
Railway  Company. 

Although  he  was  active  in 
public  affairs  during  this 
entire  period,  Mr.  Gunn  also 
maintained  his  private  prac- 
tice, devoting  most  of  his  time 
to  the  handling  of  oil  and  cor- 
poration matters.  He  figured 
in  numerous  cases  of  this 
character,  and  was  generally 
regarded  as  an  authority  on 
the  laws  regarding  them. 

Mr.  Gunn,  between  the 
years  1903  and  1906,  was  a 
member  of  the  National 
Guard  of  Illinois,  but  resigned 
at  the  end  of  three  years' 
service. 

Since  locating  in  Los  An- 
geles, in  October,  1911,  Mr. 
Gunn  has  met  with  gratifying 

success  in  his  professional  work,  and  has  estab- 
lished himself  among  the  strong  members  of  the 
Bar  of  Southern  California.  His  splendid  profes- 
sional record  gave  him  ready  welcome  to  a  posi- 
tion among  the  progressive  members  of  the  Bar  and 
in  his  work  he  is  associated  with  some  of  its  most 
successful  exponents.  He  maintains  a  general  legal 
practice,  but  specializes  in  oil  and  mining  law. 

In  addition  to  his  legal  practice,  Mr.  Gunn  also 
is  interested  in  various-  commercial  enterprises, 
among  them  the  American  Glass  Sand  Company,  of 
which  he  is  a  Director.  Endowed  with  an  unusual 
amount  of  energy,  Mr.  Gunn  takes  an  active  part 
in  the  various  concerns  in  which  he  is  interested 
and  which  he  serves  as  legal  counsel.  Although 
comparatively  new  in  Los  Angeles,  he  takes  a  keen 
interest  in  various  movements  for  its  advancement. 
Mr.  Gunn  is  a  member  of  the  Sierra  Madre 
Club  of  Los  Angeles,  the  Benevolent  and  Pro- 
tective Order  of  Elks,  Masons,  Knights  of  Pythias, 
Modern  Woodmen  of  America  and  the  Court  of 
Honor. 


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'DONALD,  WILLIAM  C.,  first 
Governor  of  the  State  of  New 
Mexico,  Santa  Fe,  New  Mexico, 
was  born  at  Jordanville,  New 
York,  July  25,  1858,  the  son  of 
John  McDonald  and  Lydia  Mar- 
shall (Biggs)  McDonald.  He  married  Frances  J. 
McCourt  at  Las  Vegas,  New  Mex.,  Aug.  31,  1891, 
and  to  them  was  born  a  daughter,  Frances  Mc- 
Donald (Mrs.  T.  A.  Spencer).  He  is  of  Scotch 
descent  and  numerous  men  of  note  are  found  in 
the  family  record. 

Governor  McDonald,  who,  in  his  private  ca- 
pacity, is  one  of  the  largest  cattle  raisers  in  the 
Southwest,  received  his  primary  education  in  the 
public  schools  of  his  native  county  (Herkimer)  and 
later  attended  Cazenovia  Seminary,  Cazenovia,  N. 
Y.  While  attending  the  latter  institution  he  also 
taught  school  in  central  New  York,  his  career  as 
a  teacher  covering  the  period  from  1875  to  1877. 

Upon  finishing  his  academic  work,  Governor  Mc- 
Donald took  up  the  study  of  law  in  Mohawk,  New 
York,  but  about  the  time  he  finished  reading  moved 
to  the  West,  so  that  he  was  admitted  to  practice  at 
Fort  Scott,  Kansas,  instead  of  in  New  York.  He 
remained  at  Fort  Scott  only  a  few  months,  so  did 
not  practice  his  profession.  In  May,  1880,  he 
moved  further  West,  locating  at  White  Oaks,  New 
Mex.  There  he  obtained  employment  as  a  clerk 
in  a  general  store,  remaining  at  it  for  about  a  year. 

In  1881,  during  the  administration  of  Chester  A. 
Arthur  as  President  of  the  United  States,  Gover- 
nor McDonald,  who  had  made  a  study  of  engineer- 
ing matters,  was  appointed  United  States  Deputy 
Mineral  Surveyor  for  the  Territory  of  New  Mexico 
and  served  for  about  nine  years,  or  until  1890. 
During  this  time  he  also  maintained  a  private  prac- 
tice as  Civil  Engineer  and  engaged  in  the  construc- 
tion (jf  various  underground  workings. 

Resigning  his  position  with  the  Government  in 
1890,  Governor  McDonald  engaged  in  the  cattle 
business  as-  Manager  of  the  Carrizozo  Cattle  Com- 
pany, and  has  devoted  his  time  to  this  and  similar 
enterprises  since,  also  dealing  in  lands. 

Governor  McDonald  is  one  of  the  survivors  of 
that  race  of  men  who,  braving  the  dangers  of  the 
frontier  in  its  wildest  days,  brought  about  the  re- 
generation of  the  great  Southwest  and  made  pos- 
sible the  prosperity  and  progress  that  has  since 
become  characteristic  of  that  section  of  the  United 
States.  The  country  was  overrun  at  the  time  Gov- 
ernor McDonald  engaged  in  the  cattle  business, 
with  "rustlers"  and  other  undesirable,  desperate 
characters  and  he  was  one  of  the  men  who,  by  the 
exercise  of  courage  and  firmness,  succeeded  ulti- 
mately in  driving  them  from  the  country.  This 
was  accomplished  only  after  years  of  bitter  strug- 
gle, during  which  many  men  lost  their  lives,  but 
Governor  McDonald  never  found  it  necessary  to 
use  a  weapon  in  maintaining  law  and  order. 

The  Carrizozo  Cattle  Company,  with  which  the 


Governor  has  been  so  long  connected,  is  only  one 
of  his  interests.  He  has  acquired  control  of  the 
El  Capitan  Live  Stock  Company,  perhaps  the  larg- 
est enterprise  of  its  kind  in  New  Mexico,  and  while 
he  holds  no  office  in  its  organization,  is  the  domi- 
nating factor  in  its  operations.  Between  the  two 
concerns  he  controls  many  thousand  head  of  cattle 
and  sheep,  scattered  over  an  immense  range. 

Governor  McDonald,  from  his  early  manhood, 
has  taken  an  active  interest  in  political  affairs  as 
a  supporter  of  the  principles  of  the  Democratic 
party,  and  was  one  of  the  organizers  of  that  party 
in  New  Mexico.  The  organization  was  effected  in 
1884  and  in  the  election  that  Fall  he  was  elected 
Assessor  for  Lincoln  County.  He  served  one  term 
(1885-87)  and  then  retired  temporarily  to  his  pri- 
vate work.  In  1890  he  was  elected  a  member  of 
the  House  of  Representatives  on  the  Democratic 
ticket  and  served  until  1892.  During  this  term  he 
worked  consistently  for  an  adequate  public  school 
system,  and  even  at  that  early  date  was  a  crusader 
for  good  roads,  a  movement  which  has  come  to  be 
of  national  importance.  During  all  of  his  life  as  a 
public  official  these  have  been  among  improve- 
ments for  which  he  has  labored. 

In  1895  Governor  McDonald  was  elected  Chair- 
man of  the  Lincoln  County  Commissioners,  serv- 
ing for  two  years.  The  Board  of  which  he  was 
head  was  notable  for  the  fact  that,  by  good  man- 
agement, it  brought  Lincoln  County*  out  of  debt. 

As  one  of  the  largest  cattle  raisers  in  the  Terri- 
tory, he  was  chosen  a  member  of  the  New  Mexico 
Cattle  Sanitary  Board,  serving  until  1911. 

He  was  chosen  Chairman  of  the  Democratic 
Central  Territorial  Committee  in  1910,  and,  largely 
due  to  his  personal  efforts,  the  organization  was 
brought  to  such  a  state  of  perfection  that  at  the 
first  State  election  in  New  Mexico  the  party  was 
victorious.  It  so  happened  that  Governor  McDon- 
ald was  picked  by  the  party  as  its  standard  bearer 
in  this  contest  and  elected  to  office  Nov.  7,  1911. 

Since  taking  up  the  affairs  of  the  State  as 
Chief  Executive,  Governor  McDonald  has  pursued 
a  policy  of  government  along  business  lines, 
whereby  the  Commonwealth  is  conducted  on  a  pro- 
gressive, economical  basis.  One  of  his  earliest  re- 
forms was  that  by  which  office  holders,  elected  to 
serve  the  State,  were  compelled  to  do  so,  and  not 
delegate  their  duties  to  other  persons,  as  had  been 
the  practice  for  many  years.  Other  important  poli- 
cies of  Governor  McDonald's  program  included  the 
establishment  of  the  schools  of  the  State  on  a  firm 
basis,  the  improvement  of  the  highways  and  the 
maintenance  of  a  clean  judiciary  system. 

The  Governor,  whose  term  of  office  expires  in 
1916,  is  a  firm  believer  in  the  future  of  his  adopted 
State,  and  in  the  conduct  of  his  office  puts  into 
practical  use  his  belief  that  men  and  parties  should 
be  subservient  to  the  State. 

Governor  McDonald's  home  is  on  a  magnificent 
ranch  at  Carrizozo,  New  Mexico. 


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BRYAN    CALLAGHAN 


ALLAGHAN,  BRYAN,  Lawyer, 
San  Antonio,  Texas,  was  born  in 
that  city  in  April,  1852,  the  son  of 
Bryan  Callaghan  and  Conception 
(Ramon)  Callaghan.  He  married 
Adele  Guilbeau  at  San  Antonio, 
May  15,  1879,  and  of  the  union  there  are  six  chil- 
dren, Rosaria,  Conception,  James,  Bryan,  Charles 
and  Alfred  B.  Callaghan. 

Mr.  Callaghan  has  spent  his  life  in  the  city  of  his 
birth  and  is  one  of  the  leading  attorneys  of  the  Lone 
Star  State.  He  was  fortunate  in  having  unlimited 
educational  advantages  and  studied  both  in  this 
country  and  abroad.  He  attended  St.  Mary's  College 
in  San  Antonio  two  years,  and  for  six  years  after  he 
left  that  institution  studied  at  Montpellier,  France. 
During  his  stay  abroad  he  traveled  all  through 
Europe.  Shortly  after  his  arrival  home  Mr.  Cal- 
laghan entered  the  law  department  of  the  University 
of  Virginia  and  was  graduated  there  in  1876.  That 
same  summer  he  was  admitted  to  practice  in  San 
Antonio. 

Mr.  Callaghan's  career  since  his  admittance  to 
the  bar  has  been  marked  with  many  decided  suc- 
cesses, both  political  and  professional.  He  was  still 
a  young  man  when  he  was  elected  Alderman  in  San 
Antonio  and  acted  in  that  capacity  for  two  years. 
Next  he  was  elected  to  the  office  of  County  Judge 
and  served  on  the  bench  for  four  years.  Subsequent- 
ly he  was  elected  County  Recorder,  retaining  that 
office  for  one  term  of  two  years. 

Mr.  Callaghan  was  elected  Mayor  of  San  Antonio 
fourteen  years  ago  and  he  has  continued  as  chief 
executive  of  the  city  since  that  time,  being  regularly 
re-elected.  During  his  incumbency  San  Antonio  has 
seen  its  most  progressive  days  and  Mayor  Callaghan 
has  been  one  of  the  most  important  factors  in  the 
growth  of  the  city. 

Mr.  Callaghan  is  a  man  of  many  accomplishments 
and  speaks  French  and  Spanish  fluently. 


LE  COMPTE  DAVIS 

AVIS,  LE  COMPTE,  Lawyer,  Los 
Angeles,  California,  was  born  in 
Mercer  County,  Kentucky,  May  1, 
1864,  the  son  of  Henry  Clay  Davis 
and  Josephine  (Le  Compte)  Davis. 
He  married  Edythe  Gilman  at 
Ventura,  California,  April  18,  1908. 

He  was  educated  in  the  common  schools  of  his 
native  state  and  finished  with  a  course  in  law  at 
Centre  College,  Danville,  Ky.,  from  which  he  was 
graduated  in  1887,  with  the  degree  L.  B.  He  was 
admitted  to  the  bar  in  Kentucky  that  year,  but  did 
not  practice  there.  Instead,  he  went  immediately 
to  Los  Angeles  and  began  practice. 

During  the  twenty-three  years  in  which  he  has 
been  a  member  of  the  bar,  Mr.  Davis  has  made  a 
reputation  as  a  criminal  lawyer  and  eloquent 
pleader.  He  served  one  term  of  two  years  as  As- 
sistant District  Attorney  of  Los  Angeles  County, 
under  H.  C.  Dillon,  and,  upon  retiring  in  1895, 
established  a  partnership  with  Judson  R.  Rush,  as 
Davis  &  Rush. 

Davis  and  Rush  have  appeared  in  sixty  murder 
trials,  successfully  defending  the  majority  of  their 
clients.  Mr.  Davis  was  associated  in  the  defense  of 
the  celebrated  "McNamara  dynamiting  cases,"  fol- 
lowing which  he  was  associated  in  the  defense  of 
Clarence  Darrow,  the  noted  attorney,  accused  of 
bribery  as  an  outgrowth  of  these  cases.  In  1908  he 
defended  Dr.  Hedderly,  Warren  Gillellen  and  R.  C. 
Kenny,  accused  in  the  Oregon  land  fraud  cases,  se- 
curing acquittals  in  two  instances.  He  was  also  a 
successful  pleader  for  the  defendants  in  the  Imper- 
ial Valley  land  fraud  cases  in  1909. 

Mr.  Davis  leads  a  scholar's  life,  reading  liberally 
of  philosophy,  history,  science  and  biogiaphy.  His 
private  library  contains  more  than  3500  volumes 
and  his  collection  of  old  engravings,  antique  books 
and  paintings  is  one  of  rare  value.  He  is  a  member 
of  the  Los  Angeles  County  Bar  Association. 


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HORACE  S.  WILSON 

ILSON,  HORACE  SANDES,  At- 
torney-at-Law,  Los  Angeles,  Cali- 
fornia, was  born  at  Los  Angeles, 
December  9,  1883.  He  is  the  son 
of  Percy  R.  Wilson  and  Emily 
Alice  (Sandes)  Wilson.  He  mar- 
ried Maybelle  Louise  Harmon,  June  8,  1909,  at  San 
Francisco. 

Mr.  Wilson's  father  was  one  of  the  best  known 
men  of  Southern  California,  a  highly  respected 
man  of  means  and  great  influential  standing,  who 
had  been  a  lawyer  and  banker  in  Los  Angeles  for 
years. 

Mr.  Wilson  was  educated  in  California.  He  was 
first  sent  to  the  grammar  schools  of  Los  Angeles 
County,  and  when  he  had  finished  these,  took  the 
course  at  Harvard  School,  Los  Angeles,  which  cor- 
responds to  the  public  high  school  course.  He  is 
a  graduate  of  that  school  of  the  year  1904.  The 
following  autumn  he  went  to  the  Leland  Stanford 
Junior  University,  at  Palo  Alto,  California.  He  at- 
tended that  institution  for  three  and  one-half 
years,  when  he  returned  to  Los  Angeles  to  take 
the  bar  examination,  which  he  passed  in  July,  1908, 
and  immediately  began  the  practice  of  law  in  the 
office  of  his  father.  He  continued  in  partnership 
with  his  father  until  the  latter's  death,  in  Decem- 
ber, 1909. 

Since  his  father's  death,  Mr.  Wilson  has  been 
associated  with  Oscar  C.  Mueller,  and  has  appeared 
before  the  bench  and  as  consulting  attorney  in  all 
branches  of  the  law. 

He  is  a  loyal  son  of  California,  with  civic  pride 
as  one  of  his  strongest  characteristics,  and  is  ever 
alert  to  aid  any  movement  for  the  advancement  of 
Los  Angeles  or  the  rich  country  which  surrounds 
it.  He  has  never  sought  nor  held  public  office,  nor 
is  he  active  in  politics. 

Mr.  Wilson  is  a  member  of  the  University  Club 
and  of  the  California  Club  of  Los  Angeles. 


A.  F.  WEBSTER 

EBSTER,  ALFRED  FRANCIS, 
Real  Estate  and  Investments,  Los 
Angeles,  California^  was  born  at 
Mankato,  Minnesota,  the  son  of 
Sanford  Webster  and  Phennettia 
(Washburn)  Webster.  He  is  a 
descendant  of  Daniel  Webster,  reckoned,  perhaps, 
the  greatest  of  American  orators.  He  married 
Anna  Woodbury,  Jan.  28,  1889,  at  his  former  home 
in  Nebraska.  There  is  one  child,  Hazel  Webster. 

Mr.  Webster  spent  his  early  days  on  a  farm,  re- 
ceiving his  education  meanwhile.  He  was  graduated 
from  the  Hastings,  Neb.,  High  School,  June  30,  1885, 
and  entered  Hastings  College,  graduating  two  years 
later.  He  entered  a  wholesale  grocery  house,  but  at 
the  end  of  a  year  was  compelled,  on  account  of  ill 
health,  to  abandon  this.  He  went  into  Wyoming 
and  became  a  cowboy.  After  two  years  he  went  to 
Kansas  as  manager  of  a  large  ranch.  Two  years 
later  he  married  and  decided  to  go  into  business  for 
himself,  and  embarked  in  the  fruit  business  in  Ar- 
kansas. This  proving  unprofitable  he  gave  it  up  to 
enter  the  wholesale  department  of  Marshall  Field 
&  Co.,  Chicago.  While  so  engaged  he  mastered  the 
art  of  photography  and  at  the  end  of  a  year  opened 
a  studio  in  Beaver  City,  Neb.,  where  he  became 
prominent  in  politics,  being  for  a  number  of  years 
a  member  of  the  Republican  State  Central  Commit- 
tee as  Secretary  and  Chairman.  His  handling  of 
vacation  excursions  to  Colorado  and  the  Black  Hills 
caused  his  selection  by  the  Burlington  to  take 
charge  of  excursion  business  out  of  Omaha.  Later, 
going  to  Chicago,  he  became  a  member  of  the  Bos- 
ton and  Los  Angeles  Excursion  Co.  He  resigned  to 
go  into  real  estate  in  1903,  at  Denver,  Colo.,  and  in 
1904  at  Los  Angeles  and  Ocean  Park,  Cal.  He  be- 
longs to  the  Los  Angeles  Chamber  of  Commerce, 
which  he  organized  and  of  which  he  was  the  first 
president.  He  is  a  Mason,  Elk  and  K.  of  P. 


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ARRET,  ALEXANDER  BUCHAN- 
AN, Merchant  and  Capitalist, 
Los  Angeles,  California,  was 
born  in  Henderson,  Kentucky, 
February  1,  1863,  the  son  of  Wil- 
liam T.  Barret  and  Bettie 
(Towles)  Barret.  He  married  Bessie  McJohnston 
of  Owensboro,  Kentucky,  at  Los  Angeles-,  Califor- 
nia, March  14,  1900. 

Mr.  Barret  attended  the  public  schools  at  Hen- 
derson and  private  schools 
in  Virginia  until  seventeen 
years  of  age,  when,  owing  to 
financial  reverses-  in  his  fam- 
ily, he  started  to  make  his 
own  livelihood.  Soon  after- 
ward he  obtained  employ- 
ment in  a  wholesale  grocery 
and  has  been  engaged  in  this 
business  almost  continuously 
since,  working  from  the  bot- 
tom to  his  present  position 
of  Vice  President  and  Man- 
ager of  the  firm  of  Stetson- 
Barret  Company. 

In  1886,  a  wholesale  gro- 
cery was  established  in  Hen- 
derson by  John  W.  Wilhoyte 
and  Fred  H.  Frayser,  who 
placed  Mr.  Barret  in  charge 
of  their  books.  By  looking 
after  the  books  at  night,  Mr. 
Barret  was  able  to  act  as 
salesman  in  the  daylight 
hours  and  by  his  devotion  to 
duty  earned  a  working  inter- 
e&t  in  the  firm.  Being  of  an 
ambitious  nature,  he  was  en- 
abled, by  work  and  economy, 
to  purchase  the  interest  of  Mr.  Frayser  in  1894. 
The  firm's  name  was  then  changed  to  Barret  & 
Wilhoyte,  Mr.  Barret  assuming  the  general  man- 
agement of  the  business.  The  following  year  Mr. 
Wilhoyte  suffered  a  stroke  of  paralysis-  from  which 
he  never  recovered,  and  the  entire  responsibility 
of  the  business  fell  upon  Mr.  Barret's  shoulders. 
He  conducted  it  for  six  months,  at  which  time 
Charles  W.  Wilhoyte,  an  elder  brother  of  Mr.  Bar- 
ret's partner  and  junior  member  of  the  firm  of 
R.  P.  McJohnston,  joined  with  Mr.  Barret  in  pur- 
chasing the  McJohnston  interests  in  Owensboro, 
Ky.  They  then  consolidated  the  two  houses  at 
Owensboro,  with  Mr.  Barret  as  general  manager. 
In  1898  Charles  W.  Wilhoyte  was  killed  in  a  run- 
away accident  and  Mr.  Barret  continued  the  busi- 
ness alone,  in  addition  to  looking  after  the  intere&ts 
of  Mr.  Wilhoyte's  heirs. 

In  the  fall  of  1901  Mr.  Barret  sold  out  his  Ken- 
tucky business,  having  decided  to  make  Los  An- 
geles his  home.  In  1902  Mr.  Barret  and  W.  W. 
Johnston  organized  the  Johnston-Barret  Dry  Goods- 


A.  B.  BARRET 


Company,  of  Los  Angeles,  Mr.  Barret  being  Vice 
President  and  financial  manager  of  the  house.  In 
1906  he  sold  out  his  interest  to  re-enter  the  whole- 
sale grocery  field,  becoming  a  partner  of  A.  L. 
Stetson  under  the  corporate  name  of  Stetson- 
Barret  Company.  He  is  Vice  President  and  Treas- 
urer of  this  company,  which  is  one  of  the  largest  on 
the  Pacific  Coast.  The  company  ranks  among  the 
largest  importers  and  distributors  of  that  section 
and  through  a  policy  of  fair  dealing,  consistently 
maintained  since  its  incep- 
tion, has  built  up  an  exten- 
sive business  throughout 
Southern  California,  Nevada 
and  Arizona.  Mr.  Barret  is 
an  active  force  in  the  man- 
agement of  the  company  and 
devotes  practically  all  of  his 
time  to  its  affairs.  Owing  to 
his  previous  wide  experience 
in  the  wholesale  grocery 
business  Mr.  Barret  has  been 
one  of  the  most  important 
forces  in  the  upbuilding  of 
his  firm  to  its  present  place 
among  the  large  commercial 
establishments  of  Los  An- 
geles and  Southern  Cali- 
fornia. 

In  addition  to  the  Stetson- 
Barret  Company,  Mr.  Barret 
is  interested  in  several  oil 
companies  and  various  im- 
portant enterprises  through- 
out the  Southwest. 

Since  adopting  Los  An- 
geles as  his  home  Mr.  Barret 
has  established  himself  as 
one  of  the  substantial  busi- 
ness men  of  the  city  and  has  taken  an  active  part  in 
the  social  and  commercial  life  of  the  community.  He 
was  a  Director  of  the  Los  Angeles  Chamber  of 
Mines  and  Oil  for  two  years,  and  during  1908-09 
served  as  First  Vice  President.  He  was  a  Director 
also  of  the  Merchants  and  Manufacturers'  Associa- 
tion of  Los  Angeles  during  the  years  1909-1910.  He 
is  still  a  member  of  these  organizations,  and  in  ad- 
dition is  an  active  member  and  worker  of  the  Los 
Angeles  Chamber  of  Commerce  and  the  Jobbers' 
Association,  of  Lo&  Angeles. 

Mr.  Barret  is  an  enthusiastic  worker  for  the 
improvement  of  Los  Angeles,  and  is  in  the  fore- 
front of  men  confident  of  the  future  of  the  Southern 
California  metropolis. 

He  is  a  keen  sportsman  and  during  the  season 
is  a  frequent  visitor  to  the  preserves  of  his  shoot- 
ing club. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  California  Club,  Los  An- 
geles Country  Club  and  holds  life  membership  in 
the  Los  Angeles  Athletic  Club,  besides  being  a 
member  of  the  Blue  Wing  Shooting  Club. 


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567 


INSEY,  CHARLES  HART,  Attorney 
at  Law  (member  of  the  firm  of 
Clarke  &  Kinsey),  San  Francisco, 
California,  was  born  in  Eureka, 
Humboldt  County,  California,  Jan- 
uary 5,  1876,  the  son  of  Louis 
Thompson  Kinsey  and  Sarah  Jane  (Hart)  Kinsey. 
He  married  Miss  Alice  Benicia  Hulse  at  San  Fran- 
cisco on  October  19,  1907.  Mr.  Kinsey  is  descended 
from  the  oldest  stock  in  the  United  States.  His 
paternal  ancestors  were  Eng- 
lish, while  on  the  maternal 
side  his  forbears  were  Eng- 
lish and  Dutch.  The  earliest 
members  of  the  family  in 
America  were  residents  of 
Pennsylvania  when  Philadel- 
phia, now  the  third  largest 
city  of  the  Union,  was  but  a 
village.  His  paternal  grand- 
father crossed  the  plains  with 
an  ox  team  in  1851,  settling 
first  in  Oregon,  but  in  the  fol- 
lowing year  moved  to  Cali- 
fornia and  ultimately  located 
in  Siskiyou  County,  where  the 
father  of  Mr.  Kinsey  was 
born.  For  twenty-five  years 
Mr.  Kinsey's  father  was  a 
leading  banker  of  Eureka  and 
a  prominent  factor  in  the  af- 
fairs of  Humboldt  County, 
California.  He  filled  various 
county  offices  and  also  served 
one  term  as  Mayor  of  the 
town  of  Eureka.  Mr.  Kin- 
sey's mother's  family  also 
were  among  the  pioneer  set- 
tlers of  California,  they  hav- 
ing come  around  the  Horn  in  a  sailing  vessel  which 
landed  them  at  San  Francisco  in  the  year  1850. 

Mr.  Kinsey,  now  ranked  as  one  of  the  successful 
corporation  lawyers  of  the  Pacific  Coast,  spent  his 
boyhood  and  a  part  of  his  early  manhood  in  his 
native  town  and  in  Humboldt  County.  He  received 
his  preliminary  education  in  the  public  schools  of 
Eureka  and  was  graduated  from  the  High  School 
of  that  place  in  the  class  of  1893.  The  following 
year  he  entered  Leland  Stanford,  Jr.,  University 
at  Palo  Alto,  California,  and  was  a  student  there 
until  1895,  but  left  at  the  conclusion  of  his  second 
term  to  take  up  the  study  of  law.  He  studied  at 
the  Hastings  College  of  Law  in  San  Francisco  for 
about  two  years,  but  trouble  with  his  eyes  obliged 
him  to  leave  before  his  graduation  and  he  returned 
to  his  home  in  Eureka. 

After  a  short  stay  at  home,  Mr.  Kinsey,  who 
was  unable  at  that  time  to  engage  in  reading  of 
any  sort,  went  to  a  ranch  in  Humboldt  County  and 
there  became  a  cowboy.  He  followed  this  life  for 
about  eight  years,  and  during  that  time  was  almost 


C.  H.  KINSEY 


continually  in  the  saddle  as  cowboy,  foreman  or 
superintendent  of  the  ranch.  He  had  attained  this 
latter  position,  which  involved  the  management  of 
a  property  five  thousand  acres  in  extent,  together 
with  several  thousand  head  of  cattle,  only  after 
the  most  strenuous  work,  and  was  serving  as  super- 
intendent at  the  time  he  gave  up  ranching.  His 
life  outdoors  during  those  several  years  proved  of 
benefit  to  Mr.  Kinsey's  eyes  and  also  gave  him  a 
robust  constitution.  He  was  fascinated  with  the 
work,  but  at  the  same  time 
always  retained  his  ambition 
to  enter  the  legal  profession, 
and  whenever  it  was  possible 
studied  his  law  books. 

In  1907  Mr.  Kinsey  passed 
the  bar  examinations  and 
was  admitted  to  practice  in 
the  Supreme  Court  of  Califor- 
nia. He  began  practice  short- 
ly afterward  in  the  office  of 
Jordan,  Rowe  &  Brann,  one 
of  the  established  firms  of 
San  Francisco.  It  was  headed 
by  William  H.  Jordan,  one  of 
the  leaders  of  the  San  Fran- 
cisco bar,  former  speaker  of 
the  California  Assembly  and  a 
factor  in  educational  affairs. 
During  the  two  years  he  was 
associated  with  the  firm  Mr. 
Kinsey,  who  acted  as  both 
clerk  and  lawyer,  was  thrown 
in  close  contact  with  Mr.  Jor- 
dan, and  through  that  expe- 
rienced attorney,  gained  a 
wide  knowledge. 

Leaving     the     firm     of 
Jordan,    Rowe    &    Brann    in 

1909,  Mr.  Kinsey  practiced  alone  for  about  a  year, 
and  in  1910  formed  the  partnership  of  Clarke  & 
Kinsey,  the  senior  member  of  the  firm  being  Fabius 
M.  Clarke  of  Indiana,  who  had  had  many  years'  ex- 
perience in  the  courts  of  Indiana,  Ohio  and  other 
States.  He  had  been  in  retirement  for  a  few  years 
prior  to  forming  the  partnership  with  Mr.  Kinsey, 
but  since  that  time  has  been  very  active.  They  are 
known  among  the  strong  men  of  the  profession. 

Mr.  Kinsey's  practice  is  confined  chiefly  to  coun- 
seling and  corporation  law,  and  he  seldom  appears 
in  court.  He  has  had  several  important  divorce 
actions,  which  he  handled  successfully,  but  outside 
of  these,  his  labors  have  been  confined  to  acting  as 
consulting  attorney  for  various  concerns,  among 
them  several  leading  oil  companies  of  California. 

Mr.  Kinsey  is  an  amateur  musician  of  ability 
and  during  his  days  at  Leland  Stanford,  Jr.,  Univer- 
sity was-  a  member  of  the  college  band.  He  seeks 
recreation  in  fishing  and  hunting;  belongs  to  the 
Union  League  and  Commonwealth  Clubs  of  San 
Francisco  and  the  Knights  of  Pythias. 


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UPEE,  WALTER  HAMLIN,  Capi- 
talist, Coronado  Beach,  California, 
was  born  in  the  city  of  Chicago, 
111.,  July  17,  1874.  He  is  the  son 
of  John  and  Evelyn  Dupee.  He 
married  Agnes  Florence  Kennett 
at  Chicago,  November  7,  1900,  and  to  them  there 
have  been  born  two  children,  Evelyn  and  Wal- 
ter Hamlin  Dupee,  Jr.  Mr.  Dupee  is  of  French 
descent,  the  original  member  of  the  family  in 
America  having  come  over  from  France  in  the 
latter  part  of  the  eighteenth  century.  For  several 
generations  the  Dupees  resided  in  New  England, 
but  later  members  moved  to  the  West. 

Mr.  Dupee  received  his  early  education  in  the 
University  School  of  Chicago,  and  later  was  a 
student  at  Harvard  School  of  the  same  city,  but 
left  when  he  was  about  sixteen  years  of  age  and 
began  his  career  as  a  clerk  in  the  office  of 
Schwartz-Dupee  &  Company,  an  old-established 
stock  and  grain  brokerage  firm  of  Chicago,  of 
which  his  father  was  one  of  the  founders.  In  this 
capacity  he  learned  the  rudiments  of  the  busine&s 
and  was  promoted,  as  time  went  on,  to  more  re- 
sponsible positions,  until  he  finally  acquired  an 
interest  in  the  firm. 

In  1897,  after  serving  about  seven  years  in  the 
brokerage  business,  Mr.  Dupee  left  Chicago  and 
went  We&t  in  search  of  investments.  He  finally 
went  to  Lower  California,  in  the  Republic  of 
Mexico,  and  there  purchased  about  seventy-five 
thousand  acres  of  land  for  investment  purposes. 
For  some  time  he  was-  engaged  in  the  raising  of 
horses  and  cattle  on  these  lands,  but  ultimately 
sold  his  stock  and  also  much  of  the  land,  although 
he  still  owns  a  large  part  of  the  original  purchase. 

Mr.  Dupee  continued  his  interest  in  financial 
affairs  in  Chicago,  and  in  1905  became  a  partner 
of  Charles  G.  Gates,  son  of  the  late  John  W. 
Gates,  the  noted  financier,  in  the  firm  of  C.  G. 
Gates-  &  Company.  This  company,  which  had 
brokerage  offices  all  over  the  United  States  and 
in  various  foreign  countries,  was  the  largest  insti- 
tution of  the  kind  in  the  world.  Mr.  Dupee  was 
one  of  the  active  factors  in  the  management  of 
the  Chicago  headquarters  of  the  firm  for  three 
years,  but  upon  the  dissolution  of  the  company  in 
1907  retired  from  active  business-,  and  since  that 
time  has  confined  his  operations  to  investment 
enterprises,  consisting  chiefly  of  stocks  and  bonds. 

In  1908  Mr.  Dupee,  to  whom  Southern  California 
had  made  a  strong  appeal  during  previous  vi&its 
to  that  section,  transferred  his  home  to  the  beau- 
tiful Island  of  Coronado,  adjacent  to  San  Diego, 
California,  and  has  kept  his-  residence  there  since. 

A  born  lover  of  horses,  Mr.  Dupee  learned  to 
ride  in  his  youth,  and  while  at  school  took  up  the 
sport  of  Polo.  He  played  for  several  years  in  and 
around  Chicago,  and  since  locating  in  California 
has  become  known  as  one  of  the  crack  players  of 
the  United  States,  having  figured  in  numerous 
important  matches-.  He  became  a  member  of  the 
Coronado  Beach  Country  Club  and  also  of  the 
Coronado  Beach  Polo  Club  shortly  after  his  arrival 
there,  and  is  credited  with  having  done  a  great 
deal  towards  creating  enthusiasm  for  the  game  on 
the  Pacific  Coast.  He  played  in  several  matches  in 
1908,  and  the  following  season  was  one  of  the  or- 
ganizers of  the  crack  Coronado  Country  Club  four. 

This   team   was-  made   up   of   Mr.   Dupee,   Lord 


Innes-Ker  and  Lord  Tweedmouth  of  England,  and 
Major  Colin  G.  Ross,  former  commander  of  the 
Canadian  Northwest  Mounted  Police,  all  known  as 
hard-riding,  expert  players.  They  met  the  best 
teams  of  the  Southern  California  League  during 
that  season,  and  gave  their  competitors  a  hard 
run  for  the  championship. 

The  next  season  (1910)  Mr.  Dupee's  team  was 
changed  somewhat,  consisting  of  himself,  Major 
Ross,  Harry  Scott  and  Cheevar  Cowdin.  This  four 
made  one  of  the  best  records  in  the  history  of 
Polo  in  Southern  California,  but  their  play  was 
exceeded  by  the  team  of  which  Mr.  Dupee  was 
Captain  in  the  season  of  1911.  With  him  in  the 
latter  season  were  Lords  Tweedmouth  and  Herbert 
and  Lucian  Gower,  brilliant  players,  and  while 
there  were  various  changes  in  the  make-up  of  the 
team  during  the  season,  Mr.  Dupee  played  in  prac- 
tically every  game.  On  January  18,  1911,  at  Pasa- 
dena, California,  Mr.  Dupee's  team,  of  which  he 
was  Captain,  defeated  the  Pasadena  Polo  Club  four 
by  a  score  of  16J4  goals  to  8%,  after  giving  the 
Pasadena  players  a  handicap  of  eight  goals.  This 
was  the  first  game  played  on  the  Pacific  Coast 
under  the  American  rules. 

This  victory  placed  Mr.  Dupee's  team  in  the 
finals  for  the  championship,  and  in  the  deciding 
game  of  the  season,  played  on  January  21,  1911, 
between  the  Coronado  four  and  the  Santa  Barbara 
team,  the  former  won  the  honor.  In  this  contest 
Mr.  Dupee  played  an  exceptionally  brilliant  game, 
and  was  one  of  the  chief  factors-  in  the  victory  of 
his  team,  which  carried  off  the  silver  cups  awarded 
as  trophies. 

On  March  4  of  the  same  year  Mr.  Dupee  and 
Major  Ross,  as  members  of  a  picked  team,  called 
the  "Blues,"  defeated  another  picked  team,  the 
"Whites,"  in  a  historic  battle  at  Coronado  Beach. 
The  play  was  characterized  by  the  fastest  polo 
work  ever  seen  on  the  green  at  Coronado,  and 
the  victors,  who  carried  away  the  championship  of 
Coronado,  were  awarded  four  silver  cups,  donated 
by  Mr.  John  Dupee,  father  of  Walter  Dupee. 

At  the  close  of  the  Southern  California  season 
in  1911  Mr.  Dupee,  who  is  an  ardent  enthusiast 
at  all  times,  loaned  several  of  his  Polo  ponies  to 
his  friends  of  the  East  to  be  used  in  the  Inter- 
national match  between  the  American  and  Eng- 
lish teams,  which  was  won  by  the  former. 

Mr  Dupee  plays  the  game  of  Polo  simply  for 
the  love  of  the  sport,  and  is  the  owner  of  one  of 
the  finest  stables  of  thoroughbred  ponies  in  the 
United  States.  These  number  forty-five,  and  several 
of  them  are  among  the  crack  ponies  of  the  game, 
celebrated  for  their  intelligence,  speed  and  staying 
powers.  He  maintains  these  ponies  for  the  use  ot 
himself  and  his  friends  and  has  never  been  known 
to  traffic  in  them. 

Mr  Dupee  is  not  interested  in  politics  or  public 
affairs  and  devotes  his  time  exclusively  to  his  pri- 
vate interests.  He  travels  in  Europe  and  the  United 
States  to  a  considerable  extent,  but  spends  the 
greater  part  of  his  time  in  Southern  California, 
where  he  is  popular  in  social  and  club  circles. 

Aside  from  his  memberships  in  the  Coronado 
Beach  Country  Club  and  the  Coronado  Beach  Polo 
Club  he  belongs  to  the  Pasadena  Polo  Club,  the 
Chicago  Club,  Chicago  Athletic  Club  and  the  Chi- 
cago Yacht  Club,  the  three  latter,  Chicago's  most 
noted  clubs. 


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ONES,  CHARLES  COLCOCK,  Con- 
sulting Mining  Engineer  and  Met- 
allurgist, Los  Angeles,  California, 
was  born  at  Augusta,  Georgia, 
July  28,  1865,  the  second  son  of 
Joseph  Jones,  M.  D.,  LL.  D.,  and 
Caroline  Susan  (Davis)  Jones. 

The   original   ancestor   in   America   was   of  the 
"Jones  of  Liverpool"  family,  and  settled  at  Charles- 
ton,   South    Carolina,    in    1687;    later    the    family 
moved     to     Georgia,     where 
large     plantations    were    ac- 
quired    in     Liberty     County, 
near  Savannah. 

In  October,  1779,  Major 
John  Jones  (the  great-great- 
grandfather of  Mr.  Jones), 
Aide-de-Camp  to  General 
Lachlan  Mclntosh,  fell  at  the 
siege  of  Savannah  leading 
the  assault  on  the  British  po- 
sition. Jones  Street,  Savan- 
nah, was  named  in  his  mem- 
ory. 

On  the  maternal  side  Mr. 
Jones  has  French  Huguenot 
blood  through  the  Girardeau 
family,  and  claims  Scottish 
descent  from  the  Red  Comyn 
of  Inverness,  through  the 
Gumming  family  of  Maryland 
and  Georgia.  Charles  Col- 
cock  Jones,  his  grandfather 
of  Liberty  County,  Georgia, 
was  a  prominent  minister  in 
the  affairs  of  tbs  Presbyte- 
rian Church. 

Charles  Colcock  Jones, 
Jr.,  his  uncle,  has  a  national 

reputation  as  the  Historian  of  Georgia,  and  writer 
on  American  Archaeology.  Joseph  Jones,  M.  D., 
LL.  D.,  father  of  Mr.  Jones,  was  for  many  years, 
up  to  the  time  of  his  death  in  1896,  Professor  of 
Chemistry  and  Clinical  Medicine  in  the  Tulane  Uni- 
versity of  New  Orleans,  Louisiana,  and  has  an  in- 
ternational reputation  based  on  his  researches  and 
writings  on  fevers,  particularly  yellow  fever,  and 
general  hygiene;  in  addition  he  is  known  through 
the  publication  by  the  Smithsonian  Institute  of  his 
early  researches  on  the  blood  and  a  volume  on  the 
Mound  Builders  of  the  Mississippi  Valley. 

In  May,  1898,  Mr.  Jones  married  at  Atlanta, 
Georgia,  Elizabeth  Clayton  King,  of  Augusta, 
Georgia,  a  direct  descendant  in  the  eighth  genera- 
tion from  Governor  William  Bradford  of  Massa- 
chusetts. 

Mr.  Jones  was  graduated  in  Mechanics  in  1884 
from  the  Louisiana  State  University  at  Baton 
Rouge,  Louisiana,  and  in  1887  received  his  degree" 
in  Mining  and  Metallurgy  from  Lehigh  University, 
South  Bethlehem,  Pa.,  immediately  entering  as  a 


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"learner"  in  the  Blast  Furnace  Department  of  the 
Pennsylvania  Steel  Company,  Steelton,  Pa.  He 
rose  rapidly  to  the  position  of  Assistant  Superin- 
tendent. 

In  1889,  Mr.  Jones  went  to  Virginia,  remaining 
there  until  1896,  in  charge  of  iron  furnaces,  iron 
mines  and  collieries,  the  last  four  years  operating 
the  Coeburn   Colliery  Company,  a  personally  con- 
trolled colliery  in  the  Clinch  River  (Virginia)  field. 
He   then   spent   two   years   in   the   Appalachian 
gold  field  and  in  traveling,  re- 
moving in  1898  to  Marquette, 
Michigan,    as    Manager    and 
Engineer  of  the  large  iron  in- 
terests  of   the   Breitung   Es- 
tate and  Edward  N.  Breitung. 
In     November,     1902,     he 
was   called  to   California   by 
the    Mountain    Copper    Com- 
pany, Ltd.,  of  Shasta  County, 
to      rehabilitate      the      Iron 
Mountain  mines,  which  were 
on    fire    and   in   a   generally 
wrecked       condition.       After 
much    dangerous    work,    Mr. 
Jones  successfully  installed  a 
system     of     ventilation     and 
workings   that    for    the  first 
time  in  the  history  of  mining 
controlled     underground     py- 
ritic  fire,  insured  the  safety 
of  miners  and  allowed  the  ex- 
traction of  ore  otherwise  lost. 
The  next  few  years  were 
spent  as  Examining  Engineer 
for    the    company    and    espe- 
cially in  the  search  for  phos- 
phates,    in     order    to    utilize 
waste    sulphur    from    copper 

smelters  as  sulphuric  acid  in  the  manufacture  of 
commercial  fertilizers  with  the  result  that  he  dis- 
covered and  opened  the  largest  known  deposits  in 
the  world  in  Utah,  Idaho  and  Wyoming,  credit  be- 
ing given  him  for  it  in  publications-  of  U.  S.  Geolog- 
ical Survey,  and  Technical  Press. 

The  opening  of  this  phosphate  field  was  epochal 
as  far  as  the  Pacific  Coast  is  concerned,  and  of  large 
importance  to  the  whole  country;  placed  as  it  is  in 
the  interior,  this  "backbone"  of  the  Nation  can't  be 
stripped  to  benefit  Europe  as  was  Carolina  and 
Florida.  Phosphate  rock  from  this  field  is  being 
manufactured  into  fertilizer  for  California  by  the 
Mt.  Copper  Co.  and  Stauffer  Chem.  Co.,  San  Fran- 
cisco, and  Am.  Agricultural  Chem.  Co.,  Los  Angeles. 
In  1904,  Mr.  Jones  established  an  office  as  Con- 
sulting Engineer  in  Salt  Lake  City,  and  in  January, 
1906,  removed  to  Los  Angeles,  from  which  point  he 
is  engaged  at  times  from  Alaska  to  Mexico.  He 
owns  large  iron  mines  in  California. 

Member,  Am.  Institute  Mining  Engineers,  Sons 
of  Revolution  in  Cal.  and  Sierra  Madre  Club. 


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3  ILL,  IRVING  J.,  Architect,  San 
Diego,  Cal.,  was  born  in  Tully,  N. 
Y.,  April  26,  1870,  the  son  of 
Joseph  Gill  and  Cynthia  C.  (Scul- 
len)  Gill. 

He  attended  the  Madison  Street 
School  of  Syracuse,  N.  Y.,  and  began  his  architec- 
tural work  as  a  student  in  the  office  of  Ellis  G. 
Hall,  of  Syracuse,  in  1889.  The  following  year  he 
studied  under  J.  L.  Silsby  in  Chicago,  and  in  1891 
was  a  pupil  of  Messrs.  Ader 
&  Sullivan  of  Chicago.  He 
was  appointed  a  member  of 
the  Architectural  Staff  of  the 
World's  Columbian  Exposi- 
tion in  1892,  but  his  health 
became  impaired  and  he  was 
compelled  to  resign  his  posi- 
tion, going  to  Southern  Cali- 
fornia to  recuperate. 

Locating  at  San  Diego, 
Cal.,  Mr.  Gill  spent  several 
months  resting,  and  in  1893, 
having  regained  his  health, 
opened  an  office  there  for 
the  practice  of  his  profession. 
In  1901  Mr.  Gill  returned  to 
the  East,  where  for  the  next 
few  years  he  was  engaged  in 
the  design  and  construction 
of  various  buildings,  but  de- 
voted himself  principally  to 
private  residences.  Among 
the  notable  homes  built  by 
him  were  those  of  Albert  H. 
Olmstead,  at  Newport,  R.  I.; 
Miss  Ellen  Mason,  at  New- 
port, R.  I.;  Mrs.  Shaw-Safe, 
at  East  Greenwich,  R.  I.; 
Miss  Sarah  Birkhead,  at 
Portsmouth,  R.  I.;  Louis 
Butler  McCagg,  at  Bar  Har- 
bor, Maine. 

Returning  to  California  in 
the  latter  part  of  1904,  Mr. 

Gill  resumed  his  work  in  San  Diego,  and  has  since 
maintained  his  offices  there.  In  the  interim  he 
has  been  among  the  leading  architects  of  that  sec- 
tion and  is  classed  by  authorities  on  the  subject 
as  one  of  the  eminent  members  of  the  profession 
in  America. 

One  of  the  notable  works  of  Mr.  Gill  was  the 
design  and  construction,  in  1911,  of  a  community 
of  model  cottages  at  Sierra  Madre,  California,  at 
the  base  of  the  Sierra  Madre  Mountains. 

"The  Craftsman,"  a  publication  devoted  to  archi- 
tecture and  allied  subjects,  was  inspired  by  the 
Sierra  Madre  group  to  pay  a  splendid  tribute  to 
the  art  of  Mr.  Gill,  stating  in  part: 

"In  the  West,  where  man  not  only  dares  to  be 
honest  but  is  encouraged  in  every  way  to  express 
himself,  there  has  arisen  a  simpler  and  more  dis- 
tinctive architecture.  One  architect  of  the  Coast, 
Irving  J.  Gill,  after  wandering  for  years  among  the 
inspired  work  of  the  past — Grecian,  Roman,  Italian, 
early  English — groping  hopefully  through  the  maze 
that  every  architect  is  forced  by  custom  and  edu- 
cation to  thread,  dissatisfied  with  the  best  that  he 
could  produce  and  convinced  of  the  absurdity  and 
dishonesty  of  plagiarism,  has  had  the  courage  to 
throw  aside  every  accepted  belief  of  the  present 
day  and  start  afresh  with  the  simplest  forms,  the 


IRVING  J.    GILL 


straight  line,  the  pier,  lintel  and  arch.  And  he 
uses  these  without  ornamentation,  save  for  the 
natural  grace  of  a  clinging  vine  that  is  allowed  to 
trail  about  a  doorway  or  droop  over  the  severe  line 
of  the  roof.  Instead  of  delving  into  the  past  works 
of  great  men,  trying  to  adapt  what  has  been,  to  the 
conditions  of  the  present,  he  bends  his  efforts  to 
determine  what  should  be,  regardless  of  precedent. 
By  this  return  to  fundamental  needs,  he  has  hit 
upon  an  architecture  so  simple  and  beautiful  that 
restless  tourists,  practical 
business  men,  workmen, 
architects  and  artists  turn 
aside  from  their  work  or 
play  on  the  highway  just  for 
the  pleasure  of  seeing  so 
satisfying  a  thing  as  a  house 
of  his  designing. 

"The  houses  that  Mr.  Gill 
designs  stand  so  pre-emi- 
nently for  permanence  in 
their  simplicity  that  they  can 
no  more  be  disregarded  than 
the  old  Missions,  and  are  as 
surely  influencing  the  archi- 
tecture of  the  West." 

In  the  same  issue  of  "The 
Craftsman"  the  editor  of  the 
publication  spoke  of  Mr.  Gill's 
work  in  the  following  terms: 
"While  we  find  still  in  Mr. 
Gill's  .  .  .  cottages  the 
influence  of  the  early  Span- 
ish architecture,  which  really 
means  the  influence  of  the 
Moors  through  the  Spaniards, 
we  also  find  the  creative 
spirit,  the  fearless  use  of  the 
brain  by  the  man  who  knows 
how  to  work." 

One  of  the  most  beautiful 
and  efficient  productions  by 
Mr.  Gill  is  the  Wilde  Foun- 
tain in  the  civic  center  of 
San  Diego,  an  electric  affair 

of  alternating  colors  which  was  designed  and  built 
by  Mr.  Gill  for  L.  J.  Wilde  who  presented  it  to  the 
city.  This  is  regarded  as  one  of  the  most  artistic 
fountains  in  America. 

In  the  early  part  of  1912  Mr.  Gill  was  chosen 
by  the  Dominguez  Land  Company,  a  great  Califor- 
nia corporation,  to  design  and  supervise  the  con- 
struction of  a  model  industrial  city.  This  town, 
known  as  Torrance,  lies  near  Los  Angeles,  Califor- 
nia, and  will  be  made  up  of  factories  of  various 
description,  administration  buildings  and  all  that 
goes  to  make  an  ideal  manufacturing  or  industrial 
city,  in  one  division,  while  another  is  set  aside  ac 
the  residence  section  and  will  be  made  up  of  the 
homes,  schools,  library,  parks,  children's  play- 
grounds; the  whole  having  paved  streets  and  every 
modern  facility,  which  will  add  to  the  convenience, 
beauty  and  sanitation  of  the  place. 

Mr.  Gill  has  devoted  himself  to  this  work  to 
the  exclusion  of  practically  everything  else,  al- 
though he  conducts  his  offices  in  San  Diego  and 
holds  commissions  for  many  important  structures 
in  various  parts  of  Southern  California. 

Mr.  Gill  is  a  member  of  the  Southern  California 
Chapter  of  the  American  Institute  of  Architects, 
and  his  only  other  affiliation  outside  of  business  is 
with  the  Gamut  Club  of  Los  Angeles. 


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PRY,  HON.  WILLIAM,  Gover- 
nor of  the  State  of  Utah,  Salt 
Lake  City,  Utah,  was  born  at 
Windsor,  County  of  Berkshire, 
England,  January  11,  1864,  the  son 

of  Philip  Spry  and  Sarah  (Field) 

Spry.  He  married  Mary  Alice  Wrathall  of  Grants- 
ville,   Utah,   July  10,   1890. 

In  1875,  when  he  was  about  eleven  years  of  age, 
Governor  Spry  was  brought  to  the  United  States 
by  his  parents  and  they  set- 
tled    in     Utah,     both     being 
members    of   the    Church    of 
the  Latter  Day  Saints.    The 
son    was    given    a     common 
school  education  and  worked 
on  a  farm  until  he  attained 
his  majority. 

From  1891  to  1893,  Gover- 
nor Spry  was  connected  with 
Zion's  Co-operative  Mercan- 
tile Institution,  a  general 
merchandise  house,  the  larg- 
est in  the  Rocky  Mountain 
region,  and  an  adjunct  of  the 
Mormon  Church.  This  estab- 
lishment is  one  of  the  most 
important  enterprises  of 
Utah.  Founded  in  1868,  it 
has  transacted  business 
which  averages  $3,000,000 
per  annum  for  the  entire 
period  of  its-  existence.  Its 
main  store  is  at  Salt  Lake 
City,  but  it  also  has  branches 
at  Provo  and  Idaho  Falls, 
Idaho,  and  operates  a  shoe 
factory  and  a  clothing  fac- 
tory. Governor  Spry  was 
with  the  Salt  Lake  house  for  only  about  two  years, 
but  during  that  time  he  was  an  important  factor 
in  its  affairs  and  also  greatly  expanded  his  own 
knowledge  of  business  affairs. 

Upon  leaving  the  great  store,  Governor  Spry 
engaged  in  farming  and  stockraising  on  a  large 
scale  and  continued  these  operations  until  1904, 
when  he  disposed  of  a  large  part  of  his  interests. 
He  still  is  a  large  landowner  and  is  interested  in 
various  financial  and  industrial  enterprises,  being 
a  Director  of  the  Merchants  Bank  of  Salt  Lake 
City  and  several  other  institutions. 

Governor  Spry  has  been  an  important  factor  in 
the  affairs  of  the  Republican  party  of  Utah  for 
many  years  and  prior  to  his  election  to  the  office 
of  Chief  Executive  of  the  State  had  served  in 
several  other  public  capacities.  From  1894  to 
1896  he  served  as  County  Collector  of  Tooele 
County  and  upon  relinquishing  that  office  was 
elected  to  the  City  Council  of  Grantsville,  Utah. 
He  served  in  that  body  continuously  for  seven 
years,  retiring  from  the  office  in  1903. 


HON.  WILLIAM  SPRY 


Ranked  as  one  of  the  authorities  on  lands  and 
land  products  of  his  State,  Governor  Spry  was  ap- 
pointed President  of  the  State  Board  of  Land  Com- 
missioners of  Utah  in  1905  and  served  in  this  po- 
sition until  1906,  when  he  was  appointed  by  Pres- 
ident Theodore  Roosevelt  to  the  office  of  United 
States  Marshal  for  the  State  of  Utah.  He  was 
serving  in  that  Federal  capacity  in  1908,  when  he 
was  proposed  for  the  nomination  of  Governor  of 
Utah  on  the  Republican  ticket,  whereupon  he  re- 
signed from  the  office  of 
Marshal.  He  was  elected 
Governor  by  a  large  majority 
at  the  subsequent  election 
and  took  office  in  1909.  He 
was  re-elected  in  1912  to 
hold  office  until  the  year 
1917. 

Governor  Spry's  adminis- 
tration has  been  marked  by 
independence  of  action  and 
progressiveness  on  his  part 
and  under  his  guidance  the 
State  has  made  advances  in 
many  ways,  especially  in  the 
increase  of  agricultural  en- 
terprises. He  is  an  enthusi- 
ast on  agricultural  develop- 
ment and  is  generally  con- 
ceded to  be  the  leading  au- 
thority on  Utah  lands  in  that 
State.  He  has  lent  his  sup- 
port to  irrigation  and  other 
movements  of  a  national 
character  and  was  one  of 
the  striking  figures  at  the 
National  Farm  Land  Con- 
gress held  at  Chicago  in  No- 
vember, 1909. 
Shortly  after  taking  office  of  Governor  for  the 
first  time,  Governor  Spry,  as  the  representative  of 
his  State,  went  to  Camden,  New  Jersey,  and  there 
officiated  at  the  launching  of  the  Battleship  Utah, 
which  was  christened  by  his  daughter,  Miss  Mary 
Alice  Spry.  This  vessel,  which  was  constructed 
in  the  fastest  time  on  record,  was  at  the  time 
of  its  launching  the  largest  ship  in  the  American 
Navy  and  one  of  the  largest  in  the  world,  being 
521  feet  in  length  and  having  a  displacement  of 
21,875  tons. 

Governor  Spry  is  devoted  to  the  interests  of 
his  State,  which  he  has  helped  greatly  in  adver- 
tising its  advantages  to  the  world,  and  is  one  of 
the  most  popular  officials  who  ever  filled  the 
Chief  Executive's  chair  in  Utah.  He  is  a  promi- 
nent figure  in  the  affairs  of  the  Mormon  Church, 
having  formerly  been  one  of  its  missionaries,  and 
is  a  force  in  the  Republican  party,  which  he  served 
as  Chairman  of  the  State  Central  Committee. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Commercial  Club,  and  the 
Alta  Club  of  Salt  Lake  City. 


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ENDLING,  GEORGE  XAVIER, 
Lumber,  San  Francisco,  Califor- 
nia, was  born  in  New  York  City, 
September  12,  1861,  the  son  of 
Joseph  Wendling  and  Mary  Jose- 
phine Wendling.  He  married  Inez 
Cross  at  Elk  City,  Kansas,  December  17,  1886,  and 
to  them  there  was  born  a  daughter,  Martha  Flor- 
ence Wendling. 

Mr.  Wendling's  parents  transferred  their  home 
from  New  York  to  Keokuk, 
Iowa,  when  he  was  very  young 
and  he  received  his  educa- 
tion in  the  common  schools 
of  the  latter  city  and  at 
Montobella,  Illinois.  At  the 
age  of  fifteen-  Mr.  Wendling 
went  into  the  lumber  busi- 
ness in  the  employ  of  C.  W. 
Goodlander  Lumber  Com- 
pany at  Weir  City,  Kansas, 
and  this  has  been  his  field  of 
operations  ever  since,  a  period 
covering  more  than  thirty- 
five  years  of  active  work. 

He  remained  in  his  first  po- 
sition about  three  years,  and 
at  the  end  of  that  time  be- 
came Assistant  Manager  of 
the  retail  yard  of  the  Long- 
Bell  Lumber  Company  at 
Cherry  Vale,  Kansas.  At  the 
conclusion  of  two  years  he 
was  transferred  to  the  same 
company's  yards  at  Caldwell, 
Kansas,  and  remained  there 
until  he  moved  to  California, 
which  he  did  in  January,  1888. 
Locating  at  Fresno,  Califor- 
nia at  that  time,  Mr.  Wendling  associated  himself 
with  Prescott  &  Pierce,  a  retail  lumber  firm,  but  at 
the  end  of  two  years  embarked  in  business  on  his 
own  account  at  Hanford,  California,  where  he  in- 
corporated the  Wendling  Lumber  Company  for 
$100,000.  He  began  active  operations  on  a  small 
scale,  later  establishing  yards  throughout  the  fruit- 
growing region  of  California,  supplying  a  large  part 
of  the  lumber  used  in  the  manufacture  of  fruit 
boxes,  which  alone  constituted  a  large  business. 

The  demand  for  these  boxes  became  so  great 
that  on  February  22,  1897,  Mr.  Wendling  assumed 
the  management  of  the  Pine  Box  Manufacturers' 
Agency,  San  Francisco,  where  his  knowledge  of 
the  lumber  and  fruit  business  proved  of  great 
value  to  the  organization.  He  not  only  handled 
the  business  of  the  agency,  but  worked  out  its 
tariffs  and  other  problems,  resigning  in  November, 
1899,  after  he  had  placed  the  organization  on  a 
firm,  practical  basis. 

Mr.  Wendling  then  reorganized  the  Wendling 
Lumber  Company  increasing  the  capital  to  $500,000, 


G.  X.  WENDLING 


and  expanded  his  business,  making  a  specialty  of 
carload  shipments  of  California  redwood,  redwood 
shingles,  California  pines  and  northern  fir  lumber. 
Later  the  Wendling-Nathan  Lumber  Company  was 
formed  to  succeed  to  the  business  of  the  Wendling 
Lumber  Company.  The  business  has  steadily  grown 
from  that  time  (1900)  and  is  now  one  of  the  most 
extensive  enterprises  of  the  kind  on  the  Pacific 
Coast,  distributing  lumber  and  its  products  through- 
out the  entire  United  States  and  Canada. 

From  1900  to  1904  Mr.  Wen- 
dling acquired  several  other 
lumber  interests,  among  them 
the  Weed  Lumber  Company, 
which  was  organized  in  1903. 
Mr.  Wendling  now  serves  as 
President  of  this  latter  cor- 
poration and  also  holds  office 
in  various  others,  whose  com- 
bined activities  form  an  im- 
portant part  of  the  lumber 
business  on  the  Pacific  Coast. 
Among  them  are  the  Cali- 
fornia Pine  Box  &  Lumber 
Company,  of  which  he  is  Pres- 
ident; the  Napa  Lumber  Com- 
pany, of  which  he  is  Presi- 
dent; Big  Basin  Lumber  Com- 
pany, President,  and  the  Stan- 
islaus Lumber  Company,  of 
which  he  is  Vice  President. 

Aside  from  his  lumber  hold- 
ings, Mr.  Wendling  is  engaged 
in  several  other  important  en- 
terprises, the  chief  of  these 
being  the  Klamath  Develop- 
ment Company,  in  which  he 
serves  as  Vice  President. 
This  Company  is  engaged  in 

the  development  of  a  large  stretch  of  territory  in 
Southern  Oregon,  its  operations  including  land, 
lumber  and  railroads. 

Mr.  Wendling,  who  devotes  a  part  of  his  time  to 
the  affairs  of  all  the  companies  in  which  he  is  in- 
terested, is,  in  addition  to  the  companies  named,  a 
Director  of  the  Anglo  &  London  Paris  Natl.  Bank. 
From  the  time  of  his  arrival  in  California  Mr. 
Wendling  has  taken  an  active  part  in  commercial 
development  and  as  a  member  of  the  California 
State  Board  of  Trade  was  one  of  the  most  enthu- 
siastic workers  for  the  upbuilding  of  the  State  and 
the  development  of  its  resources.  He  takes  no 
part  in  politics,  but  has  devoted  a  great  deal  of 
effort  to  the  betterment  of  San  Francisco  and  was 
one  of  the  first  to  advocate  the  Panama-Pacific  Ex- 
position at  San  Francisco,  in  1915. 

Mr.  Wendling  is  a  member  of  the  Pacific  Union 
Club,  Bohemian  Club,  Family  Club  and  Transporta- 
tion Club,  of  San  Francisco;  the  Sutter  Club  of 
Sacramento,  Cal.;  Sequoia  Club  of  Fresno,  Cal.,  and 
the  Jonathan  Club,  of  Los  Angeles,  Cal. 


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ALDWIN,  JAMES  VINING,  Real 
Estate  Operator,  Los  Angeles,  Cal- 
ifornia, was  born  at  Weston, 
Ohio,  October  25,  1870.  His  father 
was  Edward  Baldwin  and  his 

mother   was   Harriet   M.    (Taylor) 

Baldwin.  He  was  reared  in  Ohio,  receiving  his  pre- 
liminary education  in  the  public  schools  of  his  home 
town.  He  graduated  from  high  school  in  1889  and 
the  following  fall  entered  the  Ohio  Wesleyan  Uni- 
versity at  Delaware,  Ohio,  where  he  remained  for 
two  years. 

Shortly  after  leaving  college  he  entered  the 
mercantile  business  in  Weston,  Ohio.  During  the 
years  that  followed  he  achieved  unusual  success 
in  his  first  business  venture.  His  wide  acquaint- 
ance in  his  native  city,  coupled  with  a  shrewd  busi- 
ness head  and  a  liberal  education,  placed  him  in 
the  front  ranks.  He  managed  and  directed  the 
business  for  six  years,  selling  out  his  entire  inter- 
ests in  1898. 

For  several  years  he  had  been  contemplating  re- 
moval to  the  Pacific  Coast  and  at  this  time,  with  no 
business  connections-  to  hold  him  back,  he  left  his 
home  city,  going  direct  to  Los  Angeles,  California. 
He  located  in  Los  Angeles  in  the  latter  part  of  1898, 
and  immediately  entered  the  real  estate  business. 
At  the  time  of  Mr.  Baldwin's  arrival  Los  An- 
geles had  but  recently  passed  through  a  period  of 
depression  and  was  approaching  a  remarkable 
growth,  which  continued  for  a  number  of  years. 
Mr.  Baldwin,  realizing  that  the  city  had  a  great 
future,  invested  heavily  in  real  estate,  both  in  the 
then  outlying  districts  and  in  the  closer-in  sections 
of  the  city.  He  grasped  the  highest  cla&s  of  prop- 
erties and  became  one  of  the  leading  realty  pro- 
moters of  the  Southwest. 

Mr.  Baldwin  made  a  specialty  of  the  best  class 
of  subdivisions  and  has  played  a  most  important 
role  in  the  rapid  growth  and  development  of  the 
western  and  southwestern  sections  of  Los  Angeles 
— the  best  and  most  desirable  residence  district  of 
that  city.  He  has  handled  a  number  of  the  finest 
tracts  in  that  section  of  the  community;  has  bought 
barren  acreage  and  turned  it  into  residence  tracts 
which  rapidly  built  up  with  many  of  the  fine  resi- 
dences of  which  Los  Angeles  is-  so  justly  proud. 

His  best-known  tracts  are  those  in  the  West  Ad- 
ams and  Wilshire  Boulevard  sections,  and  com- 
prise the  highest  class  of  subdivisions,  such  as- 
West  Adams  Heights,  Westmoreland  Heights,  Wel- 
lington Place,  Westminster  Place,  Larchmont 
Heights,  Wilshire  Hills,  Wilshire  Heights  and  many 
other  similar  properties  in  other  first-class  resi- 
dence sections. 

Mr.  Baldwin  was  the  first  real  estate  operator 
to  buy  up  acreage  and  start  the  improvement  of 
subdivisions  in  the  now  exclusive  Wilshire  district, 
and  he  has-  been  the  largest  realty  operator  in  that 
portion  of  the  city.  His  far-sightedness  and  belief 
in  the  city's  future  have  caused  him  to  reach  out 


far  beyond  the  generally  supposed  limits  to  which 
the  city  would  expand  for  many  years,  and  in  al- 
most every  instance  the  growth  has  almost  imme- 
diately caught  up  to  him,  confirming  his  judgment. 
It  was  this  advanced  judgment  that  has  made  him 
one  of  the  most  successful  operators  in  Los 
Angeles. 

The  enterprise  of  Mr.  Baldwin  was  forcibly  il- 
lustrated when  he.  set  out  on  his  campaign  to  pop- 
ularize the  beautiful  Wilshire  District.  When  he 
first  took  hold  of  the  property  it  was  a  wide- 
spreading,  undeveloped  stretch  of  open  country, 
used  principally  for  cattle-grazing,  but  recognizing 
its  potential  pos&ibilities  as  a  residence  section, 
he  inaugurated  improvements  of  various  kinds  and 
also  caused  the  building  of  a  street  railroad, 
which,  upon  its  completion,  he  turned  over  to  the 
controlling  railway  interests  of  the  city.  This  line, 
which  was  built  at  a  cost  of  $59,000,  put  up  by  Mr. 
Baldwin  and  others,  was  presented  to  the  railway 
company  as-  a  gift.  The  result  of  the  building  of 
this  road  was  the  opening  up  of  the  territory 
through  which  it  pass-ed. 

The  Wilshire  section  has  become  an  exclusive 
residence  district,  with  numerous  handsome  homes 
and  wide  boulevards-  to  greet  the  eye  where  for- 
merly there  was  naught  but  unimproved  land.  It  is 
generally  conceded  to  be  one  of  the  most  attract- 
ive parts  of  Los  Angeles  and  compares  favorably 
with  many  of  the  celebrated  private  residence  dis- 
tricts of  the  country. 

His  method  of  upbuilding  the  various  sections 
with  which  he  has  been  identified  is  characteri&tic 
of  Mr.  Baldwin's  force  and  progressiveness,  and  his 
prudence  in  selecting  only  those  locations  where 
the  natural  advantages  are  such  that  rapid  settle- 
ment by  the  most  desirable  class  is-  practically  as- 
sured in  advance,  has  been  fully  demonstrated. 

Mr.  Baldwin  is  always-  found  among  that  group 
of  Los  Angeles  men  who  enter  into  everything 
that  pertains  to  the  development,  growth  and  wel- 
fare of  a  Greater  Los  Angeles.  He  watches  with 
keenest  interest  the  development  of  the  Los  An- 
geles Harbor,  the  Owens  River  project  and  other 
similar  movements  that  have  a  local  or  national 
bearing  on  the  welfare  of  the  city.  He  has  been 
identified  with  and  is  one  of  the  leading  spirits  in 
the  growth  of  the  Los  Angeles-  Realty  Board,  an 
organization  formed  for  the  purpose  of  protecting 
the  best  interests  of  dealer  and  customer  alike,  and 
seeing  that  the  business  is  conducted  on  the  highest 
plane. 

Mr.  Baldwin  is  interested  in  a  number  of  indus- 
trial and  manufacturing  projects  and  is  a  director 
in  the  California  Savings  Bank  of  Los  Angeles. 

A  man  of  genial  personality,  he  is  a  conspicuous 
figure  in  the  social  life  of  Los  Angeles  and  is  one 
of  the  leading  clubmen.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
California  Club,  the  Jonathan  Club,  the  Los-  An- 
geles Country  Club  and  of  the  South  Coast  Yacht 
Club.  He  resides  at  the  California  Club. 


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OULE,  WILLIAM  EDMUND,  Oil 
Well  Development,  Los  Angeles, 
California,  was  born  at  Pontiac, 
Michigan,  August  21,  1847,  the 
son  of  William  and  Bridget  Youle. 
He  married  Mary  Murphy  at 
Pontiac,  Michigan,  January  10,  1870,  and  to  them 
there  were  born  two  children,  Charles  and  May 
Youle.  Mr.  Youle  is  of  British  -ancestry,  one 
generation  removed,  his  father  having  been  a 
native  of  England,  while  his 
mother  was  born  in  Ireland. 
Mr.  Youle  attended  the 
public  schools  of  his  native 
city  until  he  was  fifteen  years 
of  age,  but  at  that  time  gave 
up  his  studies  to  seek  a 
place  for  himself  in  the 
business  world,  and  a  year 
later  went  to  the  oil  fields 
of  Pennsylvania,  which  were 
then  in  a  greatly  undeveloped 
condition. 

Although  a  boy  in  years, 
Mr.  Youle  began  immediately 
as  a  driller  and  contractor, 
and  for  thirteen  years  was 
one  of  the  most  active  young 
men  in  the  Pennsylvania 
fields.  He  also  operated  in 
the  West  Virginia  fields  and 
aided  there,  as  in  Pennsyl- 
vania, in  the  development  of 
the  industry.  He  was  in  the 
forefront  of  the  developers 
of  that  day,  and  led  in  the 
search  for  new  territory.  He 
knew  the  business.  He  was 
an  expert  driller,  a  capable 
executive  and  able  to  handle  the  product  from  the 
selection  of  the  land  to  the  marketing  of  the  oil. 
Because  of  his  versatility  he  won  the  reputation 
of  being  one  of  the  most  practical  and  competent 
men  in  the  business.  He  drilled  scores  of  wells 
during  his  work  in  the  Pennsylvania  and  West  Vir- 
ginia fields,  and  his  success  was  one  of  the  features 
of  the  stories  which  reached  the  outside  world  of 
the  wonderful  wealth  that  had  been  unearthed  in 
Pennsylvania  and  West  Virginia. 

As  has  been  told  many  times  before,  the  days 
of  the  oil  boom  in  Pennsylvania,  when  the 
petroleum  beds  were  first  discovered  and  tapped, 
were  among  the  most  exciting  and  picturesque  in 
the  industrial  history  of  the  United  States.  It  can 
be  compared  only  to  the  discovery  of  gold  in 
California  and  the  Klondyke.  Men  made  fortunes 
and  threw  them  away,  confident  that  there  were 
others  to  be  made  when  the  first  had  vanished. 
Other  men,  however,  realizing  the  importance 
of  oil  to  the  future  of  the  country,  kept  their 
head  and  devoted  themselves  to  the  solid  develop- 


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ment  of  the  business.  The  Rockefellers,  the 
Teagles,  the  Tillotsons,  the  McDonalds,  Mr.  Youle 
and  others  were  in  this  latter  class,  and  they  are 
the  men  who  nursed  the  industry  through  its  in- 
fancy, led  it  through  its  formative  stages  and, 
finally,  brought  it  up  to  the  point  where  it  is  one 
of  the  greatest  factors  in  the  world's  progress. 

A  pioneer  in  the  oil  industry,  Mr.  Youle  ex- 
perienced the  usual  obstacles  to  be  overcome  in 
every  new  undertaking,  and,  while  vast  sums  have 
come  to  his  possession  from 
his  work  of  the  earlier  days, 
a  large  part  of  it  necessarily 
went  in  his  efforts  to  inter- 
est others  and  in  further 
pushing  the  development  of 
a  great  natural  resource  that 
at  first  met  with  little  sym- 
pathy. The  result  is  that  to- 
day Mr.  Youle  is  in  most 
comfortable  circumstances, 
but  does  not  claim  to  have 
accumulated  wealth  any- 
thing like  some  of  the  vast 
fortunes  made  by  other  men, 
some  of  whom  were  associa- 
ted with  him,  and  others  who 
followed  in  his  wake. 

Mr.  Youle  has  been  a 
hard  worker  all  his  life  and 
most  of  his  success  has  been 
due  to  his  willingness  to  at- 
tack a  problem  with  all  his 
physical  and  mental  ener- 
gies. At  one  point  of  his 
career  in  the  Pennsylvania 
regions,  Mr.  Youle,  in  addi- 
tion to  his  work  as  a  con- 
tractor, held  office  as  Super- 
intendent of  the  United  States  Oil  Company  at  Oil 
City,  Pa.,  and  under  his  direction  the  property  of 
the  company  was  made  one  of  the  most  profitable 
in  the  field.  His  efforts  in  connection  with  the  de- 
velopment of  this  company,  along  with  his  other 
successes,  attracted  attention  to  him  all  over  the 
country,  and  as  a  result,  when  a  company  of  prom- 
inent Californians  wanted  some  one  to  inaugurate 
the  oil  business  in  that  State,  Mr.  Youle  was  se- 
lected to  handle  the  problem. 

In  1877  Mr.  Youle  was  engaged  by  ex-Mayor 
Bryant  of  San  Francisco  and  D.  G.  Scofield  to  drill 
a  test  well.  He  took  men  who  had  worked  with 
him  in  the  eastern  fields  to  a  point  near  Newhall, 
Cal.,  and  there  put  down  the  first  paying  oil  well 
ever  drilled  in  the  Golden  State.  This  well 
proved  a  producer  from  the  start  and  it  was  the 
beginning  of  an  era  of  development  in  California 
that  has  brought  fortunes  to  the  men  engaged  in 
it  and  has  placed  the  industry  at  the  head  of  the 
wealth-producing  channels  of  the  State.  From  that 
time  forward  Mr.  Youle  has  been  one  of  the  most 


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active  men  in  the  oil  business,  and  has  been  identi- 
fied with  practically  every  successful  field. 

After  proving  the  Newhall  field  by  drilling  a 
number  of  producing  wells,  Mr.  Youle,  in  1880, 
went  to  Moody's  Gulch,  in  Santa  Clara  County,  Cal., 
and  there  proved  a  field,  the  oil  being  of  very  light 
gravity.  In  1884  he  moved  to  the  Puente  oil  re- 
gion of  California  and  repeated  his  successes. 

Six  years  after  he  put  down  his  first  well  in  the 
Puente  District  the  attention  of  oil  men  generally 
was  called  to  seepages  in  that  part  of  Kern  County, 
Cal.,  known  now  as  the  Sunset  fields,  and  Mr.  Youle 
went  there  as  a  contracting  well  driller.  He  was 
"the"  first  to  arrive  and  to  appreciate  the  advan- 
tages of  the  country  and  he  remained  in  that  ter- 
ritory from  1890  to  1901.  During  those  eleven 
years  he  was  almost  ceaseless  in  his  activities  and 
not  only  aided  largely  in  the  development  of  the 
Sunset  field  but  also  of  the  McKittrick  and  Midway 
fields,  the  latter  being  regarded  as  the  richest  oil 
district  ever  found  on  the  American  Continent. 
Mr.  Youle  put  down  over  fifty  wells  in  these  fields. 

The  oil  industry  in  California  has  resulted  in 
the  establishment  of  several  thriving  towns.  The 
Southern  Pacific  Railroad  Company,  quick  to  rec- 
ognize the  commercial  importance  of  the  petroleum 
fields,  first  constructed  a  branch  railroad  to  the 
McKittrick  district  and  later  to  the  Sunset  and 
Midway  centers.  With  the  introduction  of  the  rail- 
road into  the  new  oil  country,  thousands-  of  set- 
tlers went  there,  and  Mr.  Youle,  as  one  of  the  first 
successful  operators,  was  one  of  the  basic  factors 
in  the  section's  growth. 

Mr.  Youle  is  justly  called  the  pioneer  of  the 
California  oil  business  because,  with  the  first  well 
in  the  Newhall  district  in  1877,  he  was  first  to 
demonstrate  the  practicability  of  oil  producing  in 
the  State.  He  was  a  discoverer;  and  after  being 
the  first  to  prove  that  drilling  was  capable  of  ac- 
complishment, he  led  in  the  opening  up  of  new 
territory  and  pointed  the  way  to  petroleum  beds 
that  others  had  never  dreamed  existed.  Prior  to 
his  advent  in  California  various  college  professors 
and  noted  geologists,  consulted  in  the  matter  by 
prospective  investors,  had  declared  that  there  was 
no  oil  to  be  found  in  the  State;  but  Mr.  Youle  and 
his  associates  demonstrated  in  the  best  kind  of 
way — by  drilling — that  it  was  there,  and  as  a  re- 
sult thousands  of  wells  are  now  pumping,  and  mil- 
lions of  dollars  are  invested  in  the  California  fields 
— the  world's  richest  and  most  productive  oil  lands. 

During  his  career  in  California,  which  has 
spanned  a  period  of  almost  forty  years,  Mr.  Youle 
has  personally  supervised  the  drilling  of  more  than 
one  hundred  and  fifty  wells  and  today  is  known 
as  "the"  veteran  of  the  business.  He  applied 
methods  which  made  deep  wells  feasible,  and  much 
of  the  credit  for  finding  oil  at  extreme  depths,  after 
the  higher  levels  had  failed  to  produce,  is  due  to 
him,  although  he  disclaims  the  honor. 

Mr.   Youle's   efforts  in   the   discovery   and   pro- 


duction of  oil  have  not  been  without  difficulties 
other  than  those  presented  by  nature  herself; 
on  many  occasions  his  experience  was  matched 
against  that  and  the  theories  of  others,  but 
he  developed  numerous  properties  successfully 
against  their  opposition.  Oftentimes  he  was  con- 
demned for  persisting  in  sinking  his  drill  hundreds 
of  feet  below  what  was  then  considered  the  oil 
level,  his  critics  declaring  that  it  was  impossible 
to  drill  to  the  depths  contemplated  by  him.  He 
persisted,  however,  and  his  judgment  was  finally 
vindicated  by  striking  oil  at  the  lower  levels. 

In  all  his  operations  Mr.  Youle  has  been  guided 
by  one  thing — the  firm  conviction  that  California  is 
full  of  oil,  this  conviction  being  based  on  his  great 
experience  in  the  various  fields  of  the  United  States. 

In  addition  to  his  actual  work  in  the  fields,  Mr. 
Youle  has  also  been  an  important  factor  in  the  de- 
velopment of  uses  for  oil.  He  handled  the  first  car- 
load of  oil  that  was  used  for  fuel  purposes  in  Los 
Angeles,  this  being  delivered  to  the  Lankershim 
Flour  Mills  of  that  city.  This  was  one  of  the  very 
earliest  instances  of  the  use  of  oil  for  fuel,  but  to- 
day it  has  become  general  for  domestic  use,  trans- 
portation and  industrial  lines. 

As  is  well  known,  the  use  of  crude  petroleum 
for  fuel  was  delayed  for  a  long  time  because  it  was 
not  thought  by  business  men  and  manufacturers 
that  enough  could  be  produced  to  make  it  worth 
while  for  the  large  corporations  to  install  oil- 
burning  plants  in  place  of  the  coal-consuming  kind. 
The  rapid  development  of  the  California  fields, 
however,  and  the  production  of  oil  in  such  tremen- 
dous quantities,  swept  away  this  opposition.  Mr. 
Youle  was  a  strong  advocate  of  the  new  fuel. 

Recognized  as  one  of  the  country's  greatest 
authorities  on  oil  and  oil-bearing  lands,  Mr.  Youle's 
counsel  is  sought  on  numerous  occasions.  His 
judgment  on  oil  matters  is  accepted  as  the  la&t 
word  and  through  him  many  hundred  thousands  of 
dollars  have  been  safely  invested  in  the  business, 
while  at  the  same  time  many  other  thousands  have 
been  saved  to  those  who  otherwise  might  have  in- 
vested in  losing  propositions.  Many  men  who  have 
made  fortunes  in  oil  lay  their  success  to  his  advice. 

Despite  his  fifty  years  of  work,  Mr.  Youle  is 
still  in  harness  and  takes  an  active  part  in  the  va- 
rious enterprises  in  which  he  is  interested.  His 
outdoor  life  in  the  fields  has  kept  him  a  strong, 
vigorous,  well-preserved  man. 

Mr.  Youle  has  maintained  his  residence  in  Los 
Angeles  since  the  late  seventies  and  has  lent  his 
aid  to  various  civic  movements  which  have  served 
to  place  the  city  among  the  great  American  busi- 
ness centers,  but  has  never  taken  a  very  active 
part  in  politics,  nor  has  he  ever  had  any  ambition 
to  hold  public  office.  He  is  not  a  clubman,  but 
gives  most  of  his  spare  time  to  the  quiet  enjoy- 
ment of  his  home  and  family.  He  finds  relaxation 
in  travel  and  in  1912  spent  several  months  in  visit- 
ing Europe  and  the  British  Isles. 


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AMIESON,  NATHANIEL  FREDE- 
RICK, President,  Hibernian  Home 
Builders,  Los  Angeles,  California, 
was  born  in  Glasgow,  Scotland, 
March  13,  1880,  the  son  of  William 
Stewart  Jamieson  and  Isabella 
(MacDowell)  Jamieson.  He  married  Faye  Sawin  at 
Los  Angeles,  October  16,  1910,  and  to  them  there 
was  born  a  daughter,  Dorothy  Elizabeth  Jamieson. 
He  is  descended  of  old  Scotch  stock,  being  related, 
on  his  father's  side,  to  the 
Duke  of  Orange,  while  on  the 
maternal  side  of  the  family 
he  is  connected  with  the 
House  of  Stewart. 

Mr.  Jamieson  spent  his  boy- 
hood in  Scotland,  and  until  he 
was  14  years  of  age  had  the 
advantages  of  private  school 
training.  Coming  to  the 
United  States  when  he  was  15 
years  old,  he  entered  the 
State  Normal  School  of  Ver- 
mont, and  after  two  years'  at- 
tendance there,  became  a  stu- 
dent in  Dartmouth  University. 
He  was  a  member  of  the  class 
of  1899,  but  did  not  finish  the 
course,  leaving  at  the  end  of 
the  year  1897.  Before  the 
opening  of  the  next  college 
year  the  Spanish-American 
war  ensued,  and  Mr.  Jamie- 
son,  although  barely  past  his 
eighteenth  birthday,  volun- 
teered for  service. 

He  enlisted  in  the  Third 
United  States  Cavalry  and 
served  with  his  command  in 
the  Philippine  Islands  for  more  than  two  years.  In 
1900  he  was  appointed  Lieutenant  of  Artillery  and 
saw  a  great  deal  of  active  service  in  various  parts 
of  the  Islands.  He  was  then  stationed  at  Narra- 
gansett  Bay,  was  transferred  to  San  Francisco  and 
also  served  some  time  in  Alaska,  resigning  his  com- 
mission in  1906,  after  about  eight  years'  service. 

During  his  career  in  the  army  Mr.  Jamieson 
passed  through  many  active  engagements.  During 
the  years  1900  and  1901  he  was  stationed  for  the 
greater  part  of  the  time  on  the  Island  of  Panay,  of 
which  Iloilo,  the  second  largest  city  in  the  Philip- 
pine group,  is  the  capital.  The  insurrectos,  headed 
by  Aguinaldo,  were  then  most  active  on  Panay, 
and  Mr.  Jamieson's  company  was  engaged  almost 
continually  in  the  effort  to  subdue  them.  Skir- 
mishes were  of  almost  daily  occurrence,  and  in  one 
engagement  Mr.  Jamieson  was  severely  wounded. 
He  was-  confined  to  the  hospital  for  a  long  period, 
but  upon  his  recovery  of  health  immediately  re- 
turned to  his  command  and  active  service. 

Mr.  Jamieson  was  engaged  in  the  battles  of  Mt. 


N.  F.  JAMIESON 


Putian  and  Balangtaug,  near  the  town  of  Jaro,  on 
the  Island  of  Panay,  under  General  Edwin  A.  Rice. 
His  display  of  courage  in  both  these  engagements 
caused  his  commanding  officer  to  make  special 
mention  of  him  for  gallantry  in  action. 

When  his  command  was  brought  back  to  the 
United  States,  Mr.  Jamieson  was  put  on  special 
duty  for  some  time  as  Adjutant  of  Fort  Baker,  Cali- 
fornia. 

Following  his  resignation  from  the  army,  Mr. 
Jamieson  took  up  mine  en- 
gineering, and  was  engaged 
in  this  profession  for  several 
years  afterwards,  his  work 
taking  him  into  all  parts  of 
the  West,  but  principally  in 
Nevada,  Arizona  and  old  Mex- 
ico. He  gave  up  mining  after 
his  marriage  in  1910  and  em- 
barked in  the  brokerage  busi- 
ness at  Los  Angeles,  handling 
stocks,  bonds  and  real  estate. 
His  career  as  a  business  man 
has  been  quite  as  successful 
as  his  military  record,  and  he 
is  now  numbered  among  the 
progressive  men  of  the  city. 

After  conducting  his  bro- 
kerage offices  for  about  a  year 
Mr.  Jamieson  organized  the 
Hibernian  Home  Builders,  of 
which  he  is  President,  and 
has  taken  an  active  part  in 
the  development  pf  Los  An- 
geles and  vicinity  as  a  home 
country.  The  home-build- 
ing business  in  Los  Angeles 
within  recent  years  has  grown 
to  such  enormous  proportions 
as  to  astonish  the  rest  of  the  country,  the  city  rank- 
ing today  as  the  leader,  for  its  size,  in  the  number 
of  home  owners.  This  is  due,  in  large  measure,  to 
the  system  of  home-building  followed  by  such  in- 
stitutions as  that  of  which  Mr.  Jamieson  is  the 
head,  whereby  persons  of  moderate  income  are  en- 
abled to  purchase  homes  for  about  the  same  amount 
of  money  they  would  pay  in  rent  within  a  very 
short  time,  and  on  terms  that  work  no  greater 
hardship  than  the  monthly  installment  of  rent. 
It  is  also  responsible  for  a  large  part  of  the  city's 
development  along  permanent  lines. 

To  the  system  of  home  building  and  selling,  is 
largely  due  the  great  increase  in  population  and  val- 
uation with  which  Los  Angeles-  County  is  credited. 
The  Hibernian  Home  Builders,  under  the  direc- 
tion of  Mr.  Jamieson,  has  made  great  progress,  be- 
ing a  Los  Angeles  concern  in  personnel  and  capital, 
and  it  is  now  among  the  firmly  established  business 
institutions.  To  Mr.  Jamieson  is  due  much  of  the 
credit  for  this  marked  growth  and  the  promising 
outlook  of  his  company. 


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ERRILL,  JOHN  ALEXANDER, 
President,  United  States  Oil  Gas 
Producer  Company,  Los  Angeles, 
California,  was  born  in  Beloit, 
Wisconsin,  May  4,  1849,  the  son 
of  David  Merrill  and  Agnes 
(Fonda)  Merrill.  He  married  Maria  Durham  at 

Beloit,  June  19,  1876,  and  to  them  were  born  three 

sons  and  three  daughters,  John  Benjamin,  Bessie, 

Lillian,    Bruce,    Grayson    and    Marguerite    Merrill. 
Mr.    Merrill    has    had    an 

unusually    varied    career,    as 

farmer,     soldier,     clergyman 

and    financier.      Like    many 

successful      men,      he      was 

reared    on    a    farm,    his-    fa- 
ther's place  being  four  miles 

north  of  Beloit,  Wis.,  on  the 

banks  of  the  beautiful  Rock 

River.    He  went  to  school  in 

winter    and    worked    on    the 

farm    in    summer.      Up    at    5 

a.  m.,  winter  and  summer,  he 

began   each    day   by   milking 

four  cows  by  lantern  light,  in 

winter,  and  closed  the  day, 

milking  the   same    cows    by 

light  of  the  same  lantern. 
When    thirteen    years    of 

age   he   went    to    Beloit   and 

entered  the  grammar  school. 

At   fifteen   years-   of   age,   he 

enlisted  in  the  40th  Wiscon- 
sin Volunteers  for  service  in 

the   Civil   War   and   went   to 

Memphis,    Tenn.,    where    he 

saw    much    service    guarding 

supply  trains  and  posts.     Dur- 
ing his  term  of  service,  his 

record  shows  he  was  not  once  excused  from  duty. 
Returning  to  Beloit  at  the  clo&e  of  the  War,  Mr. 
Merrill  entered  high  school  and  afterward  Beloit 
College,  from  which  he  was  graduated  in  1872  with 
the  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Arts.  Five  years  later 
his  college  conferred  the  degree  of  M.  A.  upon  him. 
Upon  graduating  from  Beloit,  he  went  to  San 
Francisco,  Cal.,  and  there  began  to  study  for  the 
ministry.  In  1875  he  was  ordained  in  the  Presby- 
terian Church  and  for  the  next  twelve  years  held 
pastorates  in  various  parts  of  the  Southwest,  in- 
cluding El  Paso,  Texas;  Prescott,  Arizona,  and 
Riverside,  Cal.,  and  also  served  his  church  for  a 
time  in  Berlin,  Germany. 

Resigning  from  the  ministry  in  1887,  on  account 
of  impaired  health,  Mr.  Merrill  engaged  in  orange 
culture  in  Southern  California  for  some  time,  then 
became  interested  in  various  real  estate  enter- 
prises in  that  section.  He  also  spent  three  years 
in  New  York  City  in  the  brokerage  business,  re- 
turning at  the  end  of  that  time  to  Los  Angeles, 
where  he  re-embarked  in  the  land  development 


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business.  Since  that  time  he  has  been  one  of  the 
active  factors  in  the  upbuilding  of  Southern  Cali- 
fornia and  has  been  the  organizer  and  President  of 
numerous  important  companies,  among  them  the 
following: 

The  Sunset  Commercial  Co.,  which  purchased 
100,000  acres  of  water  rights  in  the  Imperial  Valley 
and  opened  all  the  territory  east  of  the  Salton  River. 

The  Manhattan  Beach  Co.,  which  purchased  two 
miles   of  ocean    front    and    built    up    Manhattan 
Beach,   one  of  the   Southern 
California  seashore  resorts. 

The  Riverside  Heights  Co., 
which  purchased  700  acres  of 
land  on  Mt.  Washington. 

The  Glendale  Realty  Co., 
which  purchased  practically 
all  of  the  property  at  Glen- 
dale,  Cal.,  between  Glendale 
and  Central  avenues  and 
Fourth  and  Sixth  streets, 
also  the  Battle  Creek  Sani- 
tarium property  at  Glendale. 
The  California  Home- 
Seekers  Co.,  which  purchased 
11,000  acres  at  Corcoran,  Cal., 
in  the  San  Joaquin  Valley. 
This  land  was  sold  to  H.  J. 
Whitley  and  associates,  who 
have  developed  a  modern  city. 
The  Central  Land  Co., 
which  purchased  two  thou- 
sand acres  twenty-five  miles 
south  of  Corcoran. 

The  Tipton  Townsite  and 
Improvement  Co.,  which  pur- 
chased and  sold  2200  lots  at 
Tipton,  eleven  miles  south  of 
Tulare,  Cal. 

The  El  Paso  Commercial  Co.,  which  purchased 
1200  lots  at  El  Paso,  Tex.,  in  a  bare  hill  section 
which  has  since  been  developed  into  Sunset 
Heights,  the  handsome  residential  district. 

In  addition  to  these,  Mr.  Merrill  organized  the 
U.  S.  Oil  Gas  Producer  Co.  and  the  Natl.  Oil  Gas 
Producer  Co.,  serving  as  President  of  the  former 
and  Director  and  Secretary  of  the  latter.  These  he 
considers  his  most  important  enterprises. 

For  many  years  Mr.  Merrill  has  been  interested 
in  public  and  church  affairs  in  Los  Angeles,  having 
raised  large  sums  of  money  for  Occidental  College 
and  others.  He  was  one  of  the  founders  and  Direc- 
tors of  the  League  of  Justice,  and  is  an  active  Di- 
rector of  the  Union  Rescue  Mission,  is  a  Director 
of  the  Southern  Cal.  Peace  Society,  and  has  been 
Pres.  of  the  Federation  Club  and  Dana  Bartlett 
Bethlehem  Inst.  He  also  has  been  a  member  of  the 
L.  A.  Cham,  of  Com.  and  Municipal  League  for 
many  years. 

Mr.  Merrill's  father  was  an  Elder  of  the  Presby- 
terian Church  for  forty  years. 


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EMONDINO,  PETER  CHARLES, 
Physician  and  Surgeon,  San 
Diego,  California,  was  born  in 
Turin,  Italy,  February  10,  1846, 
the  son  of  Angelo  Remondino  and 
Carolina  (Ellena)  Remondino.  He 
married  Sophia  Ann  Earle,  great  grand-daughter 
of  Sir  James  Earle,  M.  D.  and  grand-daughter  of 
Henry  Earle,  M.  D.  of  London,  England,  who  had 
been  re&iding  for  some  years  in  San  Diego,  Cali- 
fornia, on  September  27,  1877,  and  to  them  were 
born  four  children,  Carrie  (now  the  wife  of  Dr. 
B.  V.  Franklin),  Frederick  Earle,  Louisa  (now  Mrs. 
Stahel),  and  Charles  H.  E.  Remondino,  M.  D.  The 
Doctor  is  descended  from  one  of  the  oldest  Italian 
houses,  which  has  been  noted  for  the  scientific 
bend  of  mind  and  attainments  of  its  members 
since  the  middle  of  the  fourteenth  century.  The 
first  Remondino  of  prominence  was  a  professor 
of  anatomy  in  the  Univer&ity  of  Bologna,  wherein 
he  performed  the  first  dissection  of  a  human 
cadaver  made  in  Europe,  in  the  latter  part  of  the 
fourteenth  century.  From  these  dissections  were 
made  elaborate  anatomical  plates,  the  first  known 
to  have  been  made  directly  from  the  human  body. 
The  work,  which  underwent  numerous  editions, 
served  as  the  text  book  on  anatomy  in  the  various 
European  Universities'  for  over  three  centuries. 
So  celebrated  was  this  anatomist,  as  related  by 
Tiraboschi,  in  his  history  of  Italian  Literature, 
that  after  his  death  the  honor  of  having  given 
him  birth  was  claimed  by  four  different  towns  of 
Northern  Italy,  including  Milan  and  Florence. 

Although  the  first  members  of  the  family  were 
known  by  the  name  of  Remondino,  this  being  the 
name  given  by  the  Dizionario  Biografico,  one 
branch  of  the  family  has  since  adopted  the  patri- 
cian Italian  custom  of  using  the  plural,  or  Remon- 
dini;  whilst  another  branch,  following  the  style 
of  the  older  Italians  connected  with  either  the  fine 
arts  or  the  profession,  who  Latinized  their  names, 
as  happened  in  the  case  of  the  anatomist  above 
named,  employed  the  Latinized  name  by  removing 
the  prefix  Re,  leaving  the  name  Mondinus,  or  its 
Italian  synonym  Mondino. 

Dr.  Remondino,  who  enjoys  an  international 
reputation  as  a  scientist,  military  surgeon,  author 
and  dilettante,  wa&  brought  to  America  by  his 
father  in  the  spring  of  1854.  After  a  year  in  New 
York  City,  during  which  the  Doctor  attended  pri- 
vate school,  to  learn  the  language  of  his  new  home, 
they  moved  West  to  Minnesota,  where  he  re- 
ceived an  education  in  the  early  common  district 
schools  of  that  Territory.  At  first  it  was  his  inten- 
tion to  enter  the  College  of  the  Propaganda  in 
Rome  for  the  purpose  of  taking  religious  orders  and 
devoting  his  life  to  the  Church,  but  in  1861,  guided 
by  the  natural  and  more  instinctive  propensities-  of 
his  family,  he  relinquished  his  preparations  for  a 
clerical  life,  and  engaged  in  the  study  of  medicine. 
In  the  Fall  of  1862,  Dr.  Remondino,  although 
only  in  his  sixteenth  year,  volunteered  in  a  Militia 
Company  that  took  part  against  the  Sioux  Indian 
outbreak  which  threatened  to  overwhelm  the 
State.  The  following  year  on  the  advice  of  his 
preceptor,  Dr.  Francis  H.  Milligan,  the  Doctor 
repaired  to  Philadelphia  to  engage  in  a  Summer 
course  of  anatomy  and  surgery,  and  to  do  practical 
work  as  a  medical  cadet,  in  the  Military  Hospitals 
with  which  Philadelphia  then  abounded.  That 
winter  while  continuing  his  hospital  experience  he 
attended  his  first  course  of  medical  lectures,  at  Jef- 
ferson Medical  College.  At  the  close  of  these,  in 
company  with  a  number  of  other  medical  students 


who  were  likewise  desirous  of  experiencing  active 
surgical  service  in  the  field,  he  obtained  a  position 
as  medical  cadet  in  the  General  Hospital  at  An- 
napolis, Md.,  from  whence,  after  the  battles  of  May, 
1864,  he  was  s-ent  to  do  duty  in  the  field  hospitals 
at  City  Point,  Va.  With  the  opening  of  the  winter 
session  that  year,  he  returned  to  Jefferson  Medical 
College,  and  graduated  in  March,  1865.  He  returned 
at  once  to  the  army  where,  as  an  Acting  Assistant 
Surgeon,  he  was  placed  in  charge  of  wards  20  and 
21,  Hampton  General  Hospital,  Virginia,  until  de- 
tached to  serve  as  Surgeon  to  Battery  F,  Third 
Pennsylvania  Heavy  Artillery,  with  which  he  re- 
mained until  mustered  out  in  November,  1865. 

At  the  close  of  the  Civil  War  he  returned  to  Min- 
nesota and  engaged  in  private  practice  until  the 
declaration  of  war  by  the  Republic  of  France,  on 
September  4,  1870,  when  he  immediately  sailed  for 
France.  He  offered  his  services  to  the  French  Gov- 
ernment as  a  Volunteer  Surgeon  and  was  accepted. 
He  served  at  first  in  the  South  of  France,  with  the 
armies  operating  between  Tours  and  Paris;  but 
later  was  &ent  North  into  Normandy  to  join  a 
regiment  of  Francs-Tireurs  which  had  just  been 
formed.  He  served  with  this  corps  throughout 
the  campaign  in  Normandy  and  at  the  close  of 
hostilities  was  attached  to  the  Artillery  and  made 
Surgeon  of  Fort  St.  Addresse,  the  principal  fortress 
overlooking  the  city  of  Havre. 

The  Doctor  took  part  in  the  engagements  between 
the  retreating  French  from  Amiens  to  Rouen  and 
Havre  and  the  advancing  first  Prussian  army  corps 
under  Manteufel.  He  enjoys  the  distinction  of  being 
the  only  American  citizen,  who,  during  that  war, 
served  with  a  commission  in  the  regular  army  of 
France;  having  been  so  commissioned  as  a  Surgeon 
with  the  rank  of  Captain  when  transferred  from  the 
Francs-Tireures  to  the  artillery  of  the  Garde  Na- 
tionale  Nobilisee,  and  attached  as  Surgeon  to  the 
Artillery  Legion  of  the  Seine-Inferieure;  the  mis- 
take that  a  foreigner  had  been  so  commissioned  was 
not  discovered  until  the  dissolution  of  the  Artillery 
at  the  close  of  the  war.  In  October  of  1911,  forty 
years  after  the  close  of  the  Franco-Prussian  war, 
the  Doctor  made  a  visit  to  France  and  went  over 
the  campaigning  ground;  one  object  of  the  visit  be- 
ing to  receive  a  medal  which  the  French  govern- 
ment had  voted  to  all  the  survivors  in  that  conflict. 

After  the  peace  he  went  to  England  and  spent 
two  months  visiting  clinics  in  London  hospitals.  He 
then  made  a  short  trip  to  Italy  and  Switzerland,  re- 
turning to  Minnesota,  where  he  resumed  practice. 
In  the  Fall  of  1873  he  moved  to  San  Diego,  Cal., 
which  has  since  then  been  his  home. 

Since  locating  in  Southern  California,  Doctor 
Remondino  has  attained  an  eminence  in  his  pro- 
fession unexcelled  by  any  of  his  contemporaries, 
and  has  contributed  largely  to  the  literature 
and  progress  of  medical  science.  He  has  oc- 
cupied many  important  positions  amongst  the  pro- 
fessions of  the  State,  having  been  Vice  President 
of  the  California  Medical  State  Society;  President 
of  the  Southern  California  Medical  Society  and 
President  of  the  San  Diego  County  and  Medical 
Society,  besides  having  been  for  eight  years  a 
prominent  member  of  the  State  Board  of  Health 
of  California  and  for  over  thirty  years  prominently 
connected  with  the  San  Diego  Board  of  Health,  of 
which  he  was  the  first  President,  a  position  which 
he  filled  for  many  succeeding  terms.  The  Doctor 
has  been  connected  with  the  American  Public 
Health  Association,  is  a  member  of  the  American 
Medical  Association,  and  the  Medical  Societies  of 
his  own  State,  and  is  also  a  member  of  the  New 


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York  Medico-Legal  Society.  For  the  last  three 
years-  he  has  occupied  the  chair  of  the  History  of 
Medicine  and  Medical  Biblography  in  the  College  of 
Physicians  and  Surgeons  of  Los  Angeles,  now  the 
Medical  Department  of  the  University  of  Southern 
California. 

The  Doctor  has  long  been  known  for  his  contri- 
butions to  medical  literature  and  for  approximately 
twenty-five  years  has  been  engaged  in  the  prepara- 
tion of  a  comprehensive  history  of  medicine  on 
lines  different  from  those  usually  followed  by 
writers,  who  dealt  generally  with  the  different 
epochs  and  schools,  leaving  unmentioned  the  undu- 
lating and  evolutionary  processes  through  which 
have  traveled  the  various  subjects  that  go  to  com- 
pose the  more  practical  parts  of  the  science. 

In  his  history,  which  will  comprise  about  sixty 
separate  volumes,  Dr.  Remondino  has  subdivided 
his  subjects  into  a  series  of  volumes  covering  the 
evolutionary  record  of  the  more  common  and  im- 
portant subjects  of  both  medicine  and  surgery.  He 
has  devoted  several  volumes  to  the  history  of  mili- 
tary surgery  and  medicine,  having  acquired  in  the 
military  hospitals  and  on  the  battlefields  a  vast 
fund  of  knowledge  on  the  subject. 

He  has  made  a  collection  of  purely  military 
weapons  to  be  used  in  a  volume  devoted  to  the  evo- 
lution of  arms  and  to  illustrate  the  wounds  which 
they  inflicted.  This  collection  comprises  the  differ- 
ent forms  of  arms  from  implements  of  the  stone 
age  to  the  latest  repeating  rifles.  The  American 
collection  consists  of  over  250  specimens  that  have 
been  used  in  the  army  since  the  French  and  Indian 
campaigns. 

One  interesting  weapon  is  an  old  "Brown  Bess," 
or  British  regulation  musket,  carried  by  a  soldier 
of  the  Forty-second  Highlanders,  under  the  com- 
mand of  Colonel  Bousquet  when  at  Fort  Pitt,  where 
Pittsburg  stands.  Another,  belonging  to  the  Revo- 
lutionary period,  formed  part  of  a  shipment  which 
were  purchased  in  Paris  by  Benjamin  Franklin,  Lee 
and  Dean,  the  three  American  Commissioners. 

Another  relic  of  the  Civil  War  is  a  heavy  cavalry 
revolver  which  was  used  by  the  Confederates.  It  is 
of  the  Colonel  Le  Mat  design,  with  two  barrels  and 
a  nine-chamber  cylinder. 

In  addition  to  the  hundreds  of  guns,  the  arms 
collection  contains  swords,  sabres,  lances,  and  other 
edged  weapons  from  various  countries.  To  these 
are  added  the  various  forms  of  defensive  armor. 

The  Doctor  has  gathered  a  most  comprehensive 
library  dealing  with  the  subject  of  portable  arms 
and  military  history. 

Among  the  most  interesting  and  instructive  con- 
tributions to  the  history  of  the  Franco-Prussian 
War  in  Normandy,  written  by  M.  Louis  Brindeau 
.of  Havre,  France,  a  member  of  the  French  Senate, 
were  those  of  Dr.  Remondino.  In  these  articles  Dr. 
Remondino  wrote  a  graphic  and  exhaustive  account 
of  the  retreat  of  General  Briand's  Army  Corps,  to 
which  he  was  at  the  time  attached  as  Surgeon  of 
Francs-Tireures. 

The  Doctor  has  written  on  practically  every 
subject  in  medicine,  meteorology  and  other  sci- 
ences. His  earlier  papers  were  mostly  devoted  to 
the  discu&sion  of  demographic  subjects,  i.  e.,  ine- 
briety, climate,  as  it  relates  to  medicine,  sociologic 
subjects  as  come  within  the  province  of  medicine, 
the  vast  field  of  hygiene  and  preventive  medicine 
with  relation  to  obscure  or  important  cases  in 
medicine  or  surgery,  and  sketches  illustrative  of 
the  evolution  of  some  subjects. 

Among  the  Doctor's  best  known  writings  are 
"The  Imperative  Need  of  Strict  Sanitary  Regula- 
tion Against  the  Spread  of  Consumption  in  South- 
ern California,"  and  an  exhaustive  report  of  the 


"Suppression  of  Inebriety,"  prepared  and  read  be- 
fore the  State  Board  of  Health  of  California. 

Of  his  more  important  writings  on  climatic  sub- 
jects, mention  may  be  made  of  his  "Mediterranean 
Shores  of  America,"  which  contained  a  disserta- 
tion with  very  complete  tables  illustrative  of  the 
physical  and  meterological  conditions  of  the  whole 
region  of  Southern  California,  published  in  book 
form,  in  1892,  by  F.  A.  Davis  &  Co.,  Philadelphia. 

'The  Modern  Climatic  Treatment  of  Invalids 
with  Pulmonary  Consumption  in  Southern  Cali- 
fornia," published  by  George  S.  Davis  of  Detroit,  in 
1893,  was  dedicated  to  the  memory  of  Dr.  Thomas 
A.  Davis,  the  author's  friend  and  a  famous  surgeon 
who  served  in  the  later  Indian  campaigns  of  the 
West. 

The  Doctor  has  written  scores  of  other  treatises, 
discussions  and  pamphlets  on  climatic  and  medical 
subjects  and  one  of  his  books,  "History  of  Circum- 
cision," issued  1891  by  F.  A.  Davis  &  Co.,  was 
adopted  in  all  the  English-speaking  countries  of  the 
world  as  the  leading  authority  on  the  subject.  The 
run  of  this  book  approximated  half  a  million  copies 
and  the  Doctor  is  preparing  a  new  volume  on  the 
same  subject. 

In  July,  1892,  there  appeared  the  first  issue  of 
the  "National  Popular  Monthly  Review,"  from  the 
presses  of  J.  Harrison  White  (formerly  publisher 
and  manager  of  the  Journal  of  the  American  Medi- 
cal Association)  of  which  Dr.  Remondino  accepted 
editorship.  It  was  devoted  to  preventive  medicine 
and  applied  Sociology,  on  which  Dr.  Remondino  was 
then  regarded  an  authority.  During  his  connection 
with  this  journal  Dr.  Remondino  contributed  ex- 
tensively to  its  pages.  Among  his  notable  special 
articles,  was  one  discussing  the  relations  of  Ath- 
leticism and  Pugilism  to  longevity,  in  which  the  Doc- 
tor reviewed  the  lives  and  deaths  of  the  leading 
prize  ring  celebrities.  The  issue  containing  this  ar- 
ticle was  immediately  exhausted,  so  great  was  the 
interest  it  excited  in  the  medical  profession. 

Other  of  his  notable  articles  were:  "The  Rationale 
of  Inebriety  Cures,"  "Heredity  and  Suicide,"  "Im- 
portance of  the  Care  of  the  Second  and  Third  Dec- 
ades of  Life,"  "Influence  of  the  French  Revolution 
on  the  State  of  Medicine,"  "Moral  and  Physical 
Evils  of  Poor  Ventilation,"  "Miracles  and  Medi- 
cine," "Patience  and  Endurance  of  the  Human 
Stomach,"  and  many  others. 

Among  the  new  works  in  process  of  being 
written  is  a  history  in  itself  of  Mary  of  Magdala 
and  her  place  in  art,  and  for  his  purposes  Dr. 
Remondino  has  gathered  from  the  out-of-the-way 
corners  of  the  Old  World  a  copy  of  practically 
every  Mary  Magdalen  ever  painted  or  sculptured. 

In  furtherance  of  his  tastes  and  pursuits,  the 
Doctor's  private  medical,  historical  and  philosoph- 
ical collections  of  books  probably  exceeds  any  one 
private  library  in  the  same  lines  in  the  United 
States.  That  section  which  deals  particularly  with 
the  history  of  medicine  is  one  of  the  largest  collec- 
tions on  the  subject  in  the  United  States,  private 
or  public,  and  is  the  result  of  more  than  forty  years 
research  in  Europe  and  America.  That  part  which 
deals  with  military  medicine  and  surgery  contains 
the  works  of  all  the  older  authors,  and  has  been 
supplemented  by  the  yearly  reports  pertaining  to 
the  army  medical  and  surgical  departments  of  vari- 
ous countries.  The  library,  in  its  entirety,  contains 
approximately  fifteen  thousand  volumes. 

Despite  his  attention  to  his  private  practice,  lit- 
erary work  and  other  duties,  the  Doctor  finds  leisure 
for  recreation  and  seeks  it  in  the  classical  music  of 
such  composers  as  Verdi,  Donizetti,  Rossini,  Bellini, 
Leoncavallo,  Puccini,  Tomas,  Gounod,  Wagner,  Au- 
ber  and  Mascagni. 


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ALLEGOS,  DON  RAFAEL  MARIA, 
Founder  and  Director  of  the  Gal- 
legos  School  of  Languages,  and 
of  the  Latin-American  Informa- 
tion Bureau,  Los  Angeles,  Califor- 
nia; was  born  at  Riobamba, 
Ecuador,  South  America,  December  22,  1885.  He 
is  of  noble  lineage,  descended  of  men  strong  in  the 
history  of  Latin-America.  His  father  was  Lieuten- 
ant-Colonel Don  Manuel  Maria  Gallegos,  late  vet- 
eran Commander  of  the 
Ecuadorean  Army,  and  his 
mother  Senora  Dona  Agueda 
(de  Castro)  Gallegos.  He 
married  Miss  Ella  Blanche 
Lininger  at  San  Francisco, 
California,  April  11,  1908. 

Professor  Gallegos  re- 
ceived his  grammar  and  high 
school  education  in  the 
"Escuelas  de  los  Hermanos 
Cristianos,"  at  Riobamba. 
He  then  entered  the  Govern- 
ment School  of  Liberal  Arts 
at  Quito,  Ecuador,  and  fol- 
lowing the  completion  of  his 
course  there  he  attended  the 
National  Institute.  He  next 
spent  two  years  in  the  Gov- 
ernment Military  College  of 
Ecuador. 

Immediately  after  leaving 
the  latter  institution,  Profes- 
sor Gallegos  began  his  ca- 
reer as  an  educator,  writer 
and  journalist,  having  in  his 
charge,  at  various  times,  de- 
partments in  the  principal 
institutions  of  learning  of 
Ecuador.  Later,  with  the 
desire  of  broadening  his  edu- 
cation, he  set  to  traveling 
and  lecturing  as  a  source  of 
both  pleasure  and  study. 
Having  visited  most  of  the 
South  American  countries,  he  halted  in  Lima,  Peru, 
where  he  made  higher  studies  in  History,  Philology, 
Literature,  Philosophy  and  Languages,  and  was 
later  appointed  Superintendent  and  Instructor  in 
the  National  Institute. 

He  was  the  youngest  man  who  had  ever  filled 
this  important  post,  and  when  he  resigned, 
after  two  years  of  brilliant  success  there,  it 
was  with  regret  that  he  was  permitted  to  leave. 
He  left  South  America  in  1905,  bound  for  the 
United  States,  visiting  all  the  Central  American 
Republics  on  this  journey,  familiarizing  himself 
with  their  educational  and  political  system.  He 
arrived  at  San  Francisco  in  September  of  the  same 
year,  and  went  directly  to  Los  Angeles,  California, 
where  he  became  connected  with  several  of  the 
leading  educational  institutions,  and  contributed  to 
various  well-known  journals  of  Los  Angeles  and 
San  Francisco.  In  the  same  year  he  founded  the 
Gallegos  School  of  Languages,  which  he  has  been 
conducting  ever  since. 

A  most  clever  linguist  and  brilliant  scholar, 
Professor  Gallegos  soon  won  a  wide  reputation  as 
an  eloquent  public  speaker,  forceful  and  correct 
writer  and  excellent  instructor.  Endowed  with  in- 
herited culture,  which,  coupled  with  his  extraordi- 
nary intellectual  faculties,  gave  him  immediately 


a  place  of  honor  in  the  social,  literary  and  educa- 
tional circles  of  Los  Angeles  and  Southern  Cali- 
fornia. His  own  popularity  brought  success  to  his 
school  from  the  outset,  and  the  professor  has  num- 
bered among  his  students  not  only  the  youth  of  Los 
Angeles'  best  families,  but  also  the  heads  of  these 
families,  men  prominent  in  the  public,  professional 
and  business  life  of  the  city. 

The    thoroughness    of    his    own    knowledge    of 
languages  has  caused  Professor  Gallegos  to  be  con- 

suited  on  frequent  occasions 

by  some  of  the  principal  in- 
stitutions of  learning  in  the 
United  States  upon  difficult 
and  intricate  points  concern- 
ing the  Spanish  and  English 
languages  and  their  litera- 
ture; and  many  of  his  de- 
cisions in  such  cases  have 
been  placed  among  the  best 
authorities  on  these  subjects. 
With  the  desire  to  devote 
himself  to  the  field  of  diplo- 
macy, Prof.  Gallegos,  who  is 
making  a  great  success  of  his 
life  through  his  own  efforts, 
unaided  by  any  outside  influ- 
ences, entered  the  University 
of  Southern  California  Col- 
lege of  Law  in  1909,  as  a 
student  and  instructor,  and 
has  since  devoted  a  large 
part  of  his  time  to  these  du- 
ties. It  is  his  intention,  fol- 
lowing graduation  in  1914,  to 
take  a  post  in  the  diplomatic 
service  of  the  United  States 
or  his  native  land.  This 
seems  a  splendid  choice,  for, 
in  addition  to  an  unusually 
cultivated  talent,  and  his 
mastery  of  the  languages, 
the  Professor  has  the  digni- 
fied and  distinguished  bear- 
ing, culture  and  politeness  of 

his  noble  forebears,  practical  political,  business  and 
military  knowledge,  and  all  other  attributes  which 
are  indispensable  to  make  a  successful  diplomatist. 
In  accord  with  his  plans,  he  was  offered  and  ac- 
cepted appointment,  in  May,  1912,  as  Chancellor  of 
the  Peruvian  Consulate  at  Los  Angeles,  and  is 
now  serving  in  that  official  capacity. 

Some  few  years  ago  he  founded  in  Los  Angeles, 
impulsed  by  purely  patriotic  motives,  the  Latin- 
American  Information  Bureau,  a  unique  institution 
where  correct  and  educational  information  is  im- 
parted to  the  people  of  this  country,  about  the 
wonderful  history,  progress,  culture  and  develop- 
ment of  the  South  and  Central  American  nations. 
In  that  manner  he  has  been  rendering  an  in- 
valuable service  to  all  the  American  Republics,  and 
has  thus  most  efficiently  co-operated  with  the  Pan- 
American  Union  of  Washington.  He  is  regarded  as 
an  authority  in  all  matters  pertaining  to  these 
countries,  and  has  written  much  and  spoken  many 
times  before  numerous  official  bodies  of  California. 
He  is  essentially  a  student  and  devotes  a  great 
part  of  his  time  to  study,  and  he  takes  pride  in 
his  excellent  private  library  which  comprises  near- 
ly five  thousand  volumes  of  works  on  Art,  History, 
Literature,  Philosophy,  Science,  Biography,  etc; 
many  of  them  being  rare  and  of  inestimable  value. 


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FLOYD    G.    DESSERY 

ESSERY,  FLOYD  GOSSETT,  Civil 
and  Hydraulic  Engineer,  Los  An- 
geles, Cal.,  was  born  Feb.  10,  1879, 
at  Leavenworth,  Kan.,  the  son  of 
Alfred  B.  Dessery  and  Mary  M. 
(Gossett)  Dessery.  He  married 
Julia  M.  Morrison  at  Los  Angeles,  Sept.  6,  1905,  and 
to  them  were  born  two  children,  Floyd  Gordon  and 
Gerald  Morrison  Dessery. 

Locating  in  Los  Angeles  in  18b7,  Mr.  Dessery  at- 
tended the  schools  there  and  left  the  high  school  in 
1898,  enlisting  in  the  army  shortly  afterward.  He 
served  through  the  Spanish-American  war  and  the 
Philippine  campaign  with  the  Third  U.  S.  Artillery 
and  with  the  Engineer  Corps.  He  participated  in 
seventeen  engagements  and  upon  his  return  to 
America  was  awarded  special  medals  by  Congress 
and  the  State  of  California. 

Returning  to  civil  life  in  1900,  Mr.  Dessery  went 
to  work  in  the  Engineering  Dept.  of  the  City  of  Los 
Angeles,  later  making  hydrographic  investigations 
for  the  City  Water  Dept.  In  1901-02  he  was  with  the 
Salt  Lake  R.  R.,  and  the  next  three  years  with  the 
Pac.  Elec.  Co.  as  engineer  in  the  Construction  Dept. 
He  then  became  Asst.  Engineer  on  surveys  for 
Long  Beach  Harbor,  leaving  this  to  become  special 
engineer  of  Wilmington,  Cal.  Following  this  he  was 
City  Engineer  of  Covina.  Mr.  Dessery  was  employed 
as  an  expert  in  the  famous  Malibu  Ranch  suit  and 
the  Tide  Lands  litigation  for  Los  Angeles  and  Long 
Beach,  and  in  the  appraisal  of  the  water  system  of 
Huntington  Park,  Cal.  He  is  hydraulic  engineer  for 
the  American  Beet  Sugar  Co.  at  Oxnard,  Cal.,  the 
Patterson  Ranch  Co.,  and  various  other  projects. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  firm  of  Dessery  &  West. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  American  Society  of  Civil 
Engineers,  Amer.  Water  Works  Assn.,  Eng.  &  Arch- 
itects' Assn.  of  So.  Cal.,  L.  A.  and  Covina  Chambers 
of  Commerce,  Covina  Country  Club  and  the  Gamut 
Club  of  Los  Angeles. 


FRANK  WIGGINS 

IGGINS,  FRANK,  Secretary  of  the 
Los  Angeles  Chamber  of  Com- 
merce, was  born  in  Richmond, 
Ind.,  Nov.  8,  1849,  the  son  of 
Charles  O.  Wiggins  and  Mary 
(Marshall)  Wiggins.  He  married 
Amanda  P.  Wiggins  at  Los  Angeles,  May  5,  1886. 
Mr.  Wiggins'  parents  were  both  members  of  the  So- 
ciety of  Friends  and  he  received  his  education  in 
the  schools  of  that  sect. 

His  father  was  the  owner  of  a  large  saddlery 
business,  and  it  was  there  he  received  his  first 
business  training.  He  managed  the  business  until 
1886,  when  failing  health  sent  him  to  California.  In 
February,  1889,  Mr.  Wiggins  had  recovered  his 
health  sufficiently  to  re-enter  business,  and  he  be- 
came connected  with  the  L.  A.  Chamber  of  Com- 
merce, then  in  its  infancy.  Since  that  time  he  has 
been  intimately  connected  with  every  movement 
for  the  upbuilding  of  Los  Angeles  or  the  advertise- 
ment of  the  State.  He  was  first  in  charge  of  ex- 
hibits for  the  Chamber,  a  position  in  which  he  be- 
came a  recognized  expert.  Some  of  the  exhibits 
which  he  handled  were:  The  Orange  Carnival,  Chi- 
cago, 1891;  Southern  California  display,  World's 
Fair,  Chicago,  1893;  Midwinter  Fair,  Atlanta,  1894; 
Los  Angeles  exhibit  at  Omaha,  Neb.,  1896,  and  at 
Buffalo,  1901.  Mr.  Wiggins  and  Jas.  A.  Filcher  were 
California  Commissioners  to  the  St.  Louis  World's 
Fair  in  1904.  They  held  the  same  commissions  to 
the  Alaska-Yukon  Exposition  in  1909.  Mr.  Wig- 
gins was  State  Commissioner  to  the  Lewis  Clark 
Exposition  and  at  the  Jamestown  Exposition;  rep- 
resented the  Los  Angeles  County  Exhibit.  He  also 
established  the  permanent  Southern  California  ex- 
hibit in  Atlantic  City,  N.  J.,  in  1905,  and  will  play  an 
important  part  in  the  Exposition  at  San  Francisco, 
1915.  In  1895  Mr.  Wiggins  was  made  Supt.  of  the 
Chamber  of  Commerce,  and  in  1897  was  elected  Sec- 
retary, a  position  he  has  filled  down  to  date. 


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DR.     EDWARD    T.     DILLON 

ILLON,  EDWARD  THOMAS,  Sur- 
geon, Los  Angeles,  Cal.,  was  born 
in  that  city  on  April  13,  1877,  and 
has  resided  there  since.  He  is  the 
son  of  Richard  Dillon  and  Mary 
(Hennessy)  Dillon.  In  1907  he 
was  married  to  Miss  Laura  Lynn  Doran  and  has 
two  children,  Edward  Thomas,  Jr.,  and  Mary  Philo- 
mena. 

Dr.  Dillon  received  his  collegiate  and  profes- 
sional education  and  training  in  California  institu- 
tions, having  attended  the  grammar  and  high 
schools  of  Los  Angeles,  and  finishing  in  the  scien- 
tific course  of  St.  Vincent's  College,  where  he  re- 
ceived his  degree  in  1897.  In  the  fall  of  the  same 
year  he  entered  the  Medical  Department  of  the 
University  of  California,  and  was  graduated  after  a 
four  years'  course  with  the  class  of  1901. 

Before  engaging  in  practice,  Dr.  Dillon  was  for 
two  years  one  of  the  resident  physicians  at  the  Los 
Angeles  Cbunty  Hospital,  during  the  incumbency  of 
Dr.  E.  A.  Bryant,  the  noted  surgeon,  as  chief  of  the 
medical  and  surgical  staff  of  that  institution. 

After  completion  of  his  hospital  work  he  became 
associated  in  private  practice  with  Dr.  Bryant,  and 
also  served  as  one  of  the  latter's  assistants  in 
charge  of  the  medical  department  of  the  several 
electric  railway  systems  centering  in  Los  Angeles. 

In  1908  Dr.  Dillon  was  apointed  Division  Surgeon 
of  the  Southern  Pacific,  having  charge  of  its  medi- 
cal department  from  Yuma,  Ariz.,  to  Bakersfield, 
Cal.  In  1910  he  resigned  to  devote  his  entire  time 
to  private  practice.  Dr.  Dillon  has  devoted  much  of 
his  time  to  the  L.  A.  Infirmary,  better  known  as  the 
Sisters'  Hospital,  and  is  now  surgeon  in  charge.  Dr. 
Dillon  is  affiliated  with  the  National,  State  and 
County  medical  associations  and  Pacific  Assn.  of 
Railwav  Surgeons,  and  contributes  to  their  litera- 
ture. He  is  also  actively  identified  with  local  social 
clubs  and  kindred  organizations. 


DR.    LEON    J.    ROTH 

OTH,  DR.  LEON  JOSEPH,  Urolo- 
gist and  Dermatologist,  Los  An- 
geles, Cal.,  a  son  of  E.  D.  and  Ju- 
lia (Georget)  Roth,  was  born  Dec. 
31,  1873,  at  Los  Angeles.  Dr. 
Roth  was  married  to  Miss  Rilla 
Wrench  of  New  York  on  May  7,  1911. 

After  completing  his  public  school  education  in 
Los  Angeles  he  entered  the  University  of  Califor- 
nia, and  in  1896  acquired  his  first  professional  de- 
gree. Later  he  further  pursued  his  studies,  and 
graduated  from  the  College  of  Medicine,  Univer- 
sity of  Southern  California,  in  1901. 

He  was  appointed  interne  at  the  Los  Angeles 
County  Hospital,  under  Dr.  E.  A.  Bryant,  and  after 
terminating  his  services  became  associated  with 
Dr.  Hubert  Nadeau,  and  entered  into  the  general 
practice  of  medicine.  For  five  years  he  was  the 
senior  attending  physician  to  the  French  Hospital, 
and  part  of  this  time  assistant  surgeon  in  the  Sev- 
enth Regiment,  N.  G.  C. 

He  relinquished  his  large  practice  in  1908,  going 
abroad  for  special  medical  research,  and  matricu- 
lated in  the  University  of  Paris  for  three  semesters. 
During  this  time  he  was  provisional  interne  at 
Necker  Hospital  in  the  service  of  Prof.  Albarran, 
and  externe  in  the  clinic  at  the  St.  Louis  Hospital, 
under  Prof.  Gaucher.  Dr.  Roth  also  visited  many 
of  the  leading  institutions  of  Europe  and  the 
United  States  before  returning  to  Los  Angeles, 
where  he  has  resumed  practice  in  his  special 
branches,  in  association  with  Dr.  E.  T.  Dillon. 

Dr.  Roth  is  a  member  of  the  American  Medical 
Assn..  the  State  and  County  Medical  Societies,  the 
Symposium  Society  of  L.  A.,  Assn.  of  Military  Sur- 
geons of  the  U.  S.,  American  Urological  Assn.,  and 
1'Association  Francaise  d'Urologie,  and  is  Consult- 
ing Urologist  and  Dermatologist  of  the  Sisters'  Hos- 
pital at  Los  Angeles.  Member  of  the  Jonathan  and 
University  clubs  and  of  Greek  Letter  societies. 


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ILLER,  A.  BLANCHARD,  President 
of  Fontana  Development  Com- 
pany, Rialto,  California,  was  born 
at  Richlands,  North  Carolina, 
September  5,  1878,  the  son  of 
Joseph  Kempster  Miller  and  Eliza 
(Blanchard)  Miller.  He  is  of  distinguished  an- 
cestry, being  descended  on  the  maternal  side  from 
Commodore  Oliver  Hazard  Perry,  the  hero  of  the 
Battle  of  Lake  Erie,  and  Gurdon  Saltonstall,  the 
Congregational  minister  who  served  as  Colonial 
Governor  of  Connecticut  and  was  instrumental  in 
locating  Yale  University  at  New  Haven. 

Mr.  Miller,  who  has  won  distinction  as  one  of 
the  successful  young  business  men  of  the  South- 
west, spent  his  boyhood  in  Washington,  D.  C.,  and 
received  his  preliminary  education  in  the  public 
schools  of  that  city.  Upon  locating  in  California, 
in  1893,  he  continued  his  studies  in  the  High  School 
of  Riverside  County  and  then  spent  a  year  in 
Pomona  College  at  Claremont,  California,  prepar- 
ing for  a  course  at  the  University  of  California. 
He  did  not  enter  the  latter,  however,  taking  up 
business  life  instead. 

Beginning  his  career  in  1897,  he  began  farming 
in  the  Ferris  Valley  of  Southern  California,  with 
approximately  five  hundred  acres  of  land  in  cul- 
tivation, chiefly  in  grain.  He  was  successful  from 
the  outset,  and  kept  increasing  his  operations  until, 
in  1901,  at  the  end  of  his  fourth  year,  he  had  more 
than  five  thousand  acres  in  cultivation.  Dry  years 
and  poor  prices  for  his  grain  interfered  with  his 
operations  later  on,  and  so  he  embarked  in  the 
contracting  business,  in  addition  to  farming,  be- 
ginning by  renting  part  of  his  live  stock  to  the 
Grant  Brothers'  Construction  Co.,  then  engaged  in 
building  the  San  Pedro,  Los  Angeles  &  Salt  Lake 
Railroad  (Salt  Lake  Route)  for  the  Clark  interests. 

In  1904  Mr.  Miller  turned  his  attention  to  the 
famous  Imperial  Valley  of  California,  first  as  a 
contractor  and  later  as  a  developer.  He  built  a 
large  portion  of  the  canal  system  that  waters  what 
is  known  as  "Section  8"  of  the  Imperial  Valley,  and 
also  graded  much  of  the  townsite  of  Brawley. 

The  next  year  (1905),  in  association  with  E.  D. 
Roberts,  H.  E.  Harris,  E.  J.  Eisenmayer  and  other 
interests  of  San  Bernardino,  California;  he  leased 
from  the  Fontana  Development  Co.,  then  con- 
trolled by  the  San  Francisco  Savings  Union,  eight 
thousand  acres  of  that  company's  land  near  Rialto, 
California.  At  the  time  of  making  this  deal  Mr. 
Miller  also  took  an  option  on  the  land  with  the 
right  to  purchase  it  outright.  After  farming  the 
land  to  grain  for  a  year,  Mr.  Miller,  with  the  in- 
terests named  and  another  partner,  Thomas  F. 
Keefe,  organized  the  Fontana  Land  &  Water  Co., 
which  corporation  immediately  contracted  to  buy 
the  San  Francisco  Savings  Union's  interest  in  the 
Fontana  Development  Co.,  owning  nineteen  thou- 
sand acres  of  land  in  San  Bernardino  County,  and 
more  than  seventy-five  per  cent  of  the  flow  of  Lytle 
Creek.  They  thereupon  began  the  development  of 
the  land  through  irrigation,  making  it  one  of  the 
most  valuable  tracts  in  that  country. 

Although  he  was  actively  engaged  with  the  Fon- 
tana Development  project,  Mr.  Miller  continued 
his  contracting  business  and  in  1906  built  for  the 
United  States  Government  the  first  levees  on  the 
Yuma  project,  constructing  them  on  the  Colo- 
rado River  for  twelve  miles  below  the  town  of 
Yuma,  Arizona.  Mr.  Miller  was  accorded  great 
credit  for  the  solidity  of  this  work,  and  before 


leaving  Arizona  entered  into  negotiations  with  J.  G. 
White  &  Co.,  Engineers,  of  New  York  to  take  the 
building  of  the  California  side  of  the  Yuma  Dam 
off  their  hands.  These  negotiations  went  as  far 
as  the  White  Company  signing  the  contracts,  but 
his  increasing  responsibilities  of  the  Fontana  Com- 
pany caused  him  to  abandon  his  plan. 

Early  in  the  year  1907  Mr.  Miller,  acting  alone, 
purchased  the  Lakeview  Ranch  in  Riverside  County, 
a  property  six  thousand  acres-  in  extent.  He  farmed 
on  the  land  for  a  season,  but  later  in  the  same  year 
organized  the  Nuevo  Land  Co.  and  sold  the  Lake- 
view  property,  together  with  his  farming  equip- 
ment, to  that  company.  Prior  to  Mr.  Miller's  pur- 
chase of  the  Lakeview  property  it  had  been  greatly 
entangled,  there  being  about  a  score  of  owners,  but 
he  cleared  the  title  and  turned  the  property  over  to 
his  company  without  any  entanglements. 

Mr.  Miller  continued  the  operation  of  the 
Fontana  Land  &  Water  Co.'s  land&  for  two  years 
more,  and  then  took  over  the  interests  of  Messrs. 
Roberts,  Harris  and  others  in  the  property,  becom- 
ing associated  at  that  time  with  Messrs.  James-  H. 
Adams,  E.  J.  Marshall  and  J.  S.  Torrance,  well- 
known  bankers  of  Los  Angeles,  in  the  conduct  of 
the  property  held  by  the  company.  They  immedi- 
ately began  to  develop  more  water,  and  to  build  an 
extensive  irrigation  system.  The  building  of  the  ca- 
nals was  under  the  direct  supervision  of  Mr.  Miller, 
and  claimed  his  time  for  more  than  two  years. 

Aside  from  the  work  of  irrigating  the  lands  of 
his  company,  Mr.  Miller,  as  President  and  Manager, 
directs  the  planting  and  sale  of  lands  to  farmers, 
and  during  the  year  1911  planted  more  than  one 
thousand  acres  of  orange  and  lemon  trees,  the  larg- 
est acreage  ever  planted  in  citrus-  fruits  by  a  single 
concern  in  one  year  up  to  that  time. 

Through  his  work  in  the  development  and 
handling  of  the  Fontana  Land  &  Water  Co.'s 
project  Mr.  Miller  has  taken  rank  with  those  men 
who  are  credited  with  being  the  real  developers  of 
the  resources  of  the  Southwest,  and  is  regarded  as 
one  of  the  potent  factors  for  progress  in  that  sec- 
tion of  the  country. 

A  reorganization  of  the  Fontana  projects  under 
the  name  of  the  Fontana  Company,  with  greatly 
enlarged  capital,  was  begun  in  June,  1912,  to  take 
care  of  the  business  of  both  the  Fontana  De- 
velopment Co.  and  the  Fontana  Land  &  Water  Co. 
The  completion  of  this  reorganization  plan,  in 
which  Mr.  Miller  is  an  important  factor,  will  mean 
the  dissolution  of  the  two  companies  named. 

In  the  meantime,  in  addition  to  the  offices  held 
by  him  in  the  Fontana  Land  &  Water  Co.  Mr. 
Miller  is  one  of  the  principals  in  several  allied 
concerns,  among  them  the  Fontana  Development 
Company,  of  which  he  is  President  and  Manager; 
the  Fontana  Water  Company,  in  which  he  is  Vice 
President  and  Manager;  the  Rialto  Domestic  Water 
Company,  in  which  he  holds  the  position  of 
Manager,  and  the  Lytle  Creek  Water  Company,  of 
which  he  is  President. 

All  of  these  companies  are  in  active  operation 
and  Mr.  Miller  divides  his  time  and  energies-  be- 
tween them.  He  is  thoroughly  interested  in  the  up- 
building of  the  Imperial  Valley  and  Southern  Cali- 
fornia in  general,  and  takes  an  active  part  in  va- 
rious civic  movements,  but  has  no  time  for  politics. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Jonathan  Club  and 
South  Coast  Yacht  Club,  Los  Angeles,  and  Benevo- 
lent and  Protective  Order  of  Elks,  Riverside,  Cal. 


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ELLISSIER,  GERMAIN  (De- 
ceased), Capitalist  and  Sheep 
Raiser,  Los  Angeles,  California, 
was  born  in  Hautes-Alpes,  in 
the  South  of  France,  September 
24,  1849,  the  son  of  John  Francois 
Pellissier  and  Adelaide  (Bellue)  Pellissier.  He 
married  Marie  Julie  Darfeuille,  a  native  of  Paris, 
at  San  Francisco,  California,  June  6,  1876,  and  to 
them  there  were  born  two  daughters,  Marie  Louise 
and  Adelaide. 

Mr.  Pellissier,  the  young- 
est of  a  family  of  ten  chil- 
dren, was  of  one  of  the  old 
houses  of  France.  The  home- 
stead in  which  he  was  born, 
a  picturesque  stone  structure, 
stands  after  more  than  one 
hundred  and  fifty  years,  a  his- 
toric landmark  of  Hautes- 
Alpes.  His  father  was  a 
stockman  and  farmer,  a  man 
of  position  and  culture,  who 
died  in  1866  at  the  age  of 
seventy. 

Germain  Pellissier,  who  is 
remembered  as  one  of  the 
pioneers  in  the  upbuilding  of 
Southern  Cailfornia,  was 
reared  on  the  estate  of  his 
father  until  he  reached  the 
age  of  seventeen.  He  had 
attended  the  public  schools 
of  his  district  meantime,  and 
worked  with  his  father  in  the 
raising  of  sheep,  so  that,  de- 
spite his  youth,  he  was  thor- 
oughly familiar  with  the  de- 
tails of  the  industry. 

In  1867,  within  a  year  of 
the  death  of  his  father,  Mr. 
Pellissier,  determined  to  visit 
America.  He  was  possessed 
of  some  money,  and,  full  of 
the  adventurous  spirit  of 

youth,  felt  that  the  New  World  offered  better 
promise  for  a  young  man  than  did  his  own  France. 
He  arrived  in  San  Francisco,  February  2,  1867,  and 
for  the  next  few  months  studied  the  conditions 
of  that  part  of  the  State,  but  in  August,  decided 
to  visit  Southern  California,  and  located  at  Los 
Angeles,  which  immediately  presented  to  him  ad- 
vantages so  alluring  that  he  decided  to  make  his 
home  there  permanently. 

At  this  time  Los  Angeles  was  a  pueblo,  with 
only  a  few  thousand  inhabitants  and  an  actual 
municipal  area  of  twenty-eight  square  miles,  while 
in  1913  the  city  limits  of  Los  Angeles  comprise  107.62. 
Mr.  Pellissier  established  his  residence  at  Seventh 
and  Olive  streets,  then  outside  the  city  limits,  but 
a  district  which  became  one  of  the  important  busi- 
ness centers  of  Los  Angeles.  He  remained  tfiere 
for  twenty-eight  years,  having  built  in  1888,  the 
Pellissier  Block,  which  at  that  time  represented 
the  most  advanced  type  of  business  building.  This 
property  still  is  retained  in  the  family,  but  the 
home  was  transferred  many  years  ago  to  Cahuenga 
Boulevard,  where  the  family  has  since  resided. 

It  is  an  interesting  historical  fact  and  a  com- 
mentary on  the  great  appreciation  of  realty  values 
in  Los  Angeles  that  the  land  where  the  home  is 
situated  could  have  been  purchased  by  Mr.  Pel- 


GERMAIN   PELLISSIER 


lissier,  upon  his  arrival  in  the  city  for  $1.25  an 
acre.  Several  years  later  he  purchased  200  acres 
for  $25  an  acre,  and  this  same  land  is  now  valued 
at  thousands  of  dollars  per  acre.  The  greater  part 
of  the  property  is  still  owned  by  the  Pellissier 
family,  but  certain  portions  of  it  were  sold  and 
the  district  is  now  one  of  the  very  attractive  resi- 
dence sections  of  Los  Angeles. 

Mr.  Pellissier  entered  the  sheep  raising  busi- 
ness shortly  after  his  arrival  in  Los  Angeles,  and 
soon  became  one  of  the  most 
extensive  herdsmen  in  the 
Southwest.  His  flocks  ranged 
over  three  counties  and  were 
counted  by  the  thousands. 
He  was  a  student  of  the  wool 
industry  and  early  found  that 
the  climate  of  Southern  Cali- 
fornia was  conducive  to  large 
.rfgr*r  yields,  so  he  devoted  the 

greater  part  of  his  time  to  the 
improvement  of  his  stock.  He 
bettered  the  breed  by  impor- 
tation from  France  and  Aus- 
tralia and  so  long  as  he  con- 
tinued in  the  business,  was 
the  owner  of  the  finest  sheep 
in  Southern  California.  In  one 
year  he  made  a  record  by 
obtaining  a  shearing  of  sixty- 
two  and  one-half  pounds  from 
one  buck.  Afterwards  a  buck 
raised  by  him  was  sold  in 
Australia,  perhaps  the  great- 
est sheep-raising  country  in 
the  world,  for  $2200.  He  was 
chiefly  noted  as  the  breeder 
of  the  famous  Rambouillet 
strain. 

Towards  the  latter  part  of 
his  life,  Mr.  Pellissier  retired 
from  the  sheep-raising  in- 
dustry and  as  Los  Angeles  be- 
gan to  grow  he  concluded  to 
dispose  of  much  of  his  land 
for  subdivision  purposes  and  reduced  the  original 
two  hundred  acres  to  about  eighty. 

All  during  his  residence  in  Los  Angeles,  Mr. 
Pellissier  was  an  enthusiastic  worker  for  her  up- 
building and  gave  liberally  of  time  and  money  to 
further  the  interests  of  the  city.  He  was  a  Repub- 
lican and  aided  his  party  to  success  in  various  cam- 
paigns, but  never  sought  or  accepted  public  office. 
He  was  prominent  also  in  financial  circles  and  at 
one  time  was  an  officer  and  stockholder  in  seven 
different  banks.  A  man  of  fine  business  talent  and 
mature  judgment,  he  was  an  important  factor  in 
their  deliberations. 

Mr.  Pellissier  served  for  many  years  as  Presi- 
dent of  the  French  Benevolent  Society  of  Los  An- 
geles. He  was  regarded  as  one  of  the  substantial 
business  men,  held  membership  in  various  organiz- 
ations devoted  to  civic  betterment  and  enjoyed  the 
esteem  of  the  entire  community. 

He  was  fond  of  travel,  and  on  various  occasions, 
accompanied  by  members  of  his  family,  made  ex- 
tended tours  of  Europe.  He  not  only  visited  his 
birthplace  in  France,  but  traveled  through  other 
countries,  including  Switzerland,  Germany,  Austria 
and  Italy. 

He  was-  called  bv  death  January  15,  1908,  and  is 
survived  by  his  wife  and  two  daughters. 


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'CARTHY,  JOHN  HARVEY,  Cali- 
fornia Real  Estate  and  Land  Oper- 
ator, Los  Angeles,  California,  was 
born  in  San  Diego,  California, 
May  4,  1870;  his  parents  being 
Daniel  O.  and  Amanda  (An- 
derson) McCarthy.  At  Santa  Ana,  California,  he 
was  married  to  Mary  Patterson,  daughter  of  a  dis- 
tinguished family.  A  son,  William  Harvey  Mc- 
Carthy, blessed  this  union  August  2,  1908. 

Mr.  McCarthy  was  edu- 
cated by  a  private  tutor,  and 
in  the  San  Francisco  schools. 
He  attended  Laurel  Hall  Mil- 
itary Academy  at  San  Ma- 
teo,  California,  until  1887,  at 
which  time  he  left  to  pre- 
pare for  a  business  career. 
In  1888,  D.  O.  McCarthy 
organized  a  large  mercantile 
firm,  taking  his  son  J.  Har- 
vey in  partnership,  and 
opened  with  headquarters  at 
Siempreviva,  California.  Aft- 
er three  years  of  successful 
life,  Mr.  McCarthy  yielded  to 
the  lure  of  journalism,  and 
selling  his  interest  in  the 
mercantile  business,  he  lo- 
cated in  San  Diego,  and  es- 
tablished the  "Morning  Vi- 
dette,"  a  live  news  sheet, 
which  he  published  profitably 
for  several  years. 

Mr.  McCarthy,  with  won- 
derful foresight,  recognized 
Los  Angeles  as  the  coming 
metropolis  of  Southern  Cali- 
fornia, so,  disposing  of  his 

San  Diego  interests,  he  came  to  Los  Angeles  where 
he  immediately  became  an  important  factor  in 
realty  operations. 

He  was  a  charter  member  of  the  Pioneer  Invest- 
ment &  Trust  Company,  active  operators  in  finan- 
cial and  realty  circles  of  Los  Angeles,  and  was 
elected  its  President  and  General  Manager.  Due 
chiefly  to  its-  executive  head's  energy  and  ability, 
this  concern  opened  several  valuable  residence 
subdivisions  in  the  path  of  the  city's  greatest 
growth.  Among  these  were  the  University  Place 
of  eighty  acres  in  the  Southwest;  Windermere,  in 
the  Western  end  of  the  city,  and  Cresta  Del  Ar- 
royo, in  the  Boyle  Heights  section.  These  districts 
are  among  the  valuable  residence  properties  of 
Los  Angeles,  and  are  lasting  monuments  to  the 
foresight  of  the  men  responsible  for  their  promo- 
tion and  development. 

Still  retaining  his  seat  on  the  directorate  of  the 
Pioneer  Investment  &  Trust  Company,  Mr.  McCar- 
thy organized  and  became  President  and  General 
Manager  of  the  Planada  Development  Company,  in- 


j.  HARVEY  MCCARTHY 


corporated  under  the  laws  of  California,  with  the 
object  in  view  of  establishing  a  model  city  and 
farming  community.  Several  thousand  acres  in 
Merced  County,  on  the  main  line  of  the  Santa  Fe 
Railroad,  were  purchased  and  development  work 
commenced  at  once.  The  building  of  a  model  city 
was  started,  after  plans  prepared  by  Wilbur  David 
Cook,  an  expert  of  international  reputation  on  mu- 
nicipal matters.  In  a  year  from  its  start,  Planada 
had  a  bank,  a  $50,000  hotel,  electric  lights,  water 
system,  graded,  curbed  and 
palm-lined  streets,  schools, 
public  parks  and  playgrounds, 
and  scores  of  comfortable 
houses- — an  enviable  record 
for  new  towns — made  possi- 
ble by  the  energetic  methods 
of  Mr.  McCarthy  and  his  as- 
sociates. On  the  farms  sur- 
rounding Planada,  experi- 
ments were  constantly  being 
made  by  an  agricultural  ex- 
pert in  Mr.  McCarthy's  em- 
ploy, and  the  results  applied 
to  benefit  Planada  farmers 
so  as  to  assist  them  in  get- 
ting increased  production. 

Several  months  later,  the 
Planada  Development  Cor- 
poration, with  a  capital  of 
$500,000,  was  organized  to 
take  over  the  Planada  Devel- 
opment Company  in  order  to 
increase  its  efficiency,  and 
Mr.  McCarthy  was  elected 
President  of  the  new  corpor- 
ation. Planada  has  risen 
from  a  barley  field  to  a  city 
and  its  farms  to  an  impor- 
tant place  among  the  food-producing  regions  of  the 
State,  in  a  little  more  than  a  year  from  the  day 
Mr.  McCarthy  stood  on  the  ground  for  the  first 
time  and  recognized  its  possibilities. 

Mr.  McCarthy  is  also  Vice  President  of  the  Bank 
of  Planada  and  Vice  President  of  the  Planada 
Water  Company — both  positions  carrying  much  re- 
sponsibility and  requiring  an  efficient  and  ener- 
getic man  to  administer  them. 

In  the  Democratic  party  of  California,  Mr.  Mc- 
Carthy is  a  power — having  been  a  Delegate  to  the 
St.  Louis  Convention  in  1904  that  nominated  Alton 
B.  Parker  for  President.  He  is  a  close  personal 
friend  of  William  Jennings  Bryan  and  has  enter- 
tained him  several  times  on  occasion  of  his  visits 
to  California.  Although  prominent  in  politics,  he 
has  declined  several  times  to  run  for  various  im- 
portant offices. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  McCarthy  are  prominent  in  Los 
Angeles  and  Southern  California  social  life  and 
their  palatial  residence  is  often  the  scene  of  bril- 
liant social  functions. 


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DWELL,  THOMAS,  Doctor  of  Med- 
icine, Los  Angeles,  California, 
was  born  in  Montgomery  County. 
Tennessee,  Sept.  21,  1837.  He  is 
the  son  of  William  Solomon 
Powell  and  Sallie  (Holloway) 
Powell.  He  has  been  twice  married,  his  first 
wife,  Margaret  lanthe  Rife,  whom  he  married  at 
her  mother's  country  home  in  Logan  County,  Ken- 
tucky, on  December  18th,  1859,  having  borne  him 
eight  children.  They  are 
Charles  Thomas,  lanthe  Flor- 
ence, William  Rife,  Arthur 
Leon,  Effie  May,  Nellie  Caro- 
line, George  Fideles  and 
Verne  Q.  Powell.  His  sec- 
ond wife,  Clarissa  Jeannette 
Pond,  whom  he  married  June 
25,  1893,  has  borne  him  one 
child,  Ruth  Jeannette  Powell. 
Dr.  Powell,  who  is  dis- 
tinguished for  his  original 
investigations  and  writings 
in  explanation  of  the  activi- 
ties of  life,  normal  and  ab- 
normal, attended  the  public 
and  private  schools  of  Mont- 
gomery County,  Tenn.,  grad- 
uating later  (1858)  from  the 
New  York  Medical  College 
of  New  York  City — the  first 
institution  in  the  United 
States  to  establish  a  higher 
standard  of  medical  educa- 
tion, and  hence  the  fore- 
runner of  the  present  sys- 
tem of  medical  education. 

He    entered    upon    his 
chosen   career   in   the  latter 

part  of  1859,  locating  thirty  miles  northwest  of 
his  birthplace  in  a  thickly  populated  country  dis- 
trict, in  Trigg  County  of  Kentucky,  where  he  still 
lived  when  the  Civil  War  began.  Nearly  all  his 
relatives  were  slave-holders,  and  yet  he  actively 
opposed  the  secession  movement,  and  with  the 
result  of  carrying  his  district  in  behalf  of  the 
Stars  and  Stripes  in  each  of  the  three  elections 
that  were  held  with  the  view  of  taking  his  adopted 
State  out  of  the  Union.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
"Union  League"  of  that  perilous  period,  and  took 
part  in  the  enlistment  of  the  men  composing  the 
regiment  of  Unionists  organized  at  Hopkinsville, 
Ky.,  by  Colonel  Buckner  of  that  city. 

A  short  time  after  the  Bowling  Green  conven- 
tion took  action,  professing  to  add  the  south  half 
of  the  State  to  the  Confederacy  and  providing  for 
a  draft  in  the  interest  thereof,  Dr.  Powell  and 
family,  together  with  fifty-four  of  his  fellow  loy- 
alists, seeing  no  other  way  of  escaping  service  in 
a  cause  for  which  they  had  no  sympathy,  em- 
barked on  a  United  States  gunboat  for  Paducah, 


DR.   THOMAS   POWELL 


Kentucky,  arriving  at  that  point  soon  after  Gen- 
eral Grant  took  command  thereof.  A  few  months 
later  he  yielded  to  the  importunities  of  relatives 
residing  in  Indiana,  locating  in  a  thickly  populated 
country  district  in  Rush  County,  where  he  re- 
mained for  many  years.  In  1878  he  moved  to  Dan- 
ville, Indiana,  where  he  established  what  he  be- 
lieved to  be  the  most  up-to-date  office  of  the  period, 
embracing,  as  it  did,  not  only  the  latest  measures 
and  apparatus  then  in  vogue,  but  several  steam- 
propelled  therapeutic  appli- 
ances of  his  own  invention. 

In  1884,  when  modern 
medicine  was  rapidly  ap- 
proaching the  zenith  of  its 
world-wide  regnancy,  Dr. 
Powell  determined  to  take  a 
post-graduate  course,  and 
with  the  hope  of  meeting  a 
long-felt  want — a  better  un- 
derstanding of  medical  prob- 
lems than  he  had  been  able 
to  obtain  from  the  medical 
literature  of  the  period — 
making  choice  of  the  then  ex- 
isting Medical  Department  of 
the  University  of  Nebraska — 
an  institution  that  appealed 
to  him,  by  reason  of  the  fact 
that  all  three  of  the  then  pre- 
vailing systems  —  Regular, 
Eclectic  and  Homeopathic — 
were  embraced  therein. 

This  institution  was  to  all 
appearances  well-manned  and 
up-to-date  in  its  equipment 
and  teachings  and  yet  it  did 
not  meet  the  expectations  of 
Dr.  Powell,  as  a  medical 

student.  Its  teachings  served,  not  to  gratify, 
but  to  intensify  Dr.  Powell's  professional  craving 
because  even  they  did  not  supply  the  missing  links 
of  the  current  teaching.  Wherefore,  he  set  out 
with  the  determination  to  solve,  if  possible,  both 
the  confessedly  and  the  obviously  unsolved  prob- 
lems of  Modern  Medicine.  The  most  important  of 
the  former  class-  were  those  pertaining  to  the 
susceptibility  of  the  body  to  morbific  agencies,  cli- 
matic, sporadic  and  bacteriologic.  Authorities  had 
gone  no  further  than  to  realize  and  admit  that 
both  congestion  and  infection  depend  upon  a  pre- 
existing condition  of  which  a  lowered  vitality  is 
the  most  conspicuous  feature. 

To  the  newly  fledged  investigator,  if  to 
no  other  person,  it  appeared  that  the  solution 
of  this  problem  called  for  a  knowledge  of  the 
agency  to  which  a  lowered  vitality  naturally  re- 
fers— the  power  that  lies  at  the  bottom  of  the 
vital  activities,  evidencing  its  right  to  the  distinc- 
tion of  being  the  law-giving  principle  by  bearing 
the  same  relation  to  the  activities  of  the  vital 


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realm  that  gravitation  does  to  those  of  the  phys- 
ical universe. 

In  short,  Dr.  Powell  has  spent  more  than  a 
quarter  of  a  century  in  the  attempt  to  detect  and 
remedy  the  deficiencies  of  the  current  teaching, 
and  with  the  result  of  the  production  of  an  en- 
tirely new  and  original  medical  philosophy,  the 
details  of  which  he  published  in  1909  in  the  shape 
of  a  medical  work  of  600  pages,  entitled  "Funda- 
mentals and  Requirements  of  Health  and  Disease." 

His  first  achievement  was  effected  in  1885  and 
consisted  in  a  most  complete  and  logical  solution 
of  the  problems  of  Nutrition  and  Muscular  Con- 
traction, negating  the  current  teaching  by  show- 
ing: (1)  that  nutrition  consists,  not  in  the  rebuild- 
ing of  worn-out  tissues,  as  authorities  had  as- 
serted, but  in  the  filling  and  refilling  of  the  cells 
of  which  the  motor  mechanisms,  nervous  and 
muscular,  are  composed;  (2)  that  the  living  ma- 
chine owes  its  energies,  mental,  nervous,  thermal 
and  propulsive,  to  the  oxidation,  not  of  its  tissues, 
as  authorities  have  declared,  but  of  the  carbon  of 
the  food  stored  in  the  cells  thereof;  (3)  that 
it  owes  its  every  motion  to  the  Vitomotive 
Power  —  the  power  of  expanding  carbon  dioxide 
gas — the  form  of  energy  which  is  revolutionizing 
the  world's  travel,  and,  as-  Dr.  Powell  puts  it  "by 
sending  the  'Horseless  Carriage'  in  triumphal  ele- 
gance along  the  highways  of  civilization." 

In  the  January,  1886,  number  of  the  Kansas 
City  Medical  Index,  Dr.  Powell  published  an  illus- 
trated article  on  this  subject.  In  the  winter  of 
1888,  the  light  afforded  by  the  foregoing  dis- 
coveries enabled  him  to  detect  what  he  holds 
to  be  the  great  underlying  cause  of  disease — the 
thing  that  renders  the  body  "susceptible"  to 
"colds"  and  infections;  that  gives  rise  to  such 
troublous  conditions  as  congestion,  inflammation, 
and  tissue  starvation,  and  that  caps  the  climax  of 
its  essential  virulence  by  taking  the  shape  of 
catarrhal  matter,  Milliary  Tubercles  and  Cancer 
Cells.  Because  of  its  wondrous  virulence  and  ver- 
satility this  substance  has  been  given  the  new 
and  fairly  distinctive  name  of  Pathogen — a  term 
that  the  discoverer  thereof  constructed  from  the 
Greek  roots  path — which  means  to  suffer — and  gen 
— which  means  to  generate  or  produce. 

In  the  winter  of  1894-95,  Dr.  Powell  published  in 
the  Medical  Brief,  of  St.  Louis,  a  series  of  six 
articles  on  the  subject  of  his  discoveries,  entitled 
"Exact  Science  in  Medicine — Its  Necessity,  Its 
Hindrances,  and  Its  Basis,"  the  immediate  effect 
being  a  flood  of  complimentary  letters. 

In  the  latter  part  of  1896  he  demonstrated  on 
three  separate  occasions,  and  by  experiments 
made  upon  his  own  body,  that  he  had  discovered 
how  to  render  the  human  body  immune  to  infective 
organisms. 

A  little  later  (December,  1896)  he  was  induced 
by  parties  who  had  heard  of  his  discoveries  to 
adopt  Los  Angeles,  California,  as  the  basis  of  his 
future  operations.  Soon  after  his  arrival  in  Los 


Angeles  he  repeated  the  tests  above  referred  to, 
demonstrating  under  the  supervision  of  many 
physicians,  and  by  experiments  made,  as  before, 
upon  his  own  body,  that  when  a  man  has  been 
freed  from  what  he  had  found  to  be  the  basic  and 
predisposing  cause  of  disease — Pathogen — he  is 
perfectly  immune,  the  vilest  germs  then  known  to 
science — malignant  pustule,  tuberculosis,  glanders, 
diphtheria  and  typhoid  fever — having  been  intro- 
duced into  his  body  by  every  available  route,  from 
ingestion  to  hypodermic  inoculation,  without  pro- 
ducing the  slightest  discernible  injury. 

In  1900,  Dr.  Powell  originated  the  Electro-Dy- 
namic method  of  eradicating  deep-seated  disorders 
— comprehending  a  combination  of  agencies,  me- 
chanical and  electrical,  whereby  the  requisite  reme- 
dies are  forced  from  the  surface  of  the  body,  where 
they  must  of  necessity  be  applied,  through  the  skin 
and  into  the  deep-seated  areas  where  the  basic 
cause  of  the  trouble — Pathogen — is  imbedded,  as  it 
is  in  a  multitude  of  maladies,  the  result  of  a  timely 
and  duly  faithful  effort  of  the  kind  being  the  cure 
of  a  great  variety  of  problematic,  disorders,  includ- 
ing several  of  the  so-called  incurables — diabetes, 
Bright's  disease,  dropsy,  heart  disease,  apoplexy, 
paralysis,  nervous  debility  and  locomotor  ataxia. 

There  is  much  in  Dr.  Powell's  theses  to  justify 
the  conclusion  that  he  has  made  an  epoch- 
making  discovery — that  he  has  obtained  a  definite 
knowledge  both  of  the  power  that  rules  on  vital 
plane,  as  gravitation  does  on  the  physical,  and  of 
the  rules  by  which  it  is  governed,  the  principia,  it 
would  seem,  of  the  domain  of  Animated  Nature. 

The  May,  1910,  issue  of  "The  Medical  World" 
states: 

"The  first  part  of  the  book,  or  'The  New  Vital 
Philosophy/  explains  the  movements  of  the  living 
organism  by  showing  that  they  are  produced  by  the 
vito-motive  power;  that  this  agent  has  a  dynamic 
equivalent  of  forty  atmospheres;  what  this  mighty 
power  is;  from  what  element  of  food  it  is  devel- 
oped; and  how  it  sets  the  vital  machinery  in  mo- 
tion. Part  two  is  entitled,  'The  New  Etiology  and 
Pathology,'  and  explains  the  various  morbid  proc- 
esses, from  congestion  and  inflammation  to  necro- 
sis, carcinosis,  and  tuberculosis,  by  disclosing  the 
remote  and  hitherto  unsuspected  cause  thereof. 
Part  three  is  entitled,  'The  New  Prophylaxis  and 
Therapeusis.'  It  discloses  the  measures,  medicinal, 
electrical,  mechanical,  thermal,  manual  and  regi- 
menal, required  for  the  elimination  of  pathogen. 
.  .  .  The  theory  is  novel,  and  opposed  to  any- 
thing heretofore  accepted,  and  the  book  is  very 
readable.  We  cannot  venture  any  opinion  as  to  how 
successful  it  may  be  in  proselyting  the  profession, 
but  we  unhesitatingly  accord  the  attribute  of  hon- 
esty and  enthusiasm  to  the  author.  .  .  ." 

Dr.  Powell  is  a  member  of  several  social  and 
scientific  organizations,  among  which  are  the  Ma- 
sonic fraternity,  the  Celtic  Club,  American  Pub. 
Health  Association,  American  Health  League, 
American  Association  for  the  Advancement  of  Sci- 
ence, American  Association  for  the  Study  and  Pre- 
vention of  Infant  Mortality,  and  the  Southern  Cali- 
fornia Academy  of  Sciences. 


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BROWN,  HARRING- 
TON, Oil  Refiner,  Los 
Angeles,  Cal.,  was 
born  January  1,  1856, 
in  Washington,  D.  C., 
the  son  of  William 
Van  Horn  Brown  and 
Adelaide  J.  (Harring- 
ton) Brown.  He  mar- 
ried Minnie  T  o  1  a  n  d 
Glassell  at  Los  An- 
geles, Dec.  13,  1882. 

He  studied  in  pri- 
vate schools  of  his  na- 
tive city,  until  he  en- 
tered the  preparatory 
department  of  Colum- 
bian  University 
( George  Washington ) , 
and  from  there  he 
went  to  Princeton  University,  graduating  in  1876, 
with  the  degree  A.  B.  He  then  entered  Columbian 
University  Law  School  and  studied  for  two  years. 
He  was  graduated  in  1878,  with  degree  LL.  B.,  but 
never  engaged  in  practice.  He  went  to  Los  An- 
geles shortly  after  graduating  and  became  a  fruit 
grower.  He  remained  at  this  only  a  short  time, 
giving  it  up  in  1890  to  engage  in  the  oil  refining 
business.  He  has  remained  in  that  business  down 
to  date,  at  present  being  President  of  the  Southern 
Refining  Company. 

Mr.  Brown  is  a  member  of  the  National  Geo- 
graphic Society,  National  Municipal  League,  Cham- 
ber of  Commerce,  and  Merchants  and  Manufac- 
turers' Association  of  Los  Angeles.  His  clubs  are 
the  University,  Jefferson,  Princeton,  College  Men's 
and  Los  Angeles  Country,  all  of  Los  Angeles. 


BARHAM,  GUY  B., 
Custom  House  and  In- 
ternal Revenue  Broker, 
Los  Angeles,  Califor- 
nia, was  born  at  "The 
Dalles,"  Ore.,  March 
21,  1864.  His  father 
was  Richard  M.  Bar- 
ham  and  his  mother 
Martha  Medora  (Ar- 
nold) B  a  r  h  a  m.  He 
married  at  Detroit, 
Mich.,  August  4,  1903, 
Marie  Humphreys 
Baby.  One  child,  now 
deceased,  was  born  to 
them. 

His  parents  moved 
to  Watsonville,  Cal.,  in 
1866;  then  went  to 
Anaheim,  Cal.,  in  1873.  Became  a  resident  of  Los 
Angeles  in  1882.  Educated  in  public  schools  of  Los 
Angeles  County  and  High  School  of  Anaheim, 
California. 

He  has  had  a  varied  and  busy  career.  At  the 
age  of  21  he  became  a  railway  postal  clerk.  He 
liked  the  employ  of  Uncle  Sam,  and  in  1888  he  be- 
came Deputy  Collector  Internal  Revenue  Service 
at  Los  Angeles.  He  resigned  in  1890  to  go  into  the 
Customs  House  and  Internal  Revenue  Brokerage 
business  for  himself.  Went  into  politics  and  was 
Police  Commissioner,  Los  Angeles,  1895-'96;  Presi- 
dent Board  of  Bank  Commissioners  of  California, 
1902-'06. 

Clubs:  Los  Angeles  Country,  Jonathan,  Califor- 
nia, Elks,  of  Los  Angeles;  Bohemian,  of  San 
Francisco. 


HUMPHREYS,  WIL- 
LIAM MORGAN,  Mem- 
ber Board  of  Public 
Works,  Los  Angeles, 
California,  was  born  at 
St.  Louis,  Missouri,  Oc- 
tober 12,  1864,  the  son 
of  John  F.  Humphreys 
and  Fannie  C.  (Math- 
ews)  Humphreys.  He 
married  Amelia  Marie 
Seeberger,  April  25, 
1895,  at  Monmouth,  Il- 
linois, and  to  them 
there  has  been  born 
one  child,  Helen  Hum- 
phreys. 

Mr.  Humphreys  be- 
gan life  equipped  with 
a  thorough  education, 
having  attended  St.  Louis  University,  St.  Mary's 
College,  St.  Louis;  St.  Louis  Law  School  and  St. 
Vincent's  College,  Los  Angeles.  He  received  the 
honorary  degree  of  A.  M.  from  St.  Vincent's  in  1911. 
After  graduating  from  St.  Louis  Law  School  in  1889 
with  LL.  B.,  he  returned  to  Los  Angeles,  whither  his 
family  had  moved  in  1883,  and  went  into  the  land 
business  on  a  large  scale.  He  bought  large  tracts 
adjacent  to  the  city,  subdivided  them  into  lots,  cut 
streets,  laid  sidewalks,  and  planted  palms  and  trees. 
He  has  done  notable  improvement  work  and  has 
been  a  factor  in  the  upbuilding  of  Los  Angeles, 
served  two  terms  as  Park  Commissioner,  one  as  As- 
sistant Postmaster  and  one  on  the  Board  of  Public 
Works. 

He    is    a    thirty-second    degree    Mason,    Mystic 
Shriner,  Knight  Templar  and  Elk. 


LEWIS,  WALTER 
A.,  Auditor  of  Los  An- 
geles County,  Califor- 
nia, was  born  in  Mil- 
waukee, Wis.,  Sept.  30, 
1864,  the  son  of  John 
Lewis  and  Julia  Brew- 
ster  (Clark)  Lewis.  He 
married  Edith  Blades 
at  Pomona,  Cal.,  May 
3,  1892. 

He  started  his  edu- 
cation in  the  schools  of 
Chicago,  but  left  there 
in  1877;  in  1881  went 
to  high  school,  Kansas 
City,  Mo.,  where  he 
studied  two  years.  Be- 
gan in  1881  as  weigh- 
master  in  Union  Ele- 
vator, Kansas  City,  serving  two  years.  Employed 
in  Kansas  City  Branch  Great  Western  Type  Foun- 
dry, 1883-1886.  Then  went  into  printing  business, 
until  1887,  when  he  went  to  Pomona,  Cal.,  where 
he  still  resides.  He  first  went  to  work  in  California 
in  the  musical  instrument  establishment  of  R.  S. 
Bassett,  dealing  in  real  estate  on  side.  In  June, 
1888,  went  into  real  estate  and  insurance  alone, 
continuing  to  January,  1911.  That  year  he  was 
elected  Auditor  of  Los  Angeles  County  on  the  Re- 
publican ticket.  Mr.  Lewis  served  ten  years  as  sec- 
retary of  Del  Monte  Irrigation  Company,  same  with 
Irrigation  Company  of  Pomona,  and  nine  years  as 
secretary  Kingsley  Tract  Water  Company,  all  of 
Pomona.  Served  in  National  Guard  of  California, 
1887  to  1897. 

Member  Union  League  Club,  Los  Angeles. 


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HUNT,  JOHN  NEW- 
ELL, Treasurer,  Los 
Angeles  County,  Los 
Angeles,  California, 
was  born  in  De  Witt 
County,  Illinois,  Feb- 
ruary 20,  1863,  the  son 
of  Dr.  John  B.  Hunt 
and  Sarah  E.  (Bar- 
nett)  Hunt.  He  mar- 
ried Hattie  P.  Collins, 
at  Los  Angeles,  De- 
cember 7,  1887,  and  to 
them  there  have  been 
born  three  children, 
Harry  C.,  Grace  C.  and 
Edward  T.  Hunt. 

Mr.  Hunt  received 
his  education  in  the 
common  schools  of 

Clinton,  Illinois.  He  spent  his  young  manhood  in 
Illinois,  engaging  in  various  lines  of  business,  and 
in  1882  moved  to  California,  where  he  engaged  in 
ranching  and  commercial  lines  for  several  years. 
From  1887  to  1894  he  was  engaged  in  the  banking 
business  with  the  Southern  California  Savings 
Bank.  From  1895  to  1907  he  was  Deputy  Tax  Col- 
lector of  Los  Angeles  County,  and  left  that  posi- 
tion in  the  latter  year  to  assume  the  office  of 
County  Treasurer,  to  which  he  had  been  elected 
in  November,  1906. 

Mr.  Hunt  is  a  man  of  high  principles  and  an 
ardent  worker  for  the  advancement  of  the  city  in 
which  he  has  elected  to  make  his  home.  He  is  ever 
ready  to  aid  any  movement  calculated  to  benefit 
Los  Angeles.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Union  League 
Club  of  Los  Angeles  and  the  Scottish  Rite  Masons. 


WHITE,  PERCIVAL 
GORDON,  Physician 
and  Surgeon,  Los  An- 
geles, Cal.,  was  born 
June  13,  1880,  at  Wood- 
stock, Ontario,  Canada, 
the  son  of  Lieutenant 
Colonel  John  White  and 
Jane  (MacWhirter) 
White.  He  married  Jes- 
sie May  Rosene,  Janu- 
ary 26,  1911,  at  Los  An- 
geles. 

Dr.  White  received 
his  primary  education 
at  the  Woodstock  Colle- 
giate, Woodstock,  Can- 
ada, graduating  in  1899. 
He  at  once  entered 
McGill  University  and 
graduated  in  medicine  in  June,  1905,  with  the  de- 
grees of  Doctor  of  Medicine  and  Master  of  Sur- 
gery. 

He  was  then  appointed  to  the  Resident  Staff 
of  the  Montreal  General  Hospital,  where  he  ac- 
quired wide  experience  in  medicine,  surgery  and 
pathology,  being  associated  in  this  institution 
with  most  of  the  noted  medical  men  of  Canada. 
After  spending  several  months  in  Europe,  where 
he  visited  many  of  the  world's  most  famous  hos- 
pitals, Dr.  White  returned  to  the  United  States, 
and  went  to  Los  Angeles,  locating  there  in  April, 
1909. 

Dr.  White  is  a  member  of  various  scientific  and 
professional  organizations,  these  including  the 
American  Medical  Association,  Los  Angeles  County 
Medical  Society  and  the  Symposium  Society. 


WEIK,  FRED  G.,  Real 
Estate,  Investments 
and  fire  insurance, 
Los  Angeles,  Califor- 
nia, was  born  at  All- 
merbach,  province  of 
Bachnang,  Germany, 
September  14,  1873.  He 
married  Miss  Anna 
Ilmer  at  Pasadena  in 
1898.  There  are  three 
children,  Helen,  Mar- 
guerite and  William 
H.  Weik. 

Mr.  Weik  was  taught 
in  the  public  schools 
of  New  York  and  be- 
fore that  in  Germany, 

but  his   schooling   was 

of  short  duration.     He 

arrived  at  Monrovia,  Cal.,  in  1887,  after  a  residence 
of  several  years  in  New  York  City.  He  worked  in 
a  bakery  at  Monrovia,  and  later  went  to  Pasadena, 
where  he  worked  in  the  bakery  which  he  after- 
wards bought. 

He  foresaw  the  growth  of  the  Southern  Califor- 
nia cities  and  bought  property  in  many  of  the  most 
promising  ones.  Much  of  it  he  has  held  and  it 
has  enhanced  greatly  in  value. 

In  the  year  1905  he  engaged  in  the  real  estate 
and  loan  business,  and  is  known  as  one  of  the 
most  accurate  appraisers  in  the  State. 

He  was  formerly  president  of  the  Los  Angeles 
Lodge,  No.  12,  of  the  O.  A.  H.  S.,  and  is  now 
treasurer.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Sons  of  Her- 
mann, Turn  Verein  and  Schwaben  Verein,  Cham- 
ber of  Commerce,  Foresters  and  German  Alliance. 


W  A  C  K  E  R  EARTH, 
AUGUST,  Architect, 
Los  Angeles,  Cal.,  was 
born  at  Hessia,  Ger- 
many, May  8,  1859,  the 
son  of  Henry  and  Mar- 
tha Elizabeth  (Trau) 
Wackerbarth.  His  fore- 
fathers were  soldiers 
and  farmers  to  times 
immemorial.  He  mar- 
ried Lottie  Adams, 
June  6,  1887,  at  Monte 
Vista,  Cal.  There  are 
three  children,  Augus- 
ta Esther  Fragner, 
Henry  O.,  and  George 
A.  Wackerbarth. 

Mr.  Wackerbarth  at- 
tended the  technical 
schools  of  Holzminden,  Brunswick,  the  Polytechnic 
Institute  at  Langensalza,  Province  of  Saxony,  and 
graduated  from  the  latter  in  the  spring  of  1876. 

He  traveled  Italy,  France,  Switzerland,  Austria, 
Belgium,  England  and  other  European  countries 
before  he  came  to  America.  He  arrived  in  New 
York,  July  2,  1878.  He  went  to  Independence,  la., 
and  then  moved  to  Chicago,  where  he  remained 
until  1882.  He  arrived  in  Los  Angeles,  November 
22,  1882.  Mr.  Wackerbarth  is  treasurer  and  was 
one  of  the  founders  of  the  Southern  California 
Chapter  of  American  Institute  of  Architects,  is  a 
Mason,  charter  member  of  the  Southern  California 
Engineers  and  Architects'  Association,  Knights 
Templar,  and  Pioneer  Society  of  Los  Angeles 
County  and  National  Geographic  Society  of  the 
United  States  of  America. 


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NDERSON,  J.  CRAMPTON, 
General  Manager  of  the 
American  Petroleum  and 
American  Oilfields  Compa- 
nies, Los  Angeles,  California, 
was  born  October  26,  1877,  at  Mason,  Texas. 
He  is  the  son  of  Elbridge  T.  and  Sarah 
J.  Anderson.  He  married  Daysie  M.  Bet- 
zold  in  Los  Angeles  on  June  17,  1899. 

While  Mr.  Anderson 
was  .still  a  youth,  he 
moved  from  Texas  to 
Phoenix,  Arizona.  A  few 
years  later  he  went 
to  Los  Angeles,  where  he 
has  ever  since  been  iden- 
tified prominently  with 
enterprises  for  the  devel- 
opment of  the  matchless 
resources  of  the  great 
Southwest.  In  the  remote 
locality  in  which  his  boy- 
hood was  passed,  he  had 
but  limited  educational 
advantages  and  he  en- 
tered upon  his  business 
career  with  practically 
no  capital  but  a  sound 
business  head. 

His  early  business 
ventures  were  in  the  re- 
munerative field  of  min- 
ing. His  interests  were 
scattered  over  California, 
Oregon,  Nevada  and  Ari- 
zona, meeting  with  suc- 
cess in  his  numerous  un- 
dertakings. In  the  course  of  a  few  years  he 
became  an  authority  on  mining. 

From  mining  for  metals  it  was  but  a  step 
to  mining  for  oil,  and  Mr.  Anderson,  perceiv- 
ing early  the  possibilities  of  California's  great 
petroleum  industry,  enrolled  himself  with  the 
constructive  forces  engaged  in  developing  it. 
He  made  a  deep  study  of  petroleum  resources 
and  conditions  in  California,  at  a  time  when 
the  possibilities  of  the  great  industry  were 
still  largely  locked  up  in  the  secret  depths  of 
the  earth.  In  the  course  of  his  association 
with  several  oil  producing  corporations,  he 
gained  proficiency  in  the  details  of  the  oil 
business,  and  he  sought  and  won  a  place 
among  the  men  who  are  now  doing  the  things 
that  have  drawn  the  eyes  of  the  world  upon 
California's  oil  fields. 

The  American  Petroleum  Company,  a 
$15,000,000  corporation,  was  launched  in  Feb- 
ruary, 1908,  by  Edward  L.  Doheny,  Dr.  Nor- 


J.  C.  ANDERSON 


man  Bridge  and  Mr.  Anderson.  That  com- 
pany today  is  one  of  the  largest  producers  of 
petroleum  in  California,  and  Mr.  Anderson  is 
its  Vice  President  as  well  as  General  Man- 
ager. 

The  success  of  the  American  Petroleum 
Company  forms  one  of  the  bright  chapters  of 
the  history  of  California  oil.  It  had  a  tremen- 
dous influence  for  further  development,  and 
to  none  did  it  appeal  more 
effectively  than  to  the 
men  who  had  accom- 
plished that  success.  The 
direct  and  inevitable  re- 
sult was  the  organization 
of  another  corporation, 
The  American  Oilfields 
Company,  with  a  capitali- 
zation of  $25,000,000,  to 
operate  along  the  lines 
of  its  highly  prosperous 
predecessor.  Associated 
.with  Mr.  Doheny,  Dr. 
Bridge  and  Mr.  Anderson, 
in  the  formation  of  this 
latter  company,  in  Febru- 
ary, 1910,  were  C.  A.  Can- 
field,  Thomas  A.  O'Don- 
nell,  J.  M.  Danziger,  L.  A. 
McCray  and  E.  S.  Gos- 
ney.  The  American  Oil- 
fields Company  has  dupli- 
cated the  splendid  results 
of  the  American  Petrole- 
um Company.  Both  cor- 
porations have  steadily 
coined  the  petroleum  of 
the  San  Joaquin  Valley  into  gold  at  a  rate 
that  has  turned  a  total  of  $3,000,000  divi- 
dends into  the  hands  of  the  stockholders. 

In  contemplating  such  results,  Mr.  An- 
derson may  do  so  with  the  satisfaction  of 
having  been  an  active  factor  in  producing 
them. 

From  his  Los  Angeles  office,  as  General 
Manager  of  both  these  companies,  he  directs 
the  details  of  their  activities  where  their  der- 
ricks rise  like  forests  on  the  plains  and  hills 
of  Midway  and  Coalinga. 

In  addition  to  carrying  the  tremendous 
responsibilities  that  he  assumes  in  connec- 
tion with  the  management  of  these  two 
great  companies,  he  is  the  President  of  the 
Midland  Oil  Company  in  the  Midway  field, 
and  is  also  General  Manager  of  the  Niles 
Lease  Oil  Company  in  the  Salt  Lake  field. 

He  is  active  in  Los  Angeles  civic  affairs, 
but  does  not  hold  any  club  memberships. 


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EYLER,  CHARLES 
JOSEPH,  President  of  the 
Union  Hollywood  Water 
Company,  Los  Angeles,  Cali- 
fornia, is  a  native  of  Ohio, 
being  born  at  Hamilton,  Ohio,  December  7, 
1856.  His  father  was  Christian  Heyler  and 
his  mother  Lena  Heyler.  He  married  Eliza- 
beth E.  Hinsdale  at  Los  Angeles  on  Decem- 
ber 23,  1909. 

He  was  educated  in 
the  public  schools  of 
Hamilton,  Ohio,  where 
he  spent  his  boyhood,  but 
upon  the  completion  of 
his  education  he  went  to 
San  Jose,  California,  set- 
tling in  that  city  in  the 
year  1878.  He  had  not 
been  there  long  before  he 
established  himself  in  the 
mercantile  business.  He 
first  started  with  a  small 
store,  but  later  expanded 
it  until  it  was  one  of  the 
important  businesses  in 
the  place.  He  remained 
in  harness  about  eight 
years  and  then  sold  out 
to  go  into  real  estate. 

He  put  all  of  his 
money  into  his  new  ven- 
ture and  soon  was  one  of 
the  most  active  operators 
in  San  Jose.  He  opened 
up  a  number  of  splendid 
residence  sections  and 
figured  in  some  of  the  largest  deals  trans- 
acted at  that  time.  He  also  took  an  active 
part  in  the  civic  welfare  of  the  city  and  was 
regarded  as  one  of  its  leading  citizens.  After 
eleven  years  of  activity,  however,  he  decided 
to  leave  there  for  the  southern  part  of  the 
state. 

This  was  in  the  year  1901,  when  Los  An- 
geles was  entering  upon  the  boom  which  at- 
tracted thousands  of  people  and  millions  of 
dollars  to  that  city  and  Mr.  Heyler  was  one 
of  those  who  went  there  for  the  purpose  of 
investment.  He  immediately  re-entered  the 
real  estate  business  in  his  new  field,  at  first 
devoting  his  time  to  residence  property.  In 
this  connection,  he  succeeded  in  acquiring  a 
number  of  desirable  tracts  in  the  western 
part  of  the  city,  improved  them  and  opened 
them  up  for  residences.  That  section  is  now 
one  of  the  most  beautiful  residence  districts 
in  Los  Angeles. 


C.  J.  HEYLER 


In  time,  Mr.  Heyler  turned  his  attention 
to  business  property  and  today  is  the  owner 
of  some  valuable  ground  in  the  center  of  'Los 
Angeles  and  in  towns  adjacent  to  it. 

In  1906,  Mr.  Heyler  purchased  the  West 
L.  A.  Water  Co.  and  on  reorganization  named 
it  the  Union  Hollywood  Water  Company,  of 
Hollywood,  California,  and  from  that  date 
has  been  the  leading  factor  in  the  develop- 
ment of  that  company. 
He  has  been  its  active 
head  since  he  purchased 
the  corporation,  acting  as 
President  and  General 
Manager.  Since  he  took 
over  this  large  public 
service  organization  it  has 
undergone  a  remarkable 
change  and  is  today  one 
of  the  large  companies  of 
its  kind  in  Southern  Cali- 
fornia, and  represents  a 
great  expenditure  of 
money.  He  has  devoted 
a  greater  part  of  his  time, 
money  and  brains  to  the 
welfare  of  that  corpora- 
tion, and  in  an  endeavor 
to  keep  up  with  the  de- 
mands of  the  rapidly 
growing  city. 

When  he  took  charge 
of  the  company  it  had  fif- 
teen hundred  consumers, 
and  the  list  has  now 
grown  to  six  thousand ; 
similarly,  its  pipe 


six 

its     pipe     line 
mileage  has  grown  from  67  miles  to  200. 

Mr.  Heyler  is  still  interested  in  the  realty 
business  in  Los  Angeles  and  Southern  Cali- 
fornia. At  the  present  time  he  is  President 
of  the  C.  J.  Heyler  Realty  Company. 

He  has  also  a  number  of  holdings  in  oil 
properties  throughout  the  Southern  part  of 
the  state  and  is  the  owner  of  mining  prop- 
erties in  California  and  other  sections  of  the 
Southwest.  He  is  director  in  the  California 
Midway  Oil  Company,  and  holds  a  similar 
position  with  the  Choix  Mining  Company. 

Mr.  Heyler  is  widely  known  through  his 
business  interests  in  and  about  Los  Angeles, 
and  during  the  last  ten  years  has  taken  a 
prominent  part  in  the  growth  of  that  city. 

He  is  a  member  of  several  organizations 
of  Los  Angeles,  including  the  Los  Angeles 
Athletic  Club,  the  Los  Angeles  Realty  Board 
and  Automobile  Club  of  Southern  California, 
all  influential  organizations. 


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597 


ARSH,  ROBERT,  Real  Estate, 
Los  Angeles,  California,  was 
born  in  Charleston,  Illinois, 
January  20,  1874,  the  son  of 
Joseph  E.  Marsh  and  Martha 
J.  (Atwood)  Marsh.  He  married  Cecile  Loth- 
rop  at  Alhambra,  California,  April  12,  1898, 
and  of  the  union  there  have  been  two  children, 
Florence  L.  and  Martha  J.  Marsh. 

The  preliminaries  of  his  education  he  re- 
ceived in  the  public  schools  of  Little  Rock, 
Arkansas,  and  concluded  with  a  year  in  the 
high  school  of  Los  Angeles.  Mr.  Marsh's 
parents  moved  to  Little  Rock  when  he  was  a 
child,  then  in  1888  journeyed  to  San  Diego, 
California,  remaining  there  for  three  years.  In 
1891  the  family  moved  to  Los  Angeles,  .and 
there  Mr.  Marsh  has  remained  down  to  date. 

Leaving  high  school  in  1892,  without  waiting 
to  graduate,  Mr.  Marsh  immediately  started 
forth  to  make  a  career  for  himself.  Like  many 
other  successful  men,  his  beginning  was  small. 
He  first  went  to  work  in  the  book  store  of  E.  T. 
Cook,  the  bookseller,  and  after  four  years  left 
that  establishment  and  associated  himself  with 
a  men's  furnishing  house  in  Los  Angeles.  He 
remained  in  this  line  for  approximately  two 
years  more  and  then,  in  1898,  moved  to  New 
Orleans,  Louisiana,  where  he  engaged  in  the 
wholesale  and  retail  coal  business,  remaining 
about  two  years.  Late  in  1899  Mr.  Marsh 
gave  up  his  interests  there  and  returned  to  Los 
Angeles,  to  embark  upon  one  of  the  most 
active  and  successful  careers  in  that  continually 
growing  community. 

Mr.  Marsh  plunged  into  the  swirl  of  real 
estate  activity  in  the  early  part  of  1900  and  his 
name  is  identified  intimately  with  the  develop- 
ment of  Los  Angeles  since  that  time.  He  went 
in  for  big  things  from  the  very  outset,  and 
during  the  eleven  years  that  have  intervened 
has  been  instrumental  in  opening  up  numerous 
large  residence  tracts,  more  of  which  are  today 
exclusive  home  districts. 

This  class  of  operations,  however,  has  not 
claimed  all  his  attention.  In  addition,  he  has 
dealt  largely  in  business  and  suburban  prop- 
erties. In  this  latter  field  he  has  been  one  of 
the  leading  factors  for  the  upbuilding  of  the 
outlying  districts  of  Los  Angeles.  Southern 
California  has  had  one  of  the  most  phenomenal 
growths  in  population  of  any  section  in  the 
United  States  and  the  beautiful  suburbs  have 
attracted  the  larger  percentage  of  the  new 
people. 

It  is  due  to  such  men  as  Mr.  Marsh  that 
large  stretches  of  country,  until  a  few  years  ago 


ranch  lands,  have  been  transformed  into  beau- 
tiful, flowering  residence  parks,  built  up  with 
handsome  homes,  with  those  modern  improve- 
ments and  conveniences  which  make  life  worth 
living. 

Notable  among  the  fine  residence  tracts 
which  were  laid  out  and  improved  by  Mr. 
Marsh  are  Country  Club  Park,  Western 
Heights,  Westchester  Place,  Country  Club 
Terrace,  Arlington  Heigths  Terrace  and  Mount 
Washington.  Each  of  these  is  now  built  up 
with  handsome  residences  and  compare  favor- 
ably with  many  of  the  older  fashionable  sec- 
tions of  the  United  States. 

Mr.  Marsh's  principal  business  affiliation 
is  Robert  Marsh  &  Co.,  but  he  is  interested  in 
a  number  of  other  enterprises,  the  combined 
operations  of  which  make  him  one  of  the  con- 
spicuous business  men  of  the  Southwest.  He 
has  large  holdings  in  the  business  section  of 
Los  Angeles  and  at  this  writing  is  planning  for 
the  erection  of  a  skyscraper. 

By  his  work  of  developing  real  estate  prop- 
erty Mr.  Marsh  necessarily  has  been  thrown 
into  the  midst  of  all  movements  intended  for 
the  betterment  of  Los  Angeles  and  the  South- 
west and  his  name  has  been  linked  with  nearly 
every  large  proposition  in  the  past  decade  hav- 
ing to  do  with  the  progress  of  that  section. 

In  1908  he  was  appointed  on  the  Los  An- 
geles Chamber  of  Commerce  committee  having 
in  hand  the  labor  of  securing  a  Union  Depot 
for  Los  Angeles.  This  is  a  public  improvement 
that  has  long  been  needed  in  that  city  and  for 
three  years  Mr.  Marsh  and  his  associates  have 
been  strenuously  at  work,  trying  to  get  the  rail- 
roads to  build  the  station.  Partial  success  has 
rewarded  their  efforts,  but  they  are  still  work- 
ing on  it  and  Mr.  Marsh  is  one  of  the  leaders 
in  the  fight. 

In  addition  to  this,  Mr.  Marsh  was  one  of 
the  active  factors  in  the  campaign  that  led  to 
the  annexation  of  San  Pedro,  California,  to  Los 
Angeles,  whereby  the  latter  city  was  given  a 
municipal  harbor  and  placed  in  a  position  of 
importance  as  an  outlet  to  the  Panama  Canal. 

Mr.  Marsh  is  a  valued  me-riber  of  tb  :  Los 
Angeles  Realty  Board,  and  at  one  time  was 
vice  president  of  that  organization. 

Despite  all  his  business  and  civic  enter- 
prises, Mr.  Marsh  is  an  enthusiastic  lodge 
member  and  clubman.  He  is  a  Mystic  Shriner, 
member  of  the  B.  P.  O.  E.,  Jonathan  Club,  Cal- 
ifornia Club,  Los  Angeles  Athletic  Club,  Los 
Angeles  Country  Club,  Craes  Country  Club, 
San  Gabriel  Valley  Country  Club  and  the  Bolsa 
Chico  Gun  Club. 


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OBBINS,  MILTON  HOLLEY,  JR., 
Vice  President,  Union  Ice  Com- 
pany, San  Francisco,  California, 
was  born  at  Lakeville,  Connecti- 
cut, January  27,  1871,  the  son  of 
Milton  H.  and  Anna  (Bostwick) 
Robbins.  His  father's  family  were  among  the  early 
settlers  of  Connecticut,  where  some  of  them  subse- 
quently engaged  in  the  iron  business  and  became 
especially  prominent  during  the  war  of  the  Revolu- 
tion as  manufacturers  of  can- 
non. They  also  had  the  dis- 
tinction of  having  made  the 
anchor  for  the  frigate  Con- 
stitution. It  was  a  cousin  of 
the  family,  Alexander  Hoi- 
ley,  Governor  of  Connecticut, 
who  brought  to  this  country 
the  process  of  making  Bes- 
semer steel.  Mr.  Robbins' 
brother  is  the  ninth  Samuel 
Robbins,  and  the  old  farm  in 
Connecticut  has  never  been 
out  of  the  family. 

On  August  24,  1895,  he 
was  married  in  New  York  to 
Miss  Annie  E.  Stayner.  The 
children  of  this  marriage  are 
Sally  S.,  Mary  E.,  and  Isa- 
belle  Robbins. 

From  1877  to  1887  Mr. 
Robbins  attended  private 
schools  in  Lakeville,  and  for 
two  years  was  a  student  at 
Lehigh  University.  He  then 
entered  Yale  University, 
whence  he  was  graduated 
with  the  class  of  '91. 

After  his  graduation  from 
Yale  he  spent  some  months  with  the  banking 
house  of  Robbins,  Burrall  &  Co.,  but  left  this  to 
enter  the  shops  of  the  Elevator  Company.  Here  he 
turned  to  account  his  scientific  education  in  master- 
ing the  mechanical  details  of  the  business,  and  for 
four  years  devoted  his  energies  to  this  end.  Until 
1893  he  was  established  in  the  East,  chiefly  at  Bos- 
ton and  Springfield,  Massachusetts.  He  was  then 
sent  to  Chicago,  but  in  1899  returned  to  Massachu- 
setts and  for  a  year  again  resided  in  Boston.  In 
1900  he  was  at  Kansas  City;  from  1901  to  1904  at 
New  Orleans;  1904  to  1906  at  Houston,  Texas, 
whence  in  the  latter  year  he  went  to  California. 
From  these  various  points  he  traveled  all  over  the 
United  States,  covering  the  field  over  and  over 
again,  attending  to  the  building  of  factories  and 
extending  the  enterprise.  After  having  tried  four 
years  of  this  mechanical  side  of  the  business,  for 
which  his  schooling  had  equipped  him,  he  found 
himself  better  qualified  for  executive  and  adminis- 
trative work. 

During  these  years  Mr.  Robbins  has  focused  his 


M.  H.  ROBBINS,  JR. 


energies  on  the  work  in  hand,  conducting  it  with 
the  same  zeal  as  if  it  were  entirely  his  own,  and 
thereby  becoming  a  very  important  factor  in  the 
growth  of  the  business.  From  his  San  Francisco 
office  he  controlled  the  trade  in  all  the  Pacific  Coast 
States,  as  well  as  Nevada,  Idaho,  Arizona  and  the 
Hawaiian  Islands. 

Mr.  Robbins  is  now  Vice  President  of  the  Union 
Ice  Company,  with  headquarters  at  San  Francisco. 
He  resigned  from  the  Otis  Elevator  Company  to 
accept  his  present  position 
during  December,  1911.  He 
is  virtually  the  head  of  the 
Union  Ice  Company,  as  E.  W. 
Hopkins,  the  President,  is 
now  retiring  from  active 
work.  His  office  is  one  of 
the  most  important  in  busi- 
ness on  the  Pacific  Coast. 
The  Union  Ice  Company  is  a 
corporation  of  immense  cap- 
ital, with  valuable  properties 
scattered  over  the  greater 
part  of  California.  It  sup- 
plies ice  to  a  population  of 
more  than  2,000,000  in  an  ice- 
less  country,  and  the  manu- 
facturing and  transportation 
problems  are  endless. 

As  an  outgrowth  of  his 
business  interests  and  of  his 
shifting  environment,  Mr. 
Robbins  has  become  deeply 
interested  in  the  growth  of 
cities  and  civic  improvement. 
Especially  in  San  Francisco 
he  has  taken  an  active  part 
in  public  matters  of  this  na- 
ture. He  had  not  been  long 
in  the  city  before  he  was  elected  President  of  the 
Merchants'  Association,  and  when  the  principal 
civic  bodies  were  consolidated,  in  what  is  now 
known  as  the  San  Francisco  Chamber  of  Commerce, 
he  was  made  the  President. 

While  in  this  important  office  he  was  naturally 
one  of  the  prime  movers  in  every  public  movement. 
The  Chamber  of  Commerce,  and  he  as  its  president, 
was  responsible  for  much  that  is  good  in  the  recon- 
struction of  San  Francisco,  and  particularly  for  the 
arousing  of  that  spirit  which  has  made  it  possible 
for  the  earthquake  stricken  city  to  almost  com- 
pletely recover  from  its  calamity. 

Partly  for  information  in  his  own  business,  and 
also  as  a  relaxation  from  the  exacting  routine,  he 
reads  much,  chiefly  along  technical  lines.  His 
other  forms  of  recreation  are  tennis  and  chopping 
wood.  Beyond  these  activities  he  has  not  had  time 
for  a  variety  of  interests,  and  his  ciub  life  is  con- 
fined to  his  membership  in  the  Pacific-Union  Club, 
the  Union  League  Club  and  the  Commercial  Club, 
of  which  last  he  is  vice  president. 


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ARTLETT,  DANA  WEBSTER, 
D.D.,  Clergyman,  Los  Angeles, 
California,  was  born  at  Bangor, 
Maine,  October  27,  1860,  the  son 
of  Daniel  Webster  Bartlett  and 
Mary  (Crosby)  Bartlett.  He 
married  Mattie  McCullough  at  Socorro,  New 
Mexico,  Sept.  12,  1887,  and  to  them  there  have 
been  born  five  daughters,  Margaret  (Mrs.  I.  C. 
Louis),  Eloise,  Lucille,  Esther  and  Beulah.  They 
also  have  an  adopted  son,  a 
Hualapai  Indian  child. 

Dr.  Bartlett  received  his 
early  education  in  the  schools 
of  Grinnell,  Iowa,  and  was 
graduated  from  Iowa  College 
at  Grinnell  in  1882.  He  then 
started  the  Park  Academy,  at 
Park  City,  Utah,  and  con- 
ducted it  as  principal  until 
1884,  when  he  gave  up  teach- 
ing to  enter  Yale  Theological 
Seminary,  at  New  Haven, 
Conn.  In  1886  he  went  to 
Chicago  Theological  Semi- 
nary, and  upon  graduation  in 
1887,  went  to  St.  Louis,  Mo., 
where  he  took  charge  of  the 
Union  Church  in  the  tene- 
ment district  of  that  city. 

In  1892  Dr.  Bartlett  gave 
up  his  work  in  St.  Louis  and 
went  to  Salt  Lake  City, 
Utah,  as  pastor  of  Phillips 
Church.  He  filled  this  charge 
until  he  removed  to  Los  An- 
geles in  1896. 

From  the  time  of  his  ar- 
rival in  Los  Angeles,  where 
he  took  charge  of  the  Beth- 
lehem Institutional  Church, 
Dr.  Bartlett  has  been  contin- 
ually engaged  in  uplift  work, 
with  such  good  effect  that  he 
has  been  referred  to  in  pub- 
lic as  "the  most  useful  citizen  in  Los  Angeles." 

From  Bethlehem  Institutional  Church,  a  com- 
paratively small  affair,  Dr.  Bartlett  has  developed 
the  Bethlehem  Institute,  one  of  the  most  effective 
rescue  projects  in  the  United  States,  and  for  more 
than  fifteen  years  he  devoted  himself  unselfishly 
and  tirelessly  to  his  work.  His  object  throughout 
his  work  has  been  to  assist  the  unfortunate  and 
help  the  "down  and  out"  to  another  chance;  to  re- 
claim as  many  as  possible  from  the  human  drift  and 
wreckage  to  lives  of  usefulness;  to  drain  the  slums 
and  prevent  their  re-establishment;  to  keep  young 
and  old  from  sinking  into  what  has  been  termed 
"the  submerged  tenth." 

To  prove  the  sincerity  of  his  purpose,  Dr.  Bart- 
lett has  made  his  home  among  the  people  he 
serves-,  raising  his  family  in  the  environment  he 
seeks  to  abolish;  and  the  success  of  Bethlehem 
Institute  is  his  reward.  From  almost  nothing  the 
Institute  has  grown  until  it  covers  six  city  lots, 
maintaining  a  free  dispensary,  bathhouses  for  men 
and  women,  a  shoemaker  shop,  free  employment 
bureau,  a  Coffee  Club,  reading  room,  library  and 
social  hall  and  Boys'  Athletic  Club.  It  maintains 
night  schools  for  Mexicans,  Russians,  Japanese, 
Greeks,  Italians  and  other  foreign  peoples.  Dr. 
Bartlett  is  (1913)  planning  to  widen  the  scope  of 


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the  Institute  until  it  meets  an  ideal  which  he  has 
long  cherished. 

Dr.  Bartlett's  work  in  the  eradication  of  poverty 
and  suffering  and  the  abolishment  of  slums  in  Los 
Angeles  has  placed  him  among  the  leading  social 
uplifters  of  the  country  and  also  has  served  to 
place  his  adopted  city  among  the  most  advanced 
municipalities. 

Aside  from  his  work  in  connection  with  Bethle- 
hem Institute,  Dr.  Bartlett  also  has  been  an  active 
force  in  civic  affairs  of 
Los  Angeles  and  has  aided 
largely  in  the  moral  progress 
of  the  city.  He  also  has  been 
among  the  practical  workers, 
being  one  of  the  Directors 
of  the  Municipal  Housing 
Association  of  Los  Angeles 
and  Chairman  of  the  City 
Planning  Committee,  to 
which  position  he  was  ap- 
pointed by  Mayor  George 
Alexander  of  Los  Angeles  in 
1910  and  continues  to  fill. 
He  also  is  a  Director  of  the 
National  City  Planning  Com- 
mission and  his  efforts  in 
this  work  have  been  largely 
directed  to  the  elimination 
of  slums,  although  in  Los 
Angeles-  these  have  been 
practically  wiped  out. 

In  1906  Dr.  Bartlett  was 
persuaded,  on  account  of  his 
activity  for  civic  betterment 
and  his  advocacy  of  cleanli- 
ness in  politics  and  govern- 
ment, to  accept  the  nomina- 
tion on  a  non-partisan  ticket 
for  the  City  Council  of  Los 
Angeles.  He  failed  of  elec- 
tion, but  in  his  campaign  im- 
planted various  progressive 
ideas  which  have  since 
played  an  important  part  in 
the  direction  of  the  city's  destinies. 

Owing  to  his  intimate  knowledge  of  the  foreign- 
ers within  the  State  of  California  and  his  abilities 
to  aid  their  conditions  of  living,  Dr.  Bartlett  was 
appointed  in  1912  to  a  position  on  the  California 
State  Immigration  Commission  by  Governor  John- 
son and  the  same  year  was  chosen  Chairman  of 
the  Pacific  Coast  Immigration  Study  League,  which 
he  helped  to  organize  at  Tacoma,  Washington,  and 
which  it  is  hoped  will  do  a  great  deal  towards  solv- 
ing the  many  problems  encountered  daily. 

Dr.  Bartlett,  upon  whom  Grinnell  College  con- 
ferred the  degree  of  Doctor  of  Divinity  in  1911,  is 
recognized  as  one  of  the  most  forceful  men  of  the 
Congregational  Church  and  has  attained  distinc- 
tion both  as  orator  and  lecturer.  He  also  has 
been  a  prolific  writer  on  social  and  economic  sub- 
jects and  is  the  author  of  two  notable  books,  "The 
Better  City,"  published  in  1908,  and  "The  Better 
Country,"  published  in  1911.  Both  these  works 
have  been  welcomed  as  splendid  inspirations  to 
social  workers  and  humanity  in  general  for  a  fu- 
ture ideal  civilization. 

Dr.  Bartlett  is  democratic  in  his  views  and  en- 
joys widespread  popularity  among  all  classes. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  City  and  of  the  Federa- 
tion Club  of  Los  Angeles. 


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DR.  ALBERT  SOILAND 

OILAND,  ALBERT,  Roentgenol- 
ogist,  Los  Angeles,  Cal.,  was  born 
in  Stavanger,  Norway,  May  5, 
1873,  the  son  of  Edward  Soiland 
and  Axelina  (Halverson)  Soiland. 
He  married  Dagfine  Berner 
Svendsen  at  Stavanger,  Sept.  17,  1902. 

Dr.  Soiland  began  his  education  in  Norway,  but 
his  family  having  moved  to  Chicago,  111.,  when  he 
was  about  ten  years  of  age,  he  completed  his 
studies  in  this  country.  He  entered  the  Univer- 
sity of  Illinois  Medical  Dept.,  but  moved  to  Los 
Angeles  later  and  was  graduated  from  the  Medical 
College  of  the  Univ.  of  Sou.  Cal.  in  1900  with  the 
degree  of  M.  D. 

Dr.  Soiland  was  surgeon-in-chief  to  the  Spencer 
&  Crowell  Lumber  Company,  in  Louisiana,  for  a 
year,  and  returned  to  Los  Angeles  in  1901.  Early 
in  his  career  he  took  up  the  study  of  the  Roentgen 
X-Ray  and  was  a  pioneer  in  the  electro-therapeutic 
branch  of  medicine.  For  several  years  he  has 
been  Instructor  in  X-Ray  and  electro-therapeutics 
in  the  Los  Angeles  Department  of  the  University 
of  California  Medical  College,  is  Roentgenologist  to 
the  leading  hospitals  of  Los  Angeles  and  Radio- 
grapher to  various  railroads.  He  has  written  lib- 
erally on  scientific  topics-  and  has  twice  gone 
abroad  for  special  study.  He  received  a  certificate 
from  Finsen  Institute,  at  Copenhagen,  in  1905.  Dr. 
Soiland  also  spent  the  year  of  1910  in  European 
study  and  special  work. 

Dr.  Soiland  is  a  member  of  the  Amer.  Medical 
Ass'n.,  Med.  Soc.  of  the  State  of  California,  L.  A. 
County  Med.  Soc.,  L.  A.  Clinical  &  Pathological  Soc. 
and  the  American  Roentgen  Ray  Society.  He  is  a 
thirty-second  degree  Mason,  a  Shriner,  Elk  and 
member  of  Phi  Rho  Sigma  fraternity.  His  clubs* 
are  the  South  Coast  Yacht,  California,  Gamut  and 
Los  Angeles  Athletic,  of  Los  Angeles,  and  the  Tuna 
Club,  of  Avalon,  Catalina  Island. 


C.  B.  EYER 

YER,  CLARENDON  BENNETT, 
Capitalist,  Los  Angeles,  Cal.,  was 
born  at  Wakarusa,  Ind.,  July  1, 
1865,  the  son  of  Daniel  Eyer  and 
Nancy  A.  (Bennett)  Eyer.  He 
married  Cora  A.  Knowlton  at 
Winterset,  la.,  Oct.  16,  1888,  and  is  the  father  of 
three  children,  Marguerite  K.,  William  K.  and 
Clarendon  B.  Eyer,  Jr. 

Mr.  Eyer  received  his  preliminary  education  in 
the  public  schools  of  Highland  Park,  and  Lake 
Forest  Academy,  in  Illinois.  He  was  graduated  from 
the  Law  Department  of  the  University  of  Michigan 
in  1888  with  the  degree  of  L.  B.  and  began  practice 
in  Chicago  the  same  year  with  K.  R.  Smoot. 

For  approximately  twenty  years  Mr.  Eyer  was  a 
prominent  figure  in  Republican  politics  in  Chicago, 
and  for  some  time  represented  Evanston  in  the 
City  Council.  When  Theodore  Roosevelt  was  nom- 
inated, in  1904,  to  succeed  himself  as  President  of 
the  U.  S.,  Mr.  Eyer  took  an  active  part  in  the  cam- 
paign and  was  chairman  of  the  reception  commit- 
tee which  welcomed  Mr.  Roo&evelt  to  Chicago  on 
his  tour  of  the  West. 

In  1907  Mr.  Eyer  gave  up  law  and  moved  to  Los 
Angeles,  where  he  has  since  become  a  factor  in 
development  projects.  He  first  purchased  five 
thousand  acres  at  Beaumont,  Cal.,  and  later  organ- 
ized the  Beaumont  Land  &  Water  Co.,  of  which  he 
is  President  and  General  Manager,  to  improve  this 
property.  It  is-  now  a  beautiful  section  of  irrigated 
groves  and  orchards,  with  apples  as  the  predomi- 
nating product.  Mr.  Eyer  also  organized  the  Beau- 
mont Bank  and  served  as  President  of  the  town 
school  board  for  two  years. 

In  addition  to  the  Beaumont  project,  Mr.  Eyer 
is  President  of  the  Assets  Realization  Co.  and  Vice 
President  of  the  San  Gorgiono  Water  Co. 

He  is  a  Mason,  Knight  Templar  and  a  member 
of  the  California  and  Los-  Angeles  Athletic  Clubs. 


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DR.  GEO.  L.  COLE 

OLE,  DR.  GEORGE  LLEWEL- 
LYN, Physician  and  Surgeon,  Los 
Angeles,  California,  was  born  at 
Eaton,  New  York,  November  14, 
1861,  the  son  of  Sidney  A.  Cole 
and  Lydia  A.  (Choate)  Cole.  In 
1888  he  married  Miss-  Harriet  E.  Shoecraft  of  Onei- 
da,  N.  Y.  The  original  of  the  family  in  America 
was  James  Cole,  who  came  from  England  and  set- 
tled at  Plymouth,  Massachusetts  in  1633.  Later 
members  of  the  family  won  distinction  and  rend- 
ered valiant  service  on  behalf  of  their  country  in 
the  Revolutionary  War. 

After  his  training  in  the  public  schools,  Dr. 
Cole  entered  White's  Academy  in  Oneida,  N.  Y., 
after  which  he  took  the  Medical  preparatory  course 
at  Cornell  University  and  then  entered  Bellevue 
Hospital  Medical  College,  New  York,  from  which  he 
graduated  in  1886.  The  following  year  he  settled 
in  Los  Angeles,  where  he  has  attained  an  eminent 
position  and  is  regarded  as  one  of  the  leading  phy- 
sicians of  the  West. 

He  has  been  prominently  identified  with  the 
growth  of  the  medical  profession  in  Southern  Cali- 
fornia and  has  been  signally  honored  by  his  fellows, 
having  been  Health  Commissioner  for  the  city, 
President  of  the  Los  Angeles  Medical  Association, 
the  Los  Angeles  Clinical  and  Pathological  Society, 
the  Southern  California  Medical  Society  and  for 
the  long  period  of  twenty  years,  a  member  of  the 
faculty  of  the  Medical  Department  of  the  University 
of  California. 

On  three  occasions  he  has  left  his  practice  and 
visited  Vienna,  Berlin,  Edinburgh  and  London  for 
post-graduate  work. 

Dr.  Cole  has  devoted  his  life  to  his  profession, 
and  is  a  man  of  scholarly  attainments.  He  enjoys 
the  highest  standing  in  the  community,  both  as  a 
citizen  and  in  a  professional  way,  and  is  a  member 
v>f  the  best  clubs. 


JAS.  W.  REAGAN 

EAGAN,  JAMES  WILLIAM,  Civil 
Engineer,  Long  Beach,  California, 
was  born  near  Mapleton,  Kansas, 
July  21,  1864,  the  son  of  Patrick 
Reagan  and  Catherine  Trayner 
Reagan.  He  married  Charlotte 
Stromfeldt  at  Salt  Lake  City,  Utah,  October  7,  1891, 
and  to  them  there  were  born  two  sons,  William 
Nilson  and  Frank  Stromfeldt  Reagan. 

Mr.  Reagan  received  his  early  education  in 
schools  of  Bourbon  Co.,  Kas.,  and  later  St.  Francis 
Jesuit  College,  graduating  in  1883.  For  the  follow- 
ing year  he  was  Professor  of  Latin  there. 

After  a  year  as  instructor  Mr.  Reagan  became 
Locating  Engineer  for  the  Mi&souri  Pacific  R.  R., 
then  building,  and  for  the  next  five  years  was  en- 
gaged in  railroad  location  and  construction.  In 
1889  he  resigned  to  take  charge  of  construction 
and  location  work  for  the  Mexican  Southern  R.  R. 

Returning  to  U.  S.  in  1891,  he  was  appointed 
Chief  Engineer  for  Beaver  River  Irrigation  Co.,  and 
with  others  was  engaged  in  general  irrigation  en- 
gineering work  until  1896,  when  he  went  to  South 
Africa  as  Engineer  and  Contractor.  His  principal 
work  there  was  the  designing  of  a  $5,000,000  sew- 
age system  for  the  City  of  Johannesburg. 

In  1900,  returned  to  America  and  was  immedi- 
ately engaged  by  the  Missouri,  Kansas  &  Texas 
Railroad  Co.  to  locate  and  construct  branch  from 
Coffeyville,  Kas.,  to  Oklahoma  City.  Work  com- 
pleted late  in  1901  and  next  two  years  he  was-  en- 
gaged in  general  engineering  throughout  U.  S.  In 
1903  was  selected  to  re-locate  Big  Four  Railroad's 
reconstructed  line  between  Indianapolis  and  Terre 
Haute,  Ind.,  a  stretch  of  which  was  considered 
among  the  heaviest  work  in  U.  S.  In  1904  the 
Southern  Pacific  engaged  Mr..  Reagan  for  work  in 
Arizona  and  Mexico.  Has  been  working  in  the 
Southwest  since.  He  is  Chief  Engineer  for  the  Los 
Angeles  &  San  Fernando  Electric  Ry.,  Los  Angeles. 


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'CAN,  DAVID  CHAMBERS,  Invent- 
or, owner  McCan  Mechanical 
Works,  Los  Angeles,  California, 
was  born  at  New  Orleans,  Louisi- 
ana, July  9,  1884.  His  father  was 
Charles  Patterson  McCan  and  his 
mother  Mary  G.  (Tobin)  McCan.  He  married  Mrs. 
George  H.  Yenowine,  a  daughter  of  H.  N.  Smith,  of 
Wisconsin,  March,  1904.  Mrs.  McCan  is  one  of  the 
most  prominent  club  women  in  Southern  California 
and  has  played  a  leading  part 
in  the  great  progress  and  up- 
building of  the  club  circles  of 
Los  Angeles  and  Southern 
California.  She  has  been  for 
two  years  president  of  the 
Southern  California  Woman's 
Press  Club,  is  president  of 
the  Friday  Morning  Club, 
chairman  of  the  Miscellane- 
ous Collection  of  the  Fine 
Arts  League  and  chairman  of 
publicity  of  the  Political 
Equality  League  of  Los  An- 
geles. 

Mr.  McCan  began  his  edu- 
cation in  New  Orleans,  but  at 
an  early  age  moved  to  Eu- 
rope, where  he  was  reared. 
He  obtained  his  education  in 
private  schools  and  colleges 
of  England,  France  and  Ger- 
many. Up  to  the  time  of  his 
manhood  he  traveled  exten- 
sivley,  visiting  practically  all 
of  the  leading  countries  of 
Europe,  during  which  he  mas- 
tered several  languages.  He 
spent  a  number  of  years 
touring  Japan,  China,  Ceylon,  India,  Egypt  and 
the  United  States. 

Upon  his  return  to  America  Mr.  McCan  went 
into  the  foundry  and  machine  business.  He  contin- 
ued in  that  for  several  years  and  at  an  early  age 
was  regarded  as  one  of  the  most  scientific  foun- 
ders in  the  United  States.  His  father,  grandfather 
and  great-grandfather  had  been  in  the  foundry 
and  machine  business,  and  his  ability  was  a  natural 
inheritance. 

In  1905  he  went  to  Los  Angeles,  California,  to 
go  into  business  for  himself,  establishing  the 
McCan  Mechanical  Works,  of  which  he  is  sole 
owner.  His  plant,  450  feet  long  by  75  feet  wide, 
built  for  the  manufacture  of  modern  mechanical 
apparatus,  consists  of  a  pattern  shop,  iron  and 
brass  foundries  and  a  machine  shop,  equipped 
with  special  machines,  of  which  there  are  more 
than  twenty  different  types.  Castings  up  to  four- 
teen feet  in  diameter,  can  be  handled. 

The  notable  examples  of  his  work  are  the  ob- 
server's platform  for  the  Mount  Wilson  telescope 


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camera,  the  plates  and  ball-races  for  the  spectro- 
heliograph  apparatus,  and  the  8% -foot  mill  to  be 
used  in  grinding  the  "Hooker  Lens"  for  the  Car- 
negie Institute  of  Washington,  D.  C.  He  has  han- 
dled some  of  the  most  delicate  and  scientifically 
accurate  work  in  the  world,  and  contracts  for  the 
largest  corporations  and  companies  of  the  West; 
also  the  United  States  War  Department  and  City  of 
Los  Angeles. 

Mr.  McCan's  career  has  been  productive  of  a 
number  of  useful  inventions 
which  are  of  infinite  value  to 
the  manufacturing  world.  Al- 
though still  a  young  man,  he 
has  won  international  repu- 
tation as  an  inventor,  and  is 
regarded  as  one  of  the  most 
scientific  men  in  the  mechan- 
ical business  today.  While 
he  was  in  the  foundry  busi- 
ness he  originated  a  number 
of  valuable  devices,  but  his 
most  important  work  in  this 
line  was  the  invention  of  the 
McCan  Wood  Shaving  Com- 
pressor, a  machine  which 
promises  to  revolutionize  the 
wood  fuel  industry  of  the 
United  States  and  which  was 
evolved  after  four  years  of 
experimentation. 

It  is  estimated  that  the 
United  States  has  lost  over 
$500,000,000  during  the  last 
forty  years  through  an  ina- 
bility to  utilize  all  the  wood 
shavings  and  sawdust  of 
sawmills  and  planing  mills. 
Mr.  McCan  proposes  to  make 
by  his  invention  wood  for  fuel  purposes  by  com- 
pressing this  waste  into  blocks.  To  this  end  he 
built  in  his  plant  an  entire  equipment  rated  firstly, 
to  filter  the  wood  shavings  and  sawdust  from  any 
foreign  material;  secondly,  to  measure  each  charge 
as  a  complete  block,  and,  thirdly,  a  machine  which 
in  one  revolution  makes  a  block  and  ejects  it  in  a 
conveyor  leading  into  sacks.  No  binder,  chemical 
or  foreign  substance,  is  used  other  than  the  way 
the  material  is  compressed  and  the  pressure  em- 
ployed, which  is  20,000  pounds  to  the  square  inch. 
Blocks  made  of  sawdust  as  fine  as  flour,  when  fin- 
ished, are  as  hard  as  lignum-vitae.  They  may  be 
sawed  in  two  or  more  pieces  and  the  parts  will  re- 
main solid. 

Mr.  McCan  has  done  some  literary  work  along 
purely  scientific  -lines,  and  in  addition  to  this  has 
been  a  well-known  writer  of  verse  and  editorials 
for  a  number  of  years.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
California  Club  and  is  known  in  other  professional 
organizations  and  orders.  He  is  always  ready  to 
aid  any  movement  for  the  betterment  of  his  city. 


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AMPBELL,  KEMPER  B.,  Attor- 
ney-at-Law,  Los  Angeles,  Califor- 
nia, was  born  at  Adel,  the  county 
seat  of  Dallas  County,  Iowa,  July 
5,  1881.  In  that  county  his  father, 
Dr.  Solon  B.  Campbell,  was  a 
practicing  physician  for  twenty  years  and  was 
prominent  in  educational  circles.  His  mother  was 
Sarah  Caroline  (Otterman)  Campbell.  At  the  age 
of  four  years  he  was  sent  to  the  public  school  of 
Adel,  Iowa,  and  at  eleven 
had  entered  high  school. 

Upon  the  death  of  his 
father  the  family  moved  to 
Pomona,  California,  where 
he  again  entered  school, 
graduating  from  the  High 
School  with  an  excellent 
record  in  1899.  In  1900  he 
graduated  from  Williams 
Business  College  and  took  a 
postgraduate  course  at  the 
High  School.  He  later  grad- 
uated from  Brownsberger 
Home  School  at  Los  An- 
geles. 

He  accepted  a  position 
with  the  National  Bank  at 
Pomona,  which  he  held  until 
he  moved  to  Moneta,  Cal., 
where  he  was  engaged  in 
the  canning  business  with 
his  brothers,  serving  for  sev- 
eral years  as  Secretary  and 
Superintendent  of  the  Mo- 
neta Canning  Co. 

In  1904  nis  brother,  Ver- 
non  Campbell,  having  dis- 
covered and  perfected  the 

process  of  canning  ripe  olives,  he  became  interested 
with  him  in  the  establishment  of  the  American 
Olive  Company,  which,  under  their  directorship,  be- 
came the  largest  olive  packing  concern  in  the  world. 

Mr.  Campbell  found  the  long  awaited  oppor- 
tunity in  1904  to  enter  the  Law  Department  of  the 
University  of  Southern  California,  which  he  did, 
graduating  in  1907. 

During  his  college  career  he  was  voted  every 
place  of  honor  at  the  command  of  his  fellow  stu- 
dents and  won  all  competitive  prizes. 

He  served  in  turn  as  President  of  his  class, 
President  of  the  student  body,  President  of  the 
Lyceum.  President  of  the  Phi  Delta  Phi  and  as 
Editor  of  the  Law  Department  of  the  University 
Courier.  For  two  successive  years  he  won  first 
place  in  debate  over  more  than  a  score  of  con- 
testants, and  successfully  represented  the  Law 
College  and  University  on  the  rostrum.  The  last 
year  of  his  attendance  he  won  first  place  in  the 
College  of  Law  in  oratory.  In  scholarship  he  was 
awarded  the  Alumni  gold  medal  for  the  highest 
average  ever  attained  in  the  College  of  Law,  which 
record  still  remains  the  high  mark  in  that  insti- 
tution. 

After  graduating  with  the  degree  LL.  B.,  he  im- 
mediately opened  law  offices.  In  1908  he  became  a 


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member  of  the  faculty  of  the  College  of  Law,  fill- 
ing the  chairs  of  Torts  and  Damages.  In  1909  his 
Alma  Mater  conferred  upon  him  the  degree  of 
Master  of  Laws.  In  1910  he  was  also  appointed 
instructor  and  lecturer  on  Real  Property  and  pre- 
sided as  Judge  of  the  Practice  Court.  During  the 
year  1910  he  was  elected  President  of  the  Alumni 
of  the  University  of  Southern  California  College  of 
Law. 

Mr.  Campbell  is  the  author  of  a  hand-book  on 
"Torts,"  used  in  the  College 
of  Law,  and  has  in  prepara- 
tion a  more  elaborate  text 
on  thai  subject. 

He  won  his  first  laurels 
within  six  months  after  his 
admission  in  the  successful 
defense  of  "Sig"  Barbour, 
charged  with  the  murder  of 
Benjamin  Johnson.  Among 
others  of  his  cases  which 
have  attracted  considerable 
public  attention  are  People 
vs.  Ybarra  and  Griffith  vs. 
Griffith. 

He  early  allied  himself 
with  the  "Reform"  forces  in 
politics,  winning  his  first 
victory  by  changing  the  po- 
litical complexion  of  the 
largest  p  r  e  c  i  n  ct  in  the 
county.  In  March,  1910, 
when  the  Insurgents  were 
marshalling  their  forces  for 
the  most  strenuous  cam- 
paign in  the  history  of  Cali- 
fornia, Mr.  Campbell  was 
unanimously  chosen  by  the 
Lincoln-Roosevelt  Republi- 
can League  as  Secretary  and  Campaign  Manager 
for  Los  Angeles  County,  with  supervisory  duties  in 
other  counties  South  of  Fresno. 

Containing  a  large  portion  of  the  entire  Repub- 
lican vote  in  the  State,  Los  Angeles  County  was 
recognized  as  the  campaign  battleground  of  the 
Republican  State  primary  election. 

Given  full  leeway,  he  perfected  an  organization 
which  was  the  envy  and  despair  of  the  "machine" 
forces,  the  result  being  the  nomination  and  elec- 
tion of  almost  the  entire  State,  county  and  town- 
ship tickets  of  the  League. 

Mr.  Campbell  was  perhaps  the  least  surprised 
of  the  leaders  in  the  new  movement  when  it  was 
found  that  his  organization  also  controlled  rhe  Los 
Angeles  Republican  County  Convention  by  over 
one  hundred  votes.  By  winning  this  convention 
for  the  Insurgents,  they  were  enabled  to  sand  to 
the  State  Convention  at  San  Francisco  eighty  "Re- 
form" delegates,  without  whom  the  State  Conven- 
tion would  have  been  controlled  by  the  "Rogular" 
wing  of  the  party.  Mr.  Campbell  is  Vice  Pres.  of 
the  Metropolitan  Club,  Secretary  of  the  Lincoln- 
Roosevelt  Republican  League  and  a  member  of  the 
following:  City  Club,  L.  A.  Bar  Association,  Califor- 
nia Bar  Association,  Gamut  Club,  Knights  of  Pyth- 
ias and  Legal  Fraternity  Phi  Delta  Phi. 


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ARSH,  MARTIN  CHARLES,  Con- 
tractor, Los  Angeles,  California, 
was  born  October  16,  1851,  at 
Grosse  Isle,  Quebec,  Canada.  His 
parents  were  Martin  L.  Marsh  and 
Mary  (McKenna)  Marsh.  Mr. 
Marsh  married  Miss  Mary  Agnes  Fox  in  San  Fran- 
cisco, California,  on  May  6,  1878.  Four  children 
have  been  born  to  this  union — John  Dumont,  Martin 
C.,  Jr.;  Edward  B.  and  Georgina  M.  Marsh. 

After  a  primary  education 
derived  from  the  Thome 
School,  the  Christian  Broth- 
ers' School  and  the  Jesuit 
College  :n  Quebec,  Mr.  Marsh 
emigrated  to  the  United 
States  and  for  a  short  time 
was  a  student  at  the  College 
of  the  City  of  New  York. 

He  engaged  in  the  hotel 
business  and  followed  this 
occupation  for  twenty-two 
years  in  the  most  noted  ho- 
tels of  New  York,  San  Fran- 
cisco, Los  Angeles  and  other 
cities. 

Mr.  Marsh  began  this 
long  and  successful  hotel  ca- 
reer as  an  elevator  boy  in 
the  service  of  the  famous  old 
Fifth  Avenue  Hotel  in  New 
York  in  1864,  in  the  days 
when  that  house  was  the 
greatest  hotel  in  the  United 
States.  By  1868  he  had  ad- 
vanced to  the  capacity  of 
clerk  at  the  St.  Charles  Ho- 
tel, New  Orleans,  La.  Then 
he  became  clerk  of  the  West 


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divers  manners  from  1882  until  1887,  when  the 
wonderful  strides  being  made  by  the  city  induced 
him  to  enter  the  contracting  business. 

This  established  his  natural  bent  and  capacity 
for  such  work,  and  his  name  soon  sprang  into 
prominence,  and  he  was  associated  with  most  of 
the  important  works  undertaken  in  Southern 
California. 

In  1890  he  became  associated  with  Mr.  Adolph 
Ramish,  and  since  that  time  his  efforts  have  been 
largely  devoted  to  railway 
construction,  though  in  street 
and  boulevard  projections  his 
work  has  been  notable.  As 
Highway  Commissioner  he 
supervised  the  construction 
of  Sunset  boulevard,  extend- 
ing between  Los  Angeles  and 
Hollywood. 

The  Randsburg  Railway 
work  was  under  Mr.  Marsh, 
a  bit  of  construction  through 
a  desert  country  that  re- 
quired resources  and  courage 
to  build.  Mr.  Marsh's  firm 
also  constructed  two  sec- 
tions of  the  Coast  Line  of 
the  Southern  Pacific  Railway 
between  Los  Angeles  and 
San  Francisco. 

In  fact,  there  are  few 
towns  in  Southern  California 
which  have  not  called  upon 
Mr.  Marsh  and  his  associate 
at  the  initiatory  stages  of  de- 
velopment for  quick  and  ex- 
tensive work  of  roadway  or 
railway. 

Mr.     Marsh     has     always 


End  Hotel  at  Long  Branch,  New  Jersey,  in  1869, 
in  the  days  when  Long  Branch  was  the  greatest 
resort  in  the  United  States,  and  was  cashier  in 
the  Brevoort  House  in  New  York  from  1870  to  1876, 
when  he  became  steward  of  the  Buckingham  Hotel 
in  New  York,  and  in  the  latter  year,  his  fame  hav- 
ing reached  San  Francisco,  he  was  brought  to  that 
city  under  contract  to  serve  as  clerk  of  the  Occi- 
dental Hotel,  where  he  remained  for  two  years, 
and  where  he  made  the  acquaintance  of  the  most 
noted  men  of  California  of  the  early  days.  He 
then  became  manager  of  the  Tamalpais  Hotel  at 
San  Rafael  for  the  summer  of  1879. 

Mr.  Marsh  went  to  Los  Angeles  in  1880  and  at 
once  took  charge  of  the  much  noted  hostelry  at 
that  time,  the  Pico  House,  as  proprietor,  where 
he  remained  until  1882.  In  those  days  the  Pico 
Jouse  was  the  scene  of  the  greatest  social  and 
political  events  of  the  Southwest. 

As  a  result  of  a  constantly  successful  occupa- 
tion during  the  past  years,  Mr.  Marsh  had  accumu- 
lated a  considerable  capital  and  was  occupied  in 


taken  an  interest  in  politics  and  has  assiduously 
sustained  his  views  as  a  Democrat. 

He  served  as  a  member  of  the  Board  of  Educa- 
tion, representing  the  Second  Ward  of  the  City  of 
Los  Angeles  for  two  years. 

He  was  State  Commissioner  of  the  Sixth  Agri- 
cultural District  for  eight  years,  serving  under  the 
administrations  of  both  Governor  Budd  and  Gov- 
ernor Henry  T.  Gage. 

More  recently  he  completed  a  term  as  Highway 
Commissioner  for  the  County  of  Los  Angeles. 

Mr.  Marsh  formerly  was  vice  chairman  of  the 
Democratic  State  Central  Committee  and  served  as 
a  member  of  that  committee  for  twelve  years.  He 
has  served  as  chairman  of  the  Democratic  County 
Central  Committee,  as  well  as  secretary  of  that 
body,  and  was  three  times  chairman  of  the  Demo- 
cratic City  Central  Committee  of  Los  Angeles. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Jonathan  Club,  the  Jef- 
ferson Club  and  the  Order  of  Elks,  and  is  president 
of  the  St.  Vincent  de  Paul  Society  of  Loretto 
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ACOMBER,      WALTER      GLENN, 

President  and  General  Manager  of 
the  Macomber  Rotary  Engine  Com- 
pany, Los  Angeles,  Cal.,  was  born 
at  Battle  Creek,  Mich.,  June  30, 
1871,  the  son  of  Zebedee  Macomber 
and  Clara  (Wright)  Macomber.  He  married  Mabel 
Godsmark,  June  14,  1894,  at  Bedford,  Michigan. 
Mr.  Macomber  has  one  daughter,  Ina  L.  Macomber. 

Mr.  Macomber  was  educated  in  the  common 
schools  of  Bedford,  Michigan, 
and  studied  in  his  home 
town  until  18  years  of  age. 
Between  the  ages  of  29  and 
33  years  he  studied  mechan- 
ical engineering  and  quali- 
fied in  that  profession. 

Mr.  Macomber  comes  by 
his  inventive  genius  natural- 
ly, his  father  before  him  hav- 
ing been  a  practical  engineer 
who  contributed  largely  to 
the  origination  of  the  first 
traction  engine,  a  mechanical 
vehicle  that  has  practically 
revolutionized  agricultural 
methods,  and  today  is  one  of 
the  most  important  tools  used 
in  farming. 

Mr.  Macomber's  bent  dis- 
played itself  when  he  was  a 
boy  going  to  school,  and  he 
spent  most  of  the  hours  when 
he  was  not  studying  in  the 
workshop  of  his  father.  These 
were  the  hours  that  other 
boys  usually  spent  at  play, 
but  the  young  inventor  got 
more  pleasure  from  "making 

things"  than  he  did  from  games.  At  12  years  of 
age  he  was  as  well  versed  in  mechanics  and  me- 
chanical appliances  as  numerous  men  who  follow 
those  vocations  in  life. 

His  first  invention  came  when  he  was  14  years 
of  age.  At  that  time  he  constructed  a  miniature 
steam  engine,  complete  in  every  detail.  He  used 
an  ordinary  teakettle  for  a  boiler,  and  even  with 
the  meager  power  developed  from  this  was  able  to 
get  great  speed  out  of  his  invention.  Within  a 
year  after  his  initial  production  he  had  built,  with 
his  own  hands  and  without  any  assistance,  a  self- 
inking  printing  press,  running  with  remarkable  ac- 
curacy. This  accomplishment  surprised  and  de- 
lighted the  boy  and  his  father,  and  the  latter  then 
taught  his  son  all  he  could  about  the  mechanical 
arts. 

When  he  was  21  years  of  age  he  started  in  the 
photographic  business  at  Augusta,  a  suburb  of  Bat- 
tle Creek,  Michigan,  and  remained  in  it  three 
years.  Although  this  line  of  work  was  attractive 
to  Mr.  Macomber,  he  fully  realized  that  his  real 


life  work  lay  within  the  mechanical  arts.  There- 
fore at  an  opportune  time  he  accepted  a  position 
with  the  Croesus  Mining  Company  at  Johannes- 
burg, California,  as  engineer.  This  position  he 
held  for  over  two  years. 

From  the  Croesus  Mining  Company  Mr.  Macom- 
ber changed  to  the  Radcliffe  Mines,  near  Ballarat, 
California,  where  he  was  given  the  superintend- 
ency  in  the  mechanical  department.  This  position 
Mr.  Macomber  held  for  three  years.  He  next  be- 
came affiliated  with  the 
Randsburg  Water  Company, 
at  Randsburg,  California.  It 
was  while  here  that  his  abil- 
ity in  mechanics  became 
manifest.  Three  pumping 
plants  were  operated  by  gas 
engines,  the  wells  being 
some  three  miles  apart,  and 
each  formerly  necessitated 
an  engineer.  By  an  inven- 
tion of  his  own  Mr.  Macom- 
ber operated  the  three  by 
telephone.  He  could  sit  in 
his  office  and  instantly  tell 
how  any  plant  was  working, 
and  stop  it  if  not  working 
properly. 

It  was  while  operating  the 
wells  near  Randsburg  that 
Mr.  Macomber  invented  the 
rotary  engine,  an  absolutely 
new  idea  in  engineering  con- 
struction, and  one  which  was 
destined  to  make  him  one  of 
the  leading  inventors  of  his 
time.  This  engine,  which  is 
known  as  the  Macomber  Ro- 
tary, is  a  fine  application  of 

the  science  of  equilibrium  and  has  created  wonder- 
ment in  the  world  of  engineering.  It  proved  a  valu- 
ble  addition  to  the  development  of  aviation  and  is 
looked  upon  as  a  solution  of  the  problem  of  aerial 
vibration,  which  in  the  past  had  thrown  many  aero- 
planes off  their  balance  and  caused  disaster  to  the 
man  and  the  machine.  The  Macomber  Rotary  is 
set  in  perfect  balance  and  so  constructed  that  every 
part  of  the  appliance  revolves  except  the  frame. 

Following  the  perfecting  of  his  engine,  Mr.  Ma- 
comber patented  it  in  all  its  parts,  and,  going  to 
Los  Angeles  in  1909,  organized  a  company  for  its 
manufacture. 

Since  that  time  he  has  devoted  all  his  energies 
to  the  concern,  and  is  now  reaping  the  reward  of 
ability  and  endeavor,  while  at  the  same  time  mak- 
ing plans  for  a  greater  future. 

Owing  to  the  busy  and  studious  life  he  has  led, 
Mr.  Macomber  never  became  a  clubman  or  lodge 
member,  and  all  the  spare  moments  he  can  take 
from  his  business  he  devotes  to  his  home  and  his 
family. 


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RVINE,  JAMES,  Capitalist,  San 
Francisco,  California,  was  born 
in  that  city  October  16,  1867,  the 
son  of  James  Irvine  and  Nettie 
H.  (Rice)  Irvine.  He  married 
Frances  Anita  Plum  (now  de- 
ceased) at  San  Francisco,  in  1892,  and  to  them 
were  born  three  children,  James  Irvine,  Jr.,  Kath- 
arine H.  and  Myford  P.  Irvine.. 

Mr.  Irvine  is  descended  from  one  of  the  notable 
men  of  America,  Harvey  Rice,  his  maternal  grand- 
father, having  been  one  of  the  upbuilders  of  the 
city  of  Cleveland,  Ohio.  Born  in  June,  1800,  he 
went  from  Corway,  Massachusetts,  to  Cleveland 
about  the  year  1832,  when  the  population  of  the 
place  hardly  exceeded  four  hundred  persons.  He 
remained  there  until  his  death,  at  the  age  of  ninety- 
two  years,  and  during  the  period  of  sixty  years  was 
one  of  the  leaders  of  public  affairs,  being  con- 
nected in  many  ways  with  the  early  history  of  the 
city.  He  held  public  office  at  various  times,  served 
as  State  Senator,  wrote  a  history  of  the  Western 
Reserve  and  founded  the  public  school  system  of 
Cleveland.  After  his  death  a  monument  of  the 
founder  was  erected  to  his  memory  by  the  school 
children  of  Cleveland,  and  it  stands  to-day  in  Wade 
Park  of  that  city. 

James  Irvine,  who  is  regarded  as  one  of  the  most 
active  forces  engaged  in  the  development  of  Cali- 
fornia's resources,  received  a  part  of  his  educa- 
tion in  the  public  schools  of  Cleveland,  but  con- 
cluded his  studies  in  a  private  school  of  Califor- 
nia, being  graduated  therefrom  in  1889.  His 
mother  having  died  when  he  was  seven  years  of 
age  and  his  father  when  he  was  about  eighteen, 
Mr.  Irvine  was  compelled,  while  still  going  to 
school,  to  handle  various  important  business  affairs 
connected  with  the  estate  of  his  father. 

Mr.  Irvine  inherited  considerable  property  from 
his  parents,  but  it  was  not  in  a  producing  condi- 
tion and  in  addition,  carried  about  $200,000  encum- 
brance. Consequently,  it  became  his  duty,  when 
he  was  twenty-two  years  of  age  and  just  through 
with  his  schooling,  to  embark  upon  the  serious 
work  of  a  business  man.  He  set  about  developing 
the  property  to  which  he  had  been  made  heir,  but 
it  was  a  gigantic  undertaking,  for  soon  after  he 
assumed  care  of  the  property  the  country  ex- 
perienced one  of  its  severest  business  panics,  and 
it  was  not  until  ten  years  of  hard  work  and  steady 
application  had  gone  by  that  he  had  the  property 
restored  to  a  sound  condition. 

Since  that  time  Mr.  Irvine  has  been  steadily 
engaged  in  business  enterprises  of  many  kinds  and 
is  to-day  classed  as  one  of  the  substantial  men  of 
the  Pacific  Coast.  His  life  has  been  one  of  un- 
ceasing activity,  but  it  has  also  been  a  highly  suc- 
cessful one  and  he  is  in  a  position  to  witness  and 
enjoy  the  splendid  effect  of  his  efforts  to  develop 
the  lands  and  industries  of  his  native  State. 

Mr.  Irvine  has  lent  his  time,  money  and  brain 


to  a  multitude  of  interests,  including  railroads, 
manufactures,  agriculture,  insurance,  oil,  mining 
and  other  productive  enterprises,  but  his  chief 
work,  perhaps,  has  been  land  improvement,  subdi- 
visions and  the  other  branches  of  real  estate 
operation. 

To  Mr.  Irvine  is  due  a  large  part  of  the  credit 
for  establishing  in  California  what  has  become  one 
of  its  chief  industries — the  ripe  olive  canning  busi- 
ness. This  line  of  commerce  was  opened  up  many 
years  ago  and  its  career  has  been  one  of  uncertain 
success  at  times,  but  Mr.  Irvine  has  worked  con- 
sistently to  upbuild  the  industry,  often  in  the  face 
of  greatly  unsatisfactory  and  discouraging  condi- 
tions, and  has  been  one  of  the  principals  in 
placing  the  business  in  its  present  firm  position. 
For  some  time  past  the  consumption  of  ripe  olives 
has  been  steadily  on  the  increase  and  at  this  time 
(1913)  the  annual  output  of  the  California  can- 
neries amounts  to  hundreds  of  thousands  of  gallons. 
In  the  same  way  as  he  was  the  leader  in  the  de- 
velopment of  the  business,  he  is  at  the  head  of  its 
maintenance,  being  a  Director  and  the  largest  stock- 
holder in  the  American  Olive  Company,  the  parent 
concern  and  the  largest  ripe  olive  canning  organi- 
zation in  California. 

Similarly,  Mr.  Irvine  has-  been  one  of  the  chief 
supporters  of  the  beet  sugar  industry  in  California, 
the  leading  sugar  producing  State  of  the  Union, 
and  is  the  principal  factor  in  more  than  one  con- 
cern engaged  in  the  beet  sugar  industry  in  that 
State.  The  production  of  sugar  in  California  was 
begun  about  the  year  1880  and  in  1912  the  output 
of  its  factories  was  estimated  at  300,000,000  pounds. 
Of  this  amount  the  Santa  Ana  Co-Operative  Beet 
Sugar  Company,  of  which  Mr.  Irvine  is  President 
and  the  largest  stockholder,  produced  20,000,000 
pounds,  or  one-tenth  of  the  total  output  of  the 
State.  This  company  has  a  model,  up-to-date  plant 
at  Santa  Ana,  California,  which  makes  from  ten 
thousand  to  fifteen  thousand  tons  of  sugar  annually, 
at  times  exceeding  the  latter  amount,  and  Mr. 
Irvine,  as  the  dominant  force  in  the  operations  of 
the  concern,  has  direct  supervision  of  this  great 
industry. 

Another  important  enterprise  in  which  Mr. 
Irvine  is  connected  is  the  Southern  California 
Sugar  Company,  which  has  a  large  sugar  refinery 
near  Santa  Ana,  and  in  this,  as  in  the  Santa  Ana 
Co-Operative  Beet  Sugar  Company,  he  is  the  largest 
individual  stockholder.  These  two  factories  are 
among  the  largest  in  the  State  of  California  and, 
employing  many  men  the  year  round,  form  an  im- 
portant part  of  the  industrial  life  of  Southern  Cali- 
fornia. 

Mr.  Irvine  is  the  owner  of  approximately  one 
hundred  and  four  thousand  acres  of  land  in  various 
sections  and  ranks  as  one  of  the  largest  land- 
owners of  the  West.  Unlike  many  others,  how- 
ever, he  believes  in  developing  the  land  and  has  a 
large  percentage  of  his  vast  holdings  under  culti- 


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vation.  In  connection  with  his  agricultural  de- 
velopment, Mr.  Irvine  has  set  out  and  owns  directly 
or  holds  a  large  interest  in  more  than  three  thou- 
sand acres  of  orchards,  wherein  are  grown  oranges, 
lemons,  olives,  walnuts  and  apricots,  these  being 
some  of  the  chief  products  of  California. 

On  account  of  his  extensive  land  holdings-  and 
agricultural  interests,  Mr.  Irvine  has  devoted  a 
great  deal  of  time  and  money  to  the  development 
of  irrigation  and  in  this  respect  has  been  one  of 
the  most  progressive  men  in  California. 

Although  he  devotes  a  large  part  of  his  time  to 
agriculture  and  land  improvement  in  general  and 
has  done  so  for  many  years,  this  field  of  activity 
has  not  claimed  all  of  his  attention,  his  ability  as 
a  financier,  business  organizer  and  executive  hav- 
ing been  employed  in  numerous  other  enterprises. 
For  instance,  at  various  times  he  has  been  an  active 
factor  in  mining  affairs  of  the  Southwest,  in  oil 
development  and  other  ventures.  He  was  a  stock- 
holder of  the  Senator  Oil  Company,  and  served  a 
portion  of  the  time  as  its  President  until  it  was 
absorbed  with  various  other  companies,  by  the 
Associated  Oil  Company. 

This  latter  is  now  one  of  the  largest  producing 
companies  in  the  California  oil  fields  and  has  been 
one  of  the  leading  companies-  in  the  development 
of  the  great  petroleum  industry  of  that  State.  Mr. 
Irvine  still  holds  stock  in  this  company  and  also  is 
a  large  stockholder  in  the  North  American  Oil 
Consolidated  Company,  having  served  as  a  member 
of  the  Board  of  Directors  of  the  latter  organization. 

In  general,  Mr.  Irvine  handles  his  real  estate 
and  other  investment  operations  through  the 
Irvine  Company,  an  incorporated  institution  whose 
home  offices  are  at  Charleston,  West  Virginia,  but 
he  is  also  interested  in  many  outside  concerns  of 
an  industrial  or  development  character.  These  in- 
clude the  Telephone  Hygienic  Company,  of  which 
he  is  a  large  stockholder  and  Director,  and  the 
Home  Telephone  Company  of  California,  in  which 
he  is  a  bond  and  stockholder. 

Mr.  Irvine  is  also  a  stockholder  and  Director 
of  the  California  Electric  Generating  Company 
and  of  the  Great  Western  Power  Company,  the 
last  named  being  one  of  the  leading  light,  and 
power  concerns  of  the  Pacific  Coast.  For  seven 
years  Mr.  Irvine  served  as  a  member  of  the  Board 
of  Directors  of  the  Pacific  Mutual  Life  Insurance 
Company  of  California,  but  resigned  this  duty 
when  the  home  office  of  the  company  was  removed 
from  San  Francisco  to  Los  Angeles,  after  con- 
solidation of  that  company  with  the  Conservative 
Life  Insurance  Company  of  Los  Angeles. 

In  1911  Mr.  Irvine  reorganized  the  San  Fran- 
cisco, Vallejo  &  Napa  Valley  Electric  Railway 
Company  and  since  that  time  has  been  President 
and  the  controlling  stockholder  of  the  new  cor- 
poration, which  is  known  as  the  San  Francisco, 
Napa  &  Calistoga  Railroad  Company.  This  road, 
since  Mr.  Irvine  took  hold  of  it,  has  been  developed 


to  the  point  where  it  is  one  of  the  prosperous  cor- 
porations of  the  State  and  he  devotes  a  consider- 
able part  of  his  time  to  its  affairs. 

For  three  years  Mr.  Irvine  was  a  Director  of  the 
Western  National  Bank  of  San  Francisco,  but 
resigned  at  the  end  of  that  time  in  order  to  be 
able  to  look  after  the  vast  number  of  other  inter- 
ests which  claimed  his  attention.  He  is,  however, 
a  Director  in  several  other  more  or  less  important 
concerns,  aside  from  those  already  mentioned  as 
claiming  the  larger  portion  of  his  attention. 

The  ins-titutions  mentioned  serve  to  show  the 
diversity  of  his  interests  and  activities,  which  are 
scattered  all  over  the  State  of  California,  and,  in 
fact,  much  of  the  West.  He  makes  his  home  and 
headquarters  at  San  Francisco,  but  he  also  spends 
a  great  deal  of  time  on  his-  ranch  near  Santa  Ana, 
California,  one  of  the  most  extensive  private  prop- 
ecties  in  that  section  of  the  State. 

Devoted  to  his  city,  Mr.  Irvine  has  been  a  con- 
spicuous figure  in  the  work  of  rebuilding  San  Fran- 
cisco following  the  dis-aster  of  1906,  and  at  that  time 
was  of  material  assistance  in  relieving  the  suffer- 
ings of  the  people.  He  was  among  the  early  advo- 
cates of  the  Panama  Pacific  Exposition,  which  will 
celebrate  in  1915  the  opening  of  the  Panama  Canal, 
and  has  aided  largely  in  the  work  attendant  upon 
preparations  for  this  event,  the  greatest  public  en- 
terprise in  the  history  of  California. 

Mr.  Irvine  is  not  an  active  factor  in  politics 
and  has  never  had  any  desire  for  public  office, 
although  he  has  aided  in  various  movements  of  a 
civic  nature  which  have  served  to  advance  the 
interests  of  San  Francisco  and  other  places.  He  is 
admittedly  one  of  the  powers  for  good  on  the  Pa- 
cific Coast,  but  does  not  take  particular  credit  to 
himself  for  the  many  great  works  he  has  accom- 
plished in  his  comparatively  short  career,  in  be- 
half of  his  fellows  and  the  country  at  large. 

Mr.  Irvine  is  a  lover  of  travel,  having  visited 
almost  every  point  of  interest  in  Canada,  the 
United  States,  Mexico  and  the  coast  line  of  Alaska. 
He  also  has  made  an  extended  trip  around  the 
world,  visiting  Europe,  the  Orient  and  various 
other  sections  of  the  globe. 

When  the  cares  of  business  permit,  Mr.  Irvine 
seeks  recreation  in  fishing  and  hunting,  and  be- 
longs to  a  number  of  clubs  which  number  in  their 
memberships  some  of  the  most  expert  anglers  in 
the  United  States.  These  clubs  include  the  Catalina 
Tuna  Club,  of  Catalina  Island;  the  San  Francisco 
Fly-Casting  Club  and  the  Webber  Lake  Club.  The 
Tuna  Club  of  Catalina  is  one  of  the  most  noted 
organizations  of  the  kind  in  the  world,  its  members 
playing  for  big  fish  only.  Mr.  Irvine  has  obtained 
the  club's  blue  and  gold  buttons,  which  are  awarded 
to  the  fisherman  catching  the  largest  tuna  and 
albicore  on  light  tackle. 

In  addition  to  the  clubs  mentioned,  Mr.  Irvine 
is  a  member  of  the  Bohemian  and  Olympic  Clubs, 
two  of  the  leading  organizations  of  San  Francisco. 


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LARK,  J.  ROSS,  Banking  and  Rail- 
roading, Los  Angeles,  California, 
is  a  native  of  Connellsville,  Penn- 
sylvania, born  April  10,  1850.  His 
father  was  John  Clark  and  his 
mother  Mary  (Andrews)  Clark. 
He  married  Miriam  A.  Evans  on  April  16,  1878,  at 
Butte,  Montana.  There  were  two  children,  Ella  H., 
now  Mrs.  Henry  C.  Lee,  and  Walter  M.  Clark,  who 
died  a  hero  with  the  sinking  of  the  Titanic. 

He  received  his  early  edu- 
cation in  the  public  schools 
of  his  native  State  and  con- 
cluded his  studies  with  a 
course  in  the  Academy  of 
Bentonsport,  Iowa. 

When  Mr.  Clark  grew  up 
his  position,  environments 
and  opportunities  were  far 
different  than  those  of  the 
young  men  of  today.  To- 
wards the  setting  sun 
stretched  that  vast  country 
known  to  Americans  as  the 
Great  West.  It  was  indeed 
to  be  a  Greater  West,  for  it 
was  just  entering  on  that 
phenomenal  period  of  growth 
that  has  had  no  equal  in  the 
history  of  the  world.  It  was 
young,  wild  and  undeveloped. 
The  Indians  had  not  yet 
been  subdued,  the  vast  min- 
eral deposits  lay  untouched, 
unlimited  timber  tracts 
stretched  away  toward  the 
mountains  and  the  thousand 
and  one  industries  that  were 
later  to  add  to  the  wealth 
and  power  of  the  country  were  unknown.  Mr. 
Clark  decided  to  try  his  fortunes  there  and,  leav- 
ing Iowa  in  1871,  went  directly  to  Montana,  then 
one  of  the  most  rugged  yet  wealthy  regions  of  the 
West.  He  went  into  business  in  the  vicinity  of 
Butte,  Montana,  with  his  brother,  Senator  William 
A.  Clark,  who  had  preceded  him  to  Montana  by 
several  years.  It  was  a  hard  struggle  in  those 
days.  There  were  no  railroads;  stages  being  the 
only  means  of  transportation  known  in  those 
wilds.  It  took  the  strongest  kind  of  character, 
courage  and  persistency  to  face  the  trials  which 
confronted  the  pioneer,  but  all  through  the  years 
that  followed,  Mr.  Clark,  determinate,  remained  in 
that  country,  and  its  history  is  linked  largely  with 
his  success. 

Between  the  years  1871  and  1893,  Mr.  Clark 
was  engaged  in  banking  and  mining  throughout 
the  Montana  district,  being  closely  associated  with 
his  brother  in  many  of  the  largest  copper  mining 
enterprises  of  the  Northwest.  In  1876,  the  same 
year  in  which  General  Custer  fought  his  battle  on 


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the  Little  Big  Horn  river,  the  Clarks  established 
a  private  bank  at  Butte,  Montana,  which  financial 
institution  is  still  in  operation. 

Mr.  Clark  became  heavily  interested  in  numer- 
ous mineral  deals,  in  the  building  of  smelters  and 
in  other  industries  adapted  to  the  Montana  country. 
He  was  identified  with  every  great  move  for  the 
development  of  that  State  as  well  as  with  the 
neighboring  territories;  with  the  founding  of  cities, 
construction  of  railroads,  organization  of  terri- 
torial government,  and  in  fact 
his  work  is  part  of  the  his- 
tory of  Montana. 

In  1892  he  moved  to  Los 
Angeles,  where  he  saw  an 
immense  field  for  operation, 
and  where  his  family  could 
live  amid  more  beautiful  sur- 
roundings. Mr.  Clark's  rec- 
ord in  Southern  California 
has  been  as  brilliant  as  it 
was  in  Montana,  and  he  has 
shared  in  the  development  of 
Los  Angeles  to  'a  high  de- 
gree. In  1896  he  built  the 
Los  Alamitos  sugar  factory 
in  Southern  California,  which 
he  managed  for  several 
years.  He  has  since  turned 
this  business  over  to  his  son, 
Walter  M.  Clark,  who  holds 
the  position  of  manager. 

As  vice  president  of  the 
Salt  Lake  railroad,  of  which 
his  brother,  the  Senator,  is 
the  principal  genius,  Mr. 
Clark  has  made  a  conspic- 
uous success.  He  is  also  a 
liberal  philanthropist  and 
aids  many  worthy  institutions.  Perhaps  his  most 
generous  assistance  was  rendered  when  the  Young 
Men's  Christian  Association  of  Los  Angeles  was  in 
severe  straits.  Ever  ready  and  willing  to  put  his 
shoulder  to  the  wheel,  Mr.  Clark  took  charge  of 
the  destinies  of  the  association,  and  after  a  long, 
hard  campaign  for  new  life,  new  home  and  new 
funds,  he  put  the  association  in  the  position  it 
occupies  today — a  splendid  institution,  with 
branches  in  all  parts  of  the  city,  engaged  in  a 
wonderful  work. 

He  is  deeply  interested  .in  many  Southern  Cali- 
fornia corporations,  is  Vice  President  of  the  Los 
Alamitos  Sugar  Company  and  is  a  Director  and 
Vice  President  of  the  Citizens'  National  Bank  of 
Los  Angeles.  He  is  identified  with  many  of  the 
larger  movements  for  a  Greater  Los  Angeles  and 
has  played  the  part  of  a  distinguished  factor  in 
the  growth  of  the  Southwest.  He  is  a  member  of 
the  California,  the  Jonathan  and  Sierra  Madre  clubs, 
the  Bohemian  Club  of  San  Francisco  and  the  Silver 
Bow'  Club  of  Butte,  Montana. 


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CHARLES  CAS  SAT  DAVIS 

AVIS,  CHARLES  CASSAT,  Attor- 
ney-at-Law,  Los  Angeles,  Cal.,  is 
a  native  of  Cincinnati,  Ohio, 
where  he  was  born  on  October  5, 
1851.  His  father  was  Timothy  J. 
Davis  and  his  mother  was  Caro- 
line Mary  Cassat,  a  descendant  of  the  Guizot  fam- 
ily of  France,  the  name  Guizot  having  been  Angli- 
cized to  Cassat.  The  family  were  Huguenots  and 
were  driven  out  of  France  at  the  time  of  the  re- 
ligious struggles.  Later  they  were  driven  out  of 
Holland  and  came  to  America. 

Mr.  Davis  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of 
Cincinnati  and  Ohio  Wesleyan  University,  from 
which  he  graduated  (A.  B.)  in  1873.  In  1876  this 
university  conferred  on  him  the  degree  of  M.  A. 
Mr.  Davis  studied  at  the  Law  College  at  Cin- 
cinnati, and  later  the  Law  College  of  Columbia 
University,  graduating  1875  with  degree  LL.  B. 

Mr.  Davis  practiced  in  Cincinnati  until  1885. 
He  was  an  active  member,  director  and  attorney  of 
one  of  the  largest  organizations  of  its  kind  in  the 
world,  the  Ohio  State  Society  for  the  Prevention  of 
Cruelty  to  Animals.  He  also  was  a  member  of  the 
Ohio  State  Legislature  during  1880  and  1881.  In 
the  fall  of  1885  Mr.  Davis  moved  to  Los  Angeles, 
where  he  still  is  following  a  profitable  practice. 

He  was  elected  to  the  Board  of  Education,  serv- 
ing in  1899  and  1900.  It  was  during  this  time  that 
the  notorious  Webb  ring  was  broken  up,  driving 
two  members  to  exile  and  placing  Mr.  Davis  in  the 
presidency,  which  office  he  held  three  successive 
years.  Far-reaching  reforms  were  made  in  admin- 
istration and  manual  training  for  boys  and  girls, 
baths  and  other  advancements  introduced  into  the 
local  school  system.  In  1904  he  was  again  elected 
to  the  Board  of  Education  on  a  non-partisan  ticket, 
but  resigned  after  one  year. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  University,  Jonathan, 
Sunset  and  Municipal  clubs  of  Los  Angeles. 


EARL  C.  PECK 

ECK,  EARL  CURTIS,  Attorney  at 
Law,  Los  Angeles-,  California, 
was  born  November  1,  1881,  at 
Stratford,  Connecticut,  the  son  of 
Wilfred  M.  Peck  and  Emily  Jose- 
phine (Curtis)  Peck.  Both  on  the 
maternal  and  paternal  side  the  family  goes  back 
to  the  first  settlers  of  New  England,  and  there  are 
many  famous  names,  particularly  in  the  Peck 
branch,  which  has  been  prominent  in  education. 
He  is  married,  having  been  united  with  Ethel  Rose 
Wilson,  on  April  7,  1910,  in  Los  Angeles. 

Mr.  Peck  attended  the  Stratford,  Connecticut 
schools  until  the  age  of  twelve.  Then  his  family 
removed  to  Riverside,  California.  There  he  en- 
tered the  Riverside  High  School,  and  graduated  in 
the  year  1900.  In  1901  he  entered  the  University 
of  California,  in  which  institution  he  studied  two 
years.  He  became  ambitious  to  enter  the  legal  pro- 
fession and  removed  to  Los  Angeles.  He  attended 
the  sessions  of  the  law  school  of  the  University  of 
Southern  California,  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar 
in  the  year  1909. 

While  he  was  attending  the  University  of 
Southern  California  Law  School  he  was  also  work- 
ing. He  was  first  in  the  employ  of  the  Southern 
Pacific  Railroad,  and  remained  with  them  two 
years.  He  left  the  Southern  Pacific  to  accept  a 
place  with  the  Pacific  Electric  Railway,  and  from 
there  he  went  to  the  Los  Angeles  Gas  and  Electric 
Company.  He  left  the  employ  of  the  latter  com- 
pany in  1910. 

Mr.  Peck  opened  an  office  in  January  of  the  lat- 
ter year,  in  the  Equitable  Savings  Bank  building, 
and  has  been  busy  with  a  general  practice  since 
that  date,  his  success  in  the  profession  having  been 
almost  instantaneous. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  legal  fraternity  of  the 
Phi  Delta  Phi  of  the  Beatty  Chapter  of  the  Uni- 
versity of  Southern  California  College  of  Law. 


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JOHN  LLEWELLYN 

LEWELLYN,  JOHN,  Manufac- 
turer, Los  Angeles,  Cal.,  was  born 
in  Wales,  May  27,  1873,  the  son  of 
David  Llewellyn  and  Hannah 
(Janes)  Llewellyn.  He  comes  of 
a  family  of  noted  ironmasters 
and  is  at  present  Assistant  Secretary  of  the  Llewel- 
lyn Iron  Works,  Los  Angeles. 

Mr.  Llewellyn  passed  his  early  childhood  in  San 
Francisco,  being  brought  to  this  country  at  the  age 
of  eleven  years,  when  the  family  crossed  the  water. 
While  there  he  studied  under  private  tutors  for 
three  years,  and  in  1888,  when  his  mother  moved 
the  home  to  Los  Angeles,  he  entered  a  business 
college,  graduating  in  1892. 

He  went  to  work  with  the  Llewellyn  Company 
immediately  after  leaving  school  and  has  been 
with  it  ever  since.  At  the  present  time,  in  addition 
to  his  position  as  assistant  secretary,  he  is  man- 
ager of  the  elevator  department,  which  handles 
some  of  the  largest  elevator  contracts  in  the  West. 

One  of  the  most  striking  characteristics  of  Mr. 
Llewellyn  is  determination,  and  this  was  forcibly 
illustrated  in  San  Francisco  after  the  calamitous 
fire  and  earthquake,  when  he  went  into  that  city 
as  one  of  the  actual  rebuilders  and  installed  the 
first  elevator  constructed  in  a  building  subsequent 
to  that  disastrous  period.  He  met  with  tremendous 
labor  difficulties,  but  finally  overcame  these,  and 
accomplished  the  work  he  had  set  out  to  do.  This 
elevator  was  put  in  under  his  personal  direction. 

Under  his  supervision  elevators  have  been  in- 
stalled in  most  of  the  skyscrapers  in  Los  Angeles, 
notablv  the  Alexandria  Hotel,  Chester,  Higgins  and 
Union  Oil  buildings,  Los  Angeles  Hall  of  Records, 
and  the  new  Los  Angeles  Athletic  Club. 

Mr.  Llewellyn  is  a  leading  business  man  and  is 
a  member  of  the  California,  Jonathan,  Sierra,  Los 
Angeles  Athletic,  Los  Angeles  Country  and  Los  An- 
geles Automobile  clubs.  He  is  a  32d  degree  Mason. 


WILLITTS   J.   HOLE 


WILLITTS  j^  capitalist, 
Los  Angeles,  Cal.,  was  born  at 
Madison,  Indiana,  October  9, 
1858,  the  son  of  William  and  Ma- 
tilda (Hasley)  Hole.  He  mar- 
ried Mary  B.  Weeks,  June  12, 
1889,  at  North  Vernon,  Indiana.  There  is  one 
daughter,  Agnes  Marion  Hole. 

The  family's  history  can  be  traced  back  many 
years  in  Devonshire,  England.  Dean  Hole,  of 
Rochester,  England,  is  of  the  family.  The  founder 
of  the  American  branch  of  the  family  sailed  from 
Plymouth,  England,  in  1740. 

Mr.  Hole  graduated  from  the  Louisville,  Ky., 
High  School  and  then  entered  the  Bryant  and 
Stratton  Business  College,  from  which  he  gradu- 
ated in  1880.  After  that  he  took  the  Chautauqua 
Literary  Course,  graduating  in  1887. 

He  became  the  owner  of  a  chair  factory  in 
North  Vernon  in  1889.  In  time  he  became  a  con- 
tractor and  builder,  and,  studying  architecture,  de- 
signed his  own  buildings.  He  moved  to  Los  An- 
geles in  1893  and  bought  a  tract  of  land  in  the 
La  Habra  Valley,  which  he  laid  out  and  sold,  and 
as  a  consequence  he  is  known  as  the  "Father  of 
La  Habra."  In  1897,  he  was  made  resident  agent 
at  Los  Angeles  of  the  Stearns  Rancho  Company 
of  San  Francisco.  He  has  bought  -and  subdi- 
vided some  of  the  largest  areas  in  California. 

His  land  holdings  are  extensive  both  in  Cali- 
fornia and  Mexico.  He  is  a  representative  of  the 
Asociacion  Financiera  Internacional,  one  of  the 
largest  financial  institutions  in  Mexico.  He  is 
controlling  owner  of  the  Arden  Plaster  Company 
of  Arden,  Nebraska,  owning  the  largest  gypsum 
mine  in  the  United  States.  He  is  a  director  of 
the  Bank  of  Los  Angeles. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Jonathan  Club,  the 
Chamber  of  Commerce  of  Los  Angeles,  and  is  a 
Thirty-second  Degree  Mason. 


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ENNINGSEN,  ROBERT  MARTIN, 
Constructing  Engineer,  Los  An- 
geles, California,  was  born  in 
Marebo,  Denmark,  March  4,  1858, 
the  son  of  John  Henry  Henning- 
sen  and  Anne  (Sine)  Henningsen. 
He  married  Agnes  C.  Sansam  at  Oakland,  Cal., 
April  4,  1906.  They  have  an  adopted  son,  Frederick 
A.  Henningsen. 

Mr.  Hennings-en's  parents  brought  him  to  Amer- 
ica when  he  was  a  child, 
locating  at  Oshkosh,  Wis., 
and  there  he  spent  the  early 
part  of  his  life.  He  attended 
the  public  and  high  schools 
of  Oshkosh  and  followed  this 
with  studies  at  the  Univer- 
sity of  Chicago,  but  did  not 
finish  the  course. 

Leaving  college  in  1882, 
Mr.  Henningsen  went  to 
work  with  his  elder  brother, 
a  constructing  engineer  of 
Oshkosh.  He  later  became 
a  partner  in  the  business, 
handling  various  important 
operations  until  1889,  when 
he  disposed  of  his  interest 
in  order  to  go  West. 

Early  in  1890  Mr.  Hen- 
ningsen located  at  Tacoma, 
Wash.,  and  there  organized 
the  Western  Woodenware 
Co.,  a  corporation  which  he 
served  as  President  for  ap- 
proximately six  years.  Dur- 
ing this  period  he  brought 
the  bus-mess  up  to  a  point 
where  it  was  one  of  the 
leading  enterprises  of  its 
kind  in  the  Northwest.  In 
1897,  however,  he  succumbed 
to  the  excitement  of  the  gold 
find  in  the  Klondyke,  so  dis- 
posed of  his  interest  in  the 
woodenware  company,  resigned  his  office  and 
joined  the  army  of  gold-seekers  then  pushing  to- 
wards the  far  North. 

He  went  to  Dawson  City,  Alaska,  then  the  cen- 
ter of  the  excitement,  and  plunged  actively  into 
the  life  of  the  place,  his  previous  experience  as  an 
engineer  giving  him  somewhat  of  an  advantage 
over  those  men  who  did  not  possess  engineering 
knowledge.  In  addition  to  working  various  claims 
of  his  own,  he  grubstaked  others  in  return  for  an 
interest  in  the  claims  located. 

He  also  operated  in  the  Atland  mining  district 
and  for  the  next  few  years  was  one  of  the  active 
men  of  the  region,  enduring  the  hardships  and 
reaping  the  rewards  that  went  with  life  in  that 
country.  He  had  numerous  trying  experiences  in 
the  Klondyke  and  on  one  occa&ion  tramped 
eighteen  hundred  miles  over  the  snow  and  ice, 
driving  a  six-dog  team  attached  to  a  pack  sledge. 
He  covered  the  distance  in  sixty  days,  a  feat  which 
won  for  him  considerable  renown  in  the  region. 

In  1901.  after  nearly  four  years  in  the  Klon- 
dyke, Mr.  Henningsen  abandoned  mining  and  took 
a  contract  with  the  United  States  Government  for 
the  construction  of  life  saving  stations  along  the 
southwest  coast  of  Alaska.  This  work  took  more 
than  a  year  and  upon  its  completion  he  was  given 


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another  Government  contract,  to  design  and  con- 
struct the  military  post  now  known  as  Fort  Law- 
ton,  at  Seattle,  Wash.  This,  one  of  the  most  mod- 
ern army  posts  in  the  U.  S.,  was  finished  by  Mr. 
Henningsen  in  1903. 

After  fulfilling  his  contracts  with  the  Govern- 
ment, Mr.  Henningsen  went  to  Nevada,  where  gold 
had  recently  been  found,  and  was  there  engaged 
to  design  and  construct  many  of  the  stamp  mills 
now  in  operation  at  Goldfield.  Among  others  he 
built  the  plant  of  the  Flor- 
ence Mining  Co.,  the  Combi- 
nation Mining  Co.  and  the 
Western  Purchasing  Co.  In- 
cidentally, Mr.  Henningsen 
became  interested  in  various 
mining  properties  and  for 
five  years  was  in  the  famous 
gold  camp. 

Like  many  other  men  of 
the  Goldfield  boom,  Mr.  Hen- 
ningsen, in  1908,  turned  to 
Los  Angeles  for  a  residence, 
and  there  engaged  in  engi- 
neering work  and  several 
profitable  investment  enter- 
prises. He  became  inter- 
ested in  oil  development  at 
Bakersfield,  Cal.,  within  a 
short  time  after  his  arrival 
at  Los  Angeles,  and  secured 
one  of  the  large  producing 
wells  in  the  Midway  field. 
This  well  flowed  an  average 
of  forty  thousand  barrels  a 
day,  according  to  estimates, 
for  six  months,  at  the  end  of 
which  time  it  was  brought 
under  control.  Mr.  Hen- 
ningsen organized  the  Mid- 
way Five  Oil  Co.  ior  the 
operation  of  this  well  and 
served  as  its  President  until 
1911,  when  he  sold  his  in- 
terest and  went  back  to 

mining,  which  has  occupied  most  of  his  time  since. 
He  organized  the  Battleship  Mining  Co.,  which 
owns  valuable  property  in  the  vicinity  of  Lords- 
burg,  New  Mex.;  and  as  President  of  this  company 
he  is  now  among  the  men  who  are  putting  their 
money  and  their  energies  into  the  work  of  develop- 
ing the  resources  of  the  country. 

He  is  also  Vice  President  of  the  Western  Ex- 
cavator &  Development  Co.,  a  project  involving  the 
improvement  of  a  tract  of  land  several  thousand 
acres  in  extent  in  the  rich  Sacramento  Valley,  Cal. 
This  valley,  which  is  well  supplied  with  water,  is 
exceedingly  fertile  and  is  destined  to  become  one 
of  the  garden  spots  of  the  State. 

Mr.  Henningsen  is  not  only  engaged  in  the  en- 
terprises mentioned,  but  also  is  aiding  others-  in 
their  development  work,  as  a  member  of  the  firm 
of  Oliver  &  Henningsen,  Civil  and  Mining  Engi- 
neers, with  headquarters  in  Los  Angeles.  Oliver 
&  Henningsen  are  closely  allied  with  the  vast  sys- 
tem of  development  now  being  carried  on  in  all 
parts  of  the  Southwest  and  are  reckoned  among 
the  leading  engineers. 

Mr.  Henningsen  is  a  member  of  the  Benevolent 
and  Protective  Order  of  Elks,  Los  Angeles  Lodge 
No.  99,  and  is  a  life  member  of  the  Seattle  Athletic 
Club,  Seattle,  Washington. 


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USSELL,  EDWIN  HERBERT, 
Physician  and  Surgeon,  Los  An- 
geles, California,  was  born  in 
Lowell,  Massachusetts,  March  16, 
1857,  the  son  of  Leonard  Murray 
Russell  and  Nancy  Perry  (Hop- 
kins) Russell.  He  has  been  twice  married,  the 
issue  of  the  first  marriage  being  Mary  Gertrude 
Russell,  Nita  L.  (wife  of  Allen  H.  Johnson)  and 
Leonard  Walter  Russell.  On  July  2,  1902,  he 
married  Marie  Conception 
Carmelita  Mercedes  Ana  de 
Toro,  daughter  of  Juan  de 
Toro  and  Maria  Olvera  de 
Toro,  and  granddaughter  of 
the  Hon.  Augustin  Olvera, 
Secretary  of  the  last  Mexi- 
can Legislature  in  California, 
Peace  Commissioner  with 
Fremont  in  1847  and  the  first 
County  Judge  of  Los  Angeles 
elected  when  the  county  was 
created  in  1853.  One  daugh- 
ter has  been  born  to  them, 
Marie  Marguerite  Russell, 
born  in  1903. 

The  Doctor  is  descended 
from  an  old  New  England 
family,  the  pioneers  of 
which,  three  brothers  from 
Sutherlandshire,  Scotland, 
having  settled  in  Lunenburg, 
Massachusetts,  in  1703.  One 
ancestor  and  four  of  his 
sons  were  members  of  the 
famous  Lunenburg  Company 
and  marched  all  day,  June  17, 
1775,  arriving  at  the  battle 
of  Bunker's  Hill  in  time  to 

cover  the  retreat  of  the  American  troops  over 
Boston  Neck.  On  his  mother's  side,  the  Doctor  is 
of  Colonial  stock,  her  progenitors  being  among  the 
first  of  the  Penobscot  Bay  settlers  when  Maine 
was  only  a  province  of  Massachusetts. 

Dr.  Russell  received  his  preliminary  education 
in  the  public  schools  of  his  native  city,  graduating 
from  the  Lowell  High  School  in  1873.  He  took  up 
the  study  of  medicine  a  short  time  after  this  and 
was  graduated  with  the  degree  of  Doctor  of  Medi- 
cine in  1880  from  Boston  University.  Prior  to 
graduating  from  this  latter  institution  the  Doctor, 
in  1877,  moved  to  California  and  began  the  prac- 
tice of  medicine,  succeeding  the  late  Dr.  E.  Howe, 
of  Florence,  California,  who  was  one  of  the  earlier 
pioneer  physicians  of  Southern  California.  It  was 
in  1879  that  Dr.  Russell  returned  to  Massachusetts 
and  completed  his  studies  at  Boston  University. 

Following  his  graduation,  Dr.  Russell  served 
for  a  time  as  Assistant  Physician  to  the  Dio  Lewis 
Sanitarium,  at  Arlington  Heights,  Massachusetts. 
He  returned  to  California  and  resumed  his  prac- 


DR.  E.  H.  RUSSELL 


tice  at  Florence,  remaining  there  until  1884.  He 
then  went  to  San  Francisco  and  served  for  some 
months  as  Resident  Physician  of  the  San  Fran- 
cisco Homeopathic  Hospital,  but  gave  this  up  to 
establish  private  practice  at  Visalia,  California. 

Dr.  Russell  was  in  practice  at  Visalia  about 
four  years  and  during  that  time  was  unusually 
successful,  but  in  1888  he  transferred  his  offices 
to  Santa  Monica,  California,  where  he  was  en- 
gaged until  1890.  In  the  latter  year  he  removed  to 
Redondo,  becoming  physi- 
cian for  the  Redondo  Rail- 
way and  Beach  Company. 
At  the  close  of  the  year,  he 
decided  to  seek  a  larger 
field,  so  resigned  his  posi- 
tion and  moved  to  Los  An- 
geles, where  he  has  been  in 
practice  continually  since. 

After  conducting  a  gen- 
eral practice  for  several 
years,  Dr.  Russell  in  1898 
made  a  specialty  of  mental 
and  nervous  diseases  and  is 
today  regarded  as  one  of  the 
leading  experts  in  that 
branch  of  medical  practice. 
In  addition  to  handling  a 
great  number  of  interesting 
cases,  the  Doctor  has  writ- 
ten various  articles  on  these 
subjects  for  newspapers 
and  medical  journals,  many 
of  his  analyses  being  re- 
garded as  authoritative  on 
the  subjects  treated. 

Dr.  Russell  has  been  an 
unusually  busy  member  of 
the  medical  profession  and 

has  had  small  opportunity  for  outside  interests, 
but,  nevertheless,  is  an  enthusiastic  worker  for  up- 
building of  the  section  in  which  he  has  made  his 
home,  aiding,  whenever  possible,  any  movement 
having  for  its  object  the  betterment  of  local  con- 
ditions. Being  a  man  of  progressive  ideas,  he 
has  at  all  times  stood  for  advancement  in  his  own 
profession  and  in  public  policy. 

The  Doctor  has,  with  Gustave  W.  Haas,  been 
identified  with  the  Institute  of  Mechanical  Orth- 
opedics, serving  as  Physician-in-Charge  since  the 
inception  of  the  Haas  Method.  This  new  departure 
in  the  field  of  orthopedics  has  met  with  unusual 
success. 

With  the  exception  of  a  brief  term  as  a  Justice 
of  the  Peace,  he  has  held  no  political  office  and 
the  attractions  of  home  and  a  choice  social  circle 
have  more  than  been  an  offset  for  the  lack  of 
club  and  social  organization  memberships.  Like 
others  of  the  pioneer  physicians  of  Los  Angeles 
he  has  been  more  conspicuous  in  the  hearts  and 
homes  of  his  patrons,  than  in  the  public  eye. 


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YERS,  JOHN  HENRY  WIL- 
BERT,  Capitalist,  Los  An- 
geles, California,  was  born  in 
Pittsburg,  Pennsylvania,  Jan- 
uary 27,  1874,  the  son  of  E. 
H.  Myers  and  Amelia  S.  (Landwer)  Myers. 
He  married  Lillian  Robertson  at  Pittsburg, 
February  2,  1897,  and  to  them  there  has  been 
born  a  daughter,  Laura  Irene  Myers. 

Mr.  Myers,  who  is  de- 
scended of  an  old  Penn- 
sylvania family,  received 
the  early  part  of  his  edu- 
cation in  the  public 
schools  of  Pittsburg, 
later  attending  Shadyside 
Academy,  of  the  same 
city,  and  Hiram  College, 
at  Hiram,  Ohio.  At  the 
latter  institution  he 
earned  a  reputation  as 
one  of  the  greatest  all- 
round  athletes  the  college 
had  ever  boasted,  and 
was  one  of  the  active  fac- 
tors in  the  development 
of  athletics  at  the  institu- 
tion. He  played  on  both 
the  varsity  football  and 
baseball  teams. 

Following  the  comple- 
tion of  his  studies  at  Hi- 
ram, Mr.  Myers  returned 
to  Pittsburg  and  became 
associated  in  business 
with  his  father,  who  was 
of  the  substantial 


J.  H.  W.  MYERS 


one 

business  men  of  the  city  and  a  veteran  oork 
packer.  The  firm  was  known  as  E.  H.  Myers 
&  Co.,  and  for  about  ten  years,  or  until  1902, 
Mr.  Myers  aided  his  father  in  the  conduct  of 
the  business.  He  worked  in  various  capaci- 
ties and,  learning  the  business,  was  finally 
given  a  resoonsible  position  in  the  mana- 
gerial end  of  the  company. 

In  1902,  Mr.  Myers,  who  had  been  a  keen 
observer  of  the  trend  of  realty  values  in 
Pittsburg,  resigned  his  connection  with  the 
packing  company  of  his  father  and  went  into 
the  real  estate  business,  having  his  main 
offices  in  Pittsburg.  He  was  one  of  the  suc- 
cessful ooerators  there  for  about  four  years, 
but  in  1906  sold  out  his  interests  in  the  city 
of  his  birth  because  of  the  illness  of  his  little 
daughter,  and  determined  to  move  to  the 
balmy  climate  of  Southern  California  in  or- 
der to  rebuild  her  health.  He  arrived  in  Los 
Angeles  in  March,  and  after  locating  his  fam- 


ily, entered  the  employ  of  the  Llewellyn  Iron 
Works  of  Los  Angeles,  with  whom  he  re- 
mained for  nearly  three  years. 

As  in  Pittsburg,  Mr.  Myers  observed  busi- 
ness conditions  and  opportunities  very  close- 
ly during  this  first  period  of  his  residence  in 
Los  Angeles  and  finally  decided  that  the  oil 
business  promised  the  greatest  opportunity 
for  investment.  He  resigned  his  position 
with  the  Llewellyn  Iron 
Works  and  entered  into 
the  oil  refining  business 
as  one  of  the  organizers 
of  the  United  Oil  Refin- 
ery Company  of  Los  An- 
geles. He  was  elected 
Vice  President  of  the 
company  and  was  one  of 
the  active  managers  of  its 
affairs.  He  continued  as 
such  for  nearly  three 
years,  but  sold  out  his  in- 
terest in  May,  1912,  and 
since  that  time  has  been 
engaged  in  general  invest- 
ment enterprises.  Among 
other  interests  he  holds 
stock  in  various  oil  and 
mining  properties  which 
attracted  his  attention  in 
Arizona  and  Mexico. 

There  is  and  will  be 
for  ages  to  come  a  tre- 
mendous amount  ot  de- 
velopment work  going  on 
in  the  Southwestern  part 
of  the  United  States,  but 
there  also  is  a  vast  amount  of  virgin  territory 
consisting  of  copper,  gold,  oil  and  other  min- 
eral products.  Capitalists  in  all  parts  of  the 
United  States  and  even  in  foreign  countries 
will  be  turning  their  attention  constantly  to 
this  territory  and  it  will  be  one  of  the  most 
nrcsperous  and  thriving  sections,  from  an  in- 
dustrial standpoint,  in  the  entire  Union.  Mr. 
Myers,  like  these  others,  realizes  that  the 
country  possesses  untold  wealth  which  has 
remained  untouched  through  the  centuries 
and  it  is  his  intention  to  do  his  part  in  help- 
ing to  develop  the  resources  of  the  land. 

Though  comparatively  a  very  young  man, 
Mr.  Myers  has  a  wide  knowledge  and  experi- 
ence and  is  employing  them  to  the  best  ad- 
vantage for  himself  and  associates. 

He  is  a  member  of  several  of  the  leading 
clubs,  including  the  Jonathan  and  the  Los 
Angeles  Country  Club.  He  also  is  a  member 
of  the  B.  P.  O.  Elks,  L.  A.  Lodge  No.  99. 


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AVIE,  ROBERT  PARSELL, 
Sugar  Manufacturer  and 
Land  Owner,  Los  Angeles, 
California,  was  born  at  Flush- 
ing, Genesee  County,  Mich- 
igan, August  22,  1867.  His  father  was  Ly- 
man  Ellis  Davie,  and  his  mother  was  Puella 
L.  Davie.  He  married  Martha  Hays  at 
Pueblo,  Colorado,  October  15,  1890.  As  a 
result  of  this  marriage 
there  were  six  children, 
Sydney  R.  (deceased), 
Marjorie  Puella,  Rachel 
Leah  (deceased),  Lois 
Elizabeth,  Martha  Fran- 
ces, and  Robert  Parsell 
Davie,  Jr. 

Mr.  Davie  obtained 
his  education  in  the  pub- 
lic schools  of  Flushing, 
Michigan,  and  in  a  dis- 
trict school  near  his 
father's  farm.  He  taught 
himself  pharmacy. 

He  moved  west  to 
Colorado  in  1888,  when 
Cripple  Creek  was  a  Mec- 
ca for  mining  men.  He 
followed  several  lines 
with  more  or  less  success, 
and  in  1890  became  own- 
er of  a  drug  store  in  that 
city,  continuing  until 
1895,  when  he  moved  to 
Colorado  Springs,  Colo- 
rado. 

At  that  time  he  had 
become  interested  in  the  real  estate  business 
in  Colorado  Springs.  In  association  with  J. 
R.  McKinnie,  now  a  successful  realty  opera- 
tor in  Los  Angeles,  California,  he  organized 
the  McKinnie-Davie  Realty  Company.  At 
the  same  time  Mr.  Davie  became  interested 
in  mining  enterprises  in  Cripple  Creek,  and 
he  and  Mr.  McKinnie  were  influential  in 
financing  several  enterprises  in  that  district. 
Later  Mr.  Davie  formed  a  number  of  cor- 
porations that  are  today  flourishing  in  the 
Colorado  country. 

Napoleon  B.  Broward,  Governor  of  Flor- 
ida at  the  time,  conceived  the  idea  of  drain- 
ing the  great  Everglade  country  of  that  state 
and  hundreds  of  thousands  of  acres  of  sub- 
merged lands.  Mr.  Davie  at  that  time  be- 
came interested  in  Florida  property.  He  as- 
sisted Governor  Broward  with  the  problem, 
and  as  a  result  the  state  is  now  reclaiming 
several  million  acres. 


R.  P.  DAVIE 


In  1901  he  with  Mr.  J.  R.  McKinnie  or- 
ganized the  Western  Sugar  and  Land  Com- 
pany at  Grand  Junction,  Colorado,  for  the 
purpose  of  taking  over  the  defunct  beet  sugar 
factory  there.  The  task  was  a  tremendous 
one,  for  the  farmers  of  that  region  were  op- 
posed to  it  by  reason  of  previous  failures,  but 
Mr.  Davie  with  Mr.  McKinnie  staid  with  the 
proposition  and  in  three  years  had  developed 
one  of  the  greatest  indus- 
tries in  the  country. 

A  similar  achievement 
was  the  construction  of 
the  United  States  Sugar 
&  'Land  Company  fac- 
tory at  Garden  City, 
Kansas,  which  marked 
the  beginning  of  the  beet 
industry  in  that  section. 

In  1908  he  took  hold 
of  the  Southwestern  Su- 
gar and  Land  Company 
factory  at  Glendale,  Ari- 
zona, which  had  been  a 
complete  failure  in  the 
hands  of  a  company  of 
English  capitalists,  re- 
modeled the  factory,  and 
persuaded  the  farmers  in 
that  region  to  take  up  the 
sugar  beet  industry,  and 
in  three  years  has  turned 
that  region  into  a  sugar 
producing  section.  To- 
day it  is  recognized  as 
one  of  the  largest  indus- 
tries in  Arizona. 

Mr.  Davie  moved  to  Los  Angeles,  Cali- 
fornia, late  in  1909,  and  has  since  been  per- 
manently located  in  that  city.  He  retains 
large  interest,  both  mining  and  realty,  in 
Colorado,  Florida  and  Arizona,  but  is  now 
interested  in  several  California  enterprises. 
He  is  Vice  President  of  the  Western  Sugar 
and  Land  Company,  President  of  the  South- 
western Sugar  and  Land  Company,  Vice 
President  of  the  Everglades  Sugar  and  Land 
Company,  Director  in  the  Colorado  Title  and 
Trust  Company  of  Colorado  Springs,  and  a 
Director  of  the  Valley  Bank  of  Phoenix,  Ari- 
zona. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  California  Club  of 
Los  Angeles,  the  Annandale  Country  Club  of 
Los  Angeles,  the  Los  Angeles  Country  Club, 
The  Denver  Club  of  Denver,  Colorado,  El 
Paso  Club  of  Colorado  Springs,  Colorado; 
Pikes  Peak  Club  of  Colorado  Springs,  and  is 
a  thirty-second  degree  Mason. 


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AMMON,  WENDELL  PHI- 
LUCIUS,  Dredge  -  Mining 
Operator,  San  Francisco,  Cal., 
was  born  at  Conneautville, 
Crawford  county,  Penn.,  May 
23,  1854,  the  son  of  Marshall  M.  and  Harriet 
S.  (Cooper)  Hammon.  His  paternal  ances- 
tors settled  in  Providence,  R.  I.,  about  the 
year  1726,  subsequently  moving  to  Ithaca, 
N.  Y.,  whence  his  grandfather  went  to  Craw- 
ford county,  Penn.  Mr.  Hammon  himself 
came  to  California  in  November,  1875,  estab- 
lishing himself  first  in  Oakland.  On  April  4, 
1881,  he  was  married  in  Placerville,  El  Do- 
rado county,  to  Miss  Mary  Augusta  Kenney, 
daughter  of  Ephraim  Kenney,  a  well  known 
mining  man  of  that  county.  Of  this  marriage 
the  children  are:  George  K.,  born  February 
5,  1882;  Wendell  C,  born  February  23,  1890; 
and  Glenn  A.  Hammon,  February  27,  1895. 

After  a  course  through  the  primary  and 
grammar  schools  of  Conneautville  Mr.  Ham- 
mon attended  the  Normal  School  in  Edinboro, 
Erie  county,  but  left  in  1875,  before  gradua- 
tion, to  come  to  California. 

Shortly  after  his  arrival  in  this  State  he 
secured  a  position  as  salesman  for  the  fruit 
importing  house  of  L.  Green  &  Sons  of 
Perry,  Ohio.  Two  years  later  he  engaged  in 
the  nursery  business  on  his  own  account  and 
in  a  few  years  became  one  of  the  leading  au- 
thorities in  California  on  fruit  growing.  In 
1890  he  went  to  Butte  county  and  planted  a 
large  orchard  near  the  Feather  River,  about 
ten  miles  below  Oroville.  For  the  next  ten 
years  he  devoted  himself  chiefly  to  this  indus- 
try, but  also  gave  some  attention  to  mining  in 
Arizona,  Eastern  Oregon  and  Idaho.  It  was 
in  Butte,  however,  on  his  own  property,  that 
he  first  shook  hands  with  Fortune,  financially 
speaking,  and  became  the  chief  instrument  in 
the  development  of  an  industry  that  has  been 
of  untold  importance  to  the  country  about 
Oroville,  and  of  great  benefit  to  the  whole 
State. 

He  had  done  a  little  mining  in  1896  in  the 
flats  along  the  Feather  River,  below  Oroville. 
These  had  been  worked  by  Chinese  miners, 
with  their  crude  methods  of  rockers  and 
ground  sluices,  in  the  early  '70s,  and  gold 
was  known  to  be  there,  but  few,  if  any,  sus- 
pected that  it  would  pay  to  work  it  on  a 
large  scale.  While  digging  a  well  to  supply 
a  huge  centrifugal  pump  with  all  the  water 
he  needed,  Mr.  Hammon  was  struck  by  the 
appearance  of  the  gravel  encountered.  Pan- 
ning it,  he  found  it  contained  good  values 
that  would  pay  to  mine.  Encouraged  to  go 
further,  he  secured  an  option  on  about  a 


thousand  acres  and  prospected  the  whole 
flat.  He  was  soon  satisfied  that  the  whole 
basin  was  gold-bearing,  but  not  that  it  could 
be  mined  profitably.  Though  many  attempts 
had  been  previously  made  on  the  Pacific 
Coast  and  elsewhere  to  dredge  for  gold,  they 
had  never  been  very  successful,  and  Mr. 
Hammon  was  looking  for  a  method  of 
handling  a  large  body  of  gravel  at  a  low  cost. 
In  the  quest  his  attention  was  called  to  the 
type  of  dredger  used  at  that  time  on  the  big 
drainage  canal  building  at  Chicago.  After 
consulting  with  engineers,  who  reported  fa- 
vorably on  the  practicability  of  this  style  of 
dredger  for  mining  the  Feather  River  flats, 
he  had  one  constructed  by  the  Risdon  Iron 
Works  of  San  Francisco,  and  put  in  opera- 
tion on  March  1,  1898,  for  the  Feather  River 
Exploration  Company,  of  which  he  was  the 
head,  and  which  had  purchased  a  thousand 
acres  of  the  gold-bearing  bottom  land. 

All  this,  however,  was  not  accomplished  by 
the  wave  of  a  wizard's  wand.  Many  experi- 
ments had  to  be  made  and  much  money  ex- 
pended, and  that,  too,  in  the  face  of  abundant 
skepticism,  during  which  the  fate  of  Oroville 
"hung  in  the  balance,"  before  unqualified  suc- 
cess crowned  the  efforts  of  those  who  had 
the  courage  of  their  convictions.  This  first 
dredge  was  finally  improved  to  a  point  where 
it  could  be  operated  to  the  satisfaction  of  all 
concerned.  Since  those  early  experiments  Mr. 
Hammon  and  his  associates  have  secured  con- 
trol of  about  ten  thousand  acres  operated  by 
gold  dredges  to  the  number  of  thirty,  distrib- 
uted among  three  counties,  as  follows :  Butte, 
8;  Yuba,  13;  and  Sacramento,  9.  In  the  lan- 
guage of  the  Bulletin  issued  by  the  California 
Mining  Bureau  :  "Progress  in  this  important 
industry  is  due  in  a  great  measure  to  the  en- 
terprise and  successful  operations  of  Mr. 
Hammon  and  his  associates.  Couch  dredge 
No.  1,  the  first  successful  bucket  elevator 
dredge  put  in  commission  in  the  State,  was 
financed  by  Mr.  Hammon  and  the  late  Thom- 
as Couch.  It  is  eminently  fitting  that  Mr. 
Hammon  should  be  the  leading  gold-dredging 
operator  in  California,  and  in  control  of  the 
largest  companies  of  this  kind  in  America." 

Among  the  corporations  of  which  he  is  an 
officer,  he  is  Pres.,  Yuba  Construction  Co., 
Truckee  River  General  Electric  Co.,  Keystone 
Dredging  Co. ;  vice  president  and  director 
Natomas  Consolidated  Co.,  managing  director 
Yuba  Consolidated  Gold  Fields  Co.;  vice 
president  and  general  manager  of  the  Oro- 
ville Dredging  Co.,  Ltd.,  and  director  of  the 
Northern  Electric  Ry.  His  clubs  are :  Rocky 
Mountain  of  N.  Y. ;  Pacific  Union,  Bohemian, 
Union  League  and  Olympic  of  San  Francisco. 


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A.   M.   ROSENSTIRN 

OSENSTIRN,  ALFRED  MAX- 
WELL, Real  Estate,  San  Francis- 
co, California,  was  born  in  that 
city  on  July  4,  1883,  the  son  of  Dr. 
Julius  Rosenstirn  and  Johanna 
(Baer)  Rosenstirn.  He  married 
Sylvia  Talbot  at  San  Francisco,  February  23,  1910, 
and  to  them  there  has  been  born  a  daughter,  Sylvia 
Talbot  Rosenstirn. 

Mr.  Rosenstirn  received  his  early  education  in 
the  public  schools-  of  San  Francisco  and  later  at- 
tended Belmont  Academy,  graduating  from  there 
in  1901. 

Upon  completing  his  education,  Mr.  Rosenstirn 
entered  the  employ  of  the  Union  Trust  Company 
of  San  Francisco  and  remained  with  that  institu- 
tion about  four  years,  leaving  at  the  end  of  that 
time  to  go  into  the  real  estate  business  in  the  em- 
ploy of  A.  J.  Rich  &  Co.  He  soon  familiarized  him- 
self with  the  business  and  in  1906,  three  weeks  be- 
fore San  Francisco  was  visited  by  earthquake  and 
fire,  he  embarked  in  the  business  on  his  own  ac- 
count, in  association  with  A.  L.  Harrigan  and  L.  A. 
Wiedemuller.  In  spite  of  the  chaotic  conditions 
which  ensued  in  San  Francisco  after  the  disaster 
the  three  partners  maintained  their  business  and 
during  the  next  five  years  were  numbered  among 
the  successful  firms  of  the  city. 

In  1911,  Mr.  Rosenstirn  withdrew  from  the  firm 
and  established  offices  for  himself,  continuing  the 
operations  he  had  begun  previously,  and  during 
the  first  year  handled  nearly  a  million  and  a  half 
dollars'  worth  of  real  estate,  principally  business 
property.  Among  other  properties  sold  by  him 
were  the  Ivy  Ranch  in  Alameda  County,  California, 
which  he  sold  for  $250,000  and  Clifton  Court  Delta 
Lands,  for  $175,000. 

Mr.  Rosenstirn  is  among  the  progressive  young 
men  of  San  Francisco,  and  has  figured  to  some  ex- 
tent in  local  politics. 


R.  D.  LAPHAM 

APHAM,  ROGER  DEARBORN, 
Agent,  American-Hawaiian  Steam- 
ship Company,  Los  Angeles,  Cali- 
fornia, was  born  in  New  York,  N. 
Y.,  December  6,  1883,  the  son  of 
Lewis  H.  Lapham  and  Antoinette 
(Dearborn)  Lapham.  He  married  Helen  B.  Abbot 
in  Brooklyn,  New  York,  October  30,  1907,  and  to 
them  there  have  been  born  three  children,  Lewis 
A.,  Carol  and  Edna  Lapham. 

Mr.  Lapham  received  his  preliminary  education 
in  private  schools  of  New  York  City  and  was  grad- 
uated from  Harvard  University  in  the  class  of  1905, 
with  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Arts. 

Upon  the  completion  of  his  collegiate  career, 
Mr.  Lapham  returned  to  his  home  in  New  York 
and  in  that  city  entered  the  employ  of  the  Ameri- 
can-Hawaiian Steamship  Company  as  a  clerk  in 
the  Auditor's  office.  From  this  position  he  was 
promoted  to  various  others,  and  in  1909  was 
chosen  Assistant  Secretary  of  the  company. 

After  a  year  in  the  main  offices,  Mr.  Lapham, 
in  1910,  was  transferred  to  Seattle,  Washington, 
continuing  as  Assistant  Secretary  until  the  latter 
part  of  1911,  when  he  was  appointed  joint  Agent 
for  the  company  with  H.  W.  Roberts,  in  charge  of 
the  company's  Northwestern  territory. 

In  March,  1912,  upon  the  death  of  H.  P.  Durdan, 
who  had  been  the  representative  of  the  company 
for  Los  Angeles  previous  to  his  death,  Mr.  Lapham 
was  appointed  to  the  post  of  Southern  California 
agent  for  the  company,  filling  that  office  since 
that  time.  This  is  one  of  the  more  important  po- 
sitions in  the  service  of  the  American-Hawaiian 
Company,  due  to  the  fact  that  Los  Angeles,  the 
principal  port  of  that  section,  is  the  clearing  point 
for  a  tremendous  amount  of  shipping  for  the  great 
Southwest. 

Mr.  Lapham  is  a  member  of  the  University  Club 
and  the  Los  Angeles  Athletic  Club. 


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A.  B.  ALLISON 

LLISON,  ALEX  BARTLEBAUGH, 
Business  Man,  Los  Angeles,  Cali- 
fornia, was  born  in  Nodoway 
County,  Mo.,  January  22,  1872,  the 
son  of  Robert  Tate  Allison  and 
Lucetta  Jane  (Osborne)  Allison. 
He  married  Lucille  A.  Allison  at  Crowley,  La.,  Feb- 
ruary 21,  1898,  and  to  them  there  was  born  a  son, 
Donald  Lyons  Allison. 

Mr.  Allison  spent  his  boyhood  on  a  farm  near 
Newton,  Kas.,  also  attending  public  school,  and  in 
1891  was  graduated  from  Lawrence  Business  Col- 
lege (Lawrence,  Kas.).  His  first  employment  after 
completing  school  was-  with  the  Harvey  County 
Roller  Mills  at  Newton,  then  with  the  Atlantic  & 
Pacific  Ry.  Co.,  at  Needles,  Cal.  In  the  winter  of 
1894  he  took  a  course  in  stenography  at  the  Healds 
Business  College  at  San  Francisco,  and  from  there 
went  to  Crowley,  La.,  where  he  resided  from  1895 
to  1909. 

During  his  residence  in  Louisiana,  Mr.  Allison 
assisted  in  the  organization  and  management  of 
several  rice  milling  and  irrigation  companies;  was 
also  a  director  in  the  Crowley  State  Bank  and 
served  as  its  cashier  in  1907.  Having  been  for  a 
number  of  years  Secretary  of  the  Rice  Millers'  As- 
sociation and  the  Rice  Association  of  America,  he 
has  an  extended  acquaintance  throughout  the  rice 
belt  of  Louisiana,  Texas  and  Arkansas. 

Mr.  Allison  moved  to  Los  Angeles  in  October, 

1909,  and  for  one  year  was  Secretary  and  Treasurer 
of  the  Weber-Duller  Co.,  contractors.     Since  May, 

1910,  he  has  been  the  Assistant  Secretary  and  office 
manager  of  the  Buick  Oil  Co.    He  is  also  a  member 
of    the    partnership    of    Ackland    &    Allison,    con- 
tractors and  builders,  to  which  he  devotes  a  part 
of  his  time. 

Mr.  Allison  is  a  Blue  Lodge  and  Royal  Arch 
Mason,  Knight  Templar,  Shriner  and  member  of 
the  Young  Men's  Christian  Association. 


JAMES   S.  WALLACE 


ALLACE,  JAMES  SHIELDS,  Audi- 
tor, Los  Angeles,  California,  was 
born  in  Newville,  Pennsylvania, 
September  8,  1873.  His  father 
was  William  Jackson  Wallace  and 
his  mother  Mary  Graham 
(Shields)  Wallace.  Mr.  Wallace  is  a  great-grand 
nephew  of  Colonel  John  Wallace  and  a  grandson 
of  the  noted  United  Presbyterian  minister,  James 
Shields.  He  is  a  distant  relative  of  the  McCor- 
micks  of  Chicago.  He  married,  at  Los  Angeles, 
California,  Miss  Bernice  Davison,  November  16, 
1911. 

Mr.  Wallace  received  his  early  education  in  the 
public  schools  of  his  home  city  and  later  attended 
the  Cumberland  Valley  State  Normal  School  for 
one  year.  He  then  entered  the  Iron  City  College 
of  Pittsburg,  Pennsylvania,  graduating  in  April,  1891. 
After  leaving  school  he  was  engaged  as  a  stenog- 
rapher and  bookkeeper  in  Pittsburg  until  1897, 
when  he  accepted  a  position  as  assistant  manager 
of  the  H.  W.  Johns-  Manufacturing  Co.,  of  Chicago. 
In  1901  Mr.  Wallace  determined  to  settle  in 
California,  where  he  engaged  in  the  fruit  busi- 
ness for  one  year.  He  then  accepted  a  position 
as  chief  accountant  for  the  United  Electric,  Gas 
and  Power  Company  of  Los  Angeles,  California, 
with  which  organization  he  remained  for  approxi- 
mately one  year.  Shortly  after  this  he  became 
associated  with  the  Protective  Savings  Mutual 
Building  and  Loan  Association  of  Los  Angeles  as 
the  cashier,  which  position  he  held  until  1906. 
From  that  time  up  to  1910  he  was  engaged  in  the 
profession  of  a  Public  Accountant  as  the  Manager 
of  the  The  Audit  Company  of  that  city. 

Mr.  Wallace  has  since  been  associated  with  The 
United  Oil  Co.,  and  is  also  an  officer  and  Director 
in  several  other  oil  companies. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Los  Angeles  Athletic 
Club  and  Elks  Lodge  No.  99  of  Los  Angeles. 


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ARRIS,  ELLIS  MARVIN,  Stock 
Broker,  Los  Angeles,  California, 
was  born  in  Abingdon,  Washing- 
ton County,  Virginia,  April  3, 
1883,  the  son  of  Thomas  D.  Harris 
and  Elizabeth  H.  (Clark)  Harris. 
He  married  Pearl  Creel,  at  Butler,  Pennsylvania, 
December  16,  1908,  and  to  them  there  has  been 
born  a  daughter,  Ruth  Frances  Harris.  Mr.  Harris' 
family  has  lived  in  Virginia  for  many  gener- 
ations and  various  mem- 
bers served  in  the  Confed- 
erate Army  during  the  Civil 
War. 

Mr.  Harris  received  the 
primary  part  of  his  educa- 
tion in  the  common  schools 
of  his  native  town  and  later 
attended  the  Martha  Wash- 
ington School,  a  private  in- 
stitution of  Abingdon,  Vir- 
ginia, but  gave  up  his  studies 
when  he  was  sixteen  years 
of  age  and  began  to  earn  his 
own  livelihood. 

He  learned  telegraphy  in 
the  service  of  the  Illinois 
Central  Railroad  at  Cisco, 
Illinois,  and  remained  with 
this  company  until  1899.  He 
then  entered  the  employ  of 
the  Wabash  Railroad  at  De- 
catur,  Illinois,  as  teleprapher 
and  train  dispatcher  and 
served  in  this  capacity  for 
about  four  years.  Leaving 
the  Wabash  service,  Mr.  Har- 
ris went  to  Springfield,  Mis- 
souri, in  the  employ  of  the 

St.  Louis  and  San  Francisco  Railroad  (Frisco  Sys- 
tem) as  telegrapher  and  train  dispatcher  and 
stayed  there  until  August,  1905,  when  he  resigned 
to  accept  a  position  as  Manager  for  the  Western 
Union  Telegraph  Company  at  Washington,  Penn- 
sylvania. 

After  a  year  at  Washington,  Mr.  Harris  was 
promoted  by  the  Western  Union  Company  to  the 
position  of  Traveling  Auditor  and  Solicitor  for  the 
company,  with  headquarters  at  Pittsburgh,  Penn- 
sylvania. He  held  this  position  until  the  year  1908, 
when  he  resigned  and  moved  to  San  Francisco, 
California. 

He  became  connected  with  J.  C.  Wilson  &  Com- 
pany, a  stock  and  bond  house,  with  offices  in  va- 
rious parts  of  the  Southwest,  starting  in  as  an  op- 
erator in  the  San  Francisco  office.  With  his  pre- 
vious extensive  experience  and  the  intelligence 
with  which  he  handled  his  work,  Mr.  Harris  soon 
won  the  attention  of  his  firm  and  in  1911,  after 
three  years  of  active  work  in  the  stock  business, 
was  appointed  Manager  of  the  company's  offices  in 


E.  M.  HARRIS 


San  Diego,  California.  He  remained  there  about  a 
year  and  in  1912  was  appointed  to  the  larger  field 
of  Los  Angeles,  as  Manager  of  the  office  there,  in 
charge  of  all  the  company's  affairs  in  that  district. 
This  is  one  of  the  most  important  branches  of 
the  J.  C.  Wilson  &  Company's  systems  and  the  se- 
lection of  Mr.  Harris  for  the  position  of  Manager 
was  a  distinct  recognition  of  his  services  for  the 
company.  J.  C.  Wilson  &  Company,  of  which  J.  C. 
Wilson  is  the  head,  is  one  of  the  largest  stock  bro- 
kerage concerns  in  the  United 
States.  It  has  the  distinction 
of  having  put  into  operation 
the  first  exclusively  private 
stock  wire  between  Los  Ange- 
les, Chicago  and  New  York.  A 
feature  of  the  business  is  the 
extension  of  courtesy  to  tour- 
ists interested  in  market  af- 
fairs, who  are  visiting  on  the 
Pacific  Coast.  They  are  per- 
mitted to  use  the  wire  in 
communicating  with  their 
Eastern  brokers  and  are  thus 
freed  of  business  worries,  al- 
though they  are  thousands  of 
miles  from  home.  The  intro- 
duction of  this  wire  courtesy, 
as  it  is  called,  by  the  Wilson 
offices  has  served  to  attract 
to  Los  Angeles  and  other 
cities  where  the  company  has 
offices,  a  great  many  men  of 
wealth  who  are  interested  in 
stock  exchange  affairs  or 
other  financial  matters.  The 
company  is  a  member  of  the 
New  York  Stock  Exchange, 
the  New  York  Cotton  Ex- 
change, Chicago  Board  of  Trade  and  the  Stock  & 
Bond  Exchange  of  San  Francisco,  with  two  offices  in 
San  Francisco,  one  in  Los  Angeles  and  others  in  San 
Diego,  Pasadena  and  Coronado  Beach,  California; 
Portland,  Oregon;  Seattle,  Washington,  and  Van- 
couver, British  Columbia.  It  handles  a  tremendous 
amount  of  stock  and  bond  business  and  its  transac- 
tions equal  those  of  many  other  large  brokerage 
houses  combined. 

A  large  part  of  his  success  is  attributed  by  Mr. 
Wilson  to  the  men  he  has  had  associated  with  him 
and  of  these  Mr.  Harris  has  proved  one  of  the 
most  capable  and  conscientious.  During  his  stay 
in  San  Diego  he  greatly  increased  the  business  of 
the  company  there,  and  since  taking  charge  of  the 
Los  Angeles  office  he  has  added  largely  to  its  trans- 
actions, this  being  due  to  his  personality  and  his 
evident  knowledge  of  stock  exchange  and  the  gen- 
eral financial  affairs  of  the  country. 

Mr.  Harris  gives  practically  all  of  his  time  to 
his  business  and  is  not  a  clubman,  preferring  to 
spend  his  leisure  time  with  his  family. 


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EACH,  HOWARD  ELMER,  Attor- 
ney-at-Law,  Los  Angeles,  Califor- 
nia, was  born  in  Prague,  Bohemia, 
Sept.  1.  1883.  He  is  of  Scotch 
extraction,  the  son  of  S.  Reach 
and  Regina  (Setland)  Reach. 

Mr.  Reach  was  reared  in  Bohemia  and  given  the 
best  educational  advantages  of  that  place  and 
Germany.  He  received  the  preliminary  part 
of  his  education  in  the  public  schools  of  Prague, 
and  upon  leaving  high 
school  attended  the  Uni- 
versity of  Prague  for  about  a 
year,  and  then  entered .  the 
University  of  Heidelberg,  Ger- 
many's most  celebrated  in- 
stitution of  learning.  He  was 
graduated  with  the  degree  of 
Doctor  of  Laws  in  1905. 

Shortly  after  leaving  the 
University  Mr.  Reach  ac- 
cepted the  proposal  of  a  Bo- 
hemian newspaper  that  he 
sail  for  the  United  States, 
arrive  in  New  York  penni- 
less, and  earn  his  livelihood 
for  one  year  without  assist- 
ance from  his  family  or 
friends  in  Europe.  Confident 
of  his  ability  to  make  his 
way  under  these  conditions, 
Mr.  Reach  arrived  in  New 
York  and  immediately  began 
what  proved  tg  be  one  of  the 
severest  tests  of  his  life.  He 
worked  at  any  occupation  he 
could  find  and  endured  many 
hardships  in  the  great  city, 
but  at  the  end  of  the  year  he 

was  awarded  the  purse  his  paper  had  promised  if  he 
succeeded  in  his  attempt.  During  his  first  year 
Mr.  Reach  wrote  the  story  of  his  experiences  in 
America,  and  for  a  year  after  he  had  won,  con- 
tinued to  send  special  articles  to  the  publication. 

Mr.  Reach  was  admitted  to  practice  in  the 
courts  of  New  York  and  later  was  admitted  to 
practice  in  several  other  States,  including  New 
Jersey,  Indiana  and  California.  His  first  affiliation 
in  the  United  States  was  with  the  Pinkerton  De- 
tective Agency,  as  a  member  of  its  legal  staff.  He 
served  as  Traveling  Counsel  for  this  concern  for 
more  than  two  years  and  during  that  time  figured 
in  several  important  cases,  among  them  the  prose- 
cution of  Harry  Orchard  and  officers  of  the  West- 
ern Federation  of  Miners  in  connection  with  the 
assassination  of  former  Governor  Steunenberg  of 
Idaho.  Mr.  Reach  had  a  prominent  part  in  the 
preparation  of  evidence  and  greatly  aided  the  State 
Attorneys  in  the  trial  of  the  cases. 

During  his  connection  with  the  Pinkerton 
Agency  Mr.  Reach's  work  took  him  to  all  parts  of 


HOWARD  E.  REACH 


the  United  States  and  required  unusual  versatility 
in  the  knowledge  of  law,  including  banking,  cor- 
poration and  the  criminal  branches.  He  was  thus 
engaged  until  June,  1910,  when  his  work  en  a 
noted  case  took  him  to  California  and  he  de- 
cided to  remain  there.  Following  his  resigna- 
tion, he  opened  offices  in  Los  Angeles,  was  ad- 
mitted to  practice  and  soon  attained  a  place  among 
the  successful  members  of  his  profession.  He  was 
associated  for  a  time  with  the  firm  of  Crouch  & 
Crouch,  but  later  practiced 
alone.  In  1911  he  formed  a 
partnership  with  the  late 
Frank  Pratt,  a  brilliant  attor- 
ney of  Los  Angeles,  and  this 
continued  until  the  latter  part 
of  1912,  when  Mr.  Pratt  was 
claimed  by  death.  Mr.  Reach, 
during  the  greater  part  of  this 
association,  handled  most  of 
the  business  for  the  firm  and 
was  a  figure  in  several  nota- 
ble litigations. 

In  the  year  1907,  prior  to  lo- 
cating permanently  in  Califor- 
nia, Mr.  Reach  was  retained  to 
oppose  the  movement  for  re- 
moval of  the  State  Capital 
from  Sacramento  to  Berke- 
ley, California.  This  propo- 
sition, generally  regarded  as 
a  political  scheme,  not  only 
aroused  the  people  of  Sacra- 
mento, but  brought  forth  a 
protest  from  the  entire  State 
of  California.  Public  senti- 
ment prevented  the  comple- 
tion of  the  plan  and  Mr. 
Reach  was  one  of  the  most 

active  factors  in  the  entire  affair,  it  being  generally 
admitted  that  he  was  largely  instrumental  in  the 
defeat  of  the  scheme. 

In  addition  to  his  professional  practice,  Mr. 
Reach  has  been  active  in  other  lines  in  Los  An- 
geles, and  in  August,  1911,  aided  in  the  organiza- 
tion of  the  Royal  Securities  Company,  a  California 
corporation  devoted  to  the  handling  of  municipal 
bonds.  He  was  chosen  Vice  President  and  General 
Manager  of  the  company's  business  and  also  has 
charge  of  its  legal  affairs. 

Despite  the  handicap  under  which  he  started  his 
career  in  the  United  States,  Mr.  Reach's  work  has 
been  unusually  successful  and  he  is  highly  regarded 
personally  and  as  a  business  man.  He  is  considered 
an  authority  on  banking  and  corporation  law  and 
during  his  brief  residence  in  Southern  California 
has  taken  an  active  interest  in  the  affairs  of  Los 
Angeles,  city  and  county. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Masonic  fraternity,  the 
Los  Angeles  Bar  Association,  the  Union  League 
Club  and  the  University  Club  of  Los  Angeles. 


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ARKER,  WILLIAM  AL- 
FRED, Merchant,  Los  Ange- 
California,  is  a  native  of  Owen- 
burg,  Indiana,  born  March  n, 

1864,  the  son  of  O.  T.  Barker 

and  Arene  (Record)  Barker.  He  married 
Pauline  Berman,  at  Los  Angeles,  August  19, 
1887,  and  to  them  there  were  born  two  children, 
Everett,  an  art  student,  and  Lawrence,  now 
attending  Yale  University. 

Mr.  Barker's  childhood 
was  spent  in  his  native 
Indiana  home,  but  at  an 
early  age  his  family  moved 
to  Colorado  and  it  was  in 
the  public  schools  of  that 
State  that  he  received  his 
education.  He  prepared 
for  college,  and  in  1880  re- 
ceived an  appointment 
from  Colorado  to  the 
United  States  Naval  Acad- 
emy at  Annapolis,  Mary- 
land. He  had  nearly  com- 
pleted his  studies  when,  in 
1883,  Congress  passed  an 
act  limiting  the  classes  to 
ten  men  only,  because  of  a 
surplus  of  naval  officers. 
As  a  result  of  this  action 
numerous  cadets  resigned 
from  the  academy  and  Mr. 
Barker  was  among  them. 

Immediately  after  quit- 
ting Annapolis  Mr.  Barker 
went  to  Los  Angeles,  Cali- 
fornia, whither  his  family 
had  moved,  and  there  went  to  work  in  a 
small  capacity  for  the  firm  of  Barker  and 
Allen,  merchants,  of  which  his  father  was  a 
member. 

After  a  year  with  this  firm  Mr.  Barker's 
father  bought  out  Mr.  Allen  and  organized  the 
firm  of  O.  T.  Barker  and  Sons,  taking  Mr.  Bar- 
ker in  as  one  of  the  partners.  The  latter  re- 
mained with  the  firm  for  three  years,  working 
in  various  capacities,  then  withdrew  in  1887 
to  work  for  the  Milwaukee  Furniture  Company 
in  the  capacity  of  general  salesman. 

In  1890  Mr.  Barker  organized  the  firm  of 
Bailey  and  Barker  Bros.  A  year  later  Mr. 
Bailey  retired  and  the  firm  name  was  changed 
to  Barker  Bros.,  and  Mr.  W.  A.  Barker  was 
acting  as  secretary  and  treasurer  of  this  firm 
until  1906. 

He  in  that  year  organized  the  Pacific  Pur- 
chasing Company,  one  of  the  most  ambitious 
concerns  in  the  commercial  history  of  the  West. 


W.  A.  BARKER 


This  company  owned  seven  wholesale  and  re- 
tail furniture  stores,  and  for  two  years  was  a 
tremendous  success;  its  business  being  reputed 
to  be  the  largest  of  the  kind  in  the  country. 
In  1908,  however,  owing  to  the  anti-trust  agi- 
tation, it  came  under  the  consideration  of  the 
Federal  authorities.  Mr.  Barker  was  presi- 
dent at  that  time.  After  a  trial,  which  is  his- 
toric in  corporation  affairs,  it  was  decided  that 
the  ownership  of  so  many 
stores  constituted  a  monop- 
oly- in  restraint  of  trade, 
and  Mr.  Barker  willingly 
bowed  to  the  decree  of  the 
court  and  dissolved  the 
concern. 

His  prominence  in  this 
matter  made  Mr.  Barker 
one  of  the  most  conspicu- 
ous business  men  on  the 
Pacific  Coast,  his  forma- 
tion of  the  purchasing 
company  having  shown 
him  an  executive  organ- 
izer of  exceptional  ability. 
Following  the  dissolu- 
tion of  the  Pacific  Pur- 
chasing Company  Mr.  Bar- 
ker devoted  his  entire  at- 
tention to  the  business  of 
Barker  Brothers,  and  in 
1910  was  elected  to  the 
presidency  of  the  firm,  a 
position  he  still  occupies. 
He  has  been  a  director  of 
the  Merchants  National 
Bank  for  years. 

Mr.  Barker  has  been  a  director  and  office 
holder  in  several  mining  and  oil  enterprises, 
and  retains  interests  in  some  of  the  substantial 
ones.  He  has  also  been  conspicuous  in  the 
politics  of  Los  Angeles,  but  outside  of  serving 
on  the  executive  staff  of  the  city  and  county 
central  committees,  has  never  been  a  public 
official. 

He  quit  political  work  in  1907,  after  sev- 
enteen years  in  the  arena,  but  he  still  retains 
a  keen  interest,  as  a  layman,  in  the  destinies 
of  his  party,  besides  being  concerned  in  the 
progress  of  the  city.  Mr.  Barker  has  crossed 
the  American  continent  eighty-two  times,  a 
record  equaled  by  few  persons. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Chamber  of  Com- 
merce and  the  Merchants  and  Manufacturers 
Association  of  Los  Angeles,  and  holds  member- 
ships in  the  University,  Jonathan,  California, 
Los  Angeles  Athletic  and  Los  Angeles  Country 
Clubs. 


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BBOTT,  WILLIAM  MAR- 
TIN, General  Attorney  for 
the  United  Railroads,  San 
Francisco,  California,  was 
born  in  that  city,  March  17, 
1872,  the  son  of  William  Abbott  and  Anna- 
bell  Casselman  Abbott.  Descending  from 
a  race  of  Devonshire  lawyers,  in  whose  blood 
the  fighting  strain  was  especially  prominent 
in  Mr.  Abbott's  grand- 
father, who  fought  under 
Wellington,  he  has  re- 
mained true  to  his  tradi- 
tions, and  furnished  fair- 
ly strong  evidence  that 
heredity  is  still  a  potent 
force. 

Mr.  Abbott  was  mar- 
ried in  San  Francisco, 
August  3,  1895,  to  Miss 
Anna  Josephine  Mac- 
Vean,  and  is  the  father 
of  two  sons,  William 
Lindley  Abbott  and  Ti- 
rey  Casselman  Abbott. 

The  John  Swett 
Grammar  School,  1887; 
the  Boys'  High  School, 
1890,  and  the  Hastings 
College  of  the  Law,  1893, 
were  his  successive  grad- 
uating mile-posts. 

Immediately  upon  his 
final  graduation,  with 
the  degree  of  Bachelor  of 
Laws,  and  when  he  was 
just  of  age,  Mr.  Abbott 
began  the  practice  of  his  profession.  For 
two  years  he  met  with  encouraging  success. 
In  1895  Mr.  Cross,  in  whose  office  he  had 
supplemented  his  studies  while  he  was  a  law 
student,  made  him  a  member  of  the  firm  of 
Cross,  Ford,  Kelley  and  Abbott. 

On  the  dissolution  of  this  firm  two  years 
later  Mr.  Abbott  resumed  his  individual  prac- 
tice, but  in  1898  Tirey  L.  Ford,  who  had  be- 
come Attorney  General  of  California,  ap- 
pointed him  Deputy  Attorney  General.  He 
was  placed  in  charge  of  the  opinion  depart- 
ment, a  quasi-judicial  post  that  offered  a 
splendid  opportunity  for  brilliant  work  and 
invaluable  experience.  Here  he  had  to  deal 
with  requests  for  opinions  from  the  Governor, 
State  officers  and  institutions,  the  district  at- 
torneys of  the  State  and  other  similar 
sources.  During  his  term  of  office  he  played 
a  prominent  part  in  the  Atlantic  and  Pacific 
Tax  Cases,  following  them  to  the  United 


WILLIAM   M.   ABBOTT 


States  Supreme  Court,  and  attracted  flatter- 
ing attention  by  his  able  handling  of  them. 

In  1902  Mr.  Abbott  became  Assistant 
General  Counsel  for  the  United  Railroads.  He 
was  one  of  the  attorneys  for  Brown  Brothers, 
the  Baltimore  syndicate  which  purchased  the 
properties  now  owned  by  the  United  Rail- 
roads, and  was  active  in  the  consolidation  of 
all  the  street  railways. 

Shortly  after  the  big 
fire  in  1906  Mr.  Abbott 
was  associated  with  the 
defense  in  the  so-called 
graft  prosecution,  where- 
in his  legal  knowledge 
and  judgment  materially 
aided  the  preparation  of 
his  clients'  cases.  In  1910 
he  was  appointed  Gen- 
eral Attorney  for  the 
United  Railroads. 

He  is  president  of  the 
Market  Street  Railway 
Company,  the  San  Fran- 
cisco and  San  Mateo 
Electric  Railway  Com- 
pany, the  Metropolitan 
Railway  Company,  and  is 
vice  president  of  the 
South  San  Francisco 
Railroad  and  power  Com- 
pany and  a  director  of 
the  United  Railroads 
Company. 

Until  recent  years  he 
was  very  active  politi- 
cally and  has  been  a 
delegate  to  all  of  the  Republican  State  and 
local  conventions. 

Mr.  Abbott's  club  and  social  activities  are 
wide  and  varied.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
National  Geographical  Society,  the  Ameri- 
can Academy  of  Political  and  Social  Sci- 
ences, the  Academy  of  Pacific  Coast  History, 
and  is  treasurer  and  ex-vice  president  of  the 
California  Historical  Landmark  League.  He 
belongs  to  the  Union  League,  the  Bohemian 
Club,  the  California  Tennis  Club  and  to  the 
B.  P.  O.  Elks,  of  which  last  he  is  Past  Ex- 
alted Ruler.  He  has  filled  all  the  offices  of 
the  local  lodge  of  the  N.  S.  G.  W.  and  is  at 
present  a  member  of  Stanford  Parlor  No.  76, 
N.  S.  G.  W.  He  is  a  member  of  California 
Lodge  No.  1,  F.  &  A.  M.,  California  Chapter 
No.  5,  R.  A.  M.,  Knights  Templar,  California 
Commandery  No.  1 ;  a  Mystic  Shriner  and  a 
member  of  the  legal  fraternity,  the  Phi 
Delta  Phi. 


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LLEWELYN   A.   NARES 


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ARES,  LLEWELYN  ARTHUR, 
Capitalist,  Fresno,  California,  was 
born  in  Haverford  West,  Pem- 
brokeshire, England,  July  19, 
1860,  the  son  of  Owen  Alex- 
ander Nares  and  Emily  Mar- 
garet (Lewellin)  Nares.  He  married  Kathryn 
Evans,  at  Los  Angeles,  California,  January 
26,  1909.  His  family  is  one  of  prominence 
in  England,  his  uncle  having  been  Admiral  Sir 
George  Strong  Nares,  K.  C.  B.  Admiral  Nares  was 
born  in  1831,  and  entered  the  British  Navy  when 
he  was  about  14  years  of  age.  He  was  made  a 
Vice  Admiral  in  1892,  but  as  early  as  1873  had 
command  of  the  "Challenger  Expedition."  During 
the  years  1875  and  1876  he  achieved  fame  as 
commander  of  the  British  Government  Arctic 
Expedition,  which  made  notable  progress  in  the 
world's  search  for  the  North  Pole.  Later  in  life 
(1879-96)  he  served  as  Professional  Adviser  to  the 
British  Board  of  Trade  and  also  was  Acting  Con- 
servator of  the  River  Mersey. 

Mr.  Nares,  who  has  attained  prominence  in 
Canada  and  the  United  States  as  a  financier  and 
developer,  spent  his  boyhood  in  England,  but  the 
greater  part  of  his  life  has  been  passed  in  America. 
He  received  his  preliminary  education  in  the 
Haverford  West  Grammar  School  and  the  Mon- 
mouth  Grammar  School,  and  concluded  his  studies 
at  the  Godolphin  School  in  London. 

Finishing  his  educational  work  in  1876,  Mr. 
Nares  embarked  upon  his  business  career  in  the 
employ  of  the  National  Provincial  Bank  at  Haver- 
ford West,  and  filled  this  position  for  about  two 
years.  In  1878  he  went  to  London,  and  there 
entered  the  service  of  the  Delhi  &  London  Bank. 
He  remained  in  the  metropolis  during  the  years 
1878  and  1879,  leaving  in  the  latter  year  for  Mon- 
treal, Canada,  where  he  became  connected  with 
the  Bank  of  British  North  America.  In  1881, 
attracted  by  prosperous  reports  from  the  Canadian 
Northwest,  he  went  to  Winnipeg  and,  after  survey 
work  in  the  Canadian  Rockies,  entered  the  Mer- 
chants' Bank  of  Canada,  with  which  he  remained 
till  1884.  In  that  year,  it  will  be  remembered,  the 
second  rebellion  by  Louis  Riel,  the  half-breed 
Indian  who  had  led  a  revolt  against  the  constituted 
authorities  in  1869-70,  occurred,  and  Mr.  Nares  was 
one  of  the  loyal  Britishers  who  volunteered  their 
services  at  the  closing  engagements  in  suppressing 
the  rebels. 

Following  the  rebellion,  Mr.  Nares  embarked 
in  business  for  himself  as  the  financial  representa- 
tive of  English  capitalists  seeking  conservative 
investments  in  the  Northwest  Territory.  Because 
of  his  long  experience  in  banking  affairs  and  his 
intimate  knowledge  of  Canada  and  business  condi- 
tions there,  Mr.  Nares  soon  met  with  success  in 
this  field,  and  finally  organized  the  firm  of  Nares, 
Robinson  &  Black,  which  still  is  in  existence.  This 
firm  conducted  a  tremendous  amount  of  business, 
making  large  investments  in  land  and  other  enter- 
prises for  English  capitalists. 

In  1894,  after  approximately  ten  years  of  suc- 
cessful operation  in  British  America,  Mr.  Nares 
entered  the  United  States  as  the  representative  of 
his  English  clients,  and  made  various  investments 
for  them  in  California  and  elsewhere.  He  has  been 
identified  with  these  interests  ever  since,  and  his 
operations  now  extend  to  all  parts  of  the  Western 
and  Southern  United  States,  although  the  greater 
part  of  them  are  in  California.  The  interests  rep- 


resented  by  Mr.  Nares  had  made  their  initial 
investment  in  California  as  early  as  1881,  but  they 
did  not  make  much  progress  until  Mr.  Nares  took 
hold  of  their  projects.  Since  he  took  charge  of 
the  investors'  enterprises  they  have  acquired  95  per 
cent  of  all  the  irrigation  canals  on  the  north  side 
of  the  Kings  River,  and  the  area  irrigated  has 
increased  in  this  period  from  eighty  thousand  acres 
to  more  than  four  hundred  thousand  acres. 

Under  the  direction  of  Mr.  Nares,  lands  acquired 
by  the  companies-  about  the  time  he  entered  the 
work  have  been  greatly  developed  and  colonized. 
Subsequent  land  purchases  by  these  and  other 
interests  have  been  developed  and  form  part  of  one 
of  the  most  extensive  and  successful  colonization 
projects  on  the  American  Continent.  The  various 
colonization  enterprises  extend  for  fifty  miles  along 
Kings  River  and  a  veritable  garden  of  good  land, 
of  which  the  Laguna  De  Tache  grant,  comprising 
about  sixty-eight  thousand  acres,  was  the  first  and 
principal  part,  has  been  reclaimed  and  thrown 
open  to  settlement. 

With  Mr.  Nares  the  perfection  of  irrigation  and 
the  development  of  the  lands  so  that  they  will  yield 
the  greatest  amount  of  good  to  mankind  has  be- 
come a  life  work. 

The  operations  conducted  under  the  supervision 
of  Mr.  Nares  have  been  among  the  most  stupendous 
in  the  history  of  Western  development.  Twenty 
miles  of  river  channel  have  been  cut  by  dredgers, 
seventeen  miles  of  railroad  constructed,  one  hun- 
dred miles  of  river  levees  erected  and  irrigation 
and  drainage  ditches,  with  the  necessary  weirs, 
gates,  flumes  and  drops  put  in.  The  irrigation 
system  now  has  more  than  five  hundred  miles  of 
main  canals,  and  there  are  in  excess  of  four  thous- 
and miles  of  laterals  and  farmers'  ditches.  There 
still  remain  about  two  hundred  thousand  acres, 
which,  in  the  not  distant  future,  Mr.  Nares  hopes 
to  develop  and  put  to  the  highest  beneficial  use, 
making  his  ambition  for  a  perfect  agricultural 
achievement  an  accomplished  fact. 

A  summary  of  what  has  already  been  accom- 
plished through  the  management  of  Mr.  Nares  in 
land  and  water  development  reviews  a  wonderful 
work  in  this  line.  While  it  has  meant  a  notable 
financial  return  to  the  interests  he  represents,  it 
has  also  meant  that  the  great  section  of  land  in  the 
"Kingdom  of  Kings  River,"  theretofore  useless  be- 
cause of  lack  of  water,  has  been  reclaimed  and 
turned  over  to  the  farmer,  at  a  reasonable  figure, 
for  cultivation.  It  has  brought  thousands  of  peo- 
ple to  California  and  has  been  one  of  the  chief 
units  in  the  development  of  the  "back  to  nature" 
movement  insofar  as  it  applies  to  California. 

Despite  the  fact  that  he  has  seen  the  virtual 
realization  of  the  vision  he  had  many  years  ago, 
Mr.  Nares  is  not  a  dreamer.  He  is  a  practical 
business  man  and  as  such  stands  among  the 
most  successful  men  in  his  part  of  the  country, 
being  an  officer,  stockholder  or  Director  in  various 
important  enterprises.  He  is  President  of  the 
Fre&no  Canal  &  Irrigation  Company,  the  Consol- 
idated Canal  Company,  Summit  Lake  Investment 
Company,  Kings  River  Reclamation  Company  and 
the  Laton  &  Western  Railroad  Company,  and  also 
holds  office  as  Managing  Director  of  the  Laguna 
Lands,  Limited. 

He  is  essentially  a  man  of  large  financial  and 
business  affairs,  with  no  political  affiliations.  He 
is  a  member  of  the  California  Club,  Los  Angeles; 
the  Fresno  Sequoia  Club,  and  a  Director  of  the 
Sunnyside  Country  Club,  Fresno. 


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G.    RAY  HORTON 

ORTON,  GEORGE  RAY,  Attorney, 
Los  Angeles,  Cal.,  was  born  at 
Marengo,  Iowa,  December  14,  1875, 
the  son  of  John  Milton  Horton  and 
Kate  Anne  (Morse)  Horton,  the 
former  a  descendant  of  John  Han- 
cock, signer  of  the  Declaration  of  Independence,  and 
the  latter  a  descendant  of  Samuel  F.  B.  Morse, 
inventor  of  the  electric  telegraph.  He  was  married 
in  Los  Angeles,  to  Jessie  Balch,  June  5,  1902.  They 
have  a  daughter,  Helen  Balch  Horton. 

He  was  brought  to  Ontario,  Cal.,  April  5,  1885.  He 
received  his  preliminary  education  In  the  Ontario 
schools,  and  was  graduated  from  Pomona  College  in 
1898,  with  the  degree  of  A.  B.,  magna  cum  laude.  In 
1908  he  received  his  LL.B.  from  the  University  of 
Southern  California  College  of  Law. 

Mr.  Horton  learned  the  printing  trade  in  his 
youth,  earning  money  to  pay  for  his  education. 
From  1898  to  1899,  he  was  editor  of  the  Ontario 
Record,  and  for  seven  years  subsequently  worked 
on  the  leading  newspapers  of  Los  Angeles. 

He  was  associated  with  United  States  Senator 
Frank  P.  Flint  as  student  and  practitioner.  He 
was  minute  clerk  of  the  California  Senate,  session 
1907;  Deputy  District  Attorney  for  Los  Angeles 
County,  1907  to  1910;  First  Assistant  United  States 
Attorney  for  Southern  District  of  California,  1910- 
1911.  In  the  latter  year  he  was  appointed  Chief 
Trial  Deputy  in  the  District  Attorney's  office,  Los 
Angeles  County,  and  still  retains  that  office;  par- 
ticipated in  McNamara  murder  cases;  member  law 
firm  of  Jennings  and  Horton,  Los  Angeles. 

Mr.  Horton  is  president  of  the  Castaline  Com- 
pany, manufacturing  a  type-slug  machine,  in  the 
invention  of  which  he  aided. 

He  is  a  member  Chamber  of  Commerce,  Univer- 
sity, Metropolitan  and  Pomona  College  clubs;  32d 
degree  Mason,  Shriner,  Knight  of  Pythias,  D  O.  K. 
K.,  W.  O.  W.,  and  Phi  Delta  Phi,  Legal  Fraternity. 


WM.  L.  VALENTINE 


ALENTINE,  WILLIAM  LUCAS, 
Oil,  Los  Angeles,  California,  was 
born  March  8,  1870,  in  Mendocino 
County,  California,  ihe  son  of  Wil- 
liam Valentine  and  Susan  (Lucas) 
Valentine.  He  married  Louie 
Chandler  Robinson,  May  27,  1896,  at  Los  Angeles 
and  has  four  children. 

Mr.  Valentine  is  a  graduate  of  the  Lincoln  Gram- 
mar School  of  San  Francisco,  1885.  He  attended 
the  Commercial  High  School  of  San  Francisco  for 
an  additional  year. 

He  went  to  work  for  Carrick,  Williams  &  Wright 
Company  of  San  Francisco  in  the  lumber  and  box 
business.  He  resigned  to  take  a  place  with  the 
Easton  Eldridge  Company,  one  of  the  largest  real 
estate  firms  of  San  Francisco.  He  worked  in  the 
various  departments  of  the  firm  until  1893,  when 
he  was  put  in  charge  of  a  branch  office  at  Los 
Angeles,  under  the  direction  of  Major  George 
Easton.  He  resigned  in  1900  to  organize  the  Fuller- 
ton  Oil  Company,  a  corporation  capitalized  for 
$600,000.  The  new  company  began  with  the  owner- 
ship of  fifty  acres  of  proven  oil  land.  With  a  single 
assessment,  oil  in  quantity  was  found.  From  the 
profits  an  additional  380  acres  were  bought.  The 
reports  of  the  concern  in  1911  state  that 
$651,000  in  dividends  had  been  paid  and  that  there 
was  no  debt.  Mr.  Valentine  is  the  largest  stock- 
holder and  is  secretary  and  general  manager  of 
its  affairs. 

He  was  chosen  a  director  in  the  Merchants' 
National  Bank  of  Los  Angeles  in  1910,  and  is  now 
well  started  in  big  business. 

He  is  a  director  of  the  California  Club,  director 
of  the  Automobile  Club  of  Southern  California, 
member  of  the  Cerritos  Gun  Club,  Bolsa  Chica  Gun 
Club,  South  Bay  Shooting  Club  and  San  Gabriel 
Valley  Country  Club.  He  is  a  junior  member  of 
the  Society  of  California  Pioneers. 


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LOUIS    F.    VETTER 

ETTER,  LOUIS  FISHER,  Surety 
Bonds  and  General  Insurance,  Los 
Angeles,  California,  was  born 
March  22,  1857,  at  Washington, 
Illinois.  His  father  was  Anthony 
Vetter-Hoefer  and  his  mother 
Anna  D.  Fisher.  Mr.  Vetter  came  to  California  in 
1883  from  Salt  Lake  City,  and  located  first  in  San 
Francisco.  He  came  to  Los  Angeles  in  1886  and 
about  1888  had  his  name  legally  changed  to  Vetter. 
Mr.  Vetter  was  educated  in  the  public  schools 
and  Cole's  Business  College,  Peoria,  Illinois.  He 
was  a  newsboy  at  Peoria  until  about  1867  and  then 
worked  on  a  farm  in  Indiana  for  three  years.  He 
began  learning  the  upholstery  trade  in  Peoria  in 
1874,  and  followed  that  occupation  in  various  cities 
until  1881.  He  then  became  assistant  manager  at 
Salt  Lake  City  for  R.  G.  Dun  and  Company,  and  con- 
tinued with  the  company  until  1891,  the  last  three 
years  with  them  as  manager  of  the  branch 
office  in  Los  Angeles.  He  then  became  engaged  in 
the  general  insurance  and  surety  bond  business. 
During  his  employment  with  R.  G.  Dun  and  Com- 
pany he  established  the  firm's  branch  offices  in 
San  Diego,  Seattle,  Tacoma  and  Spokane,  besides 
assisting  in  establishing  the  Los  Angeles  office. 
Mr.  Vetter  served  on  the  Board  of  Fire  Com- 
missioners of  Los  Angeles  one  full  term  under 
Mayor  Frank  Rader  and  part  of  another  term  un- 
der Mayor  M.  P.  Snyder,  1895-96-97.  He  was  a 
member  of  the  City  Council  one  term  of  two  years, 
1899-1901. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Bohemian  Club,  San 
Francisco;  the  California  Club;  Sunset  Club,  of 
which  he  is  treasurer;  of  Hollenbeck  Lodge,  No. 
319,  F.  and  A.  M.,  Signet  Chapter,  No.  57,  R.  A. 
M.;  Los  Angeles  Commandery,  No.  9,  K.  T.;  Al 
Malaikah  Temple,  A.  A.  O.  N.  M.  S.,  and  a  mem- 
ber by  demit  of  Los  Angeles  Lodge,  No.  99,  B. 
P.  O.  E. 


WALTER  F.  HAAS 

AAS,  WALTER  F.,  Attorney-at- 
Law,  Los  Angeles,  Cal.,  was  born 
Nov.  12,  1869,  in  the  town  of  Cali- 
fornia, Mo.  His  father  was  John 
B.  Haas  and  his  mother  Lina  W. 
Bruere. 

Mr.  Haas  gained  his  education  in  the  grammar 
schools  of  California,  Mo.,  and  the  high  schools  of 
Los  Angeles.  He  studied  law  in  the  office  of 
Houghton,  Silent  &  Campbell,  of  Los  Angetes. 

On  May  30,  1884,  Mr.  Haas  came  to  California, 
settling  in  Los  Angeles.  He  immediately  started 
the  practice  of  law  and  was  admitted  to  the  Su- 
preme Court  of  California,  April  7,  1891.  The  fol- 
lowing year  he  was  admitted  to  the  United  States 
District  Court,  United  States  Circuit,  and  United 
States  Circuit  Court  of  Appeals. 

From  1899  until  1900  he  was  City  Attorney  of 
Los  Angeles. 

He  formed  a  law  partnership  with  Frank  Gar- 
rett,  July  1,  1901.  On  April  1,  1906,  the  firm  was 
increased  by  the  addition  of  Harry  L.  Dunnigan. 
Mr.  Garrett  died  in  March,  1911,  since  which  time 
the  firm  has  been  known  as  Haas  &  Dunnigan. 
They  have  conducted  a  general  civil  practice  with 
water  laws  and  corporation  laws  as  specialties. 

In  addition  to  his  extensive  law  practice, 
Mr.  Haas  is  a  member  of  many  corporations, 
among  which  are  the  Tampico  Land,  Lumber  & 
Development  Co.,  of  which  he  is  president;  the 
German-American  Savings  Bank,  as  director;  the 
C.  J.  Kubach  Co.,  as  vice  president;  the  K.  &  K. 
Brick  Co.,  as  director,  and  the  Fidelia  Investment 
Co.,  of  which  he  is  president. 

Mr.  Haas  is  also  a  member  of  many  clubs  and 
associations.  He  belongs  to  the  Union  League 
Club,  the  Bar  Association,  the  Palestine  Lodge 
No.  351,  F.  &  A.  M.,  Scottish  Rite  Masons,  and  a 
member  of  the  L.  A.  Chamber  of  Commerce. 


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ORTON,  JOHN  H.  (deceased 
February  7,  1911),  Los  An- 
geles, California,  was  born  in 
Boston,  Mass.,  in  the  year 
1844.  He  married  Mrs.  Mary 
Van  Doren.  There  is  one  daughter,  Miss 
Amy  Marie  Norton. 

Mr.  Norton  received  his  primary  educa- 
tion in  Boston,  and  graduated  from  the  Bos- 
ton High  School.     After 
leaving  school,  and  before 
he   was   twenty   years   of 
age,   he  joined   the  great 
movement  westward. 

He  spent  one  year  in 
Kansas  and  went  from 
there  to  Las  Animas,  Col- 
orado, then  a  frontier 
town.  There  he  engaged, 
on  a  small  scale  at  first., 
as  storekeeper.  Later  he 
worked  as  a  sheep  and 
cattle  herder,  and  finally 
became  a  large  stock 
owner  on  his  own  ac- 
count, accumulating  his 
first  capital.  After  a  time 
he  sold  out  and  undertook 
what  was  in  that  day  a 
journey  of  exploration 
into  a  wild  land,  as  dan- 
gerous as  any  exploration 
tour  in  Africa,  on  account 
of  the  hostile  Indians.  He 
traveled  by  stage  and 
p  r  a  i  ri  e  schooner,  850 
miles  to  Tucson,  Arizona, 
consuming  more  than  two  months  in  the  trip. 
Soon  after  arriving  in  Arizona  he  was  ap- 
pointed by  the  Government  as  post  trader  at 
Fort  Grant,  120  miles  from  Tucson.  The 
only  way  to  get  supplies  into  the  fort  was 
by  way  of  Trinidad,  two  months'  journey  by 
mule  team,  and  every  pound  had  to  be 
brought  across  mountains  and  deserts  prac- 
tically unmarked  by  roads.  But  his  knowl- 
edge and  experience  in  freighting  supplies 
gave  him  the  necessary  assurance  to  organ- 
ize the  famous  company  of  Norton  &  Stew- 
art, the  firm  that  developed  the  most  re- 
markable stage  system  in  America,  if  not  in 
the  world.  They  covered  the  entire  State  of 
Arizona  with  their  network  of  stage  lines, 
and  in  spite  of  holdups  of  the  most  dramatic 
character  and  lack  of  roads,  their  service  was 
almost  as  regular  as  that  of  the  railroads 
today. 

He  was  cattle  buyer  in   Mexico  for  the 


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government  of  the  United   States  just  pre- 
vious to  this  venture. 

In  1882  Mr.  Norton  founded  the  town  of 
Willcox,  Arizona,  naming  it  after  his  inti- 
mate friend,  General  Willcox,  who  was  then 
in  command  of  the  United  States  troops  in 
the  Southwest.  His  partner,  Stewart,  died, 
and  shortly  after  Mr.  Norton  organized  the 
Norton-Morgan  Commercial  Company,  be- 
coming its  president. 

He  went  to  Los  An- 
geles in  1893,  and  imme- 
diately became  interested 
in  some  of  the  largest  in- 
stitutions of  that  city.  He 
became  a  stockholder  and 
was  elected  a  director  of 
the  Citizens'  National 
Bank.  He  also  became 
interested  in  the  Los  An- 
geles Trust  Company,  and 
was  elected  one  of  the  di- 
rectors of  that  institution. 
He  invested  heavily  in 
Los  Angeles  real  estate, 
and  among  his  posses- 
sions at  the  time  of  his 
death  was  the  Jevne 
block,  a  beautiful,  modern 
structure  at  the  corner  of 
Sixth  and  Broadway.  He 
incorporated  the  firm  of 
J.  H.  Norton  Co.,  railroad 
contractors,  which  com- 
pany did  a  great  deal  of 
heavy  railroad  construc- 
tion in  the  Southwest. 
After  his  arrival  in  Los  Angeles  he  in- 
terested himself  greatly  in  public  affairs.  He 
was  active  for  the  betterment  and  growth 
of  the  city,  and  was  a  director  of  the  Cham- 
ber of  Commerce.  For  three  years  he  was  a 
member  of  the  Board  of  Water  Commission- 
ers. He  was  an  active  Republican,  and  twice 
was  sent  as  delegate  to  national  conventions. 
He  was  considered  one  of  the  more  suc- 
cessful of  Los  Angeles  men  and  one  of  the 
most  aggressive  of  the  type  that  developed 
the  Southwest.  His  fortune,  known  to  be 
large  at  his  death,  he  earned  for  himself. 
He  generally  won  in  his  ventures  because  he 
was  a  brave  man  and  capable  of  undertaking 
any  kind  of  legitimate  work,  whether  driv- 
ing a  stage  team  in  Arizona  or  sitting  at  a 
desk  in  a  banking  office  in  Los  Angeles.  He 
was  a  member  of  the  California,  Jonathan 
and  L.  A.  Country  clubs,  besides  a  number  of 
civic  and  political  organizations. 


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ROWNSTEIN,  DANIEL  J., 
Wholesale  Merchant  and 
Manufacturer,  Los  Angeles, 
Cal.,  is  a  native  of  California, 
having  been  born  at  Red 
Bluff,  in  the  northern  part  of  the  State,  Janu- 
ary 3,  1870.  His  father  was  Jacob  Brown- 
stein  and  his  mother  Bertha  (Newmark) 
Brownstein.  On  January  8,  1903,  he  married 
Caroline  Blanchard  in 
Los  Angeles.  There  is 
one  son,  Robert  Grant 
Brownstein. 

Mr.  Brownstein  spent 
his  early  youth  in  the 
north  of  California,  par- 
ticularly around  Red 
Bluff  and  in  the  moun- 
tainous regions  just 
south  of  snow-capped 
Shasta.  When  the  fam- 
ily moved  to  San  Fran- 
cisco he  attended  the 
public  schools  of  that 
city  and  entered  the 
Boys'  High  School, 
where  he  was  graduated 
in  1887. 

Shortly  after  finishing 
his  studies  in  high  school 
Mr.  Brownstein  moved  to 
Southern  California  and 
settled  permanently  in 
Los  Angeles  in  the  latter 
part  of  the  year  1887. 
His  first  and  only  work 
in  the  employ  of  others 
he  obtained  shortly  after  his  arrival.  He  was 
given  a  position  in  the  wholesale  house  of 
Jacoby  Brothers,  pioneer  clothiers  of  Los 
Angeles,  and  remained  with  that  firm  in  va- 
rious capacities  for  eight  years,  or  until  the 
firm  quit  the  wholesale  business  in  1895. 

With  the  retirement  of  the  Jacoby  Broth- 
ers from  the  wholesale  field,  Mr.  Brownstein 
determined  to  take  their  places,  and  conse- 
quently he  organized  the  firm  of  Brownstein, 
Newmark  and  Louis,  his  partners  in  the  ven- 
ture being  Henry  W.  Louis  and  P.  A.  New- 
mark.  The  three  men  were  practical  whole- 
sale clothiers  and  they  combined  their  efforts 
to  make  the  enterprise  a  success. 

Starting  business  in  the  old  Baker  Block, 
Los  Angeles,  with  one  room  and  a  basement 
for  their  store,  the  firm  expanded  until  it  re- 
quired three  stores  and  basements  in  the 
Baker  Block  to  house  its  stock.  At  the  end 
of  ten  years,  or  in  1905',  the  company  moved 


D.  J.  BROWNSTEIN 


to  a  new  four-story  building  and  has  occu- 
pied it  down  to  date. 

Mr.  Brownstein's  company  added  manu- 
facturing to  their  business  about  1899,  the  de- 
partment now  employing  about  four  hundred 
people.  The  company  now  has  under  con- 
struction a  plant  which  will  be  put  into  op- 
eration in  1912,  giving  employment  to  one 
thousand  workers. 

On  Jan.  1,  1911,  Mr.  P. 
A.  Newmark,  after  an  as- 
sociation  with  Mr. 
Brownstein  and  Mr. 
Louis  for  more  than  fif- 
teen years,  withdrew 
from  the  firm,  selling  his 
interest  to  Mr.  Brown- 
stein and  his  partner. 
The  business  was  then 
incorporated  under  the 
style,  Brownstein-Louis 
Company. 

Mr.  Brownstein  has 
been  an  important  factor 
in  the  commercial  and 
manufacturing  develop- 
ment of  Los  Angeles  and 
is  prominently  associated 
with  everything  that 
stands  for  the  advance- 
ment of  Los  Angeles' 
business  interests. 

As  a  member  of  the 
Board  of  Directors  of  the 
Los  Angeles  Chamber  of 
Oils  and  Mines  in  1910, 
he  was  chairman  of  the 
Committee  on  Mercantile  Affairs  and  was  the 
directing  force  in  all  of  its  activities  and  re- 
forms. During  his  retention  of  this  office  the 
committee  was  instrumental  in  the  establish- 
ment of  rules  and  reforms  of  a  progressive 
nature  which  now  play  an  important  part  in 
the  conduct  of  mining  and  oil  affairs. 

He  is  also  a  prominent  member  of  the  Los 
Angeles  Merchants  and  Manufacturers'  As- 
sociation, having  been  on  the  roster  of  that 
organization  since  its  formation  fifteen  years 
ago.  He  has  always  taken  a  deep  interest  in 
its  affairs  and  is  a  liberal  contributor  in  all 
matters  that  mean  the  upbuilding  of  the  city. 
Mr.  Brownstein  is  one  of  the  leading 
Masons  on  the  Pacific  Coast  and  is  a  Knight 
Commander  of  the  Court  of  Honor  of  the 
Ancient  and  Accepted  Scottish  Rite  of  Free- 
masonry. He  is  also  a  member  of  the  Mys- 
tic Shriners  and  of  the  Native  Sons  of  the 
Golden  West. 


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ESLEY,  CAPTAIN  JAMES  CAMP- 
BELL, Mining,  United  States  and 
Mexico,  residing  at  Coronado 
Beach,  Cal.,  was  born  in  London, 
England,  November  12,  1874,  the 
son  of  Bryan  Charles  Besley  and 
Mary  Ann  (Harvey)  Besley. 

Captain  Besley  is  a  member  of  one  of  the  oldest 
families  in  England,  whose  members  have  served  the 
Crown  in  war  and  peace  for  generations.  His  father 
was  Inspector  General  of  Forces  in  Australia  and 
other  British  provinces  and  an  extensive  landowner. 

Captain  Besley's  boyhood  was  spent  in  various 
parts  of  the  British  Empire,  but  largely  in  Australia, 
where  his  father  was  stationed  for  many  years.  He 
received  his  primary  education  at  the  Christian 
Brothers'  College  of  Adelaide,  Australia,  but  when 
he  was  about  twelve  years  of  age  entered  Prince 
Albert  College  in  Adelaide.  Three  years  later  he 
returned  to  England  and  entered  Eton  to  prepare 
for  Oxford.  He  finished  at  Eton  in  1893  and  imme- 
diately entered  Oxford,  but  did  not  finish  at  the 
latter  institution,  leaving  at  the  end  of  two  years 
to  take  up  the  study  of  mining  and  metallurgy.  He 
studied  for  a  time  at  the  Royal  School  of  Mines 
in  London,  but  finished  at  the  Broken  Hill  School 
of  Mines  in  New  South  Wales.  This  school,  lo- 
cated in  the  heart  of  the  celebrated  Broken  Hill 
mining  district,  is  one  of  the  largest  institutions  of 
the  kind  in  the  world.  It  is  one  of  the  features  of 
the  great  Broken  Hill  mining  district,  the  center  of 
one  of  the  greatest  pastoral  tracts  of  Australia  and 
the  country's  principal  silver  mining  region. 

Upon  receiving  his  degree  as  Engineer  of  Mines 
in  1896,  Captain  Besley  entered  the  service  of  the 
Broken  Hill  Proprietary  Company,  owners  of  the 
celebrated  "Proprietary"  mine.  This  property,  in 
the  working  of  which  more  than  three  thousand 
men  are  employed,  is  noted  as  one  of  the  greatest 
producers  of  silver  in  the  world.  Captain  Besley 
was  engaged  in  surveys,  engineering  and  metal- 
lurgical work  for  approximately  two  years,  but  in 
the  latter  part  of  1897  resigned  his  position  and 
joined  the  rush  to  the  goldfields  of  Kalgoorlie  and 
Coolgardie,  in  the  western  part  of  Australia,  which 
are  now  known  among  the  great  gold  producing 
regions  of  the  world.  Captain  Besley  acquired 
some  valuable  mining  claims  in  this  district  and 
worked  them  with  great  profit  for  about  a  year. 

In  1898,  however,  upon  learning  of  the  discov- 
ery of  gold  in  Alaska,  he  disposed  of  his  holdings 
in  the  Coolgardie  district  and  set  out  for  the  Klon- 
dike region,  unmindful  of  the  fact  that  his  desti- 
nation was  more  than  ten  thousand  miles  away. 
Arriving  at  Alaska,  he  joined  the  stampede  to  Daw- 
son  City  and  was  among  the  earliest  locators  in 
that  region,  staking  out  five  claims  which  he  im- 
mediately began  to  work.  During  the  first  six 
months  of  his  stay  there  Captain  Besley  took  out 
approximately  a  quarter  of  a  million  dollars'  worth 
of  gold,  and  added  to  this  materially  during  the 


rest  of  his  stay  in  the  country,  covering  a  period 
of  approximately  eighteen  months. 

Endowed  with  remarkable  physical  endurance 
and  trained  to  withstand  hardships,  he  was  un- 
affected by  the  rigorous  weather  and  other  trials 
which  confronted  the  men  of  the  region.  He  fig- 
ured in  many  thrilling  episodes  during  his  year 
and  a  half  in  the  country,  and  Besley  Creek,  tribu- 
tary to  the  Klondike,  where  he  discovered  gold  in 
great  quantities,  was  named  in  his  honor.  It  was 
in  this  district  also  that  he  rescued  two  comrades 
from  death  by  cold  and  starvation. 

At  the  outbreak  of  the  Boer  War,  Captain  Bes- 
ley, loyal  to  England,  left  the  Klondike  and 
hastened  home  to  offer  his  services  to  his  coun- 
try. He  was  commissioned  Junior  Lieutenant 
in  "Kitchener's  Fighting  Scouts,"  and  immediately 
sailed  for  South  Africa.  This  command  was  made 
up  of  men  experienced  in  the  wild  regions  of  South 
Africa  and  other  countries,  who  knew  the  duties 
of  scouts,  were  inured  to  hardship  and  capable  of 
holding  their  own  in  a  fight.  In  his  youth,  Captain 
Besley,  accompanying  his  father,  had  spent  con 
siderable  time  in  South  Africa  and  was  well  ac- 
quainted with  the  country.  Added  to  this  was  the 
experience  he  had  gained  in  the  bush  country  of 
Australia  and  desolate  regions  of  Alaska,  and  this, 
combined  with  extraordinary  ability  as  a  marks- 
man and  a  rider,  made  him  a  peculiarly  well 
equipped  member  of  the  select  band  of  soldiers  to 
which  he  had  been  assigned. 

Reaching  South  Africa,  Captain  Besley  and  the 
rest  of  Kitchener's  Fighting  Scouts  were  placed 
under  command  of  Colonel  Johann  W.  Colen- 
brander,  a  veteran  of  the  Rhodes  campaigns  in 
Matabeleland  and  one  of  the  distinguished  soldiers 
of  South  Africa.  Led  by  Colonel  Colenbrander,  the 
column  started  through  the  northern  Transvaal 
country,  at  that  time  alive  with  Boers,  and  their 
progress  was  marked  by  numerous  engagements 
with  the  enemy.  Their  objective  point  was  Kru- 
gersdorp,  but  before  they  reached  there  Colonel 
Colenbrander  received  a  request  from  Lieutenant- 
Colonel  Plumer  (later  Major-General  Sir  Herbert 
Plumer,  K.  C.  B.)  for  a  man  to  undertake  the  haz- 
ardous task  of  penetrating  the  Boer  lines  outside  of 
Mafeking  with  dispatches  for  General  Sir  Baden- 
Powell,  who  was  under  siege  at  the  latter  place. 

Colonel  Colenbrander  selected  Captain  Besley 
for  the  task,  and  he  in  turn  chose  a  companion  to 
accompany  him  on  the  journey.  Arriving  at 
Zeerust,  a  small  town  in  the  Transvaal,  about  130 
miles  west  of  Pretoria,  they  were  met  by  Colonel 
Plumer's  command  and  Captain  Besley  and  his 
companion,  receiving  their  orders,  started  off  on 
their  dangerous  mission.  They  were  compelled  to 
"feel"  their  way  for  a  distance  of  120  miles,  owing 
to  the  fact  that  the  Boers  were  thick  and  capture 
might  have  meant  death.  But  aside  from  that,  they 
were  compelled  to  undergo  other  hardships,  includ- 
ing hunger,  thirst  and  lack  of  sleep. 


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In  due  time,  however,  Captain  Besley,  after 
passing  through  the  Boer  lines  several  times, 
finally  reached  Mafeking  and  delivered  to  General 
Baden-Powell  the  dispatches  notifying  him  that  re- 
lief was  near  at  hand.  This  done,  he  started  back 
to  his  command  and  had  to  undergo  the  same  perils 
through  which  he  had  previously  passed  and 
walked  or  crept  the  entire  distance  of  120  miles. 

This  accomplishment  won  for  Captain  Besley 
the  admiration  and  appreciation  of  Colonel  Plumer, 
himself  a  veteran  of  the  Soudan  and  other  cam- 
paigns, and  he  immediately  recommended  the  scout 
for  promotion,  the  rank  of  Captain  being  conferred 
upon  him  shortly  afterward.  This  feat  on  the  part 
of  Besley,  while  one  of  the  most  sensational  in- 
stances of  individual  courage  during  the  entire 
war,  was  not  the  only  one  accomplished  by  him,  his 
record  being  replete  with  many  others. 

About  two  months  after  his  return  from  Mafe- 
king he  was  leading  a  party  of  scouts  and  ran  into 
a  Boer  ambush.  A  battle  between  the  small  party 
of  Britishers  and  the  more  numerous  Boers  ensued 
and  Besley  fell,  shot  through  the  arm  and  through 
the  side.  The  scouting  party  was  captured  and 
Captain  Besley  was-  held  a  prisoner  for  two  months 
before  he  was  exchanged  for  a  Boer  soldier. 

Shortly  after  his  return  to  his  command,  Cap- 
tain Besley  was  attached  to  the  Bushveldt  Carbi- 
neers, commanded  by  Major  Charles  Ross,  another 
noted  fighter,  and  saw  extraordinary  service  under 
him.  At  the  end  of  three  months  Major  Ross  was 
transferred  to  another  command,  and  Captain  Bes- 
ley, now  commissioned  Major,  was  placed  at  the  head 
of  the  Carbineers.  He  commanded  them  in  their 
operations  from  the  northern  Transvaal  down  to 
Bloemfontein,  in  Orange  Free  State,  where  they 
were  stationed  until  the  close  of  the  war. 

Captain  Besley  was  in  service  about  two  years 
and  four  months  and  in  that  period  distinguished 
himself  in  numerous  ways.  Upon  his  retirement, 
however,  he  discarded  the  title  of  Major. 

At  the  conclusion  of  his  military  service,  Captain 
Besley  was  engaged  as  a  special  engineer  by  Cecil 
John  Rhodes,  the  immortal  empire  builder  of  South 
Africa,  to  write  a  geological  and  topographical  re- 
port on  a  large  area  of  territory  in  which  he  was 
interested.  This  finished,  the  Captain,  in  whom 
love  of  nature  is  strong,  went  on  an  extended  hunt- 
ing trip  in  the  African  wilds,  in  search  of  big  game. 
Later,  following  the  death  of  Rhodes,  Captain  Be&- 
ley  was  chosen  as  one  of  a  mounted  guard  of  honor 
at  the  funeral  and  escorted  the  body  of  the  great 
leader  from  Bulawajo  to  the  tomb  in  the  Matoppos, 
a  distance  of  thirty-one  miles.  The  casket  was  con- 
veyed on  a  gun  carriage  and  was  deposited  in  a 
tomb  in  the  wilderness,  with  only  a  tablet  to  mark 
the  resting  place  of  one  of  the  world's  great  men. 

Soon  after  this  event,  Captain  Besley  returned 
to  the  United  States  and  went  immediately  to  Alas- 
ka. He  remained  in  the  Klondike  a  short  time,  but 
finally  sold  out  his  interests  there  and  left,  his  trip 


having  covered  the  period  between  the  close  of 
navigation  in  1902  and  its  opening  early  in  1903. 

Captain  Besley  at  that  time  turned  his  attention 
to  mining  in  Mexico  and  visited  several  different 
sections  of  that  country  in  search  of  investments, 
purchasing  and  later  selling  the  Noche  Buena 
Yaqui  R.,  near  Syopa,  and  the  San  Carlos,  in  the 
Matapa  district.  He  finally  purchased  a  mine  in 
northern  Sonora,  known  as  the  Cerro  de  Plata 
mine,  a  valuable  silver  property,  and  began  active 
development  work  in  1908,  operating  the  property 
continuously  since  that  time.  He  erected  a  ten- 
stamp  mill  and  other  improvements  and  has 
worked  the  mine  profitably  for  more  than  four 
years.  Like  other  foreign  property  owners,  he  suf- 
fered considerably  through  raids  by  rebels  during 
the  Madero  and  Orozco  revolutions,  but  did  not  halt 
his  work  for  any  great  time. 

Captain  Besley  owns  a  copper  property  on  the 
West  Coast  of  Mexico,  near  the  Gulf  of  California. 
He  also  has  other  mining  interests  in  Mexico  and 
the  United  States. 

For  some  years  Captain  Besley,  besides  his  min- 
ing work,  has  been  engaged  in  cattle  raising  in 
Sonora  and  Sinaloa,  Mexico,  where  he  has  a  ranch 
of  more  than  fifty  thousand  acres.  This  property, 
like  his  mine,  suffered  greatly  at  the  hands  of  van- 
dals during  the  war.  The  rebels  not  only  confis- 
cated many  head  of  cattle,  but  committed  other 
depredations.  Captain  Besley,  however,  was  too 
good  a  soldier  to  complain  and  holds  nothing  but 
the  kindliest  feelings  toward  the  people  of  Mexico. 

Aside  from  his  prominence  in  mining  affairs, 
he  is  also  noted  as  one  of  the  best  Polo  players 
in  America.  During  his  days  at  Oxford  he  was 
active  in  athletic  affairs  and  has  since  played  Polo 
in  various  parts  of  the  world,  including  England, 
Africa,  Australia  and  the  United  States.  He  began 
playing  in  Southern  California  about  1907  and  since 
that  time  has  been  one  of  the  picturesque  figures 
of  the  game,  being  regarded  as  one  of  the  be&t 
players  on  the  Pacific  Coast.  In  1908  he  organized 
a  team  known  as  the  Hermosillos,  and  entered  the 
Southern  California  tournament,  with  the  result 
that  they  won  the  Junior  Championship  for  that 
year.  He  has  since  played  on  several  different 
teams  and  during  the  seasons  of  1911  and  1912 
played  on  the  English  team  at  Coronado.  His  play 
is  marked  by  remarkable  skill  and  daring  and 
splendid  horsemanship.  He  has  a  stable  of  Polo 
ponies,  regarded  as  among  the  best  in  the  country. 

Captain  Besley  is  a  Life  Member  of  the  American 
Institute  of  Mining  Engineers  and  a  member  of 
the  Mining  and  Metallurgical  Society  of  Great 
Britain.  He  also  is  a  well  known  clubman,  being  a 
member  of  the  Rugby  Polo  Club,  of  England;  Turf 
and  Travelers'  Club,  of  London;  Melbourne  Club, 
of  Melbourne,  Australia;  Manhattan  and  Knicker- 
bocker Clubs,  of  New  York;  Pasadena  Polo  Club, 
of  Pasadena,  Cal.;  Riverside  Polo  Club,  of  River- 
side, Cal.,  and  the  Coronado  Country  Club. 


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OSENHEIM,  ALFRED  F.(  Archi- 
tect, Los  Angeles,  California,  was 
born  in  St.  Louis,  June  10,  1859. 
His  father  was  Morris  Rosen- 
heim  and  his  mother,  before  mar- 
i  iage,  was  Mathilda  Ottenheimer. 
In  1884  he  married  Frances  Graham  Wheelock,  at 
Boston,  Massachusetts. 

His  equipment  for  the  important  works  which 
have  stamped  his  name  permanently  on  the  history 
of  Los  Angeles  was  thorough; 
from  the  public  schools  of 
St.  Louis  he  went  in  1872  to 
Hassel's  Institute  at  Frank- 
fort-on-Main,  Germany,  stay- 
ing there  over  two  years  and 
achieving  an  absorption  of 
broad  European  standards 
which  were  to  be  of  great 
value  to  him  in  later  life.  He 
returned  to  this  country  and 
during  the  terms  1874-79  he 
was  a  student  at  Washing- 
ton University  in  St.  Louis. 
The  years  1879-81  he  spent 
at  Massachusetts  Institute 
of  Technology  in  Boston,  as 
a  "special  student"  in  archi- 
tecture, entering  the  same  as 
a  third  year  "regular"  on  the 
strength  of  the  record  made 
at  St.  Louis. 

In  1884,  after  his  mar- 
riage, he  returned  to  his  na- 
tive city,  St.  Louis,  where  he 
began  his  professional  career 
by  entering  the  employ  of 
Major  Francis  D.  Lee,  then 
by  far  the  leading  architect 
of  that  city. 

Mr.  Rosenheim's  progress  was  rapid  and  fore- 
casted the  remarkable  success  he  was  to  attain;  for 
Major  Lee  died  in  August  of  1885,  and  in  that  brief 
space  of  time  Mr.  Rosenheim  found  himself  in  a  po- 
sition to  practice  on  his  own  account  and  succeeded 
to  the  business  of  his  late  employer  January  1,  1886. 
At  once  he  was  placed  in  a  foremost  position  in 
his  profession  by  the  number  and  importance  of  his 
undertakings;  from  this  date  until  his  removal  to 
Los  Angeles,  Feb.  1,  1903,  his  work  was  constant 
and  varied  in  all  important  departments  of  con- 
struction; all  classes  of  structures  mark  his  efforts 
in  and  about  St.  Louis,  and  as  far  north  as  Minne- 
apolis, south  as  far  as  New  Orleans  and  east  as  far 
as  Boston. 

The  knowledge  of  the  quality  of  his  work  and 
his  comprehensiveness  spread  to  such  an  extent 
that  when  in  1903  the  late  Herman  W.  Hellman  de- 
vised his  project  of  erecting  the  monument  to  his 
memory — the  magnificent  structure  on  the  north- 
east corner  of  Fourth  and  Spring  streets,  he  se- 
lected Mr.  Rosenheim  as  his  architect,  after  care- 
fully investigating  his  record  and  personally  in- 
specting his  work  in  the  East.  Mr.  Rosenheim 
moved  to  Los  Angeles  Feb.  1,  1903,  to  commence 
actual  operations  on  the  H.  W.  Hellman  Building. 
The  result  was  such  a  commanding  success  that 


Mr.  Rosenheim  found  his  services  in  great  demand, 
and  opened  permanent  offices  in  Los  Angeles, 
where  many  of  his  creations  in  beauty  and  utility 
are  found  among  the  most  imposing  of  the  buildings 
which  grace  the  city. 

His  next  important  undertaking  was  the  mag- 
nificent building  of  the  Hamburger  Department 
Store  at  Eighth  street  and  Broadway,  an  edifice 
which  has  been  pronounced  by  experts  to  be  the 
equal  of  any  and  superior  to  most  of  similar  estab- 
lishments of  the  world.  An- 
other and  most  impressively 
beautiful  edifice  from  the 
capacity  of  Mr.  Rosenheim's 
brain  is  the  remarkable  Sec- 
ond Church  of  Christ,  Scien- 
tist, on  West  Adams  street, 
which  is  deservedly  a  build- 
ing of  great  pride  to  its 
congregation  and  a  show 
place  for  visitors  of  discern- 
ment of  the  beautiful. 

Other  equally  important 
structures  created  by  Mr. 
Rosenheim  are  "Mercantile 
Place,"  the  original  Security 
Banking  Room  in  the  Hell- 
man Building;  the  premises 
occupied  by  Montgomery 
Brothers,  Jewelers;  banking 
room  of  the  Merchants' 
National  Bank,  buildings  for 
Anheuser-Busch  and  the 
Los  Angeles  Brewery.  The 
list  includes  buildings  for 
the  Hicks-Hager  Estate,  for 
Newmark  Brothers,  Wm.  H. 
Clune  and  for  many  others. 

His  capacity  for  the  de- 
signing, both  in  point  of  ef- 
fectiveness and  resourceful- 
ness, has  been  shown  in  his 
plans  for  the  offices  occupied 
by  James  H.  Adams  and 
Company,  R.  A.  Rowan  and 

Company,  Robert  Marsh  and  Company  and  many 
others.  Cafe  Bristol  and  the  Bristol  Pier  (Santa 
Monica)  are  also  his  work. 

In  no  less  degree  than  his  work  for  commer- 
cial undertakings  has  Mr.  Rosenheim  achieved  a 
deserved  renown  as  a  designer  of  beautiful  homes. 
Those  who  have  seen  the  houses  occupied  by  Mr. 
Carl  Leonardt,  Robert  Marsh,  E.  W.  Britt,  John 
Howze,  Edward  L.  Doheny,  D.  A.  Hamburger,  A.  C. 
Bird,  Jas.  B.  True  have  enjoyed  the  symmetry  and 
adroitness  of  perception  of  environment  shown  by 
Mr.  Rosenheim. 

Mr.  Rosenheim  is  a  "Fellow  Member"  of  the 
American  Institute  of  Architects  and  a  member  of 
its  Directory;  he  is  a  member  of  the  Southern  Cal- 
ifornia Chapter  of  the  American  Institute  of  Archi- 
tects and  has  been  its  past  president  for  three  con- 
secutive terms;  he  is  a  member  and  director  of  the 
Engineers  and  Architects'  Association  of  Southern 
California  and  is  its  past  president;  he  is  also  pres- 
ident of  Architectural  League  of  the  Pacific  Coast; 
member  Municipal  Art  Commission  of  the  City  of 
Los  Angeles;  president  Fine  Arts  League  of  Los 
Angeles;  member  Los  Angeles  Architectural  Club; 
member  Board  of  Governors  of  Museum  of  History, 
Science  and  Art,  at  Exposition  Park,  and  member 
of  the  American  Society  for  Testing  Materials. 


F.  ROSENHEIM 


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HITTIER,  M.  H.,  Oil  Operator,  Los 
Angeles,  Cal.,  was  born  at  Cari- 
bou, Maine,  March  11,  1867,  the 
son  of  C.  G.  and  Ruth  (Keech) 
Whittier.  He  married,  in  Los 
Angeles,  March  13,  1900,  Joanna 

E.  Williams  of  Illinois.     Four  children  were  born 

to  them,  Donald,  Leland,  Paul  and  Helen. 

Mr.    Whittier's    educational    opportunities    were 

limited   to  a  few   years'   attendance   at   the   public 

schools   of   his   native   town. 

He    started    out   for   himself 

early    in    life,    however,    and 

the  world  at  large  has  been 

his  university. 

At  the  age  of  twenty-four 
he  went  to  California,  locat- 
ing at  Santa  Paula,  where  he 
secured  employment  as  a 
farm  hand,  but  later  got  a 
position  in  the  oil  fields  with 
the  Union  Oil  Company, 
where  he  learned  the  oil 
business.  He  worked  for  a 
short  time  in  various  capac- 
ities, when  oil  was  discov- 
ered in  Los  Angeles,  and  he 
associated  himself  in  a  co- 
partnership with  Mr.  Thomas 
A.  O'Donnell,  they  becoming 
drilling  contractors.  As  they 
became  more  familiar  with 
the  oil  industry  they 
branched  out  as  producers 
and  oil  operators  for  them- 
selves. Later  Mr.  Whittier 
secured  interests  in  what  is 
known  as  the  Coalinga  field. 
Subsequently  he  became  in- 
terested in  the  Kern  River  region,  and  was  so  im- 
pressed with  the  bright  prospects  that  he  aban- 
doned all  interests  in  the  Coalinga  field  and  con- 
fined himself  to  the  Kern  River  district.  In  this 
new  field  he  was  interested  in  the  Green  &  Whit- 
tier Oil  Company,  the  Kern  Oil  Company  and  the 
Shamrock  Oil  Company.  Later  these  companies 
were  merged  into  what  is  known  as  the  Associated 
Oil  Company.  Mr.  Whittier  was  an  important  factor 
in  the  organization  of  this  company,  being  its 
largest  stockholder  at  the  time  of  its  inception,  and 
he  is  now  one  of  the  board  of  directors.  The 
Associated  Oil  Company  is  one  of  the  largest  oil 
companies  in  the  State  of  California,  having  its 
own  pipe  lines,  shops  and  marketing  facilities. 

In  addition  to  these  holdings  he  is  a  large  stock- 
holder and  director  in  the  following  companies: 
The  Rodeo  Land  and  Water  Company,  which  con- 
sists of  3100  acres  of  valuable  land  lying  west  of 
the  city  of  Los  Angeles,  where  the  townsite  of 
Beverly  is  located,  one  of  the  most  charming 
residence  districts  in  the  vicinity  of  Los  Angeles; 


M.   H.   WHITTIER 


also  the  Amalgamated  Oil  Company,  Titicaca  Oil 
Company  of  South  America,  Hondo  Oil  Company, 
the  Inca  Oil  Company  and  various  oil  interests  in 
Oklahoma.  He  has  recently  acquired  large  interests 
in  the  Lost  Hills  district,  and,  with  others,  has 
organized  the  Belridge  Oil  Company,  whose  hold- 
ings consist  of  31,000  acres  of  land  in  that  district, 
which  they  are  rapidly  developing.  He  is  manag- 
ing director  and  vice  president  of  this  company. 
Mr.  Whittier  is  known  as  one  of  the  most  prac- 
tical oil  men  in  California, 
and  his  judgment  on  lands 
has  been  vindicated  in  nearly 
every  venture  he  has  under- 
taken. At  the  present  time 
his  offices  are  located  in  the 
Pacific  Electric  building  with 
the  Amalgamated  Oil  Com- 
pany, and  from  there  he 
directs  the  operations  of  his 
various  interests. 

Being  interested  in  the 
proper  training  of  the  youth 
of  the  land,  he  has  given  a 
large  part  of  his  time  and  not 
a  small  amount  of  money  in 
the  prosecution  of  efforts  to 
correct  the  lives  of  friendless 
boys  who  have  not  had  the 
advantages  of  home  and 
training.  He  is  vice  president 
and  director  of  the  McKinley 
Home  for  Boys  at  Gardena, 
California. 

Mr.  Whittier  is  a  man  of 
unlimited  energy,  but  ap- 
plies this  to  his  own  busi- 
ness and  his  charitable 
works  rather  than  to  public 
affairs.  He  has  never  taken  an  active  part  in  poli- 
tics, nor  has  he  ever  held  a  public  office,  but  he  is 
a  believer  in  clean  government  and  he  has  at  all 
times  been  ready  to  aid  any  movement  that  had  for 
its  object  the  upbuilding  of  Los  Angeles  or  the  de- 
velopment of  that  country  which  is  netting  wealth 
to  those  who  care  to  work  it. 

He  is  a  lover  of  hunting  and  fishing,  his  favorite 
diversion  being  angling  for  speckled  beauties  in  the 
mountain  streams  of  California.  But  better  than 
all  else  he  loves  his  home.  No  amount  of  financial 
success,  nothing  that  tends  toward  gain  or  glory, 
can  possibly  compare  with  his  love  for  his  family 
and  home,  both  of  which  border  closely  upon  the 
ideal. 

He  is  a  man  of  generous  instincts  and  is  a 
liberal  giver  to  charity. 

Mr.  Whittier  holds  membership  in  the  Jonathan 
Club,  the  Sierra  Madre  Club  and  the  Chamber  of 
Commerce  of  Los  Angeles,  and  is  a  32d  degree  Ma- 
son, being  a  member  of  Al  Malaikah  Temple  of 
Los  Angeles. 


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'DONNELL,  THOMAS  ARTHUR, 
Oil  Producer,  Los  Angeles,  Cali- 
fornia, was  born  at  McCain, 
Pennsylvania,  June  26,  1870.  He 
is  the  son  of  Thomas  O'Donnell 
and  Myra  (Parsons)  O'Donnell. 
He  married  Miss  Lilly  Woods,  at  Los  Angeles, 
August  28,  1896,  and  they  have  two  children,  Ruth 
and  Doris. 

Mr.  O'Donnell  was  educated  in  the  common 
schools  of  his  native  town, 
but  left  at  an  early  age  and 
went  out  into  the  life  that 
was  to  fit  him  for  his  present 
position,  vice-president  and 
field  manager  of  two  of  the 
largest  oil  companies  operat- 
ing in  the  United  States. 

At  the  age  of  12  years, 
Mr.  O'Donnell,  who  had  been 
working  for  some  time  as  a 
newsboy  in  Pennsylvania, 
left  his  native  State  and 
went  to  Colorado,  locating  at 
Florence,  in  the  region  of 
gold  mines  and  oil.  His  first 
position  when  he  arrived  in 
Colorado  was  with  a  grocery 
store  and  for  the  two  years 
following  he  remained  there, 
working  in  an  all-round  ca- 
pacity. 

His  ambition  extended  be- 
yond the  limits  of  a  grocery 
store,  however,  and  it  was 
only  natural  that  he  should 
seek  a  place  in  the  more  lu- 
crative, more  exciting  and 
more  strenuous  mining  busi- 
ness. Quitting  his  place  in  the  store  he  sought 
and  obtained  work  in  a  gold  mine  and  for  the 
next  five  years  was  actively  engaged  with  the  pick 
and  shovel.  At  the  age  of  19  years  he  was  a 
thoroughly  experienced  miner. 

This  was  not  the  level  he  sought,  for  in  1889  he 
gave  up  mining  and  moved  to  California,  where 
he  went  into  the  oil  business  in  the  employ  of  the 
Union  Oil  Company  in  Ventura  County.  He  re- 
mained with  that  company  for  four  years  and  dur- 
ing that  time  mastered  the  oil  business  as  few 
men  had. 

Now  came  the  turning  point  in  his  career. 
Leaving  the  Union  Oil  Company's  service  in  1893, 
Mr.  O'Donnell  moved  from  Ventura  to  Los  Angeles, 
and  there  met  E.  L.  Doheny,  a  wealthy  man  and 
one  of  the  pioneers  in  the  development  of  oil  in 
California.  At  that  time  the  possibilities  of  the 
California  oil  territory  were  intruding  themselves 
upon  investors  and  Mr.  Doheny  was  one  of  the 
first  to  recognize  them  and  Mr.  O'Donnell  became 
one  of  his  best  lieutenants. 


THOMAS  A.  O'DONNELL 


But  Mr.  O'Donnell,  too,  saw  the  promise  that  the 
oil  fields  held,  and  he  decided  very  soon  to  go  into 
business  for  himself.  After  he  had  worked  for 
Mr.  Doheny  about  a  year,  he  formed  partnership 
with  M.  H.  Whittier,  another  whose  name  is  in  the 
list  of  pioneer  oil  seekers,  and  they  went  into  the 
business  of  drilling  wells.  This  was  the  beginning 
of  a  career  that  was  to  land  Mr.  O'Donnell  among 
the  leaders  of  the  oil  industry.  The  partnership 
with  Mr.  Whittier  continued  for  five  years  and  at 
the  conclusion  of  that  period, 
Mr.  O'Donnell  decided  to  con- 
tinue alone.  Accordingly, 
the  partnership  was  dis- 
solved and  he  became  an  in- 
dependent driller,  operator 
and  oil  land  speculator. 

At  the  end  of  three  years 
the  one-time  newsboy  was 
recognized  as  an  independent 
oil  factor,  having  properties 
scattered  in  all  parts  of  Cali- 
fornia. In  1902,  he  entered 
the  Coalinga,  California, 
field,  and  his  success  there 
has  been  one  of  the  most  re- 
markable on  record.  He  or- 
ganized several  companies 
and  financed  many  of  them 
himself. 

In  1909,  he,  in  association 
with  E.  L.  Doheny  and  others 
organized  the  American  Oil 
Fields  Company,  and  this 
company's  success  has  put 
his  name  in  that  group  which 
includes  Canfield,  Doheny, 
Bridge,  and  others,  regarded 
as  the  real  developers  of  the 

California  fields.  Mr.  O'Donnell  is  vice-president 
and  field  manager  of  that  corporation;  also  he 
holds  the  same  position  in  the  American  Petroleum 
Company.  These  two  oil  companies  are  among  the 
largest  independent  concerns  in  the  United  States. 
They  control  wide  areas  of  the  best  oil  lands  in  the 
most  productive  districts  of  California.  In  actual 
production  of  crude  petroleum  at  the  present  time 
they  have  no  rivals  but  one  in  the  United  States. 
Their  combined  storage  capacity  is  in  the  millions 
of  barrels.  The  rapidity  of  the  rise  of  these  two 
great  oil  corporations  has  been  without  a  rival  in 
the  Pacific  Coast  oil  fields,  and  they  can  increase 
the  volume  of  production  at  any  time  to  far  greater 
proportions.  In  addition  to  these,  he  is  a  member  of 
the  executive  board  of  the  Independent  Oil  Pro- 
ducers' Association  and  holds  directorships  in  sev- 
eral smaller  companies. 

Mr.  O'Donnell  is  a  thirty-second  degree  Mason, 
a  Mystic  Shriner  and  an  Elk.  He  holds  member- 
ship in  the  Jonathan  and  Sierra  Madre  Clubs,  of 
Los  Angeles,  and  the  Growler's  Club,  of  Coalinga. 


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G.  W.  HARRIS 

ARRIS,  GUY  WALTER,  Civil  En- 
gineer, Los  Angeles,  California, 
was  born  in  Neosho  Falls,  Kan- 
sas, March  7,  1878,  the  son  of  A. 
G.  Harris  and  Hattie  (Ricketts) 
Harris.  He  married  Maud  Leslie 
at  Amarillo,  Texas,  June  20,  1908. 

Mr.  Harris,  who  is  an  engineer  of  recognized 
ability  and  splendid  professional  standing,  received 
his  training  in  the  school  of  practical  experience. 
Graduating  from  the  High  School  of  Kansas  City, 
Missouri,  in  1896,  he  entered  the  railway  business 
as  a  rodman  in  the  engineering  department  of  the 
Santa  Fe  Railroad  at  Williams,  Arizona,  and  since 
that  time  has  been  actively  engaged.  From  May, 
1899,  to  1900,  he  was  a  rodman  for  the  same  com- 
pany, with  headquarters  at  Las  Vegas,  New  Mex- 
ico. He  was  then  transferred  to  Pueblo,  Colorado, 
as  transitman,  and  was-  thus  engaged  until  July, 
1903,  when  he  was  promoted  to  the  position  of  As- 
sistant Engineer  of  the  road,  with  headquarters  at 
Pueblo. 

.For  the  next  two  years  and  a  half  Mr.  Harris 
was  engaged  in  various  works  for  the  Santa  Fe, 
and  in  January,  1906,  accepted  a  position  as  As- 
sistant Engineer  in  charge  of  reconstruction  and 
grade  revision  on  the  P.  &  N.  T.  and  S.  K.  of  T. 
Railways,  being  located  at  Amarillo,  Texas.  This 
work  kept  him  busy  until  March,  1909,  at  which 
time  he  was  appointed  Chief  Engineer  of  Construc- 
tion for  the  P.  &  N.  T.  road.  He  held  this  position 
until  April,  1912,  when  he  was  chos-en  by  the  Santa 
Fe  Company  to  be  Chief  Engineer  of  its  Coast 
Lines,  which  position  he  retains  at  the  present 
time,  making  his  home  in  Los  Angeles. 

Mr.  Harris  is  an  Associate  Member  of  the  Amer- 
ican Society  of  Civil  Engineers,  also  holds  mem- 
bership in  the  American  Railway  Engineers'  Asso- 
ciation, the  Los  Angeles  Athletic  Club  and  the 
Brotherhood  of  Elks. 


WALTER    J.    HORGAN 

ORGAN,  WALTER  JOHN,  Attor- 
ney, Los  Angeles,  California,  was 
born  in  that  city  May  7,  1879,  the 
son  of  Timothy  Horgan  and  Mar- 
guerite (McDonald)  Horgan. 

Mr.  Horgan  received  his  early 
education  in  the  public  schools  of  Los  Angeles  and 
in  1893  entered  St.  Vincent's  College  of  that  city. 
He  was  graduated  from  there  in  the  sum- 
mer of  1896  and  in  the  fall  of  the  same  year  en- 
rolled as  a  student  in  the  law  department  of  the 
University  of  Southern  California.  He  was  grad- 
uated in  1899  and  was  admitted  to  practice  by  the 
Supreme  Court  of  California  in  October  (1899). 

Upon  his  admission  to  the  bar  Mr.  Horgan  went 
into  the  office  of  Horace  H.  Appel,  a  well-known 
attorney  of  Los  Angeles,  and  remained  in  asso- 
ciation with  him  for  about  two  years  and  then 
opened  offices  for  himself.  He  practiced  success- 
fully for  about  ten  years,  but  at  the  end  of  that 
time  his  health  was  impaired  and  he  was  com- 
pelled to  quit  active  work  for  almost  a  year. 

Abandoning  his  work  in  November,  1909,  he 
started  on  a  tour  of  Mexico,  seeking  rest  and 
health,  and  traveled  for  many  months  through  the 
western  coast  country  of  the  Southern  republic. 
While  down  there  he  busied  himself  with  study  of 
the  Mexican  law  and  before  his  return  to  Los  An- 
geles, in  October,  1910,  had  a  working  knowledge 
of  the  statutes.  He  is  also  versed  in  the  Spanish 
and  French  languages,  and  his  knowledge  of  the 
Mexican  code  he  has  used  to  advantage. 

Mr.  Horgan  has  always  been  a  patriotic  son 
of  Los  Angeles,  one  of  his  chief  ambitions  being 
to  make  the  Los  Angeles  educational  system  among 
the  best  in  the  world.  He  gave  four  years  of  his 
time,  from  1901  to  1905,  to  the  work,  serving  as 
a  member  of  the  Board  of  Education. 

Mr.  Horgan  is  a  member  of  the  Archaeological 
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DR.  C.  B.  WALSWORTH 

ALSWORTH,  CHESTER  BYRON, 
Physician,  Los  Angeles,  Cal.,  was 
born  at  Richmond,  Mo.,  Aug.  3, 
1869,  the  son  of  Henry  Theodore 
and  Jennie  B.  (Clark)  Walsworth. 
His  father  is  a  direct  descendant 
of  Lord  Chancellor  Walsworth,  whose  name  occurs 
in  English  history.  He  married  Mae  Zulu  Bailey  at 
Ouray,  Colo.,  July  30,  1901.  There  are  two  children, 
Henry  Theodore  and  Clark  Bailey  Walsworth. 

Dr.  Walsworth  attended  the  primary  schools  of 
California  and  later  of  the  State  of  Washington, 
whither  his  family  moved.  He  attended  the  Uni- 
versity of  the  State  of  Washington  until  1888. 

While  yet  fresh  from  college  he  opened  an 
abstract  and  title  office  at  Olympia,  WasLington. 
Later,  he  had  the  distinction,  rare  in  one  so 
young,  of  being  one  of  the  founders  of  a  city  which 
today  is  already  of  considerable  population.  He 
helped  found  Everett,  Washington.  A  large  part 
of  Everett  is  helu  under  his  title. 

During  the  gold  excitement  of  1896,  in  Idaho 
and  Colcrado,  mining  and  milling  attracted  his  at- 
tention. He  became  an  expert  metallurgist  and 
mining  engineer.  He  accumulated  a  considerable 
fortune,  and  then  decided  to  study  medicine,  an  am- 
bition he  had  long  cherished.  He  received  his  de- 
gree in  1903. 

He  located  in  Los  Angeles,  California,  where  he 
has  since  built  up  a  large  and  very  profitable  prac- 
tice. 

He  finds  time  to  give  some  attention  to  oil 
and  mining,  and  is  the  president  of  the  Consoli- 
dated Midway  Chief  Oil  Company,  with  several 
wells;  president  of  the  Grizzly  Ridge  Mining  Com- 
pany, and  director  in  several  other  enterprises.  He 
is  a  fraternal  man,  belonging  to  the  Free  Masons, 
Knights  of  Pythias,  Yeoman,  Modern  Woodmen, 
American  Nobles,  Royal  Neighbors  and  other  fra- 
ternal organizations. 


BEN  WHITE 

KITE,  BEN,  Real  Estate  Broker, 
Los  Angeles,  California,  was  born 
at  Campo  Seco,  California,  Jan- 
uary 18,  1870,  the  son  of  John 
White  and  Catherine  (McGrath) 
White.  He  married  Anna  D.  Ross, 
May,  1903,  at  San  Jose,  California.  There  are  five 
children,  Ben,  Carroll,  Melba,  Dorothy  and  Clarence 
White. 

Mr.  White's  father  emigrated  from  Scotland 
when  nineteen  years  old,  settling  at  Boston.  There 
he  married,  four  years  later,  Catherine  McGrath, 
who  had  but  lately  come  from  Ireland.  He  was  a 
captain  of  infantry  during  the  Civil  War,  and  served 
with  honor.  After  the  war  he  engaged  in  the 
hotel  business  at  San  Francisco. 

Ben  White  was  taught  in  the  country  schools  of 
Contra  Costa  County,  Cal.,  until  the  age  of  fifteen. 
Then  he  moved  to  San  Francisco,  where  he  began 
a  business  education. 

He  entered  a  real  estate  office  and  was  put  to 
work,  at  one  time  or  another,  on  all  the  details  of 
the  land  business.  In  the  year  1892,  when  he  was 
twenty-two  years  old,  he  had  learned  enough  to 
enter  business  for  himself. 

He  went  to  Los  Angeles,  as  the  place  in  Cali- 
fornia of  greatest  promise,  and  opened  an  office. 
Had  been  frugal  and  had  saved  some  capital,  so 
invested  judiciously  for  himself,  and  became  so 
well  acquainted  with  values  that  he  was  always 
able  to  point  out  good  purchases  to  his  customers. 
His  business  grew  with  great  rapidity,  and  in  the 
year  1911,  in  his  office  and  on  his  properties,  in  Los 
Angeles,  he  had  more  than  twenty-five  employes. 
He  has  become  very  heavily  interested  in  country 
property  in  all  parts  of  California. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Elks,  the  Jonathan  Club, 
Chamber  of  Commerce,  Municipal  League,  Knights 
of  Columbus,  Los  Angeles  Athletic  Club,  Knights  of 
Maccabees  and  Los  Angeles  Realty  Board. 


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ULLIVAN,  EDWARD  J.,  Real  Es- 
tate Operator  and  Developer,  Los 
Angeles  and  San  Diego,  Cal.,  was 
born  at  Limerick,  Ireland,  on  May 
26,  1873,  the  son  of  John  Sullivan 
and  Elizabeth  Carey  Sullivan.  He 
is  a  descendant  of  an  ancient  and  illustrious  Celtic 
family,  and  traces  his  lineage  back  to  the  first  Kings 
of  Ireland,  who  reigned  many  centuries  ago.  The 
family  is  on  record  as  having  played  an  important 
role  in  the  destinies  of  their  native  land  long  before 
its  members  emigrated  from  Limerick,  to  New 
York  and  New  England.  General  John  Sullivan,  of 
Revolutionary  fame,  friend,  aide  and  confidant  of 
Washington,  was  a  member  of  this-  family  and  in 
commemoration  of  his  devotion  to  the  Republic  in 
fighting  the  combined  forces  of  England  and  her 
Indian  allies,  the  State  of  New  York  has  named 
Sullivan  County  for  him,  while  various  cities  in 
New  York  and  other  States  have  honored  his  mem- 
ory by  naming  streets  for  him.  Other  members  of 
the  family  have  been  prominent  in  commercial,  lit-- 
erary,  legal  and  political  life. 

Mr.  Sullivan,  who  has  had  a  picturesque  career 
as  politician,  diplomat  and  business  man,  was 
brought  to  New  York  from  Ireland  in  boyhood.  He 
received  his  preliminary  education  in  the  Christian 
Brothers'  and  public  schools  of  his  native  place,  and 
later  studied  under  a  private  tutor.  With  his 
father  he  engaged  in  general  commercial  pursuits 
for  some  time  and  later  took  up  the  study  of  com- 
mercial law  with  the  intention  of  entering  the  legal 
profession.  He  gave  this  up,  however,  after  hav- 
ing acquired  a  course  in  commercial  law,  and  re- 
turned to  the  field  of  commerce.  For  several  years 
thereafter  he  conducted  an  extensive  and  success- 
ful business  in  New  York  and  New  England. 

While  actively  engaged  in  business,  Mr.  Sullivan, 
who  had  taken  an  active  part  in  politics,  devoted 
much  of  his  spare  time  to  writing  special  articles 
for  newspapers  and  magazines,  and  to  delivering 
lectures  on  social  and  political  subjects.  He  had 
made  a  close  study  of  the  tariff  question  and,  being 
one  of  the  best  informed  men  of  his  section  on  this 
subject,  spoke  frequently  on  it. 

Before  he  had  attained  his  majority  Mr.  Sulli- 
van was  active  in  behalf  of  the  Republican  party 
and  in  1888,  when  Benjamin  Harrison  and  Levi 
P.  Morton  were  nominated  for  President  and  Vice 
President,  respectively,  he  went  on  the  stump  for 
them  and  was  one  of  the  most  ardent  workers  for 
their  success.  After  the  election  President  Harri- 
son expressed  his  appreciation  of  Mr.  Sullivan's 
services,  and  thereafter  there  existed  between  the 
President  and  the  younger  man  a  strong  friendship. 
During  this  campaign  Mr.  Sullivan  contributed 
numerous  magazine  and  newspaper  articles  on  the 
questions  at  issue  and  spoke  in  several  States  in  be- 
half of  the  ticket.  His  work  won  him  the  admira- 
tion of  that  illustrious  statesman,  James  G.  Blaine. 
From  that  time  forward  Mr.  Sullivan  has  been 


active  in  Republican  politics.  He  enjoyed  the  con- 
fidence of  President  McKinley  and  rendered  him 
valuable  services  in  his  Presidential  contest,  con- 
tributing liberally  of  his  own  means  to  aid  in  his 
election.  Mr.  McKinley  personally  thanked  him 
and  offered  him  an  appointment  in  the  diplomatic 
service,  which  he  declined.  Mr.  Sullivan  has  in  his 
possession  the  Peace  Flag  which  floated  over  the 
Temple  of  Music  at  the  Pan-American  Exposition 
in  Buffalo  when  McKinley  was  assassinated  and 
hopes  to  see  it  ultimately  fly  over  the  Palace  of 
Peace  at  The  Hague,  as  President  McKinley  was 
the  first  to  proclaim  universal  peace  among  the 
nations.  He  also  has  autographed  photos  and  other 
mementoes  of  the  martyred  President. 

Mr.  Sullivan  believes  he  is  the  original  Roose- 
velt man.  In  August,  1895,  when  Theodore 
Roosevelt  was  Police  Commissioner  of  New  York 
City  he  delivered  an  address  predicting  Roosevelt's 
elevation  to  the  Presidency  of  the  United  States. 
Later,  in  Roosevelt's  campaigns  for  Governor  of 
New  York,  Vice  President  and  President  of  the 
United  States,  Mr.  Sullivan  campaigned  for  him  in 
various  States,  and  in  appreciation  of  his  services 
Mr.  Roosevelt  tendered  him  a  diplomatic  post. 

Mr.  Sullivan  had  among  his  indorsers  at  that 
time  many  men  of  prominence,  among  them  Levi  P. 
Morton,  former  Vice  President  of  the  United  States; 
Hon.  B.  F.  Tracy,  former  Secretary  of  the  Navy; 
Thomas  C.  Platt,  United  States  Senator  from  New 
York;  Stewart  L.  Woodford,  former  United  States 
Minister  to  Spain;  United  States  Senator  Mark 
Hanna,  B.  B.  Odell,  Jr.,  Governor  of  New  York; 
Seth  Low,  Mayor  of  New  York  City;  John  A.  Mc- 
Call,  President  of  the  New  York  Life  Insurance 
Company;  John  D.  Crimmins,  banker;  John  Mitch- 
ell, President  of  the  United  Mine  Workers  of  Amer- 
ica, and  numerous  other  men  of  position  in  com- 
mercial and  public  life.  He  first  was  stationed  at 
Erzereum,  Turkey,  and  later  went  to  Trebizond, 
Turkey,  where  he  earned  the  title  of  "the  Commer- 
cial Diplomat"  because  of  his  aggressive  work  in 
the  interest  of  American  Commerce. 

While  in  Turkey,  Mr.  Sullivan  pleaded  the  cause 
of  the  Armenian  people  and  secured  from  them 
some  valuable  concessions  from  the  Ottoman  gov- 
ernment. He  has  been  honored  by  them  on  vari- 
ous occasions. 

When  he  resigned  his  position  in  1906  his  depar- 
ture was  made  the  occasion  of  a  great  popular  dem- 
onstration on  the  part  of  the  people,  whose  admira- 
tion he  had  won. 

Following  his  resignation  from  the  diplomatic 
service  in  1906,  Mr.  Sullivan  returned  to  New  York 
City  and  there  engaged  in  the  real  estate  business, 
developing  property  in  Long  Island.  He  also  owned 
property  in  New  York  City,  Chicago,  Boston,  Pitts- 
burg  and  other  cities.  In  1907  he  transferred  his 
activities  to  Southern  California,  locating  first  at 
Los  Angeles.  He  shortly  acquired  valuable  real 
estate  holdings  in  both  Los  Angeles  and  San 


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Diego,  and  opened  extensive  offices  in  both  cities. 

Mr.  Sullivan  is  unusually  active  in  affairs  of  San 
Diego  and  has  been  of  particular  service  in  the  mat- 
ter of  its  harbor  development,  for  on  his  travels  he 
made  a  special  study  of  harbor  conditions  in  all 
parts  of  the  world  and  has  at  his  finger  ends  accu- 
rate data  on  the  harbors  and  commerce  of  the  globe. 

He  has  been  one  of  the  extensive  real  estate 
operators  of  Southern  California,  subdividing  and 
developing  large  tracts  of  land  in  Los  Angeles-  and 
San  Diego,  specializing  in  business  and  industrial 
property.  In  Los  Angeles  he  became  interested  in 
exclusive  residence  property,  while  in  San  Diego 
he  fathered  the  development  of  that  section  known 
as  "Mission  Beach,"  which  promises  to  become  one 
of  the  important  sections  of  that  city. 

Although  comparatively  new  in  Southern  Cali- 
fornia, Mr.  Sullivan  has  come  to  be  known  as  one 
of  its  enthusiastic  advocates,  because  of  his  ex- 
treme faith  in  its  future  growth.  He  is-  tireless  in 
his  efforts  to  advance  the  interests  of  the  country 
and,  being  a  capable  writer,  has  greatly  added  to 
the  literature  on  the  subject. 

Progressive  in  thought  and  action,  Mr.  Sullivan 
is  at  the  same  time  thorough  and  usually  carries 
to  conclusion  any  work  he  undertakes.  He  has 
come  to  be  regarded  as  among  one  of  the  most  suc- 
cessful business  men  of  that  part  of  the  country, 
where  enterprising  men  from  all  sections  of  the 
United  States  are  engaged  in  one  of  the  greatest 
development  campaigns  in  the  history  of  the 
United  States. 

In  addition  to  his  political  work,  Mr.  Sullivan 
has  been  prominent  in  various  other  ways.  In  1888, 
during  the  historic  strike  and  lockout  at  the  Car- 
negie Steel  works,  Homestead,  Pa.,  he  acted  as 
one  of  the  mediators-  in  bringing  about  an  agree- 
ment between  the  conflicting  parties.  He  also 
offered  his  services  to  the  government  during  the 
Spanish-American  War,  but  the  conflict  was  of  such 
short  duration  he  was  not  called  into  action.  Presi- 
dent McKinley,  however,  thanked  him  for  his  offer. 
On  another  occasion,  when  the  racial  prejudice 
brought  about  an  attack  on  the  Jewish  citizens  of 
New  York,  Mr.  Sullivan  came  to  their  defens-e  in 
public  addresses  and  newspaper  articles  and  re- 
ceived the  thanks  of  the  leaders  of  the  race  for  his 
work  in  their  behalf. 

Naturally  proud  of  his  lineage,  ancestry  and  the 
glorious  traditions  and  history  of  his  motherland,  he 
has  been  the  steadfast  friend  and  champion  of  the 
Irish  race,  and  the  Irish  leaders  have  recognized  his 
devotion,  and  his  moral  and  material  support  to 
their  cause. 

Mr.  Sullivan,  who  is  regarded  as  an  authority  on 
tariff  and  insurance,  has  been  an  extensive  traveler, 
having  visited  the  principal  cities  of  Great  Britain 
and  Ireland,  France,  Spain,  Germany,  Portugal, 
Italy,  Austria,  Greece,  Switzerland,  Norway, 
Sweden,  Turkey,  Russia,  Canada,  Mexico,  Central 
and  South  America.  In  all  of  these  countries  he 


made  an  exhaustive  study  of  social,  economic  and 
political  conditions,  was  the  guest  of  numeroas 
Chambers  of  Commerce  and  Boards  of  Trade  and 
high  government  officials  and  was  brought  into 
close  association  with  the  great  leaders.  During 
his  travels  in  Mexico  he  formed  very  close  friend- 
ships with  Presidents  Diaz  and  Madero.  He  was 
received  in  private  audience  by  His  Holiness,  Pop! 
Pius  X,  who  accorded  him  recognition  for  his  serv- 
ices in  the  cau&e  of  humanity  and  justice. 

Mr.  Sullivan  has  written  some  notable  pamphlets 
and  books,  among  them  being:  "Blaine  as  an 
American  and  Statesman,"  "Protection  Versus  Free 
Trade,"  "The  Relative  Rights  of  Capital  and  Labor," 
"The  Places  I  Visited  and  the  People  I  Met," 
''Rambles  Through  the  British  Isles,"  "Here  and 
There  Through  Europe,"  "Ireland's  Right  to  Self- 
Government,"  "The  Destruction  of  Ireland's  Indus- 
tries and  Commerce  by  England,"  "The  Story  of 
Our  Economic  Laws,"  and  "The  Flag  I  Have  Not 
Seen  in  Foreign  Lands." 

Mr.  Sullivan's  writings,  as  the  titles  indicate, 
cover  a  wide  range  of  subjects,  to  many  of  which  he 
has  devoted  a  great  amount  of  serious  study.  He 
is  an  able  public  speaker  and  lecturer  on  special 
topics  and  has  had  a  great  deal  of  experience  on 
the  public  platform.  He  is  especially  in  demand  as 
a  speaker  on  the  tariff  and  insurance  subjects. 

•  With  the  purpose  of  acquiring  a  knowledge  of 
the  life  insurance  business  he  took  a  course  of  study 
in  the  Columbia  University,  New  York,  and  had  as 
tutor  the  late  Charleton  T.  Lewis,  Actuary  for  the 
Mutual  Life  Insurance  Company  of  New  York. 

In  politics,  while  Mr.  Sullivan  has  always  been  a 
staunch  supporter  of  the  Republican  Party,  as  his 
record  indicates,  with  the  changes  made  neces- 
sary by  the  progress  of  the  country  and  altering 
economic  conditions,  he  has  endeavored  to  keep 
abreast  of  them,  and  though  he  still  adheres  to  the 
basic  principles  of  his  original  affiliation,  he  is  an 
ardent  supporter  of  that  branch  which  is  called 
"Progressive"  and  is  a  loyal  friend  and  admirer  of 
Colonel  Theodore  Roosevelt,  their  friendship  having 
dated  from  a  time  prior  to  Mr.  Roosevelt's  election 
as  Governor  of  New  York  State. 

While  a  resident  of  New  York,  Mr.  Sullivan  was 
active  in  various  national  and  local  organizations 
of  a  social,  literary  or  political  nature,  including 
the  Catholic  Club  Society  of  the  Genesee,  the 
Army  and  Navy  League,  the  Commercial  Travelers' 
Association,  Tariff  Club,  Ninth  Assembly  District 
Republican  Club,  American  Flag  Association, 
American-Irish  Historical  Society  and  the  Columbus 
Literary  Society.  He  is  also  an  honorary  member 
of  several  clubs  in  Europe,  that  distinction  having 
been  conferred  on  him  during  his  visits  there.  He 
still  retains  his  membership  in  many  of  them. 

Since  locating  in  Southern  California,  Mr.  Sulli- 
van has  been  an  active  member  of  both  the  Los 
Angeles  Chamber  of  Commerce  and  the  San  Diego 
Chamber  of  Commerce. 


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ARNEY,  THOMAS  HUMPHREY 
BENNETT,  Outdoor  Advertising, 
Los  Angeles,  and  Oakland,  Gal., 
was  born  at  Petaluma,  Cal.,  Nov. 
12,  1858,  the  son  of  Robert  Var- 
ney  and  Elizabeth  Hathaway 
(Bennett)  Varney.  He  married  Elizabeth  Isabel 
Hall  at  San  Francisco,  Feb.  9,  1895,  and  to  them 
were  born  three  children,  Walter  T.,  Maud 
Ella,  and  Eva  May  Varney,  now  Mrs.  Smith. 

Mr.  Varney,  who  at  the 
present  time  is  one  of  the 
master  advertisers  of  the 
world  and  an  important  link 
in  the  chain  of  modern  busi- 
ness, was  educated  in  the 
public  schools  of  San  Fran- 
cisco, leaving  high  school 
when  he  was  17  years  of 
age.  He  began  as  office  boy 
for  the  wholesale  grocery 
firm  of  Newton  Bros.  &  Co., 
California  and  Front  streets, 
San  Francisco,  and  later  be- 
came bill  clerk,  shipping 
clerk  and  bookkeeper,  re- 
maining with  the  firm  eight 
years,  or  until  it  retired  from 
business,  at  which  time  he 
was  head  bookkeeper. 

He  then  became  a  mem- 
ber of  the  firm  of  Morris  & 
Varney  in  the  heavy  hard- 
ware business,  having  the 
Coast  agency  for  Sweets  & 
Sanderson's  steel  and  a  gen- 
eral wholesale  trade  with 
machinists  and  blacksmiths. 
Later  Mr.  Varney  became 

sole  proprietor  of  the  business.  In  1888  bicycles 
were  added  to  his  stock  and  eventually  became  his 
sole  business.  He  had  the  Coast  agency  for  the 
Rambler  bicycle  and  G.  &  J.  Clincher  tires,  and  in 
both  did  an  enormous  business.  During  this  time 
bicycle  racing  was  the  rage  and  the  Rambler  was 
victorious  in  many  of  the  most  important  events. 

About  this  stage  of  his  career  Mr.  Varney  en- 
gaged in  an  enterprise  which  later  was  to  make  his 
name  and  fame  known  from  ocean  to  ocean.  He  be- 
came a  silent  partner  of  Len  D.  Owens  in  the  street 
car  advertising  business  and  later  a  heavy  stock- 
holder in  the  California  Adsigns  Co.,  which  he 
and  his  partner  subsequently  bought.  At  that  time 
and  for  about  eight  years  Mr.  Varney  was  presi- 
dent of  the  Bank  of  Livermore,  Livermore,  Cal. 

Owens  &  Varney  consolidated  with  Siebe  & 
Green,  forming  the  corporation  of  Owens,  Varney 
&  Green.  The  latter  two  bought  out  the  interest  of 
Owens  and  also  acquired  several  concerns  in 
Southern  California,  thus  becoming  the  exclusive 
owners  of  the  outdoor  advertising  business  in  San 


THOMAS  H.  B.  VARNEY 


Francisco,  Oakland,  Alameda,  Berkeley,  San  Jose, 
Los  Angeles  and  a  number  of  smaller  towns  in 
Southern  and  Northern  California. 

About  the  time  of  this  great  centralization  of 
the  business  by  Varney  &  Green,  San  Francisco 
was  visited  by  the  terrible  fire  which  reduced  the 
city  to  ruins,  and  in  the  general  disaster  they  lost 
thousands  of  dollars  by  the  destruction  of  their 
billboards.  Many  were  chopped  down  and  used  as 
firewood  by  the  sufferers,  there  being  no  other 
wood  available.  With  char- 
acteristic energy  Varney  and 
Green  immediately  turned 
their  talents  to  good.  While 
the  ruins  were  still  smoking 
the  people  of  San  Francisco 
were  given  great  relief  and 
new  heart  to  rebuild  the 
city  by  a  poster  which  read: 

WORK 

Morn,  Noon  and  Night 
and  Make  Dear  New 

San  Francisco 
1,000,000  by  1915. 

These  posters  covered 
smoking  brick  walls  all  over 
the  city  and  served  to  reju- 
venate the  spirit  of  the 
stricken  people.  Mr.  Varney 
has  never  ceased  to  praise 
his  men  who  erected  these 
signs  of  hope,  because  they 
walked  over  hot  bricks  with 
torn  and  cut  shoes  in  order 
to  perform  their  duty.  In 
the  rebuilding  of  the  city  of 
San  Francisco  Varney  & 
Green  erected  the  New  Or- 
pheum,  the  Princess  and  the 

Valencia  theaters.  Later  they  dissolved  partner- 
ship, and  Mr.  Varney  became  the  sole  owner  of  the 
outdoor  advertising  plants  in  Los  Angeles,  Oak- 
land, Alameda  and  Berkeley. 

Mr.  Varney  is  and  has  been  for  many  years  a 
director  of  the  National  Poster  Advertising  Asso 
ciation  of  the  United  States  and  Canada,  and  also 
served  as  President  of  that  organization  for  the 
full  term  allowed. 

To  his  work  and  energy  can  be  largely  at- 
tributed the  great  advancement  and  improvement 
in  this  great  advertising  medium  and  in  the  ser- 
vice and  results  given  the  advertiser  by  outdoor 
publicity. 

He  is  a  persistent  and  consistent  advertiser  of 
his  home  State,  and  has  lent  himself  to  numerous 
movements  for  the  upbuilding  of  California.  He 
has  never  taken  an  active  part  in  politics  and  con- 
sequently has  never  held  public  office.  He  is,  how- 
ever, an  advocate  of  clean  government. 

Mr.  Varney  is  a  life  member  of  the  Union 
League  of  Los  Angeles. 


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UELLER,  OSCAR  C,  Attor- 
ney at  Law,  Los  Angeles, 
California,  is  a  native  of  Den- 
ver, Colorado,  where  he  was 
born  September  7,  1876.  He 
is  the  son  of  Otto  Mueller  and  Nettie 
(Kette)  Mueller.  On  April  5,  1900,  at  Los 
Angeles,  he  married  Ivy  S.  Schoder,  of  which 
union  there  is  one  child, 
Douglas  S.  Mueller. 

When  Mr.  Mueller 
was  a  child  of  but  four 
years  of  age  his  family 
moved  to  California  and 
settled  at  Los  Angeles. 
He  entered  the  public 
schools  of  that  city  in 
1881.  From  1890  to  1892 
he  studied  at  the  Berkeley 
Gymnasium,  Berkeley, 
California,  when  he  re- 
turned to  Los  Angeles 
and  during  the  two  years 
following  was  a  student 
at  Occidental  College  oi 
that  city. 

After  finishing  his 
studies  at  Occidental  Col- 
lege he  took  up  the  study 
of  law  in  the  offices  of  the 
late  Judge  W.  H.  Wilde  OSCAR  C. 

of  Los  Angeles,  where  he  remained  during  the 
years  1895,  1896  and  1897.  He  read  law  exten- 
sively and  his  special  readings  were  centered 
on  corporation  and  probate  matters.  In  1898 
he  took  a  brief  law  course  at  the  University 
of  Virginia. 

On  returning  from  his  law  studies  in  the 
East,  he  commenced  the  practice  of  law  in 
Los  Angeles,  and  has  continued  in  this  pro- 
fession down  to  date.  His  labors  in  that  city 
have  been  attended  with  decided  success  and 
he  is  now  marked  as  an  attorney  of  wide  re- 
pute. He  has  become  the  attorney  for  many 
of  the  leading  Los  Angeles  corporations.  He 
is  the  legal  adviser  for  numerous  large  es- 
tates, a  class  of  work  that  forms  a  consider- 
able part  of  his  professional  duties. 

Aside  from  his  local  corporation  work 
he  is  associated  with  quite  a  number  of 
large  outside  corporations,  whose  coast  or 
southwestern  representative  he  is  in  all 


legal  affairs  necessitating  attention  there. 
During  recent  years  Mr.  Mueller  has  fig- 
ured prominently  in  the  Federal  courts  in  ir- 
rigation litigation  and  has  had  much  to  do 
with  the  establishment  of  the  validity  of 
bonds  issued  in  connection  with  irrigation 
projects.  One  of  his  notable  cases  in  this  line 
of  work  was  that  of  the  People  of  the  State  of 
California  versus  the 
Ferris  Irrigation  Dis- 
trict, which  was  fought 
out  in  the  Supreme  Court 
of  the  State. 

Mr.  Mueller  was  one 
of  the  originators  of  the 
annexation  project  b  y 
which  the  town  of  San 
Pedro  was  annexed  to 
the  city  of  Los  Angeles. 
When  the  movement  in 
1906  obtained  sufficient 
impetus,  the  Chamber  of 
Commerce  of  Los  An- 
geles appointed  a  com- 
mittee known  as  the 
Consolidation  Committee, 
with  "Mr.  Mueller  as 
chairman,  and  these  men 
were  instrumental  in 
bringing  about  the  final 
MUELLER  annexation  to  the  city  of 

the  little  ocean  town,  making  Los  Angeles 
a  seaport  city. 

He  is  a  typical  Southern  Californian,  and 
anything  that  speaks  for  the  welfare 
of  the  community  receives  his  moral 
and  financial  approval  and  support.  As  a 
man  interested  in  Los  Angeles  and  its  prog- 
ress, he  has  served  two  terms  as  director  of 
the  Los  Angeles  Chamber  of  Commerce  and 
similarly  for  the  Los  Angeles  Bar  Associa- 
tion. He  is  a  believer  in  clean  politics  and 
v/orks  with  his  party  to  that  end.  He  is  an 
active  Republican. 

He  is  a  worker  in  the  Los  Angeles  Cham- 
ber of  Commerce  and  has  done  much  to  fur- 
ther the  cause  of  that  organization. 

He  is  well  known  in  the  club  and  lodge 
circles  of  Los  Angeles,  where  he  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Masonic  Orders  of  both  Rites. 

He  is  also  a  member  of  the  California 
Club,  Los  Angeles  Athletic  Club  and  of  the 
Jonathan  Club. 


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ORGRAGE,  WILBERT,  At- 
torney at  Law,  Los  Angeles, 
California,  was  born  in  Cas- 
tine,  Maine,  January  3,  1869, 
the  son  of  Andrew  Jackson 
Morgrage  and  Priscilla  Cole 
(Fenton)  Morgrage.  He  married  Louise  Mil- 
ler of  Auburndale,  Massachusetts,  on  De- 
cember 28,  1896,  and  to  them  there  has 
been  born  a  daughter,  Priscilla  Morgrage. 

Mr.  Morgrage  received 
his  early  education  in  the 
public  schools  of  Castine, 
Maine,  and  in  1889  was 
graduated  from  the  East- 
ern State  Normal  School 
of  Maine.  During  the 
years  1889  and  1890  he 
occupied  the  position  of 
Principal  of  the  Union 
High  School  at  Union, 
Maine,  leaving  in  the 
spring  of  the  latter  year 
to  enter  the  employ  of 
the  city  of  Newton, 
Massachusetts,  in  the 
City  Engineer's  office. 
He  was  identified  with 
this  work  until  January, 
1893. 

Mr.  Morgrage  then  en- 
tered the  Harvard  Law 
School,  where  he  received 
his  legal  education,  grad- 
uating in  the  class  of 
1895.  He  was  admitted 
to  practice  in  the  courts  of 
Massachusetts  the  same 
year.  In  1896  Mr.  Mor- 
grage was  associated  with 
Joseph  Willard  of  Boston  and  in  1897  opened 
an  office  on  his  own  account.  In  1898  he  en- 
tered into  partnership  with  the  Honorable 
Charles  M.  Bruce  of  Boston,  the  firm  name 
being  Bruce  &  Morgrage.  The  firm's  busi- 
ness was  largely  corporation  work  and  ex- 
tended over  a  period  of  about  five  years. 

During  the  years  1903,  1904  and  1905  busi- 
ness affairs  called  Mr.  Morgrage  to  the  Pa- 
cific Coast  and  in  1906  he  closed  his  Boston 
offices,  moving  with  his  family  to  Los  An- 
geles, California. 

He  became  identified  with  the  Canfield 
interests  in  the  California  oil  fields,  operating 
principally  in  the  Kern  River  and  the  Mid- 
way-Maricopa  districts.  The  men  with 
whom  Mr.  Morgrage  was  associated,  C.  A. 
Canfield  and  others,  are  among  the  largest 
oil  producers  in  the  California  fields  and  for 
several  years  he  was  actively  engaged  with 
them,  to  the  exclusion  of  all  other  business. 
In  1912  Mr.  Morgrage  resumed  the  prac- 


WILBERT  MORGRAGE 


tice  of  his  profession,  with  offices  in  Los 
Angeles.  He  confines  his  law  work  to  cor- 
poration practice  entirely,  but  still  retains 
his  oil  interests  and  devotes  a  considerable 
share  of  his  time  to  this  business,  as  officer, 
stockholder  or  legal  adviser  for  various  com- 
panies. He  is  the  American  Director  and 
representative  of  the  Societe  Generale  Beige 
de  Petrol  en  Californe,  a  Belgian  corporation, 
operating  in  the  Kern  River  region,  and  is 
Secretary  and  Attorney 
for  the  Ruby  Oil  Com- 
pany and  the  Jade  Oil 
Company. 

Mr.  Morgrage  also  is 
attorney  for  the  Spellacy- 
Thomson-  Montgomery 
oil  interests  on  the  East 
coast  of  Mexico  and  is 
interested  on  his  own  ac- 
count in  Mexican  oil  and 
farming  lands.  He  fig- 
ured, as  one  of  the  loca- 
tors of  oil  lands  covered 
by  the  Southern  Pacific 
Railroad  Company's  land 
grants  in  Kern  County, 
California,  in  the  Govern- 
ment action  against  the 
railroad  corporation  now 
(1913)  pending  in  the 
courts. 

One  of  the  notable 
cases  in  which  Mr.  Mor- 
grage appeared  after  re- 
suming the  practice  of 
law  in  Los  Angeles  was 
that  of  the  Sepulveda 
heirs  versus  the  City  of 
Los  Angeles,  Southern 
Pacific  Railroad,  Pacific  Electric  Railway, 
San  Pedro,  Los  Angeles  &  Salt  Lake  Rail- 
way Company,  Santa  Fe  Railway  et  al.,  in 
which  the  plaintiffs,  represented  by  Mr.  Mor- 
grage, sought  to  recover  certain  property  at 
San  Pedro,  Cal.  (Los  Angeles  Harbor), 
known  as  tide  lands. 

In  addition  to  his  oil  interests  and  his  legal 
activities,  Mr.  Morgrage  is  active  in  several 
other  lines  and  is  a  factor  in  land  develop- 
ment near  Los  Angeles,  being  Secretary  and 
attorney  for  the  Harbor  View  Land  Com- 
pany, operating  adjacent  to  Los  Angeles 
Harbor.  The  section  in  which  this  com- 
pany's tract  lies  is  expected  to  be  the  scene 
of  great  real  estate  activity  with  the  open- 
ing of  the  Los  Angeles  Harbor,  on  which 
the  city,  State  and  Federal  governments  are 
spending  millions  of  dollars. 

Mr.  Morgrage  is  a  member  of  the  Cali- 
fornia Bar  Association,  Sierra  Madre  Club 
and  the  Harvard  Club  of  Los  Angeles. 


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AGAN,  DR.  RALPH,  Sur- 
geon, Los  Angeles,  Califor- 
nia, was  born  at  St.  Paul, 
Minnesota,  May  13,  1872,  the 
son  of  Dr.  Martin  Hagan  and 
Rose  M.  (Armstrong)  Hagan.  He  married 
Mamie  A.  Berke  at  Los  Angeles,  May  12, 
1897.  Dr.  Hagan's  father  was  a  practicing 
physician  in  Minnesota  for  many  years  and 
distinguished  himself  as 
a  field  surgeon  during  the 
Civil  War,  serving  in 
many  battles.  He  moved 
to  Los  Angeles  in  1884 
and  immediately  became 
a  public  figure.  He 
served  as  Health  Officer 
of  Los  Angeles,  1887-88, 
and  was  County  Physi- 
cian from  1893  to  1895. 
He  took  an  active  part  in 
the  city's  affairs  until  his 
death  in  1902. 

During  his  early  boy- 
hood, Dr.  Hagan's  father 
took  him  on  an  extensive 
tour,  on  which  they  vis- 
ited many  countries,  and 
settled  for  a  time  at  Hon- 
olulu, Hawaiian  Islands. 
They  resided  on  the  beau- 
tiful Pacific  island  for  a 
short  time,  during  the 
reign  of  the  celebrated 
Queen  Liliuokalani,  until 
they  moved  to  Los  An- 
geles. Dr.  Ralph  Hagan 


DR.  RALPH  HAGAN 


was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  Los 
Angeles  and  graduated  from  the  high  school. 
He  then  entered  the  Medical  Department  of 
the  University  of  California  and  was  gradu- 
ated with  the  degree  of  M.  D.,  June  4,  1895. 
The  last  two  years  of  his  college  course  he 
served  as  druggist  in  the  Los  Angeles 
County  Hospital  and  upon  graduation  was 
made  house  surgeon  of  that  institution. 

He  served  at  this  post  one  year,  and  in 
1897  was  made  police  surgeon  for  the  City 
of  Los  Angeles.  This  position  he  filled  four 
years,  giving  it  up  in  1901  to  begin  private 
practice.  Since  that  time  he  has  devoted  his 
time  to  his  own  work,  the  only  public  office 
held  by  him  in  the  interim  being  that  of 
Police  Commissioner  for  Los  Angeles,  which 
duty  he  filled  during  the  years  1904-05,  under 
the  administration  of  Mayor  McAleer. 

Dr.  Hagan  startled  the  medical  profes- 
sion shortly  after  he  became  Police  Surgeon 


by  performing  a  daring  operation  on  one  of 
his  patients.  The  victim,  a  man,  had  re- 
ceived a  terrible  gunshot  wound  in  the  abdo- 
men and  all  hope  of  saving  his  life  had  been 
given  up.  Dr.  Hagan,  however,  performed 
an  exceptional  operation  upon  the  man  and 
the  latter  ultimately  recovered.  This  was 
the  first  successful  operation  of  its  kind  in 
the  West  and  won  for  Dr.  Hagan  a  firm  po- 
sition in  the  ranks  of  his 
profession. 

For  eight  years  after 
he  left  the  office  of  Po- 
lice Surgeon  of  Los  An- 
geles, Dr.  Hagan  engaged 
in  general  medical  prac- 
tice, but  at  the  end  of 
that  period  he  became  a 
specialist  in  surgery  and 
has  devoted  himself  to 
that  branch  of  the  profes- 
sion since  that  time.  He 
is  a  man  of  manifold  in- 
terests and,  besides  his 
private  work  is  actively 
concerned  in  four  large 
hospitals  of  Los  Angeles, 
to  each  of  which  he  de- 
votes a  great  deal  of  per- 
sonal attention.  He  is 
a  stockholder  and  staff 
member  of  the  Angeles, 
Pacific  and  Emergency 
Hospitals  and  consulting 
surgeon  to  the  Sisters' 
Hospital.  As  a  member 
of  the  Los  Angeles 


Chamber  of  Commerce  and  the  Automobile 
Club  of  Southern  California  he  has  done 
much  for  the  improvement  of  the  city  proper 
and  in  addition  has  been  a  leader  in  the  plans 
for  good  roads  and  boulevard  building.  He 
is  an  enthusiastic  sportsman  and  spends  all 
of  his  spare  time  out-of-doors. 

He  is  an  expert  reinsman  and  amateur 
driver  and  automobilist,  and  also  is  one  of 
the  best  huntsmen  in  the  West  Shore  Gun 
Club  of  Los  Angeles. 

Besides  the  clubs  heretofore  mentioned, 
Dr.  Hagan  holds  a  life  membership  in  the 
Fraternal  Order  of  Eagles  and  the  Los  An- 
geles Athletic  Club.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Southern  California  Lodge  of  Masons,  a  life 
member  and  Past  Exalted  Ruler  of  Los  An- 
geles Lodge  No.  99,  B.  P.  O.  Elks,  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Sierra  Madre  Club  of  Los  An- 
geles and  of  numerous  medical  and  other 
scientific  organizations. 


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REGORY,  MILES  S.,  Broker, 
Los  Angeles,  California,  was 
born  in  Licking  County,  near 
Newark,  Ohio,  August  12, 
1870.  His  father  was  Josiah 
Gregory  and  his  mother  Sadie  F.  Gregory. 
He  is  descended  from  a  long  line  of  fighting 
Americans  who  served  in  both  the  Revolu- 
tionary and  Civil  wars.  The  farthest  dis- 
tant American  ancestor 
of  whom  Mr.  Gregory 
has  any  trace  was  James 
Gregory,  who  settled  in 
America  in  1696.  How- 
ever, he  can  trace  his 
family  history  back  as 
far  as  887,  when  the 
Gregorys  were  a  mighty 
clan  in  Scotland.  Mr. 
Gregory  has  been  twice 
married,  his  second  wife 
being  Ivy  Irene  Trott, 
whom  he  married  at  Salt 
Lake  City,  Utah,  March 
4,  1908.  By  his  first 
marriage  there  were  two 
children,  Miles  S.,  Jr., 
and  Marietta  Gregory. 

He  obtained  his  edu- 
cation in  the  common 
schools  of  Newark,  Ohio, 
and  a  business  college  of 
that  city.  Although  his 
father  was  in  good  finan- 
cial circumstances,  young 
Gregory,  at  the  age  of 
seven  years,  began  sell- 


MILES  S.  GREGORY 


tion  of  apartment  houses  for  speculation  and 
made  a  success  of  that  until  1903,  when  he 
decided  to  leave  Chicago  for  Los  Angeles. 

For  eleven  years  of  the  time  he  was  in 
Chicago  he  took  an  active  part  in  politics, 
and  after  establishing  himself  in  the  real 
estate  business  in  Los  Angeles  he  there  en- 
tered the  political  field.  He  served  as  a 
member  of  the  Los  Angeles  City  Council 
during  1910  and  1911  and 
in  1911  was  a  candidate 
for  Mayor. 

Mr.  Gregory's  suc- 
cess in  Chicago  business 
pursuits  was  more  than 
duplicated  in  Los  An- 
geles. Starting  in  the 
real  estate  business,  he 
has  added  to  that  a  stock 
and  bond  brokerage 
business  and  today  is 
one  of  the  successful 
men  in  that  line  in  the 
city.  He  joined  the  Los 
Angeles  Stock  Exchange 
in  1906,  and  since  has 
been  an  influential  mem- 
ber of  that  body.  At  the 
present  time  he  is  a 
member  of  the  Board  of 
Directors  of  the  Ex- 
change. 

Aside  from  his  brok- 
erage business,  Mr.  Greg- 
ory has  participated  in 
the  organization  of  a 
number  of  other  business 


ing  newspapers  and  earned  enough  to  keep 
him  at  school  until  he  was  seventeen  years 
old. 

At  that  time  he  quit  school  and  went  on 
the  road  establishing  libraries  for  the 
"Courier"  of  Newark.  He  was  forced  to  re- 
sign this  position  six  months  later,  when  his 
father  died,  and  the  family  moved  immedi- 
ately to  Chicago,  111.  He  went  with  the 
Santa  Fe  Railroad  for  a  time,  but  resigned 
and  engaged  in  the  insurance  business,  his 
first  commission  being  forty-five  cents,  which 
he  has  kept  to  this  day  as  a  memento. 

When  he  was  nineteen  years  old  he  estab- 
lished a  real  estate  business  with  Charles  O. 
Nelson,  under  the  firm  name  of  Gregory  & 
Nelson.  After  four  months  Nelson  with- 
drew, at  Gregory's  request,  and  Gregory 
continued  alone.  He  made  a  tremendous 
success  until  1894,  when  the  real  estate  busi- 
ness slumped.  He  then  began  the  construc- 


enterprises.  Among  them  are  the  Traders' 
Oil  Company,  of  which  he  is  a  director,  and 
the  Johnnie  Mining  and  Milling  Company,  of 
which  he  is  secretary  and  treasurer. 

Mr.  Gregory  has  been  progressive  in  poli- 
tics ever  since  he  started  as  a  young  man 
back  in  Chicago.  Since  entering  the  political 
field  in  Los  Angeles  he  has  been  an  advocate 
for  clean  government,  more  parks  and  a  com- 
plete boulevard  system  for  the  city.  Another 
ideal  of  his  is  beautiful  residence  districts, 
and  to  advance  this  he  purchased  twenty-two 
residence  lots  near  his  own  home,  to  be  held 
without  profit  until  the  proper  kind  of  homes 
are  pledged  to  be  built. 

He  is  secretary  of  the  Union  League  Club 
of  Los  Angeles,  and  in  addition  holds  mem- 
berships in  the  San  Gabriel  Country  Club, 
the  Elks,  Mystic  Shriners,  Knights  Templar, 
Masons  and  the  Los  Angeles  Chamber  of 
Commerce. 


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TRONG,  FRANK  R.,  Real 
Estate  Operator,  Los  Angeles, 
California,  is  a  native  of  San 
Diego,  where  he  was  born 
January  5,  1871,  his  parents 
being  Dr.  D.  W.  and  Mary  A.  Strong. 

Like  most  of  the  notable  men  of  the 
country,  Mr.  Strong's  education  was  derived 
from  the  public  schools  and  business  col- 
leges of  his  native  city. 
After  leaving  school 
he  entered  business  life  at 
the  age  of  eighteen,  as  an 
employe  of  the  famous 
firm  of  Easton,  Eldridge 
and  Company,  in  San 
Diego.  He  remained  with 
this  firm  until  1891,  when 
he  found  himself  so  well 
equipped  in  sagacity  that 
he  succeeded  to  the  San 
Diego  business  of  the 
firm,  and  formed  a  part- 
nership with  M.  D.  Arms 
under  the  name  of  Strong 
and  Arms,  meeting  with 
such  a  degree  of  success 
as  to  encourage  him  to 
seek  a  wider  field.  With 
that  end  in  view  he  re- 
moved to  Los  Angeles  in 
1895,  and  formed  a  part- 
nership with  Mr.  F.  B. 
Wilde,  a  former  member 
of  the  Easton  and  Eld- 
ridge  concern,  and  be- 
gan business  under  the 
style  of  Wilde  and  Strong;  excellent  results 
attended  the  career  of  this  firm,  which  con- 
tinued until  1900,  when  Mr.  Wilde  decided  to 
retire  from  business  activity,  and  Mr.  Strong 
formed  a  new  partnership  with  Mr.  G.  W. 
Dickinson,  who  as  well  had  been  a  San 
Diegan,  and  business  was  continued  by  the 
new  concern  of  Strong  and  Dickinson. 

The  new  firm  at  once  engaged  in  subdi- 
viding large  properties  and  placing  them  on 
the  market;  they  successfully  handled  in 
rapid  succession  eighty  such  subdivisions. 

Few  real  estate  operators  have  had  more 
to  do  with  the  imperial  development  of  Los 
Angeles  and  Southern  California  than  had 
Mr.  Strong.  He  acquired  large  holdings 
himself,  and  thus  has  not  only  been  a  dealer 
deriving  profits  from  his  transactions,  but  has 
become  the  owner  of  farms  and  business 
properties  which  in  themselves  form  hand- 
some fortunes. 


FRANK  R.  STRONG 


One  of  his  business  structures  is  on 
Fourth  street,  between  Main  and  Los  An- 
geles streets;  another  is  on  Fifth  street,  be- 
tween Broadway  and  Hill,  and  Mr.  Strong  is 
also  the  owner  of  several  most  valuable  pieces 
of  property,  notably  the  southwest  corner  of 
Ninth  and  Spring  streets,  with  Mr.  Robert 
Marsh.  This  is  a  location  which  by  many  it 
is  believed  will  be  the  center  of  the  business 
activity  of  the  city  in  the 
near  future.  He  owns 
also  the  corner  of  Sev- 
enth street  and  Central 
avenue,  as  well  as  the 
southwest  corner  oi 
Ninth  and  Central  ave- 
nue, which  is  occupied  by 
a  two-story  business 
building. 

He  has  acquired  ex- 
tensive farming  lands, 
which  have  become  his 
particular  charge.  He 
owns  two  large  ranches 
near  La  Mirada,  twenty 
miles  from  Los  Angeles; 
a  very  large  ranch  in  the 
Coachella  Valley,  that  is 
now  being  planted  in  cot- 
ton, alfalfa  and  dates; 
these  and  a  2000-acre 
grain  ranch  at  San  Ja- 
cinto  smilingly  evidence 
Mr.  Strong's  capacity  as 
a  farmer. 

Besides  being  senior 
member  of  the  firm 
of  Strong  and  Dickinson,  he  is  president  of 
the  Western  Building  and  Investment  Com- 
pany, president  of  the  Pasadena  Park  Im- 
provement Company,  president  of  the  Subur- 
ban Improvement  Company,  president  of  the 
Cottage  Terrace  Tract,  vice  president  of  the 
Rimpau  Heights  Company,  Alamitos  Bay 
Improvement  Company,  Alamitos  Develop- 
ment Company,  Los  Angeles  Beach  Com- 
pany, Short  Line  Beach  Company;  a  director 
in  the  British-American  Oil  Company,  the 
North  Midway  Oil  Company,  the  Gold 
Standard  Investment  Company,  the  Com- 
mercial National  Bank,  the  Figueroa 
Heights  Company,  the  Howard  Park  Com- 
pany, and  the  Crenshaw  Investment  Com- 
pany. 

Mr.  Strong  is  a  member  of  Ramona 
Parlor  Native  Sons  of  the  Golden  West  and 
of  the  Union  League  Club,  both  of  Los  An- 
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O  B  I  N  G  I  E  R  ,  ANDREW 
STEWART,  Surgeon,  Los 
Angeles,  California,  is  a  na- 
tive of  Laurelville,  Pennsyl- 
vania, where  he  was  born  De- 
cember 22,  1862.  His  parents  were  Jacob 
Lobingier  and  Lillian  Findley  (Stewart) 
Lobingier;  among  his  notable  ancestors 
were  Christopher  Lobingier,  colonial  Hugue- 
not, and  Judge  John  Lob- 
ingier. Dr.  Lobingier 
was  married  on  Novem- 
ber 2,  1889,  to  Miss  Kate 
Reynolds  at  Mt.  Pleasant, 
Pennsylvania,  and  one 
daughter,  Gladys,  was 
born  to  them. 

As  a  boy,  Dr.  Lobin- 
gier was  prepared  for  col- 
lege at  the  Mt.  Pleasant 
Institute  at  Mt.  Pleasant, 
Pennsylvania,  1880-83.  He 
entered  the  University  of 
Michigan  at  Ann  Arbor, 
where  he  took  his  A.  B. 
degree  in  1886.  Immedi- 
ately on  completing  his 
regular  course  at  the  Uni- 
versity, he  took  up  the 
study  of  medicine  and 
surgery,  completing  it  and 
taking  his  degree  of  M. 
D.  in  1889. 

At  the  conclusion  of 
his  college  career,  Dr. 
Lobingier  went  to  Den- 
ver, Colorado,  and  opened 
an  office  for  the  practice  of  medicine.  Soon 
he  was  elected  to  the  professorship  of  Bac- 
teriology and  Pathology  in  the  Gross  Medical 
College.  Two  years  later  he  was  elected  to 
the  chair  of  Pathology  and  Surgical  Pathol- 
ogy in  the  University  of  Colorado  at  Denver 
and  was  a  member  of  the  faculty  of  that  in- 
stitution for  eleven  years. 

During  that  time  he  successively  held  the 
chairs  of  Clinical  Surgery  and  Chief  of  the 
Surgical  Clinic  (1893),  Principles  of  Surgery 
and  Clinical  Surgery  and  Surgeon  to  the 
University  Hospital  (1896).  He  was  Chief 
of  the  Department  of  Surgery  in  the  Univer- 
sity for  the  subsequent  six  years,  but  re- 
signed on  account  of  impaired  health,  April, 
1902,  and  went  to  Los  Angeles. 

In  Denver  he  was  a  charter  member  of 
the  Denver  City  Troop  and  Acting  Surgeon 
of  the  Second  Colorado  Regiment  during  the 
Leadville  riots.  He  was  also  treasurer  of 


DR.  A.  S.  LOBINGIER 


the  troop  and  for  several  years  secretary  of 
the  Colorado  State  Medical  Society. 

In  June,  1902,  he  attended  the  British 
Medical  Association  meeting  in  Manchester, 
England,  then  spent  the  summer  and  autumn 
in  the  study  of  surgery  with  the  leading 
surgeons  of  Heidelberg,  Berlin,  Paris,  Vien- 
na, and  London,  after  which  he  returned  to 
Los  Angeles  to  engage  in  surgical  practice. 
In  1906,  he  devoted  a  sec- 
ond period  of  study  under 
the  great  surgeons  of 
Europe. 

Dr.  Lobingier  takes  a 
very  natural  and  proper 
pride  in  his  ancestry, 
which,  on  his  father's  side 
is  of  Huguenot  stock  and 
on  his  mother's  Scotch. 
His  paternal  ancestors 
were  driven  from  their 
homes  in  France  as  a  re- 
sult of  the  revocation  of 
the  Edict  of  Nantes, 
which  removed  their 
guarantees  of  safety  and 
religious  freedom. 

In  the  wide-spread  ex- 
odus from  France  which 
followed,  and  which  ex- 
tended to  England,  and  to 
the  United  States,  Dr. 
Lobingier's  paternal  for- 
bears selected  the  United 
States  as  their  refuge,  and 
sailed  for  America  in 
1727.  Arriving  in  this 
country,  they  made  their  homes  in  Lancaster 
County,  Pennsylvania.  The  original  colonist 
of  the  family  was  Christopher  Lobingier.  His 
son  of  the  same  name  was  very  active  in  the 
Revolution,  and  in  the  founding  of  the  com- 
monwealth of  Pennsylvania.  He  was  a 
close  friend  of  Benjamin  Franklin,  and  was 
a  member  of  the  first  conference  committee, 
the  committee  to  raise  troops,  a  member  of 
the  constitutional  convention,  and  a  member 
of  the  first  legislature  of  Pennsylvania. 

Dr.  Lobingier  is  a  member  of  the  Los 
Angeles  Clinical  and  Pathological  Society, 
L.  A.  County  Medical  Society,  Southern  Cal- 
ifornia Medical  Association,  California  State 
Medical  Society,  American  Medical  Associa- 
tion, American  Academy  of  Medicine,  L.  A. 
Academy  of  Sciences  and  the  National  Geo- 
graphical Society.  His  clubs  are:  The  Cal. 
University,  Valley  Country,  Annandale 
Country,  and  Gamut  Clubs  of  Los  Angeles. 


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LEISHHACKER,  HERBERT, 
Banker,  San  Francisco,  California, 
was  born  in  that  city  November  2, 
1872,  the  son  of  Aron  Fleishhacker 
and  Delia  (Stern)  Fleishhacker. 
He  is  of  German-American  descent 
on  both  sides  of  his  family  and  is  a  combination  of 
the  sturdy  and  energetic  characteristics  of  his  race. 
He  married  Miss  May  Belle  Greenbaum  at  San 
Francisco  on  August  9,  1905,  and  is  the  father  of 
two  children,  Marjorie  and  Herbert  Fleish- 
hacker, Jr. 

The  schooling  of  Mr.  Fleishhacker,  in  view  of 
his  later  achievements,  may  be  described  as  scant. 
It  consisted  of  eight  years,  between  1878  and  1886, 
in  the  grammar  schools  in  his  native  city  and  less 
than  one  year  in  Heald's  Business  College.  With 
the  commercial  training  he  received  in  the  latter 
institution  he  hastened  to  go  into  business. 

In  1887  he  entered  his  fathers'  paper  business 
as  a  bookkeeper  and  remained  in  this  capacity  for 
about  a  year  and  a  half.  He  then  tried  the  manu- 
facturing end  of  it,  on  which  he  got  a  sufficient 
grip  in  the  next  four  years  to  enable  him  to  go  on 
the  road  as  a  salesman  for  the  house.  His  success 
in  this  direction  was  rapid  and  pronounced,  but 
not  fast  enough  to  keep  pace  with  his  expanding 
ideas.  These  were  naturally  enlarged  by  his  trav- 
els and  growing  ambitions,  which  were  continually 
on  the  watch  for  new  fields  wherein  to  cultivate 
the  knowledge  he  had  already  acquired.  The  or- 
ganization of  new  enterprises  became  the  logical 
outlet  for  his  abundant  energies,  and  Oregon 
seemed  to  him  at  the  time  the  surest  thing  in  prom- 
ised lands;  so  in  Oregon  City  he  established  the 
first  paper  mills  of  that  part  of  the  world.  Later 
on  he  organized  a  large  lumber  company  near  Eu- 
gene, in  the  same  State,  and  then  shifted  the  scene 
of  his  endeavors  to  his  native  State.  Here  he  start- 
ed the  dynamos  going  for  the  Electric  Power  Com- 
pany of  Floriston,  California,  and  subsequently  or- 
ganized other  power  concerns  in  various  parts  of 
this  State,  gradually  enlarging  his  operations  until 
he  had  more  than  a  dozen  power  and  manufactur- 
ing plants  in  full  swing. 

Mr.  Fleishhacker's  financial  talents,  however, 
seemed  predestined  to  seek  their  most  proper  chan- 
nel, and  to  find  it  in  the  banking  business.  In  1907 
he  signalized  his  arrival  in  that  center  of  the  finan- 
cial world  by  becoming  manager  of  the  London, 
Paris  and  American  Bank,  already  a  solidly  estab- 
lished house.  The  same  remarkable  vitality  he 
had  infused  in  every  other  enterprise  he  had 
grasped  was  soon  imparted  to  this  and  marked  by 
a  steady  growth.  Even  then  his  name  was  fre- 
quently heard  on  the  street,  with  flattening  em- 
phasis on  the  term,  "Comer." 

On  March  1,  1909,  the  Anglo-California  Bank, 
Ltd.,  was  absorbed  by  the  London,  Paris  and 
American  and  the  title  changed  to  the  Anglo  and 
London  Paris  National  Bank,  with  Mr.  Fleishhacker 


as  manager  and  vice  president.  Two  years  later,  in 
March,  1911,  he  was  elected  to  the  presidency  of 
the  new  corporation,  which  is  now  in  the  front 
rank  of  American  national  banks. 

An  idea  of  the  growth  of  this  institution  may 
be  gleaned  by  this  statement,  somewhat  reluctantly 
made  by  Mr.  Fleishhacker:  When  he  assumed  the 
management  of  the  London,  Paris  and  American 
Bank,  in  the  summer  of  1907,  the  deposits  were 
four  and  a  half  millions.  The  absorption  of  the 
Anglo-California  Bank  swelled  these  to  the  sum  of 
fifteen  millions,  and  since  then,  under  his  manage- 
ment, they  have  expanded  to  the  great  total  of 
twenty-six  millions. 

The  Anglo  and  London  Paris  National  Bank 
does  a  larger  foreign  exchange  business  than  any 
other  bank  in  San  Francisco.  Their  connections  in 
the  Orient  and  throughout  the  European  countries 
are  with  the  largest  and  strongest  banking  con- 
cerns operating  in  foreign  parts.  This  is  one  of 
the  main  features  of  their  business,  and  there  is 
hardly  any  large  transaction  with  the  Orient  or  the 
European  centers  that  is  not  handled  through  this 
progressive  bank.  Its  board  of  directors  is  com- 
posed of  men  of  vast  experience  and  representing 
the  largest  financial  and  commercial  interests  on 
the  Pacific  Coast. 

While  Mr.  Fleishhacker's  position  as  adminis- 
trative head  of  this  great  financial  enterprise  takes 
up  the  greater  portion  of  his  time,  it  is  not  the 
only  one  he  holds.  His  interests  are  numerous  and 
varied,  and  almost  every  institution  in  which  he 
is  stockholder  commands  part  of  his  time  as  offi- 
cer, director  or  general  adviser.  Besides  his  presi- 
dency of  the  Anglo  and  London  Paris  National 
Bank,  he  is  heavily  interested  in  the  Floriston  Land 
and  Power  Company,  a  concern  of  which  he  is 
president;  the  Reno  Traction  Company,  wherein 
he  is  also  president,  and  the  Anglo  California  Trust 
Company,  of  which  he  is  vice  president. 

He  is  also  a  large  owner  in  and  vice  president 
of  the  following  companies:  The  Central  Califor- 
nia Traction,  the  City  Electric  and  the  Great  West- 
ern Power.  Additional  to  these  offices,  he  holds  di- 
rectorships in  the  Crown-Columbia  Pulp  and  Paper 
Company,  the  Floriston  Pulp  and  Paper  Company, 
the  Swiss-American  Bank  and  other  corporations. 

By  this  list  it  will  be  seen  that  Mr.  Fleishhacker 
is  a  man  of  multitudinous  responsibilities.  The 
corporations  named  above  are  all  operating  and 
represent  investments  of  millions.  They  are  among 
the  important  industries  of  California  and  comprise 
in  their  stockholders'  lists  many  of  the  most  in- 
fluential and  progressive  men  of  that  State. 

Because  of  his  widely  scattered  business  affili- 
ations, Mr.  Fleishhacker  has  had  little  opportunity 
to  devote  to  social  affairs,  although  he  holds  mem- 
berships in  several  clubs. 

Most  of  his  leisure  time  he  devotes  to  his 
family,  however,  their  home  life  being  close  to  the 
ideal  of  happiness. 


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ALVERT,  JOHN  WILLIAM, 
Manufacturer  of  Ice,  Azusa, 
Cal.,  was  born  at  Huntington, 
Ind.,  September  30,  1855.  His 
father  was  Ira  Calvert  and 
his  mother  was  Racheal  (Jones)  Calvert, 
natives  of  Ohio.  Mr.  Calvert  traces  his  fam- 
ily back  to  the  early  days  of  Colonial  Amer- 
ica, and  comes  from  well  known  and  distin- 
guished American 
ancestors.  He  is  a  direct 
descendant  of  George 
Calvert,  Lord  Baltimore, 
the  celebrated  Governor 
of  Maryland.  At  La- 
manda  Park,  Cal.,  Sept. 
11,  1890,  he  married  Ella 
L.  Eaton.  They  have 
two  children,  Peyton 
E.  and  John  W.  Cal- 
vert, Jr. 

Mr.  Calvert  was  edu- 
cated in  the  public 
schools  of  Laurence 
County,  Illinois,  and  later 
took  a  complete  course  in 
the  Normal  school  at  La- 
doga, Indiana,  being  grad- 
uated there  in  June,  1878. 
His  early  boyhood  was 
spent  in  Indiana,  but 
when  he  was  ten  years  of 
age,  his  parents  moved  to 
Laurence  County,  Illinois, 
in  which  State  he  grew  to 
manhood.  Outside  of  his 
studies  he  was  occupied 
in  working  on  his  father's  farm. 

In  1880  Mr.  Calvert  was  appointed  Re- 
corder of  Deeds  of  Laurence  County,  111.,  and 
served  in  this  capacity  for  two  years.  Fol- 
lowing this  service  he  was  elected  for  four 
years  County  Clerk  of  the  same  county  and 
fulfilled  the  duties  of  the  office  with  distinc- 
tion. At  the  expiration  of  his  official  term  he 
was  offered  a  position  in  Los  Angeles,  which 
he  determined  to  accept. 

He  moved  to  California  from  Laurence- 
ville,  111.,  in  1886.  Southern  California  was 
then  in  the  height  of  its  boom,  and  he  ac- 
cepted a  position  with  the  Kerckhoff-Cuzner 
Mill  &  Lumber  Co.,  one  of  the  largest  organ- 
izations of  its  kind  in  the  Southwest. 

It  was  this  offer  which  had  attracted  him 
from  his  home  city.  He  was  agent  for  this 
company  at  various  Southern  California 
towns,  such  as  Lamanda  Park,  where  he  first 
located ;  Pomona,  Azusa  and  Covina  for  a 


J.  W.  CALVERT 


number  of  years,  and  through  his  connection 
became  one  of  the  best  known  men  in  the 
country. 

In  1899  he  became  interested  in  and  was 
made  manager  of  the  Azusa  Ice  &  Cold  Stor- 
age Co.,  at  Azusa,  Cal.,  which  connection  he 
still  holds.  His  headquarters  are  located  in 
that  city  and  he  is  identified  there  with  many 
of  the  movements  for  improvement  and  de- 
velopment. He  has  made 
a  deep  study  of  the  ice  and 
cold  storage  business  and 
is  one  of  the  leading  au- 
thorities on  that  subject 
in  the  Southwest. 

Besides  his  chief  busi- 
ness he  is  active  in  many 
other  interests  in  his 
home  city  and  keeps  a 
close  watch  on  the  civic 
welfare  of  the  county.  He 
is  a  Highway  Comm'S- 
sioner  of  Los  Angeles 
County,  his  term  being 
that  of  the  years  1910  and 
1911.  He  has  worked  for 
the  better  road  move- 
ment in  Los  Angeles 
County,  being  one  of  the 
committee  under  whose 
direction  the  enormous 
sum  voted  for  road  im- 
provement has  been  ex- 
pended. He  is  a  good 
road  enthusiast. 

Aside  from  the  above 
he  is  director  and  secre- 
tary of  the  Azusa  Masonic  Building  Associa- 
tion and  director  and  vice  president  of  the 
United  States  National  Bank  of  Azusa. 

Mr.  Calvert  is  very  prominent  in  Masonic 
circles,  being  a  member  of  all  York  Rite  and 
Scottish  Rite  Masonic  bodies  with  the  excep- 
tion of  Supreme  Council  of  the  Thirty-second 
degree  Scottish  Rite.  He  has  given  a  great 
deal  of  his  time  to  Masonic  work  and  is  a 
liberal  contributor  to  Masonic  homes  and  the 
organization  and  building  of  Masonic  Tem- 
ples. He  is  a  Mystic  Shriner  and  an  Elk. 

He  is  active  in  his  public  duties  and  takes 
a  prominent  part  in  the  public  movements  of 
his  home  town  and  the  county.  As  a  thor- 
ough business  man  and  as  a  progressive  cit- 
izen he  is  widely  known  throughout  Southern 
California.  He  has  a  comfortable  residence 
at  Azusa,  and  outside  of  his  business  hou^s 
finds  a  great  deal  of  time  to  spend  with  his 
family. 


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ORKS,  LEWIS  REED,  At- 
torney, Los  Angeles,  Califor- 
nia, was  born  in  Vevay,  In- 
diana, December  28th,  1869. 
His  father  is  the  present  Uni- 
ted States  Senator,  John  Downey  Works, 
and  his  mother  Alice  (Banta)  Works.  On 
August  28th,  1903,  Mr.  Works  married  Har- 
riett Laura  Wilson,  of  Los  Angeles.  Mr. 
Works  has  one  son, 
Pierce  Works,  born  Jan- 
uary 2,  1896,  by  a  pre- 
vious marriage. 

Mr.  Works  received 
his  education  beginning 
at  Miss  Drummond's 
school  for  children  in  Ve- 
vay, Indiana,  his  birth- 
place, and  then  by  attend- 
ing the  public  schools  of 
Vevay  and  of  San  Diego 
and  San  Francisco,  Cali- 
fornia, having  removed  to 
San  Diego  from  Indiana, 
with  his  distinguished 
father,  in  April,  1883.  He 
is  also  a  graduate  of  the 
San  Diego  Commercial 
College.  He  was  admit- 
ted to  the  Bar  in  Febru- 
ary, 1892. 

Upon  his  admission  to 
the  bar  he  entered  part- 
nership with  his  father  in 
San  Diego,  the  firm  doing 
business  under  the  name 
of  Works  and  Works. 


LEWIS  R.  WORKS 


The  style  of  this  firm  later  became  Works, 
Works  and  Ingle,  and  later  still  returned  to 
the  title  of  Works  and  Works. 

Entering  the  field  of  politics,  Mr.  Works 
was  in  1898  elected  as  a  member  of  the  State 
Assembly,  and  served  from  January,  1899,  to 
January,  1901. 

On  the  completion  of  his  term  of  service 
in  the  State  Assembly,  Mr.  Works  went  to 
Los  Angeles,  where  his  father  had  located  in 
the  meantime,  where  he  entered  partnership 
with  his  father  and  Bradner  W.  Lee,  under 
the  firm  name  of  Works,  Lee  and  Works, 
(September  1st,  1901). 

Mr.  Works  attended  closely  to  his  prac- 
tice and  took  very  little  part  in  politics,  but 
was  from  February  1,  1907,  to  January  1, 
1909,  first  assistant  City  Attorney  of  Los  An- 
geles, a  position  he  resigned  in  order  to  form 
the  law  partnership  of  John  D.  Works  and 
Lewis  R.  Works.  On  the  retirement  of  John 


D.  Works  from  active  practice,  as  a  result  of 
his  election  to  the  United  States  Senate,  the 
firm  was  dissolved  and  since  that  time  Mr. 
Works  has  conducted  a  successful  practice  by 
himself. 

In  July,  1911,  Mr.  Works  was  appointed 
on  the  Board  of  Public  Utilities  of  Los  An- 
geles and  was  elected  its  President,  a  place 
he  now  holds. 

As  an  active  partici- 
pant in  public  affairs,  Mr. 
Works  began  at  an  early 
age  to  show  those  charac- 
teristics which  have  be- 
come a  dominant  part  of 
his  life,  and  which  have 
brought  him  forward  to 
a  prominent  point  of  in- 
terest and  effect,  in  all 
matters  appertaining  to 
the  welfare  not  only  of 
the  city  which  he  has 
adopted  as  his  home,  but 
of  the  state  and  nation  as 
well. 

For  example,  when  as 
a    very    young    man    he 
learned  of  the  movement 
to  organize  a  naval  mili- 
tia force  in  California,  he 
jumped      enthusiastically 
into    the    agitation,    and 
was  a  charter  member  of 
Company  A,  the  first  one 
organized    in    the    State 
and  which  was  made  up 
of  San  Diego  young  men. 
As  matters  of  ethical  interest,  he  finds  en- 
tertainment in  being  a  member  of  the  Archae- 
ological Institute  of  America  and  of  the  Na- 
tional Geographical  Society. 

Actively  and  in  a  militant  spirit,  he  be- 
longs to  the  City  Club  of  Los  Angeles,  to  the 
Good  Government  Organization  of  Los  An- 
geles, to  the  College  Equal  Suffrage  Asso- 
ciation as  an  honorary  member,  to  the  Na- 
tional Municipal  League,  to  the  Los  Angeles 
Municipal  League,  and  to  the  Chamber  of 
Commerce,  the  Severance  Club  and  the 
Gamut  Club. 

In  all  matters  which  he  undertakes, 
whether  it  be  for  the  city  or  for  his  club,  he 
goes  at  them  with  all  his  energy,  and  he  is 
regarded  as  one  of  the  most  progressive 
young  men  in  the  Southwest.  His  secret 
order  is  that  of  the  Benevolent  and  Protec- 
tive Order  of  Elks,  of  which  he  is  Past  Ex- 
alted Ruler  of  San  Diego  Lodge  No.  168. 


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FREDERICK   H.   TAFT 

AFT,  FREDERICK  HARRIS,  At- 
torney-at-Law,  Los  Angeles,  Cali- 
fornia, was  born  April  4,  1857,  at 
Pierrepont  Manor,  Jefferson  Coun- 
ty, New  York,  the  son  of  Stephen 
Harris  Taft  and  Mary  Antoinette 
(Burnham)  Taft.  He  married  Frances  Maria 
Welch,  February  23,  1881,  .at  Humboldt,  Iowa. 
Three  children  were  born,  Alice  Marie,  who  died 
in  infancy,  Muriel  Charlena  (Shutt)  and  Harris 
Welch  Taft. 

Both  families,  those  of  the  father  and  the 
mother,  have  been  in  America  more  than  220  years. 
Mr.  Taft  was  taught  in  the  public  schools  of 
Humboldt,  Iowa.  When  he  had  completed  these 
he  studied  at  Humboldt  College  and  got  his  Bach- 
elor of  Arts  in  the  year  1878.  He  attended  the  law 
course  of  the  Northwestern  University  of  Sioux 
City,  Iowa,  after  a  lapse  of  more  than  a  decade,  in 
order  to  qualify  himself  for  the  law,  and  was  ad- 
mitted to  practice  by  the  Supreme  Court  of  Iowa 
at  Des  Moines,  May  11,  1892.  Associated  as 
Sawyer  &  Taft,  he  immediately  began  practice  in 
Sioux  City. 

Mixed  in  with  his  educational  career  was  an 
early  activity  in  the  newspaper  field.  At  seventeen 
he  became  owner  and  editor  of  the  Humboldt 
Kosmos,  the  official  Republican  weekly  of  his 
county. 

He  founded  the  Hardin  County  Citizen  at  Iowa 
Falls,  in  1883.  The  following  year  he  became  as- 
sociated with  George  E.  Roberts,  now  director  of 
the  United  States  Mints,  as  editor  of  the  Fort 
Dodge  Messenger.  From  1888  to  1892  he  was  edi- 
tor and  superintendent  of  the  Sioux  City  News- 
paper Union. 

Mr.  Taft  moved  to  California,  January  1,  1893, 
and  helped  found  the  firm  of  Tanner  &  Taft,  now 
Tanner,  Taft  &  Odell.  The  main  office  has  been 
In  Los  Angeles  since  1897. 


WILLIAM  M.  HIATT 

IATT,  WILLIAM  M.,  Attorney,  Los 
Angeles,  California,  was  born  at 
Lynnville,  Iowa,  March  24,  1868, 
the  son  of  John  C.  and  Esther 
(Macy)  Hiatt.  He  has  been  twice 
married.  His  first  wife  was  Clara 
Meredith,  whom  he  married  at  Oskaloosa,  Iowa, 
August  4,  1903.  They  had  one  child,  John  Meredith 
Hiatt.  She  died  soon  after  his  birth.  He  married 
Winifred  M.  Nauerth  at  Los  Angeles,  November 
10,  1910. 

Mr.  Hiatt  attended  the  high  school  of  his  native 
town  and  Penn  College  at  Oskaloosa,  Iowa.  He 
taught  school  in  Iowa,  and  later  in  the  Island  of 
Jamaica,  where  his  parents  were  missionary  super- 
intendents for  the  Society  of  Friends. 

He  went  to  Whittier,  California,  in  1887.  There, 
with  his  father,  he  founded  the  Whittier  Graphic, 
the  first  newspaper  printed  in  the  town.  After  a 
year  they  sold  out  and  started  a  newspaper  at  New- 
berg,  Oregon.  This  they  sold  out  after  another  year 
and  returned  to  Whittier. 

He  entered  the  law  offices  of  Henry  C.  Dillon, 
District  Attorney  of  Los  Angeles  County,  in  1892, 
and  read  law.  He  was  admitted  to  the  bar  by  the 
Supreme  Court  of  California,  April  4,  1893.  He 
began  his  practice  in  Whittier  and  was  chosen 
attorney  for  the  incorporation  of  the  City  of  Whit- 
tier, and  was  its  first  City  Attorney.  Early  in  the 
year  1901  he  became  attorney  for  the  Title  Insur- 
ance and  Trust  Company  of  Los  Angeles.  This  place 
he  resigned  in  1904  to  take  care  of  his  private  prac- 
tice in  the  firm  of  Hiatt  &  Selby  of  Los  Angeles. 

Mr.  Hiatt  invested  heavily  in  Whittier  oil  land, 
and  in  Pasadena  and  Los  Angeles  property.  He 
lives  on  a  forty-acre  orange  and  walnut  grove  near 
Rivera,  California. 

He  is  a  member  of  many  legal  associations,  of 
the  Jonathan  and  Union  League  clubs  of  Los 
Angeles,  and  of  the  Hillside  club  of  Whittier. 


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WM.  FITZHERBERT-WEST 

ITZHERBERT  -  WEST,  WILLIAM, 
Oil  Producer  and  Land  Owner,  Los 
Angeles,  California,  was  born  in 
Titusville,  Pennsylvania,  February 
11,  1865,  the  son  of  George  Fitz- 
herbert-West  and  Emma  Fade.  He 
was  married  in  Los  Angeles,  September  10,  1896,  to 
Helen  Zobieski  Ball.  They  are  the  parents  of  two 
children,  George  and  Montgomery  Paulison  Fitz- 
herbert-West. 

In  his  childhood  he  was  taken  to  North  Adams, 
Massachusetts,  and  there  attended  school.  He  was 
at  Drury  Academy  from  1872  to  1880,  and  upon 
leaving  there  went  to  work  in  the  Berkshire  Na- 
tional Bank  of  North  Adams.  He  was  with  this 
bank  and  the  North  Adams  National  Bank  for 
nearly  ten  years. 

In  the  spring  of  1892  he  took  a  trip  through  the 
West.  He  was  won  by  Los  Angeles,  and  in  October 
of  the  same  year  returned  there  to  make  his  home. 
He  engaged  in  the  land  business,  with  Tomas  McD. 
Potter,  and  they  bought  fifty-five  acres  at  Jefferson 
and  Main  streets. 

After  disposing  of  this  tract  of  land  he  ac- 
quired property  on  West  Adams  street,  known  as 
"Westacres,"  which  he  subdivided  and  placed  on 
the  market. 

He  started  in  the  oil  business  in  1899,  and  was 
president  of  the  Continental  Oil  Company,  operating 
in  the  Kern  River  field.  Then  there  came  a  slump 
in  oil,  and  he  returned  to  land  operations  in  Holly- 
wood. In  1907,  he  organized  and  became  president 
of  the  American  Crude  Oil  Company. 

One  of  Mr.  Fitzherbert-West's  big  operations  is 
a  7221-acre  tract  on  the  mesa  near  San  Diego,  which 
he  will  irrigate,  subdivide  into  small  ranches  and 
place  on  the  market. 

Mr.  Fitzherbert-West  is  a  member  of  the  Annan- 
dale  Country  Club,  the  Bakersfield  Club  and  the 
Los  Angeles  Athletic  Club. 


DR.  JOHN  Y.  OLDHAM 

LDHAM,  JOHN  Y.,  Physician, 
Los  Angeles,  Cal.,  was  born  in 
Newcastle,  Henry  county,  Ky., 
March  19,  1866,  the  son  of  William 
Bryan  Oldham  and  Laura  Anne 
(Matthews)  Oldham.  He  married 
Mary  Stuart  Flood,  March  29,  1887,  at  Louisville, 
Ky.  Mrs.  Oldham  died  May  10,  1910.  There  are 
two  children,  John  Henry  and  William  Bryan 
Oldham.  He  married  Mrs.  Annie  Stuart  Myrick 
at  Los  Angeles  July  19,  1911.  His  maternal  great 
grandmother,  Sarah  McDowell,  was  a  daughter  of 
Major  General  Joseph  McDowell  of  the  Revolu- 
tionary War,  a  sister  of  General  Joseph  McDowell 
of  Ohio,  sister-in-law  to  Governor  Allen  Trimble 
of  Ohio,  cousin  of  Governor  James  McDowell  of 
Virginia,  aunt  of  Governor  John  P.  Gain  s  of  Ore- 
gon, sister-in-law  of  Colonel  L.  Ford  of  the  United 
States  army. 

He  was  educated  at  Henry  County  College,  at 
the  Kentucky  State  College,  Lexington,  Ky.,  at 
Central  University  of  Richmond,  Ky.,  and  is  a 
graduate  of  the  Kentucky  School  of  Medicine  of 
Louisville,  June,  1885. 

In  June,  1885,  he  entered  the  office  of  Dr.  Dud- 
ley S.  Reynolds  of  Louisville  as  associate.  In  1887 
he  moved  to  Lexington  and  opened  an  office,  con- 
fining his  practice  to  diseases  of  the  eye,  ear,  nose 
and  thoart.  He  moved  to  Los  Angeles  in  1902 
and  resumed  his  practice.  He  associated  himself 
with  Dr.  B.  F.  Church  in  1905  and  since  the  retire- 
ment of  the  latter,  in  1909,  has  been  alone. 

He  is  the  assistant  medical  director  of  the 
Golden  State  Life  Insurance  Company.  He  is  a 
member  of  all  the  national  and  local  medical  socie- 
ties, the  Lexington  Lodge,  No.  1,  F.  and  A.  M.,  Mer- 
rick  Lodge,  No.  31,  I.  O.  O.  F.,  Ancient  Essenic 
Order,  No.  262,  Past  Exalted  Ruler  and  life  member 
of  the  B.  P.  O.  E.,  of  Lexington,  member  of  the 
California  Club. 


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ORAN,  P.  J.,  Contractor,  Indus-trial 
Captain,  Capitalist,  Salt  Lake  City, 
Utah,  was  born  in  Yorkshire, 
England,  January  23,  1864,  the  son 
of  Laurence  Moran  of  Mayo  Coun- 
ty, Ireland,  and  of  Bridget  (Dur- 
kin)  Moran  of  County  Sligo,  Ireland.  He  married 
Dollie  Shoebridge  of  Salt  Lake  City  in  1891,  and 
there  are  six  children,  four  boys  and  two  girls. 

He  was  left  fatherless  at  the  age  of  seven,  and 
was  compelled  to  go  to  work  when  only  10  years 
old.  His  education  was  acquired  in  the  workshop, 
and  by  dint  of  hard  individual  study  in  later  years. 
He  came  to  America  when  14  years  old,  land- 
ing in  Baltimore  in  April,  1878.  After  four 
months  in  that  city  he  went  to  Cincinnati,  where 
he  was  apprenticed  to  a  steam  fitter.  After  mas- 
tering this  trade  he  went  to  Chicago,  and  there 
worked  as  journeyman  fitter  until  1887,  when  he 
removed  to  Omaha.  At  this  place  he  lingered  a 
few  months,  and  then  went  on  to  Salt  Lake  City, 
which  has  been  his  home  ever  since. 

The  first  two  years  in  Salt  Lake  City  he  worked 
at  his  trade,  and  then  his  enterprise  asserted 
itself  and  he  went  into  business  as  a  contractor 
in  steam  heating  and  ventilating.  He  began  to 
prosper  at  once. 

He  put  in  most  of  the  heating  plants  in  the 
public  school  buildings  of  Salt  Lake  City;  also 
those  of  the  new  State  University  in  Salt  Lake, 
the  Agricultural  College  at  Logan,  and  the  ma- 
jority of  the  big  business  blocks  and  residences, 
churches  and  schools  throughout  the  state. 

In  the  year  1900  he  was  awarded  the  contract 
by  the  city  for  the  installation  of  a  new  water 
works,  a  plant  of  the  first  magnitude,  costing 
many  millions  of  dollars.  An  important  detail  of 
it  is  the  Big  Cottonwood  conduit,  which  flanks 
the  Wasatch  range  overlooking  Salt  Lake  Valley 
for  a  distance  of  ten  miles.  A  man  may  walk 
erect  through  the  conduit  and  it  carries  a  large 
part  of  Salt  Lake  City's  water  supply.  It  is  con- 
sidered one  of  the  finest  pieces  of  work  in  the 
United  States. 

He  entered  the  paving  business  in  1903,  and 
has  laid  most  of  the  asphalt  on  the  streets  of 
Salt  Lake,  of  Ogden  and  a  great  deal  in  other 
cities  of  the  West  and  Middle  West.  The  P.  J. 
Moran  asphalt  plant  is  one  of  the  largest  and 
most  complete  in  America  and  employs  an  army 
of  workmen. 

He  put  in  the  concrete  masonry  for  the  plant 
of  the  American  Smelting  and  Refining  Com- 
pany at  Garfield,  Utah,  the  largest  smelter  of 
its  kind  in  the  world.  He  built  the  power  produc- 
ing plant  for  the  Utah  Light  and  Railway  Com- 
pany. This  plant  is  located  in  Weber  Canyon, 
Utah,  and  is  an  immense  piece  of  work,  consist- 
ing of  a  stave  pipe  line  74  inches  in  diameter 
terminating  in  a  generating  station  which  de- 


velops many  thousands  of  electric  horsepower.  He 
built  the  high  line  water  conduit  leading  from 
City  Creek  Canyon,  and  he  has  done  practically 
all  the  other  work  of  enlargement  on  the  Salt  Lake 
City  water  supply  system  during  the  last  twelve 
years.  He  is  now  engaged  in  the  building  of  the 
Pacific  Reclamation  Company's  irrigation  dam  to 
conserve  the  water  of  Bishop  Creek  near  Wells, 
Nevada,  a  work  which  will  result  in  the  reclama- 
tion of  tens  of  thousands  of  acres  of  land  and 
the  creation  of  a  new  city  called  Metropolis.  He 
has  been  the  constructor  for  many  other  enter- 
prises, some  of  equal  and  many  of  lesser  im- 
portance than  those  mentioned. 

He  is  one  of  the  five  incorporators  of  the  Nation- 
al Copper  Bank  of  Salt  Lake,  already  a  powerful 
financial  institution  and  is  a  big  stockholder  and 
director  in  the  Keith-O'Brien  Company,  which 
operates  Salt  Lake  City's  largest  department 
store. 

When  concrete  construction  came  into  general 
use,  and  about  the  time  he  was  given  the  con- 
tract for  the  concrete  work  on  the  Garfield  smelt- 
er, Mr.  Moran  organized  the  Portland  Cement 
Company  of  Utah.  He  is  the  principal  stockhold- 
er and  president.  The  company  operates  one  of 
the  largest  cement  plants  in  America,  and  em- 
ploys one  of  the  largest  forces  of  men  in  Utah. 
He  invested  in  coal  lands,  and  incorporated  the 
Federal  Coal  Company,  of  which  he  is  now  vice 
president  and  general  manager. 

He  has  invested  heavily  in  Salt  Lake  real  es- 
tate, and  is  considered  one  of  the  largest  owners 
of  property  in  the  city. 

Mr.  Moran  has  interested  himself  in  politics. 
The  Liberal  party  elected  him  to  the  State  Senate 
in  1891  and  he  served  out  his  term,  making  him- 
self felt  in  the  framing  of  legislation.  The  same 
party  chose  him  a  member  of  the  City  Council  in 
1892,  and  he  served  for  a  term  of  two  years  from 
the  fourth  precinct  of  Salt  Lake  City.  Since  that 
time  his  big  business  interests  have  prevented 
him  from  accepting  office,  although  always  close- 
ly in  touch  with  the  affairs  of  the  city  and  state. 

A  summary  of  his  business  affiliations  is  as 
follows:  President,  general  manager  and  sole 
owner  of  the  P.  J.  Moran  Contracting  Company; 
director  of  the  National  Copper  Bank,  Utah;  di- 
rector in  the  Keith-O'Brien  Company,  department 
stores;  president  of  the  Portland  Cement  Com- 
pany, Utah;  vice  president  and  general  manager 
of  the  Federal  Coal  Company,  Utah;  and  a  director 
and  stockholder  in  many  other  minor  concerns, 
notably  real  estate  concerns  which  operate  his 
holdings. 

He  is  a  director  in  the  Alta  Club  of  Salt  Lake, 
and  an  active  member  of  the  Commercial  Club. 
He  spends  much  time  and  is  well  known  in  Los 
Angeles,  and  has  been  elected  a  member  of  the 
California  Club  of  that  city. 


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UESSEN,  EDMUND,  Mining  En- 
gineer, San  Francisco,  California, 
was  born  in  Chicago,  Illinois, 
August  10,  1868,  the  son  of 
Edmund  Juessen  and  Antonia 
(Schurz)  Juessen.  He  married 
Jennie  Josephine  Peabody  at  Lewiston,  Idaho,  Sep- 
tember 23,  1895,  and  to  them  there  have  been  born 
two  children,  Edmund  Peabody  Juessen  and  Jean 
Josephine  Juessen.  He  is  of  German  descent,  his 
mother  having  been  a  sister 
of  Carl  Schurz,  the  noted 
German  patriot,  soldier  and 
litterateur.  Schurz,  it  will  be 
remembered,  was  concerned 
in  the  revolt  of  1848-49  and 
was  forced  to  flee  Germany, 
but  later  returned  secretly 
and  effected  the  escape  from 
the  Fortress  of  Spandau  of 
his  friend,  Professor  Kinkel. 
His  subsequent  career  in 
America,  as  a  soldier,  diplo- 
mat and  Senator,  marked  him 
as  one  of  the  most  powerful 
men  of  his  day. 

Mr.  Juessen,  who  is  ranked 
among  the  leading  mining  ex- 
perts of  the  United  States, 
received  careful  preparation 
for  his  profession,  being  af- 
forded exceptional  education- 
al opportunities-.  Following 
the  completion  of  his  pre- 
liminary education  in  the 
schools  of  this  country,  he 
went  to  Europe  for  special 
study  and  for  about  eight 
years  attended  some  of  the 
principal  universities  of  the  Old  World.  He  was 
a  student  at  the  Austrian  School  of  Mines,  Leoben, 
Austria,  for  two  years  (1883-85)  and  then  entered 
the  Saxon  School  of  Mines  at  Freiberg,  Saxony, 
remaining  there  until  1887.  In  the  latter  year  he 
went  to  the  University  of  Austria  at  Vienna,  re- 
mained there  two  years  and  in  the  fall  of  1889 
entered  the  University  of  Zurich  in  Switzerland. 
He  was  graduated  from  the  latter  institution  in 
1890  with  the  degree  of  Doctor  of  Philosophy. 

During  his  stay  in  Europe  Mr.  Juessen  spent  a 
great  deal  of  time  in  travel  and  in  observation  of 
the  different  countries  and  returned  to  the  United 
States-  with  a  thorough  knowledge  of  the  various 
peoples  and  the  languages. 

For  a  time  after  his  return  to  this  country  Mr. 
Juessen  was  a  member  of  the  faculty  of  the  Uni- 
versity of  Chicago,  but  his  life,  for  the  most  part, 
has  been  spent  in  mining  work.  He  served  the 
Federal  Government  in  the  United  States  Geologi- 
cal Survey  for  approximately  two  years  (1890-92), 
but  gave  this  up  to  go  into  mine  engineering  work, 


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at  which  he  has  since  been  steadily  engaged. 
During  the  eighteen  years  or  more  that  he  has 
devoted  himself  to  professional  work  Mr.  Juessen 
has  visited  practically  every  important  mining  sec- 
tion of  America,  his  examination  and  engineering 
work  taking  him  from  British  Columbia  on  the 
North  to  Mexico  on  the  South,  while  he  also  worked 
in  the  States  of  Washington,  Idaho,  Oregon,  Ne- 
vada, California  and  Arizona. 

Among  his  more  important  works  were  those  of 
Consulting  Engineer  to  the 
Mines  Exploration  Company, 
General  Superintendent  of 
the  Decatur  Mines  Syndicate, 
Limited;  General  Manager  of 
the  Idaho  Company  at  Lew- 
iston, Idaho,  and  General 
Manager  of  the  Pittsburg 
Silver  Peak  Mining  Company 
at  Blair,  Nevada.  This  latter 
was  one  of  the  richest  gold 
properties  in  the  State, 
and  Mr.  Juessen,  as  the  mana- 
gerial head,  had  an  important 
part  in  its  development. 

Mr.  Juessen  is  known  as 
a  strict  disciplinarian  in  his 
work,  but  he  also  is  extreme- 
ly human  in  his  treatment  of 
the  men  under  him,  and  dur- 
ing his  management  of  the 
Pittsburg  Silver  Peak  Gold 
Mining  Company's  property, 
endeared  himself  to  the 
workmen  because  of  the  in- 
terest he  took  in  their  wel- 
fare. He  not  only  made  their 
working  conditions  among  the 
best  in  the  mining  regions  of 
the  West,  but  also  built,  among  the  first  structures 
after  taking  charge  of  the  property,  a  modern  hos- 
pital. He  originated  a  benefit  system  in  which  the 
company  paid  part  of  the  expenses,  which  proved 
a  boon  to  the  workingmen. 

Upon  severing  his  connection  with  the  Silver 
Peak  interests,  Mr.  Juessen  was  engaged  for  some 
time  in  special  examination  and  exploration  work 
and  ultimately  became  associated  with  Charles 
Sweeney,  one  of  the  well-known  mining  men  of  the 
West,  as  Consulting  Engineer  and  expert  for  va- 
rious properties  owned  by  him  or  his  companies. 
In  this  capacity  Mr.  Juessen  has  been  one  of  the 
active  men  in  the  engineering  field.  He  is  also 
Consulting  Engineer  for  Senator  William  Flinn, 
the  Pittsburg  millionaire  traction  magnate  and  con- 
tractor, who  has  large  mining  interests. 

Mr.  Juessen,  aside  from  his  professional  stand- 
ing, enjoys  wide  personal  popularity.  He  is  a  mem- 
ber of  various  technical  and  professional  organiza- 
tions and  belongs  to  the  Alta  Club  of  Salt  Lake  City, 
Utah,  and  the  Spokane  Club  of  Spokane,  Wash. 


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URNHAM,  MAJOR  FREDERICK 
RUSSELL,  Pasadena,  Cal.,  Soldier, 
Scout,  Frontiersman  and  Mining 
Expert,  was  born  near  Mankato, 
Minn.,  May  11,  1861.  Son  of  Rev. 
Edwin  Otway  Burnham  and  Re- 
becca Elizabeth  (Russell)  Burn- 


ham.  Married  Blanche  Blick,  at  Prescott,  la.,  Feb. 
6,  1884.  Three  children  were  born,  Roderick  D., 
Bruce  B.,  and  Nada  Burnham.  Latter  died  of  fever 
and  starvation  in  siege  of  Bulawajo  (Matabele 
campaign),  South  Africa.  Major  Burnham  is  de- 
scended of  a  family  noted 
in  every  American  war,  in- 
cluding the  French  and  In- 
dian wars.  His  father  was  a 
Kentuckian,  a  pioneer  mis- 
sionary among  the  Indians 
of  Minn.  The  family  passed 
through  the  uprising  of  Red 
Cloud  at  New  Ulm,  Minn., 
and  on  another  occasion  his 
mother,  carrying  him,  fled 
from  her  home  and  hid  the 
boy  in  bushes  until  the  In- 
dians had  been  driven  away. 
The  Major  attended 
schools  in  Iowa  and  Cali- 
fornia, whither  the  family 
moved  in  1870,  but  his-  real 
education  was  in  the  open. 
Richard  Harding  Davis,  writ- 
ing of  Burnham  in  "Real 
Soldiers  of  Fortune,"  says: 

"Some  men  are  born  scouts, 
others  by  training  become  scouts. 
From  his  father  Burnham  inher- 
ited his  instinct  for  woodcraft, 
and  to  this  instinct  which  in  him 
is  as  keen  as  in  a  wild  deer  or  a 
mountain  lion,  he  has  added  in 
the  jungle  and  on  the  prairie  and 
mountain  ranges,  years  of  the 
hardest,  most  relentless  school- 
ing. In  those  years  he  has  trained 
himself  to  endure  the  most  ap- 
palling fatigue,  hunger,  thirst  and 
wounds ;  has  subdued  the  brain 
to  infinite  patience,  has  learned 
to  force  every  nerve  of  his  body 
to  absolute  obedience ;  to  still 
even  the  beating  of  his  heart." 

Major  Burnham's  father  died  when  the  lad  was 
eleven  years  old,  and  the  son  worked  for  two  years 
as  a  mounted  messenger  for  the  Western  Union 
Telegraph  Co.  He  was  known  as  the  hardest  rider 
in  Southern  California.  At  fourteen  he  b^egan  his 
life  as  a  scout  and  frontiersman,  and  for  the  next 
few  years  wandered  over  Arizona,  Mexico,  Cali- 
fornia and  other  parts  of  the  Southwest.  In  1878 
he  went  to  the  frontier  of  Texas  as  a  cowboy  and 
buffalo  hunter,  also  doing  police  duty.  In  1880  he 
moved  to  Arizona,  and  became  a  prospector  and  a 
scout  in  the  Indian  wars. 

In  1882,  because  of  his  daring,  expert  knowledge 
of  woodcraft  and  absolute  fearlessness,  Major  Burn- 
ham  was  appointed  Deputy  Sheriff  of  Final  County, 
Ariz.,  but  served  only  a  year,  returning  to  his  cat- 
tle and  mining  interests,  scattered  from  Mexico  to 
British  Columbia.  About  1884,  he  purchased  an 
orange  grove  at  Pasadena,  Cal.,  but  after  a  few 
weeks  of  inactivity,  went  back  to  frontier  life. 

Major  Burnham,  when  he  heard  of  the  work  of 
John  Cecil  Rhodes  in  South  Africa,  decided  to  go  to 
that  country.  He  sailed,  in  1893,  with  his  wife  and 
small  son.  The  first  Matabele  uprising  was  in  prog- 
ress, so  he  went  to  Rhodesia  and  volunteered  his 
services  to  the  British. 

Here  Major  Burnham  began  the  life  of  brilliant 


daring  which  placed  him  among  the  world's  famous 
soldiers.    His  knowledge  gained  in  the  Indian  wars 
was  brought  into  play  and  he  became  one  of  the 
chief  advisors  of  Cecil  Rhodes  and  Dr.  Jameson. 
The  most  historic  event  in  the  war  was  Major  Alan 
Wilson's  attempt,  with  344  picked  men,  to  capture 
Lobengula,   the  Matabele  King,  who  was  guarded 
by  3000  warriors.     Burnham  and  Ingram  were  of 
this  party  and  distinguished  themselves.     The  at- 
tempt of  Wilson  failed,  he  and  most  of  his  men  being 
massacred.    Burnham,  Ingram  and  another  man  were 
sent  for  reinforcements  and  after  a  thrilling  trip, 
reached   Major   Forbes'   com- 
mand, but  he  was  engaged  in 
a  desperate  battle  and  unable 
to  go  to  Wilson's  aid.     Burn- 
ham  and  his  comrades  joined 
Forbes    and    helped    fight   to 
safety.     Wilson's    dash    was 
made   the   subject   of   a   war 
drama,  with  Burnham  as  one 
of  the  heroic  figures,  causing 
great  enthusiasm  throughout 
Great  Britain,  and  Henseman, 
in  his  history  of  Rhodesia,  re- 
ferring to  it,  says: 

"One  hardly  knows  which  to 
most  admire,  the  men  who  went 
on  this  dangerous  errand,  through 
brush  swarming  with  natives,  or 
those  who  remained  behind  bat- 
tling against  overwhelming  odds." 

For  his  services  the  Gov- 
ernment and  Cecil  Rhodes 
gave  Burnham  and  his  com- 
panions 300  square  miles  of 
land,  also  the  chartered  com- 
pany gave  him  a  campaign 
medal  and  an  engraved  watch. 

Returning  to  Rhodesia  in 
1896,  Major  Burnham  took 
part  in  the  second  Matabele 
uprising  and  distinguished 
himself  by  destroying  the  na- 
tive King,  Umlimo,  in  a  cave 
in  the  mountains,  which  act 
put  an  end  to  the  rebellion. 
MAJOR  F.  R.  BURNHAM.  D.  S.  O.  Burnham  and  his  companion, 


who  broke  through  the  na- 
tive lines  to  get  their  man,  had  a  thrilling  escape. 

Shortly  after  this  Burnham  left  South  Africa, 
and  after  a  brief  stay  in  California,  went  to  the 
Klondike  as  a  prospector.  Upon  hearing  of  the 
Spanish-American  war  he  rushed  back  to  the  U.  S. 
to  volunteer  his  services,  but  was-  too  late.  Colonel 
Roosevelt  regretted  this  as  much  as  Burnham  and 
paid  him  a  great  tribute  in  his  book. 

Burnham  returned  to  the  Klondike,  but  in  1900, 
upon  being  offered  the  post  of  Chief  of  Scouts  by 
Field  Marshal  Lord  Roberts,  joined  the  British  army 
in  South  Africa  and  served  through  the  Boer  war,  re- 
ceiving great  honors  from  the  British  people.  Upon 
being  invalided  home,  he  was  greeted  by  London  as 
a  hero,  and  commanded  by  Queen  Victoria  to  dine 
and  spend  a  night  at  Osborne  House.  He  received 
the  campaign  medal  and  was  presented  by  King  Ed- 
ward, personally,  after  the  death  of  the  Queen,  with 
the  Cross  of  the  Distinguished  Service  Order.  He 
was  given  the  rank  of  Major  in  the  British  Army, 
presented  with  a  purse  of  gold,  and  received  a  per- 
sonal letter  of  praise  from  Lord  Roberts. 

Major  Burnham  is  associated  in  the  Yaqui  Delta 
Land  &  Water  Co.'s  development  of  a  large  tract  of 
land  in  old  Mexico,  with  John  Hays  Hammond,  com- 
panion of  earlier  days  in  the  service  of  Cecil  Rhodes. 

Major  Burnham  is  a  member  of  the  Masonic  order. 


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FRED  N.  ARNOLDY 

RNOLDY,  FRED  N.,  Attorney  at 
Law,  Los  Angeles,  California,  was 
born  at  Tipton,  Kansas,  June  24, 
1883.  He  is  the  son  of  Conrad 
Arnoldy  and  Margaret  E.  (Ott- 
ley)  Arnoldy. 

Mr.  Arnoldy  obtained  his  education  in  the  pub- 
lic schools  of  Kansas.  He  was  raised  on  his 
father's  farm;  went  to  school  in  the  winter  and 
worked  on  the  farm  during  the  summer  months. 
After  completing  his  preparatory  studies  he  en- 
tered the  Kansas  Wesleyan  College,  and  after 
spending  the  regular  period  at  the  college,  gradu- 
ated in  the  month  of  June,  1904. 

He  immediately  moved  to  California  and  lo- 
cated permanently  at  Los  Angeles.  His  first  asso- 
ciations were  with  the  Banning  Company,  owners 
of  Santa  Catalina  Island,  and  he  remained  in  the 
employ  of  that  corporation  for  about  two  years. 

His  next  venture  was  in  the  realty  business,  in 
which  he  met  with  success.  He  became  identified 
with  several  Los  Angeles  realty  companies,  chief  of 
which  was  the  Security  Land  and  Loan  Co. 

Mr.  Arnoldy  made  up  his  mind  to  study  law. 
This  he  did,  and  in  1908  was  admitted  to  the  Los 
Angeles  bar.  He  began  practice  and  opened  offices 
in  the  Central  Building,  and  on  completion  of  the 
Trust  and  Savings  Building  moved  his  office  there. 
He  has  developed  a  practice  in  Los  Angeles  and 
Bakersfield  and  throughout  the  San  Joaquin  Val- 
ley, numbering  among  his  clients  some  of  the  oil 
producing  and  prominent  realty  companies  of 
Southern  California. 

Corporation  law  is  Mr.  Arnoldy's  specialty. 

He  is  an  active  member  of  the  Young  Men's 
Christian  Association  of  Los  Angeles  and  of  the 
Chamber  of  Commerce.  He  belongs  to  the  Los 
Angeles  Council  of  the  Knights  of  Columbus,  of 
which  he  is  an  officer,  and  is  a  member  of  the 
Metropolitan  and  Gamut  clubs. 


ADOLPH  RAMISH 

AMISH,  ADOLPH,  General  Con- 
tracting, Los  Angeles,  California, 
was  born  in  Grass  Valley,  Cali- 
fornia, August  19,1862.  His  father 
was  Louis  Ramish  and  his  mother, 
Amanda  (Lewis)  Ramish,  both 
natives  of  Germany.  He  married  Dellaphene 
Speck,  at  Los  Angeles,  February  14,  1903. 

He  was  in  Berlin  from  the  age  of  four  to  eleven 
years  and  attended  private  schools  in  that  city. 
He  returned  to  the  United  States  in  1873,  and  went 
immediately  to  San  Francisco,  where  he  resumed 
his  studies.  At  the  age  of  seventeen  he  was  en- 
gaged in  the  mercantile  business.  Two  years  later 
he  entered  the  employ  of  Claus  Spreckels,  the 
famous  sugar  king.  Mr.  Ramish  was  given  the  po- 
sition of  assistant  cashier  and  was  sent  to  the 
Sandwich  Islands,  acting  as  Assistant  United 
States  Consul.  He  tired  of  life  in  the  far-away 
islands  after  two  years,  resigned  his  position  and 
returned  to  San  Francisco. 

Upon  arriving  in  the  United  States,  Mr.  Ramish 
went  to  Los  Angeles.  He  first  engaged  in  the  mer- 
cantile business,  but  later  he  organized,  with 
Charles  F.  Off,  the  Pacific  Truck  and  Transfer 
Company.  In  1887,  Mr.  Ramish  sold  his  interest  in 
the  truck  business,  which  is  now  known  as  the 
Pioneer  Company,  and  formed  a  partnership  with 
Martin  C.  Marsh,  one  of  the  oldest  contractors  in 
the  southwestern  part  of  the  country.  He  person- 
ally promoted  and  built  the  Belasco  Theater  in 
Los  Angeles,  and  as  half  owner  of  it,  was  actively 
engaged  in  its  management  and  direction  up  to  the 
fall  of  1910.  Mr.  Ramish  has  since  started  construc- 
tion of  the  Adolphus,  another  handsome  theater. 

Mr.  Ramish  has  become  heavily  interested  in 
oil  and  mining  stocks.  He  is  a  prominent  Mason, 
an  Elk  and  First  Grand  officer  of  the  Native  Sons 
of  the  Golden  West,  in  which  organization  he  was 
one  of  the  earliest  charter  members. 


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GURNEY  E.  NEWLIN 

EWLIN,  GURNEY  ELWOOD,  At- 
torney at  Law,  Los  Angeles,  Cal., 
was  born  at  Lawrence  Kan.,  No- 
vember 11,  1880,  the  son  of 
Thomas  Elwood  and  Laurie 
(Hadley)  Newlin. 

When  6  years  old  his  parents  brought  him  to  Los 
Angeles,  later  removing  to  Whittier,  of  which  city 
his  father  was  one  of  the  founders.  He  started  his 
schooling  at  the  public  schools  of  that  town.  He 
was  then  sent  to  the  high  schools  of  Los  Angeles, 
graduating  in  1898. 

He  then  went  East  to  Haverford  College,  Haver- 
ford,  Pa.,  and  there  studied  two  years.  The  two 
last  years  of  his  college  career  were  spent  at  the 
University  of  California,  where  he  received  his  de- 
gree of  B.  L.  in  the  year  1902.  The  following 
autumn  he  went  to  Cambridge,  Mass.,  and  entered 
the  most  renowned  of  law  schools,  that  of  Harvard, 
and  there  remained  throughout  the  three-year 
course.  He  received  his  degree  of  LL.B.  in  1905. 

He  began  practice  with  Percy  R.  Wilson.  In 
January,  1907,  he  was  made  attorney  for  the  Los 
Angeles  Pacific  Company.  He  was  advanced  to  the 
post  of  general  attorney  of  the  Los  Angeles  Pacific 
in  1910,  in  entire  charge  of  their  legal  business. 

His  general  practice  became  so  great  that  he 
was  compelled  to  resign  March  1,  1911.  He  is  a 
director  in  various  companies. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Bohemian  Club  of  San 
Francisco,  California  Club  of  Los  Angeles,  of  which 
he  was  director  and  secretary  from  1908  to  1910; 
Los  Angeles  Country  Club,  Los  Angeles  Athletic 
Club.  Gamut  Club,  Catalina  Yacht  Club,  University 
of  California  Club,  Harvard  Club  of  Southern  Cali- 
fornia and  President  of  the  Southern  California 
Alumni  Association  of  the  Delta  Kappa  Epsilon 
Fraternity.  He  is  a  member  of  the  American  Bar 
Association,  California  State  Bar  Association  and 
the  Los  Angeles  Bar  Association. 


MAX  MULLER 

ULLER,  MAX,  Banker,  Hermosillo, 
Sonora,  Mexico,  was  born  in 
Lubeck,  Germany,  September  4, 
1864,  the  son  of  Rudolph  Carl 
Muller  and  Ida  (Tuerk)  Muller. 
His  grandfather  was  professor  of 
history  and  ancient  languages  at  the  University  of 
Rostock.  Mr.  Muller  married  Kathe  Holthusen  of 
Hanover,  Germany,  at  El  Paso,  Texas,  January  9, 
1897. 

Mr.  Muller  was  educated  at  the  Real  Gymnasium 
in  Lubeck,  and  graduated  with  a  diploma.  He  then 
served  one  year  in  the  German  army  and  was  pro- 
moted to  the  rank  of  under-sheriff. 

Leaving  the  army,  Mr.  Muller  entered  a  wholesale 
house  at  Lubeck,  and  there,  in  four  years,  received 
a  thorough  commercial  training.  He  left  in  1885, 
to  become  cashier  and  head  bookkeeper  for  the  firm 
of  Ketelsur  &  Degetau,  at  El  Pas<.,  Texas.  He  was 
with  them  until  October,  1889,  then  became  manager 
of  the  El  Paso  National  Bank  in  Paso  Del  Norte. 
He  was  unusually  successful,  and  at  the  end  of  five 
years,  after  strongly  entrenching  himself  in  the 
community,  went  in  for  private  banking  under  the 
firm  name  of  Farrell  &  Muller  at  Paso  Del  Norte.  In 
the  latter  part  of  1897  they  sold  out  their  business 
and  Mr.  Muller  became  manager  of  Banco  de  Sonora. 
at  Hermosillo,  Mexico,  which  opened  its  doors  in 
January,  1898.  Later  he  was  elected  president. 

In  addition  to  his  banking,  Mr.  Muller  is  one  of  a 
group  of  progressive  men  who  are  doing  a  great  deal 
toward  developing  that  part  of  Mexico,  and  he  has 
been  instrumental  in  showing  the  way  for  profitable 
investment  in  mines  and  lands  throughout  the  State 
of  Sonora.  He  is  interested  in  a  number  of  enter- 
prises, among  them  the  Mortgage  and  Agricultural 
Bank  of  Hermosillo,  capitalized  at  $2,000,000,  of 
which  he  is  president.  He  is  also  a  director  of  the 
Sonora  Telephone  Company,  and  is  a  director  in  a 
large  cracker  company. 


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TANTON,  ERASTUS  JAMES  (de- 
ceased), Lumber,  Los  Angeles,  Cal., 
was  born  in  Angelica,  N.  Y.,  in 
1856.  His  father  was  Erastus  H. 
Stanton,  born  in  New  York  State 
in  1816,  the  son  of  a  pioneer  New 
Yorker  who  served  in  the  War  of  1812.  Mr.  Stan- 
ton's  father  moved  to  Rockton,  111.,  early  in  his 
business  career  and  there  invested  in  large  land 
interests.  Later  he  became  a  banker  and  merchant 
in  the  Illinois-Wisconsin  country  and  in  1868  moved 
to  Ionia,  Mich.,  engaging  in  the  mercantile  busi- 
ness and  at  the  same  time  made  extensive  invest- 
ments, for  that  period,  in  the  lumber  business  at 
Stanton  and  Sheridan,  Mich.,  the  former  being 
named  for  him.  He  was  for  several  terms  a  Sena- 
tor from  Ionia  and  Montcalm  Counties  in  the  State 
Legislature.  Mr.  Stanton's  mother  was  born  in 
Greene  County  in  1820.  One  of  her  brothers,  Ly- 
man  Sanford,  was  a  Justice  of  the  Supreme  Court 
of  New  York,  and  another  brother,  Truman  S.,  was 
Attorney  General.  Mr.  Stanton  married  Fannie 
Boynton  in  October,  1880,  at  Albion,  Mich.  They 
had  five  children:  Dede,  Helen,  Lillian,  Leroy  and 
Adelaide,  Dede  and  Helen  being  deceased. 

Mr.  Stanton  received  a  common  school  educa- 
tion in  Ionia,  Mich. 

At  the  age  of  sixteen  he  was  assisting  his  father 
in  his  lumber  bu&iness,  and  later  in  its  management 
until  closed  out  in  1880.  He  moved  to  Saginaw, 
Michigan,  in  1884,  then  the  largest  lumber  manu- 
facturing district  in  the  world.  Up  to  this  time 
lumber  was  practically  sold  on  the  docks  and  trans- 
ported to  market  via  water.  That  year  he  took 
charge  of  the  Sales  department  of  the  Saginaw 
Lumber  &  Salt  Company,  one  of  Michigan's  larg- 
est concerns,  sorted  the  lumber  into  all  the  grades 
for  commercial  use  and  marketed  it  by  rail.  In 
1893  his-  health  failed  and  he  moved  to  Arizona  to 
assist  in  the  development  of  the  properties  of  the 
Saginaw  Lumber  Company  at  Williams.  At  this 
time  there  was  only  one  saw-mill  in  Arizona.  Mr. 
Stanton  obtained  competitive  rates  from  the  Santa 
Fe  Railroad  Company,  and  shipped  the  first  lum- 
ber to  the  West  and  California.  He  organized  the 
sales  for 'this  company  and  made  and  shipped  the 
first  fruit  box  to  Southern  California  and  devel- 
oped the  first  box  business  in  Arizona,  shipping 
into  California  and  Mexico.  This  pioneer  effort  has 
Bince  grown  to  an  immense  business  at  Williams 
and  Flagstaff,  Arizona. 

In  1894  Mr.  Stanton  moved  to  Los  Angeles, 
where  he  resided  until  he  died,  January  24,  1913. 
His-  first  effort  there  was  the  box  and  lumber  busi- 
ness, confined  to  California  products.  This  grew 
into  an  immense  industry  and  was  the  beginning  of 
the  use  of  the  native  California  woods,  sugar  and 
white  pine. 

In  1897  he  assisted  in  the  organization  of  the 
California  Pine  Box  Company,  which  was-  an  asso- 
ciation of  mills  formed  for  the  purpose  of  the  de- 


velopment of  the  box  business  to  absorb  the  lower 
grades  of  sugar  and  white  pine,  for  the  manufac- 
ture of  fruit  boxes  on  a  uniform  basis  and  to  devel- 
op market  results.  This  he  built  up  to  one  of  the 
largest  industries-  of  the  State.  The  output  runs 
into  the  hundreds  of  millions  of  feet  and  the  em- 
ployment of  thousands  of  men. 

In  1900  the  California  Sugar  &  White  Pine 
Agency  was  formed  for  grading  the  lumber  for 
Eastern  and  foreign  trade.  Most  large  mills  were 
included,  and  millions  of  feet  of  California 
sugar  and  white  pine  are  exported  and  sold  in 
Eastern  States.  Mr.  Stanton  was  a  member  of  the 
company  and  agent  for  all  the  Southwestern 
territory.  The  yards  were  started  in  1896.  Los 
Angeles  then  had  a  population  of  65,000,  but  no 
hardwoods  were  sold  to  speak  of.  This  pioneer 
yard  is  the  largest  and  most  complete  in  the  West 
and  its  imports  and  exports  of  large  volume. 

The  business  established  by  Mr.  Stanton  grew 
steadily  with  the  years  and  up  to  1912  he  handled  it 
exclusively.  At  that  time,  however,  he  took  into 
partnership  his  son,  Leroy  H.  Stanton,  the  firm  be- 
coming E.  J.  Stanton  &  Son.  They  made  a  specialty 
of  high-grade  lumber,  their  stock  of  maple,  birch, 
beech,  mahogany  and  other  woods  being  one  of  the 
largest  on  the  Pacific  Coast.  In  addition,  the  firm 
is  an  importer  of  foreign  cabinet  woods  on  a  large 
scale,  these  including  rosewood,  African  walnut  and 
mahogany.  Their  imports  come  largely  from  Santo 
Domingo,  Peru,  Mexico,  Africa  and  the  Philippine 
Islands.  Mr.  Stanton,  during  his  long  experience, 
brought  the  import  branch  of  his  business  up  to  the 
same  plane  as  the  domestic  end,  in  which  he  was 
one  of  the  best  informed  men  in  the  country. 

In  politics  Mr.  Stanton  was  a  Republican.  He 
was  a  self-made  man,  his  first  capital  being  his 
knowledge  of  the  lumber  business.  He  always  took 
an  interest  in  the  conservation  and  development  of 
the  lumber  interests  of  his  State  and  the  West. 

Mr.  Stanton  was  devoted  to  the  work  of  upbuild- 
ing Los  Angeles  and  was  an  active  force  in  civic 
affairs. 

Among  the  many  important  buildings  in  whose 
erection  he  and  his  company  played  a  part  were  the 
Potter  Hotel,  at  Santa  Barbara,  Cal.;  Lankershim 
Hotel,  Los  Angeles;  Hotel  Wentworth,  Pasadena, 
Cal.;  Spreckels  Theater,  San  Diego,  Cal.,  and  nu- 
merous large  office  buildings. 

Among  the  interests  of  which  he  was  an  officer 
are:  E.  J.  Stanton  &  Son,  Wholesale  and  Retail 
Lumber;  the  Klamath  River  Lumber  Company,  Di- 
rector; the  California  Sugar  &  White  Pine  Agency, 
Agent,  Southwestern  territory. 

Mr.  Stanton  was  a  member  of  the  Jonathan,  Un- 
ion League,  Los  Angeles  Athletic  and  Los  Angeles 
Country  Clubs;  the  Los  Angeles  Chamber  of  Com- 
merce, Chamber  of  Mines,  Los  Angeles  Com- 
mandery  No.  9,  Knights  Templar,  Los  Angeles 
Consistory  No.  3,  thirty-second  degree  Mason,  Al 
Malaikah  Shrine  and  B.  P.  O.  E.,  No.  99. 


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T  ANTON,  ERASTUS  H.  (De- 
ceased), Lumberman  and  Manu- 
facturer, Ionia,  Michigan,  was  born 
at  Durham,  Greene  County,  New 
York,  November  13,  1816,  the  son 
of  Rufus  H.  Stanton  and  Martha 
(Niles-)  Stanton.  He  married  Mary  Sanford  at 
Greenville,  N.  Y.,  Sept.  2,  1840,  and  to  them  were 
born  five  children,  Adelaide,  Mary  Alice,  Charles 
H.,  Erastus  J.  and  Edward  B.  Stanton.  Mr.  Stanton 
was  of  Welsh  and  Scotch  an- 
cestry, his  paternal  grand- 
father having  lived  in  Con- 
necticut and  New  York  State 
prior  to  the  beginning  of  the 
eighteenth  century.  His 
mother  was  descended  of 
Scotch  Quakers  who  fled 
Great  Britain  to  escape  relig- 
ious persecution  during  the 
reign  of  King  Charles  II.  His 
father  served  in  the  War  of 
1812. 

Mr.  Stanton,  who  attained 
prominence  in  political  and 
business  circles  of  the  mid- 
dle West,  received  his  edu- 
cation in  the  public  schools 
and  an  academy  of  his  na- 
tive town  and  supplemented 
his  studies  with  extensive 
reading.  He  began  life  as  an 
apprentice  boy  in  a  mercan- 
tile establishment  at  Rens- 
selaerville,  N.  Y.,  and  went 
into  business  for  himself  at 
Greenville,  N.  Y.,  in  1837. 

.After  twelve  years  Mr. 
Stanton  moved  to  Rockton, 

Illinois,  and  purchased  a  farm  about  a  mile  from  the 
Wisconsin  State  line.  He  remained  in  that  section, 
engaged  in  farming,  banking  and  mercantile  pur- 
suits for  approximately  eighteen  years,  going  then 
to  Ionia,  Mich.,  where  he  lived  until  his  death  in  1886. 
At  Ionia  Mr.  Stanton  resumed  the  mercantile 
business  and  conducted  it  until  he  engaged  in  lum- 
ber operations  at  Stanton  and  Sheridan,  Michigan, 
having  mills  at  both  places.  He  was  an  active 
factor  in  business  life  until  1883,  when  he  retired. 
During  his  long  life  Mr.  Stanton,  who  was  dis- 
tinguished for  his  integrity  and  fine  traits  of  char- 
acter, was  active  in  many  enterprises  and  was  a 
prominent  figure  in  public  affairs.  He  founded  the 
town  of  Stanton,  Michigan,  and  in  1872,  when  the 
Ionia  &  Stanton  railroad  project  was  inaugurated, 
he  was  elected  a  Director  and  Secretary  and  Treas- 
urer of  the  company  and  filled  these  offices  until 
the  road  was  absorbed  some  years  later  by  the 
Detroit,  Lansing  &  Lake  Michigan  Company. 

Mr.  Stanton  attracted  attention  to  himself  early 
in  his  business  career  and  in  1838,  a  year  after  he 


ERASTUS  H.  STANTON 


had  embarked  in  business  for  himself  at  Green- 
ville, N.  Y.,  he  was  commissioned  by  Governor 
Marcy  of  that  State  to  be  Quartermaster  of  the 
37th  Brigade  of  State  troops.  He  served  for  four 
years. 

In  1861,  while  a  resident  of  Illinois,  he  was 
chosen  by  General  Yates  (later  Governor  of  the 
State),  as  his  military  aide  and  in  this  capacity 
made  a  tour  of  inspection  to  the  several  Illinois 
regiments  encamped  with  the  Department  of  North 
Missouri  to  see  that  the  men 
were  properly  equipped  with 
clothing,  food,  arms  and 
other  necessities. 

Mr.  Stanton  began  his  po- 
litical life  as  a  Democrat, 
but  severed  his  connection 
with  that  party  as  early  as 
1856,  and  from  that  time  for- 
ward was  a  staunch  sup- 
porter of  the  Republican 
party.  While  in  New  York 
State  and  Illinois-  he  was 
honored  on  various  occasions 
with  public  office,  serving, 
among  other  positions,  as  a 
supervisor.  In  1879  he  was 
elected  Mayor  of  Ionia,  Mich- 
igan, and  re-elected  the  next 
year. 

At  the  end  of  his  second 
term  as  Mayor  he  was  elect- 
ed to  represent  the  Twenty- 
fourth  District  of  Michigan 
in  the  State  Senate,  and  dur- 
ing his  two  years  as  a  mem- 
ber of  that  body  was  one  of 
the  leaders.  He  declined  a 
renomination  in  1882,  in  or- 
der to  retire  to  private  life,  but  at  the  urgent  so- 
licitation of  his  friends,  he  permitted  his  name  to 
be  used  as  a  candidate  for  the  nomination  for 
State  Treasurer  of  Michigan.  He  was  too  modest 
to  make  a  personal  canvass,  however,  and  even  re- 
fused to  go  before  the  State  Convention,  held  that 
year  at  Kalamazoo,  and  aid  his  own  candidacy. 
The  result  was  that  he  failed  to  receive  the  nom- 
ination and,  learning  that  certain  ones  had  broken 
their  pledges  to  him,  he  retired  from  politics. 

He  spent  his  last  years  quietly,  leaving  his  busi- 
ness to  his  sons,  one  of  whom,  E.  J.  Stanton  of  Los 
Angeles,  attained  a  strong  position  there. 

Mr.  Stanton's  death  occurred  at  Ionia  on  May 
8,  1886,  and  "The  Ionia  Sentinel"  summed  up  the 
man  as  follows: 

"As  a  neighbor  he  was  kind  and  considerate  to 
others;  as  a  citizen,  upright  and  just;  as  a  business 
man,  honest  and  honorable  in  all  his  dealings;  as 
a  Legislator,  incorruptible  and  fearless;  as  a  friend, 
ever  true." 

No  greater  tribute  could  be  paid  any  man. 


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YATT,  HENRY  CLAY,  (Deceased), 
Theatrical  Manager,  Los  Ange- 
les, California,  was  born  at  Rich- 
mond, Va.,  June  29,  1849,  the  son 
of  William  A.  Wyatt  and  Lucy 
(Downey)  Wyatt.  He  was  a 

member  of  a   family   prominent    in    Virginia    for 

many    generations,    his    father's    ancestors    having 

been   English   while   his   mother   was   of  Irish   de- 
scent.    He  married  at  Richmond,  Va.,  about  1872. 

They  had  four  children,  one 

son  and  three  daughters,  of 

whom     one     son     and     one 

daughter  are  living. 

Mr.    Wyatt    received     his 

education  in  private  schools 

of  Virginia,    but    abandoned 

his    studies    when     he     was 

about   fifteen   years    of    age 

and    offered    his    services    to 

the    Confederate    cause.     He 

enlisted  at  Richmond  in  the 

First    Virginia   Regiment,    as 

a  drummer  boy  and  was  at- 
tached  to   Kemper's   Brigade 

in  Pickett's  Division.  He  saw 

one   year    of    active     service 

and   then   was   mustered  out 

with   his   regiment   following 

Lee's  surrender. 

Two  years  after  the  war's 

close   Mr.    Wyatt,   then   only 

about  eighteen  years  of  age, 

began   his   theatrical   career, 

in  which  he  was  to  achieve 

note   later,   as    Treasurer   of 

the    old    Richmond    Theater 

in    Richmond,   Va.     He   con- 
tinued in  this  capacity  until 

1870,   when   he   resigned   and 

embarked     in     business     for 

himself     as     the     proprietor 

of  a  music  house  known   as 

the     Richmond     Music     Em- 


H.  C.  WYATT 


ponum. 

He  continued  his  interest  in  theatrical  affairs 
and  in  1874,  in  company  with  Col.  John  McCaull, 
of  opera  fame,  and  John  F.  Allen,  opened  the 
Mozart  Hall  of  Richmond,  he  having  the  manage- 
ment of  the  institution.  Soon  he  became  identified 
with  other  theatrical  enterprises  and  in  addition 
to  his  Richmond  business,  managed  theaters  in 
Petersburg,  Norfolk  and  several  smaller  Virginia 
towns.  His  success  in  the  handling  of  these  sev- 
eral houses  caused  Mr.  Wyatt  to  be  chosen  by 
John  T.  Ford,  the  famous  theatrical  magnate  of 
Baltimore,  in  whose  Washington  theater  Presi- 
dent Lincoln  was  shot  by  Booth,  as  Manager  of 
the  tour  of  the  Emma  Thursby  Concert  Company, 
made  up  of  Miss  Thursby,  Will  T.  Carleton,  bari- 
tone; Alfred  Pease,  pianist;  Emil  Toedt,  violinist, 
and  George  W.  Calby,  accompanist. 

Mr.  Wyatt  received  on  this  tour  one  of  the 
largest  salaries  ever  paid  to  a  manager  up  to  that 
time  and  upon  the  completion  organized  the  orig- 
inal Mendelssohn  Quintette  Club,  which  he  had  on 
tour  for  about  a  year.  He  next  managed  the  con- 
cert tour  of  the  great  Wilhelmj  and  Glister  Satter, 
a  noted  pianist. 

Mr.  Wyatt  then  managed  Steinway  Hall  in  New 
York  City  for  a  time,  and,  being  possessed  of  a  rich 
tenor  voice,  organized  "The  California  Quartette," 


which  attained  distinction  in  theatrical  circles. 
This  marked  Mr.  Wyatt's  advent  into  California, 
the  quartette,  after  four  weeks  with  Emerson's  San 
Francisco  Minstrels,  being  re-engaged  for  eighty 
weeks.  Mr.  Wyatt,  singing  first  tenor,  won  a  splen- 
did reputation  with  these  minstrels,  which  were 
headed  by  the  famous  Billy  Emerson,  and  at  the 
conclusion  of  the  eighty  weeks'  engagement,  organ- 
ized the  H.  C.  Wyatt,  Courtright  &  Hawkins  Min- 
strels, playing  on  the  Pacific  Coast  a  year.  He 
wound  up  an  engagement  of 
eleven  weeks  at  the  Bush  St. 
Theater,  San  Francisco,  then 
went  to  Los  Angeles,  where 
the  company  was  reorgan- 
ized as  the  Wyatt,  Arlington 
&  Gerard  Minstrels. 

Determining  to  make  his 
permanent  home  in  Los  An- 
geles, Mr.  Wyatt,  in  the 
early  part  of  1886,  gave  up 
playing  and  obtained  the 
management  of  the  Grand 
Opera  House  of  Los  Angeles-. 
Later  he  added  to  this  the 
management  of  the  Los  An- 
geles Theater,  and  then  took 
over  the  management  of  the- 
aters of  Riverside,  Pasadena, 
San  Bernardino,  and  San  Di- 
ego, forming  a  complete 
Southern  California  circuit. 
In  his  numerous  houses  he 
played  the  Klaw  &  Erlanger 
attractions,  having  been  the 
representative  of  that  noted 
syndicate,  in  Southern  Cali- 
fornia since  1882. 

During  the  season  of  1888, 
Mr.     Wyatt     managed    H.    C. 
Wyatt's  English  Opera  Com- 
pany over  the  Southern  Cali- 
fornia circuit,  but  from  that 
time    forward    devoted    him- 
self exclusively   to  the  man- 
agement of  the  several  theaters  in  which  he  was 
interested. 

Realizing  the  necessity  for  a  larger  and  more 
modern  theater  in  Los  Angeles,  Mr.  Wyatt,  in  1903, 
induced  John  Mason,  a  Los  Angeles  capitalist,  to 
build  the  Mason  Opera  House,  he  aiding  in  its  de- 
sign and  planning.  Upon  the  completion  of  the 
house,  which  was  at  that  time  the  finest  theater  in 
California,  Mr.  Wyatt  became  sole  lessee  and  man- 
ager, occupying  this  position  until  his  death,  which 
occurred  after  a  brief  illness,  on  July  25,  1910. 
Since  that  time  his  theatrical  interests-  have  been 
under  the  management  of  his  son,  W.  C.  Wyatt, 
who  had  been  his  father's  assistant. 

Mr.  Wyatt,  considered  the  dean  of  theatrical 
managers  in  Southern  California,  was  President  of 
the  Los  Angeles  Theatrical  Managers'  Association, 
and  for  many  years  prior  to  his  death  represented 
the  Actors'  Fund  of  America  in  Los  Angeles.  He 
was  a  man  of  many  talents,  a  composer  and  mu- 
sician of  ability.  He  was  a  member  of  the  United 
Confederate  Veterans  and  of  the  Los  Angeles  Cham- 
ber of  Commerce,  and  was  one  of  the  founders  of 
Lodge  99,  B.  P.  O.  Elks,  of  Los  Angeles.  He  also 
belonged  to  the  Jonathan  Club  of  Los  Angeles,  the 
Friars'  Club  of  New  York,  and  the  Los  Angeles  Hu- 
mane Society.  He  was  a  life  member  of  the  Elks. 


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ORGANSTERN,  ALFRED 
J.,  Attorney-at-Law,  San  Di- 
ego, California,  was  born  at 
Pittsburg,  Pennsylvania, 
April  30,  1869,  the  son  of 
Jacob  Morganstern  and  Henrietta  (May) 
Morganstern.  He  has  been  twice  married. 
His  first  wife  was  Katharine  Donnelly, 
whom  he  married  at  Eau  Claire,  March  22, 
1889.  She  died  after 
bearing  him  two  children, 
Josephine  (now  the  wife 
of  Dr.  R.  J.  McAdory  of 
Los  Angeles),  and  Laura 
(now  Mrs.  E.  M.  Harris 
of  Pittsburg:).  His  sec- 
ond marriage  was  to  Ber- 
tha Edgington  Strouse  at 
San  Francisco,  February 
24,  1902,  and  to  them 
there  has  been  born  a  son, 
A.  J.  Morganstern,  Jr. 

Mr.  Morganstern  re- 
ceived his  primary  edu- 
cation in  the  public 
school  of  Pittsburgr  and 
was  graduated  from  the 
high  school  of  St.  Paul, 
Minnesota.  He  had  mas- 
tered stenography  and 
shortly  after  leaving 
school  was  appointed  to 
the  position  of  Court  Ste- 
nographer. While  serving 
in  this  capacity  he  read 
law  and  upon  attaining: 
his  majority,  he  was  ad- 
mitted to  practice  in  the  courts  of  Wisconsin. 
Within  a  few  months  after  he  began  prac- 
tice he  was  called  in  as  associate  counsel  for 
the  Wisconsin  Central  Railroad  in  the  settle- 
ment of  lieu  land  cases  by  which  the  railroad 
recovered  an  immense  amount  of  land.  This 
case,  which  was  one  of  the  most  important 
in  the  history  of  Wisconsin  jurisprudence  up 
to  that  time,  resulted  from  squatters  taking 
possession  of  lands  owned  by  the  railroad 
and  Mr.  Morganstern  aided  in  the  passage  of 
a  grant  by  Congress  by  which  the  company 
received  several  million  acres  of  land  in  lieu 
of  those  which  had  been  taken  by  outside 
parties. 

In  1891,  closely  following  the  settlement  of 
the  lieu  lands  litigation,  Mr.  Morganstern 
moved  to  San  Francisco  and  after  admission 
to  the  courts  of  California,  began  practice 
there.  He  remained  in  that  city  about  fifteen 
years,  during  fourteen  of  which  he  was  in 


A.  J.  MORGANSTERN 


close  affiliation  with  the  political  leaders  of 
the  day.  In  the  early  nineties  he  defended 
certain  legislators  who  were  mentioned  in 
connection  with  the  workings  of  the  Coyote 
Scalp  Bill,  a  California  statute  providing  a 
bounty  for  all  the  animals  slain  within  the 
State  limits. 

It  was  charged  at  the  time  that  the 
Legislature  had  been  generally  corrupted 

and  Mr.  Morganstern,  by 

means  of  a  subpoena,  tel- 
egraphed to  the  State 
line,  caused  the  arrest 
of  an  express  messenger 
and  his  return  to  Sacra- 
mento with  a  shipment 
of  telegrams  bearing  on 
the  charges.  More  than 
fifteen  thousand  tele- 
grams  were  read  by  the 
investigating  committee, 
with  the  result  that  Mr. 
Morganstern's  clients 
were  declared  not  guilty 
of  the  acts  with  which 
they  were  charged. 

During  his  many  years 
of  activity  in  the  ranks 
of  the  San  Francisco  Re- 
publican organization, 
Mr.  Morganstern  drafted 
numerous  pieces  of  legis- 
lation which  stand  today 
upon  the  Statute  Books  of 
California,  relating  to  the 
method  and  conduct  of 
elections  and  the  govern- 
ment of  municipalities.  He  began  to  with- 
draw from  politics  about  1900,  and  now  de- 
votes himself  almost  exclusively  to  practice. 
In  1905  he  moved  to  Los  Angeles  and  prac- 
ticed there  for  about  three  years,  when  he 
moved  to  San  Diego,  where  he  engaged  in 
practice.  He  has  had  unusual  success  in  both 
civil  and  criminal  cases,  attaining  a  degree  of 
prominence  in  the  legal  profession. 

During  his  days  of  political  activity,  Mr. 
Morganstern  was  on  the  county  and  State 
central  committees  of  the  Republican  party, 
but  never  held  public  office.  He  was  a  per- 
sonal friend  of  President  McKinley,  whose 
guest  he  was  upon  numerous  occasions  dur- 
ing the  Ohioan's  occupancy  of  the  White 
House,  and  in  1898  made  a  tour  of  the  South 
with  him  as  his  personal  guest. 

He  is  a  member  of  South  Gate  Lodge  No. 
320,  F.  &  A.  M.,  and  is  dictator  of  the  San 
Diego  Lodge,  Loyal  Order  of  Moose. 


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ILKINSON,  HENRY  BAN- 
NISTER, Attorney;  Pres. 
Phoenix  Title  &  Trust  Co., 
Phoenix,  Arizona,  was  born 
at  Mount  Morris,  Illinois, 
July  31,  1870.  He  is  a  son  of  Rufus  -H.  Wil- 
kinson and  Adelia  (Quackenbush)  Wilkin- 
son, descended  from  two  of  the  oldest  fam- 
ilies in  America.  His  maternal  ancestors 

were   among  the   earliest      __ 

Dutch  settlers  of  New 
York  and  allied  to  the 
noted  Quackenbush  fam- 
ily of  that  State.  The 
Wilkinsons  emigrated 
from  Great  Britain  to 
the  United  States  early 
in  the  life  of  the  new 
country.  Both  sides  have 
given  men  to  every  war 
in  the  nation's  history, 
from  the  French  and  In- 
dian Campaigns  down  to 
date,  with  the  exception 
of  the  Mexican  War. 
General  James  Wilkin- 
son, one  of  the  notable 
figures  of  the  War  of 
1812,  was  of  the  same 
family. 

Mr.  Wilkinson  received 
his  primary  education  in 
the      public     schools      of 
Illinois    and    was    gradu- 
ated   from    Northwestern 
Academy     at     Evanston, 
Illinois,  in  1890.     He  en- 
tered  Northwestern  Uni- 
versity the  following  year  as  a  member  of  the 
class  of  1894,  but  at  the  close  of  his  Fresh- 
man year  was  compelled    to    give    up    his 
studies  on  account  of  serious  illness. 

In  1892,  Mr.  Wilkinson  became  a  school 
teacher  in  St.  Charles,  Illinois,  and  after  one 
year  was  appointed  Superintendent  of 
Schools  for  that  place.  He  retained  this  po- 
sition for  two  years,  resigning  in  1895  to  take 
up  the  study  of  law  at  Northwestern  Uni- 
versity. He  was  graduated  in  1897  with  the 
degree  of  LL.B.,  and  was  immed'atelv  ad- 
mitted to  practice  before  the  Supreme  Court 
of  the  State  of  Illinois. 

He  entered  the  office  of  Charles  S.  McNett, 
of  Chicago,  with  whom  he  had  been  working 
a  year  previous  to  his  graduation,  but  within 
a  few  months  the  recurrence  of  ill  health 
forced  him  to  abandon  the  law  temporarily 
for  a  less  confining  occupation.  He  was  ar>- 
pointed  Assistant  Superintendent  of  Schools 
for  Kane  County,  Illinois,  and  held  that  posi- 


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tion   for   two    years,     resigning   in   October, 
1899,  because  his  health  continued  poor. 

Leaving  Illinois,  Mr.  Wilkinson  moved  di- 
rectly to  Phoenix,  Arizona,  and  has  remained 
there  continually  since.  He  took  a  desk  in 
the  office  of  L.  H.  Chalmers,  one  of  the  noted 
attorneys  of  the  Southwest,  and  a  year  later 
became  a  partner,  the  firm  being  known  as 
Chalmers  &  Wilkinson.  Mr.  Chalmers  had 
figured  in  various  cele- 
brated cases  and  when 
Mr.  Wilkinson  became  a 
member  of  the  firm  it 
handled  a  large  part  of 
the  important  corporation 
litigation.  Its  clientele 
included  the  Pacific  Gas 
&  Electric  Company, 
American  Smelting  & 
Refining  Company,  Phoe- 
nix National  Bank,  Ray 
Consolidated  Copper 
Company,  and  other  min- 
ing concerns.  They  also 
represented  the  Santa  Fe 
Railroad  in  Arizona  Ter- 
ritory. 

In  1910,  Mr.  Wilkinson 
organized  the  Phoenix 
Title  &  Trust  Com- 
pany and  in  November, 
1911,  eighteen  months 
after  the  company  was 
formed,  withdrew  from 
the  firm  of  Chalmers  & 
Wilkinson  in  order  to  de- 
vote more  time  to  his 
new  company,  in  which 
he  now  holds  the  active  office  of  President. 
Mr.  Wilkinson  has  been,  in  the  interest  of 
the  Republican  party,  a  member  of  various 
committees  and  a  delegate  at  different  times 
to  the  party  conventions.  He  served  as  Cu- 
rator of  the  Territorial  Library,  appointed  by 
Governors  Murphy,  Brodie  and  Sloan,  and 
was  Territorial  Librarian  when  Arizona  be- 
came a  State.  He  ran  for  District  Attorney 
of  Maricopa  County,  but  was  defeated  by 
George  Purdy  Bullard,  now  State  Attorney 
General.  This  was  the  only  occasion  upon 
which  he  ever  sought  office. 

He  is  President,  Phoenix  Title  &  Trust 
Company,  Vice  Pres.,  Arizona  Seed  Co., 
Director,  Phoenix  Board  of  Trade,  Direc- 
tor and  Attorney  for  the  Home  Build- 
ers of  Phoenix,  and  same  for  the  Phoenix 
Building  &  Loan  Assn.  He  is  member,  Ari- 
zona Club,  Modern  Woodmen,  Sons  of  the 
American  Revolution,  and  President,  Ari- 
zona State  Bar  Association. 


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ORSEY,  HON.  STEPHEN  WAL- 
LACE, Engineer,  Los  Angeles, 
California,  and  London,  England, 
was  born  at  Benson,  Vermont, 
February  28,  1844,  the  son  of  John 
W.  and  Marie  H.  Dorsey.  He  mar- 
ried Laura  Bigelow,  daughter  of  John  P.  Bigelow, 
of  Washington,  D.  C.,  and  London,  England,  in  the 
latter  city,  in  1901.  He  is  of  French  antecedents 
and  a  member  of  a  distinguished  New  England 
family. 

Senator  Dorsey  spent  his  boyhood  on  the  farm 
of  his  father,  attending  the  public  schools  of  the 
district  meantime,  and  in  1858  went  to  Oberlin, 
Ohio,  where  he  became  a  student  in  Oberlin 
College. 

On  April  19,  1861,  he  responded  to  the  call  of 
President  Lincoln  and  enlisted  in  the  Union  Army 
as  a  private  for  what  was  then  thought  to  be  three 
months'  service.  At  the  end  of  that  period  he  re- 
enlisted  (August  1,  1861)  in  the  First  Ohio  Light 
Artillery.  He  served  from  then  until  the  end  of 
the  war,  was  in  more  than  twenty  important  bat- 
tles, was  wounded  four  times  and  received  numer- 
ous promotions  for  gallantry  in  action.  He  was 
first  promoted  to  the  rank  of  Corporal,  then,  in 
quick  succession,  to  Sergeant,  Second  Lieutenant, 
First  Lieutenant,  Captain  and  Major,  and  in  1865, 
when  he  was  only  twenty-one  years  of  age,  at- 
tained the  rank  of  Lieutenant-Colonel.  He  was 
actively  engaged  in  the  battles  of  Phillippi,  Rich 
Mountain,  Carrick's  Ford,  Fort  Donelson,  Shiloh, 
Perrysville,  Stone  River,  Chickamauga,  Lookout 
Mountain  and  Missionary  Ridge.  In  all  of  these 
engagements  he  was  a  member  of  the  corps  of 
General  George  H.  Thomas,  but  in  January,  1864, 
was  transferred  to  the  Army  of  the  Potomac,  going 
east  with  Generals  Grant  and  Sheridan.  With 
them  he  took  part  in  the  battles  of  the  Wilderness, 
Spottsylvania,  North  Anna,  Cold  Harbor  and  Peters- 
burg. In  August,  1864,  he  went  with  the  Sixth 
Corps  to  the  defense  of  Washington  and  was  in 
battles  immediately  adjoining  the  national  capital, 
including  Winchester,  Cedar  Creek  and  all  other 
engagements  during  the  Sheridan  campaign  of 
that  year.  In  January,  1865,  he  returned  with  his 
command  to  Petersburg  and  engaged  in  the  battles 
leading  to  the  capture  of  Petersburg,  of  Sailor 
Creek,  and,  finally,  of  Appomattox. 

During  the  war  Senator  Dorsey  became  a  friend 
of  Thomas  A.  Scott,  then  an  Assistant  Secretary 
of  War  (later  President  of  the  Pennsylvania  Rail- 
road system),  whose  duties  included  the  control  of 
the  transportation  of  troops  and  supples.  By  his 
association  in  this  work,  Senator  Dorsey  saw  the 
possibilities  of  a  railroad  career,  and  at  the  con- 
clusion of  the  war  became,  through  Mr.  Scott, 
actively  identified  with  the  railroad  business  in 
the  Southwest,  assisting  in  the  reorganization  and 
construction  of  lines  which  had  been  demoralized 
during  the  years  of  hostility.  Following  this  he 
took  an  active  part  in  the  incorporation  and  con- 
struction, as  Chief  Engineer,  of  various  railroads 
in  the  South,  including  the  Texas  &  Pacific,  Little 
Rock  &  Fort  Smith  and  the  Arkansas  Central. 

In  order  to  devote  his  time  fully  to  his  work, 
"Senator  Dorsey  made  his  home  in  Arkansas  and, 
while  actively  engaged  in  his  railroad  enterprises, 
became  an  important  factor  in  the  politics  of  that 
section.  As  a  strong  supporter  of  the  Republican 
party,  he  was  soon  recognized  as  one  of  its  leaders 
and  in  1868  was  elected  delegate  to  the  Republican 
National  Convention  which  nominated  General  U. 


S.  Grant,  his  old  commander,  for  the  Presidency  of 
the  United  States.  He  also  attended  the  National 
Conventions  of  1872,  1876,  1880  and  1884  and  served 
as  a  member  of  the  Republican  National  Committee 
during  those  years.  In  1872  he  was  Assistant 
Secretary  of  the  Committee,  in  1876  was  Vice 
Chairman  and  in  1880  was  Chairman,  having  charge 
of  the  campaign  which  resulted  in  the  election  of 
President  Garfield. 

Though  not  a  candidate  for  office,  he  was  elected 
United  States  Senator  in  1875,  in  opposition  to 
Thomas  M.  Bowen,  the  "Carpet  Bag  Candidate." 
Senator  Dorsey  received  practically  the  entire 
Democratic  vote  in  addition  to  the  solid  Republican 
vote,  receiving  one  hundred  and  four  votes  in  the 
Legislature  out  of  a  total  of  one  hundred  and 
nineteen. 

Senator  Dorsey  immediately  became  a  con- 
spicuous figure  in  the  Senate.  On  the  first  day  of 
his  service  he  was  appointed  a  member  of  the  im- 
portant Appropriation  Committee,  Chairman  of  the 
District  of  Columbia  Committee  and  a  member  of 
the  Railroad  Committee,  which  positions  he  oc- 
cupied during  his  entire  service. 

In  1881,  as  a  result  of  a  bitter  contest  between 
the  Elaine  wing  of  the  Republican  party  and  the 
Conkling-Grant  wing,  which  Senator  Dorsey  ad- 
vocated, the  Elaine  faction  attacked  him,  charging 
him  with  frauds  in  the  mail  service.  A  trial  last- 
ing nearly  a  year  followed,  and  the  prosecution 
gathered  more  than  12,000  letters  which  Senator 
Dorsey  had  written,  in  the  hope  of  finding  evidence 
of  a  compromising  nature,  but  failed.  The  United 
States  judge  sitting  in  the  case  stated  in  his  charge 
to  the  jury  that  there  was  no  cause  of  action  and 
no  evidence  that  Senator  Dorsey  was  in  any  way 
connected  with  any  fraud  or  conspiracy.  He  was 
acquitted  without  the  jurors  leaving  their  seats. 

Since  that  time  Senator  Dorsey  has  taken  no 
active  part  in  public  affairs,  devoting  himself  en- 
tirely to  his  private  interests. 

For  many  years  Senator  Dorsey  has  been  active 
in  mining  affairs.  Some  time  prior  to  1873  he  had 
become  interested  in  the  business,  and  in  that  year 
acquired  an  interest,  with  the  late  Senator  Chaffee 
of  Colorado,  in  mines  of  Central  City,  Colorado. 
They  operated  together  for  several  years,  and  in 
1878  became  interested  in  mines  at  Leadville,  Colo- 
rado, where  they  met  with  great  success.  Senator 
Dorsey  also  was  interested  at  this  time  in  the 
Silver  Cliff  and  Aspen  mines,  the  latter  a  notable 
silver  property.  In  1891,  at  the  time  of  the  Cripple 
Creek  discoveries,  he  acquired  properties  there 
which  he  retained  for  many  years  afterwards. 

In  addition  to  his  Colorado  successes,  Senator 
Dorsey  early  became  interested  in  mining  in  the 
Southwest.  He  has-  been  for  many  years  interested 
in  properties  in  Arizona,  Southern  California  and 
Sonora,  Mexico,  his  Arizona  holdings  including  an 
interest  in  the  Gold  Roads  Extension  Company  and 
in  the  copper  district  of  Clifton. 

The  Senator  has  been  extremely  active  in  all 
of  the  properties  with  which  he  was  connected,  and 
from  Los  Angeles,  where  he  has  made  his  home 
since  1898,  he  has-  directed  his  different  companies. 

Senator  Dorsey  is  a  member  of  the  Royal  Geo- 
graphical Society,  the  Royal  Archaeological  Society, 
the  Society  of  Engineers  and  Metallurgy,  the  Inter- 
national Club,  and  the  Phillis  Court  Club  (Henley), 
all  of  London,  England;  the  Army  &  Navy  Club  of 
New  York,  and  the  Military  Order  of  the  Loyal  Le- 
gion; the  California  Club,  the  Los  Angeles  Country 
Club,  and  the  San  Gabriel  Valley  Country  Club,  the 
latter  three  of  Los  Angeles,  California. 


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EUGENE  OVERTON 

VERTON,  EUGENE,  Attorney-at- 
Law,  Los  Angeles,  Cal.,  was  born 
at  Fort  Grant,  Ariz.,  May  11,  1880, 
the  son  of  Captain  Gilbert  E. 
Overton  and  Jane  D.  (Watkins) 
Overton.  His  father  being  an 
army  officer,  he  traveled  considerably  in  his  early 
youth  and  received  his  education  in  various  parts 
of  the  United  States  and  in  France,  availing  himself 
of  every  opportunity  to  study. 

He  studied  in  France  during  1890  and  1891  and 
then  returned  to  Washington,  D.  C.,  going  to  school 
there  until  1893.  In  the  latter  year  the  family 
moved  to  Los-  Angeles  and  he  entered  school  there, 
graduating  from  High  School  in  1899. 

Upon  leaving  school  he  went  to  Arizona  and 
for  six  months  was  engaged  in  mining.  He  gave 
this  up,  however,  to  study  law  and  returned  to  Los 
Angeles,  where  he  entered  the  office  of  Lee  & 
Scott.  Later  the  firm  was  changed  to  Lee,  Scott, 
Bailey  &  Chase.  Mr.  Overton  had  the  advantage 
of  studying  under  all  of  these  men  and  in  1902  was 
admitted  to  the  Bar.  He  continued  with  the  firm 
after  graduation  and  during  one  of  several  changes- 
was  admitted  to  partnership,  the  firm  becoming 
Lee,  Chase,  Overton  &  Valentine. 

On  January  1,  1911,  the  firm  was  dissolved  and 
a  new  one  formed,  known  as  Chase,  Overton  & 
Lyman,  which  has  continued  and  numbers  among 
the  substantial  firms  of  the  profession. 

Mr.  Overton  is  one  of  the  few  members-  of  the 
Bar  who  had  no  college  work,  having  gained  his 
knowledge  of  the  law  by  his  association  with  ex- 
perienced pleaders.  Since  his  admission  to  prac- 
tice he  has  become  one  of  the  most  successful 
young  attorneys  in  the  Southwe&t.  He  specializes 
in  corporation  work. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Sunset  Yacht  Club,  the 
California  Club,  Los  Angeles  Country  Club  and 
the  Military  Order  of  the  Loyal  Legion. 


GARFIELD  R.  JONES 

ONES,  GARFIELD  R.,  Attorney, 
Los  Angeles,  Cal.,  was  born  in 
Minneapolis,  Minn.,  Jan.  26,  1881, 
the  son-  of  William  Hugh  Jones 
and  Elizabeth  (Owen)  Jones.  He 
married  Leta  Hartshorn  at  Evans- 
ton,  111.,  January  6,  1904,  and  they  have  two  chil- 
dren, Ruth  Elizabeth  and  Eleanor  Jones. 

Mr.  Jones'  preliminary  education  was  received 
in  Evanston,  and  by  many  years  of  foreign  travel. 
He  graduated  from  Yale  Law  School  in  1902,  re- 
ceiving the  degree  LL.  B.,  Cum  Laude,  and  the  fol- 
lowing year  he  received  the  degree  LL.  M.,  Magna 
Cum  Laude.  While  at  Yale  he  was  an  editor  of 
Yale  Law  Journal  and  Joseph  Parker  Roman  Law 
Essayist  for  1903. 

He  did  not  engage  in  practice  until  1904.  He 
was  then  employed  as  special  attorney  by  the  In- 
ternational Harvester  Company  to  act  for  its  sev- 
eral subsidiary  companies  and  to  attend  to  the  in- 
terstate relations  of  the  parent  corporation. 

In  January,  1907,  Mr.  Jones  severed  his  connec- 
tion with  the  Harvester  Company  and  went  to 
Pasadena,  where  he  formed  a  law  partners-hip  with 
J.  P.  Wood,  who  later  became  a  Judge  of  the  Su- 
perior Court  of  Los  Angeles  County.  This  firm 
was  dissolved  in  September,  1907,  and  Mr.  Jones 
practiced  alone  until  February,  1912,  when  he 
formed  another  partnership  with  James  S.  Ben- 
nett, which  continues  to  date. 

Besides  his  law  practice,  Mr.  Jones  has  other 
interests,  including  the  Pan-American  Hardwoods 
Company  and  the  Realty  Investors  Company  of 
Southern  California.  He  is  a  Director  in  both. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Yale  Law  Society  of 
Corbey  Court,  the  American  Academy  of  Political 
and  Social  Science,  the  Graduates  Club  of  New 
Haven,  Conn.;  Overland  Club,  Pasadena;  Los  An- 
geles Athletic  Club,  Annandale  and  Midwick  Coun- 
try Clubs  of  Los  Angeles  and  Pasadena. 


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DR.  C.  B.  NICHOLS 

ICHOLS,  CHARLES  BYRON,  Phy- 
sician and  Surgeon,  Los  Angeles, 
Cal.,  was  born  at  Enfield,  N.  H., 
June  30,  1847,  the  son  of 
Humphrey  Nichols  and  Matilda 
(Jones)  Nichols.  He  is  of  Ameri- 
can ancestry  dating  back  nearly  two  centuries.  He 
married  Lizy  Mattocks  (now  deceased),  at  Han- 
over, N.  H.,  in  December,  1871.  They  had  one  son, 
William  Mattocks  Nichols,  who  died  in  1905.  In 
March,  1895,  at  Denver,  Colo.,  Dr.  Nichols  married 
Mrs.  Linnie  B.  Shy. 

Dr.  Nichols  began  his  education  in  the  public 
and  high  schools  of  Enfield,  then  entered  Kimball 
Union  Academy,  at  Meriden,  N.  H.,  where  he  re- 
mained until  1863.  In  October,  1864,  he  was  made 
Acting  Third  Assistant  Engineer,  U.  S.  N.,  and  par- 
ticipated in  the  Atlantic  Blockade,  the  battle  of 
Fort  Fisher  and  several  lesser  affairs.  At  the  close 
of  the  war  he  made  a  trip  around  the  world  on 
board  the  U.  S.  S.  Shenandoah.  He  continued  in 
the  Navy,  visiting  many  of  the  famous  cities  of 
the  Old  World  during  the  cruise  of  the  Shenandoah. 
In  1869  he  was  honorably  discharged,  at  Boston, 
and  entered  Dartmouth  University,  graduating  in 
Nov.,  1871,  with  the  degree  of  M.  D. 

In  1898  Dr.  Nichols  entered  the  Army  for  ser- 
vice in  the  Spanish-American  War,  served  two 
years  as  Post  Surgeon  at  Fort  Wingate,  N.  M.,  and 
then  went  to  the  Philippine  Islands.  He  was  pro- 
moted to  a  Captaincy,  later  became  Major,  and 
handled  a  serious  cholera  epidemic  in  the  Province 
of  Tarlac. 

Locating  in  Los  Angeles  in  1903,  Dr.  Nichols  has 
been  there  since,  and  is  a  member  of  the  L.  A. 
County  Med.  Ass'n.,  Sou.  Cal.  Med.  Soc.,  L.  A.  Clin- 
ical and  Pathological  Soc.,  and  the  American  Med. 
A&s'n.  He  is  a  thirty-second  degree  Mason,  Knight 
Templar,  Shriner,  and  a  member  of  the  University 
Club. 


W.  D.  WHELAN 

HELAN,  WELDON  DEVERELL, 
Insurance,  Los  Angeles,  Cal.,  was 
born  in  Tullamore,  Kings  County, 
Ireland,  December  7,  1859,  the 
son  of  Robert  Whelan  and  Mary 
(Deverell)  Whelan,  and  grandson 
of  Capt.  Patrick  Whelan,  who  served  under  Wel- 
lington at  the  Battle  of  Waterloo  in  the  Royal  En- 
gineers, or,  as  it  was  then  called,  the  "Sappers  and 
Miners."  Mr.  Whelan  married  Emily  Cruise,  daugh- 
ter of  William  Vere  Cruise  of  Menagh,  County  Tip- 
perary,  June  2,  1883,  and  to  them  were  born  three 
children,  Weldon  D.,  Jr.,  Florence,  and  Blanche 
Whelan. 

Mr.  Whelan  received  his  education  in  the  pri- 
vate schools  of  Tullamore  and  Bates  Academy,  of 
Dublin.  Leaving  school  in  1877,  he  entered  the 
National  Bank  of  Ireland  as  Junior  Clerk,  and  later 
was  promoted  to  Teller.  He  held  this  until  April, 
1883,  when  he  sailed  for  California,  arriving  there 
two  months  later. 

Purchasing  a  fruit  ranch  within  thirty  days  of 
his  arrival  in  Los  Angeles,  Mr.  Whelan  embarked 
in  buisness  as  a  fruit  grower  and  continued  in  that 
capacity  for  the  next  succeeding  thirteen  years.  In 
1894  he  went  into  the  insurance  business  and  was 
appointed  representative  in  his  district  for  the 
Fireman's  Fund  Insurance  Company  of  San  Fran- 
cisco. His  success  the  first  two  years  led  him,  in 
1896,  to  go  into  the  insurance  field  permanently 
and  he  has  been  in  the  business  ever  since,  having 
leased  his  ranch  that  year  and  opened  offices  in 
Los  Angeles.  After  conducting  his  work  for  four 
years,  Mr.  Whelan's  company,  in  1900,  appointed 
him  Special  Agent  for  the  entire  Southern  Califor- 
nia and  Arizona  territory,  which  field  he  controls. 
In  addition  to  his  insurance  business,  Mr. 
Whelan  is  a  heavy  real  estate  owner  and  a  stock- 
holder in  various  banks.  He  is  a  Republican  and  a 
member  of  the  California  Club. 


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ULLEN,  THOMAS  PATRICK,  Rail- 
way Superintendent,  Los  Angeles, 
California,  was  born  at  Highland, 
Wisconsin,  January  15,  1864,  the 
son  of  James  Cullen  and  Margaret 
(Ford)  Cullen.  He  married 
Josephine  Myer  at  Glendive,  Montana,  February  21, 
1887,  and  to  them  there  have  been  born  five  chil- 
dren, Roy  (deceased),  Thomas,  Jr.,  Ruth,  Josephine 
and  Helen  Cullen.  Mr.  Cullen's  parents  were  both 
born  in  Ireland,  but  were 
brought  to  the  United  States 
in  childhood  and  spent  the 
earlier  part  of  their  lives  in 
Boston,  Massachusetts.  After 
they  were  married  they 
moved  to  Wisconsin  and  re- 
mained there  until  called  by 
death. 

Mr.  Cullen,  who  is  one  of 
the  old  school  of  practical, 
all  -  around  railroad  men, 
trained  before  the  day  of 
specialization,  received  his 
primary  education  in  the 
public  schools  of  his  native 
town.  He  left  the  school- 
room when  he  was  seventeen 
years  of  age,  however,  to  go 
into  the  railroad  business 
and  this  has  been  his  field  of 
operation  ever  since,  a  mat- 
ter of  about  thirty  years'  ac- 
tive service. 

Mr.  Cullen  first  began  his 
railroad  career  in  the  year 
1882,  when  he  obtained  a  po- 
sition in  the  employ  of  the 
Northern  Pacific  Railroad 

Company  at  Glendive,  Montana.  The  company  was 
at  that  time  building  through  the  State  of  Montana 
and  Mr.  Cullen  worked  in  the  Construction  Depart- 
ment for  about  a  year.  Having  learned  the  busi- 
ness of  road-building  during  this  time,  he  decided 
to  qualify  as  a  trainman  and  took  a  position  as 
brakeman  on  one  of  the  Northern  Pacific  freight 
divisions.  He  worked  in  this  capacity  for  about 
two  years  and  in  1885  was  placed  in  charge  of  a 
train  as  conductor.  He  also  was  placed  in  charge 
of  reconstruction  on  part  of  the  line  and  supervised 
this  work  for  about  two  years. 

In  1887,  Mr.  Cullen  was  appointed  General 
Yardmaster  for  the  Northern  Pacific  at  Glendive, 
and  held  this  position  for  about  one  year,  returning 
at  the  end  of  the  period  to  the  freight  service  of 
the  road.  For  the  next  three  years  he  remained  in 
this  branch  of  the  business,  then  was  promoted  to 
the  position  of  passenger  conductor,  in  which  he 
continued  for  twelve  years,  or  until  1902.  At  that 
time  he  was  offered  the  post  of  Superintendent  of 
the  Los  Angeles  Division  of  the  San  Pedro,  Los 


THOMAS   P.   CULLEN 


Angeles  &  Salt  Lake  Railroad  Company  ("the  Salt 
Lake  Route"),  by  the  President,  Mr.  W.  A.  Clark, 
and  accepted.  He  immediately  removed  to  Los  An- 
geles and  has  held  this  position  for  ten  years.  He 
brought  to  it  the  fruits  of  twenty  years'  experience 
in  all  departments  of  the  railroad  business  and  dur- 
ing his  tenure  of  office  has  been  an  important  fac- 
tor in  the  management  of  the  practical  part  of  the 
road's  operation.  When  he  first  joined  the  company 
it  was  in  its  infancy,  but  it  has-  since  developed  into 
one  of  the  leading  railroads 
of  the  West  and  has  been  in- 
strumental in  opening  up  a 
splendid  section  of  territory, 
in  addition  to  reducing  the 
time  of  travel  between  the 
East  and  the  West. 

During  his  long  residence 
in  Montana,  Mr.  Cullen,  who 
is  a  Democrat  in  his  political 
affiliation,  took  an  active 
part  in  politics  and  for  many 
years  was  regarded  as  one  of 
the  leaders  of  the  party.  He 
enjoyed  an  unusual  personal 
popularity,  but  consistently 
refused  to  accept  nomination 
for  public  office  until  1892, 
when  he  was  chosen  as  a 
candidate  for  State  Senator 
on  the  Democratic  ticket  and 
elected.  He  was  re-elected 
twice  afterwards  and  served 
in  all  about  twelve  years. 

It  was  during  his  time  in 
the  Senate  that  the  famous 
Clark-Daly  struggle  for  the 
control  of  the  politics  of 
Montana  ensued.  These  two 

factions,  led  respectively  by  William  A.  Clark  and 
Marcus  Daly,  both  recognized  among  the  great  cop- 
per magnates  of  the  world,  kept  up  their  rivalry  for 
many  years  and  the  deciding  battle  finally  was 
fought  in  the  Legislature  of  1901,  when  Mr.  Clark 
was  chosen  United  States  Senator.  The  latter  had 
been  twice  chosen  for  the  honor  prior  to  that  time, 
but  on  one  occasion,  in  1890,  was  denied  his  seat, 
and  on  another  (1898),  resigned  when  a  contest 
was  inaugurated  by  his  opponents,  preferring  to 
give  up  his  seat,  rather  than  have  it  questioned. 

Mr.  Cullen,  during  his  entire  career  in  the  Mon- 
tana Senate,  was  a  great  admirer  of  Mr.  Clark,  and 
supported  him  unswervingly  from  the  beginning  to 
the  end  of  the  celebrated  battle.  He  was  generally 
credited  with  having  had  an  important  part  in 
bringing  about  ultimate  success  for  the  Clark  cause. 
Since  transferring  his  home  to  Los  Angeles,  Mr. 
Cullen  has  taken  only  passive  interest  in  political 
affairs  and  has  devoted  himself  almost  exclusively 
to  his  position  as  Superintendent  of  the  "Salt  Lake 
Railroad." 


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EYNOLDS,  CECIL  EDWARD,  M. 
R.  C.  S.,  L.  R.  C.  P.,  Physician  and 
Surgeon,  Los  Angeles,  Gal.,  was 
born  at  Paxton  Hall,  the  family 
place,  in  St.  Neots,  Hunts,  Eng- 
land, Nov.  24,  1880.  He  is  the  son 
of  Edward  Reynolds  and  Alice  (Fisher-Brown)  Rey- 
nolds. On  his  paternal  grandmother's  side  the  fam- 
ily traces  in  direct  line  to  the  year  1400,  one  of  his  an- 
cestors at  that  time  having  been  gentleman-usher  to 
King  Henry  the  Fourth.  The 
Reynolds  family  has  been 
prominent  in  England  for 
more  than  three  hundred 
years  and  in  its-  history  ap- 
pear numerous  men  of  note. 
Among  these  are  Richard 
Reynolds,  Bishop  of  Lincoln, 
and  the  builder  of  Paxton 
Hall,  which  has  been  the 
homestead  of  the  Reynolds 
line  since  1725.  Another  was 
the  Bishop's  son,  Dr.  George 
Reynolds,  Chancellor  of  Pet- 
erborough. Mary  Reynolds,  a 
first  cousin,  became  the  Bar- 
oness D'Arcy  de  Knayth  and 
Conyers.  Her  daughters,  Mar- 
cia  Amelia  and  Violet,  married 
respectively,  the  Fourth  Earl 
of  Yarborough  and  the  Fourth 
Earl  of  Powis,  Viscount  Clive. 
His  primary  education  he 
received  in  various  private 
institutions  in  England  and 
Europe,  these  including  Bel- 
vedere Belmont,  at  Brighton; 
Malvern  College,  at  Worces- 
ter, and  Villa  Longchamps,  at 
Lausanne,  Switzerland,  where 
he  played  in  the  champion- 
ship football  team  of  all  Switz- 
erland, and  later  in  the  inter- 
hospital  cup  team,  London. 
From  there  he  entered  upon 
the  study  of  medicine  and  surgery,  withstanding 
all  the  tests  of  the  unusually  severe  English  stand- 
ards. He  entered  the  University  College  and  Hos- 
pital, London,  in  1898,  and  was  graduated  in  1904, 
receiving  M.  R.  C.  S.  (Member  of  the  Royal  College 
of  Surgeons,  of  England),  and  L.  R.  C.  P.  (Licenti- 
ate Royal  College  of  Physicians).  He  received  the 
Fellowes  Medal  in  the  Senior  Class  of  Clinical  Medi- 
cine in  University  College  (1902-03).  Several  years 
later  (1910),  after  he  had  been  in  successful  prac- 
tice, he  received  from  Cambridge  University  the 
Diploma  in  Public  Health,  the  highest  qualification 
in  State  Medicine. 

After  his  graduation  in  1904,  Dr.  Reynolds  be- 
came a  House  Surgeon  in  University  College  Hos- 
pital, London,  one  of  the  large  institutions  of  the 
metropolis,  where,  for  the  next  two  years  he  was 
engaged.  For  a  time  he  was  Assistant  Demonstra- 
tor of  Anatomy,  then  Obstetric  Assistant,  Clinical 
Assistant  to  the  Out-Patients  and  Electrical  Depart- 
ment, General  House  Surgeon  and  House  Surgeon 
to  the  Throat  and  Ear  Department. 

In  1906,  Dr.  Reynolds  served  as  Surgeon  to  the 
Orient  Royal  Mail  Steamship  Company,  and  later 
was  Deputy  Anaesthetist  to  the  Central  London 
Throat  and  Ear  Hospital,  and  Honorary  Anaesthet- 
ist to  the  Sussex  County  Hospital.  He  was  in  the 


DR.  CECIL   E.  REYNOLDS 


latter  position  about  a  year  and  a  half  and  also  was 
engaged  during  that  time  in  private  practice  in 
Sussex. 

From  Sussex,  Dr.  Reynolds  went  to  Berkshire, 
where  he  served  for  more  than  a  year  as  Assistant 
Medical  Officer  for  Berkshire  County.  In  1910,  he 
made  application  for  the  responsible  post  of 
School  Medical  Officer  to  the  London  County 
Council  and  received  the  appointment  after  many 
of  the  leading  medical  and  surgical  authorities  of 
England  had  recommended 
him  for  it.  One  of  his  en- 
dorsers at  that  time  was  Sir 
Victor  Horsley,  F.  R.  S.,  F.  R. 
C.  S.,  who  wrote  of  Dr.  Rey- 
nolds, thus: 

"Being  for  a  very  long  time 
acquainted  with  the  work  of  Dr. 
Reynolds,  I  am  very  glad  to  of- 
fer my  testimony  in  favour  of 
his  appointment  as  Medical  In- 
spector of  School  Children.  His 
career  at  University  College  Hos- 
pital, where  I  had  the  opportu- 
nity of  observing  his  work,  was 
a  distinguished  one,  and  he 
gained  a  comprehensive  general 
knowledge  by  taking  up  the  va- 
rious posts,  and  availing  him- 
self to  the  fullest  possible  de- 
gree of  the  opportunities  they 
afforded.  In  all  his  work.  Dr. 
Reynolds  has  been  indefatigable 
In  perfecting  his  knowledge  as  a 
physician  and  surgeon,  with  the 
result  that,  both  in  diagnosis 
and  treatment,  he  is  a  highly 
skilled  practitioner. 

"His  knowledge  of  hospital 
duty  is  extensive,  and  he  has 
had  a  wide  experience  of  re- 
sponsibility, having  held  chief 
appointments  in  University  Col- 
lege Hospital.  His  clinical  ex- 
perience has  been  very  large, 
and  therefore  he  is  in  every  way 
fitted  to  take  the  responsibile 
position  he  now  seeks.  He  takes 
the  greatest  interest  in  his  pro- 
fession, is  of  a  most  kindly  and 
courteous  disposition,  and  as  a 
colleague  would  prove  most  help- 
ful." 

Dr.  Reynolds  served  as 
Medical  Officer  of  Health  to 

the  London  County  Council  for  approximately  a 
year  and  during  that  time  made  a  splendid  record 
because  of  his  conscientious  performance  of  the 
duty  connected  with  the  post  and  his  unusual  in- 
terest in  the  health  of  the  hundreds  of  children 
who  came  under  his  jurisdiction.  Having  been  so 
continuously  an  observer  of  child  life  and  the  afflic- 
tions to  which  children  fall  heir,  he  came  to  be  re- 
garded as  an  expert  in  this  particular  branch  of  his 
profession  and  wrote  variously  on  the  subjects  con- 
nected with  it.  He  devoted  particular  attention  to 
hygiene  in  these  papers  and  strove  to  instruct  par- 
ents in  this  important  phase  of  child  care. 

Upon  the  expiration  of  his  term,  Dr.  Reynolds 
resigned  his  office  as  School  Doctor  and  sailed  for 
America.  He  landed  in  Los  Angeles  in  September, 
1911.  He  carried  with  him  the  finest  kind  of  pro- 
fessional recommendations  and  was  immediately 
welcomed  by  the  medical  fraternity  of  Southern 
California  as  a  valuable  addition  to  their  ranks. 

Since  he  began  practice  there,  in  associa- 
tion with  Dr.  F.  M.  Pottenger,  the  noted  lung  spe- 
cialist, Dr.  Reynolds  has  met  with  unusual  success 
and  is  the  head  of  an  extensive  practice  in  surgery 
and  medicine. 

Dr.  Reynolds  is  a  constant  student  and  devotes 
practically  all  of  his  time  to  his  profession. 


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J.  F.  CLEAVELAND 


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LEAVELAND,  JOHN  FREDERIC, 
Banker,  Phoenix,  Arizona,  was 
born  in  Denver,  Colorado,  No- 
vember 30,  1878,  the  son  of  John 
Riddle  Cleaveland  and  Helen 
Bateman  Cleaveland.  He  is  a  di- 
rect descendant  of  General  Moses  Cleaveland,  sol- 
dier, educator,  philosopher,  philanthropist  and 
founder  of  the  city  of  Cleveland,  Ohio.  He  married 
Zelma  Bailey  at  Phoenix,  March  11,  1908,  and  to 
tbem  has  been  born  one  son,  John  Bailey  Cleave- 
land. 

Mr.  Cleaveland  received  his  preliminary  edu- 
cation in  the  public  schools  of  Denver,  graduating 
from  the  high  school  of  that  city  in  the  class  of 
1897.  He  then  entered  the  University  of  Colorado, 
but  left  at  the  end  of  his  sophomore  year  to  take 
up  the  study  of  law  in  the  office  of  Thomas  Ward 
of  Denver.  Although  qualified  to  do  so,  he  has 
never  practiced  law.  He  went  instead  to  Morenci, 
Arizona,  where  he  entered  the  employ  of  the  De- 
troit Copper  Company.  After  two  years'  service 
with  this  company  he  accepted  the  superintendency 
of  the  Morenci  Water  Company.  While  connected 
with  this  company  Mr.  Cleaveland,  in  1902,  be- 
came the  owner  of  the  Morenci  Leader  and  the 
Solomonsville  Bulletin,  two  weekly  papers  devoted 
to  the  mining  development  of  Arizona.  In  1906  he 
resigned  his  position  with  the  water  company  and 
for  the  next  two  years  gave  his  time  to  the  man- 
agement of  these  two  publications. 

He  moved  to  Phoenix  in  1908,  after  a  brilliant 
career  in  the  political  field,  and  in  May,  1910,  be- 
came interested  in  the  Union  Bank  &  Trust  Com- 
pany, of  which  he  was  elected  Cashier.  In  July, 
1911,  he  was  elected  President  of  the  institution. 
Mr.  Cleaveland,  who  has  been  active  in  politics 
for  more  than  ten  years,  is  a  Progressive  Repub- 
lican— an  indefatigable  worker — and  a  possible 
candidate  for  Governor  at  the  next  State  election. 
In  1902  he  was  elected  Chairman  of  the  Graham 
County  Republican  Central  Committee,  serving 
also  as  a  member  of  the  Territorial  Executive  Com- 
mittee; in  1906,  when  he  was  but  28,  he  was  elected 
a  member  of  the  council  of  the  Twenty-fourth  Leg- 
islature. His  victory  in  this  election  remains  one 
of  the  historic  events  in  the  politics  of  Graham 
County.  This  is  one  of  the  strongholds  of  Democ- 
racy and  he  is  the  only  Republican  ever  elected  to 
the  Legislature  from  there.  His  opponent  was  the 
speaker  of  the  Lower  House  and  Mr.  Cleaveland's 
victory  by  more  than  three  hundred  majority,  after 
he  had  made  a  horseback  canvass,  was  one  of  the 
greatest  surprises  in  the  political  records  of  the 
county. 

Mr.  Cleaveland  was  chosen  floor  leader  of  the 
majority  and  elected  president  pro  tempore  of  the 
Senate,  and  under  his  leadership  numerous  statute 
reforms  were  adopted.  Among  these  was  the  Bul- 
lion Tax  Law,  increasing  the  taxation  on  mine  pro- 
ductions, thus  giving  to  the  State  an  increase  of 
more  than  100  per  cent  in  yearly  revenues.  Acts 
were  passed  for  the  regulation  of  saloons,  abolition 
of  gambling  and  other  vice.  The  entire  school 
law  of  Arizona  was  revised,  greater  efficiency  of 
teachers  being  required  and  an  increase  of  salaries 
allowed.  The  schools  of  the  State  have  always 
been  a  particular  study  with  Mr.  Cleaveland  and 
he  has  served  as  a  member  of  the  visiting  board  of 
the  two  State  normal  schools  with  the  result  that 
various  progressive  methods  have  been  incorpo- 
rated into  the  managerial  system.  Another  branch 
of  public  policy  which  has  claimed  a  great  deal  of 
his  attention  is  that  of  prison  reform,  and  during 


his  service  in  the  Legislature  he  was  instrumental 
in  having  adopted  certain  legislation  for  the  cor- 
rection of  the  methods  used  in  the  treatment  of 
prisoners,  one  of  the  most  important  being  the  in- 
stitution of  the  indeterminate  sentence  law,  under 
which  a  prisoner  is  given  a  chance  to  reform  and 
gain  his  liberty  through  good  behavior. 

At  the  conclusion  of  his  legislative  work  in  1908 
Mr.  Cleaveland  was  chosen  by  Governor  Kibbey, 
in  recognition  of  his  record  in  the  Senate,  to  as- 
sist him  in  his  official  duties  as  confidential  sec- 
retary. In  this  capacity  he  proved  himself  an  in- 
valuable official.  Recognizing  his  ability,  Judge 
Sloan,  when  appointed  Governor,  retained  him  in 
the  office  and  during  their  association  he  wielded 
even  more  influence  than  he  had  previously.  When 
he  became  interested  in  banking  affairs  in  the 
spring  of  1910,  Mr.  Cleaveland  tried  to  resign  this 
office,  but  he  was  not  relieved  until  nearly  a  year 
later. 

In  1911,  at  the  first  general  State  election,  Mr. 
Cleaveland,  nominated  for  Secretary  of  State  by 
the  Republicans,  although  not  elected,  led  his 
ticket  by  approximately  one  thousand  votes.  Mr. 
Cleaveland  has  served  Phoenix  as  chairman  of 
a  Citizens'  Committee  of  thirty-one,  chosen  to  re- 
vise the  city  charter  preparatory  to  installing  the 
commission  form  of  government,  and  he  was  elect- 
ed by  the  voters  on  June  6,  1912,  to  be  a  member 
of  the  official  Charter  Revision  Commission. 

Mr.  Cleaveland  was  made  President  of  the 
State  Roosevelt  Clubs  and  led  the  fight  for  the 
Presidential  primaries.  This  failed  of  adoption 
because  the  State  Executive  Committee  was  not  in 
sympathy  with  the  plan  and  a  direct  result  was 
a  split  at  the  State  convention,  held  in  Tucson, 
where  the  Roosevelt  supporters  refused  to  accept 
the  program  of  the  Executive  Committee  and  held 
an  independent  convention,  at  which  national  del- 
egates were  chosen.  Mr.  Cleaveland  was  the  unan- 
imous choice  of  the  Progressives  for  Republican 
National  Committeeman  for  Arizona.  Mr.  Cleave- 
land enjoys  a  remarkable  popularity  among  the 
members  of  both  wings  of  the  party  and  it  is  gen- 
erally believed  that  he  will  be  the  next  nominee  of 
the  Republicans  for  Governor  of  Arizona. 

Mr.  Cleaveland  is  looked  upon  as  one  of  the 
most  enterprising  men  in  the  city  and  has  devoted 
himself  willingly  to  all  public  matters  which  have 
for  their  object  the  betterment  of  civic  conditions. 
Besides  his  banking  interests  already  mentioned, 
Mr.  Cleaveland  is  interested  in  farming  and  stock- 
raising  in  the  Salt  River  Valley  and  is  also  identi- 
fied with  companies  which  are  developing  proper- 
ties in  the  Copper  Mountain  district  of  Greenlee 
and  Final  counties. 

He  is  Treasurer  of  the  Arizona  Life  Insurance 
Company,  a  Director  of  Home  Builders,  Treasurer 
of  Consolidated  Mines  Company  of  Arizona,  a  Direc- 
tor of  the  Capital  Savings  Investment  Company, 
President,  La  Belle  Place  Improvement  Company, 
Director,  of  the  Buckeye  Valley  Bank  and  Presi- 
dent of  New  Dendora  Canal  Company.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  Arizona  Bankers'  Association  and  of 
the  Arizona  Cattle  Growers'  Association  and  an 
active  worker  in  the  Phoenix  Board  of  Trade.  He 
is  supreme  representative  for  Arizona  of  the 
Knights  of  Pythias  and  ranking  major  of  the  Uni- 
form Rank  of  same  order.  He  is  actively  inter- 
ested in  the  work  of  the  Y.  M.  C.  A.,  being  a  Direc- 
tor of  the  Phoenix  branch.  He  is  also  a  member 
of  the  Arizona  Club,  Phoenix  Country  Club,  Young 
Men's  Phoenix  Club  and  of  Phoenix  Lodge 
B.  P.  O.  Elks. 


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DR.  EDWARD  SWIFT 


WIFT,  PERCY  EDWARD,  Physi- 
cian and  Surgeon,  Los  Angeles, 
California,  was  born  at  Bayonne, 
New  Jersey,  August  18,  1886,  the 
son  of  Thomas  Percy  Swift  and  of 

Margaret  Christine  (  Hannan ) 

Swift.  Dr.  Swift  received  his  primary  education  at 
Trinity  School,  New  York  City.  From  1903  to  1905 
he  attended  the  Boys'  High  School,  Brooklyn,  New 
York.  From  1905  to  1906,  inclusive,  he  attended 
the  Columbia  Grammar  School,  New  York  City. 
From  1906  to  1910  he  attended  the  College  of  Phy- 
sicians and  Surgeons,  and  then  did  post  graduate 
work  at  Roosevelt  Hospital,  New  York  City.  He 
specialized  in  surgery  while  at  this  hospital.  He 
passed  the  New  York  state  medical  examination  in 
June  of  1910,  with  high  credit. 

Dr.  Swift  removed  to  Los  Angeles  in  August, 
1910.  Immediately  on  his  arrival  he  became  asso- 
ciated with  Dr.  Coffey  and  began  active  practice. 

His  record  satisfied  the  regents  of  the  Univer- 
sity of  California  and  he  was  chosen,  in  spite  of 
his  youth,  instructor  in  clinical  surgery  in  the  Los 
Angeles  Department  of  the  Medical  College  of  the 
State  Institution.  He  accepted  this  place  January 
1,  1910,  six  months  after  getting  his  degree  from 
Columbia  University.  He  is  now  lecturing  on  his 
second  term. 

He  also  finds  time  for  a  private  practice. 
This  is  now  on  all  the  ailments  of  which  the 
medical  profession  treats,  but  he  is  planning  to 
specialize  on  surgery  later. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Los  Angeles  County 
Medical  Society,  of  the  California  State  Medical 
Society,  and  of  the  American  Medical  Association. 

In  college  and  professional  school  he  was  in- 
vited to  join  the  Sigma  Chi  Fraternity  and  the  Nu 
Sigma.  Nu,  and  he  takes  part  in  the  counsels  and 
entertainments  of  these  Greek  letter  societies  in 
Los  Angeles. 


CHARLES  STANSBURY 

TANSBURY,  CHARLES,  Contract- 
or, Los  Angeles,  California,  was 
born  March  4,  1865,  at  Pescadaro, 
California,  just  south  of  San  Fran- 
cisco. He  is  the  son  of  M.  Stans- 
bury  and  Susan  J.  (Cotton)  Stans- 
bury.  He  married  Anna  L.  Ledbetter,  January, 
1901,  at  Los  Angeles,  and  to  them  were  born  two 
children,  Charles  and  Katherine  Stansbury. 

When  he  was  a  child  Mr.  Stansbury  removed 
with  his  parents  to  Santa  Cruz,  California,  and 
there  he  attended  the  public  schools  until  1879.  At 
that  time  he  was  fourteen  years  of  age  and  his  first 
work  was  on  a  farm.  He  continued  as  a  farmer 
until  he  was  eighteen  years  of  age,  when  his  parents 
removed  to  Los  Angeles. 

His  father  established  a  coal  business  there  and 
young  Stansbury  went  with  him  as  a  partner  of  the 
firm  of  Stansbury  &  Company.  At  the  end  of  seven 
years  his  father  retired  from  the  business  and  he 
and  his  brother,  G.  F.  Stansbury,  continued  it  under 
the  name  of  Stansbury  Brothers.  They  dealt  mostly 
in  wholesale  and  grew  so  rapidly  they  in  a  short 
time  were  operating  three  large  yards  and  had 
branches  all  over  the  City  of  Los  Angeles. 

In  1898  the  brothers  sold  out  to  Brett  &  Backus, 
and  Mr.  Stansbury  put  his  capital  in  contracting, 
and  has  since  become  one  of  the  leading  contrac- 
tors of  the  city.  He  has  built  roads  and  railroad 
grades  in  all  parts  of  the  Southwest,  but  maintains 
his  headquarters  in  Los  Angeles.  Sunset  boulevara 
in  Los  Angeles  is  a  fine  example  of  his  work. 

In  addition  to  his  contracting,  Mr.  Stansbury 
has  dealt  largely  in  tracts  in  and  about  Los  An- 
geles, and  is  a  stockholder  and  director  in  the 
Western  Lumber  Company  and  the  Pacific  Sewer 
Pipe  Company. 

He  is  a  Native  Son  of  the  Golden  West,  Mason, 
member  of  the  Knights  of  Pythias,  Uniform  Rank, 
B.  P.  O.  E.,  and  Knights  Templar. 


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DR.  J.  K.  CARSON 

ARSON,  JOHN  KINGSLEY,  Physi- 
cian and  Surgeon,  Los  Angeles, 
California,  was  born  in  Jackson- 
ville, 111.,  March  18,  1853,  the  son 
of  James  Kendall  Carson,  Jr.,  and 
*&  Elizabeth  (Walker)  Carson.  He 
married  Nellie  M.  Haley,  of  New  York,  at  Los  An- 
geles, Sept.  7,  1892,  and  to  them  were  born  two 
daughters,  Nellie  Kingsetta  and  Annie  Allene  Car- 
son. The  official  march  of  the  National  Educators' 
Association,  at  its  meeting  in  Los  Angeles,  was 
named  Kingsetta  March  in  honor  of  his  eldest 
daughter.  The  doctor  is  of  Scotch-Irish  descent,  his 
family  having  settled  in  America  before  the  Revo- 
lutionary War.  His-  grandfather  was  one  of  General 
Washington's  bodyguard. 

Dr.  Carson  received  his  early  education  in  the 
common  schools  of  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  and  later  at- 
tended Missouri  Medical  College,  graduating  with 
the  degree  of  M.  D.  in  1883.  He  served  as  interne 
at  the  Female  Hospital,  St.  Louis,  for  a  year,  then 
began  practice  in  Southwestern  Missouri.  Leaving 
there  he  went  to  Los  Angeles  in  1887. 

In  addition  to  hi&  practice,  Dr.  Carson  has 
been  prominent  in  various  enterprises  which  have 
aided  in  the  progress  of  the  city.  He  was  one  of 
the  founders  of  the  Pacific  Hospital  of  Los  Angeles, 
also  one  of  the  original  members  cf  the  Consoli- 
dated Realty  Company,  in  which  he  is  a  Director. 
Other  interests  with  which  he  has  identified  him- 
self are  the  Watts  Mine  &  Supply  Company,  in 
which  he  is  a  Director,  and  the  Wolfskill  Oil  Com- 
pany, of  which  he  is  President. 

The  Doctor  is  Medical  Examiner  in  Los  Angeles 
for  the  Knights  of  Pythias,  Royal  Arcanum,  Mac- 
cabees, Fraternal  Brotherhood  and  Fraternal  Aid. 
Be&ides  belonging  to  these,  he  is  a  member  of  the 
Masons,  thirty-second  degree,  and  Al  Malaikah  Tem- 
ple, of  the  Mystic  Shrine,  having  taken  all  of  the 
Scottish  Rite  Degrees. 


HON.  D.  L.  CUNNINGHAM 

UNNINGHAM,  DONNELL  LA 
FAYETTE,  Judge  of  the  Supreme 
Court  of  Arizona,  Phoenix,  Ariz., 
was  born  at  Gaylesville,  Ala., 
April  21,  1866,  the  son  of  Ebenezer 
Cunningham  and  Martha  (Clay- 
ton) Cunningham.  He  married  Mrs.  Louisa  (Cor- 
nelius) Leavenworth  at  Tombstone,  Ariz.,  March 
10,  1904. 

Judge  Cunningham  received  his  education  in 
Gaylesville  High  School,  and  studied .  law  in  the 
office  of  John  L.  Burnett,  later  a  Congressman  from 
Alabama.  He  was  admitted  to  the  Alabama  Bar 
Dec.  23,  1887.  He  began  practice  at  As-heville,  Ala., 
in  1888,  and  during  that  year  he  also  edited  a 
weekly  newspaper,  "The  St.  Clair  Advance."  In 
the  Spring  of  1889  he  moved  to  Fort  Payne,  Ala., 
and  practiced  there  until  1893,  serving  a  year  mean- 
time as  Justice  of  the  Peace.  He  went  to  Trinidad, 
Colo.,  in  1893  and  the  next  year  to  Cripple  Creek, 
Colo.,  where  he  practiced  a  few  months  and  then 
went  into  mining  and  stock  brokerage.  He  left 
Cripple  Creek  early  in  1897,  practically  penniless, 
caused  by  a  disastrous  fire  in  1896,  which  destroyed 
most  of  the  town,  ruining  financially,  many  men. 
He  traveled  overland  to  Flagstaff,  Ariz.,  and 
was  occupied  at  common  labor,  including  work  in  a 
lumber  mill,  grocery  s-tore,  etc.,  until  October,  1898, 
when  he  became  identified  with  the  District  Attor- 
ney's office  as  an  employee.  In  February,  1899, 
he  opened  law  offices  in  Williams,  Ariz.,  and  served 
during  1900  as  City  Attorney.  In  1902  he  moved 
to  Tombstone,  Ariz.,  where  he  remained  until  1912, 
when  he  moved  to  Phoenix.  He  served  as  District 
Attorney  of  Cochise  County  from  Oct.,  1903,  to  Dec., 
1904,  being  appointed  to  fill  a  vacancy,  and  in  1910 
was  elected  a  delegate  to  the  Arizona  Constitu- 
tional Convention.  In  December,  1911,  he  was 
elected  Judge  of  the  Supreme  Court,  which  term 
will  expire  with  1914. 


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ANNELLS,  SAMUEL 
DAVID  (Deceased),  Real 
Estate,  Los  Angeles,  Cali- 
fornia, was  born  in  Morgan 
County,  111.,  Aug.  17,  1844,  the 
son  of  David  Andrew  Rannells 
and  Cynthia  Ann  (McKee)  Rannells.  He  mar- 
ried Jane  Hoge  Sackett  at  Nottingham,  Ohio, 
March  11,  1869,  and  to  them  there  were  born 
four  children,  John  W.  Rannells  (deceased), 
Clara  C.  Rannells  (de- 
ceased), Alfred  W.  Ran- 
nells and  Evelyn  B.  Ran- 
nells. Mr.  Rannells  was 
descended  of  a  line  of 
Presbyterian  ministers 
and  his  wife  the  same,  her 
father  and  grandfather 
having  been  well-known 
members  of  the  clergy. 

Mr.  Rannells,  who  at- 
tained a  position  among 
the  real  estate  developers 
and  upbuilders  of  South- 
ern California,  following 
a  similar  work  in  the 
middle  West,  received 
his  early  education  in  the 
schools  of  his  native 
State.  He  prepared  for 
college  at  North  Sanga- 
mon  Academy  and  then 
concluded  his  studies  at 
Washington  &  Jefferson 
College  in  Washington, 
Pennsylvania. 

Fired  by  patriotism, 
Mr.  Rannells,  although  a 
boy  in  years,  abandoned 
his  college  career  at  the 
beginning  of  the  Civil 
War  and  enlisted  for  service  as  a  private  in 
the  101st  Illinois  Volunteer  Infantry.  He  was 
immediately  sent  to  the  front  and  was  with  his 
regiment  in  several  important  engagements, 
being  seriously  wounded  in  one  of  these  bat- 
tles. Upon  recovering  from  his  wound,  how- 
ever, he  re-enlisted,  this  time  as  a  member 
of  the  133rd  Illinois  Volunteer  Infantry,  and 
it  was  not  long  before  he  was  in  action  again. 
He  displayed  such  unusual  courage  in  one  of 
his  battles  that  he  was  promoted  to  the  rank 
of  Lieutenant  and  as  such,  after  serving 
throughout  the  war,  was  mustered  out  at  its 
conclusion  with  one  of  the  finest  records 
possessed  by  any  man  in  his  command. 

Returning  to  his  home  after  the  war.  Mr. 
Rannells  taught  in  the  district  schools  of 
Illinois  for  several  terms  and  in  1869,  follow- 
ing his  marriage,  moved  to  Grand  Island, 
Nebraska,  where  he  engaged  in  the  real  es- 
tate business.  He  operated  in  Nebraska 


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with  great  success  for  the  next  eighteen 
years,  but  in  1887  sold  out  his  interests  there 
and  transferred  his  activities  to  Los  Angeles, 
which,  in  that  year,  experienced  one  of  the 
most  remarkable  real  estate  booms  in  its 
history.  Mr.  Rannells  immediately  became 
one  of  the  active  real  estate  men  of  the  city 
and  continued  in  that  business  up  to  the  time 
of  his  death,  on  January  1,  1912. 

During  the  twenty-five  years  that  he  was 
engaged  in  business  in 
Los  Angeles,  Mr.  Rannells 
was  one  of  the  potent 
forces  for  the  upbuilding 
of  the  city  and  is  credited 
with  having  been  instru- 
mental in  the  develop- 
ment of  several  fine  resi- 
dence sections.  When  he 
first  arrived  the  city  was 
restricted  in  area  and 
population,  but  gave 
promise  of  attaining  a 
position  among  the  im- 
portant cities  of  the  coun- 
try, and  Mr.  Rannells, 
who  was  possessed  of  an 
unusual  amount  of  en- 
ergy, had  a  large  part  in 
the  city's  growth.  He 
was  especially  active  in 
the  Northwest  section  of 
Los  Angeles  and  also  led 
the  way  in  opening  up 
the  Sunset  Boulevard  ter- 
ritory, this  latter  district 
being  one  of  the  beauti- 
ful sections  of  the  city. 

Operating  under  the 
name  of  the  Rannells 
Land  Company,  Mr.  Ran- 
nells improved  a  large  tract  of  land  in  the 
Palo  Verde  Valley  of  Riverside  County,  Cali- 
fornia, and  in  the  development  of  this  prop- 
erty established  the  town  of  Rannells.  The 
last  few  years  of  his  life,  Mr.  Rannells  de- 
voted to  the  upbuilding  of  this  town  and  it 
has  grown  to  be  an  important  trading  center, 
located  in  the  midst  of  one  of  the  choicest 
agricultural  districts  in  Southern  California. 
As  President  of  the  company,  Mr.  Rannells 
handled  the  greater  part  of  its  affairs,  al- 
though with  him  were  several  well-known 
men  and  his  son,  John  W.  Rannells. 

Mr.  Rannells  belonged  to  various  civic 
bodies  and  other  organizations,  including 
the  North-East-West  Improvement  Assn., 
the  Chamber  of  Commerce  and  the  Los  An- 
geles Realty  Board.  He  was  one  of  the 
founders  of  the  Emmanuel  Presbyterian 
Church  of  Los  Angeles  and  took  a  deep  in- 
terest in  religious  affairs. 


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ANNELLS,  JOHN  WILL- 
IAM (Deceased),  Attorney 
and  Real  Estate  Operator, 
Los  Angeles,  California,  was 
born  October  10,  1870,  at 
Murrayville,  Morgan  County, 
Illinois,  the  son  of  Samuel  David  Rannells 
and  Jane  Hoge  (Sackett)  Rannells.  His  an- 
cestors were  among  the  pioneers  of  the  mid- 
dle West,  prominent  for  generations  in  the 
work  of  the  Presbyterian 
Church.  His  father,  a 
veteran  of  the  Civil  War, 
was  among  the  promi- 
nent real  estate  men 
of  Los  Angeles  and  was 
a  factor  in  the  devel- 
opment of  the  city,  his 
labors  covering  a  period 
of  twenty-five  years.  The 
town  of  Rannells,  Califor- 
nia, was  founded  and  de- 
veloped by  him. 

J.  W.  Rannells,  who 
ranked  with  the  success- 
ful business  men  of  the 
Southwest,  spent  his  boy- 
hood in  Nebraska,  where 
his  father  had  located  and 
engaged  in  the  real  estate 
business.  He  attended 
school  at  Grand  Island. 
Nebraska,  and  later  was 
a  student  at  Hastings  Col- 
lege, Hastings,  Nebraska, 
whence  he  was  graduated. 
Upon  finishing  his  aca- 
demic work,  Mr.  Rannells 
moved  to  California  with 
his  father  and  took  up  the 
study  of  law  in  the  office  of  T.  M.  Stewart,  a 
well-known  Los  Angeles  attorney,  and  read 
for  about  three  years.  At  that  time  he  passed 
the  examination  before  the  California  State 
Board  of  Law  Examiners  and  was  admitted 
to  practice.  He  immediately  opened  offices 
in  the  old  McDonald  Block  on  North  Main 
street,  Los  Angeles,  and  was  engaged  in 
practice  up  to  the  time  of  his  death,  a  space 
of  about  sixteen  years. 

In  the  meantime,  however,  Mr.  Rannells 
was  also  actively  engaged  in  the  real  estate 
and  land  business  in  association  with  his 
father  and  his  brother,  Alfred  W.  Rannells. 
In  1904  they  incorporated  the  Rannells  Land 
Company,  he  being  elected  Secretary  and 
Treasurer  of  it,  in  addition  to  handling  its 
legal  affairs.  He  served  as  Secretary  and 
Treasurer  of  the  Company  until  his  father's 
death,  Jan.  1,  1912,  and  at  that  time  succeeded 
him  in  the  Presidency,  an  office  he  filled  until 
he  was  claimed  by  death  on  June  23,  1912. 


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The  Rannells  Land  Company  is  one  of  the 
substantial  real  estate  concerns  of  Southern 
California  and  figured  in  a  great  deal  of  de- 
velopment work  in  that  section.  The  elder 
Rannells,  in  addition  to  developing  several 
sections  of  the  city  of  Los  Angeles,  acquired 
extensive  holdings  in  the  Palo  Verde  Valley 
of  Riverside  County,  and  after  the  formation 
of  the  Rannells  Land  Company,  laid  out  the 
town  of  Rannells,  California,  and,  with  the 
aid  of  his  sons,  built  it 
up  to  a  thriving  place.  J. 
W.  Rannells  was  enthusi- 
astic over  the  Palo  Verde 
Valley  and  devoted  a 
large  part  of  his  ener- 
gies to  its  settlement,  a 
work  in  which  he  was 
successful,  for  the  section 
rapidly  became  one  of  the 
wealth-producing  agricul- 
tural districts. 

Mr.  Rannells  was  also 
of  material  assistance  to 
his  father  in  the  improve- 
ment of  the  hill  section  in 
the  northwestern  part  of 
Los  Angeles,  their  motto 
in  this  work  being  the  ex- 
pansion of  the  city  of  Los 
Aneeles.  The  slogan, 
"We  sell  the  Hills," 
which  aided  them  largely 
in  their  campaign,  was  so 
distinctive  as  to  become 
a  byword  in  the  city. 

In  his  professional  and 
business  capacities,  Mr. 
Rannells  carried  an  extra- 
ordinary amount  of  re- 
sponsibility, for,  after  the  death  of  his 
father,  the  management  of  the  business 
of  the  Rannells  Land  Company  devolved 
upon  him  and  in  addition  to  his  land  opera- 
tions he  was  also  engaged  in  building  on  a 
large  scale.  He  also  took  active  interest  in 
civic  affairs  and  was  one  of  the  leading  spirits 
in  the  work  of  the  North-East-West  Im- 
provement Association.  He  was  keenly  in- 
terested in  the  affairs  of  the  Los  Angeles 
Chamber  of  Commerce,  the  Municipal 
League  of  Los  Angeles,  the  Los  Angeles 
Realty  Board,  the  National  Association  of 
Realty  Exchanges  and  similar  bodies. 

Mr.  Rannells  met  death  in  an  automobile 
accident  at  Los  Angeles  and  was  mourned 
by  a  large  circle  of  friends,  for  he  was  con- 
sidered one  of  the  most  popular  men  in  busi 
ness  and  social  circles  of  the  city.  He  was  a 
prominent  Mason,  member  of  the  Mystic 
Shrine,  a  Knight  Templar  and  an  Elk,  and 
member,  Union  League,  Los  Angeles. 


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URNfiLL,  GEORGE  EDWIN,  Phil- 
osopher, Los  Angeles,  California, 
was  born  in  Hartford,  Connecti- 
cut, July  9,  1863,  the  son  of  Ed- 
win Burnell  and  Mary  (Malloy) 
Burnell.  He  married  Mary  Irene 
Lamoreaux  at  Chicago,  Illinois,  November  11,  1891, 
and  to  them  was  born  a  daughter,  Genevieve  Mary 
Burnell. 

Mr.  Burnell,  who  is  known  today  in  all  parts 
of  the  world  as  one  of  the  leading  thinkers  of 
modern  times,  received  his  practical  education  in 
the  schools  of  Minneapolis  and  Chicago.  He  was 
graduated  from  the  High  School  of  the  former  city 
and  then  went  to  the  University  of  Minnesota, 
from  which  he  was  graduated  with  the  degree  of 
B.  L.  Following  this,  Mr.  Burnell  went  to  Chicago, 
where  he  entered  Morgan  Park  Theological  Semi- 
nary, with  the  intention  of  studying  for  the  min- 
is-try. He  was  a  student  there  under  the  late  Dr. 
William  R.  Harper,  the  noted  educator  who  closed 
his  career  as  President  of  Chicago  University.  Mr. 
Burnell  also  studied  at  the  Union  Theological  Sem- 
inary of  Chicago,  and  while  there  devoted  much 
time  to  the  study  of  the  so-called  dead  languages, 
such  as  Hebrew  and  Sanscrit. 

For  more  than  twenty-five  years  Mr.  Burnell 
has  devoted  himself  to  a  study  of  metaphysical 
subjects,  with  particular  attention  to  an  interpre- 
tation of  Sacred  Literature.  His  views  on  this  lat- 
ter subject  have  found  expression  in  a  series  of 
remarkable  lectures,  covering  a  diversity  of  sub- 
jects which  he  has  treated  in  a  manner  so  original 
as  to  attract  the  attention  of  scholars  throughout 
the  world.  He  was  first  brought  to  public  notice 
when,  as  a  high  school  student,  he  was  called  upon 
to  deliver  an  oration  on  the  assassination  of  Presi- 
dent James  A.  Garfield.  His  point  of  view  and 
method  of  thought  expression,  even  at  that  early 
age,  made  him  an  object  of  wonder  to  savants. 

The  versatility  of  his  mental  processes  and  his 
prolific  ability  have  increased  steadily  since  that 
time,  until  today  there  are  of  record  more  than 
one  thousand  reports  on  various  subjects  which 
he  has  discussed  in  his  lectures.  To  enumerate 
all  of  these  would  require  a  volume  of  space,  but  a 
few  of  the  lecture  subjects  will  serve  to  indicate 
the  power  and  extent  of  Mr.  Burnell's  philosophical 
researches.  Among  them  are: 

"Administry,"  "Aphorism  XV:  Science  of 
Faith";  "Challenge:  Chargement  of  Soul";  "Churn- 
ing: Aryan  Justice  Classic";  "Crucifixion:  Cosmic 
Tragedy";  "Grail  Cup:  Tragedy  of  England";  "Ham- 
let: Study  in  Insanity";  "Jalalud  Din:  Dynamic 
Man";  "Meditation:  Isolation";  "Merlin:  Gospel  of 
Adventure";  "Nibblers:  Mental  Lockjaw";  "Parsi- 
fal: Summoning  Innocence";  "Prophets:  Their  Bio- 
logical Value";  "Pentecost:  Only  in  Word  Is  God"; 
"Static  Theatre:  Message  of  Drama";  "Vyasa:  The 
Immortal." 

His  serial  lectures,  or  groups  of  thought  under 
general  subjects,  include: 


"Experience,"  "Freedom  of  Life,"  "Immortals," 
"Minerva,"  "Omar  Khayyam,"  "Religion,"  "Trag- 
edy," "Healing,"  "Intellect,"  "Mountain,"  "Par- 
ables," "Rocking  Stone,"  "Samaritanism,"  "Wealth," 
"Authority,"  "Intelligence,"  "Intuitional  Areas," 
"Luminous  Areas,"  "Meditation,"  "Rational  Em- 
pire," "Super-World,"  "Virtue,"  "Super-Classics," 
"Super-Justice,"  "Volitional  Empire,"  "Super-Juris- 
prudence," "Aggression,"  "Flambeaux,"  "Ens  Ra- 
tionis." 

These  latter  series  include  original  discussion 
and  interpretation  of  practically  every  phase  of 
the  title  subjects.  Some  of  them,  like  "Flambeaux," 
include  two  hundred  separate  and  distinct  treat- 
ments of  the  original  subject. 

In  his  study  of  these  many  subjects  Mr.  Burnell 
has  followed  no  previous  school  of  philosophy,  hav- 
ing read  the  teachings  of  practically  all  the  great 
thinkers  of  history  and  then  placed  his  own  inter- 
pretation upon  the  subject  at  hand.  He  has  not 
confined  his  investigations  to  religious  matters, 
although  his  reasonings  in  this  particular  field 
have  caused  him  to  be  placed  on  an  eminence  in 
the  world  of  modern  letters.  An  indication  of  his 
method  of  reasoning  is  found  in  one  of  his  lectures, 
which  belongs  to  the  group  "Ens  Rationis"  and 
bears  the  general  title,  "Lordly  Residence."  This 
is  subdivided  into  two  parts,  namely:  "Another 
Abode  Than  Space"  and  "Refuge  for  the  Re- 
leased." 

His  thought  in  the  first  part  takes  the  line  that 
"space  is  an  entity  of  origin  instead  of  an  eternal, 
infinite  being."  He  then  proceeds  to  explain  that 
all  things  material  dwell  in  the  soul,  rather  than 
the  soul  being  a  part  of  them,  and  asserts  that  the 
soul,  having  always  existed  and  being  everlasting, 
is  the  only  real  abiding  place. 

At  one  point  he  says: 

"The  Supreme  Person,  the  only  person  there  is, 
a  veritable  personality,  a  form,  a  shape,  who  cre- 
ated space  and  the  mind  and  all  beings  upon  the 
ground,  and  placed  the  sun  and  the  moon  and  the 
stars,  is  never  visible  to  any  being  in  this  crea- 
tion, with  one  definite,  simple,  provided  exception. 
Suppose  a  certain  strong,  irresistible  mind  should 
create  a  personal  being  that  was  just  like  himself, 
and  surround  him  with  a  supposed  environment, 
and  shut  him  into  that  by  the  faculties  of  his  own 
mind,  established  upon  certain  laws  that  would 
definitely  force  him  to  move  in  the  limits  inter- 
minably of  that  creation:  For  such  a  being  there 
would  be  no  rational  possibility  of  escape.  He 
could  not  by  any  chance  break  away  from  that 
creation,  because  there  would  be  nothing  to  him 
different  from  that  creation  by  virtue  of  which 
he  could  break  away  from  it.  If,  on  the  other  hand, 
this  strong,  irresistible  person  should  himself,  with 
his  own  irresistible  and  strong  mind,  establish 
somewhere  in  the  created  personality  of  this  being, 
or  in  any  one  of  the  beings  with  which  this  cre- 
ated entity  supposed  himself  to  be  associated,  or 
in  any  of  the  objects  which  were  created  about 
him,  and  this  supreme,  irresistible  person  should 
actually,  by  his  genuine  form  and  person,  occupy 
this  state  of  mind  or  creation,  at  that  point  would 
be  a  possible  escape.  Had  there  been  no  such 


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arrangement  in  this  world,  in  this  universe,  there 
would  never  have  been  any  doctrine  of  escape  at 
all.  All  there  would  have  been  would  consist  in 
a  sense  of  advancing  from  one  form  or  orbit  of 
experience  to  another,  in  the  sense  of  betterment 
in  the  sense  of  amelioration. 

"Most  human  beings,  however  much  they  strug- 
gle for  truth,  find  it  difficult  to  relieve  themselves 
of  the  feeling  that  they  must  change  into  a  better 
state  before  they  can  be  hopeful  of  the  supreme 
advantage  of  insight  and  emancipation.  This  is 
because  they  have  not  touched  that  Supreme  Per- 
son at  all,  nor  do  they  actually  know  of  that  spot 
in  the  human  person,  physical,  flesh,  or  anywhere 
in  the  objects  of  existence  which  touch  actually, 
the  entity  that  does  not  need  any  change,  but  being 
what  it  is,  is  truth,  is  emancipate,  is  complete,  is 
genuine,  is  all-knowing,  all-perfect,  eternal,  satis- 
fied. Once  only  actually  in  touch  with  that  Su- 
preme Person  they  no  longer  look  upon  the  truth 
as  a  change  of  worlds,  as  a  betterment  of  life,  as 
an  amelioration  of  conditions,  as  an  advantage  or 
disadvantage,  or  any  other  explanation  that  con- 
cerns good  and  evil,  right  and  wrong,  up  and  down, 
in  and  out,  or  any  of  the  arts  of  opposition. 

"Now,  as  a  matter  of  actual  fact,  there  does 
exist  in  the  person,  the  real  form  of  every  entity 
in  the  universe,  this  genuine,  unchangeable  being, 
who  is  the  strong,  irresistible  mind,  who  is  the 
abode  of  Heaven  and  earth  and  sky  and  mind  and 
all  objects,  subjective  and  gross.  Human  beings 
are  in  the  habit  of  thinking  themselves  to  be  cer- 
tain persons  with  certain  attachments,  responsi- 
bilities, conditions,  forms,  by  virtue  of  which  they 
are  distinguished  and  known  by  name,  locality, 
time.  Their  birth,  their  place  of  residence,  whom 
they  belong  with,  their  associates,  their  general 
appearance  constitute  and  make  up  their  experi- 
ential sanity.  But  this  self  that  does  actually  re- 
side forever  in  the  genuine  residence  contains 
them,  and  lives,  containing  the  whole  universe,  in 
actual  substance  and  form,  in  their  own  body. 

"The  debate  arose  because  the  location  of  this 
Supreme  Person  was  so  definitely  described  that 
the  text  of  the  description  seemed  to  inevitably 
infer  that  it  must  be  the  individual,  separate  self 
that  was  referred  to,  instead  of  the  Supreme  Per- 
son. For  the  text  says: 

"  'Where  like  spokes  in  the  nave  of  a  wheel  the 

arteries  meet, 
He  moves  about  becoming  manifold. 

"  'He  moves  about  becoming  manifold 

Within  the  heart,  where  the  arteries  meet, 

Like  spokes  fastened  to  the  nave. 

Meditate  on  that  Self! 

Hail  to  you, 

That  you  may  cross  beyond  the  sea  of  darkness.' 

"Now,  the  description  was  so  definite  in  the  per- 
son of  flesh  that  the  debate  arose,  and  prolonged  in 
discussion  and  led  out  into  interminable  histories, 
that  this  self,  this  eternal  self  located  beside  the 
arteries  of  the  flesh,  containing  all  the  worlds  and 
the  Heavens,  must  be  the  separate  self  that  was 
by  some  process  of  association  with  worlds  and 
experience  to  learn  how  to  contain  and  dominate 
all  things. 

"If  a  person  lacks  sanction  in  bettering  himself, 
he  secures  it  by  a  sympathetic  sense  of  bettering 
others;  but  he  does  not  come  any  nearer  to  that 
eternal  self,  concerning  whom  there  is  no  approach 
or  falling  away.  But  this  very  self,  near  to  the 
arteries  of  the  heart,  contained  and  is  not  con- 
tained, is  the  abode  of  the  Universe,  the  sun  and 


the  moon  and  the  stars,  and  of  all  beings;  is  not 
upon  any  journey,  but  is  forever  still;  does  not 
have  to  overcome  space  to  secure  a  sense  of  per- 
manent residence;  does  not  have  to  overcome  time 
in  order  to  be  released  from  that  continual  pro- 
crastination which  the  orbits  of  things  seduce." 

One  of  the  important  lectures  by  Mr.  Burnell, 
and  one  in  which  he  told  his  listeners  frankly  what 
he  thought  of  them,  analyzing  their  mental  atti- 
tudes in  great  detail,  was  entitled  "Nibblers:  Medi- 
cine for  Mental  Lockjaw  Applied."  In  part,  he 
said: 

''I  can  almost  tell  the  nibbler  by  looking  at 
him — and  some  of  them  are  here.  But  that  is  not 
the  particular  point  about  it.  The  particular  point 
is,  they  cannot  open  their  mouths  and  bite.  They 
have  lockjaw  of  the  soul.  *  *  * 

"It  is  stated  that  the  truth  which  is  proposed 
by  this  teaching  is  not  offering  any  human  being 
a  remedy  for  his  condition.  He  is  supposed  to 
approach  it  under  the  auspices  of  the  idea  that  his 
condition,  physical  mental,  is  not  such  that  the  only 
infinite  truth,  the  eternal  God,  could  condescend  to 
remedy.  Patchiness — ethical  training,  religious 
fervor,  cultures  and  symbolism,  the  reading  of  the 
poets — emancipations  from  prejudices,  that  occur 
through  associations  with  material  investigations, 
which  we  are  obviously  in  the  presence  of  testi- 
mony sufficient  to  prove  that  individuals  in  such 
associations  attain  to  certain  mental  maturities, — 
how  can  I  say  it  to  you,  that  such  maturings  are 
worthless?  How  can  I  say  it  to  you  that  faithful- 
ness and  devotion  are  blasphemy?  How  can  I  say 
it  to  you  so  that  you  will  see  that  everything  you 
do  to  become  what  you  are  is  an  insult  to  what 
you  are? 

"And  how  can  I  say  it  so  that  you  will  get  done 
with  this  mental  meandering,  this  prowling  and 
browsing?  When  will  you  stop,  and  not  wait  for 
the  Sphinx  to  petrify  you  with  dismay?  What  shall 
I  say  to  you  that  there  can  come  an  evanishment 
to  your  career  of  failure?  What  can  I  say?  Think 
you  that  that  omnipotent  soul  and  omniscience 
within  you  cares  for  your  mediocre  surrenderings, 
your  wages  in  meditation,  and  presentation  of  your- 
self to  the  teaching  and  all  the  several  things  you 
do  every  moment  in  your  life  to  win  a  little  better 
credit  with  your  own  mental  premises,  as  if  you 
should  appoint  unto  yourself  a  path  and  then  pat 
yourself  on  the  back  for  walking  in  it  for  the  sake 
of  an  accumulation  of  approval?  Is  it  not  insanity? 
— set  yourself  a  stunt,  accomplish  it  and  sing  your 
applause!  And  the  eternal  soul  says,  'I  am  against 
thee  and  all  thy  progress.'  For  the  simple  reason 
that  the  truth  is  what  you  are — not  what  you  are 
going  to  make  yourself;  not  even  what  you  are 
going  to  discover  yourself  to  be. 

"Omniscience  is  not  on  a  journey  of  discovery. 
Then,  you  say:  'What  is  this  that  has  cheated  me 
so  that  I  should  think  so  differently  of  myself,  so 
unsatisfactorily.'  What?  Because  you  cannot  stand 
it  to  have  somebody  who  knows,  walk  up  to  you 
and  'twist  you  around',  as  Plato  says,  'in  that  vio- 
lent and  criminal  fashion  that  is  required.'  Plato 
used  to  say — and  he  was  a  very  mild  man,  not  a 
violent  man  at  all,  and  he  said:  'Not  one  of  the 
walking  images  of  their  own  estimation,  not  one 
of  these  painted  pictures  on  their  cosmic  airs,  look- 
ing at  their  own  opinions,  at  their  own  convictions 
and  certainties,  doing  devotion  to  their  own  laws 
and  prejudices  and  imprisonments,  not  one  of  them 
shall  ever  have  escape  from  the  case  in  which  he 
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one  magnificent,  reckless,  ruthless  awakened  soul 
that  will  tear  him  from  the  socket  of  his  hypnotism.' 

"Listen!  Awakening  from  mental  prejudice  is 
surgical, — the  birth-pains  thereof.  I  know  where 
the  arnica  box  is;  I  know  where  the  chloroform 
bottle  is.  Ten  million  are  taking  mental  chloro- 
form in  the  United  States  now.  Why?  Because 
they  were  prescient  of  the  birth-pangs  of  their 
mind.  How  many  people,  let  me  ask  you,  how 
many  people  out  of  these  ten  million  are  going  to 
enter  into  the  new  mind-born  race?  *  *  * 

"I  will  tell  you  something  now:  That  unless 
you  are  going  to  get  somebody  to  wring  the  neck 
of  your  estimates,  the  great  figures  of  the  elements 
and  the  astral  busy-bodies  will  know  what  to  do 
with  you.  That  is  not  a  threat.  That  is  just  read- 
ing your  own  mind — that  is  all.  That  is  reading 
your  own  covenant.  You  signed  a  covenant  with 
the  elements  of  this  world,  also  with  the  elements 
of  your  mind,  that  if  you  did  not  attain  immortality 
you  would  be  distributed,  for  beings  who  would, 
beings  yet  unborn.  Why,  then,  should  I  talk  to 
you?  Know  that  in  the  world,  unless  so  be  that  you 
have  sincerely,  in  the  depths  of  your  soul,  signed 
a  covenant  with  the  truth,  signed  a  covenant  in  the 
very  blood  of  your  will  with  the  truth, — what  truth? 
THE  truth.  You  do  not  even  know  of  it.  It  is 
buying  a  cat  in  a  bag  for  ignorance  to  covenant 
with  truth  when  in  the  conviction  that  they  do  not 
know  the  truth. 

"Let  me  tell  you  a  little  psychological  fact: 
Suppose  you  do  not  know  what  the  truth  is  at  all 
— you  have  just  heard  the  word;  you  have  heard 
certain  psychological  symptoms  advertised  as  be- 
ing characteristic  of  those  who  have  the  truth; 
that  is,  that  they  will  be  able  to  heal  the  sick, 
raise  the  dead,  and  do  those  little  items;  charac- 
terized by  certain  marvelous  astonishing  behaviors, 
— but  supposing  on  the  strength  of  that  advertise- 
ment, which  seems  so  grand  and  so  great,  like  as 
if  it  would  say  to  you,  'If  you  know  the  truth  you 
shall  escape  all  evil,  the  very  universe  will  crawl 
to  you  and  offer  its  services  to  you  like  a  slave'. 

"That  is  quite  an  advertisement,  you  see,  and 
the  more  ignorant  you  are  the  more  the  advertise- 
ment takes.  Listen!  Suppose  you  have  accepted 
on  that  advertisement  and  you  have  some  diffi- 
culties you  would  like  to  have  settled  up, — maybe 
your  bodies  are  occupied  by  one  of  these  infesta- 
tions called  disease;  maybe  your  affairs  are  rather 
crumbling  and  disappointing;  whatever  it  is,  the 
advertisement  of  the  knowledge  of  the  truth 
reaches  you  and  appeals  to  you  not  only  on  the 
ground  that  it  is  the  truth,  but  on  the  ground  of 
your  greed.  *  *  * 

"This  is  the  one  thing  that  I  wish  to  say  to 
you:  If  you  can  think  of  anything  to  say  to  your- 
self that  will  distress  you,  say  it.  It  is  very  awak- 
ening, don't  you  know.  I  suppose  that  the  device 
of  evil  as  a  total  unreality  is  most  excellent. 
Destroyed  in  the  awakening.  I  will  recommend, 
therefore,  this  one  thing  to  you  that  even  though 
you  carry  with  you  the  conviction  that  you  are 
an  ignorant  being,  not  yet  born  in  the  mind,  so 
that  when  you  are  even,  say,  a  mind-born  man  or 
woman  you  can  hardly  contemplate  the  meaning 
of  it,  so  convinced  are  you  of  what  it  is  to  be  a 
sense-born  being,  existing  in  the  several  items  of 
human  experience  that  are  credentialed  to  you  by 
the  senses;  that  is,  a  sense-born  being.  And  when 
we  say  mind-born,  your  mind  bats  its  eyes  and 
blinks  and  wonders  about  what  divine  thing  that 
may  be.  *  *  * 

"There  is  a  tremendous  stream  of  mental  re- 
freshment flowing  throughout  the  civilized  world. 


These  are  days,  great  days,  and  history  shall  busy 
itself  with  the  most  stupendous  intellects  that  the 
cosmos  can  furnish.  See  that  you  stand  in  with 
that  imminent  and  almost  inevitable  possibility  of 
being  born  mentally.  I  say  therefore,  this:  Keep 
your  mind  in  the  atmosphere  of  liberty.  Do  not 
contract  any  covenants  with  any  of  the  proposi- 
tions which  your  ignorance  shall  suggest;  and 
when  that  mind  opens  its  mouth  to  breathe  for  the 
first  time  the  airs  of  its  life,  it  shall  find  about 
you  and  within  you  a  magnetism  of  freedom,  an 
atmosphere  of  freedom,  so  beautiful  to  its  new, 
dawning  existence.  The  mind-born  people  of  these 
states  shall  be  pre-eminent  in  the  several  years 
that  are  immediately  to  come;  and  those  who  do 
not  receive  this  quickening  of  the  mind  shall  be- 
come as  animals  in  the  presence  of  this  kingly 
race." 

Mr.  Burnell's  philosophy  deals  with  the  belief 
that  the  realization  of  truth  will  be  the  solution  of 
the  problems  which  beset  mankind  and  that  this 
solution  cannot  be  brought  about  through  the  lab- 
oratory method  of  the  scientists. 

Mr.  Burnell,  in  his  life  of  study  and  investiga- 
tion, has  been  a  searcher  for  truth  and  his  teach- 
ings, while  not  in  the  form  of  dogma,  have  spread 
to  the  corners  of  the  earth  by  their  own  momen- 
tum; for  among  his  listeners  are  some  of  the  most 
serious-minded  men  and  women  of  the  world  today. 
While  not  in  any  sense  a  cult,  his  followers  have 
taken  his  messages  as  the  results  of  sincere  effort 
to  interpret  and  explain  higher  problems  of  exis- 
tence. In  all  of  his  researches  he  has  had  the 
sympathetic  aid  of  his  wife,  who  is  a  student  quite 
as  sincere  and  successful  as  himself. 

Although  he  has  been  a  student  all  his  life, 
Mr.  Burnell,  an  independently  wealthy  man,  has 
also  been  successful  in  practical  lines  of  business 
endeavor.  In  1889,  when  he  was  attending  college 
in  Chicago,  he,  in  partnership  with  a  schoolmate, 
participated  in  a  realty  operation  that  netted  them 
a  large  profit.  This  particular  accomplishment  in- 
volved the  opening  of  Auburn  Park,  a  suburb  of 
Chicago. 

When  he  located  in  California  several  years 
ago,  Mr.  Burnell  became  interested  in  the  devel- 
opment of  farming  lands  as  an  investor  and  is 
today  an  officer  and  stockholder  in  several  corpo- 
rations engaged  in  this  business.  They  include  the 
California  Irrigated  Farms  Company,  of  which  he 
is  President  and  Director;  the  San  Joaquin  Farms 
Company,  of  which  he  is  President  and  Director, 
and  the  Rich  Groves  Land  Company,  in  which  he 
holds  similar  office. 

Another  phase  of  the  man  is  that  of  clergyman. 
Although  he  never  affiliated  with  any  church,  he 
is  a  qualified  minister,  having  been  licensed  to 
preach  and  to  perform  other  ministerial  offices 
by  the  Supreme  Court  of  Minnesota. 

He  is  a  Phi  Delta  Theta  man  and  a  member  of 
several  clubs,  including  the  California  Club,  Los 
Angeles  Country  Club,  Jonathan  Club,  Los  Angeles 
Athletic  Club  and  the  Olympic  Club  of  San  Fran- 
cisco. His  outdoor  recreation  is  obtained  from  golf. 


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HENRY  HAUSER 

AUSER,  HENRY,  President  H. 
Hauser  Contracting  Company, 
railroad  contractors,  Los  Angeles, 
California,  was  born  at  St.  Louis, 
Missouri,  March  29,  1855,  the  son 
of  Frederick  Hauser  and  Phil- 
lipena  (Diehl)  Hauser.  On  October  3,  1904,  he 
married  Margaret  S.  Hartes  at  Los  Angeles. 

His  boyhood  was  spent  in  Illinois,  where  he  re- 
ceived his  early  education  in  the  public  schools. 
He  was  graduated  a  civil  engineer  in  1878  by  the 
University  of  Illinois,  and  immediately  was  ap- 
pointed assistant  engineer  of  construction  of  the 
Illinois  Central  Railroad. 

Early  in  1879  he  was  assistant  engineer  of  the 
United  States  Coast  Survey,  but  shortly  resigned  to 
become  engineer  of  construction  for  the  Santa  Fe 
railroad,  supervising  construction  of  the  main  line 
through  New  Mexico  and  Arizona,  branches  in  Ari- 
zona, Kansas  and  New  Mexico,  and  also  the  line 
from  Chicago  to  Kansas  City.  In  1889  he  became 
.  engineer  and  manager  for  B.  Lanty  Sons,  contract- 
ors for  the  building  of  the  Pike's  Peak  road  and 
the  S.  F.,  P.  &  P.  Ry.  in  Arizona.  The  Pike's  Peak 
road  is  one  of  the  world's  engineering  wonders. 
He  was  with  this  company  until  1904,  during  which 
time  they  built  the  Belen  cut-off  in  New  Mexico 
for  the  Santa  Fe  west  of  Albuquerque.  He  re- 
moved from  Arizona  to  Los  Angeles  in  1900. 

From  1904  to  '06  he  was  manager  and  engineer 
of  the  Lanty-Sharp  Contracting  Company.  In  1906 
the  Sharp-Hauser  Contracting  Company  was  formed, 
with  Mr.  Hauser  vice  president.  In  1909  he  drew 
out  and  organized  his  present  company. 

Mr.  Hauser  has  been  connected  with  the  Santa 
Fe  Railroad  directly  or  indirectly,  for  thirty-two 
years. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  University  Club  of  Los 
Angeles,  and  is  a  thirty-second  degree  member  of 
the  Masons. 


DR.  R.  WERNIGK 

ERNIGK,  REINHARDT,  Physician, 
Los  Angeles,  California,  was  born 
at  Monee,  Illinois,  January  19, 
1861,  the  son  of  Theodore  Wer- 
nigk  and  Louisa  (Pletch)  Wer- 
nigk.  He  married  Helen  Hill, 
June  17,  1902,  at  Montgomery,  New  York. 

Dr.  Wernigk's  ancestors  have  lived  in  Southern 
Bavaria,  and  it  is  on  record  that  there  has  been  a 
direct  line  of  physicians  since  the  year  1520.  His 
great  grandfather  on  his  mother's  side,  was  a  sur- 
geon in  Napoleon's  army. 

He  attended  the  Monee,  Illinois,  high  schools. 
After  graduation  he  went  to  the  school  of  his 
father  at  Speyer,  Bavaria,  Germany,  and  received 
his  Master  of  Arts  degree  in  the  year  1880.  He  re- 
turned to  the  United  States  to  attend  Rush  Medi- 
cal College  and  earned  his  right  to  practice  with 
the  class  of  1882. 

He  located  first  at  Marshall,  Texas,  and  did  well, 
remaining  until  May,  1887.  He  then  removed  to 
Los  Angeles,  and  has  built  up  a  lucrative  practice 
in  that  city. 

It  has  been  the  tradition  of  the  family  that  each 
succeeding  generation  should  add  some  little  thing 
to  the  knowledge  of  medicine  and  of  the  curative 
arts.  Every  one  of  them  has  engaged  in  original 
research.  Dr.  Wernigk  is  following  the  tradition  of 
the  house,  and  has  already  written  papers  on  sev- 
eral original  topics.  He  keeps  pace  with  the  ad- 
vance of  the  medical  sciences  by  extensive  reading 
and  study,  by  following  closely  the  work  of  the 
great  investigators,  and  by  travel. 

He  belongs  to  the  various  medical  associations, 
the  most  important  of  them,  being  the  American 
Medical  Association. 

He  is  a  lover  of  out-door  sports,  like  hunting  and 
fishing,  and  takes  his  vacations  in  that  way.  He 
belongs  to  the  Jonathan  Club,  and  several  shooting 
and  fishing  clubs. 


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ARTHUR  L.  VEITCH 

EITCH,  ARTHUR  L.,  Attorney-at- 
Law,  Los  Angeles,  California,  was 
born  at  Mayville,  Michigan,  July 
5,  1884,  the  son  of  Arthur  Veitch 
and  Martha  Cordelia  (Choate) 
Veitch.  The  father  is  a  descendant 
of  the  Highland  Scotch  clan  of  that  name.  The 
mother  is  of  the  Choates  and  the  Todds  of  New 
England.  There  has  always  been  at  least  one 
lawyer  to  each  generation  of  the  Choates  and  Todds, 
so  that  the  profession  may  well  be  considered 
hereditary.  Mr.  Veitch  married  Gertrude  E.  Mesplou, 
July  5,  1909,  at  Los  Angeles.  There  is  one  son, 
Frederick  Arthur  Veitch. 

Mr.  Veitch  attended  the  public  schools  of  the  State 
of  Michigan  until  the  year  1901,  when  he  moved 
to  Los  Angeles.  He  entered  the  Los  Angeles  High 
school  and  graduated  with  the  class  of  1902.  He 
entered  the  University  of  Southern  California, 
studied  in  the  academic  department  and  in  the  law 
department,  and  received  his  degree  of  bachelor  of 
laws  with  the  class  of  1907.  He  took  a  post-grad- 
uate course  the  following  year  and  earned  the  de- 
gree of  master  of  laws. 

He  engaged  in  the  general  practice  of  the  law 
and  during  the  ensuing  year  of  1908  took  part  in 
several  noted  criminal  cases  as  attorney  for  the 
defense.  His  work  attracted  the  attention  of  the 
district  attorney,  and  when  a  vacancy  occurred  he 
was  chosen  one  of  the  deputies.  He  joined  the 
district  staff  in  May,  1909. 

Mr.  Veitch  was  one  of  the  deputies  chosen  for 
the  task  of  assisting  the  district  attorney  in  prose- 
cuting the  Los  Angeles  Times  dynamiting  cases. 
This  trial,  owing  to  the  fact  that  the  executives  of 
one  of  the  most  important  labor  unions  were  in- 
volved, attracted  international  attention. 

Mr.  Veitch  is  one  of  the  founders  of  the  Metro- 
politan Club  of  Los  Angeles,  and  belongs  to  a  num- 
ber of  college  and  other  societies. 


FRED  LATIMER 

ATIMER,  FRED,  Real  Estate 
Broker,  Los  Angeles,  Cal.,  is  a  na- 
tive of  Canada,  born  at  Ottawa, 
the  Dominion  capital,  December 
14,  1878.  He  is  the  son  of  Hugh 
Latimer  and  Mary  (Hastey)  Lati 
mer,  both  members  of  old  Canadian  families. 

Mr.  Latimer  was  taken  to  California  by  his  par- 
ents when  he  was  twelve  years  old.  They  first 
located  at  Riverside,  that  State.  He  remained 
there  for  nine  years,  during  which  time  he  at- 
tended the  public  schools,  graduating  from  the 
Riverside  High  School  in  1897. 

In  1899,  removed  to  Los  Angeles,  and  there 
studied  pharmacy.  After  mastering  this  profes- 
sion he,  in  1901,  associated  himself  with  James  V. 
Baldwin  in  the  realty  business  and  they  have  con- 
tinued in  business  together  since  that  time.  The 
firm  has  made  a  specialty  of  subdivisions  in  high- 
class  residence  property,  some  of  the  more  notable 
sections  opened  up  by  them  being  the  West  Adams 
Heights  and  Westmoreland  Heights  tracts.  They 
have  also  traded  extensively  in  the  Wilshire  Boule- 
vard district,  one  of  the  most  beautiful  home  places 
in  the  Southwest,  and  put  on  Wellington  Place, 
Westminster  Place,  Larchmont  Heights  and  Wil- 
shire Heights. 

In  addition  to  his  realty  business  Mr.  Latimer 
is  a  large  fruit  grower.  He  owns  two  fine  ranches 
at  Ontario,  Cal.,  in  the  vicinity  of  Los  Angeles,  and 
grows  oranges  on  a  large  scale.  He  gives  much  of 
his  time  to  this  work  and  is  one  of  the  leading  in- 
dividual growers  in  California.  His  father  also  is  a 
prominent  orange  producer  and  owns  extensive 
groves  throughout  Southern  California. 

Mr.  Latimer  is  a  member  of  the  Jonathan  and 
Los  Angeles  Country  clubs  of  Los  Angeles,  and,  be- 
ing an  enthusiastic  fisherman  is  a  member  of  the 
Tuna  Club,  of  Catalina  Island,  an  organization 
made  up  of  expert  anglers. 


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RASER,  ALEXANDER  ROSBOR- 
OUGH,  Realty  and  Investments, 
Ocean  Park,  Cal.,  was  born  at  St. 
Johns,  N.  B.,  Feb.  1,  1856,  the  son 
of  James  I.  Fraser  and  Leah  (Ros- 
borough)  Fraser.  His  father  was 
a  timber  owner  who  operated  successfully  in  the 
forests  of  Canada  and  Michigan.  Mr.  Fraser  mar- 
ried Appalona  Wedge,  at  Yale,  Mich.,  July  17,  1877, 
and  to  them  were  born  two  daughters  and  a  son, 
the  latter  Earl  Alexander  Fraser,  being  associated 
in  business  with  his  father. 

In  1863  Mr.  Fraser's  parents  moved  to  Michigan, 
where  the  father  was  a  pioneer  timberman.  There 
he  spent  his  boyhood,  working  with  his  father.  In 
1871  a  great  fire  swept  the  timber  regions,  destroy- 
ing two  entire  counties  and  the  Erasers,  with  others, 
lost  everything.  After  this  disaster,  Mr.  Fraser 
stayed  with  his  father  for  five  years,  helping  him  to 
rebuild  his  fortunes,  and  at  the  age  of  twenty  quit 
the  wilderness  to  engage  in  business  for  himself. 

He  located  at  Spring  Hill,  Mich.,  where  he  owned 
and  operated  a  cheese  factory.  After  a  year  there 
he  moved  his  plant  to  Amadore,  Sanilac  County,  at 
the  same  time  opening  an  implement  factory  at 
Yale,  Mich.  This  business  was  in  a  flourishing  con- 
dition when,  in  1881,  that  county  was  destroyed  by 
fire  and  the  farmers  were  wiped  out  financially,  and 
as  they  were  many  of  them  debtors  of  Mr.  Fraser, 
his  business  was  practically  ruined.  His  health  be- 
gan to  fail  about  this  time,  but  he  remained  in  busi- 
ness long  enough  to  help  the  neighborhood  recover 
from  the  effects  of  fire;  then  in  1885  he  sold  out  and 
moved  to  California. 

He  landed  at  Los  Angeles,  March  11,  1885,  and 
almost  immediately  entered  the  real  estate  business 
as  a  member  of  the  firm  of  T.  C.  Narramore  &  Co. 
After  a  year  he  drew  out  and  associated  himself 
with  the  F.  D.  Lanterman  Realty  Co.,  in  which  con- 
nection he  remained  for  about  two  years,  partici- 
pating in  the  opening  of  several  attractive  Los  An- 
geles tracts.  He  then  returned  to  his  former  firm, 
but  after  a  brief  period,  organized  the  A.  R.  Fraser 
Realty  Co.  and  branched  out  alone.  Two  years  he 
operated  singly,  then  took  F.  D.  Lanterman  into 
partnership  under  the  title  of  the  Fraser  &  Lanter- 
man Realty  Co. 

In  1891  he  organized  the  firm  of  Frazer,  Cook  & 
Pearsons,  one  of  the  largest  in  the  city  at  that  time 
and  the  first  real  estate  office  to  be  opened  in  Los 
Angeles  to  the  south  of  the  City  Hall.  Their  offices 
were  then  at  244  Broadway.  The  firm  operated  for 
three  years  and  then  Mr.  Fraser  again  went  into 
business  for  himself.  About  this  time  he  was  ap- 
pointed Secretary  of  the  Street  Commissioner  s  de- 
partment, which  had  charge  of  the  opening  and 
widening  of  many  streets  in  Los  Angeles.  He  con- 
tinued this  work,  in  addition  to  his  own  business, 
until  1900,  when  he  went  to  Ocean  Park. 

This  was  the  turning  point  in  his  career  and  the 
one  which  was  to  place  him  among  the  real  develop- 
ers of  the  Southwest.  For  fifteen  years  the  Santa 
Fe  Railroad  had  been  trying  to  make  a  resort  out 
of  the  tracts  in  the  Santa  Monica  district,  at  what 
is  known  as  Ocean  Park,  but  had  failed  dismally. 
Mr.  Fraser,  associated  with  George  Hart,  then  took 
up  the  Santa  Fe  holdings,  a  tract  of  thirteen  acres 
The  land  was,  for  the  most  part,  barren  sand  dunes. 
There  were  barely  twenty-five  inhabitants  and  the 
total  assessment  on  the  tract  was  $4500. 

Mr.  Fraser  and  his  partner  immediately  set  to 
work  to  build  a  town.  They  laid  out  streets,  in- 
stalled a  sewer  system  and  cut  the  land  up  into 
building  lots.  Within  a  year  the  assessment  on  the 


land  had  jumped  to  $65,000,  with  $50,000  additional 
on  improvements,  mostly  residences. 

In  1902  Mr.  Fraser  added  to  his  holdings  by  the 
purchase  of  the  interest  of  T.  H.  Dudley,  who  owned 
half  of  the  Kinney  lands  on  the  Ocean  Front.  In 
1904  he  purchased  the  Recreation  Gun  Club  tract, 
which  had  an  ocean  frontage  of  4000  feet.  This  was 
bought  for  $135,000,  and  after  it  was  improved  the 
lots  brought  $800,000. 

In  1903  Mr.  Fraser  began  the  real  work  of  mak- 
ing a  great  resort  out  of  Ocean  Park.  At  that  time 
he  built  the  Ocean  Park  Casino,  at  a  cost  of  $35,000, 
and  in  1905  erected  the  Ocean  Park  Bath  House,  a 
magnificent  structure,  costing  $185,000.  In  1906  he 
built  the  Ocean  Park  Auditorium  at  a  cost  exceed- 
ing $100,000,  and  that  same  year  also  put  up  the 
Masonic  Temple  and  the  Decatur  Hotel,  the  former 
costing  $45,000,  the  latter  $80,000. 

The  latest  and  greatest  of  all  Mr.  Fraser's  build- 
ings came  in  the  early  part  of  1911  when  "Fraser's 
Million  Dollar  Pier,"  the  largest  and  finest  structure 
of  its  kind  in  the  world,  was  completed.  It  extends 
1000  feet  over  the  ocean  and  houses  a  multitude  of 
amusements,  including  a  beautiful  dancing  pavilion. 

Besides  these  notable  operations,  Mr.  Fraser 
built  numerous  improvements  in  Ocean  Park,  and  is 
the  man  responsible  for  the  construction  of  the 
cement  promenade  which  joins  Ocean  Park  with 
Venice.  For  many  months  the  project  of  a  board- 
walk between  the  two  cities  had  been  discussed,  and 
Mr.  Fraser,  returning  in  May,  1906,  from  a  tour  of 
the  Orient,  found  matters  shaping  up  for  the  pas- 
sage of  the  ordinance  authorizing  it.  He  proposed 
that  the  promenade  should  be  of  cement,  but  was 
opposed  in  this  idea  by  all  the  Councilmen,  the  May- 
ors of  the  two  cities  and  the  three  newspapers  pub- 
lished in  Venice  and  Ocean  Park.  Born  a  fighter, 
Mr.  Fraser  would  not  back  down,  and  fought  so  hard 
for  his  proposition  that  it  was  finally  adopted,  many 
of  the  Councilmen  voting  for  the  ordinance  against 
their  better  judgment.  Early  in  1907  the  cement 
promenade,  a  mile  and  a  quarter  in  length  and 
thirty  feet  in  width,  was  completed,  and  it  now 
forms  one  of  the  greatest  improvements  of  its  kind 
in  the  world.  Those  who  had  opposed  it  now  admit 
its  economic  and  lasting  advantages. 

This  promenade  not  only  provided  a  modern  link 
between  the  two  resorts,  but  immediately  raised  the 
valuation  on  beach  property  $1,000,000. 

Other  large  properties  opened  by  Mr.  Fraser 
were  the  Ocean  Park  Heights  tract,  and  a  strip  lying 
between  Playa  del  Rey  and  Venice.  He  improved 
these  properties  for  residence  purposes  and  put 
them  on  a  par  with  any  of  the  Southern  California 
localities.  His  interests  are  scattered  over  a  large 
portion  of  the  West,  with  the  nucleus  of  his  holdings 
located  in  the  Ocean  Park  district.  He  has  timber 
interests  in  the  north  of  California  and  possesses 
lands  and  ranch  properties  in  the  Imperial  Valley. 
He  owns  three-fourths  of  the  Ocean  Park  Bath 
House,  two-thirds  of  the  Masonic  Temple,  and  is 
president  of  the  Topango  Improvement  Co.,  which 
possesses  600  acres  north  of  Santa  Monica,  Cal. 

He  is  a  thirty-second  degree  Mason  and  Past 
Master  of  the  Ocean  Park  Lodge,  F.  &  A.  M. ;  a  Mys- 
tic Shriner  and  Past  Grand  Patron  of  the  Eastern 
Star  in  the  State  of  California.  He  also  belongs  to 
the  Elks,  Foresters,  Maccabees,  and  holds  member- 
ships in  the  Jonathan  and  L.  A.  Country  Clubs  of 
Los  Angeles,  and  the  Breakers  Club  of  Ocean  Park. 


EDITOR'S  NOTE — On  September  3,  1912.  Ocean  Park, 
California,  was  visited  by  a.  disastrous  fire  which  destroyed 
the  greater  part  of  the  buildings  owned  by  Mr.  Praser  and 
caused  a  loss  of  several  hundred  thousand  dollars. 


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ANDOLPH,  CLAIBORNE  PRICE 
Live  Stock  and  Contracting,  Los 
Angeles,  California,  was  born  in 
Montgomery  County,  Missouri, 
August  10,  1861,  the  son  of  Fred- 
erick Monroe  Randolph  and  Eliza 
(Hammond)  Randolph.  He  married  Adele  Reyes  in 
Los  Angeles,  March  10,  1895,  and  to  them  there  have 
been  born  five  children,  Mary  Bethel,  Claiborne 
Price,  Jr.,  John,  Irene  and  Lee  Jennings  Randolph. 

Mr.  Randolph's  mother 
died  when  he  was  eighteen 
months  old  and  he  was  reared 
by  fo&ter  parents.  He  worked 
on  the  farm  of  his  foster 
father  until  1876,  at  which 
time  the  family  moved  to 
California,  and  he  has  spent 
the  greater  part  of  his  life 
in  the  latter  State.  He  re- 
ceived his  education  in  the 
public  schools  of  Independ- 
ence, California,  but  the 
principal  part  of  his  training 
he  received  in  the  world  of 
business  and  experience. 

About  the  year  1880,  Mr. 
Randolph,  who  had  worked 
at  various  occupations  for 
about  three  years,  engaged 
in  mining  in  the  Mammoth 
Mining  District  of  Mono 
County,  California,  and  later 
mined  and  prospected  in  the 
region  around  Bodie,  Cal., 
and  Candelaria,  Nev.  He 
gave  up  the  life  in  1881,  how- 
ever, and  went  to  Oakland, 
California,  where  he  became 

a  salesman  for  the  Singer  Manufacturing  Company. 
His  next  connection  was  with  T.  B.  Laycock  & 
Company,  of  Indianapolis,  Ind.,  with  whom  he  re- 
mained four  years,  and  subsequent  to  this  he  was 
in  the  employ  of  J.  W.  Morris,  a  wholesale  and 
retail  grocer  of  Los  Angeles. 

In  1890  Mr.  Randolph  embarked  in  the  contract- 
ing business  and  this  has  been  his  field  practically 
ever  since,  his  work  taking  him  to  various  sec- 
tions of  the  West.  He  began  a&  timekeeper  and 
assistant  manager  for  a  contractor  named  S.  S. 
Watson  and  remained  with  him  for  approximately 
two  years,  being  active  during  that  period  in  vari- 
ous important  building  operations. 

Mr.  Randolph,  in  1891,  was  engaged  in  canal 
building,  being  superintendent  of  construction  of 
the  Tulare  Canal  in  California,  and  completed  the 
work  early  in  1892.  He  then  accepted  a  position 
as  superintendent  for  a  large  contracting  firm  in 
Texas,  being  engaged  in  large  enterprises  in  dif- 
ferent parts  of  the  Lone  Star  State  for  several 
years.  Upon  leaving  Texas  he  went  to  Rantana, 


C.    P.    RANDOLPH 


Arizona,  where  he  was  with  the  Grant  Brothers 
Construction  Company,  engaged  in  railroad  build- 
ing. Other  important  work  of  Mr.  Randolph  in 
Arizona  included  the  building  of  the  Gila  Canal, 
a  large  irrigation  project.  He  began  on  this  work 
as  camp  boss  and  finished  as  superintendent  of 
construction.  For  two  years  after  the  completion 
of  this  enterprise  Mr.  Randolph  worked  for  a  con- 
tracting firm,  and  in  1895  embarked  in  business  for 
himself,  as  contractor  in  grade  construction.  He 
met  with  success  from  the 
outset  and  during  the  nine 
years  of  his  activity  he  fig- 
ured in  a  great  deal  of  de- 
velopment work  in  the  South. 
In  1904  Mr.  Randolph  took 
a  position  in  the  Department 
of  Streets  of  the  City  of  Los 
Angeles  and  remained  about 
a  year,  returning  at  the  end 
of  that  time  to  his  own  busi- 
ness. His  work  since  that 
time  has  been  principally  in 
the  improvement  of  real  es- 
tate tracts  in  and  around 
Los  Angeles,  his  operations 
including  a  large  amount  of 
work  at  Venice  and  Ocean 
Park,  Cal.,  two  seashore  cit- 
ies; Alamitos  Bay  and  vari- 
ous residence  tracts  in  the 
city  proper. 

Mr.  Randolph  also  was  an 
active  factor  in  the  improve- 
ment of  Imperial  Valley,  Cal., 
where  he  owns  a  farm  and  is 
interested  in  live  stock,  hav- 
ing a  great  many  head  of  val- 
uable mules.  He  has  devoted 

considerable  time  to  the  raising  of  these  animals. 
Since  1908  a  large  part  of  his  business  has  consisted 
of  renting  mules  to  grading  contractors  and  others. 
The  real  estate  operations  of  Mr.  Randolph  in- 
cluded the  subdivision  and  improvement  of  the 
Venice  Park  Tract  near  Los  Angeles,  he  having 
opened  it  up  and  personally  financed  it. 

Mr.  Randolph's  success  in  life  has  been  brought 
about  through  his  close  application  to  duty  and  an 
ever-present  ambition  to  improve  himself  by  study, 
and  he  has  given  the  benefit  of  his  experience  to 
other  young  men  through  the  medium  of  books 
and  correspondence.  He  is  the  author  of  a  unique 
analytical  work  entitled  "Randolph's  Cost  of  Con- 
struction, Contractors'  and  Engineers'  Guide,"  in 
the  writing  of  which  he  devoted  nearly  four  years. 
In  this  work  Mr.  Randolph  shows  the  exact  cost  of 
materials  and  building,  with  the  value  of  every 
known  implement  used  in  the  construction,  and  also 
has  made  a  careful  analysis  of  the  working  value  of 
a  man,  as  compared  with  that  of  animals. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Gamut  Club. 


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'DONALD,  PATRICK  JOS- 
EPH, Manufacturer  and  Con- 
tractor, Los  Angeles,  Cali- 
fornia, was  born  in  Ireland, 
St.  Patrick's  Day,  1863.  His 
father  was  Lawrence  McDonald  and  his 
mother  Margaret  (Foley)  McDonald.  He 
married  Carrie  Louise  Mann  at  Fresno,  Cali- 
fornia, January  28,  1891,  and  to  them  have 
been  born  four  children, 
Lawrence  Earl,  Ethel 
May,  Jennie  Beal  and 
David  Eugene  McDonald. 
He  attended  the  Na- 
tional School  of  Ireland 
for  three  years  and  fol- 
lowed that  with  eight 
years  at  St.  Michael's 
College,  at  New  Ross, 
County  Wexford.  H  i  s 
textbook  education  fin- 
ished, he  left  college  and 
became  an  apprentice  in 
the  carpenter  and  con- 
tracting business.  After 
four  years  of  service  he 
received  his  license  as  a 
competent  artisan  and  be- 
gan work  when  he  was 
eighteen  years  of  age. 

Soon  after  he  became 
a  licensed  workman,  Mr. 
McDonald  bade  farewell 
to  the  Emerald  Isle  and 
sailed  across  the  sea  to 
America.  He  first  located 
in  Chicago,  Illinois,  going 


p.  j.  MCDONALD 


to  work  in  1881  for  a  building  firm  known 
as  Hennessy  Brothers.  With  them  he  re- 
mained three  years,  then  quit  the  construc- 
tion end  of  his  trade  to  learn  mill  work. 

He  was  employed  in  the  mill  of  Campbell 
Brothers,  Chicago,  and  stayed  with  them 
three  years,  the  last  twelve  months  of  which 
he  was  foreman  of  the  cabinet  department 
of  the  plant. 

With  six  years  of  actual  experience  in  all 
branches  of  the  business,  Mr.  McDonald 
went  to  the  great  Southwest.  He  located  in 
San  Diego,  California,  where  he  obtained  em- 
ployment with  the  L.  A.  Fitch  Company, 
builders,  of  that  city.  He  stayed  with  them 
two  years,  and  was  foreman  of  construction 
and  superintendent  of  the  mill  department. 

Upon  leaving  Fitch  and  San  Diego,  in 
1889,  he  went  to  Fresno,  California,  where 
he  was  put  in  the  dual  position  of  foreman 
and  estimator  for  the  Mechanics'  Planing 


Mill  Company,  in  which  capacities  he  con- 
tinued for  three  years.  From  Fresno  Mr. 
McDonald  moved  to  Madera,  California, 
where  he  was  given  the  superintendency  of 
the  Madera  Flume  and  Trading  Company. 
He  was  in  charge  of  the  factory  and  yards  of 
the  company  for  two  years,  but  in  1895  he 
was  offered  the  post  of  superintendent  and 
estimator  for  the  San  Pedro  Lumber  Com- 
pany, at  San  Pedro,  Cali- 
fornia, one  of  the  largest 
lumber  receiving  ports  in 
the  United  States  and 
the  place  where  Los  An- 
geles gets  an  outlet  to  the 
sea.  He  became  an  im- 
portant factor  in  the 
business  of  the  lumber 
company  and  remained 
there  for  five  years. 

In  1900  Mr.  McDon- 
ald bought  the  Los  An- 
geles Planing  Mill  Com- 
pany. He  is  president 
and  general  manager  and 
his  wife  is  vice  president. 
For  five  years  after  he 
purchased  it  the  company 
operated  in  a  small  plant, 
but  in  1905  a  reincorpora- 
tion  was  effected  with 
$200,000  capital  and  him- 
self and  family  as  sole 
owners  ;  a  new  mill, 
equipped  with  modern 
machinery  and  covering 
sixty  thousand  square 


feet,  was  completed  and  the  business  moved. 
Under  Mr.  McDonald's  management  it  has 
become  one  of  the  most  important  industrial 
concerns  in  Southern  California. 

Four  years  ago  Mr.  McDonald  added  a 
general  building  and  contracting  department 
to  his  business,  and  today  numerous  beauti- 
ful residences  and  public  buildings  stand  to 
the  credit  of  the  firm. 

Mr.  McDonald  is  active  in  trade  circles, 
being  a  member  of  the  Master  Builders' 
Association,  Builders'  Exchange,  Credit 
Men's  Association,  Merchants  and  Manufac- 
turers' Association,  Southern  California  Mill 
Owners'  Association  and  the  Los  Angeles 
Chamber  of  Commerce. 

He  holds  memberships  in  the  Elks,  the 
Jonathan  Club  and  the  Newman  Club  of 
Los  Angeles;  he  is  also  a  member  of  the 
Knights  of  Columbus  and  the  Ancient  Order 
of  Hibernians. 


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OLLARD,  JOHN  WESLEY,  Physi- 
cian and  Surgeon,  Los-  Angeles, 
California,  was  born  in  Oakland, 
Illinois,  July  8,  1860,  the  son  of 
George  W.  Pollard  and  Elizabeth 
(Hoard)  Pollard.  He  is  of  Eng- 
lish descent,  his  grandfather  having  settled  in  Mass- 
achusetts in  the  eaily  part  of  the  nineteenth  cen- 
tury. His  father,  however,  migrated  to  Illinois.  Dr. 
Pollard  married  Elinor  Caldwell  at  St.  Johns,  Michi- 
gan, March  29,  1891. 

Dr.  Pollard's  mother  died 
when  he  was  six  years  of  age 
and  he  lost  his  father  when 
he  was  twelve.  He  received 
his  primary  education  in  the 
public  schools  of  Newman 
and  Tuscola,  Illinois,  follow- 
ing this  with  attendance  at 
an  Academy  in  Paris,  Illinois-. 
He  was  graduated  from  there 
in  1881  and  for  approximately 
three  years  and  a  half  after 
leaving  school  was  engaged 
in  teaching.  He  then  took  up 
the  study  of  medicine  at  the 
Cincinnati  College  of  Medi- 
cine and  Surgery  (now  the 
Medical  Department  of  the 
University  of  Cincinnati),  and 
in  1889  was  graduated  with 
the  degree  of  Doctor  of  Medi- 
cine. 

Practically  every  year 
since  his  graduation  and  de- 
spite the  fact  that  he  has  be- 
come one  of  the  succes&ful 
practitioners  of  the  West, 
Dr.  Pollard  has  taken  post 
graduate  work  in  some  special  line  of  his  profes- 
sion. In  1891  he  went  to  the  Chicago  Polyclinic 
College  and  Hospital;  in  1893  and  in  1907  he  at- 
tended the  Post  Graduate  Medical  College  and 
Hospital  at  Chicago;  in  1899  he  took  a  special 
course  at  the  Chicago  Post  Graduate  School  of 
Gynecology  and  Abdominal  Surgery,  and  at  other 
times-  he  has  taken  up  other  special  subjects,  devot- 
ing a  part  of  each  year  to  work  in  some  large  medi- 
cal institution  of  the  East.  In  this  way  he  has  kept 
abreast  of  practically  every  important  advance 
made  in  his  profession  by  the  famous  surgeons  of 
the  Eastern  institutions. 

Following  his  graduation  in  1889,  Dr.  Pollard  lo- 
cated in  St.  Johns,  Michigan,  and  there  opened  pri- 
vate practice.  He  remained  there  from  that  time 
until  1902,  and  during  the  greater  part  of  that  pe- 
riod was  looked  upon  as  the  leader  of  the  profession 
there.  In  addition  to  his  private  practice,  he  was 
honored  at  various  times  with  public  or  semi-public 
offices.  For  instance  he  served  as  City  Health  Of- 
ficer of  St.  Johns  and  also  as  County  Physician.  In 


DR.  J.  W.  POLLARD 


1894  he  was  appointed  United  States  Pension  Ex- 
aminer for  Michigan  and  held  this  post  for  approxi- 
mately three  years.  He  also  was  the  delegate  from 
Michigan  one  year  to  the  meeting  of  the  American 
Medical  As&ociation  when  it  held  its  sessions  in 
Milwaukee,  Wisconsin. 

In  1902,  after  about  twelve  years  of  successful 
work  in  St.  Johns,  Dr.  Pollard  decided  to  move  to 
the  Pacific  Coast  and  accordingly  he  located  at  Los 
Angeles,  where  he  has  continued  the  succes&ful 
career  he  had  already  begun 
in  Michigan.  Since  his  ar- 
rival in  the  Southern  Cali- 
fornia metropolis,  Dr.  Pollard 
has  won  a  leading  position 
among  the  members  of  his 
profession  and  is  today  re- 
garded as  one  of  the  mo&t  ex- 
pert surgeons  in  the  country, 
making  a  specialty  of  gyne- 
cology  and  abdominal  sur- 
gery. 

In  addition  to  his  private 
practice,  Dr.  Pollard  is  a 
stockholder  in  the  Clara  Bar- 
ton Hospital  of  Los  Angeles 
and  the  Los  Angeles  Fire  In- 
surance Company,  being  Sur- 
geon of  the  former  institu- 
tion. 

He  has  performed  innum- 
erable successful  operations 
and  also  has  been  a  liberal 
contributor  to  the  scientific 
and  professional  journals, 
having  written  various  pa- 
pers dealing  with  gynecology. 
Dr.  Pollard  has  never  tak- 
en any  active  part  in  political 
affairs,  but  has-  at  all  times  been  a  staunch  sup- 
porter of  the  policies  of  the  Democratic  party. 

Dr.  Pollard  is  one  of  the  best  known  men  in 
Los  Angeles,  an  ardent  advocate  of  athletics  and 
outdoor  life  and  is  noted  for  his  perpetual  good 
humor.  His  circle  of  friends  is  extensive,  not  only 
in  professional  ranks,  but  among  laymen  as  well. 

Keenly  interested  in  all  matters  connected  with 
the  advance  of  his  profession,  Dr.  Pollard  is  active 
in  the  affairs  of  various  important  professional  and 
technical  organizations.  His  memberships  include 
the  American  Association  of  Life  Insurance  Exam- 
ining Surgeons.  His  fraternal  affiliations  include 
the  Benevolent  and  Protective  Order  of  Elks,  Odd 
Fellows,  Modern  Woodmen  of  America,  and 
Knights  of  Pythias. 

For  many  years  of  his  residence  in  Michigan,  Dr. 
Pollard  was  a  member  of  the  State  National  Guard, 
being  Surgeon  of  -the  2nd  Regiment,  Infantry. 

Dr.  Pollard,  who  resides  at  the  Hotel  Lanker- 
shim,  has  acted  as  House  Physician  there  since  his 
residence  in  Los  Angeles. 


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VERILL,  GEORGE  ED- 
WARD, Oil  and  Oil  Land 
Operator,  Los  Angeles,  Cal., 
is  a  native  of  Iowa,  being 
born  at  Fairfield,  that  state, 

1864.  His  parents  were 
and  Anna  S.  (Wells) 


22, 

S.    Averill 


October 
Norman 
Averill. 

On  April  26,  1896,  Mr.  Averill  was  mar- 
ried   to    Miss    Mamie    E. 
Williams  at  Los  Angeles. 
They  have  one  son,  Nor- 
man W.  Averill. 

Mr.  Averill  came  with 
his  parents  to  California 
in  1879,  and  settled  first 
at  Garden  Grove,  coming 
to  Los  Angeles  in  1880. 

He  attended  the  Los 
Angeles  High  school  up 
to  1882,  when  he  entered 
the  service  of  the  Pacific 
Telephone  and  Telegraph 
Company,  and  became  the 
second  manager  for  the 
company  in  Los  Angeles. 

On  leaving  the  employ 
of  the  telephone  company 
Mr.  Averill  secured  a  po- 
sition with  the  firm  of  W. 
C.  Furrey  Company, 
hardware  merchants, 
then  at  159-169  North 
Spring  street,  where  he 
learned  bookkeeping  un- 
der the  tutelage  of  Mr* 
P.  H.  Lemmert;  in  1885 


GEORGE  E.  AVERILL 


August,  1905,  he  was  made  the  sales  agent 
for  the  Associated  Oil  Company,  his  terri- 
tory being  Southern  California,  with  head- 
quarters in  the  Pacific  Electric  Building. 

This  position  Mr.  Averill  held  with  un- 
varying and  technical  knowledge  to  as  good 
advantage  for  himself  as  could  any  one  else, 
so  he  went  into  business  as  an  oil  broker, 
selling  oil  lands  and  leases  as  a  broker,  and 
has  continued  ever 
since,  though  acquiring 
interests  in  several  com- 
panies. Mr.  Averill,  by 
straightforward  and  hon- 
est methods,  and  by  de- 
manding the  same  oi 
those  with  whom  he 
deals,  enjoys  the  confi- 
dence of  the  oil  magnates 
of  this  region  and  of  San 
Francisco. 

His  careful  considera- 
tion and  long  experience 
in  the  oil  business  in  the 
various  fields  of  Califor- 
n  i  a  has  enabled  Mr. 
Averill  to  be  recognized 
as  a  thoroughly  reliable 
man  and  whose  good 
judgment  in  matters  per- 
taining to  oil  lands  is 
recognized  by  the  pros- 
pective investor  as  well  as 
by  the  oil  men. 

Mr.  Averill  has  been 
successful  in  closing  a 
number  of  deals  on  oil 


he  became  an  employe  of  the  Germain  Fruit 
Company,  and  in  November  of  that  year  he 
took  full  charge  of  the  books  of  that  large 
concern,  and  was  the  firm's  bookkeeper  and 
then  cashier  until  1894,  when  he  was  placed 
in  charge  of  the  office  work  of  the  Porter 
Brothers  of  Chicago,  in  their  Los  Angeles 
and  Sacramento  offices,  remaining  five  years 
with  this  concern. 

In  1898  Mr.  Averill  joined  forces  with 
the  Earl  Fruit  Company  in  Sacramento  and 
Los  Angeles,  having  full  charge  of  their  ma- 
terial department,  purchasing  the  supplies 
of  box  and  packing  material  and  distribut- 
ing the  same  to  the  various  shipping 
agencies. 

In  1902  Mrs.  Averill's  health  became  af- 
fected, and  it  was  thought  best  to  move  to 
San  Francisco,  where  Mr.  Averill  entered  the 
employ  of  the  J.  K.  Armsby  Company, 
where  he  remained  for  three  years,  and  in 


properties  in  the  past  two  years,  all  of  which 
have  been  good  money  makers  for  the  pur- 
chasers. - 

He  came  to  California  with  his  father, 
mother  and  brother.  His  brother,  John  M. 
Averill,  was  drowned  in  1882  in  the  reservoir 
in  East  Los  Angeles,  just  east  of  what  is 
known  as  the  Indian  Village;  his  father,  N. 
S.  Averill,  was  for  fourteen  years  prior  to  his 
death,  in  January,  1911,  secretary  of  the 
Board  of  Education  of  the  City  of  Los  An- 
geles, and  left  a  heritage  of  fair  name  and 
sincerity  that  no  money  could  buy. 

Mr.  Averill's  mother  has  been  connected 
with  the  schools,  and  various  educational  and 
literary  institutions  of  the  city,  as  teacher, 
principal,  superintendent,  and  finally  was 
member  of  the  Board  of  Education  and  hon- 
orary member  of  nearly  all  of  the  clubs  and 
societies  of  the  city,  and  was,  as  well,  a 
founder  of  the  Los  Angeles  Y.  W.  C.  A. 


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OOK,  CARROLL,  Attorney.  Ex- 
Judge  of  the  Superior  Court,  San 
Francisco,  California,  was  born 
in  that  city  January  15,  1855,  the 
son  of  Elisha  Cook,  and  William- 
etta  (Hoff)  Cook  of  New  York 
City.  His  paternal  ancestors  were  Hollanders,  and 
the  maternal  English  and  German. 

He  comes  of  a  family  of  lawyers,  his  father 
having  been  one  of  the  celebrated  practitioners  in 
New  York  State  and  California,  while  the  latter's 
two  brothers,  Eli  and  Josiah  Cook,  attained  dis- 
tinction as  the  leaders  of  the  bar  of  Buffalo,  New 
York.  Following  in  the  footsteps  of  their  father 
and  uncles,  Judge  Cook  and  his  brother,  William 
Hoff  Cook,  have  long  been  among  the  honored 
members  of  the  bar  of  San  Francisco. 

Judge  Cook  has  been  twice  married,  his  first 
wife  being  Lena  Stow,  daughter  of  the  Hon.  W. 
W.  Stow  of  San  Francisco,  and  of  that  union  there 
were  born  two  daughters,  Elsie  and  Houston  Cook. 
Mrs.  Cook  died  in  March,  1899,  and  on  April  10, 
1901,  he  married  a  second  time,  his  wife  being 
Bessie  Grim,  daughter  of  A.  K.  Grim  of  Alameda 
County,  California. 

Judge  Cook  received  his  first  mental  training 
in  the  well-known  private  school  of  George  Bates 
in  San  Francisco.  In  1870,  when  he  was  fifteen 
years  of  age,  he  left  the  Boys'  High  School  to  enter 
the  St.  Augustine  Academy  at  Benicia,  but  was 
obliged  by  the  death  of  his  father  to  leave  six 
months  before  graduation. 

For  two  years  he  was  occupied  as  a  clerk, 
and  then  went  to  Union  College,  Schenectady,  New 
York,  for  a  year,  at  the  end  of  which  period  he 
moved  to  Buffalo,  where  he  began  the  practical 
study  of  law  in  the  office  of  his  uncle,  Josiah 
Cook,  at  that  time  one  of  the  noted  attorneys  of 
New  York  State.  Returning  to  California,  he  con- 
tinued his  studies  under  the  observant  eyes  of 
Judge  Delos  Lake,  and  in  1874  was  admitted  to 
the  bar  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  California. 

The  following  year  he  began  active  practice, 
which  he  continued  with  encouraging  success  until 
1884,  when  he  was  appointed  First  Assistant  United 
States  Attorney  for  the  term  of  four  years.  This 
post  he  resigned  in  1888  and  resumed  his  private 
practice  until  1896,  in  which  year  he  was  elected 
Judge  of  the  Superior  Court  of  California.  At  the 
end  of  his  first  term  of  six  years  he  was  re-elected 
for  six  years  more,  and  on  the  expiration  of  this 
second  term — January  1,  1909,  he  again  became  a 
private  in  the  legal  ranks,  and  has  been  fighting 
hard  therein  ever  since. 

Judge  Cook's  official  career,  as  well  as  his 
practice,  has  been  lime-lighted  by  cases  whose 
dramatic  and  legal  interest  have  attracted  national, 
if  not  worldwide,  attention.  In  the  famous  trial 
of  Cordelia  Botkin  he  rendered  the  first  decision 
for  a  crime  committed  in  two  States,  a  ruling 


which  the  United  States  Supreme  Court  upheld. 
Mrs.  Botkin  was  tried  and  convicted  of  sending 
poisoned  candy  to  Mrs.  John  Dunning  and  her  sis- 
ter, of  Wilmington,  Delaware,  the  two  women 
dying  as  the  result  of  eating  the  drugged  sweets. 
The  case  was  one  of  the  most  noted  in  the  crimi- 
nal annals  of  the  country  and  extended  over  a  long 
period  of  time.  But  at  the  conclusion  of  all  the 
litigation  the  woman  was  finally  sentenced  to 
serve  out  her  life  as  a  prisoner.  She  was  confined 
in  the  San  Francisco  County  Jail  until  the  earth- 
quake of  1906,  at  which  time  she  was  transferred  to 
San  Quentin  Penitentiary,  where  she  died. 

In  the  case  of  the  "Gas  Pipe  Thugs"  one  culprit 
pleaded  guilty,  and  Judge  Cook  sentenced  him  to 
the  gallows  without  a  jury  trial.  Again  the  Ap- 
pellate Court  affirmed  him.  He  also  sentenced  to 
death  the  "criminal  of  the  century,"  Theodore 
Durrant,  in  the  notorious  belfry  murder  trial.  Dur- 
rant  was  convicted  in  November,  1895,  of  killing 
two  young  women,  and  his  trial  was  one  of  the 
most  celebrated  in  the  history  of  the  country.  He 
fought  desperately,  but  finally  was  hanged  in  1898. 
after  three  years  of  litigation. 

In  the  famous  case  of  John  McNulty,  who  had 
received  the  death  penalty  from  the  Superior  Court, 
and  for  whom  the  gallows  had  been  erected  eight 
different  times,  Judge  Cook  acting  a&  his  counsel, 
stayed  the  execution  and  finally  carried  the  case  to 
the  Supreme  Court  of  the  United  States  where  he 
saved  his  client's  neck  by  securing  him  a  term  of 
six  years  in  the  Penitentiary. 

It  has  been  often  presumed  that  the  judicial 
mind  is  of  a  fiber  different  from  that  of  the  bar- 
rister, that  the  qualities  which  make  for  success 
on  the  bench  are  opposed  to  those  required  at  the 
bar.  To  this  rule,  however,  if  it  be  one,  the  career 
of  Carroll  Cook  is  a  shining  exception.  His  record 
as  Judge  and  advocate  has  made  an  indelible 
impression  on  the  legal  history  of  California. 

Endowed  with  unusual  analytical  ability,  and  be- 
ing a  clear  thinker,  Judge  Cook  was  enabled  to 
solve  rapidly  and  sharply  the  problems  which  pre- 
sented themselves  to  him  in  his  service  as  a  jurist. 

Since  his  retirement  from  the  bench  Judge 
Cook's  practice  has  been  confined  largely  to  the 
defense  of  the  accused.  With  his  rapidly  expand- 
ing clientele,  and  his  duties  as  chief  counsel  of  the 
Chinese  Six  Companies  and  other  large  corpora- 
tions, Judge  Cook  has  been  one  of  the  most  active 
attorneys-  in  practice  at  the  Bar  of  California. 

He  finds  relaxation  in  the  management  of  his 
beautiful  ranch  of  1700  acres,  in  Sonoma  County, 
where  he  raises  blooded  hogs  and  cattle — "blue 
ribbon  winners"  at  the  live  stock  shows. 

Judge  Cook  i&  a  member  of  the  Union  League 
Club  of  San  Francisco,  and  is  a  prominent  figure 
in  fraternal  circles,  being  a  member  of  the  Scottish 
Rite  Masons,  Knights  Templar,  Order  of  Eastern 
Star,  Fraternal  Order  of  Eagles  and  the  Druids. 


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G.   A.   DAVIDSON 

AVIDSON,  GILBERT  AUBREY, 
Banker,  San  Diego,  Cal.,  was  born 
in  Kentville,  N.  S.,  June  21,  1S6S, 
the  son  of  George  A.  Davidson  and 
Eliza  (Palmeter)  Davidson.  He 
married  Rosetta  Harben  at  Los 
Angeles,  Cal.,  Oct.  21,  1896.  They  have  a  son, 
G.  A.  Davidson,  Jr.  He  is  descended  of  one  of  the 
Colonial  Governors  of  Massachusetts. 

Mr.  Davidson  was  educated  in  Kings  County 
Academy,  Nova  Scotia,  and  in  1886  moved  to  San 
Diego,  Cal.  He  became  head  bookkeeper  for  the 
Santa  Fe  Railroad  and  in  1888  was  appointed 
Cashier  and  Paymaster  at  Los  Angeles.  In  1905 
he  became  Auditor  for  the  Santa  Fe  coast  lines. 

Resigning  in  May,  1907,  Mr.  Davidson  went  to 
San  Diego  and  there  organized  the  Southern  Trust 
&  Savings  Bank,  a  corporation  capitalized  at  $250,- 
000,  he  being  President.  The  bank  was  licensed 
for  business  July  1,  1907,  and  on  Oct.  1,  1907,  began 
business  with  deposits  of  $278,515.24.  Within  a 
year  the  deposits  had  nearly  tripled,  and  on  April 
18,  1912,  about  four  and  a  half  years  after  the  bank 
had  opened,  the  deposits  amounted  to  $2,020,919.51, 
a  total  increase  of  nearly  700  per  cent. 

Mr.  Davidson  was  elected  President  of  the  San 
Diego  Chamber  of  Commerce  in  1909  and  during 
that  year  originated  various  progressive  projects, 
among  them  the  Panama  California  Exposition. 
The  citizens  raised  several  million  dollars  for  this 
project,  and  Mr.  Davidson,  as  Second  Vice  Presi- 
dent and  Chairman  of  the  Executive  Committee  of 
the  Panama  California  Exposition  Company,  has 
been  one  of  the  enthusiastic  workers  for  the  suc- 
cess of  the  great  fair  in  San  Diego  in  1915. 

Mr.  Davidson  is  President  of  the  Y.  M.  C.  A., 
Trustee  of  the  First  Presbyterian  Church  and  a 
member  of  the  Cuyamaca  Club,  San  Diego  Country 
Club,  University  Club,  Order  of  Panama,  B.  P.  O. 
Elks  and  the  San  Diego  Aero  Club. 


HON.  R.  H.  DOW 

OW,  ROSCOE  H.,  Mayor,  Santa 
Monica,  Cal.,  was  born  in  Canter- 
bury, New  Brunswick  Province, 
Canada,  Jan.  26,  1873,  son  of  John 
Wesley  and  Hattie  (Tibbetts) 
Dow.  He  married  Nellie  K.  Gil- 
lard  at  Bay  City,  Mich.,  Oct.  19,  1903. 

Mr.  Dow  spent  his  early  life  in  Booth  Bay,  Me., 
and  attended  the  public  schools  there  until  he  was 
twelve  years  old,  when  his-  father,  who  was  in  the 
lumber  business,  moved  to  Bay  City,  Mich.  There 
he  attended  public  school  and  business  college,  later 
spending  two  years  at  Olivet  College  (Mich.). 

In  1891,  Mr.  Dow  entered  the  employ  of  his 
father,  who  was  superintendent  of  a  large  1  amber 
concern,  and  remained  in  that  business  about  two 
years.  He  was  appointed  Deputy  City  Clerk  of  Bay 
City  when  19  years  of  age,  serving  four  years,  and 
also  held  a  commission  as  Game  Warden  of  Bay 
County,  Mich.  In  1894  he  was  elected  Justice  of  the 
Peace,  being  the  youngest  judicial  officer  in  the 
State  at  that  time.  He  served  the  State  in  several 
capacities  during  the  administration  of  Gov.  Pingree. 

In  1903  he  moved  to  Santa  Monica,  Cal.,  and  en- 
tered the  employ  of  the  Southwest  Warehouse  Co., 
later  becoming  local  Mgr.  there.  He  was  with  them 
about  six  years.  In  1907,  he  was  elected  to  the  City 
Council  and  re-elected  two  years  later,  serving  sec- 
ond term  as  Pres.  of  Council.  In  Nov.,  1911,  he  was 
elected  Mayor  of  Santa  Monica  as  an  independent 
candidate,  and  appointed  an  Advisory  Board  of 
seven  women  to  aid  in  the  city  government. 

Aside  from  his  political  activities,  Mayor  Dow  is 
interested  in  several  bu&iness  concerns,  among 
them  the  Santa  Monica  Home  Builders  and  the 
Rose  Spring  Valley  Water  Co.,  of  Inyo  County,  Cal., 
in  both  of  which  he  is  a  Director.  He  was  one  of 
the  original  advocates  of  the  famous  Santa  Monica 
automobile  road  race,  an  annual  event. 

He  is  a  Mason,  Mystic  Shriner  and  Elk. 


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HON.  WM.  R.  HERVEY 

ERVEY,  WILLIAM  RHODES, 
Banker,  Los  Angeles,  Cal.,  was 
born  in  Somerville,  Tenn.,  March 
26,  1870,  the  son  of  William 
Blount  Hervey  and  Joanna 
(Rhodes)  Hervey.  He  married 
Browning  Clarke  at  Los  Angeles,  June  1,  1907,  and 
has  one  son,  Rhodes  Browning  Hervey. 

Judge  Hervey  attended  Central  Collegiate  In- 
stitute, at  Altus,  Ark.,  and  the  high  school  at  Mor- 
rillton,  Ark.  He  was  graduated  from  the  Univer- 
sity of  Arkansas  in  1890  with  the  degrees  of  A.  B. 
and  B.  S.,  and  from  the  law  dept.,  University  of 
Michigan,  in  1894,  with  the  degree  of  LL.  B. 

In  1887  Judge  Hervey  moved  to  Santa  Ana,  Cal- 
ifornia, with  his  family,  and  after  graduation  was 
admitted  to  the  Bar  (Sept.  1,  1894)  at  Los  Angeles-, 
where  he  has  remained  since.  He  made  a  specialty 
of  corporation,  banking  and  probate  practice  until 
he  was  elected  Judge  of  the  Superior  Court  of  Los 
Angeles  County,  serving  from  Feb.  1,  1909,  until 
January,  1911,  when,  upon  retiring  from  the  bench, 
was  elected  Vice  President  of  the  Los  Angeles 
Tru&t  &  Savings  Bank  and  Manager  of  the  Trust 
Department,  an  office  requiring  technical  legal 
training  and  a  knowledge  of  banking  theory  and 
practice.  Prior  to  affiliating  with  this-  bank,  Judge 
Hervey  had  served  as  Pres.,  American  Savings 
Bank  of  Los  Angeles,  First  Vice  Pres.,  American 
National  Bank;  Dir.,  Merchants'  Bank  &  Trust  Co.; 
Dir.,  Citizens'  National  Bank,  and  a  member,  Exec. 
Com.,  L.  A.  Clearing  House  Ass'n. 

Judge  Hervey,  outside  hie-  vocation,  has  special- 
ized in  the  study  of  Roman  Law  and  History,  Gov- 
ernmental Finance  and  the  French  Revolution.  He 
served  three  years  as  Secretary  of  the  L.  A.  Bar 
Ass'n.  and  during  1902-03  as  a  Tru&tee. 

He  is  a  Thirty-third  degree  Mason  and  a  mem- 
ber of  the  L.  A.  Co-mtry  Club,  California,  Jonathan 
and  University  Clubs. 


A.  R.  BAUM 

AUM,  ALEXANDER  ROBERT, 
Attorney,  San  Francisco,  Califor- 
nia; born  there  May  G,  1865,  son 
of  Charles  and  Eliza  (Schleiden) 
Baum,  '49ers.  Married  July  31, 
1888,  to  Louise  Scott  at  Healds- 
burg,  Cal.  Children:  Charles  and  Ethel  (twins, 
Ethel  died  1909);  Alexander  Newcomb,  Dorothy 
Louise  and  Robert  Scott  Baum.  Grandnephew  of 
Dr.  Rcdolph  Schleiden,  minister  of  Hanseatic 
League  during  Lincoln's  administration. 

Primary  schooling  at  Bates'  Academy,  S.  F.; 
when  8  years  old  was  sent  to  Germany,  attending 
the  gymnasium  at  Freiburg;  later  in  Karlsruhe, 
Baden.  Returned  September,  1881;  entered  Uni- 
versity of  California  for  short  term;  then  prepared 
at  Bates'  Gymnasium  for  Harvard,  which  univer- 
sity he  entered  in  the  class  of  '87,  remaining 
through  Junior  year,  when  called  home  on  account 
of  his  father's  illness. 

At  Harvard  was  a  member  of  his  class  crew  and 
later  of  'Varsity  crew.  Member  of  Delta  Kappa 
Epsilon  Fraternity  and  Hasty  Pudding  Club. 

In  1886-87  studied  law  in  office  of  Van  Ness-  & 
Roche  till  admitted  to  practice  by  Supreme  Court 
in  May,  1S88.  In  1896  entered  into  partnership  with 
T.  E.  K.  Cormac  and  Denis  Donohoe,  Jr.,  under  firm 
name  of  Cormac  &  Donohoe  &  Baum,  attorneys  for 
H.  B.  M.  Consul  General  and  various  foreign  and 
domestic  corporations.  After  eight  years  withdrew 
from  firm.  In  earthquake,  190G,  seriously  injured  in 
collapsing  building  and  compelled  to  give  up  all 
work  for  one  year.  Saffered  serious  property  losses-. 
Since  Fall,  1907,  practiced  alone.  Nominated  for 
the  Legislature  in  1890  and  served  several  terms  on 
Executive  Com.,  Democratic  State  Central  Com. 

After  the  fire  resigned  from  Pacific  Union  and 
other  clubs  about  the  Bay;  is  member,  Sutter  Club, 
Sacramento,  and  life  member,  Press  Club,  San 
Francisco,  and  of  Society  of  Cal.  Pioneers. 


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TRATTON,  HOWARD 
CLARENCE,  Oil  and  Mining 
Operator,  San  Francisco,  was 
born  in  Cadiz,  Ohio,  September 
14,  1861,  the  son  of  Howard 
Whittlesey  and  Mary  (White)  Stratton.  On 
the  paternal  side  of  the  house  he  comes  of  an 
old  English  family,  authentic  records  of  which 
date  back  to  the  fourteenth  century,  and  whose 
American  descendants  were 
among  the  early  colonists 
of  Virginia,  Long  Island, 
Massachusetts,  Connecticut 
and  New  Jersey.  His  ma- 
ternal ancestors,  who  were 
originally  Welsh,  settled  in 
Pennsylvania.  The  first  of 
the  Strattons  to  reach 
America  came  to  Virginia 
in  the  Spring  of  1628, 
Joseph  Stratton  by  name, 
bringing  with  him  his  grant 
of  land  of  500  acres.  The 
following  year  he  was  a 
member  of  the  House  of 
Burgesses.  A  great  many 
of  the  name  Stratton  saw 
military  service  in  the  Co- 
lonial wars,  the  French  and 
Indian  war  and  in  the  War 
of  the  Revolution,  most  of 
them  as  officers.  Mr.  How- 
ard Stratton's  grandfather, 
William  Obediah  Stratton, 
only  son  of  William  and 
Mary  Ann  (Howard) 
Stratton,  was  born  in  Balti- 
more, Md.,  and  was  one  of  the  first  settlers  of 
Ohio,  a  clergyman  by  occupation.  Another 
American  ancestor  of  note  was  Elisha  Whit- 
tlesey, Controller  of  the  United  States  Treasury 
under  Lincoln. 

On  April  12,  1882,  Mr.  H.  C.  Stratton  was 
married  in  Portland,  Ore.,  to  Miss  Cora  Alice 
Cox,  and  is  the  father  of  Vivien  S.  (Charles- 
ton) and  Clarence  Melville  Stratton. 

In  1870  Mr.  Stratton  left  the  grammar  school 
of  Warren,  Ohio,  and  from  1870  to  1875 
attended  the  public  schools  of  lola  and  Oswego, 
Kansas.  He  then  moved  to  Albany,  Oregon, 
where  until  1878  he  was  a  student  in  the  Albany 
Collegiate  Institute,  which  he  left  in  that  year 
to  become  a  "devil"  in  a  printing  office  of 
that  town. 

After  following  this  trade  for  about  three 
years  he  decided,  in  1880,  that  there  was  "noth- 
ing in  it"  for  him,  at  least.  He  then  entered 
the  Bureau  of  the  Merchants'  Exchange  of 


H.  C.  STRATTOX 


Portland,  Oregon,  and  through  1880-1881  was 
engaged  chiefly  in  making  reports  on  the  mar- 
kets, shipping  intelligence,  etc.  At  the  end  of 
this  period  he  became  Secretary  to  the  Purchas- 
ing Agent  of  the  Oregon  Railway  and  Naviga- 
tion Company,  the  road  of  which  was  then 
under  construction  by  Henry  Villard,  and 
remained  with  them  until  the  completion  of  the 
system  in  1884.  His  next  occupation  was  that 
of  bookkeeper  in  the  Port- 
land Savings  Bank,  for 
which  he  was  chosen 
among  the  various  com- 
petitors. In  this  capacity 
he  showed  such  aptitude 
that  at  the  end  of  a  year 
he  was  elected  cashier,  over 
the  heads  of  all  the  other 
employes  in  line  for  the 
promotion.  Under  his 
supervision  the  bank's  bus- 
iness grew  from  the  com- 
paratively small  figure  of 
$800,000  to  that  of  $4,000.- 
ooo. 

In  1900  Mr.  Stratton 
came  to  California  to  enter 
the  oil  business,  and  has 
been  identified  therewith 
ever  since.  With  character- 
istic alertness  and  energy 
he  threw  himself  into  this 
new  occupation,  wherein  he 
has  achieved  a  notable  suc- 
cess. The  great  possibili- 
ties of  the  Midway  fields 
in  Kern  County  appealed 
to  him  strongly,  and  he  became  one  of  the 
pioneer  operators  there.  Shortly  afterwards  he 
organized  the  Midway  Oil  Company  of  Oregon, 
becoming  owner  also  of  the  Stratton  Water 
Company  that  supplies  water  for  the  Midway 
field.  Seeming  to  develop  "oil  sense,"  he  dis- 
covered the  now  famous  Palmer  Oil  Field 
which  he  brought  to  the  attention  of  his 
associate,  Frank  L.  Brown,  and  of  which 
Charles  E.  Ladd  of  Portland  is  a  director  and 
one  of  the  large  stockholders. 

While  in  Oregon  Mr.  Stratton  was  a  private 
in  the  Oregon  militia  for  three  years.  His 
leanings  are  all  financial  and  commercial  He 
is  president  and  director  of  the  Stratton 
Water  Co.  and  secretary  and  director  of  the 
Palmer  Oil  Co.,  Palmer  Oil  Jr.  Co.,  San  Juan 
Portland  Cement  Co.,  and  the  San  Juan  Pa- 
cific Ry.  Co.  He  was  formerly  a  member  of 
the  Arlington  Club  of  Portland,  Ore.,  and  of 
the  Cosmos  Club  of  San  Francisco. 


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OMINGUEZ,  FRANK  ED- 
WARD, Attorney  -  at  -  Law, 
Los  Angeles,  California,  was 
born  in  that  city,  May  11, 
1876.  He  is  the  son  of  Ro- 
sario  and  Guadalupe  Gallardo  Dominguez. 
On  May  11,  1898,  he  married  Jessie  Street 
in  his  home  city.  There  has  been  born  to 
them  one  child,  Helen  Gertrude  Dominguez. 

Mr.  Dominguez  spent 
his  boyhood  days  in  Los 
Angeles  and  vicinity, 
where  his  education  was 
attained.  He  attended 
the  grammar  and  prepar- 
atory schools  and  then 
registered  at  St.  Vincent's 
College,  Los  Angeles. 

At  the  age  of  twelve 
Mr.  Dominguez  went  into 
the  City  Engineer's  office, 
working  under  the  direc- 
tion of  Eaton  Dockweiler, 
Chief  Deputy  under  John 
Drain,  then  Street  Super- 
intendent of  Los  Angeles. 
During  these  early  years 
Mr.  Dominguez  gave  con- 
siderable amount  of  his 
spare  time  to  the  study  of 
law  and  at  the  age  of 
twenty-one  was  admitted 
to  the  Los  Angeles  bar. 


FRANK  E.  DOMINGUEZ 


Not  long  after  his  admittance  to  the  bar 
he  became  Deputy  County  Clerk.  This  was 
under  Charles  Bell,  now  Senator.  His  next 
public  position  was  that  of  Clerk  in  the  Court 
under  Judge  M.  T.  Allen. 

At  this  time  the  national  interest  was 
growing  in  the  Philippines,  where  the  United 
States  was  reorganizing  the  governmental 
system  of  the  islands.  Mr.  Dominguez  left 
Los  Angeles  and  went  to  the  Philippines  with 
the  Taft  Commission.  He  was  in  the  Gov- 
ernment service  nearly  two  years  and  at  one 
time  was  Judge  Taft's  interpreter. 

During  his  service  with  the  Government 
in  the  Philippines  Mr.  Dominguez  became 
well  acquainted,  and  after  his  work  under  the 
Taft  Commission  was  completed  he  decided 
to  open  a  law  practice  there.  For  the  next 


four  years  he  was  busily  engaged  with  a 
profitable  practice,  and  during  that  time  vis- 
ited throughout  the  islands,  studied  the  con- 
dition of  the  natives  and  is  today  well  in- 
formed on  the  islands  in  general. 

While  there  he  was  attorney  for  Emilio 
Aguinaldo,  the  famous  insurgent  chief  of  the 
Philippine  natives.  While  acting  in  this  ca- 
pacity he  learned  a  great  deal  about  the  na- 
tives of  the  islands  and 
of  their  history.  His 
work  for  Emilio  Aguin- 
aldo occupied  a  consider- 
able amount  of  time  and 
brought  him  intc  nation- 
al prominence. 

He  returned  to  Los 
Angeles  after  his  work  in 
the  islands  and  opened  a 
law  practice.  A  little 
later  he  was  appointed  on 
a  commission  represent- 
ing the  State  of  Colorado 
at  the  Mexican  Centen- 
nial with  the  Hon.  M. 
Tarpez  and  Col.  George 
Pippy. 

During  his  work  in 
Los  Angeles  since  his  re- 
turn from  Mexico  and  the 
Philippines  he  has  been 
associated  with  Earl  Rog- 
ers in  the  practice  of  law. 
He  is  well  known  here  and  is  today  one  of 
the  prominent  practicing  attorneys  of  the 
city.  His  ability  to  speak  and  read  the  Span- 
ish and  Mexican  languages  makes  him  a  val- 
uable man  in  handling  cases  that  deal  with 
those  peoples.  His  varied  experiences  abroad 
and  in  Mexico  have  been  of  material  value  to 
him  in  his  profession,  and  today  he  if,  profit- 
ing by  these  years  of  experience. 

Born  with  the  gift  of  eloquence  and  pos- 
sessed of  a  naturally  strong  voice,  Mr.  Do- 
minguez has  won  recognition  as  an  orator 
and  is  one  of  the  accomplished  jury  pleaders 
before  the  Bar  of  Southern  California. 

Mr.  Dominguez  is  a  great  man  for  home 
life,  and  when  not  engaged  in  the  practice  or 
study  of  law  may  be  found  at  home  with 
his  family. 


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HORN,  JOSEPH  FRANKLIN,  Min- 
ing, Goldfleld,  Nevada,  was  born 
in  Mariposa  County,  California, 
December  1,  1878,  the  son  of  Jo- 
seph Franklin  Thorn  and  Bessie 
(Collins)  Thorn.  On  November 
15,  1908,  Mr.  Thorn  was  married  to  Miss  Minnie 
Sweeney,  of  Grand  Rapids,  Michigan,  daughter  of 
Captain  Sweeney,  commander  of  the  ill-fated  steam- 
er "Oceanic,"  which  was  burned,  or  lost  at  sea,  about 
1887.  He  comes-  of  a  family  whose  men  have  been 
engaged  in  mining  for  generations,  his  mother,  a 
native  of  England,  being  a  member  of  a  family  well 
known  in  the  mining  district  of  Cornwall,  England. 
His  father,  descended  of  a  prominent  Southern 
family,  was  born  in  Mariposa  County,  Cal.,  in  the 
year  1850,  when  the  California  gold  rush  was  at 
its  height.  He  later  became  one  of  the  best-known 
mining  men  of  the  West,  and  his  three  sons  fol- 
lowed in  his  footsteps,  one  of  whom  was  killed  on 
duty  in  Korea,  and  another,  George  M.  Thorn,  is 
now  engaged  in  mining  in  South  Africa. 

J.  F.  Thorn,  who  has  made  a  splendid  record  as 
a  mining  engineer  and  manager,  attended  the  pub- 
lic schools  of  Mariposa  County  until  he  was  fifteen 
years  of  age,  but  gave  up  his  studies  at  that  time 
to  go  into  mining  with  his  father.  Later  in  life, 
however,  he  studied  two  years  at  the  Van  Der 
Nailen  School  in  Berkeley,  California,  and  also  en- 
gaged in  a  special  course  of  professional  studies 
under  private  teachers  while  actively  mining. 

He  began  his  career  in  1893  as  an  apprentice 
machinist  in  the  mechanical  department  of  the 
Horseshoe  mine  in  Mariposa  County,  his  father 
being  Manager  of  the  property  at  the  time.  At 
the  end  of  two  years  he  completed  his  apprentice- 
ship and  then  went  in  for  actual  mine  work  at 
Quartz  Mountain,  another  property  of  which  his 
father  was  Manager.  He  worked  in  the  mines 
there  for  about  two  years,  then  left  his  father  and 
worked  for  about  a  year  in  other  mining  camps. 

In  1898  Mr.  Thorn  became  a  protege  of  John  H. 
Mackenzie,  one  of  the  leading  mine  engineers  and 
operators  of  the  West,  and  has  been  intimately 
associated  with  him  in  a  professional  way  ever 
since.  He  first  began  with  Mr.  Mackenzie  at  what 
is  known  as  the  Mariposa  Grant,  a  gold  quartz 
property  in  Mariposa  County,  California,  owned  by 
the  London  Exploration  Company.  He  served  as 
Mechanical  Engineer  there  for  approximately  three 
years,  the  last  six  months  of  which  he  aided  in  the 
construction  of  a  power  dam  across  Merced  River. 

At  the  conclusion  of  this  work  he  was  invited 
by  Mr.  Mackenzie  to  go  with  him  to  British  Colum- 
bia, where  the  latter  had  been  given  charge  of  the 
Le  Roi  Mine,  the  largest  and  most  productive  in 
that  region.  It  was  then  practically  at  a  stand- 
s-till on  account  of  serious  labor  troubles  and  Mr. 
Mackenzie,  picking  several  of  his  most  reliable 
men,  in  a  very  short  time  had  the  entire  property 


operating  at  full  capacity  and  on  a  paying  basis. 

Mr.  Thorn  was  appointed  by  his  superior  as 
shift  boss  in  the  mine  and  began  operations  at 
once.  He  remained  there  for  about  a  year  and 
then  was  chosen  by  Mr.  Mackenzie  to  go  to  Korea 
as  Superintendent  of  the  Oriental  Consolidated 
Mine,  one  of  the  largest  gold  properties  in  the 
world.  This  mine  is  located  in  the  northern  part 
of  Korea,  near  the  Manchuria  line,  and  the  posi- 
tion held  by  Mr.  Thorn  was  one  fraught  with  many 
perils  outside  of  those  of  his  work. 

Mr.  Thorn  had  taken  a  younger  brother,  M.  H. 
Thorn,  with  him,  who  later  met  death  in  a  myste- 
rious manner,  it  never  being  established  whether 
he  fell  down  a  shaft  accidentally  or  was  thrown 
down  by  inimical  natives.  Mr.  Thorn  himself  also 
had  a  narrow  escape  from  death  at  the  hands  of 
the  natives  on  one  occasion,  the  Koreans  felling 
him  with  a  hurled  stone  during  a  fight  brought  on 
by  his  refusal  to  surrender  up  for  execution  two 
young  Americans  who  had  violated  one  of  the  laws 
of  the  country.  He  lay  unconscious  for  one  week 
following  the  assault  by  the  infuriated  natives. 

Mr.  Thorn  continued  as  Superintendent  of  the 
Oriental  Consolidated  Mine  until  the  early  part  of 
1907,  and  during  that  time  was  continuously  on 
duty,  except  for  those  times  when  he  came  back  to 
the  U.  S.  with  the  body  of  his  brother  or  made  trips 
into  Manchuria,  Japan  or  dis-tant  parts  of  Korea. 

Upon  his  return  to  the  United  States  in  1907, 
Mr.  Thorn  rejoined  Mr.  Mackenzie,  becoming  Man- 
ager of  the  Buster  Mine,  east  of  Lewis-ton,  Idaho. 
This  was  another  gold  property,  owned  by  Mr.  Mac- 
kenzie and  his  associates,  the  firm  being  known  as 
Bradley,  Mackenzie  &  Riqua.  Mr.  Thorn  operated 
this  property  successfully  for  two  years  and  then 
went  to  Round  Mountain,  Nevada,  as  Superinten- 
dent for  the  Round  Mountain  Mining  Company. 
He  was  in  that  position  nearly  a  year,  resigning 
to  go  to  Goldfield,  Nevada,  as  Assistant  Manager 
of  the  Goldfield  Consolidated  Mining  Company. 

This  latter  concern  is  one  of  the  most  famous 
mining  companies  in  the  country,  its  property  rank- 
ing as  the  richest  producer,  for  its  size,  in  the  his- 
tory of  the  world.  It  has  paid  many  millions  of 
dollars  in  dividends  and  still  is  producing  gold  at 
a  profit  of  approximately  $5,000,000  per  year. 

On  January  1,  1911,  Mr.  Thorn  was  appointed 
General  Manager  of  the  Goldfield  Consolidated  and 
has  continued  in  that  capacity  ever  since.  During 
the  two  years  he  has  had  charge  of  the  property 
he  has  reduced  the  cost  of  mining  and  milling  con- 
siderably. This  economy  in  operation  of  one  of 
the  most  fabulously  rich  properties  ever  known 
has  placed  him  among  the  most  successful  practi- 
cal mining  men  of  the  country,  despite  the  fact 
that  he  is  one  of  the  youngest  men  holding  a  posi- 
tion of  such  great  responsibility. 

He  belongs  to  the  Native  Sons  of  the  Golden  West, 
and  his  father  is  reckoned  its  oldest  living  member. 


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YSERT,  WALTER  V.,  Attor- 
ney-at-Law,  Los  Angeles, 
California,  was  born  at  Dan- 
ville, Illinois,  May  30,  1881. 
His  father  was  Joseph  Dysert 
and  his  mother  Abagail  (Vinson)  Dysert.  He 
married  Maybelle  C.  Fox  at  Danville,  Illi- 
nois, December  20,  1905. 

Mr.  Dysert  obtained  his  common  school 
education  in  his  native 
State  and  graduated  from 
the  O  a  k  w  o  o  d  High 
School,  Vermillion  Coun- 
ty, Illinois,  in  1900,  after 
which  he  determined  to 
follow  law  as  a  profes- 
sion. To  that  end  he 
read  and  studied  law  in 
the  offices  of  Illinois 
State  Attorney  S.  G. 
Wilson,  at  Danville,  for 
nearly  two  years  and  fa- 
miliarized himself  with 
State  and  civic  duties. 
He  then  entered  the  Illi- 
nois Wesleyan  Univer- 
sity Law  School  at 
Bloomington,  and  gradu- 
ated therefrom  on  June 
11,  1901,  and  was  ad- 
mitted to  the  bar  of  Illi- 
nois the  same  month. 

Mr.  Dysert  had 
scarcely  been  admitted 
to  the  bar  when  he  be- 
came associated  with 
Colonel  George  T.  Buck- 


WALTER 


ingham,  in  practice  at  Danville.  That  was 
on  September  1,  1901.  Five  months  later, 
because  of  his  unusual  activity  and  thorough 
satisfaction,  he  became  associated  in  part- 
nership with  Colonel  Buckingham  under  the 
firm  name  of  Buckingham  and  Dysert,  which 
association  continued  in  the  general  practice 
of  law,  with  Mr.  Dysert  numbering  among 
the  prominent  and  promising  lawyers  of  that 
section  of  the  State.  He  continued  with 
Colonel  Buckingham  for  about  four  years, 
withdrawing  from  the  firm  on  January  1, 
1906. 

Shortly  after  his  marriage,  which  oc- 
curred about  that  time,  Mr.  Dysert  opened 
an  office  of  his  own.  His  clear  record  as  an 
attorney  won  him  much  and  favorable  prom- 
inence in  his  neighborhood.  During  the 
same  year  in  which  he  engaged  in  practice 
alone  he  became  a  candidate  for  the  Forty- 
fifth  General  Assembly  of  Illinois,  as  a  Pro- 


gressive   Republican    from    the   Twenty-sec- 
ond   Senatorial    District.     After   a   vigorous 
campaign  he  was  elected  to  that  office,  re- 
ceiving more  votes  at  the  election  than  did 
Joseph   G.   Cannon,  who  served   so  long  as 
Speaker  of  the  House  of  Representatives.  He 
served  one  term  in  the  Legislature,  but  re- 
fused to  be  a  candidate  for  re-election,  becom- 
ing actively  identified  with  the  "Anti-Joseph 
G.    Cannon"     Republican 
organization  in  the  Eight- 
eenth Congressional  Dis- 
trict of  Illinois,  and  was 
strongly  urged  to  become 
the     candidate     for    Con- 
gress  by   the   "Anti-Can- 
non" followers.    His  side 
was  taken  by  many  of  the 
newspapers    of    his    com- 
munity, but  he  refused  to 
continue  in   politics,   pre- 
ferring success  in  his  pro- 
f  e  s  s  i  o  n    to     legislative 
honors. 

Mr.  Dysert  has  al- 
ways held  a  very  profit- 
able clientele  and  from 
the  close  of  his  legislative 
term  until  November  1, 
1910,  a  period  of  four 
years,  he  was  very  ac- 
tive in  his  home  city,  po- 
litically and  in  profes' 
sional  lines. 

He  moved  to  Los  An- 
v   nv<;FT?T  geles,     arriving     in     that 

city  during  the  latter  part 
of  1910,  and  immediately  entered  practice. 

Mr.  Dysert  has  been  unusually  active  in 
the  trial  of  litigated  cases  in  the  courts  of 
many  states. 

He  has  had  an  unusually  large  number 
of  cases  in  the  courts  of  appeals,  both  State 
and  Federal. 

He  has  handled  much  litigation  for  and 
against  corporations,  has  defended  twelve 
homicide  cases,  and  has  established  a  bril- 
liant record  during  his  brief  residence  in 
Los  Angeles. 

Mr.  Dysert  is  an  accomplished  speaker,  is 
a  deep  reader  and  a  thorough  student 
of  law. 

He  has  made  numerous  speeches  on  holi- 
day programs,  such  as  Memorial  and  Inde- 
pendence Day  orations. 

Mr.  Dysert  is  identified  with  many  social 
organizations  and  fraternal  societies  and 
clubs  of  this  city. 


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H  O  R  P  E,  DR.  ARTHUR 
CLYDE,  Los  Angeles,  Cali- 
fornia, was  born  at  Northfield, 
Minn.,  Dec.  19,  1866,  the  son 
of  George  C.  and  Adelaide 
(Carpenter)  Thorpe.  He  married  Miss  Flor- 
ence Chase  at  Lankershim,  Cal.,  Nov.  30, 
1910. 

His  father  was  a  man  of  influence  in  his 
section  of  Minnesota.    He 
was  a  real  estate  operator 
on    a    considerable    scale 
and  a  factor  in  politics. 

Dr.  Thorpe  attended 
the  grammar  schools,  and 
graduated  from  the  high 
school  of  his  native  city. 

Although  a  youth 
under  twenty  he  was 
given  the  office  of  Dep- 
uty County  Treasurer  of 
Stevens  County,  Minne- 
sota. He  fulfilled  the  du- 
ties of  the  office  with 
great  credit  to  himself 
for  a  period  of  a  year  and 
eight  months,  when  his 
term  expired. 

His  friends  urged  him 
to  run  for  the  office  of 
County  Treasurer,  and, 
although  he  thought  his 
youth  would  be  a  handi- 
cap, he  was  elected.  He 
had,  at  the  time  of  his 
election,  just  passed  his 
majority.  He  had  the  dis- 
tinction of  being  the  youngest  County  Treas- 
urer in  the  United  States,  the  youngest  man 
to  occupy  an  elective  office  of  such  conse- 
quence in  the  history  of  the  country.  Had 
he  been  any  younger  he  would  have  been 
ineligible  not  only  to  hold  any  elective  office 
but  even  to  vote.  At  the  expiration  of  his 
first  term  he  was  a  candidate  again,  and  was 
again  easily  elected. 

He  wanted  a  profession,  and  decided  on 
medicine.  He  entered  the  University  of 
Minnesota  Medical  Department,  and  grad- 
uated in  the  spring  of  1897. 

While  a  student  at  the  university  he 
bought  a  drug  store,  and  this  he  operated 
while  learning  his  profession.  The  labora- 
tory of  the  drug  store  gave  him  the  oppor- 
tunity for  many  independent  chemical  ex- 
periments. 

After  his  graduation  he  entered  a  Minne- 
apolis hospital  to  gain  practical  experience 


DR.  A.  C.  THORPE 


With  six  months'  hospital  experience  be- 
hind him  he  moved  to  San  Gabriel,  Cal.,  and 
there  began  to  practice. 

In  1899,  after  two  years  at  San  Gabriel, 
he  moved  to  Los  Angeles.  His  first  office 
was  at  the  corner  of  Seventh  and  Figueroa. 
He  later  moved  to  the  Byrne  Building,  and, 
in  1905,  to  the  Grant  Building,  where  he  is 
at  the  present  time.  He  is  specializing  in 
nose  and  throat  diseases, 
and  in  surgery,  but  con- 
ducts a  general  practice. 
During  the  early  part  of 
his  career  he  studied  tu- 
berculosis, and  he  has 
the  reputation  among  his 
medical  associates  of  be- 
ing one  of  the  best  in- 
formed of  physicians  on 
the  diseases  of  the  lungs 
and  throat. 

He  has  entered  fully 
into  the  life  of  the  city 
which  he  has  chosen  for 
his  home.  He  has  been 
identified  with  many  of 
the  movements  for  civic 
betterment.  He  has  in- 
vested his  capital  in  real 
estate  in  Los  Angeles 
and  Southern  California. 
He  is  a  stockholder  in 
several  corporations  and 
is  in  a  number  of  busi- 
ness ventures. 

Dr.  Thorpe  is  an  ener- 
getic, active  worker  in  the 
various  medical  societies  of  Southern  Cali- 
fornia. He  is  also  a  member  of  all  the  im- 
portant local,  State  and  national  medical 
societies.  Among  them  are  included  the 
California  State  Medical  Society,  the  Ameri- 
can Medical  Association,  the  Los  Angeles 
County  Medical  Association,  the  Hennepin 
County  Medical  Society  of  Minnesota  and 
the  International  Surgeons'  Club  of  Roches- 
ter, Minnesota. 

Dr.  Thorpe  is  an  enthusiastic  devotee  of 
outdoor  sports,  in  the  pursuit  of  which  he 
spends  a  considerable  part  of  his  spare 
time. 

He  is  a  club  man,  and  belongs  to  the 
Jonathan  Club,  the  Los  Angeles  Country 
Club,  the  University  Club,  the  Pacific  Gun 
Club,  the  Tuna  Fishing  Club  of  Catalina 
Island,  the  Young  Men's  Christian  Associa- 
tion. He  is  also  a  Scottish  Rite  Mason  and 
Shriner. 


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ANSBURGH,  GUSTAVE 
ALBERT,  Architect,  San 
Francisco.  California,  was 
born  at  Panama,  January  7, 
1876,  the  son  of  Simon  Laza- 
rus Lansburgh  and  Rebecca  (Pyke)  Lans- 
burgh.  His  paternal  ancestors  were  Ger- 
mans, while  on  the  maternal  side  he  is  of 
Portuguese  and  Spanish  descent.  S.  L.  Lans- 
burgh, his  father,  was 
one  of  the  largest  ship 
chandlers  on  the  Pacific 
Coast,  and  a  maternal 
grandfather  was  the  au- 
thor of  the  famous 
"Pyke's  Catechism."  Mr. 
Lansburgh  was  married 
in  San  Francisco,  in 
June,  1908,  to  Miss  Irene 
Muzzy,  the  children  of 
which  marriage  are  Ruth 
and  Lawrence  Lans- 
burgh. 

From  1884  to  1892  he 
attended  the  Grammar 
School  at  San  Francisco 
and  then  spent  a  year  at 
the  Cogswell  School  and 
another  at  the  Lowell 
High.  In  1894  he  entered 
the  University  of  Califor- 
nia, but  left  there  in  1896 
to  travel  in  Europe. 

He  became  a  student 
in  the  Ecole  des  Beaux 
Arts,  of  Paris,  France,  in 
1901,  took  the  regular 


G.   ALBERT   LANSBURGH 


course  of  architecture,  painting,  modeling, 
sculpture,  engineering,  the  history  of  archi- 
tecture, etc.,  and  was  graduated  in  1906,  with 
the  degree  of  "Architecte  diplome  par  le  Gou- 
vernement."  In  his  last  year  there  he  won 
the  medal  of  the  Society  of  French  Architects 
which  was  awarded  at  the  Grand  Salon  of  the 
Champs  Elysees. 

While  in  Europe  he  traveled  extensively, 
partly  as  a  student  and  partly  for  mere  pleas- 
ure, and  continued  this  combined  course  in 
the  Orient.  Returning  to  San  Francisco  at 
the  end  of  May,  1906,  shortly  after  the  fire,  he 
began  the  active  practice  of  his  profession, 
under  unusually  auspicious  conditions. 

Mr.  Lansburgh's  first  important  works  in 
San  Francisco  are  the  two  Gunst  buildings, 
one  at  the  corner  of  Third  and  Mission 
streets,  and  the  other  at  Geary  and  Powell. 
In  the  former  especially  he  has  followed  his 
preference  for  the  modern  French  Renais- 


sance, and  has  achieved  a  notable  triumph 
therein.  Among  his  other  noteworthy  struc- 
tures are  the  San  Francisco  Orpheum,  San- 
ford  Sachs  Building,  Lumberman's  Building, 
Newman  &  Levinson's,  the  restoration  of  the 
Temple  Emanuel,  the  Hotel  Manx  and  the 
Gunst  residence.  Besides  these  he  has  fitted 
up  the  Emporium,  won  the  competition  for 
the  Concordia  Club  and  B'nai  B'rith  Building, 
and  designed  many  im- 
posing mausoleums  in 
San  Mateo  County.  He 
has  recently  completed 
the  new  Orpheum  in  Los 
Angeles,  thereby  carrying 
off  another  artistic  palm. 
An  attempt,  largely 
successful,  to  express 
purely  American  ideas  is 
a  striking  characteristic 
of  Mr.  Lansburgh's  re- 
cent work.  In  other 
words  he  is  trying  to  de- 
velop a  strictly  American 
form  of  architecture.  A 
fondness  for  color,  pos- 
sibly inherited  from  his 
Spanish  and  Portuguese 
forbears,  is  evident  in  the 
polychrome  to  which  his 
taste  seems  to  run.  A 
conspicuously  good  ex- 
ample of  his  polychrome 
work  is  the  new  Los  An- 
geles Orpheum.  He  vir- 
tually introduced  this 
style  to  the  far  West,  but 
though  he  favors  it,  together  with  stone,  terra 
cotta  and  the  like,  he  believes  in  adapting 
the  material  to  the  needs,  and  especially  in 
making  the  character  of  the  building  show 
the  use  to  which  it  is  to  be  put.  Always 
artistic,  with  a  decided  architectural  bent,  he 
has  concentrated  on  his  specialty  to  the  con- 
considerable  gain  of  San  Francisco.  He  is  a 
skillful  musician  and  an  accomplished  decorator. 
It  was  he  who  designed  the  decorations  for  the 
Taft  Banquet  given  at  the  Palace  Hotel  on  the 
eve  of  the  ceremonies  of  the  ground  breaking 
for  the  Panama-Pacific  Exposition.  He  was  for- 
merly an  acrobatic  star  of  the  Olympic  Club  and 
a  champion  wrestler,  but  now  limits  his  ath- 
letic enthusiasms  to  automobiling  and  golf. 
Mr.  Lansburgh  is  a  member  of  the  Beaux 
Arts  Society,  Diplome  Society,  San  Francis- 
co Chapter  American  Institute  of  Architects, 
Concordia  Club  and  Argonaut  Club  of  San 
Francisco. 


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HANDLER,  CHARLES  L., 
Attorney  at  Law,  Los  An- 
geles, California,  was  born  at 
Davenport,  Iowa,  on  May  30, 
1878.  He  married  Gisela 
Pluemer  at  Elizabeth,  New  Jersey,  March  6, 
1906,  two  children  being  born  as  a  result  of 
this  union,  Sarah  Fischer  and  Davis  Pluemer 
Chandler.  Mr.  Chand- 
ler studied  in  the 
grammar  and  high 
schools  of  Pueblo,  Colo- 
rado, up  to  1892,  when  he 
entered  the  University  of 
N  e  b  r  a  sk  a- Preparatory 
School.  He  remained 
there  until  1894,  when  he 
returned  to  Denver,  Colo- 
rado, studying  at  the 
Woodworth  Business  Col- 
lege of  that  place.  He 
entered  the  University  of 
Denver  in  1896,  being 
graduated  from  that  in- 
stitution in  1900  with  the 
degree  LL.  B.  The  fol- 
lowing year,  being  desir- 
ous of  finishing  his  law 
education  with  so*nc 
Eastern  studies,  he  en- 
tered Cornell  University 


CHAS.  L.  CHANDLER 


His  employment  with  the  Yellow  Poplar 
Lumber  Company  brought  him  in  touch  w'tb 
one  of  the  vital  questions  of  the  day,  that  of 
conservation  of  tn^  natural  resources,  parti"- 
ularly  in  the  field  of  timber  and  forest  re- 
serves. 

In  1903  he  resigned  his  position  in  Ohio, 
settling  in  Los  Angeles  in  September  of  that 
year.  He  again  resumed 
his  legal  work,  becoming 
connected  with  the  firm 
of  Cochran  and  Williams, 
attorneys,  and  for  two 
years  following  he  «.  on- 
tinned  with  that  firm. 

In  1906,  Mr.  Chan  <ler 
became  a  member  of  the 
firm  of  Williams,  Gou  !gc 
and  Chandler,  attorneys 
at  law.  This  firm  has  a 
large  practice  in  Los  An- 
geles, being  attorneys  for 
a  number  of  the  larger 
corporations  and  organi- 
zations of  that  city, 
among  which  are  the  Pa- 
cific Mutual  Life  Insur- 
ance Company,  the 
Broadway  Bank  and 
Trust  Company,  Citizens' 
Trust  and  Savings  Bank, 


at  Ithaca,  New  York,  receiving  the  degree 
LL.  B.  in  1901. 

Mr.  Chandler  was  admitted  to  the  Bar  in 
Denver,  Colorado,  in  January,  1900,  and  dur- 
ing the  latter  part  of  1901  and  part  of  1902, 
he  was, in  the  employ  of  Fillius  and  Davis, 
Denver  attorneys. 

From  this  employment  in  Denver.  Colo- 
rado, he  went  to  New  York  City,  becoming 
associated  with  the  Yellow  Poplar  Lumber 
Company  of  Ironton,  Ohio,  owned  and  con- 
trolled by  his  uncle,  the  late  F.  C.  Fischer, 
prominent  in  the  lumber  world.  He  pur- 
chased and  became  an  expert  in  the  exam- 
ination of  timber  land  titles  for  that  company 
throughout  the  Southern  States,  visiting  a 
number  of  the  famous  timber  regions  of  the 
Southeastern  and  Northwestern  portions  of 
the  United  States,  and  studying  the  timber 
conditions  of  the  country. 


Needles  Light  and  Power  Company,  Home 
Savings  Bank,  Seaside  Water  Company  and 
Los  Angeles  Abstract  and  Trust  Company. 

The  firm  now  maintains  a  large  practice, 
with  Mr.  Chandler  as  one  of  the  active  attor- 
neys of  the  organization.  He  is  largely  in- 
terested in  a  number  of  Los  Angeles  enter- 
prises such  as  the  Seaboard  Land  Security 
Company,  of  which  organization  he  is  the 
President.  He  is  Vice  President  of  the  Mid- 
way Light  and  Power  Company,  the  Needles 
Light  and  Power  Company,  and  holds  a  sim- 
ilar position  with  the  Seaboard  Metal  works. 
His  extensive  experience  in  corporation  work 
makes  him  a  valuable  member  of  the  firm. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Westlake  Lodge, 
F.  and  A.  M.,  Scottish  Rite,  and  has  been 
honored  with  the  Presidency  of  the  Cornell 
University  Club  of  Southern  California,  of 
which  he  was  one  of  the  organizers. 


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703 


MITH,  PEARL  HAWLEY,  Capital- 
ist, Los  Angeles,  Cal.,  was  born 
at  Mount  Pleasant,  Iowa,  May 
18,  1861,  the  son  of  Simon  Smith 
and  Jane  (Kelly)  Smith.  He 
married  Blanche  Dewey  Cooke  at 
New  Orleans,  Louisiana.  He  has-  two  children, 
Seville  and  Pearl  Hawley  Smith,  Jr.  Mr.  Smith 
is  of  Dutch-Irish  descent.  His  father  served  in 
the  Civil  War  as  a  cavalryman  under  Captain 
Winslow  in  the  Fourth  Iowa  Regiment,  and  his 
mother  was  noted  in  Iowa  for  her  philanthropies 
and  her  interest  in  church  affairs. 

Mr.  Smith,  who  is  ranked  with  the  business 
men  of  large  affairs,  in  this  country,  was  not 
favored  with  riches  in  his  youth.  He  began  his 
education  in  the  public  schools  of  Mount  Pleasant, 
Iowa,  and  later,  in  his  desire  to  obtain  higher 
education,  swept  the  rooms  and  built  the  fires 
of  Howe's  Academy  in  order  to  pay  for  his 
tuition.  He  had  as  his  teacher  there  S.  C.  Howe, 
son  of  the  celebrated  Professor  Samuel  Howe, 
who  had  taught  many  famous  men,  among  them 
General  William  T.  Sherman  and  Benjamin  Har- 
rison, afterwards  President  of  the  United  States. 
Leaving  Howe's  Academy,  Mr.  Smith  went  to  the 
Iowa  Wesleyan  University  at  Mount  Pleasant  and 
there  concluded  his  education. 

Following  his  graduation,  Mr.  Smith,  who  had 
heard  of  the  great  ore  discoveries  in  the  Mesaba 
Range  in  Minnesota,  decided  to  go  there  in 
search  of  fortune,  and  as  a  result  of  his  pros- 
pecting trip,  discovered  and  located  a  strip  of 
valuable  iron  ore  land.  This  tract,  154  acres  in 
extent,  had  been  overlooked  by  the  United  States 
surveyors  when  they  were  platting  the  country 
into  townships  and  sections  and,  as  it  was  vir- 
tually "no  man's  land,"  Mr.  Smith,  then  hardly 
more  than  a  boy  in  years,  "squatted"  on  the  prop- 
erty. Up  to  this  point  his  progress  had  been 
comparatively  easy,  but  he  was  destined  to  go 
through  one  of  the  bitterest  battles  in  the  his- 
tory of  the  Minnesota  iron  fields.  The  powerful 
interests  that  had  acquired  the  bulk  of  the  iron 
lands,  soon  learned  that  the  Smith  property  was  one 
of  the  richest  in  iron  in  the  entire  State  of  Min- 
nesota, and  sought  to  get  possession  of  it.  They 
tried  coercion  and  cajolery,  and  in  other  ways 
sought  to  drive  him  out  of  the  country,  but  Mr. 
Smith,  in  whom  tenacity  is  a  strong  character- 
istic, resisted  at  every  point  their  attempts  to 
dispossess  him.  He  fought  to  retain  possession 
of  the  land  for  fifteen  years.  At  the  end  of  that 
time  the  Federal  Government  granted  him  clear 
title,  thus  making  him  one  of  the  Mesaba  Iron 
Kings.  This  land  he  has  leased  for  several  years 
to  M.  A.  Hanna  &  Co.  of  Cleveland,  Ohio,  of  which 
the  late  United  States  Senator  Mark  Hanna  was 
the  head,  and  which  is  now  conducted  by  his  es- 
tate together  with  his  sons  and  associates.  Mr. 
Smith  has  reaped  a  large  fortune  from  his  iron 


holdings,  but  in  the  days  when  he  was  fighting 
for  the  property  he  underwent  hardships  and 
suffering  that  only  a  man  of  his  great  physical 
strength  could  have  endured.  He  is  gigantic  in 
build,  standing  six  feet  and  three  inches  in  height 
and  is  endowed  with  great  strength.  While  at 
college  he  was  a  noted  athlete  and  held  the  record 
in  his  day  for  throwing  a  baseball,  he  having 
propelled  the  sphere  a  distance  of  three  hundred 
and  ninety-four  feet  and  two  inches.  He  also  was 
a  splendid  swimmer,  boxer  and  wrestler,  and  dur- 
ing his  college  days  devoted  a  great  deal  of  time 
to  these  sports.  It  wa&  this  training  which  en- 
abled him  to  endure  the  rigors  of  winter,  year 
after  year  during  his  land  fight,  for  in  that  time 
he  was  compelled  to  live  on  the  land,  and  passed 
months  in  his  cabin,  located  in  a  wilderness  miles 
away  from  civilization. 

In  addition  to  his  iron  holdings  in  Minnesota, 
Mr.  Smith  is  identified  with  other  successful  lines 
of  activity,  to  which  he  has  lent  his  force  and  capi- 
tal. In  these,  a&  in  all  enterprises  with  which  he  is 
associated,  he  is  a  leading  factor.  He  has  made 
most  of  his  investments  in  real  estate  and  mineral 
lands  and  was  the  organizer  of  the  Smith  &  McLaren 
Company,  owners  of  9000  acres  of  coal  lands  in  the 
Mendota  District  of  the  State  of  Washington.  This 
property  is  operated  under  the  name  of  the  Men- 
dota Coal  &  Coke  Company.  Mr.  Smith  and 
Mr.  McLaren  purchased  these  lands  soon  after 
the  former  had  won  out  in  his  Mesaba  ore  fight, 
and  he  has  been  the  directing  force  in  the  devel- 
opment of  the  business,  which,  owing  to  the 
scarcity  of  coal  on  the  Pacific  Coast,  has  become 
one  of  the  important  commercial  enterprises  of 
the  West. 

Mr.  Smith  devotes  most  of  his  time  to  his  busi- 
ness, but  since  1908,  when  he  established  his  home 
at  Los  Angeles,  he  has  been  engaged  in  gathering 
an  art  collection,  and  is  the  possessor  of  one  of  the 
notable  collections  of  the  West. 

Among  his  pictures  is  a  Venetian  scene  by 
Mourin;  "Perplexity,"  a  character  study  by  A. 
Palau;  "The  Storm,"  a  waterscape  by  Donovan; 
"Reveries  of  a  Bachelor,"  by  Mary  Hinkson;  two 
paintings  by  Yeend  King;  "North  Sea  Fishermen," 
by  Fraser,  of  London;  "Hot  Toddy,"  by  Harwood, 
and  several  others.  In  addition,  Mr.  Smith  has  a 
splendid  collection  of  Oriental  rugs  and  rare  speci- 
mens of  precious  stones. 

Mr.  Smith  travels  extensively  and  is  a  well 
known  figure  in  the  leading  art  centers  of  Europe, 
which  he  frequents  on  his  trips  abroad,  in  search 
of  rare  works  to  add  to  his  collection. 

He  is  not  actively  interested  in  politics,  but  is 
keen  for  the  growth  of  Los  Angeles  and  has  lent 
his  assistance  to  various-  movements  of  a  civic  na- 
ture. He  is  also  prominent  in  club  and  fraternal 
circles,  being  a  member  of  the  California  Club,  Los 
Angeles  Country  Club,  Order  of  Elks-,  and  several 
educational  clubs  and  associations. 


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COWARD,  HER- 
BERT CAMPBELL, 
General  Manager  of 
the  California  Salt  Co., 
San  Francisco,  Califor- 
nia, was  born  in  Oak- 
land, California,  No- 
vember 24,  1870.  Both 
his  father,  Hamilton 
Graham  Coward,  and 
his  mother,  Mary 
(Leas)  Coward,  were 
Marylanders  and  de- 
scended from  Revolu- 
tionary stock,  original- 
ly English.  He  mar- 
ried in  Oakland,  Janu- 
ary, 1909,  Miss  Eloise 
Terol,  and  is  the  father 
of  two  daughters,  Net- 
Mr.  Coward's  schooling 
was  scant,  consisting  in  all  of  three  years,  from 
1879  to  1882,  in  the  grammar  school  of  Oakland. 

He  first  worked  in  the  hardware  store  of  George 
S.  Browne,  at  Oakland.  He  saved  money  and 
bought  an  interest  with  his  brother,  M.  G.  Coward, 
in  the  Sausalito  News,  and  worked  in  the  engineer- 
ing department  of  the  State  Harbor  Commission. 
In  1891  he  started  in  the  salt  business  in  a  small 
way  in  Oakland. 

In  October,  3910,  he  incorporated  the  Continen- 
tal Salt  and  Chemical  Company  in  Alameda  County, 
and  on  the  absorption  of  this  concern  by  the  Salt 
Trust,  thirty  days  later,  withdrew  and  formed  the 
California  Salt  Company.  This  company  supplies 
the  markets  along  the  coast  of  California,  Wash- 
ington, Oregon,  Alaska  and  in  the  Hawaiian  Islands. 


tie   and   Phyllis    Coward. 


RIGGINS,. PHILIP  B., 
Physician,  Los  Angeles, 
California,  was  born 
January  27,  1877,  at 
Sheffield,  Iowa,  the  son 
of  Paden  B.  Riggins  and 
Lydia  (Loomis)  Rig- 
gins.  He  married  Kath- 
ryn  Nisbet  September 
17,  1898,  at  Atlanta, 
Georgia.  There  are  two 
children,  Philip  Byron 
and  Prentice  Lanier 
Riggins. 

He  received  his  pri- 
mary education  at  the 
Sheffield  schools.  Re- 
moving to  Santa  Moni- 
ca, in  1893,  he  gradu- 
ated from  the  hiarh 
schools  of  that  city  the  same  year.  He  attended 
Stanford  University  and  graduated  from  the  legal 
department  in  the  year  1897. 

He  went  to  Atlanta,  Georgia,  for  a  time  and 
there  married.  He  then  went  to  Los  Angeles  in 
1902,  and,  choosing  medicine  as  his  profession,  at- 
tended the  University  of  California  School  of  Medi- 
cine until  he  received  his  qualifying  degree  in  1907. 

He  at  once  began  practice.  He  is  at  the  present 
time  chief  surgeon  of  the  large  firm  of  Shattuck- 
Edinger,  Railroad  Contractors,  and  assistant  sur- 
geon of  the  Pacific  Electric  Railway,  the  Los  An- 
geles Railway,  the  Pacific  Light  and  Power  Com- 
pany and  Fairchilds-Gilmore-Wilton  Company. 

To  all  of  these  firms  he  is  of  special  value  be- 
cause of  his  legal  knowledge.  He  belongs  to  the 
better  known  clubs  of  his  city. 


DURBAN,  HARRY 
PATTERSON,  Steam- 
ship Agent,  Los  An- 
geles, California,  was 
born  in  Hamilton,  On- 
tario, Canada,  Febru- 
ary 2,  1871,  the  son  of 
William  Durdan  and 
Isabella  (Hall)  Durdan. 
He  was  educated  in 
the  common  schools 
and  Collegiate  Institute 
of  his  home  city. 

After  leaving  school 
he  engaged  in  the 
transportation  b  u  s  i  - 
ness  and  entered  the 
service  of  the  Grand 
Trunk  Railway,  later 
the  Canadian  Pacific 
Railway  and  afterward  the  Hill  railroads,  serving 
in  various  capacities  until  he  resigned  and  went 
into  the  steamship  business  in  New  York  City.  He 
has  been  in  that  line  ever  since.  At  one  time  he 
represented  in  New  York  six  different  steamship 
companies  running  to  the  Far  East — China,  Japan, 
Philippines,  etc. — and  early  in  1910  went  with  the 
American-Hawaiian  Steamship  Company.  He  was 
made  Southern  California  agent  for  the  company, 
and  in  September,  1910,  went  to  Los  Angeles,  where 
he  has  the  responsible  task  of  building  up  the  grow- 
ing passenger,  export  and  import  business  of  the 
new  Los  Angeles  harbor. 

Mr.  Durdan  is  a  prominent  clubman,  holding 
memberships  in  the  Jonathan  Club,  San  Gabriel 
Valley  Country  Club,  San  Diego  Country  Club  and 
the  Japan  Society. 


HANCE,  CHARLES 
HEWITT,  City  Treas- 
urer, Los  Angeles,  Cal., 
was  born  in  Montgom- 
ery County,  Missouri, 
March  11,  1837,  the  son 
of  John  Hance  and 
Catherine  (Hewitt) 
Hance.  His  grandfath- 
er, Adam  Hance,  was  a 
soldier  in  George  Wash- 
ington's Army  and  was 
present  at  the  surren- 
der of  Lord  Cornwallis. 
On  October  27,  1864,  he 
married  Sarah  Cather- 
i  n  e  Henderson,  near 
Columbia,  Missouri. 
There  are  three  chil- 
dren, Minnie  B.,  For- 
rest B.,  and  Lucille  Elma  Hance. 

He  removed  to  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  and  attended  pub- 
lic schools.  In  1859,  took  a  stock  of  goods  across 
the  plains  to  Denver.  Enlisted  in  Confederate  Army 
and  served  to  July  28,  1862,  when  he  lost  his  right 
arm  in  battle  of  Moore's  Hill,  Mo.  Was  clerk,  Cir- 
cuit Court,  and  ex-Officio  Recorder,  also  Clerk,  Court 
of  Common  Pleas,  Randolph  County,  Mo.,  two  terms, 
1874  to  1882.  He  moved  to  California,  1883.  Located 
at  San  Jose,  then  Los  Angeles  in  1885.  Was  in  drug 
business  there,  1885  to  1894,  when  he  retired.  City 
Clerk  of  Los  Angeles,  1896-1902,  three  terms.  Assist- 
ant Cashier  and  Secretary  of  Title  Guarantee  and 
Trust  Company,  four  years.  In  1906,  elected  City 
Treasurer,  and  re-elected,  1909.  He  is  a  Democrat, 
member  Good  Government  Organization  and  the 
City  Club. 


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FRANCIS,  JOHN 
HAYWOOD,  Educator, 
Los  Angeles,  Califor- 
nia, was  born  in  Preble 
County,  Ohio,  May  18, 
1867,  the  son  of  George 
Francis  and  Mary 
(Fall)  Francis.  He 
married  L.  Lou  Hott 
at  Woodbridge,  Cali- 
fornia, June  4,  1892. 
They  have  two  chil- 
dren, George  Haywood 
and  James  Francis. 

Professor  Francis  re- 
ceived his  early  educa- 
tion in  the  schools  of 
his  native  State  and 
was  graduated  from 
O  1 1  e  rbein  University, 
Waterville,  Ohio,  with  the  degree  of  A.  M.  In  1892 
he  went  to  California  and  located  at  Stockton.  He 
attended  San  Joaquin  Valley  College,  Woodbridge, 
California,  graduating  with  the  degrees  A.  B.,  A.  M. 
In  1896  he  left  Stockton  and  went  to  Los  Angeles 
to  become  a  teacher. 

Since  his  arrival  in  Los  Angeles,  Professor 
Francis  has  become  one  of  the  leading  educators 
of  the  city  and  in  1910  was  chosen  Superintendent 
of  Schools.  He  is  noted  as  an  advocate  of  tech- 
nical education  and  is  the  founder  of  the  Poly- 
technic High  School  of  Los  Angeles.  He  served  as 
its  principal  from  1905  to  1910. 

Professor  Francis  is  a  member  of  the  Academy 
of  Science  and  the  National  Educational  Associa- 
tion and  belongs  to  University  Club,  Los  Angeles, 
and  to  the  Archaeological  Institute  of  America. 


HERRON,  RUFUS 
H.,  oil,  Los  Angeles, 
California,  was  born  at 
Pittsburgh,  Pa.,  April 
20,  1849. 

He  received  his  pri- 
mary education  in  the 
schools  of  Pittsburgh 
and  was  graduated 
from  Western  Univer- 
sity of  Pennsylvania. 
The  Pennsylvania  oil 
fields  were  just  then 
being  opened  up  and 
the  whole  East  was  in 
a  state  of  excitement. 
Fortunes  were  being 
won  and  lost.  He  nat- 
urally joined  the  rush 
to  the  fields.  At  one 

time  or  another  he  engaged  in  every  form  of  enter- 
prise known  to  the  oil  business.  He  became  ac- 
quainted with  it  from  every  angle.  For  a  number 
of  years  he  was  engaged  in  the  oil  well  supply 
business  at  Pittsburgh.  In  1893  he  sold  out  this 
business  and  went  to  California,  locating  at  Los 
Angeles.  There  he  engaged  in  the  oil  business 
and  has  been  in  it  since.  Organized  the  first 
Oil  Exchange  in  California  at  Los  Angeles  and  was 
president  of  it;  vice  president  San  Francisco  Oil 
Exchange.  One  of  the  heaviest  oil  operators  in  the 
State  and  has  done  much  to  legitimately  develop 
the  industry. 

Member  Army  and  Navy  Club  of  California, 
Loyal  Legion,  U.  S.  A.,  California  Club  of  Los  An- 
geles, Knights  Templar,  Mystic  Shriners  and  is  a 
thirty-second  degree  Mason. 


DICKINSON,  WIL- 
LIAM RICHARD,  Drug- 
gist, Los  Angeles,  Cali- 
fornia, born  at  Carroll- 
ton,  Mo.,  Oct.  27,  1862, 
son  of  Richard  Whitlow 
Dickinson  and  Laura 
(Ann)  Dickinson.  He 
married  Celestia  Maud 
Warson,  Aug.  20,  1890, 
at  Snohomish,  Wash. 
There  is  one  child, 
Laurel  Dickinson. 

Attended       public 
schools  of  Kansas  City, 
Mo.,  and  from  his  thir- 
teenth to  his  sixteenth 
year  worked  outside  of 
school   hours   as    drug- 
gist apprentice.    At  six- 
teen he  went  to  Deadwood,  S.  D.,  with  Black  Hills 
gold   rush.     From  there  he  went  to   Central   City 
and  Lead,  S.  D.,  as  drug  clerk. 

In  1884  entered  partnership  with  F.  J.  Cornes, 
in  Central  City,  S.  D.  Later  bought  a  drug  store 
in  Lead,  and  followed  with  three  more,  under  the 
name  of  Dickinson  Drug  Co.  In  1904,  retired  and 
traveled;  went  to  Los  Angeles  same  year.  In 
1908,  bought  the  Dean  Drug  Co.,  and  re-entered 
business. 

Mr.  Dickinson  originally  was  a  Democrat,  ap- 
pointed in  1884,  Postmaster,  Central  City,  S.  D., 
by  President  Cleveland;  served  seven  years.  Be- 
came Republican  during  free  silver  agitation. 

Member  Union  League  Club,  Scottish  Rite 
Masons  and  the  Knights  Templar.  President  Cali- 
fornia Pharmaceutical  Association. 


HANDLEY,  LORIN 
ANDREW,  City  Clerk, 
Los  Angeles,  Califor- 
nia, was  born  February 
12,  1881,  at  Franklin, 
Indiana,  the  son  of  Jo- 
siah  Handy  Handley 
and  Nancy  Jane  (Carn- 
ine)  Handley.  He  is  a 
descendant  of  Matthew 
Handley  and  Daniel 
Boone.  He  married 
Elizabeth  Jane  Bald- 
ridge  at  Mt.  Carmel, 
Illinois,  July  12,  1905. 
Two  children,  Joseph 
B,  and  Donald  L.  Hand- 
ley,  were  born  to  them. 

Attended  schools  of 
Johnson  County,  Indi- 
ana, graduated  Hanover  College,  Hanover,  Indi- 
ana, 1902.  Graduated  from  Princeton  with  M.  A. 
in  1904;  took  course  in  Theology  in  Princeton 
Theological  Seminary,  graduating  1905.  Studied 
Constitutional  Law  and  Jurisprudence  under 
Woodrow  Wilson,  President  of  Princeton,  and 
later  Governor  of  New  Jersey.  In  1905,  was 
called  to  the  chair  of  Mental  and  Moral  Philosophy, 
at  Emporia  College,  Kansas,  also  teaching  interna- 
tional law  and  economics.  In  1907  resigned  for 
position  in  Occidental  College,  Los  Angeles,  where 
he  taught  three  years.  Became  interested  in  poli- 
tics and  quit  professorship  to  run  for  Congress.  Ac- 
tive in  Good  Government  movement;  elected  City 
Clerk  in  December,  1910.  Prominent  in  church 
work.  Member  Jefferson,  Old  Hickory,  Federation, 
City  Clubs  and  Chamber  of  Commerce. 


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CORE,  STANLEY,  Attorney 
at  Law,  San  Francisco,  was 
born  at  Oakland,  California, 
June  9,  1880,  the  son  of  Al- 
bert Alphonso  and  Jaqueline 
(Hall)  Moore.  Both  his  paternal  and  ma- 
ternal ancestors  fought  in  the  war  of  the 
Revolution,  the  former  of  Scotch-Irish,  and 
the  latter  of  English,  origin.  From  both 
sides  also  he  inherits  his 
legal  abilities.  His  pa- 
ternal  grandmother  was 
a  sister  of  the  late  Hon. 
H.  K.  S.  O'Melveny  of 
Los  Angeles,  a  noted 
member  of  the  California 
Bar,  and  his  mother  was 
a  sister  of  the  Hon.  Sam- 
uel P.  Hall,  District  At- 
torney of  Alameda  Coun- 
ty, and  subsequently  Su- 
perior Judge  of  the  same 
county.  His  father's  fam- 
ily are  among  the  oldest 
residents  of  Monroe 
County,  Illinois,  having 
settled  at  Waterloo  in 
1778,  when  the  county 
was  a  part  of  the  State 
of  Virginia.  A.  A.  Moore, 
who  was  born  there, 
came  with  his  parents,  in 
1885,  to  Alameda  County, 
California,  and  has  since 
established  a  reputation 
as  one  of  the  ablest  law- 
yers of  this  State. 

Mr.  Moore  attended  the  Grammar  School 
in  Oakland,  and  in  1894  entered  the  Oakland 
High  School,  where  he  remained  for  one 
year.  For  the  next  two  years  he  was  a 
student  at  Boone's  Academy,  Berkeley,  and 
was  graduated  thence,  in  1897,  into  the  Uni- 
versity of  California,  from  which  institution 
he  took  the  degree  of  B.  A.  in  1901.  While 
there  he  not  only  shaped  his  studies  toward 
the  legal  career  he  had  in  view,  but  also 
studied  law  in  his  father's  office,  and  in 
December  of  the  same  year  as  his  gradua- 
tion passed  his  examinations  for  the  Bar. 

The  year  following  his  admittance  to 
practice  he  became  Deputy  District  Attorney 
of  Alameda  County,  and  held  this  position 
until  the  middle  of  1903,  when  he  entered 
his  father's  office  as  an  assistant.  He  con- 
tinued in  this  capacity  until  January  1,  1911. 
at  which  date  he  became  a  partner  in  the 
firm  of  A.  A.  Moore  &  Stanley  Moore. 


STANLEY  MOORE 


While  the  bulk  of  the  firm's  practice  has 
been  confined  to  civil  law,  mainly  in  the  de- 
fense of  damage  suits,  Mr.  Moore's  skillful 
handling  of  important  criminal  cases  has 
attracted  wide  attention.  In  these  his  orig- 
inal methods  of  examination,  cross-examina- 
tion and  pleading,  which  have  contributed 
much  to  his  success  in  his  civil  suits,  have 
also  swelled  his  reputation  as  an  advocate. 
During  the  so-called 
"graft  prosecution"  he 
was  associate  counsel  in 
the  Calhoun  case,  and  in 
the  conduct  of  the  defense 
was  an  able  assistant  of 
his  associates. 

He  attracted  the  atten- 
tion of  the  public  in  San 
Francisco  and  in  the 
State  at  large  by  the  part 
he  took  in  this  trial.  In 
spite  of  his  youth,  he  was 
intrusted  with  some  of 
the  most  important  de- 
tails. He  won  the  re- 
spect of  associates  and  op- 
posing counsel  alike. 

Mr.  Moore's  ambitions 
have  always  been  legal 
and  have  absorbed  most 
of  his  attention,  permit- 
ting him  little  time  for 
other  interests.  He  re- 
gards the  important  af- 
fairs entrusted  to  him  as  a 
serious  and  ethical  re- 
sponsibility which  can  be 
pfioperly  discharged  only  through  concentra- 
tion and  infinite  pains.  To  him  the  conduct  of 
a  trial,  as  well  as  the  examination  of  the 
questions  of  law  involved,  is  in  the  nature  of 
a  scientific  study  fruitful  of  the  same  kind  of 
pleasure,  with  the  intensely  human  element 
added.  Partly  as  a  result  of  his  view  he  has 
been  engaged  in  more  trial  cases  than  perhaps 
any  other  lawyer  of  his  age  in  the  State. 

He  has  become  intimately  familiar  with 
politics,  owing  to  his  office  as  deputy  district 
attorney.  He  is  already  one  of  the  most  active 
political  workers  and  is  consulted  on  all  im- 
portant party  matters.  He  has  already  been 
mentioned  for  public  office.  He  belongs  to  the 
local  bar  association,  and  is  alive  to  all  that 
happens  in  the  profession. 

While  at  college  he  was  a  member  of  the 
various  student  societies.  He  still  maintains 
his  college  affiliations,  and  belongs  to  the 
Alumni  Society. 


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ARREN,  CHARLES  A.,  Oil 
Operator  and  Capitalist,  San 
Francisco,  was  born  in  San 
Francisco,  April  23,  1885,  the 
son  of  Charles  A.  and  Ada 
(Smith)  Warren.  Of  English  origin  on  both 
sides  of  the  house,  his  ancestors  have  been 
patriotic  Americans  for  generations ;  and  con- 
spicuous among  those  who  distinguished  them- 
selves on  the  battle  field 
was  General  Warren,  who 
fell  at  Bunker  Hill.  Charles 
A.  Warren,  Sr.,  came  to 
California  about  the  year 
1 86 1,  where  he  became 
one  of  the  leading  con- 
tractors of  the  State.  His 
son,  Charles,  may  be  said 
to  have  grown  up  in  the 
business,  in  which  he  has 
proved  himself  an  able 
partner.  On  September 
n,  1907,  he  was  married  in 
San  Francisco  to  Miss 
Claudine  Cotton,  daughter 
of  Judge  Aylett  P.  Cotton, 
and  is  the  father  of  one 
child,  Claudine  Warren, 

Mr.  Warren's  early  edu- 
cation was  obtained  in  the 
public  schools  of  San  Fran- 
cisco, including  the  Har- 
rison Primary  and  the  Pa- 
cific Heights  Grammar 
School.  He  then  entered 
Santa  Clara  College,  which 
completed  his  preparation 
for  the  University  of  California.  He  was  a 
student  at  the  latter  institution  from  1903  to 
1906,  in  the  College  of  Agriculture,  but  left 
before  graduation  to  become  a  junior  partner 
in  the  Charles  A.  Warren  Company,  and  in 
the  Warren  Improvement  Company,  having 
studied  the  contracting  br?incss  while  at 
school  and  at  college,  serving  a  practical  ap- 
prentice^hip  as  well. 

These  companies  were  engaged  in  general 
contracting,  devoting  their  attention  chiefly, 
however,  to  railroad  construction  and  street 
work.  But  beyond  this  branch  of  the  business 
they  did  much  to  develop  the  city,  both  before 
and  after  the  great  disaster  of  April,  1906.  In 
the  former  period  the  old  North  Beach  sea 
wall  is  one  of  the  important  monuments  to 
their  enterprise  and  efficiency.  Thev  also  ex- 
cavated the  ground  for  Stmve  Lake,  one  of 
the  beauty  spots  in  Golden  Gate  Park. 

Amons:    their   other   noteworthv   excavations 


CHAS.  A.  WARREN 


and  improvements  in  San  Francisco  and  vi- 
cinity were  their  preparation  of  the  ground  for 
the  Mid-Winter  Fair  in  the  park,  the  excava- 
tion for  the  St.  Francis  Hotel,  for  the  Annex, 
and  for  the  present  "Examiner"  building  and 
Fairmont  Hotel,  the  leveling  of  the  sand  hills 
at  North  Beach  and  Fort  Mason  and  the  con- 
struction of  the  Santa  Fe  sea-wall  on  China 
Basin.  They  also  built  the  road-bed  for  the 
Petaluma  and  Santa  Rosa 
Electric  Railway,  and  that 
for  the  extension  of  North 
Western  Pacific  from  Wil- 
lits  to  Sherwood,  and  re- 
claimed the  marsh  lands 
around  San  Mateo  and 
Burlingame,  where  they 
built  numerous  roads. 

In  1908  Mr.  Warren  re- 
tired from  active  contract- 
ing. Since  then  he  has 
given  his  attention  to  his 
duties  of  administrator  of 
the  estate  of  his  father, 
Charles  A.  Warren,  and  of 
jrnardian  for  his  brother, 
H.  O.  Warren,  as  well  as 
to  his  large  oil  and  ranch 
interests.  To  the  latter, 
which  include  a  thousand 
acres  near  Warm  Springs, 
Alameda  County,  Cali- 
fornia, on  which  he  raises 
alfalfa,  barley,  cattle  and 
dairy  products,  he  gives 
most  of  his  spare  time.  He 
has  always  been  interested 
in  ranching  and  has  had  much  valuable  ex- 
perience therein. 

In  the  oil  fields  Mr.  Warren's  ventures 
have  been  extensive.  He  was  one  of  the  first 
to  sense  the  great  possibilities  of  the  Coalinga 
district,  and  to  enter  there  as  an  investor, 
proving  up  about  eleven  thousand  acres  of 
rich  oil  land. 

Recently  he  has  added  banking  to  his  list 
of  activities  and  is  devoting  considerable  at- 
tention to  it. 

He  is  at  present  a  director  of  the  Pleas- 
ant Valley  Farming  Company,  Charles  A. 
Warren  Company,  the  Merchants'  National 
Bank,  and  he  was  formerly  a  director  of 
the  Swedish-American  Bank,  of  San  Fran- 
cisco. 

He  holds  memberships  in  the  following 
clubs :  The  University,  Bohemian,  Growlers 
(an  oilmen's  association),  and  the  Merchants' 
Exchange. 


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ELLS,  HON.  EDMUND  WILLIAM, 
Lawyer,  Prescott,  Arizona,  was 
born  in  Lancaster,  Ohio,  Febru- 
ary 14,  1846,  the  son  of  Edmund 
William  Wells  and  Mary  Louise 
(Arnold)  Wells.  He  married  Miss 
Rosalind  G.  Banghart  at  Prescott,  Ariz.,  Oct.  5,  1869. 
There  have  been  born  five  children,  Elmer  W., 
Helen  M.,  Frank  O.,  Gertrude  M.  and  Irene  M.  Wells. 
Judge  Wells,  who  has  been  a  factor  in  the  trans- 
formation of  Arizona  from  a  wild,  uninviting  ter- 
ritory into  one  of  the  richest  and  most  prosperous 
States  of  the  Union,  has  been  a  resident  of  the 
West  since  he  was  seven  years  of  age.  His  father 
at  that  time  moved  from  Lancaster,  Ohio,  to  Oska- 
loosa,  la.,  and  engaged  in  the  general  merchandise 
business.  The  son  was  given  an  exceptionally  good 
education  in  the  public  schools  of  Oskaloosa,  sup- 
plemented by  study  under  private  tutors. 

He  remained  at  Oskaloosa  until  sixteen  years  of 
age  and  then  journeyed  to  the  mining  regions  of 
Colorado,  determined  to  make  his-  own  way  in  the 
world.  He  remained  there  about  two  years,  work- 
ing at  any  occupation  he  found,  including  that  of 
laborer  in  the  mines  and  lumber  camps  and  as  a 
clerk  in  a  store.  He  also  served  an  apprenticeship 
in  the  office  of  the  Central  City  Register,  a  news- 
paper published  at  Central  City,  Colo. 

In  1864  Judge  Wells,  in  company  with  five  other 
young  men  of  the  mining  region,  left  Denver,  Colo- 
rado, on  an  expedition  of  exploration  into  the  San 
Francisco  Mountains,  in  northern  Arizona,  which 
was  supposed  to  be  a  rich  mineral  field.  They 
arrived  at  Prescott,  the  newly  established  seat  of 
the  Territorial  Government,  in  July  of  that  year, 
and  that  city  has  since  been  the  center  of  his  activi- 
ties. Fort  Whipple  was  located  near  Prescott  as  a 
protection  to  the  inhabitants  from  the  hostile  In- 
dians of  the  region  and  Judge  Wells,  with  his  com- 
panions, took  contracts  to  supply  the  U.  S.  Govern- 
ment forces  with  timbers  from  the  surrounding  pine 
forests  with  which  to  build  a  stockade  post.  It  was 
hazardous  work,  but  Judge  Wells  and  his  associates 
fulfilled  their  contracts  and  he  later  went  into  the 
employ  of  the  Quartermaster  and  Commissary  De- 
partment in  charge  of  Government  supplies. 

In  this  capacity  he  was  placed  in  the  midst  of 
the  operations  against  the  Indians,  his  duties  in- 
cluding rationing  and  supplying  provisions  to  scout- 
ing parties  of  soldiers  sent  into  the  hostile  Indian 
sections.  Occasionally  he  accompanied  the  scout- 
ing parties  on  their  expeditions  and  had  consid- 
erable experience  with  the  wild  Apaches  who  in- 
fested the  country.  Although  he  was  never  harmed 
personally,  he  sustained  losses  of  livestock  and 
other  property  by  the  Apache  raids.  When  Camp 
Lincoln,  afterwards  Camp  Verde,  was  opened  on 
the  Verde  River,  in  the  heart  of  the  Tonto  Apache 
country,  Judge  Wells  was  sent  in  charge  of  quarter- 
master and  commissary  stores  and  outfitted  the 
scouting  parties  operating  against  the  redskins. 


In  1867  Judge  Wells  was  appointed  to  the  posi- 
tion of  Clerk  of  the  United  States  District  Court 
at  Prescott.  and  served  in  that  capacity  up  to  the 
year  1874.  During  that  time  he  pursued  the  study 
of  law  under  the  direction  of  Captain  J.  P.  Har- 
grave,  who  ranked  then  as  one  of  the  leading  Con- 
stitutional lawyers-  on  the  Pacific  Coast.  Admitted 
to  practice  law  in  the  Supreme  Court  of  the  Ter- 
ritory in  1875,  Judge  Wells  formed  a  partnership 
with  Judge  John  A.  Rush  of  Sacramento,  Cali- 
fornia, noted  as  an  authority  on  mining  law.  The 
firm  was  first  known  as  Rush  &  Wells.  Later 
Judge  Sumner  Howard,  ex-Chief  Justice  of  the  Ter- 
ritory, was  taken  into  the  partnership,  the  firm 
being  afterwards  known  as  Rush,  Wells  &  Howard, 
and  continued  for  fourteen  years,  when  it  was  dis- 
solved, Judge  Wells  retiring  from  practice  in  order 
to  devote  himself  to  his  private  affairs,  which  by 
this  time  required  his  undivided  attention. 

His  interests  included  banking,  mining,  stock- 
raising,  farming  and  various  other  industries  which 
have  made  him  one  of  the  strong  developing  forces 
of  the  country.  Since  1882  he  has  been  identified 
with  the  Bank  of  Arizona,  at  Prescott,  having  be- 
gun as  stockholder,  Vice  Pres.  and  Director,  now 
being  its  President.  He  is  associated  with  other 
financial  and  mining  enterprises. 

Judge  Wells  has  been  a  consistent  Republican 
all  his  life  and  has  been  an  important  figure  in  the 
party's  affairs  in  Arizona  and  the  Southwest.  In 
addition  to  serving  as  Clerk  of  the  U.  S.  Court,  he 
has  held  several  prominent  offices  in  his  county  and 
served  several  terms  in  the  upper  house  of  the 
Territorial  Legislature  of  Arizona. 

In  1883  he  was,  by  the  U.  S.  Attorney  General, 
appointed  Asst.  U.  S.  Attorney  for  Arizona.  In  1887 
he  was  appointed  by  Governor  Zulick  (Dem.)  one 
of  three  commissioners  to  revise  and  compile  the 
laws  of  Arizona. 

In  1891,  President  Harrison  appointed  him  Asso- 
ciate Justice  of  the  Territorial  Supreme  Court  and 
in  1903  he  was  appointed  Attorney  General  of  Ari- 
zona under  Governor  Brodie. 

In  1910  Judge  Wells  was  elected  a  member  of 
the  Constitutional  Convention,  which  framed  the 
law  on  which  Arizona  was  admitted  to  Statehood, 
and  was  one  of  the  prominent  figures  in  the  de- 
liberations of  that  body.  At  the  primary,  pre- 
ceding the  first  general  election  in  1911,  he  was 
nominated  by  the  Republicans  of  Arizona  for  Gov- 
ernor and  made  a  splendid  race  for  the  office,  but 
the  election  resulting  in  a  Democratic  landslide,  he 
failed  of  success.  This  defeat  did  not  affect  Judge 
Wells'  enthusiasm,  however,  and  he  has-  continued 
his  efforts  for  the  upbuilding  of  the  State. 

Judge  Wells  is  a  leading  member  of  the  Masonic 
fraternity,  being  a  32nd  Degree  Scottish  Rite  Ma- 
son; member,  Mystic  Shrine  and  Knights  Templar. 
Also  a  member,  National  Geographic  Society,  Wash- 
ington, D.  C.,  and  a  Vice  President  of  the  Arizona 
Pioneer  Historical  Society. 


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E  L  B  O  U  R  N,  OCLASCO 
CARLOS,  Physician  and 
Surgeon,  Los  Angeles,  Cali- 
fornia, was  born  in  Dark 
County,  Ohio,  January  28, 
1871,  the  son  of  Edward  Lawrence  Wei- 
bourn  and  Martha  (Jones)  Welbourn.  He 
is  of  English  descent  and  can  trace  back  his 
ancestry  to  John  of  Welbourn,  who  was 
born  in  1389,  near  Lin- 
coln, England. 

He  married  Annie 
Lloyd,  June  23,  1909,  at 
Cincinnati,  Ohio.  Mrs. 
Welbourn  is  the  daugh- 
ter of  John  Uri  Lloyd, 
author  of  several  popu- 
lar and  scientific  literary 
productions,  notably 
"Stringtown  on  the 
Pike,"  and  "Etidorpha." 

Dr.  Welbourn  went 
to  the  public  schools  of 
Union  City,  Indiana,  and 
afterwards  attended  Beth- 
a  n  y  College,  Bethany, 
West  Virginia,  receiving 
the  Bachelor  of  Science 
degree.  He  next  studied 
at  the  Eclectic  Medical 
Co  1 1  e  g  e,  at  Cincinnati, 
Ohio,  and  there  got  his 
degree  of  Doctor  of  Medi- 
cine, in  1891. 

He  has  been  a  stu- 
dent in  the  arts  and  in 
his  profession  the  greater 


DR.    O.   C.   WELBOURN 


part  of  his  life,  however,  and  did  not  stop 
with  the  completion  of  his  regular  school 
and  college  courses.  He  was  awarded  the 
degree  of  Master  of  Arts  by  his  alma  mater, 
Bethany,  in  the  year  1907,  for  advanced 
scholarship  worthy  of  the  honor.  His  medi- 
cal studies  were  not  complete  until  he  had 
made  a  trip  to  Europe  and  had  worked  with 
the  great  surgeons  of  London,  Paris,  Berlin 
and  Vienna. 

Dr.  Welbourn  began  practice  in  Union 
City,  Indiana,  but  the  opportunities  there  did 
not  satisfy  him,  so  he  moved  to  Long  Beach. 
California,  in  the  year  1894,  when  that  city 
was  little  more  than  a  promise.  He  was  on 
the  spot  to  get  the  full  benefit  of  the  ensu- 
ing boom,  and  was  compelled  to  work  night 
and  day  for  five  years.  In  1899  he  thought 
that  he  deserved  a  rest,  and  so  he  went 
abroad,  to  travel  and  study.  He  was  absent 
during  a  period  of  two  years,  and  before  he 


was  through  he  had  encircled  the  world. 
He  re-located  in  the  city  of  Los  Angeles  in 
1901,  and  made  a  specialty  of  surgical 
gynecology,  and  he  has  practiced  this  spe- 
cialty since. 

Since  taking  up  the  practice  of  his  pro- 
fession in  Los  Angeles,  he  has  been  chosen 
Professor  of  Gynecology  at  the  California 
Eclectic  Medical  College,  and  is  an  active 
lecturer.  He  founded,  in 
the  year  1904,  the  Los 
Angeles  Journal  of  Eclec- 
tic Medicine,  and  did  its 
editorial  writing  and  con- 
tributed learned  articles. 
In  the  year  1907  the 
journal  was  combined 
with  the  California  Medi- 
cal Journal,  of  San  Fran- 
cisco, and  the  name  of 
the  publication  was 
changed  to  the  California 
Eclectic  Medical  Journal. 
He  still  holds  the  posi- 
tion of  editor  and  chief 
contributor  to  the  larger 
journal. 

Dr.  Welbourn  found- 
ed the  Westlake  Hospital, 
in  the  year  1907,  and  he 
is  the  president  and  ex- 
ecutive head  of  the  insti- 
tution at  present.  The 
hospital  has  grown  so 
rapidly  that  its  present 
quarters  are  inadequate 
and  plans  have  now  been 


drawn  for  a  big  concrete  fireproof  building. 
Dr.  Welbourn's  chief  occupations  at  the 
present  time,  aside  from  his  medical  prac- 
tice, which  is  extensive,  are :  President 
of  the  Westlake  Hospital,  President  of  the 
California  Eclectic  Medical  College,  and 
Editor  of  the  California  Eclectic  Medical 
Journal. 

His  activity  has  brought  him  into  inti- 
mate and  frequent  contact  with  his  fellows, 
and  he  is  a  member  of  many  professional 
societies. 

He  is  ex-President  of  the  Los  Angeles 
County  Eclectic  Society,  ex-President  of  the 
Southern  California  Eclectic  Medical  Asso- 
ciation, ex-President  of  the  California  Eclec- 
tic Medical  Society,  and  a  member  of  the 
National  Eclectic  Medical  Society. 

He  is  a  Scottish  Rite  Mason,  a  Shriner, 
and  a  member  of  the  Jonathan  Club,  of  Los 
Angeles. 


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BRUNSWIG,  LUCIEN  N., 

Wholesale  and  Manufactur- 
ing Chemist  and  Druggist, 
'Los  Angeles,  California,  is  a 
native  of  Montmedy,  France. 
He  was  educated  at  the  College  of  Etain,  De- 
partment of  Meuse,  France,  where  he  spent 
the  early  part  of  his  life.  He  was  married 
twice,  his  first  wife  having  been  Annie  Mer- 
cer of  Independence,  Mo., 
who  died  in  New  Orleans 
in  1892.  His  second  wife, 
Marguerite  Wogan,  is 
a  native  of  New  Or- 
leans. By  his  first  mar- 
riage he  has  four  children 
— three  daughters,  now 
married,  and  a  son,  who  is 
connected  with  the  Bruns- 
wig Drug  Co.  By  his 
second  marriage  he  has  a 
daughter  11  years  of  age. 
On  coming  to  America 
Mr.  Brunswig  made  his 
first  extensive  effort  in 
the  commercial  world  by 
entering  the  wholesale 
and  retail  drug  business. 
He  subsequently  estab- 
lished himself  prominent- 
ly in  the  wholesale  drug 
world  at  Fort  Worth, 
Texas,  in  1876.  In  1882 
he  accepted  a  junior  part- 
nership in  the  firm  of  Fin- 
lay  &  Brunswig  at  New 
Orleans.  At  the  death 
of  his  partner,  Mr.  Finlay, 


L.  N.  BRUNSWIG 


Mr.  Brunswig 

became  sole  owner  of  the  firm,  and  from  that 
time  up  to  1903  the  house  was  known  as 
L.  N.  Brunswig  &  Company. 

In  1903  Mr.  Brunswig  disposed  of  his  New 
Orleans  business,  at  which  time  he  retired 
temporarily  for  a  much-needed  rest,  and  en- 
joyed a  two  years'  vacation  in  Europe. 

Mr.  Brunswig  has  always  given  untiring 
attention  to  the  direction  of  his  wholesale 
drug  business,  raising  it  to  the  first  rank  in 
New  Orleans  and  indeed  the  entire  South- 
west. He  became  known  throughout  the  city 
as  a  progressive  business  man  who  partici- 
pated in  all  matter  for  the  advancement  of  the 
community.  He  served  four  years  as  Police 
Commissioner  in  New  Orleans,  and  was  also 
vice  president  of  the  Athenee  Louisianais, 
a  valued  member  of  the  Louisiana  His- 
torical Society,  president  of  the  French  Soci- 
ety and  vice  president  of  the  Board  of  Trade. 


In  1888  Mr.  Brunswig  determined  to  establish 
a  branch  of  his  New  Orleans  business  in  Los 
Angeles,  which  city  was  just  beginning  to 
attract  attention  as  a  distributing  center. 
This  he  did,  placing  it  under  the  direction  of 
F.  W.  Braun,  who  remained  managing  part- 
ner, the  interest  of  the  latter  being  ultimate- 
ly purchased  by  Mr.  Brunswig,  who  changed 
the  name  of  the  concern  to  the  Brunswig 
Drug  Company,  with 
branches  at  San  Diego 
and  Guaymas,  Mexico. 
This  venture  of  Mr. 
Brunswig  early  in  1888  in 
establishing  a  large 
wholesale  drug  house  in 
Los  Angeles  seemed  to 
less  far-sighted  men  of 
affairs  almost  impossible 
of  success.  On  the  con- 
trary, the  judgment  of 
the  founder  was  vindi- 
cated from  the  beginning, 
and  it  was  by  unusual  en- 
ergy and  aggressiveness 
that  the  stock  and  re- 
sources of  the  firm  were 
constantly  maintained  at 
the  required  standard,  in 
keeping  with  the  rapid 
development  of  Los  An- 
geles and  its  tributary 
territory. 

The  Brunswig  Drug 
Company  has  developed 
the  largest  wholesale 
drug  business  on  the 
Coast,  blending  with  it  a  complete  manufac- 
turing chemical  and  pharmaceutical  labora- 
tory. From  the  modest  beginning  established 
as  a  result  of  a  thorough  conception  of  what 
the  future  contained,  its  affairs  have  grown 
until  now  its  annual  business  exceeds  by  a 
large  margin  the  most  sanguine  expectations. 

Mr.  Brunswig's  residence,  2640  W.  Adams 
street,  Los  Angeles,  is  one  of  the  most  beauti- 
ful places  in  the  city.  It  has  180  feet  front- 
age on  West  Adams  street,  is  500  feet  deep, 
laid  out  in  handsome  terraces,  and  the  rear 
facade  has  350  feet.  The  grounds  are  among 
the  most  attractive  in  Southern  California, 
the  residence  itself  being  modeled  after 
the  style  of  the  French  Renaissance  chateaux. 
One  of  the  most  charming  features  of  this 
place  is  the  Italian  gardens,  with  flora  of 
every  description.  Mr.  Brunswig  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  California  Club  of  'Los  Angeles 
and  of  the  Los  Angeles  Country  Club. 


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USH,  WILLIAM  E.,  Automo- 
biles, Los  Angeles,  Californ- 
ia, was  born  at  Vriesland, 
Michigan,  September  18,  1870. 
He  is  the  son  of  Simon  Bush 
and  Gertrude  (Tromden)  Bush.  He  married 
Henrietta  Sweet,  at  Georgestown,  Michigan, 
May  20,  1896. 

He  received  his  primary  education  in  the 
public  schools  of  Grand 
Rapids,  Michigan,  whith- 
er his  parents  had  moved 
when  he  was  a  child,  and 
then  entered  the  High 
School  of  that  city.  He 
remained  at  school  until 
he  was  fifteen  years  of 
age,  when  he  left  to  learn 
mechanics,  a  line  in  which 
he  became  expert  and 
with  which  he  has  been 
associated  in  all  branches 
to  the  present  day.  He 
learned  his  trade  in  Grand 
Rapids,  and  after  graduat- 
ing from  the  apprentice 
class,  became  a  traveling 
mechanic.  He  followed 
his  trade  in  Grand  Rapids, 
Michigan,  and  in  other 
states.  He  was  recog- 
nized as  an  expert. 

After  several  years 
spent  working  for  other 
people,  Mr.  Bush,  who 
had  saved  some  consider- 
able money,  decided  in 
1900,  to  go  into  business  for  himself.  His 
first  venture  was  made  at  South  Bend,  Indi- 
ana, where  he  formed  a  partnership  known  as 
Bush  and  Palmateer,  builders  of  stationary 
and  marine  gas  engines.  Although  the  busi- 
ness was  a  paying  proposition  from  the  start, 
.Mr.  Bush,  after  two  years,  decided  that  he 
wanted  to  go  further  west,  so  he  sold  out  his 
interest  in  the  firm  and  moved  to  Los  An- 
geles, where  he  has  since  remained. 

In  1902,  the  automobile  boom  was  attain- 
ing its  height  in  Southern  California,  and  Mr. 
Bush,  with  his  thorough  mechanical  knowl- 
edge, decided  to  enter  that  field.  He  opened 
first  an  automobile  machine  shop,  making  re- 
pairs and  building  new  parts.  He  quickly 
won  a  reputation  in  the  business  and  succeed- 
ed accordingly.  From  a  small  beginning,  he 
branched  out  into  a  large  automobile  agency 
and  moved  to  a  larger  plant.  This  place, 
however,  he  soon  outgrew,  and  he  next  built 


a  mammoth  place,  one  of  the  largest  auto- 
bile  buildings  in  the  West  and  today  it  is 
one  of  the  leading  motor  headquarters  of 
Southern  California. 

When  he  first  went  into  business  in  Los 
Angeles,  Mr.  Bush  was  associated  with  John 
Burge,  another  expert  mechanic,  and  did  busi- 
ness under  the  firm  name  of  Bush  and  Burge. 
This  partnership  continued  two  years,  when 
Mr.  Bush  bought  out  the 
interest  of  Burge.  In  Jan- 
uary, 1906,  Mr.  Bush  took 
in  another  partner,  the 
firm  under  this  arrange- 
ment being  known  as 
Bush  and  Shields.  This 
partnership  did  not  last 
long,  however,  for  in  Sep- 
tember of  the  same  year, 
Mr.  Shields  sold  out  his 
interest  and  Bush  contin- 
ued business  alone.  The 
various  changes  in  the 
name  of  the  firm  did  not 
seem  to  have  any  effect 
upon  the  business,  for,  un- 
der Mr.  Bush's  personal 
management,  it  continued 
to  grow.  In  addition  to 
his  motor  car  business, 
he  is  a  director  of  the 
Glendora  Irrigating  Com- 
pany. 

In  the  automobile  busi- 
ness  in   Los   Angeles   he 
is  a  leading  factor  in  all 
movements    for    the    bet- 
terment of  the  trade. 

He  was  at  one  time  president  of  the  Auto- 
mobile Dealers'  Association  of  Southern  Cal- 
ifornia, and  at  present  is  a  member  of  the 
Board  of  Directors  of  that  organization, 
which  has  done  a  good  deal  for  good  roads 
in  Los  Angeles  County,  and,  in  fact,  in  all 
of  the  Southwest.  Mr.  Bush  is  also  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Union  League  Club,  Los  Angeles 
Athletic  Club  and  the  San  Gabriel  Valley 
Club.  He  is  prominent  in  the  Mystic  Shrine, 
being  a  member  of  the  Al  Malaikah  Tem- 
ple, Los  Angeles,  and  the  Plymouth  Com- 
mandery,  Knights  Templar,  of  Plymouth, 
Indiana. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Technical  Board 
of  the  Los  Angeles  branch,  American  Auto- 
mobile Association.  In  this  connection  he 
has  been  one  of  the  officials  in  charge  of  all 
the  automobile  races  in  the  vicinity  of  South- 
ern California  for  the  last  two  vears. 


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OEBIG,  ADOLPH  H.,  Con- 
sulting, Civil  and  Hydraulic 
Engineer,  Los  Angeles,  Cali- 
fornia, is  a  native  of  Prussia, 
having  been  born  at  Mottlash, 
in  that  country,  on  May  17,  1852.  His 
father,  Christian  Callus  Koebig,  and  his 
mother,  Julia  (Schmeltzer)  Koebig,  de- 
scended from  a  number  of  distinguished  an- 
cestors. Mr.  Koebig  mar- 
ried Miss  Maria  Helene 
Kieffer  on  January  31, 
1880,  at  Metz,  Germany; 
four  children  have  been 
born :  Dr.  W.  C.  Koebig, 
A.  H.  Koebig,  Jr.,  C.  E. 
Koebig  and  Kurt  J. 
Koebig. 

Mr.  Koebig  availed 
himself  of  the  best  educa- 
tional facilities  in  his  na- 
tive land;  he  is  a  gradu- 
ate of  the  Royal  Gym- 
nasium of  Karlsruhe  and 
of  the  Royal  Engineering 
departments  of  the  Uni- 
versities of  Karlsruhe, 
Heidelberg  and  Berlin, 
graduating  from  Karls- 
ruhe in  1876. 

After  his  entrance  into 
the  activities  of  life,  Mr. 
Koebig  soon  came  to  the 
United  States  and  lived 
and  practiced  his  profes- 
sion for  a  time  in  Mil- 
waukee, Wisconsin,  but 


A.  H.  KOEBIG,  SR. 


ber  of  important  Eastern  railway  lines. 
It  was  in  1888  that  Mr.  Koebig  began  the 
practice  of  hydraulic  engineering  as  a  spe- 
cialized work,  as  he  foresaw  the  immense  de- 
velopment that  must  inure  to  that  branch  of 
science  in  this  country;  he  naturally  made  a 
particular  study  of  irrigation  and  of  hydro- 
static power  in  the  West,  and  in  Mexico  he 
held  the  position  of  consulting  and  of  chief 
engineer  in  a  great  num- 
ber of  the  most  notable 
companies  in  that  region, 
performing  the  prelimi- 
nary investigations,  the 
planning,  and  the  con- 
struction of  a  great  many 
of  the  foremost  enter- 
prises. 

He  also  took  an  active 
part  as  adviser  and  ex- 
pert in  some  of  the  most 
important  litigations  re- 
garding water  works  and 
resources  that  have  taken 
place  in  the  West.  His 
retention  as  consulting 
engineer  and  adviser  by  a 
number  of  municipalities 
resulted  in  great  public 
benefit. 

In  1909  Mr.  Koebig 
associated  himself  with 
his  son  professionally,  and 
formed  the  present  firm 
of  Koebig  &  Koebig, 
continuing  the  same  line 
of  work  that  had  made 


in  1885  he  v~ent  to  California  and  made  his 
home  in  Los  Angeles  and  has  since  here  re- 
mained. 

Mr.  Koebig  is  now  the  senior  member  of 
the  firm  of  Koebig  &  Koebig,  consulting 
engineers ;.  is  a  director  of  the  Ramona 
Power  and  Irrigation  Company,  and  is  chief 
consulting  engineer  for  the  Chuckawalla  De- 
velopment Company. 

After  completing  his  studies  in  Germany, 
and  serving  in  the  military  profession  as  an 
officer  of  the  army,  and  securing  his  honor- 
able discharge,  Mr.  Koebig  took  up  the  study 
of  engineering  in  earnest,  having  the  natural 
bent  in  that  direction  of  occupation.  He 
soon  entered  the  government  service  as  an 
engineer  in  the  department  of  water,  munici- 
pal roadways  and  railways  departments. 

He  removed  to  this  country  in  1880,  and 
was  at  once  employed  as  assistant  resident 
and  locating  engineer  in  the  service  of  a  num- 


the  father's  reputation  and  which  has  brought 
the  son  into  eminence. 

The  firm  of  Koebig  &  Koebig  is  now 
employed  in  many  of  the  great  water  devel- 
opment undertakings  that  are  doing  so  much 
toward  making  the  Southwestern  empire  the 
garden  spot  of  the  world. 

The  firm  is  retained  as  consulting  en- 
gineer for  the  Ramona  Power  and  Irrigation 
Company,  and  for  the  Chuckawalla  Develop- 
ment Company.  This  latter  company,  it  is 
stated,  is  one  of  the  largest  irrigation  com- 
panies with  the  most  important  works  in  the 
entire  west. 

Mr.  Koebig  is  an  active  member  of  the 
Engineers  and  Architects'  Club  of  Los  An- 
geles and  of  the  Geographical  Society. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  California  and 
University  clubs,  of  the  Los  Angeles  Coun- 
try Club  and  the  San  Gabriel  Country 
Club. 


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UNDAKER,     SAMUEL     WILSON, 
Mining,      Tucson,     Arizona,      was 
born  in  Lancaster,  Pennsylvania, 
December     31,     1864,  the  son  of 
Jacob    and    Mary    Gandaker.      He 
has  been  twice  married,  his  sec- 
ond    wife     having     been     Aldine     Warner,     whom 
he  married  at  Portland,  Oregon,  September,  1906. 
By    his    first    union    Mr.    Gundaker    is    the    father 
of  five  children,  Charles,  Paul,  Harry,  Samuel  and 
Alene   Gundaker.     He   is  descended   of  a   fine   old 
Pennsylvania     family,    his    original    ancestors    in 
America     having     come     over     in     the     days     of 
William    Penn.      His    father    was    a    merchant    in 
Lancaster    for    many    years    and    was    prominent 
in  the  political  affairs  of  the  city,  holding  various 
offices  of  tru&t  and  responsibility. 

Mr.  Gundaker,  who  is  one  of  the  picturesque 
mining  men  of  the  West,  with  a  life  story  that  in- 
tertwines with  the  history  of  a  dozen  mining  sec- 
tions, belongs  to  that  category  of  Americans  called 
"self  made."  His  actual  schooling  was  limited 
to  a  few  years  in  the  public  schools  of  his  native 
town,  for  when  he  was  about  fifteen  years  of  age 
his  father,  one  of  the  practical  minded  men  of 
his  day,  indentured  the  boy  as  an  apprentice  in 
the  machine  shops  of  the  Pennsylvania  Railroad 
at  Altoona,  Pennsylvania.  There  he  remained  for 
the  full  term  of  four  years  and  worked  so  con- 
scientiously that  when  he  finished  his  probationary 
period  and  came  forth  a  journeyman  machinist  he 
was  one  of  the  experts  of  his  craft.  To  this  pri- 
mary knowledge  he  added  so  much  in  later  years 
that  at  the  present  time,  although  he  is  in  other 
lines  of  activity,  he  is  classed  as  one  of  the  me- 
chanical experts  of  the  United  States. 

In  1883,  at  the  conclusion  of  his  apprenticeship, 
Mr.  Gundaker  left  Pennsylvania  for  the  West, 
where  the  greater  part  of  his  life  has  been  spent. 
He  first  went  to  Colorado  and  entered  the  employ 
of  the  Union  Pacific  Railroad  as  a  machinist,  but 
after  about  a  year  returned  to  the  East  and  went 
to  work  for  the  Federal  Government  as  a  ma- 
chinist on  gun  carriages  in  the  ordnance  depart- 
ment of  the  Navy  Yard  at  Washington,  D.  C.  He 
aided  in  the  building  of  the  big  guns  of  the  Gov- 
ernment for  about  two  years,  but  gave  up  this 
work  in  1886  in  order  to  return  to  the  West,  which 
had  a  peculiar  lure  for  him. 

On  this  second  trip  he  picked  out  one  of  the 
most  exciting  places  on  the  map  at  that  time — 
Pocatello,  Idaho,  a  mining  camp  with  all  the  char- 
acteristics of  the  so-called  wild  and  woolly  West. 
Still  following  his  trade,  he  joined  the  machinist 
forces  of  the  Oregon  Short  Line  at  Pocatello  and 
was  thus  engaged  for  two  years,  during  which 
time  he  established  an  unusual  personal  popularity. 
An  expert  craftsman,  possessed  of  an  amiable  dis- 
position, unfaltering  courage,  inborn  honesty  and 
ability  to  take  care  of  himself  in  any  kind  of  an 
encounter,  he  won  a  host  of  friends  and  in  1888 


was  appointed  first  City  Marshal  of  Pocatello. 
Prior  to  this  time  the  law  of  might  ruled  strong 
and  each  man  was,  more  or  less,  his  own  judge. 
The  result  was  the  development  of  such  hard 
bands  as  the  "Soapy"  Smith  gang  and  the  War 
Bonnet  cowboys,  who,  for  many  years,  rode  hard 
and  shot  easy,  and  generally  terrorized  the  country. 
The  raids  of  these  men  are  part  of  the  history  of 
the  West,  and  Mr.  Gundaker,  as  Marshal,  wa&  one  of 
the  quieting  influences  that  caused  the  disappear- 
ance of  these  characters  and  the  establishment 
of  law  and  order.  He  is  one  of  the  men  who  omit 
details  in  referring  to  those  days,  but  the  fact  re- 
mains, he  brought  order  out  of  chaos  during  the 
time  he  held  office. 

At  the  end  of  twelve  months  as  City  Marshal, 
Mr.  Gundaker  resigned,  in  1889,  to  accept  appoint- 
ment as  Deputy  United  States  Marshal  for  the 
Southeastern  District  of  Idaho  and  served  the  Gov- 
ernment in  this  capacity  for  about  two  years.  Dur- 
ing his  term  of  office  the  historic  manifesto  abol- 
ishing polygamy  was  issued  and  Mr.  Gundaker  was 
called  upon  to  serve  processes  upon  those  mem- 
bers of  the  Mormon  faith  who  came  within  the 
order  of  the  Government.  As  United  States  Mar- 
shal he  had  many  exciting  experiences,  but  these, 
too,  he  passes  over  in  a  general  way. 

In  1893,  Mr.  Gundaker  was  appointed  by  Gov- 
ernor McConnell  of  Idaho  to  the  office  of  State 
Examiner  of  Engineers  and  Boiler  Inspector,  being 
the  first  man  to  hold  this  office  in  the  State.  He 
held  it  for  two  years  and  at  the  end  of  that  time 
gave  it  up  to  go  into  the  mining  business,  with 
which  he  has  been  identified  continuously  and  con- 
spicuously ever  since. 

He  became  interested  in  gold  mining  in  the 
Neal  District  of  Idaho  and  in  lead  mining  in  the 
Wood  River  region,  operating  there  with  consid- 
erable success  until  the  year  1900,  at  which  time 
he  gave  up  mining  temporarily  and  moved  to  San 
Francisco.  There  he  became  a  manufacturer  of  a 
boiler  compound  in  partners-hip  with  Robert  Gray- 
son,  of  the  famous  Grayson  family  of  California. 
He  was  thus  engaged  for  about  two  years,  selling 
out  his  interest  then  to  go  to  Alaska. 

He  landed  at  Nome  and  joined  the  army  of 
prospectors  there,  staking  out  a  number  of  claims 
in  various  parts  of  the  Seward  Peninsula.  He 
prospected  in  that  region  for  about  two  years,  and 
met  with  the  average  success  of  the  district,  but 
was  not  satisfied  with  the  results  he  obtained.  So, 
in  1904,  upon  hearing  of  the  new  strike  at  Fair- 
banks, he  determined  upon  going  there.  Like  the 
other  men  who  risked  their  lives  in  Alaska  during 
those  days,  he  cared  not  for  the  dangers  of  the  life 
so  much  as  the  life  itself.  He  chartered  the  stern- 
wheeler  "Independence"  at  Nome  with  a  cargo  of 
supplies  and  went  up  the  Yukon  to  the  Fairbanks 
country,  landing  there  when  there  was  only  a 
handful  of  men  to  make  a  town. 

Selling   part   of   his   supplies,   he   immediately 


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went  prospecting  and  located  several  claims  on 
Fairbanks  Creek.  These  were  placer  and  he 
worked  for  several  months,  but  with  only  a  fair 
return  of  gold.  It  was  while  thus  engaged,  how- 
ever, that  he  met  with  an  experience  which  re- 
sulted in  his  making  one  of  the  most  remarkable 
and  hazardous  trips  in  the  knowledge  of  the  men. 
accustomed  to  braving  the  many  dangers  and  ex- 
treme hardships  of  the  frozen  North. 

An  Esquimo  drifted  into  the  camp  at  Fairbanks 
and  met  Mr.  Gundaker.  With  him  this  child  of 
the  snow  country  brought  a  sample  of  tin  ore 
and  told  Mr.  Gundaker  that  he  had  found  it  on 
Cape  Prince  of  Wales,  which,  as  the  geographies 
show,  is  almost  at  the  top  of  the  world,  lying  at 
the  very  edge  of  the  Arctic  Ocean.  To  Mr.  Gun- 
daker this  presented  great  promise,  and,  despite 
the  hardships  to  be  encountered,  he  made  the 
trip  to  the  Cape  to  satisfy  himself  that  there  ex- 
isted such  a  mine  of  tin  as  the  Esquimo  described, 
which,  to  the  experienced  mind  of  Mr.  Gundaker, 
showed  the  purest  metal  of  the  kind  he  had  ever 
seen  or  even  heard  of.  His  visit  to  the  Cape  satis- 
fied him,  so  he  rushed  back  to  the  United  States 
to  secure  financial  backing  enough  to  enable  him 
to  work  this  mine,  which  lay  so  far  from  the 
civilized  world. 

Arriving  at  Spokane,  Washington,  with  his 
specimens,  he  interested  the  late  Mace  Campbell, 
of  the  firm  of  Campbell  &  Finch,  in  his  claims  at 
the  top  of  the  world,  where  the  Arctic  and  the 
Behring  seas  join.  Then,  in  opposition  to  the 
views  of  his  partners,  he  determined  to  go  back  to 
Cape  Prince  of  Wales  and  prepare  the  property 
for  working  at  once.  To  the  men  who  know  the 
country  this  seemed  like  a  mission  foolhardy  in 
the  extreme,  because  it  meant  travel  over  two 
thousand  miles  of  ice  in  a  land  where  men  are 
lost  every  year  and  where  each  man  who  enters 
takes  his  life  in  his  hands.  Gundaker,  however,  was 
determined  to  get  into  the  country  before  naviga- 
tion opened,  so  sailed  from  Seattle  on  March  5, 
1905,  for  the  North. 

His  journey  as  far  as  Valdez,  Alaska,  was  com- 
paratively easy,  being  made  on  a  steamer  and  in 
comfort.  From  there,  however,  it  was  a  dreary 
trudge,  beset  with  hardships  and  dangers  in  many 
forms.  He  made  up  his  outfit  at  Valdez,  taking 
a  sled  and  six  dogs  for  the  trip.  He  took  only  a 
small  supply  of  food,  depending  upon  the  Govern- 
ment stations  along  the  route  to  furnish  him  with 
food  during  the  early  part  of  the  journey.  From 
Valdez,  the  start  of  the  dash,  he  went  across  the 
ice  to  the  Tanenah  River  at  Fairbanks,  his  former 
scene  of  operations,  and  there  had  the  only  real 
rest  he  allowed  himself  during  the  great  journey. 
He  stayed  there  a  few  days,  meeting  old  friends 
and  new  arguments  against  his  desire  to  go  to  the 
Arctic,  then  worked  his  way  down  the  Tanenah  to 
Fort  Gibbons,  on  the  Yukon  River. 

From  Fort  Gibbons  he  went  down  the  Yukon  to 


Coltag  and  crossed  the  Portage  (a  ninety-mile 
range  of  snow  mountains)  from  Coltag  to  Unanec- 
leek  on  Norton  Sound.  From  there  to  Isaac's  Point 
was  forty  miles  across  the  drifting  ice  and  in  this 
particular  stretch  of  the  trip  Mr.  Gundaker  took 
more  chances  than  on  any  other.  The  ice  was  just 
beginning  to  break  up  and  drift  and  thus  presented 
its  most  dangerous  side  to  the  traveler.  At  times 
the  water  of  the  sea  touched  the  bellies  of  his 
dogs  and  it  was  only  the  instinct  of  the  beasts, 
Mr.  Gundaker  thinks,  that  carried  him  safely  across 
the  ice  to  the  Point. 

Leaving  Isaac's  Point,  Mr.  Gundaker  worked 
across  Goliphan  Bay  to  Solomon,  on  the  Behring 
Sea,  and  from  there  plodded  across  the  ice  to  Nome. 
Here  again  he  rested  for  a  brief  period  while  he 
took  on  supplies  for  himself  and  his  dogs,  because 
from  that  point  on  he  would  encounter  no  Govern- 
ment stations  and  he  had  to  carry  his  food  with 
him.  After  some  changes  in  his  team  and  other 
preparations,  he  set  out  from  Nome  and  next 
stopped  at  Teller.  From  there  he  made  Cape  York, 
crossing  a  mountain  range  and  thence,  following 
the  Behring  Sea,  he  went  direct  to  Cape  Prince  of 
Wales,  where  the  tin  deposits,  on  which  he  had 
staked  his  all,  were  located. 

To  the  lay  reader  this  may  not  convey  a  full 
comprehension  of  what  that  trip  meant.  First,  it 
was  two  thousand  miles  over  the  ice  by  a  lone  man, 
and  to  save  his  dogs,  he  trotted  much  of  the  way 
with  them,  riding  on  the  sled  only  for  brief  periods. 
Men  of  the  North  appreciate  the  unusual  endur- 
ance powers  necessary  for  such  a  trip,  for  not  only 
has  the  traveler  to  endure  the  hardships  natural  to 
the  climate,  but  must  care  for  his  dogs  as  if  they 
were  infants,  because  the  beasts,  after  long  absence 
from  many  humans,  become  untractable  and  their 
driver  has  to  nurse  them  as  he  would  children.  This 
Mr.  Gundaker  had  to  do  in  addition  to  enduring  the 
other  hardships  of  the  trip,  and  his  journey  is  re- 
called today  as  one  of  the  most  remarkable  in  the 
knowledge  of  the  men  of  the  North. 

However,  after  making  this  arduous  journey 
and  covering  his  long  trail  in  sixty  days,  Mr.  Gun- 
daker, who  reached  his  destination  before  the  first 
boat  of  the  season  arrived,  met  with  one  of  many 
great  disappointments  of  his  life.  He  remained  on 
the  Cape  of  Prince  of  Wales  all  that  Summer  and 
examined  his  claims  only  to  find  that  they  ran 
to  frozen  earth  and  the  visible  supply  of  ore  was 
not  enough  to  warrant  operations  as  planned. 

Consequently,  he  started  back  to  the  United 
States,  bringing  with  him  two  of  the  dogs  he  had 
started  with  from  Valdez.  He  had  changed  his 
team  members  often  during  his  trip  north,  but 
these  two  dogs  withstood  all  trials  and  went  with 
him  to  his  destination. 

It  took  Mr.  Gundaker  until  the  Fall  of  1906  to 
return  to  the  "States,"  and  after  straightening  out 
his  affairs  in  Spokane,  he  headed  for  Nevada,  then 


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the  center  of  mining  excitement.  He  landed  at 
Goldfleld  in  the  Winter  of  1906  and  there,  in  part- 
nership with  Matt  Meehan,  a  friend  of  his  early 
Klondike  days,  entered  upon  another  chapter  of 
his  mining  career.  They  purchased  the  Florence 
Fraction  and  other  properties  and  worked  them  for 
about  a  year  and  a  half  with  fair  success.  His 
partner  was  stricken  suddenly  and  died  in  his  arms, 
however,  and  not  long  afterward  Mr.  Gundaker  left 
the  Goldfleld  region  and  mining. 

Going  to  Tonopah,  Nevada,  an  older  camp  than 
Goldfield,  he  became  a  hotel  man  and  ran  the  Mer- 
chants' Hotel  at  Tonopah  for  some  time,  but  with 
the  opening  of  Rawhide  he  went  there  and  resumed 
his  mining  work.  He  bought  several  claims  in  the 
new  camp  and  also  organized  a  company  which 
financed  the  building  of  the  first  water  works  the 
town  knew.  To  this  latter  enterprise  he  devoted 
the  larger  part  of  his  time,  not  taking  a  very  active 
part  in  the  actual  mining. 

In  the  latter  part  of  1907,  however,  when  gold 
was  discovered  at  what  is  now  National  City,  Ne- 
vada, he  resumed  mining  with  a  vengeance.  This 
town  was  located  by  one  Jesse  L.  Workman,  and 
Mr.  Gundaker  was  one  of  the  first  men  to  bond  a 
paying  claim  in  the  district.  From  Workman  he 
obtained  a  bond  on  what  is  now  known  as  the 
National  Mines  Company  property.  He  worked  the 
claim  individually  until  he  saw  that  it  was  one  of 
the  very  rich  mines  discovered  in  recent  years, 
then  organized  the  National  Mines  Company, 
with  himself  as  President  and  General  Mana- 
ger. This  company  had  a  capital  stock  of  one  mil- 
lion dollars  and  in  its  first  stages  Mr.  Gundaker, 
with  his  combined  knowledge  of  mining  and  me- 
chanics, was  the  chief  factor  in  the  development  of 
this,  a  fabulously  rich  gold  property.  It  is  noted  as 
the  producer  of  some  of  the  finest  high-grade  ore 
ever  brought  out  of  the  ground  in  the  United  States. 
His  first  shipment  of  ore,  after  striking  the  high 
grade,  was  one  hundred  and  thirty  three  pounds, 
which  assayed,  or,  rather,  produced  $10,045.45  net. 
Also,  six  tons  of  ore  from  this  property  netted 
$100,000  per  ton  at  a  later  date.  However,  Mr. 
Gundaker  had  not  the  capital  with  which  to  work 
the  mine  properly  and  the  control  -passed  to  a  firm 
of  Chicago  capitalists,  he  selling  out  his  interest 
and  resigning  his  offices  when  this  occurred.  This 
property  has  since  proven  the  bonanza  it  prom- 
ised, but  Mr.  Gundaker,  like  many  other  practical 
miners,  did  not  harvest  its  wealth. 

When  he  sold  out,  however,  he  received  a  for- 
tune, but  he  left  Nevada  and  went  in  search  of  a 
new  field.  He  motored  over  California  and  visited 
many  mining  regions,  but  did  not  locate  at  any. 
From  California  he  rode  into  Arizona  and  became 
interested  in  several  properties  there.  One  of 
these,  the  Mohawk  mine,  at  Mammoth,  Arizona, 
he  bonded  and  for  about  a  year  he  has  worked  it, 
operating  a  thirty  stamp  mill. 


In  the  latter  part  of  1911,  during  one  of  his  au- 
tomobile pilgrimages,  he  came  across  a  copper  prop- 
erty located  sixty-five  miles  south  of  Tucson  and 
thirteen  miles  north  of  the  International  border 
separating  Mexico  from  the  United  States.  This, 
known  as  the  Papago  Chief,  was  owned  by  a  Mexi- 
can and  to  the  experienced  eye  of  Mr.  Gundaker 
presented  wonderful  possibilities  for  wealth.  He 
bought  the  property  outright  and  began  working 
it  in  a  small  way.  Located  in  so-called  virgin  terri- 
tory, it  had  not  attracted  the  attention  of  the  great 
copper  corporations  of  Arizona,  and  he  found  in  his 
property,  copper  ore  which  promises  to  prove  as 
rich  as  any  in  this,  the  greatest  copper-producing 
State  in  the  Union,  if  not  in  the  world.  He  ac- 
quired control  early  in  1912,  and  four  months  after 
becoming  the  owner  of  it,  sold  a  half  interest  to 
Charles  Sweeney,  one  of  the  greatest  mining  mag- 
nates of  America,  famous  as  one  of  the  great  Coeur 
d'Alene  operators,  and  a  world-famous  lead  mag- 
nate. Together,  they  are  now  operating  the  prop- 
erty on  a  large  scale,  having  installed  a  modern 
mining  plant  and  smelter. 

To  Mr.  Gundaker  this  is  apparently  one  of  the 
greatest  copper  deposits  ever  discovered,  but  he  is 
not  staking  his  entire  fortune  on  it,  for  he  has  a 
number  of  other  properties  in  Arizona  and  Nevada, 
including  the  First  National,  located  out  of  Na- 
tional City,  the  scene  of  one  other  great  discovery 
on  his  part.  This  property  adjoins  the  National 
Mines  Company  holdings  and  is  generally  regarded 
as  a  claim  quite  as  promising  as  its  sister  property. 
Mr.  Gundaker,  with  Mr.  Sweeney,  who  is  a  friend 
of  his  earlier  days,  they  having  served  at  the  same 
time  as  Marshals  in  Idaho,  is  a  survivor  of  the  old 
West  and  a  picturesque  part  of  the  history  of  the 
country,  but,  despite  the  trying  life  he  has  led,  shows 
little  of  it  in  his  personal  appearance.  Close  to  fifty 
years  of  age,  he  could  pass  for  a  much  younger  man, 
because  his  countenance  shows  little  of  the  strain 
he  has  undergone  during  his  life  in  the  great  mining 
camps.  Also,  he  still  retains  the  athletic  ability 
and  physical  power  which  made  him  noted  in  his 
earlier  days.  He  is  a  man  of  generous  instincts 
and  accustomed  to  depend  entirely  upon  his  own 
resources  in  emergencies,  but  in  recent  years  he 
has  made  a  partner  of  his  wife  and  frankly  admits 
that  her  counsel  and  practical  knowledge  of  mining 
affairs  has  been  of  great  assistance  to  him. 

When  he  is  not  employed  in  business  affairs 
Mr.  Gundaker  finds  his  chief  recreation  in  the 
family  circle;  and  while  he  formerly  appeared  on 
the  roster  of  a  number  of  the  leading  clubs  of  the 
West,  his  only  remaining  affiliations  are  the  Old 
Pueblo  Club,  the  famous  Tucson  organization,  and 
the  B.  P.  O.  Elks.  He  is  a  life  member  of  the  latter, 
attached  to  No.  229  of  Moscow,  Idaho. 


NOTE — At  the  time  of  going  to  press  with  this  form 
of  the  Press  Reference  Library,  Mr.  Gundaker  passed 
away  (September  18,  1912).  By  his  death  the  West  has 
lost  one  of  its  most  able  men. 


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OLTERHOFF,  GODFREY, 
JR.,  Assistant  Treasurer  of 
the  Atchison,  Topeka  and 
Santa  Fe  Railway  Company, 
Los  Angeles,  Cal.,  was  born 
at  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  November  4,  1860.  He 
is  the  son  of  Godfrey  Holterhoff  and  Helena 
C.  (Guysi)  Holterhoff.  He  married  Louise 
Schaeffer,  Sept.  5,  1889,  at  Los  Angeles,  Cal., 
and  has  one  daughter, 
Leila  S.  Holterhoff. 

Mr.  Holterhoff  at- 
tended the  public  schools 
of  Cincinnati  and  was 
graduated  from  the 
Woodward  High  School, 
that  city,  in  the  year 
1877. 

Upon  leaving  school 
he  went  to  work  with  his 
father,  and  stayed  with 
him  for  the  better  part  of 
a  year,  when  he  left  to 
become  bookkeeper  for  a 
large  tobacco  house  in 
Cincinnati.  He  held  this 
position  for  about  a  year 
also,  but  in  October, 
1879,  his  health  became 
impaired  and  he  decided 
to  go  to  California.  He 
located  that  same  month 
at  Los  Angeles,  subse- 
quently going  to  San 
Diego,  and  for  more  than 
a  year  was  recuperating 
his  health. 

In  the  fall  of  1880,  his  strength  having  re- 
turned to  him,  he  entered  the  railroad  busi- 
ness as  secretary  to  the  managing  agent  of  a 
syndicate  which  organized  and  built  the 
California  Southern  Railroad.  From  this  po- 
sition he  became  one  of  the  most  active  men 
in  the  development  of  the  new  company  and 
its  successor,  the  Southern  California  Ry.  Co. 
At  various  times  he  was  in  the  office  and  lo- 
cal agent  of  the  company  at  San  Diego,  in 
the  engineering  department,  and  in  the  ac- 
counting and  financial  departments.  Latter- 
ly he  was  cashier  and  paymaster  of  the  com- 
pany, until  1893,  when  he  was  made  secre- 
tary and  treasurer. 

Ten  years  later  the  road  was  acquired  by 
the  Santa  Fe  Railroad,  and  Mr.  Holterhoff 
was  made  Asst.  Treas.  and  Asst.  Secy,  of  the 
Santa  Fe  Coast  lines,  comprising  all  that  ter- 
ritory west  of  Albuquerque,  N.  M.  This  put 
him  in  charge  of  the  financial  department  of 


GODFREY  HOLTERHOFF 


the  company  in  its  far  western  territory.  Al- 
though the  So.  Cal.  Ry.  Co.  was  only  formal- 
ly taken  over  by  the  Santa  Fe  in  1903,  the 
latter  corporation  had  virtually  owned  it 
from  its  inception,  and  so,  in  reality,  Mr.  Hol- 
terhoff has  been  with  the  parent  company 
since  he  first  entered  the  railroad  business, 
more  than  thirty  years  ago.  In  addition  to 
his  railroad  duties,  Mr.  Holterhoff  is  inter- 
ested in  orange  groves,  oil 
and  land  properties,  and 
numerous  other  enter- 
prises, both  commercial 
and  manufacturing. 

He  is  an  officer  or  di- 
rector in  over  thirty  cor- 
porations, twenty  of 
which  are  controlled  by 
the  Santa  Fe,  and  include 
railroad,  land  and  other 
organizations.  His  per- 
sonal interests  include 
the  Brea  Canyon  Oil 
Company,  Los.  Angeles 
Cherokee  Oil  Company, 
Kings  County  Develop- 
ment Company,  East 
Highland  Improvement 
Company,  California  Port- 
land Cement  Company. 
Hawthorne  F  u  r  n  i  t  ure 
Mfg.  Company  and  south- 
ern Trust  and  Savings 
Bank  of  San  Diego. 
All  of  these  corpora- 
tions are  going  con- 
cerns and  in  each 
of  them  Mr.  Holterhoff  is  an  active  factor, 
holding  office  either  as  director,  or  as  sec- 
retary and  treasurer.  His  ability  as  a  finan- 
cier has  made  him  a  conspicuous  figure  in 
the  development  of  Southern  California,  and 
in  most  of  the  corporations  of  which  he 
is  a  member  the  financial  work  is  in  his 
hands. 

Mr.  Holterhoff  is  a  Republican  in  poli- 
tics, but  has  never  been  active  in  the  politi- 
cal field,  nor  has  he  ever  sought  for  public 
office. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  California  Club, 
the  Sunset  Club,  the  Los  Angeles  Country 
Club,  the  Crags  Country  Club,  the  Cerritos 
Gun  Club  and  the  Landmarks  Club,  all  of 
Los  Angeles. 

He  also  holds  memberships  in  the  South- 
western Society  of  the  Archaeological  Insti- 
tute of  America  and  the  Los  Angeles  Cham- 
ber of  Commerce. 


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EE,  DONALD  MUSGRAVE, 
Automobiles,  Los  Angeles, 
California,  was  born  in  Lan- 
sing, Michigan,  August  12, 
1880,  the  son  of  Herbert  A. 
Lee  and  Sadie  (Musgrave)  Lee.  He  mar- 
ried Etta  Stewart  at  Portland,  Oregon, 
August  18,  1904,  and  to  them  there  has 
been  born  one  child,  Thomas  Stewart  Lee. 

Mr.  Lee  attended  the 
public  schools  of  Chi- 
cago, whither  he  had 
moved  in  his  youth,  and 
was  graduated  from  the 
Northwestern  Military 
Academy  in  1897. 

Immediately  upon  the 
conclusion  of  his  studies 
Mr.  Lee  moved  to  De- 
t  r  o  i  t,  Michigan,  and 
there  went  to  work  as  a 
clerk  in  a  wholesale  dry 
goods  establishment.  He 
remained  with  that  firm 
just  ten  months,  how- 
ever, and  at  the  termina- 
tion of  that  period  de- 
cided to  go  into  business 
for  himself.  He  sought 
the  West  as  his  field  of 
operations  and  located  in 
Seattle,  Washington,  in 
the  year  1898. 

He  went  into  the 
lumber,  timber  and 
shingle  business  at  Sum- 
mit, Washington,  his  op- 
erations including  the  management  of  a 
shingle  mill,  of  which  he  was  sole  owner, 
and  a  logging  camp,  in  which  he  was  the 
directing  head. 

In  due  time  Mr.  Lee  became  an  exten- 
sive shipper  of  shingles,  a  large  proportion 
of  the  product  of  his  mill  being  sold  in  the 
Western  States.  He  remained  in  the  mill 
business  until  1902,  when  he  sold  out  his 
interests  and  entered  the  automobile  field, 
one  in  which  he  has  since  been  conspicu- 
ously successful. 

His  first  automobile  connection  was  in 
the  states  of  Oregon  and  Washington,  for 
which  territory  he  was  appointed  general 
agent  of  the  Cadillac  Manufacturing  Com- 
pany. His  headquarters  were  in  Seattle,  and 
from  this  point  he  directed  the  operations  of 
branch  agencies  in  Tacoma  and  Portland. 
Within  two  years  Mr.  Lee  had  made  such 
a  fine  record  that  he  was  chosen  by  his 


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company  to  open  up  the  field  in  and  about 
Los  Angeles,  which  at  that  time,  1904,  was 
not  largely  populated  with  motor  cars. 
With  the  taking  up  of  the  California  busi- 
ness he  surrendered  his  Northwestern  terri- 
tory. 

By  progressive  methods  and  a  careful 
use  of  the  experience  he  had  acquired  in  the 
north,  and  by  his  personal  popularity,  Mr. 
Lee  and  his  work  grew  in 
importance,  and  it  was 
not  very  long  before  he 
was  a  leader  in  the  au- 
tomobile field. 

In  1908  he  opened  a 
branch  office  in  Pasa- 
d  e  n  a,  California,  and 
three  years  later  (July, 
1911),  when  his  success 
had  won  him  the  position 
of  manager  for  the  en- 
tire State  of  California, 
he  established  branches 
in  San  Francisco  and 
Oakland.  At  the  present 
time  Mr.  Lee  has  under 
his  supervision,  for  the 
Cadillac  Company,  thirty- 
seven  sub-dealers  and  up- 
ward of  a  hundred  em- 
ployes. In  the  year  1911 
his  company  sold  more 
than  six  hundred  cars  in 
the  State  of  California,  a 
remarkable  record. 

Mr.  Lee's  position 
among  automobile  men 


in  the  United  States  is  a  firm  one  and  due 
entirely  to  his  own  efforts.  He  began  life 
with  little  financial  strength,  but  by  enter- 
prising methods  and  native  ability  has  won 
for  himself  a  place  among  the  successful 
business  men  of  the  Pacific  Coast.  He  has 
also  placed  his  company  in  the  forefront 
in  the  territory  over  which  he  has  control, 
and  at  one  time  his  cars  held  all  road  records 
in  the  State  of  California,  especially  be- 
tween the  two  principal  cities  of  Los  An- 
geles and  San  Francisco. 

Mr.  Lee  is  held  in  high  esteem  in  busi- 
ness circles  in  Los  Angeles,  and  is  one  of 
the  most  popular  men  in  the  State. 

He  holds  memberships  in  the  Annan- 
dale  Country  Club,  the  Automobile  Club  of 
Southern  California  and  the  California  State 
Automobile  Association.  In  the  work  of 
these  two  latter  organizations  he  is  a  promi- 
nent factor. 


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OBBINS,  TIMOTHY  C.,  Consulting 
and  Electrical  Engineer  and  In- 
ventor, Los  Angeles,  Cal.,  was 
born  at  Liudley,  Grundy  Co.,  Mo., 
the  son  of  Thomas  Dobbins  and 
Sarah  (Kirkpatrick)  Dobbins.  He 
has  been  twice  married,  his  first  wife  having  died. 
He  married  Mary  Harris  at  Telluride,  Colo.,  Jan.  27, 
1897.  Mr.  Dobbins,  the  youngest  of  fifteen  children, 
is  descended  from  a  family  noted  for  longevity. 
His  father  was  one  of  the  first  men  to  make  the 
trip  across  the  Continent  in  the  late  forties,  walk- 
ing beside  an  ox  team  the  entire  distance.  He  was 
among  the  earliest  gold  hunters  in  California,  'and 
within  a  comparatively  short  space  of  time  had  won 
a  fortune.  He  started  back  to  his  old  home  in 
Illinois,  but,  in  Missouri,  located  on  some  Govern- 
ment land.  He  lived  to  be  eighty-seven  and  was 
the  oldest  Mason  in  Missouri  when  he  died. 

Mr.  Dobbins  received  his  early  education  in  the 
common  schools  of  his  native  town  and  later  at- 
tended the  State  Normal  School  at  Kirksville,  Mo. 
He  left  there  in  1881  and  the  next  year  was  a 
student  at  the  State  Normal  School,  Warrensburg, 
Mo.  In  1882  he  took  a  year's  business  course  in 
the  Marysville  (Mo.)  Business  College. 

Upon  leaving  college  Mr.  Dobbins  studied  teleg- 
raphy and  went  to  Western  Missouri  with  the 
Western  Union  Tel.  Co.,  but  at  the  end  of  a  year 
gave  it  up  as  too  confining.  He  took  a  position 
as  trainman  on  the  Wabash  Railroad,  working  for 
six  months  out  of  Moberly,  Mo.  His  next  position 
was  with  the  Union  Pacific  at  Kansas  City,  where 
he  remained  about  a  year.  In  the  latter  part  of 
1885  he  went  to  Ottumwa,  Iowa,  with  the  C.,  B.  &  Q. 
Road  as  locomotive  fireman  until  the  Brotherhood 
strike  in  1887,  when  he  abandoned  railroading. 

During  his  several  years  with  roads  Mr.  Dob- 
bins worked  on  the  trains  and  in  the  shops,  and 
when  he  left  the  Burlington  was  an  all-round  me- 
chanic and  engineer.  He  went  from  Ottumwa  to 
Chicago  and  obtained  a  position  with  the  Western 
Electric  Co.  in  order  to  learn  electrical  engineer- 
ing. He  began  as  an  apprentice,  despite  his  knowl- 
edge of  mechanics,  and  for  eight  months  worked 
for  fifty  cents  per  day,  but  as  his  fortune  now  runs 
into  six  figures,  it  attests  to  his  success. 

In  two  years'  time  the  Electric  Construction  Co. 
chose  him  to  superintend  the  wiring  of  the  Mo- 
nadnock  Block,  then  the  largest  fireproof  building 
in  Chicago.  He  was  later  selected  by  the  General 
Electric  Co.  for  an  important  position  on  its  staff. 
He  was  with  the  latter  company  six  years,  engaged 
in  the  construction  of  electric  street  railways  in 
North  Chicago,  North  Evanston  and  Quincy,  111.; 
Cedar  Rapids  and  Ottumwa,  Iowa,  and  St.  Louis, 
Mo.,  concluding  with  the  construction  of  the  Cicero 
Proviso  line  in  West  Chicago. 

For  ten  months  he  was  connected  with  the  elec- 
trical department  of  the  World's  Fair  at  Chicago, 
in  charge  of  underground  construction.  He  also 
worked  on  the  installation  of  the  Intermural  Rail- 
way and  was  made  traveling  inspector  of  the  road. 
At  the  close  of  the  World's  Fair  Mr.  Dobbins 
went  to  Telluride,  Colo.,  where,  for  three  years  he 
was  Superintendent  of  the  Telluride  Electric  Light 
&  Power  Co.  Later  he  undertook  electrical  con- 
tract work  in  various  parts  of  the  West.  While 
living  at  Santa  Rosa,  New  Mex.,  he  was  offered  the 
position  of  Engineer  for  the  underground  electrical 
construction  at  the  Louisiana  Purchase  Exposition 
in  1902,  but  declined  and  in  a  short  time  went  to 
Grand  Encampment,  Wyo.,  as  Chief  Electrical 
Engineer  for  the  North  American  Copper  Co. 


Under  the  supervision  of  Mr.  Dobbins  a  general 
electrical  plant  was  erected,  including  a  power 
house,  sawmills,  twelve  miles  of  wood  stave  pipe 
line  and  a  lighting  system,  one  of  the  most  com- 
plete in  this  country  at  the  time,  costing  in  round 
numbers,  about  one  million  dollars. 

In  1904  he  was  made  Constructing  Engineer  for 
Hendrie  &  Boldhoff  of  Denver,  electrical  machinery 
manufacturers,  and  for  two  years  was  engaged  in 
the  installation  of  plants  throughout  the  West. 
Among  others  for  them  was,  in  1905,  the  installa- 
tion of  a  steam  plant  at  Laramie,  Wyo.,  for  the 
Laramie  Light  &  Power  Co.,  a  1500  h.  p.  plant. 

In  1906  he  became  affiliated  with  the  Nevada- 
California  Power  Co.  as  Constructing  Engineer,  and 
embarked  on  the  most  important  part  of  his  entire 
career.  This  company  for  many  years  has  been 
engaged  in  the  erection  of  electrical  plants  and  the 
construction  of  high-voltage  transmission  systems, 
and  Mr.  Dobbins,  because  of  his  superior  knowl- 
edge in  this  branch  of  his  profession,  has  been 
given  the  actual  building  of  these.  He  constructed 
the  company's  main  transmission  lines  from  Bishop, 
Cal.,  and  transmitted  power  to  Goldfield,  Tonopab 
and  other  points,  hundreds  of  miles  distant. 

Mr.  Dobbins  is  (1913)  engaged  on  the  most  im- 
portant work  of  his-  career.  In  1911  he  took  a  con- 
tract to  construct  for  the  Southern  Sierras  Power 
Co.,  a  subsidiary  of  the  Nevada-California  Power 
Co.,  a  high-voltage  transmission  line  from  Bishop  to 
San  Bernardino,  Cal.  When  completed,  it  will  be 
the  longest  high-power  transmission  line  in  the 
world.  It  is  composed  of  six  aluminum  steel  corded 
cables,  s-trung  on  a  series  of  high  steel  towers,  and 
is  regarded  as  a  great  engineering  feat. 

There  are  two  thousand  towers,  placed  over  ter- 
ritory of  every  description,  much  of  it  mountainous ; 
these  structures  range  from  seventy-five  feet  in 
height  on  an  average,  to  eighty  feet  where  the 
transmission  line  is  carried  over  railroads,  and 
their  construction  was  a  problem  which  Mr.  Dob- 
bins was  called  upon  to  solve  for  himself,  which 
he  did,  employing  the  most  highly  developed  scien- 
tific methods,  taking  into  consideration  varying 
temperatures  and  heights,  but  the  work,  so  far,  is 
declared  by  famous  engineers  to  be  wonderfully 
accurate.  The  entire  work  will  cost  in  the  neigh- 
borhood of  $2,000,000.  The  total  weight  will  be 
about  6000  tons*  and  will  transmit  110,000  volts. 

This  operation  is  being  watched  by  engineering 
and  electrical  experts  of  the  country,  and  when  com- 
pleted much  of  the  credit  for  its  success  will  be 
due  Mr.  Dobbins. 

Mr.  Dobbins  enjoys  a  splendid  reputation  for 
accomplishment  and  is  regarded  one  of  the  most 
resourceful  engineers  in  the  country.  His  resource- 
fulness has  found  another  outlet  in  the  creation 
of  a  number  of  practical  articles,  which  figure 
largely  in  certain  commercial  lines.  The  first  was 
an  electric  cigar  lighter,  which  he  patented  in  1897 
and  sold.  It  is  in  universal  use  and,  while  he  real- 
ized a  handsome  profit  on  it,  it  did  not  compare 
with  the  success  attending  the  Dobbins  Blow-Out 
Chain,  patented  in  1910.  This  consists  of  a  series 
of  chains  for  use  on  tires-  in  cases  of  rips  or  tears, 
and  has  proven  of  such  value  that  it  is  now  a  part 
of  the  equipment  of  a  quarter-million  automobiles. 
Mr.  Dobbins  sold  this  to  the  Weed  Chain  Tire  Grip 
Co.  of  New  York,  on  a  royalty. 

Mr.  Dobbins-  is  a  member  of  the  Sierra  Madre 
Club,  composed  of  mining  men,  including  engineers 
and  other  affiliated  interests.  He  also  belongs  to 
the  Royal  Arch  Masons,  Maccabees  and  Woodmen 
of  the  World. 


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VAKIAN,  JOHN  CASPAR,  Civil 
and  Hydraulic  Engineer,  Los  An- 
geles, Cal.,  was  born  in  Harpoot, 
Armenia,  March  1,  1875,  the  son 
of  Harootune  Caspar  Avakian 
and  Hripsime  (Hottoyan)  Ava- 
kian. His  father  was  a  charter 
teacher  and  Dean  of  the  Faculty  in  the  Euphrates 
College,  Harpoot,  founded  by  the  American  Mis- 
sionaries. In  this  position  he  served  for  forty-four 
years. 

The  son  received  his  primary  education  in  the 
elementary  branch  of  Eu- 
phrates College,  but  his 
father  decided  to  give  him 
the  better  educational  ad- 
vantages to  be  had  in  Amer- 
ica. The  Turkish  law  for- 
bidding members  of  the 
Christian  races  to  leave  the 
country,  it  was  necessary 
that  Mr.  Avakian,  then  a  lad 
twelve  years  of  age,  flee  the 
country  surreptitiously.  Ac- 
companied by  an  uncle, 
young  Avakian  barely  es- 
caped with  his  life  across 
the  frontier  into  Russia,  but 
afterwards  traveled  easily 
through  the  Czar's  domain 
and  Germany,  sailing  from 
Hamburg  for  the  II.  S.  Leav- 
ing Harpoot,  April  1,  1888,  he 
arrived  in  Troy,  New  York, 
June  16,  of  that  year. 

At  Troy  Mr.  Avakian  en- 
tered school,  applying  him- 
self industriously  in  master- 
ing the  English  language, 
and  despite  the  fact  that  he 
was  compelled  to  suspend 
his  studies  in  order  to  earn 
money  to  support  himself, 
he  was  graduated  from  Cook 
Academy  at  Montour  Falls, 
N.  Y.,  in  the  class  of  1894. 
He  had  found  it  necessary  to 
earn  his  own  living,  because 

wages  in  his  native  country  were  so  small,  it  would 
not  have  supported  him  had  his  devoted  father  sent 
him  his  entire  salary. 

Filled  with  the  love  of  his  people  and  resent- 
ment towards-  the  powers  that  oppressed  them, 
Mr.  Avakian,  at  the  age  of  sixteen,  became  a  lec- 
turer on  "The  Eastern  Question,"  in  which  he  dealt 
in  detail  with  the  persecutions-  suffered  by  the 
Christians  of  the  Turkish  Empire.  In  the  spring 
of  1895,  while  a  student  in  Colgate  Univ.,  Hamilton, 
N.  Y.,  he  suffered  heavy  loss  in  the  fire  which  swept 
the  town,  this  forcing  another  halt  in  his  education. 
About  this  time  there  occurred  Armenian  mas- 
sacres in  which  about  600,000  innocent  and  defense- 
less Christians  were  slaughtered  by  the  Turks-.  Mr. 
Avakian  set  out  on  a  lecture  tour  to  arouse  Ameri- 
can sympathy  and  raise  funds  to  rescue  his  rela- 
tives and  others  from  death.  He  continued  his-  tour 
through  New  England  and  Canada  until  the  out- 
break of  the  Spanish-American  War,  when  he  gave 
up  his  crusade  and  became  associated  with  R.  B. 
Davis-,  known  as  "The  Baking  Powder  King,"  as  his 
personal  traveling  representative. 

Late  in  1898  Mr.  Avakian  entered  Rensselaer 
Polytechnic  Institute,  Troy,  N.  Y.,  and  was  grad- 
uated in  the  class  of  1902  with  the  degree  of  Civil 
Engineer.  He  then  was  employed  by  the  Lehigh 
Valley  R.  R.,  first  at  Sayre,  Pa.,  later  at  Buffalo, 


J.   C.  AVAKIAN 


N.  Y.,  where  he  was  engaged  in  designing  and  im- 
proving yards  and  shops  for  the  company. 

Mr.  Avakian  was  chosen,  in  1903,  Locating  En- 
gineer for  the  Buffalo,  Dunkirk  &  Western  R.  R. 
and  in  this  capacity  located  about  75  miles-  of  main 
line  from  the  State  line  of  Ohio  to  the  city  of 
Buffalo.  Upon  the  completion  of  this  work  Mr. 
Avakian  brought  his  sister  and  her  family  from 
Armenia  to  Los  Angeles,  Cal.,  intending  himself 
to  return  to  Buffalo.  Becoming  impressed  with 
Los  Angeles,  however,  he  opened  offices  there  for 
the  general  practice  of  his  profession  and  a  short 
time  later  became  Asst.  En- 
gineer in  the  U.  S.  Reclama- 
tion Service,  at  that  time  in 
its  first  stages.  He  was 
placed  in  charge  of  the  pre- 
liminary estimate  on  the 
cos-t  of  the  "Yuma  Project,' 
and  after  the  project  was  ap- 
proved at  Washington,  was 
transferred  to  Yuma,  Ariz., 
where  he  took  charge  of  the 
office.  He  remained  in  this 
position  until  the  spring  of 
1906,  spending  the  summer 
of  1905,  however,  on  the 
Klamath  Project,  at  Klamath, 
Oregon. 

In  June,  1906,  Mr.  Avakian 
resigned  his  commission  with 
the  Government,  in  order  to 
conduct  his  private  business 
in  Los  Angeles  and  he  has 
since  been  thus  engaged. 

Mr.  Avakian,  in  1907,  un- 
dertook what  has  resulted  in 
one  of  the  great  development 
enterprises  of  Southern  Cali- 
fornia. While  engaged  in 
professional  work  in  River- 
side, Cal.,  he  noticed  a  tract 
of  17,000  acres  of  land,  orig- 
inally a  Spanish  grant  known 
as-  "Rancho  La  Sierra"  and 
considered  hopeless  for  agri- 
cultural purposes,  while  all 
around  it  was  land  in 
oranges,  lemons  and  other  fruits,  valued  at  from 
$1200  to  $4000  per  acre. 

After  six  months  of  careful  investigation  and 
work,  Mr.  Avakian  concluded  that  enough  water 
could  be  developed  in  an  adjoining  valley  to  irri- 
gate at  leas-t  a  part  of  the  ranch.  Then,  in  the  face 
of  opposition  and  criticism  amounting  almost  to  an 
attack  upon  his  integrity  and  mental  condition,  he 
secured  a  contract  on  about  9000  acres  of  the  tract 
and  organized  a  company  for  the  purpose  of  re- 
claiming it.  This  corporation,  known  as  the  River- 
side Groves-  &  Water  Co.,  with  an  authorized  cap- 
ital of  $1,000,000,  immediately  began  the  work  of 
reclamation.  The  result  was  that  within  three 
years  this  land,  which  was  considered  high  at  $10 
per  acre,  was  selling  for  $350  per  acre  and  ranked 
with  the  prosperous  fruit  growing  sections  of 
Southern  California. 

This  work  has-  been  considered  one  of  the  best 
examples  of  development  in  Southern  California, 
and  Mr.  Avakian,  discoverer  of  the  land  and  Pres- 
ident of  the  company,  was  the  dominating  force  in 
the  furtherance  of  the  project.  He  continued  in 
charge  until  April  15,  1912,  when  he  was  compelled 
to  relinquish  his  office  owing  to  ill  health. 

Mr.  Avakian  enjoys  a  splendid  professional 
standing  and  is  ranked  as-  one  of  the  substantial 
men  of  Los  Angeles. 


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ITTMAN,  KEY,  U.  S.  Senator  (At- 
torney), Tonopah,  Nev.,  was  born 
at  Vicksburg,  Miss.,  Sept.  19,  1872; 
son  of  Hon.  William  Buckner  Pitt- 
man  and  Katie  (Key)  Pittman. 
Married  Miss  Mimosa  Gates,  de- 
scendant of  a  prominent  California 
family,  at  Nome,  Alaska,  July  9,  1900.  Mr.  Pittman 
is  a  great-great  grandnephew  of  Francis  Scott  Key, 
who  wrote  "The  Star  Spangled  Banner." 

Mr.    Pittman    was    educated,    Southern    Presby- 
terian  University,   Clarksville,   Tenn.,  and   in   1890 
moved  to  Seattle,  Wash.     In 
1892  he  commenced  to  prac- 
tice law  in  Seattle,  but  later 
moved     to     Mount     Vernon, 
Wash.,    attracted    by    mining 
litigation. 

In  1897  he  went  to  the 
Klondike.  In  Dawson,  being 
prohibited  from  practicing 
law  in  Canadian  territory,  he 
worked  for  about  two  years 
as  a  common  miner.  Here 
he  advised  the  Australians, 
banded  together  in  a  society 
to  oppose  corruption  and  in- 
tolerance of  Canadian  gov- 
ernment officials. 

In  1899  he  went  to  Nome, 
just  discovered.  He  immedi- 
ately engaged  in  the  practice 
of  law,  and  prevented  the 
miners  from  being  driven  off 
the  beach,  where  the  sand  is 
rich  in  gold,  by  the  U.  S.  sol- 
diers. He  called  a  mass 
meeting  and  took  a  leading 
part  in  the  organization  of  a 
"consent"  form  of  govern- 
ment to  preserve  law  and  or- 
der in  Nome  during  the  win- 
ter, there  being  no  other  law 
in  existence  at  that  time.  He 
became  Prosecuting  Attorney 
under  this  form  of  govern- 
ment, and  before  courts  that 
had  no  other  jurisdiction 
than  the  consent  of  the  community,  prosecuted  and 
had  punished  the  violators  of  law  and  order.  He 
became  head  of  the  society  known  as  the  Arctic 
Brotherhood. 

Mr.  Pittman  joined  in  the  defense  of  the  miners 
when  "Spoilers"  descended  upon  Alaska  to  rob 
them  of  their  claims,  and  did  not  stop  until  the 
Judge,  was  removed  and  the  U.  S.  Atty.,  Court  Com- 
missioner and  Court  Adviser  arrested,  tried  and  im- 
prisoned, and  the  gang  compelled  to  disgorge. 

In  1901,  Mr.  Pittman  went  to  the  new  camp  of 
Tonopah,  Nev.  He  was  immediately  employed  in  a 
mining  suit  involving  hundreds  of  thousands  of  dol- 
lars and  in  another  case,  protested  the  patent  of  a 
mining  company,  on  behalf  of  500  families  who  had 
built  their  homes  on  the  land  and  were  about  to  be 
thrown  off,  and  compelled  the  companies  to  grant 
to  these  families  the  surface  of  the  mining  claims 
for  their  homes.  He  placed  the  Jumbo  Mining  Co., 
one  of  the  companies  thai  went  into  the  hands  of 
the  great  Goldfleld  Consolidated  Mining  Co.,  in  the 
hands  of  a  receiver  and  kept  it  there  in  a  fight 
against  some  of  the  ablest  and  most  resourceful 
lawyers  in  the  West.  He  conducted  to  a  successful 
termination  the  apex  litigation  on  behalf  of  the 
Tonopah  Extension  Mining  Co.  against  the  Mac- 
Namara  Mining  Co. 

Mr.  Pittman  is  general  counsel  for  a  number  of 


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large  mining  corporations;  is  Vice  Pres.  of  Nevada 
First   Natl.   Bank,   and   is   connected   with   various 
business  and  mining  enterprises  throughout  Nevada. 
He  has  been  active  in  Nevada  politics  during  all 
his  time  there,  constantly  fighting  for  the  Demo- 
cratic party.    He  is  a  firm  believer  in  the  right  of 
Labor  to  organize;   has  always  favored  laws  that 
will  protect  the  life  and  health  of  all  citizens  and 
has   always    favored    legislation    that    would    give 
greater  power  to  the  masses  in  government  control. 
Mr.  Pittman  has  been  appointed  to  many  posi- 
tions of  honor.     In  1904,  he  was  appointed  by  the 
Supreme     Court    of    Nevada 
to    represent    the    State    at 
the  International  Congress  of 
Jurists   and   Lawyers   at   the 
St.   Louis   Exposition   and   at 
the  same  time  was  appointed 
by  the  Governor,  a  representa- 
tive of  Nevada  at  the  Expo- 
sition.    In   1906,   he  was   ap- 
pointed  by   the   Governor  as 
special    State    representative 
to  the  Lewis  and  Clark  Expo- 
sition, Portland.     In  1908,  he 
was  a  delegate  of  the  State  of 
Nevada  to  the  National  Irri- 
gation    Congress     at     Sacra- 
mento, Cal. 

In  1910,  in  a  bitter  con- 
test, he  became  the  primary 
nominee  of  the  Democratic 
party  for  U.  S.  Senator,  by  an 
overwhelming  majority,  but 
was  defeated  by  the  late  Sen- 
ator George  S.  Nixon.  The 
Republicans  in  the  succeed- 
ing Legislature  introduced  a 
joint  concurrent  resolution 
which  was  unanimously 
adopted  by  the  Senate  and 
the  Assembly  and  personally 
signed  by  the  Governor, 
Lieut.-Gov.,  Speaker  of  the 
Assembly  and  every  member 
of  the  Senate  and  Assembly 
of  Nevada,  wherein  it  stated: 
"That  he  has  earned  the  last- 
ing regard  of  his  political  opponents  by  the  fair, 
able  and  honorable  campaign  made  by  him  in  his 
fight  for  the  Senatorial  toga,  thereby  making  a 
record  of  which  every  true  Nevadan  may  well 
be  proud." 

Mr.  Pittman  was  unanimously  elected  by  the 
Democrats  of  the  State  as  Delegate  to  the  National 
Convention  at  Baltimore  (1912),  and  there  acted  as 
Chairman  of  that  delegation  and  a  member  of  the 
Presidential  Notification  Committee.  After  the  con- 
vention he  was  appointed  on  the  board  of  advisers 
for  the  Wilson-Marshall  campaign. 

At  the  September,  1912,  primaries,  he  was  the 
unanimous  choice  of  his  party  for  the  nomination 
to  the  U.  S.  Senate  and  was  elected,  Nov.,  1912. 

Mr.  Pittman  is  not  only  a  profound  student  and 
lawyer,  but  is  recognized  as  a  forceful  debater  and 
eloquent  speaker.  He  has  been  acting  as  a  cam- 
paign orator  in  nearly  every  campaign  since  1896, 
when  he  first  spoke  in  western  Washington  on  be- 
half of  William  Jennings  Bryan.  Besides  his  po- 
litical speeches,  he  has  made  a  great  many  ad- 
dresses on  social  and  civic  matters  to  various  asso- 
ciations and  societies. 

Mr.  Pittman  is  a  Thirty-second  degree  Mason 
(life  member,  Islam  Temple  and  the  Shrine) ;  mem- 
ber, Benevolent  Protective  Order  Elks,  Loyal  Order 
of  Moose,  and  Sigma  Alpha  Epsilon  fraternity. 


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OLGATE,  CHARLES  ERN- 
EST, Physician,  Los  Angeles, 
California,  is  of  English 
birth,  having  come  into 
the  world  at  Bramley,  York- 
shire, England,  on  September  25,  1876.  His 
father  was  Alfred  Holgate  and  his  mother 
before  her  marriage  was  Miss  Eliza  Crab- 
tree.  He  was  married  in  1904  to  Miss 
Annie  Brown,  in  Los  An- 
geles, and  has  a  son, 
Charles  Gordon  Holgate. 
His  early  education 
was  had  at  the  Bramley 
National  Schools  up  to 
the  age  of  twelve,  when 
he  studied  by  himself 
until  he  was  able  to  enter 
the  College  of  Physicians 
and  Surgeons  in  Los  An- 
geles, now  of  the  Univer- 
sity of  Southern  Califor- 
nia, where  he  studied 
from  1904  to  1906,  taking 
his  degree  of  M.  D. 

Dr.  Holgate  is  a  self- 
made  man  and  has  reason 
to  be  proud  of  the  fact. 

He  had  a  strenuous 
youth;  when  but  twelve 
years  old  he  entered  one 
of  Yorkshire's  big  woolen 
factories,  where  he 
was  employed  for  two 
years,  and  then  he  secured  employment  in  a 
steel  mill  under  his  father,  where  he  worked 
four  years.  This  life  at  his  age  caused  him 
to  become  restless,  and,  in  a  spirit  of  ad- 
venture, he  enlisted  in  the  Seventeenth  West 
Yorkshire  Infantry  Regiment,  in  1895,  and 
served  until  1896,  when  he  found  barrack 
existence  not  at  all  to  his  liking  and  he  came 
to  the  United  States  in  March  of  1896.  Here 
he  lived  for  several  years  on  the  farm  of  his 
uncle,  David  Crabtree,  working  on  his  uncle's 
farm  and  for  neighbors,  and  was  fortunate 
enough  to  later  enter  the  employ  of  Dr.  E. 
C.  Austin  of  Elkhorn,  Wisconsin,  who  gave 
the  young  man  the  best  of  advice,  in  that 
he  should  obtain  a  profession ;  Dr.  Austin 
opened  to  Dr.  Holgate  his  own  library,  and 
to  this  kindness  and  interest  Dr.  Holgate 
frankly  attributes  his  chance  to  engage  in  the 
study  of  medicine. 

While    delving    into    the    medical    books 


DR.  CHARLES 


continuously  Dr.  Holgate  worked  in  Chicago 
as  a  carpenter  and  painter  and  was  em- 
ployed on  the  Chicago  and  Northwestern 
Railway,  and  in  the  summer  of  1891  he  made 
his  way  to  Denver  and  worked  at  ranching 
and  did  some  prospecting.  But  during  all  the 
time  from  the  era  when  at  twelve  he  was 
obliged  to  leave  his  school  and  struggle  for 
existence,  Dr.  Holgate  never  for  a  moment 
forsook  his  ambition 
to  secure  a  college 
education,  and  he  man- 
aged to  win  out;  he  se- 
cured employment  on  the 
Frater  ranch,  at  Charter 
Oak,  and  meanwhile  en- 
tered the  Pacific  Hos- 
pital in  September,  1902, 
and  left  for  college  in 
September,  1904. 

Securing  his  degree  in 
1908,  and  carrying  away 
the  class  honors,  he  was 
not  satisfied  with  that 
success,  but  plunged  into 
the  intricacies  of  law,  and 
was  admitted  to  prac- 
tice August,  1910. 

Since     that     time     he 
found    his    medical    prac- 
tice  grew  too  rapidly  to 
E.  HOLGATE         admit  of   his  giving  any 
attention     to     his      legal 
acquirements.    But  he  accomplished  his  fixed 
purpose  in  not  only  acquiring  proficiency  in 
one  profession  but  in  two. 

His  work  at  college  was  so  conscientious 
and  purposeful  that  in  1906  he  was  awarded 
the  first  gold  medal  ever  given  at  the  Col- 
lege of  Physicians  and  Surgeons,  and  in  1908 
he  gained  the  senior  class  medal. 

Dr.  Holgate  is  an  enthusiast  in  all  out-of- 
door  sports. 

He  has  also  an  almost  religious  belief  in 
the  future  of  the  Pacific  Coast,  a  belief  he  has 
evidenced  by  his  works;  this  prompted  him 
to  become  an  active  member  of  the  Los  An- 
geles Chamber  of  Commerce.  He  takes 
an  equally  active  part  in  the  affairs  of  the 
Y.  M.  C.  A.  Besides  his  membership  in  the 
organization  named  he  belongs  to  the  Los 
Angeles  Camp,  Woodmen  of  the  World,  and 
to  the  Loyal  Order  of  Moose  and  the  Sons 
of  St.  George. 


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EWLETT,  EUGENE  E.,  At- 
torney-at-Law,  Los  Angeles, 
California,  is  a  native  of  that 
State.  He  was  born  at  Peta- 
luma,  June,  1878.  His  father 
was  Fred  Hewlett  and  his  mother  Cleora  M.- 
Hewlett. On  October  20,  1905,  at  Oakland, 
California,  he  was  married  to  lone  H.  C. 
Ford. 

Mr.  Hewlett  spent  his 
boyhood  days  in  Peta- 
1  u  m  a,  California,  and 
later,  when  the  family 
moved  to  San  Francisco, 
he  there  attended  the 
public  schools.  After 
completing  his  prepara- 
tory education  in  that 
city  he  entered  the  Uni- 
versity of  California,  at 
Berkeley,  where  he  stud- 
ied law.  He  received  the 
degree  of  B.  L.  in  1900 
from  that  university  and 
determined  to  go  East  to 
finish  his  law  education. 
He  attended  the  Harvard 
University,  Law  College, 
for  three  years,  receiving 
the  degree  of  LL.B.  from 
that  institution  in  1903. 


years  of  continued  practice,  Mr.  Hewlett 
withdrew  from  the  firm,  retaining  offices 
for  himself  in  the  Pacific  Electric  Building, 
Los  Angeles,  still  keeping  his  San  Francisco 
offices. 

Since  1910  he  has  continued  practice 
alone,  mostly  general  in  character,  in  Los 
Angeles,  and  on  the  opening  of  the  magnifi- 
cent new  Trust  and  Savj 
ings  Building,  at  the  cor- 
ner of  Sixth  and  Spring 
streets,  he  located  his 
offices  there  in  a  hand- 
some suite.  His  office 
in  San  Francisco  is  lo- 
cated in  the  Monadnock 
Building. 

Mr.  Hewlett's  affairs 
necessitate  his  dividing 
his  time  between  Los 
Angeles  and  the  northern 
city. 

He  has  a  large  law 
library  of  several  thou- 
sand volumes  and  makes 
it  a  point  to  add  to  this 
collection  of  booki 
on  every  possible  occa- 
sion. 

He  is  prominently 
connected  in  both  Los 


Returning  to  San  Francisco,  he  received 
the  same  mark  of  distinction  from 
the  Hastings  Law  School  in  the  same 
year. 

His  first  venture  in  the  legal  world  was 
made  in  San  Francisco,  where  he  opened  up 
a  general  law  practice.  Being  his  home  city, 
and  having  a  large  acquaintance  there,  his 
rise  was  rapid  and  for  over  a  year  he  con- 
tinued to  practice  alone. 

Mr.  Hewlett  moved  to  Los  Angeles  in 
the  latter  part  of  1904,  becoming  a  member 
of  the  firm  of  Hewlett,  Bancroft  and  Ballan- 
tine,  with  offices  located  both  in  San  Fran- 
cisco and  Los  Angeles.  This  association 
has  had  a  flourishing  general  law  practice, 
particularly  in  Los  Angeles.  The  firm,  al- 
though following  a  general  practice,  special- 
ized on  corporation  law.  In  1910,  after  six 


E.  E.  HEWLETT 

Angeles  and  San  Francisco  in  a  social  as  well 
as  in  a  professional  way. 

He  is  a  believer  in  good  government 
work  and  aids  all  of  the  better  movements 
for  the  upbuilding  of  state  and  city. 

Mr.  Hewlett  is  a  member  of  the  Cali- 
fornia Club,  the  Jonathan  Club  of  Los  An- 
geles, and  of  the  Annandale  Country  Club, 
Pasadena  and  San  Gabriel  Valley  Country 
Club. 

He  is  also  a  member  of  the  University 
Club  of  San  Francisco.  When  attending 
college  he  was  a  member  of  the  D.  K.  E. 
Fraternity. 

Mr.  Hewlett  is  fond  of  motoring  and 
finds  time  to  spend  in  this  recreative  pas- 
time. 

He  has  a  beautiful  residence  located  at 
Oak  Knoll,  Pasadena. 


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727 


OGAN,  WILLIAM  JAMES,  Retired, 
Pasadena,  California,  was  born  in 
Louisville,  Kentucky,  March  12, 
1845,  the  son  of  David  Francis  Ho- 
gan  and  Mary  Buley  (Vogdes)  Ho- 
gan.  He  married  Emma  Clara  Al- 
ter at  Philadelphia,  Pennsylvania,  June  5,  1872,  and 
they  had  one  son,  Francis  Griffiths  Hogan,  now 
one  of  the  leading  real  estate  operators  of  Pasa- 
dena. Mr.  Hogan's  parents  were  both  natives  of 
Philadelphia,  but  his  paternal  grandfather,  Patrick 
Hogan,  was  a  native  of  County  Cork,  Ireland,  who 
came  over  to  this  country  and  was  engaged  as  a 
commission  merchant  in  Philadelphia  for  many 
years.  His  maternal  grandfather,  also  a  merchant 
of  Philadelphia,  and  his  great  uncle,  General  Vog- 
des, was  an  officer  in  the  Colonial  Army. 

Mr.  Hogan,  who  is  well  known  as  a  lover  of  fine 
horses,  and  in  financial  circles,  attended  public  and 
private  schools  of  Louisville,  Kentucky,  in  his  boy- 
hood and  later  attended  a  college  at  Norristown, 
Pennsylvania,  near  Philadelphia,  known  at  that 
time  as  the  Arrin  Male  College. 

At  the  outbreak  of  the  Civil  War  in  1861,  Mr. 
Hogan  was  at  his  home  in  Louisville,  but  was  too 
young  to  bear  arms.  He  entered  the  service  of  the 
Louisville,  New  Albany  &  Chicago  Railroad  about 
the  middle  of  1862,  but  in  the  early  part  of  1863 
gave  up  his  position  and  entered  the  Commissary 
Department  of  the  United  States  Government  ser- 
vice. He  served  in  this  capacity  during  the  con- 
tinuance of  the  war  and  for  about  six  or  eight 
months  following  the  close  of  hostilities. 

Upon  leaving  the  Government  service,  Mr.  Ho- 
gan was  out  of  employment  for  a  short  time  and 
next  went  to  work  for  a  cotton  and  tobacco  buyer 
of  Louisville.  He  remained  in  that  position  for 
about  a  year  and  then  entered  the  banking  business 
as  clerk  in  a  large  brokerage  house  of  Louisville. 
From  the  brokerage  office  he  entered  the  employ  of 
the  State  bank  known  as  the  Falls  City  Bank,  Louis- 
ville, and  worked  in  various  capacities-  for  the  next 
five  years,  but  at  the  end  of  that  time  decided  it 
was  too  confining  and  so  left  the  business  to  enter 
commercial  life. 

Going  to  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  he  accepted  employ- 
ment with  a  wholesale  house  as  a  traveling  sales- 
man and  was  thus  engaged  for  the  next  five  years-. 
Returning  to  his  native  city  of  Louisville,  Mr.  Ho- 
gan embarked  in  business  for  himself,  owning  a 
store  in  which  he  made  a  specialty  of  fancy  goods. 
He  began  in  a  modest  way,  but  through  his  careful 
management  of  the  house,  it  was  gradually  in- 
creased and  when  he  retired  from  the  business, 
after  twenty-one  years,  it  was  one  of  the  important 
commercial  houses  of  Loui&ville. 

Since  selling  out  his  business  in  Louisville,  Mr. 
Hogan  has  not  been  active  in  commercial  pursuits. 
He  devotes  time,  however,  to  looking  after  his  in- 
vestments in  real  estate,  stocks  and  bonds. 

During  his  long  residence  in  Louisville,  Mr.  Ho- 


gan took  an  energetic  interest  in  civic  and  social 
affairs  and  while  he  was  not  active  in  politics  al- 
ways took  a  keen  interest  in  the  city  government. 

From  his  boyhood,  Mr.  Hogan  was  interestel  in 
good  horses  and  for  many  years  has  been  identified 
with  the  Louisville  Horse  Show  Association  and 
other  kindred  bodies.  The  Louisville  Horse  Show 
Association,  which  is  celebrated  for  the  splendid 
annual  exhibit  held  in  that  city  under  its  auspices, 
is  one  of  the  oldest  organizations  of  the  kind  in 
America  and  Mr.  Hogan  served  a  term  as  its  Presi- 
dent, a  distinction  conferred  upon  those  men  who 
are  deemed  to  be  the  most  active  in  the  breeding 
and  protection  of  fine  animals. 

Following  his  removal  to  Pasadena,  Mr.  Hogan 
not  only  maintained  his  interest  in  fine  horses,  but 
interested  the  people  of  that  section  in  them  and  as 
a  result  organized  the  first  horse  show  ever  held 
in  the  Crown  City.  He  also  was  the  prime  mover 
in  the  formation  of  the  Southern  California  Horse 
Show  Association  and  served  as  its  Vice  President 
for  some  time.  Under  its  auspices  the  horse  show 
was  made  one  of  the  annual  features  of  the  winter 
season  at  Pasadena  and  Mr.  Hogan,  as  a  friend  of 
the  horse,  worked  indefatigably  for  the  improve- 
ment of  the  breed.  Being  a  horse  owner  himself, 
he  has  continued  to  be  identified  with  all  move- 
ments for  the  benefit  of  the  animals  and  was  one 
of  the  strong  advocates  of  a  constitutional  amend- 
ment submitted  to  the  voters  in  1912  for  the  restor- 
ation of  racing  in  California.  The  sport  was  legis- 
lated out  of  existence  because  of  the  evils  it  bred, 
but  Mr.  Hogan,  with  several  hundred  other  well 
known  men  of  California  who  love  good  horses, 
sought  to  reintroduce  it  in  order  to  encourage 
breeding.  They  so  framed  their  plan  as  to  elimin- 
ate the  obnoxious  features  and  to  conduct  racing  on 
a  clean  basis,  but  the  opposition  to  the  sport  was 
so  great  that  the  amendment  was  defeated. 

In  addition  to  his  labors  for  the  success  of  the 
Pasadena  Horse  Show,  Mr.  Hogan  is  interested  in 
the  Polo  matches  which  form  a  part  of  the  social 
life  of  Southern  California  each  year  and  is  also  an 
active  factor  in  the  world-famous  Tournament  of 
Roses  Association,  which  conducts  the  annual  car- 
nival of  flowers  at  Pasadena  on  New  Year's  Day. 
This  celebration,  which  has  for  its  sponsors  the 
leading  citizens  of  Pasadena,  has  come  to  be  re- 
garded as  one  of  the  most  beautiful  public  affairs 
in  the  United  States  arid  attracts  thousands  of 
viistors  to  Pasadena  each  year.  Mr.  Hogan  was 
elected  an  honorary  member  of  the  Association  and 
is  one  of  the  enthusiastic  workers  for  its  success. 

Mr.  Hogan  has  been  interested  in  various  other 
civic  movements  in  Pasadena  and  because  of  his 
un&elfish  work  for  the  advancement  of  his  adopted 
city  was  elected  an  honorary  member  of  the  Pasa- 
dena Board  of  Trade. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Pendennis  Club,  Louis- 
ville, Ky.;  Annandale  Country  Club,  Overland  Club, 
Midwick  Country  Club  and  Polo  Club,  Pasadena. 


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NOTABLES  OF  THE  SOUTHWEST 


ARTIN,  ALBERT  C,  Archi- 
tect and  Engineer,  Los  An- 
geles, California,  was  born  at 
La  Salle,  Illinois,  September 
16,  1879.  He  is  the  son  of 
John  Martin  and  Margaret  (Carey)  Martin. 
On  October  15,  1907,  he  married  at  Oxnard, 
California,  Carolyn  Borchard.  There  are  two 
children  as  a  result  of  this  marriage,  Evelyn 
M.  and  Margaret  M.  Mar- 
tin. 

Mr.  Martin's  educa- 
tion was  obtained  mostly 
in  Illinois.  He  attended 
St.  Patrick's  Parochial 
School  in  La  Salle,  Illi- 
nois, graduating  in  1894. 
He  then  became  a  student 
of  architecture  and  engin- 
eering at  the  University 
of  Illinois,  located  at 
Champaign,  Illinois,  start- 
ing in  1897.  Up  to  1902, 
he  studied  constantly  at 
that  college,  being  grad- 
uated in  June  of  that  year 
with  the  B.  S.  degree  in 
Architectural  Engineer- 
ing. 

Shortly  after  graduat- 
ing from  the  University 
of  Illinois,  Mr.  Martin  be- 
came a  draftsman  for  the 
Brown,  Ketcham  Iron 
Works  of  Indianapolis, 
Indiana.  He  continued 
with  the  company  for 
more  than  a  year  and  then  resigned  his  posi- 
tion to  enter  another  branch  of  his  profession 
— that  of  testing  steel  and  iron. 

Mr.  Martin's  next  position  was  that  of  in- 
spector of  steel  for  the  Pennsylvania  Railroad 
Company  in  the  mills  and  shops  in  and  around 
Pittsburg.  He  was  in  this  position  for  about 
a  year  and  qualified  as  an  expert.  Having 
learned  all  about  the  manufacture  of  steel  and 
iron  in  the  great  mills  he  next  turned  his  at- 
tention to  steel  construction.  Resigning  his 
post  with  the  railroad  company,  he  joined  the 
forces  of  the  Cambria  Steel  Company,  at 
Johnstown,  Pennsylvania,  now  a  branch  of 
the  United  States  Steel  Corporation,  and  for 
several  months  he  was  a  designer  and  esti- 
mator of  steel  construction. 

In  the  latter  part  of  1903,  he  left  Pennsyl- 
vania and  went  to  Los  Angeles,  California, 
arriving  there  January  6,  1904.  This  move 
was  prompted  by  the  offer  of  a  position 


A.   C.   MARTIN 


which  he  accepted  as  Superintendent  of  Con- 
struction for  Carl  Leonardt  and  Company, 
one  of  the  largest  contracting  firms  in  that 
section  of  the  United  States.  He  remained 
with  the  company  for  more  than  a  year  and 
during  that  time  supervised  the  construction 
of  some  of  the  largest  buildings  put  up  in 
Los  Angeles. 

Upon  resigning  from  the  Carl  Leonardt 
Company,  Mr.  Martin  be- 
came engineer  of  con- 
struction for  A.  F.  Rosen- 
heim,  architect,  continu- 
ing with  him  over  four 
years. 

In  September,  1908, 
Mr.  Martin  resigned  his 
position  with  that  firm, 
and  opened  offices  for 
himself  as  an  architect 
and  engineer.  He  has 
handled  several  of  the 
larger  buildings  in  Los 
Angeles  and  has  put  up 
structures  in  most  sec- 
tions of  Southern  Califor- 
nia. At  the  present  time 
he  is  building  the  Court 
House  of  Ventura  Coun- 
ty and  an  eight-story  of- 
fice building  at  Vancouv- 
er, British  Columbia. 

The  Higgins  Office 
Building,  of  Los  Ange- 
les, is  an  excellent  exam- 
ple of  his  work. 

Combining  as  he  does 
the  qualities  of  engineer,  architect  and  struc- 
tural expert,  Mr.  Martin  has  taken  a  leading 
position  in  the  ranks  of  his  profession  and  is 
regarded  as  one  of  the  most  thorough  men  in 
his  line  in  the  country.  He  is  sought  in  the 
planning  and  construction  of  large  buildings 
in  nearly  every  city  in  the  West  and  at  the 
present  time  has  numerous  large  contracts  in 
hand. 

Close  application  to  detail  and  originality 
of  design  have  won  him  the  confidence  of 
property  owners,  and  his  ideas  are  going  far 
in  building  development  of  the  Southwest. 

Mr.  Martin  is  a  member  of  the  Architects 
and  Engineers  Society  of  Los  Angeles, 
Southern  California  Chapter  of  A.  I.  A.,  As- 
sociate Member  of  the  American  Institute  of 
Architects  and  of  the  Los  Angeles  Architec- 
tural Club.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Newman 
Club  of  Los  Angeles  and  is  a  Knight  of  Col- 
umbus. 


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TIRDIVANT,  WASHBURN 
B.,  Southern  California  Man- 
ager, Phoenix  Mutual  Life 
Insurance  Co.,  Los  Angeles, 
was  born  at  Wilson,  Wiscon- 
sin, September  29,  1860.  His  father  was  John 
J.  Stirdivant  and  his  mother  Eliza  (Bryant) 
Stirdivant.  On  June  20,  1892,  he  married 
Ella  Frances  Besant  at  Milwaukee,  Wiscon- 
sin. To  them  were  born 
Earl  B.  Stirdivant,  Mil- 
dred A.  Stirdivant,  Bry- 
ant Stirdivant  and  Evelyn 
E.  Stirdivant. 

He  obtained  his  edu- 
cation in  the  country  and 
high  schools  of  his  native 
state. 

At  the  age  of  fifteen 
he  entered  the  grocery 
business  in  Wisconsin 
and  for  seven  years  con- 
tinued in  this  work.  At 
the  end  of  that  time  he 
left  the  grocery  business 
to  engage  as  an  appren- 
tice in  a  drug  store  where 
he  remained  for  two  years 
following.  Then  for  one 
year  he  was  engaged  in 
the  shoe  business.  His 
health  having  partly 
failed,  he  quit  work  and  traveled  in  the  South 
and  West  for  more  than  three  years. 

At  the  end  of  his  travels,  he  obtained  a 
position  with  the  Grand  Union  Tea  Company 
in  1887,  and  for  three  years  he  remained  with 
that  corporation. 

In  1890,  he  determined  to  enter  business 
for  himself.  At  this  time  he  incorporated  the 
Boston  Tea  Company  of  Sheboygan,  Wiscon- 
sin, with  himself  as  sole  proprietor.  He  suc- 
cessfully operated  this  concern  for  a  period  of 
about  three  years  in  Wisconsin,  made  it  a 
paying  proposition  and  was  able  to  set  aside 
a  fair  amount  of  capital. 

His  next  venture  was  in  the  insurance 
business.  He  identified  himself  with  the 
Phoenix  Mutual  Life  Insurance  Company 
under  the  management  of  James  S.  Norris  of 
Milwaukee,  Wisconsin.  He  became  efficient 


W.  B.  STIRDIVANT 


in  this  line  of  work,  and  in  a  short  time  had 
worked  up  a  substantial  business.  His  work 
at  that  place  was  so  attended  with  success 
that  in  1894  he  was  appointed  to  fill  the  posi- 
tion of  District  Manager  of  the  company  at 
Janesville,  Wis.  Two  years  later  he  was  ad- 
vanced again,  being  stationed  at  Los  Angeles, 
California,  where  he  became  the  Southern 
California  agent  of  the  Phoenix  Mutual  Life 
Insurance  Co.  From 
that  period  down  to  date 
he  has  had  charge  of  the 
important  Southern  Cali- 
fornia end  of  the  compa- 
ny's interests. 

In  1902  he  was  ad- 
vanced to  the  position  of 
manager  of  the  compa- 
ny's extensive  business  in 
Southern  California  and 
today  continues  in  that 
capacity.  Under  his  man- 
agement the  company, 
which  has  headquarters 
at  Hartford,  Connnecti- 
cut,  and  branches  all  over 
the  country,  now  claims 
the  Los  Angeles  branch 
as  one  of  its  strongest  lo- 
cations. Mr.  Stirdivant's 
territory  covers  every- 
thing south  of  Tehachapi. 


His  many  policy  holders  in  Southern  Califor- 
nia in  the  Phoenix  Mutual  Life  Insurance 
Company  assure  him  of  a  larger  success  in 
the  future. 

Since  going  to  Southern  California,  Mr. 
Stirdivant  has  played  an  active  part  in  the 
community's  welfare.  At  the  present  time  he 
resides  in  Pasadena,  California.  In  that  place 
he  is  a  member  of  the  Tournament  of  Roses 
Committee,  an  enterprise  which  annually  at- 
tracts the  interests  of  the  world.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  Pasadena  Board  of  Trade  and 
of  the  Young  Men's  Christian  Association  of 
that  city. 

In  Los  Angeles  he  is  a  member  of  the 
Jonathan,  Union  League  and  City  Clubs.  He 
:s  also  an  active  member  of  the  Los  Angeles 
Chamber  of  Commerce,  one  of  the  leading 
civic  organizations  of  the  Southland. 


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JOHN  W.   HUNTSBERGER 

UNTSBERGER,  JOHN  WELKER, 
Attorney-at-Law,  Los  Angeles, 
California,  was  born  in  Wayne 
County,  Ohio,  Aug.  27,  1879,  the 
son  of  Isaac  Deal  Huntsberger  and 
?&J  Elizabeth  (Kurtz)  Huntsberger. 

His  parents  moved  to  Kansas  during  his  child- 
hood and  Mr.  Huntsberger  was  educated  in  the 
schools  of  the  Sunflower  State,  later  attending 
Washburn  Academy  and  Washburn  College  at 
Topeka.  He  was  graduated  from  the  Law  depart- 
ment of  the  latter  in  1908. 

Following  his  graduation,  Mr.  Huntsberger 
went  to  Baxter  Springs,  Kansas,  and  engaged  in 
the  practice  of  law  with  Samuel  H.  Smith,  of  that 
place.  He  remained  there  only  about  six  months, 
however,  severing  the  partnership  at  the  end  of 
that  time  to  locate  in  Los  Angeles.  He  was  imme- 
diately admitted  to  the  Bar  of  California  and  has 
been  actively  engaged  in  the  practice  of  law 
since  April,  1909. 

Within  a  year  after  settling  in  Los  Angeles, 
Mr.  Huntsberger,  who  is  a  Democrat,  was  nomi- 
nated by  his  party  for  the  office  of  Justice  of  the 
Peace,  but  failed  of  election.  He  is  active  in  the 
city  campaigns,  and  i&  a  member  of  the  Los  Angeles 
County  Central  Democratic  Committee.  In  1912 
he  was  put  forward  as  a  candidate  for  election  to 
the  State  Assembly  from  the  Sixty-Fourth  District. 

Mr.  Huntsberger  has  recent]17  become  inter- 
ested, as  a  stockholder  and  director,  in  the 
Sequoia  Building  &  Investment  Company,  engaged 
in  the  upbuilding  of  new  residence  sections  in  Los 
Angeles.  This  company  has  a  capital  of  $250,000 
and  includes  in  its  directorate  a  number  of  promi- 
nent Los  Angeles  busines&  men. 

Mr.  Fnntsberger  is  a  member  of  the  Metro- 
politan, Laywers  and  Jefferson  Clubs,  the  Im- 
proved Order  of  Redmen  and  the  Kansas  Society 
of  Los  Angeles. 


F.  O.  WALLSCHLAEGER 


ALLSCHLAEGER,  FRITZ  OSCAR, 
Secretary,  Citrus-  Protective 
League,  Los  Angeles,  California, 
was  born  in  Milwaukee,  Wiscon- 
sin, April  30,  1888,  the  son  of 
Henry  Wallschlaeger,  Jr.,  and 
Minnie  H.  (Meyer)  Wallschlaeger. 

Mr.  Wallschlaeger  received  his  primary  educa- 
tion in  Trinity  Church  School  of  Milwaukee  and 
later  attended  the  public  schools  of  the  same  city, 
but  left  when  he  was  fifteen  years  of  age  and  en- 
tered the  employ  of  hi&  father  in  the  woodworking 
business. 

From  1904  to  1908  Mr.  Wallschlaeger  worked 
for  several  firms  in  Milwaukee,  serving  in  the  po- 
sitions of  office  boy,  stenographer,  clerk  and  ship- 
ping clerk,  and  in  August,  1908,  he  went  to  Wash- 
ington, D.  C.,  as  stenographer  in  the  Department  of 
Agriculture.  He  left  the  departmnet  as  an  expert 
in  Farm  Accounting,  in  December,  1910. 

It  was  while  in  the  employ  of  the  Government 
that  Mr.  Wallschlaeger  became  acquainted  with 
G.  Harold  Powell,  at  that  time  Acting  Chief  of  the 
Bureau  of  Plant  Industry,  and  he  resigned  his  po- 
sition with  the  Government  to  join  Mr.  Powell  in 
Los  Angeles  as  his  assistant  in  the  Citrus  Pro- 
tective League,  of  which  he  was  Secretary  and 
Manager.  Mr.  Wall&chlaeger  remained  in  that  ca- 
pacity until  September  1,  1912,  when  he  succeeded 
Mr.  Powell  as  Secretary  of  the  Citrus  Protective 
League,  the  latter  having  taken  up  another  office. 

The  Citrus  Protective  League  is  a  voluntary 
organization  of  orange  and  lemon  growers  in  Cali- 
fornia and  has  come  to  be  one  of  the  most  import- 
ant adjuncts  of  the  industry,  representing  an  in- 
vested capital  of  approximately  $200,000,000  and 
ten  thousand  growers.  It  ha&  been  very  effectual 
in  the  protection  of  the  growers  and  shippers  in 
the  matter  of  railroad  rates  and  tariff  legislation, 
and  the  problems  before  it  are  of  great  importance. 


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DR.   O.   M.   JUSTICE 

USTICE,  OSWALD  MIDDLETON, 
Physician  and  Surgeon,  Los  An- 
geles, Cal.,  was  born  at  Llangol- 
len,  Denvenshire,  Wales,  May  6, 
1876,  the  son  of  Philip  Justice 
and  Elizabeth  (Pickering)  Justice. 
He  is  a  descendant  of  Lord  Olive,  the  brilliant  young 
English  soldier,  who  not  only  established  British 
domination  in  India  by  force  of  arms,  but  later  laid 
the  foundation  of  his  country's  present  commer- 
cial supremacy  in  the  Empire. 

Dr.  Justice  received  his  primary  education  from 
private  tutors  and  followed  with  four  years  at  Bed- 
ford Modern  School,  in  England.  He  then  spent 
two  years  at  Rugby,  and  at  the  age  of  fifteen,  in 
company  with  several  other  English  lads,  sailed 
for  America.  They  landed  at  Halifax,  N.  S.,  and 
from  there  went  to  a  farm  in  Iowa,  where  Dr. 
Justice  remained  a  year. 

In  1892  he  went  to  Rochester,  Minn.,  and  took  up 
the  study  of  medicine  under  the  famous  Mayo 
Brothers,  noted  throughout  the  civilized  world  for 
surgical  achievements.  He  received  his  degree  in 
1897,  and  in  1898  was  appointed  interne  at  St. 
Mary's  Hospital,  in  Minneapolis.  At  the  end  of  a 
year  he  was  appointed  by  the  State  Board  of 
Control,  Asst.  Physician  of  the  Hospital  for  the  In- 
sane, St.  Peter,  Minn.,  a  post  he  held  for  a  year. 

Upon  leaving  the  service  of  the  State,  Dr.  Jus- 
tice practiced  for  a  time  at  Elysian,  Minn.,  and  in 
the  fall  of  1903  moved  to  Los  Angeles. 

Dr.  Justice  is  the  holder  of  valuable  oil  and 
ranch  lands  in  California  and  also  has  mining  in- 
terests in  Sonora,  Mexico,  the  latter  being  oper- 
ated by  the  Elaugaje  Mining  Co.,  of  which  he  is 
President  and  chief  stockholder. 

Dr.  Justice  is  a  member  of  the  Mississippi  Val- 
ley Medical  Association,  the  Masons,  K.  of  P.,  Odd 
Fellows  and  the  Los  Angeles  Athletic  Club. 


W.  H.  CODE 

ODE,  WILLIAM  HENRY,  Consult- 
ing Engineer,  Los  Angeles,  Cal., 
was  born  in  Saginaw,  Mich.,  No- 
vember 22,  1864;  the  son  of  James 
Code  and  Elizabeth  Code.  He 
married  Martha  E.  Devlin  -at  Bay 
City,  Mich.,  on  the  14th  day  of  September,  1893. 

Mr.  Code  received  his  primary  education  in  the 
public  schools  of  Saginaw  and  Harrisville,  Mich., 
entering  the  University  of  Michigan  for  a  special 
course  in  engineering,  1888-1890. 

In  1890  he  went  West,  engaging  in  railroad 
construction  for  the  Union  Pacific  Railroad  at  Chey- 
enne, Wyo.  In  1891  he  was  appointed  Assistant 
State  Engineer  of  Wyoming  under  Elwood  Mead 
and  officiated  for  one  year.  In  1892  Mr.  Code  was 
chos-en  Chief  Engineer  of  the  Consolidated  Canal 
System  in  the  Salt  River  Valley  of  Arizona,  being 
engaged  there  approximately  ten  years.  The  last 
two  years  he  was  also  Special  Agent  for  the  United 
States  Department  of  Agriculture  in  irrigation  in- 
vestigations, which  later  brought  about  his  appoint- 
ment by  President  Roosevelt  in  1902,  to  Chief  Irri- 
gation Engineer  of  the  United  States  Indian  Serv- 
ice. He  was  reappointed  in  1906,  and  in  1910  Mr. 
Code  had  general  charge  of  all  irrigation  work  on 
the  Indian  Reservations  throughout  the  West, 
expending  approximately  $1,000,000  per  annum.  He 
also  served  as  Consulting  Engineer,  United  States 
Reclamation  Service. 

In  1911  Mr.  Code  was  one  of  three  advisory 
engineers  chosen  to  report  on  the  method  of  water 
distribution  of  the  $23,000,000  Los  Angeles  aque- 
duct. On  November  1,  1911,  he  formed  a  partner- 
ship with  John  H.  Quinton,  as  Quinton  &  Code, 
Consulting  Engineers.  He  is  Vice  President  of  the 
Mesa  City  Bank,  Mesa,  Ariz. 

He  is-  a  member  of  Chamber  of  Commerce,  Amer- 
ican Society  of  Civil  Engineers,  and  the  University 
Club  of  Los  Angeles. 


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URCHAM,  CHARLES  AUSTIN, 
Mining  Operator,  Los  Angeles, 
California,  was  born  at  Vallejo, 
California,  on  November  6,  1859. 
His  father  was  John  Burcham, 
one  of  the  early  California  pio- 
neers, and  his  mother  Almeda  (Taylor)  Burcham. 
He  married  Dr.  Rose  La  Monte  at  Los  Angeles, 
December  10,  1887.  Mrs.  Burcham,  who  is  a  native 
of  New  York,  of  Scotch  and  French  ancestry,  has 
the  dual  distinction  of  having  been  the  first  woman 
physician  in  San  Bernardino,  California,  and  of  be- 
ing a  directing  force  in  the  practical  operation  of  a 
great  gold  mine.  She  had  attained  a  prominent  po- 
sition in  the  medical  profession,  as  physician  and 
surgeon,  before  she  became  identified  with  her  hus- 
band's- mining  enterprises  and  in  the  latter  field 
has  become  noted  as  one  of  the  most  capable  busi- 
ness women  in  the  United  States. 

Mr.  Burcham,  who  has  been  one  of  the  com- 
manding figures  in  Southern  California  for  many 
years,  was  reared  in  Vallejo  and  San  Francisco, 
California.  He  attended  the  common  schools  of 
the  latter  city  and  supplemented  this  schooling 
with  attendance  at  the  Pacific  Business  College  at 
San  Francisco.  Upon  the  completion  of  his  educa- 
tion, in  the  late  seventies,  when  mining  stocks 
offered  an  attractive  field  for  investment,  Mr. 
Burcham  became  active  in  stock  speculation  and 
by  the  time  he  was  twenty-one  years  of  age  had 
accumulated  a  small  fortune. 

With  his  father  and  an  older  brother,  Mr. 
Burcham,  in  1880,  went  to  San  Bernardino  County, 
in  Southern  California,  and  purchased  a  ranch  of 
five  thousand  acres,  situated  about  twenty-five 
miles  north  of  the  town  of  San  Bernardino,  at  the 
headwaters  of  the  Mojave  River.  They  immedi- 
ately embarked  in  the  cattle  raising  business  on  a 
large  scale  and  for  the  next  twelve  years  Mr. 
Burcham  devoted  the  greater  part  of  his  time  to 
this  work,  although  at  various  times  he  made  pros- 
pecting trips  into  the  desert  country  in  search  of 
gold.  Mr.  Burcham  owned  and  operated  more  than 
four  thousand  acres  of  range  and  grazing  lands 
with  approximately  two  thousand  head  of  cattle. 
A  large  part  of  his  cattle  he  imported  from  Ari- 
zona and  sold  in  the  Southern  California  market. 

As  a  result  of  his  cattle  business,  Mr.  Burcham 
eventually  opened  a  wholesale  and  retail  provision 
house  in  San  Bernardino,  which  flourished  with  the 
same  success  as  did  his  stock-raising. 

About  1894  Mr.  Burcham  disposed  of  his  cattle 
interests  in  order  to  devote  his  time  to  mining, 
which  to  him  presented  more  promise  than  the  cat- 
tle business.  He  prospected  in  the  region  of  what 
is  now  Randsburg,  California,  but  without  much 
success,  largely  due  to  the  fact  that  he  had  not 
perfected  his  studies  of  mineralogy,  metallurgy  and 
other  branches  of  mining  to  which  he  had  given 
serious  attention.  He  was  not  disheartened,  how- 
ever, but  continued  his  studies  and  his  hunt  for 


gold.  Finally,  on  April  21,  1895,  after  a  year  or 
more  devoted  to  prospecting,  he  reached  Summit, 
a  town  on  the  edge  of  the  Mojave  Desert,  and  there 
met  John  Singleton  and  F.  M.  Mooers,  two  other 
prospectors.  They  formed  a  three-cornered  part- 
nership and  started  on  a  prospecting  trip  ip. 
Kern  County,  California,  now  the  center  of  the 
oil  production  of  California,  expecting  to  remain 
on  the  desert  for  an  unlimited  period. 

After  many  days  of  wandering  on  the  Mojave 
Desert,  they  came  suddenly  upon  free  gold  in  pay- 
ing quantities  at  the  foot  of  some  hills  and  far- 
ther up  discovered  the  wonderful  quartz  deposits 
that  have  since  become  celebrated  among  West- 
ern mines  under  the  name  of  the  Yellow  Aster 
Mine,  so  christened  by  the  three  partners. 

Mr.  Burcham  and  his  friends  were  jubilant  over 
their  find  and  returned  to  Randsburg,  which  town 
they  have  since  aided  largely  in  upbuilding,  for  the 
purpose  of  organizing  a  corporation  for  working 
the  mine.  The  organization  then  formed  was  the 
Yellow  Aster  Mining  &  Milling  Company,  which 
still  operates  the  property,  with  John  Singleton, 
President;  Mr.  Burcham,  Vice  President;  Dr.  Rose 
L.  Burcham,  Secretary;  C.  H.  Mooers,  Second  Vice 
President,  and  Ward  Chapman,  Attorney.  It  is  a 
close  corporation  and  all  of  the  officers  and  direct- 
ors are  residents  of  Los  Angeles. 

As  soon  as  possible  after  the  formation  of  their 
company,  Mr.  Burcham  and  his  associates  set 
about  improving  their  property  and  have  added  to 
their  plant  every  year  since,  with  the  result  that  it 
is  one  of  the  most  completely  equipped  gold  mines 
in  the  Southwest.  More  than  two  million  tons  of 
ore,  averaging  three  dollars-  per  ton  in  value,  have 
been  taken  out  and  there  still  remain  to  be  mined 
about  eight  million  tons,  which  is  already  blocked 
out. 

Mr.  Burcham  spends  the  greater  part  of  his 
time  at  the  mine,  while  his  wife,  in  her  capacity 
of  Secretary,  oversees  the  office  end  of  the  busi- 
ness, and  has  been,  with  her  husband,  one  of  the 
contributing  factors  in  the  success  of  the  great  en- 
terprise. Endowed  with  a  remarkable  business-  tal- 
ent, she  has  been  a  real  and  valuable  partner  to  her 
husband  and  he  gives  a  large  part  of  credit  to  her 
ability  as  an  organizer  and  executive. 

In  addition  to  the  Yellow  Aster  Mine  &  Milling 
Company,  Mr.  Burcham  is  interested  in  several 
other  important  projects,  being  President  of  the 
Calico  Mining  Company,  President  of  the  Rand 
Mercantile  Company  and  President  of  the  Phoenix 
Development  Company.  All  of  these  concerns  are 
located  in  the  Southwest  and  aside  from  them  Mr. 
Burcham  is  also  heavily  interested  in  real  estate. 

Mr.  Burcham  and  his  wife  have  a  beautiful 
home  in  Los  Angeles,  where,  during  the  season 
they  are  hosts  to  their  friends,  who  are  numerous. 
Mr.  Burcham  is  a  member  of  the  Odd  Fellows, 
Benevolent  &  Protective  Order  of  Elks,  the  Califor- 
nia Club  and  Jonathan  Club,  of  Los  Angeles. 


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EESE,  WILLIAM  KIRKE, 
JR.,  Mining  Engineer,  Los 
Angeles,  California,  was  born 
in  Washington,  D.  C,  August 
13,  1876,  the  son  of  William 
Kirke  Reese  and  Minnie  (Bartley)  Reese. 
He  married  Miss  Bird  Chanslor  at  Los  An- 
geles, July  31,  1912. 

Mr.  Reese  is  descended  of  men  who  have 
been  prominent  in  military  and  civil  life, 
members  on  both  sides  of  the  familv  hav- 
ing been  nationally  famous.  On  the  pa- 
ternal side  he  is  a  nephew  of  the  late 
General  William  Tecumseh  Sherman  and 
United  States  Senator  John  Sherman,  and  a 
second  cousin  of  General  Nelson  A.  Miles. 

His  grandfather,  Colonel  H.  B.  Reese,  was 
an  officer  in  the  United  States  Army,  and  his 
great  grandfather,  Major  Reese,  was  a  dis- 
tinguished soldier  of  the  Civil  War.  His  ma- 
ternal great  grandfather  was  Governor  of 
Ohio  and  the  latter's  son,  Judge  Bartley, 
served  as  a  Justice  of  the  Supreme  Court  of 
Ohio  and  also  as  Governor  of  the  Buckeye 
State. 

Mr.  Reese  received  his  preliminary  educa- 
tion in  private  schools  of  Philadelphia,  Penn- 
sylvania, and  was  graduated  from  Golden 
College  in  1897,  with  the  degrees  of  Mechan- 
ical Engineer  and  Civil  Engineer. 

Following  his  graduation,  Mr.  Reese  went 
West  and  located  first  in  Colorado,  where  he 
went  into  the  mining  business,  thereby  sup- 
plementing his  technical  education  with 
practical  experience.  He  worked  in  the  mines 
there  for  nearly  three  years,  leaving  in  1900 
to  go  to  California.  He  became  associated 
with  the  Expose  Treasure  Mine  at  Majoba, 
California,  and  was  employed  for  about  two 
years  and  a  half. 

In  1903,  Mr.  Reese  went  into  Old  Mexico 
to  examine  mining  property  for  himself  and 
also  as  the  representative  of  English  capital- 
ists. In  addition,  he  also  carried  a  commis- 
sion from  the  McArthur-Forrest  Company,  a 
Scotch  firm  which  had  patented  a  cyanide 
process  and  was  desirous  of  locating  mining 
property  in  Mexico. 

His  work  took  Mr.  Reese  to  all  parts  of 
the  Republic  to  the  South  and  he  was  busily 
engaged  in  examination  and  exploration 
work  for  about  five  years,  becoming  in  that 


time  an  expert  judge  of  Mexican  ore  lands. 
He  found  a  number  of  promising  properties, 
but  did  not  retain  any  for  himself,  returning 
to  the  United  States  to  prosecute  his  work 
in  1908. 

At  that  time  he  resigned  his  commissions 
from  the  foreign  syndicates  he  had  represented 
and  went  into  business  on  his  own  account, 
purchasing  mining  interests  in  California  and 
other  parts  of  the  West.  He  mined  for  gold, 
silver  and  copper,  principally  in  the  States 
of  California  and  Oregon,  and  in  four  years' 
time  had  amassed  a  fortune  of  comfortable 
proportions. 

In  January,  1912,  he  and  his  associates 
bought  the  Crystal  Salt  Mine  at  Saltus,  Cali- 
fornia, a  corporation  which  had  been  in  busi- 
ness about  six  years,  and  he  has  begun  the 
actual  work  of  producing  and  refining  salt  on 
a  large  scale.  As  Vice  President,  Director 
and  General  Manager  of  the  Crystal  Salt 
Company,  he  has  entire  charge  of  the  com- 
pany's plans,  which  include  the  erection  of  a 
salt  refinery  at  Los  Angeles,  at  a  cost  of 
$100,000. 

His  company  owns  six  thousand  acres 
of  salt  deposits,  the  principal  mine  being 
located  twelve  miles  from  Bagdad,  Cali- 
fornia. The  operations  of  the  company  have 
not  only  brought  a  new  industry  to  Los  An- 
geles, but  also  form  an  important  part  of  the 
development  of  the  resources  of  California. 

Although  he  is  devoting  a  large  part  of  his 
time  to  his  salt  company,  Mr.  Reese  still  re- 
tains valuable  mining  properties  and  is  ac- 
tively interested  in  their  development. 

The  principal  company  in  which  Mr.  Reese 
is  interested  is  the  Edith  Mining  Company, 
of  Portland,  Oregon,  of  which  he  is  Presi- 
dent and  Director. 

Despite  the  fact  that  members  of  his  fam- 
ily for  generations  have  achieved  great 
prominence  in  public  affairs,  Mr.  Reese  is 
not  actively  interested  in  politics,  although 
he  is  a  supporter  of  the  principles  of  the  Re- 
publican party. 

He  settled  permanently  in  Los  Angeles  in 
1911  and  is  now  regarded  as  one  of  the  most 
successful  men  of  his  profession  in  that  sec- 
tion. 

His  club  is  the  University,  of  Denver, 
Colorado. 


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ANKA,  ROBERT,  Mining  En- 
gineer, Los  Angeles,  Califor- 
nia, was  born  in  Chicago,  Illi- 
nois. He  is  the  son  of  Joseph 
Lanka  and  Regina  Lanka.  He 
married  Hattie  B.  Craig  at  Los  Angeles  in 
June,  1905,  and  to  them  there  have  been  born 
two  children,  Anges  Lenore  and  Robert  Craig 
Lanka. 

Mr.  Lanka,  who  is  one  of  the  successful 
mining  engineers  of  the  West,  is  essentially 
a  self-made  man.  He  attended  the  grammar 
and  high  schools  of  Chicago,  Illinois,  leaving 
the  latter  after  one  year's  attendance  to  take 
up  art  at  the  Chicago  Art  Institute.  At  the 
end  of  a  year,  however,  he  gave  up  his  studies 
and  went  to  work  in  the  art  department  of  a 
large  lithographing  establishment.  He  con- 
tinued in  this  line  for  several  years,  and  when 
he  was  about  twenty  years  of  age  moved  to 
the  Northwest,  locating  in  the  State  of 
Oregon. 

Determining  upon  mining  as  a  career,  he 
studied  mine  engineering  in  the  Oregon  Agri- 
cultural College,  from  which  he  was  gradu- 
ated in  the  class  of  1900  with  the  degree  of 
Bachelor  of  Science.  For  several  years  prior 
to  entering  college  Mr.  Lanka  had  obtained 
practical  experience  in  the  mining  camps  of 
Eastern  Oregon  and  the  Mother  Lode  coun- 
try of  California.  In  this  way,  and  with  his 
art  work,  Mr.  Lanka  earned  enough  to  pay 
his  own  way  through  college.  He  worked  in 
various  capacities  in  the  mining  fields  during 
his  vacation  months,  as  assayer,  millman, 
and  mine  foreman,  and  during  his  study 
months  he  supported  himself  through  his  art 
productions. 

Upon  leaving  college  Mr.  Lanka  practi- 
cally abandoned  his  art  work  for  the  mining 
business,  and  has  continued  in  this  latter  pro- 
fession, working  principally  in  Nevada  and 
Old  Mexico.  In  the  former  section  Mr. 
Lanka  was  unusually  active  and  was  one  of 
the  pioneers  during  the  early  days  of  the 
strike  in  the  Bullfrog  district.  He  was  among 
the  earliest  arrivals  in  various  other  Nevada 
camps  also,  and  had  the  distinction  and  ad- 
vantage of  being  the  first  Assayer  to  estab- 
lish offices  in  Goldfield  following  the  great 
gold  strike  at  that  celebrated  mining  camp. 
Since  1910  Mr.  Lanka  has  been  in  close 


association  as  Consulting  Engineer  with 
E.  A.  ("Bob")  Montgomery,  of  Los  Angeles, 
one  of  the  solid  men  who  made  fame  and  for- 
tune for  themselves  during  the  boom  days  of 
Goldfield.  Mr.  Montgomery,  who  is  a  prac- 
tical mining  man  himself,  has,  since  Mr. 
Lanka  joined  him,  depended  largely  upon  the 
judgment  of  the  latter  in  the  examination  of 
properties  in  the  United  States  and  Mexico. 

In  recent  years  metal  mining  in  Mexico 
and  the  southwestern  part  of  the  United 
States  has  experienced  an  unprecedented 
activity,  and  in  the  general  development  the 
expert  engineers  of  the  mining  business  have 
led  the  way.  Mr.  Lanka,  as  a  geologist  and 
engineer  of  wide  experience,  has  been  one 
of  those  men  who  have  taken  an  active  part 
in  this  work,  and  through  his  reports  on  prop- 
erties has  had  an  influence  in  inducing  capital 
to  invest  in  mining. 

Mr.  Lanka  has  been  a  mining  operator  on 
his  own  account,  being  in  possession  of  valu- 
able properties  in  Old  Mexico,  and  also  serv- 
ing as  Vice  President  of  the  Leon  Grande 
Mining  Company. 

Mr.  Lanka  pays  scant  attention  to  politics, 
but  earlier  in  his  life  took  a  great  interest  in 
military  affairs.  At  the  outbreak  of  the 
Spanish-American  War  he  volunteered  his 
services  and  was  assigned  to  the  Second 
United  States  Volunteer  Engineer  Corps.  He 
served  in  the  capacity  of  topographical 
draughtsman  during  the  tenure  of  the  war 
and  was  mustered  out  after  peace  had  been 
declared. 

It  was  upon  his  return  from  the  army  that 
Mr.  Lanka  took  up  the  study  of  mine  en- 
gineering seriously,  graduating,  as  before 
stated,  within  two  years. 

Mr.  Lanka  takes  considerable  interest  in 
fraternal  affairs  and  is  a  prominent  member 
of  the  Masons.  He  belongs  to  the  Blue 
Lodge,  Goldfield  (Nevada)  Consistory,  and 
Kerak  Temple,  of  the  Mystic  Shrine.  He  is 
also  a  member  of  the  Sierra  Madre  Club  of 
Los  Angeles,  the  leading  social  and  business 
organization  of  the  mining  men  and  men  in- 
terested in  lines  affiliated  with  mining,  in  the 
Southwest. 

Mr.  Lanka  maintains  his  offices  in  Los 
Angeles,  but  has  his  residence  in  Ocean  Park, 
California,  a  seashore  suburb  of  Los  Angeles. 


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ART,  GEORGE  ALAND- 
SON,  Hotel  Proprietor,  Los 
Angeles,  California,  was  born 
at  Freedom,  Ohio,  November 
5,  1870,  the  son  of  H.  A.  Hart 
and  Ordelia  M.  (Gleason)  Hart.  He  mar- 
ried Ida  M.  Belden  at  West  Farmington, 
Ohio,  September  5,  1894. 

He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of 
his  native  State,  working, 
after  his  studies  each  day, 
on  his  father's  farm.  He 
remained  there  until  he 
was  eighteen  years  of  age, 
at  which  time  (1888)  he 
moved  to  Los  Angeles. 

He  went  to  work  in  the 
Natick  House,  then  the 
largest  and  best  located 
hotel  in  the  city,  and  re- 
mained in  its  employ  for 
two  years.  At  that  time 
his  father,  who  had  lo- 
cated at  Los  Angeles  in 
1882,  purchased  the  Nat- 
ick House  and  took  his 
two  sons,  G.  A.  and  D.  H. 
Hart,  into  partnership 
with  him,  the  three  men 
conducting  the  hotel, 
which  was  headquarters 
for  the  leading  mining 
and  oil  men  of  the  coun- 
try. For  two  years  they 
worked  together  and  upon 
the  death  of  Mr.  Hart,  Sr., 
in  1892,  the  brothers  be- 
came sole  proprietors  of  the  house  and  have 
operated  together  from  that  time  on,  each 
contributing  the  best  of  his  talents  and  ef- 
forts to  make  the  success  that  has  come  to 
them. 

Mr.  Hart  was  a  close  student  of  develop- 
ment and  watched  the  growth  of  Los  An- 
geles and  the  Southwest  carefully,  convinced 
that  that  section  of  the  United  States  was 
destined  to  become  a  great  center  of  trade 
and  population.  Being  of  progressive  build, 
he  and  his  brother  were  continually  on  the 
outlook  for  opportunities,  and  on  July  19, 
1903,  they  purchased  the  Rosslyn  Hotel,  lo- 
cated on  South  Main  Street.  They  made  an 
addition  by  adding  to  it  the  Lexington  Ho- 
tel, conducting  the  two  under  the  name  of 
the  Rosslyn,  by  which  name  the  hostelry 
is  known  today.  The  management  of 
the  Harts  has  placed  it  among  the 
principal  hotels  of  Southern  California. 


GEORGE  A.  HART 


With  the  growth  of  the  city  and  the  ad- 
vance of  real  estate  in  Los  Angeles,  Mr.  Hart 
and  his  brother  made  many  extensive  pur- 
chases for  investment  purposes,  their  hold- 
ings including  large  tracts  in  and  near  the 
city.  In  1909,  they  became  interested  in  ten 
thousand  acres  of  land  in  Tulare  County, 
California,  and  there  built  the  town  of  Terra 
Bella.  After  laying  out  the  town,  building 
streets  and  making  other 
improvements,  they  erect- 
ed a  large  hotel  at  a  cost 
of  $25,000,  thus  providing 
at  the  very  birth  of  the 
place  a  modern  caravan- 
sary. They  participated 
in  the  organization  of  the 
First  National  Bank  of 
Terra  Bella,  with  G.  A. 
Hart  as  president,  and 
constructed  a  modern 
business  block  in  that 
place. 

The  year  after  they 
opened  the  town  of  Terra 
Bella,  Mr.  Hart  and  his 
brother  bought  the  town- 
site  of  Richgrove,  also  in 
Tulare  County,  and  there, 
as  in  the  case  of  their  for- 
mer venture,  soon  had  a 
promising  little  city  laid 
out,  with  another  hotel  as 
one  of  its  features. 

Mr.  Hart  bought  realty 
in  Hollywood  and  vicin- 
ity and  at  the  time  when 


the  Los  Angeles  beach  resorts  were  but 
dreams  he  purchased  heavily  in  that  region, 
and  today  is  the  owner  of  considerable  valu- 
able Ocean  Park  real  estate.  When  that  re- 
sort was  thrown  open  to  the  public  he  had 
charge  of  the  realty  operations  and  it  is  large- 
ly due  to  his  management  that  that  city  grew 
from  a  barren  stretch  of  sand  to  a  modern 
seaside  resort. 

Mr.  Hart  is  also  the  owner  of  vast  tracts 
of  farming  property  in  both  Tulare  and 
Kings  County.  He  is  the  executive  head  of  a 
number  of  realty  companies  and  organiza- 
tions of  Southern  California.  He  is  President 
of  the  Lindsey  Orchard  and  Vineyard  Com- 
pany ;  President  of  the  Terra  Bella  Develop- 
ment Company,  and  holds  a  similar  position 
with  the  Richgrove  Land  Co.  He  belongs  to 
the  Hotel  Men's  Association  of  Los  Angeles, 
is  a  Mason,  Los  Angeles  Consistory  Number 
3,  of  the  Scottish  Rite,  and  a  Shriner. 


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EHYMER,  L.  E.,  Manager  of 
Musical  and  Dramatic  Celeb- 
rities, and  of  Temple  Auditor- 
ium, 'Los  Angeles,  Cal.,  was 
born  near  Cincinnati,  Ohio, 
November  5,  1862,  near  the  homestead  of  the 
poet,  Miss  Phoebe  Cary.  His  father  was 
Aaron  Behymer,  his  mother  having  been 
Miss  Charlotte  Leach.  One  paternal  ances- 
tor was  Jonathan  Behy- 
mer, first  ferryman  at 
Harper's  Ferry,  an  early 
settler  o  f  Claremont 
County,  Ohio,  and  a  com- 
panion of  Daniel  Boone; 
on  the  maternal  side  Dr. 
Edwin  Leach,  the  cele- 
brated physician  and 
scientist  of  Edinburg, 
Scotland,  is  chronicled. 
Mr.  Behymer  married 
Miss  Menette  Sparks, 
niece  of  Jared  Sparks, 
the  historian,  at  High- 
more,  Dakota  Territory, 
January,  1886.  The  issue 
of  the  marriage  are,  Gle- 
narvon,  Enid  and  Elsie 
Behymer. 

Mr.  Behymer  was  edu- 
cated in  the  public 
schools,  graduating  at 
Shelbyville  high  school  in 
111.,  May  30,  1881.  He  then 
attended  the  Northwest 
Normal  School,  Stanber- 
ry,  Mo.,  1881-1882. 


L.  E.  BEHYMER 


the  Maurice  Grau  Opera  Company ;  Madame 
Sarah  Bernhardt,  the  San  Carlos  Opera 
Company;  Madames  Nordica,  Schumann- 
Heink  and  Gadski;  Ben  Greet;  the  Dam- 
rosch  Orchestra  and  the  Russian  Symphony 
Orchestra. 

It  was  through  his  influence  that  Madame 
Adelina  Patti  was  heard  in  Los  Angeles,  that 
La  Boheme  received  its  first  performance 
there;  that  Madame  Mel- 
ba  sang  for  the  first  time 
there,  her  role  of  Mimi ; 
that  Fritzi  Scheff  made 
her  first  bow  there  in  this 
country,  and  that  Mad- 
ame Modjeska  entrusted 
to  his  care  a  large  portion 
of  her  affairs. 

He  is  the  manager  of 
the  Auditorium  Theater, 
representing  the  Sam  S. 
and  Lee  Shubert  interests 
in  Los  Angeles, 

He  is  also  manager  of 
Simpson  Auditorium,  rep- 
resentative of  the  leading 
vocalists  and  instrumen- 
talists of  the  world  during 
their  western  tours ;  he 
also  manages  the  Los  An- 
geles Symphony  Orches- 
tra, and  the  Woman's 
Symphony  Orchestra,  and 
has  done  so  ever  since  the 
formation  of  these  organ- 
izations. 

Mr.  Behymer  has  been 


While  a  resident  of  Dakota,  he  was  made 
territorial  commissioner  from  Hyde  County, 
serving  1884-85  and  part  of  1886. 

Mr.  Behymer  went  to  Los  Angeles,  June 
9,  1886,  and  entered  the  employ  of  Stoll  and 
Thayer,  assuming  charge  of  the  book  shelves. 
He  also  did  literary  reviewing  for  the  Herald. 
He  became  connected  in  business  ways  with 
Manager  H.  C.  Wyatt,  then  of  the  Grand 
Opera  House,  and  with  McClain  and  Leh- 
man, managers,  Hazard's  Pavilion ;  since 
that  time  he  has  been  identified  with  all  dra- 
matic, musical  and  literary  movements  of 
the  city.  There  has  never  been  a  fiesta,  a 
Shrine  minstrel  or  a  charity  circus  perform- 
ance where  Mr.  Behymer  has  not  assisted ; 
his  effective  work  during  the  late  Aviation 
Meet  showed  the  managerial  ability,  which 
secured  for  him  in  earlier  years  the  manage- 
ment of  the  western  tours  of  such  organiza- 
tions as  the  Metropolitan  Opera  Company; 


elected  officer  of  the  French  Academy  by  the 
Minister  of  Public  Instruction  and  the  Chief 
of  the  Cabinet  of  Beaux-Arts,  this  occurring 
on  March  1,  1908,  and  six  months  later  he  re- 
ceived the  Decoration  of  The  Palms  at  the 
same  hands. 

As  one  of  the  first  members  of  Lodge  No. 
99,  B.  P.  O.  E.,  Mr.  Behymer  has  participated 
in  all  of  the  work  of  that  Order  for  the  past 
eighteen  years. 

He  is  an  active  member  of  Temple  A.  A. 
O.  N.  M.  S.  Al  Malaikah ;  a  32d  degree  mem- 
ber of  the  L.  A.  Consistory  No.  3,  Ancient  and 
Accepted  Scottish  Rite  of  Free-Masonry;  a 
member  of  King  Solomon  Lodge  of  Perfec- 
tion No.  3;  the  Robert  Bruce  Chapter,  Rose 
Croix  No.  3  of  'Los  Angeles;  Hollenbeck 
Lodge  No.  319,  F.  and  A.  M.,  and  East  Gate 
Lodge,  No.  103,  R.  A.  M.  He  is  vice  president 
of  the  Gamut  Club  and  president  of  the 
Progress  Club. 


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AMILTON,  DR.  FELIX  LOUIS  AB- 
NER,  President,  Baltimore  Oil 
Company,  Los  Angeles,  California, 
was  born  in  Stone  County,  Ar- 
kansas, April  28,  1861,  his  father 
being  Abner  Hamilton  and  his 
mother  Mary  Ann  (Pitman)  Hamilton.  He  has  been 
twice  married,  his  first  wife  having  been  Sallie 
Robinson,  whom  he  married  at  Bellefonte,  Arkan- 
sas, January  17,  1885.  Of  this  union  there  were 
born  to  him  two  sons,  James  Austin  Gervis  and 
Herman  Bryan  Hamilton.  His  second  marriage  oc- 
curred at  Odessa,  Texas,  December  20,  1906,  his 
bride  being  Miss-  Cynthia  Hogg. 

Dr.  Hamilton,  who  has  been  identified  with  de- 
velopment work  in  the  West  for  many  years,  is  es- 
sentially a  self-made  man.  He  received  no  educa- 
tional opportunities  until  he  was  nearly  twenty 
years  of  age  and  when  he  did  finally  enter  school 
he  received  his  teaching  in  several  different  institu- 
tions. He  first  became  a  student  at  the  union  coun- 
try school,  located  in  Boone  County,  Arkansas,  and 
remained  there  for  about  three  months.  He  fol- 
lowed this  with  three  months'  attendance  at  the 
Bellefonte  Academy,  also  located  in  Boone  County, 
and  then  entered  the  Riley  Hill  Academy,  where  he 
remained  for  seven  months,  thu&  having  only  thir- 
teen months'  of  schooling  altogether. 

After  finishing  at  Riley  Hill  Academy,  in  1884, 
Dr.  Hamilton  continued  his  studies  and  also  began 
teaching  in  a  small  country  school.  The  same  year 
he  took  up  the  study  of  medicine  under  Dr.  Leoni- 
das  Kirbey,  at  Harrison,  Arkansas,  and  read  with 
him  until  he  entered  the  Missouri  Medical  College, 
at  St.  Louis,  Missouri,  in  September,  1886.  In  the 
meantime  he  had  been  continuously  engaged  as  a 
country  schoolmaster,  earning  enough  to  pay  for 
his  course  at  college.  He  was  graduated  from  Mis- 
souri Medical  College  in  the  class  of  1888,  with  the 
degree  of  Doctor  of  Medicine. 

Dr.  Hamilton  had  prepared  himself  so  thor- 
oughly for  his  profession  that  upon  his  return  to 
Arkansas  and  entrance  into  the  ranks  of  the  physi- 
cians of  that  State,  he  was  appointed  (April  1, 
1888),  to  a  place  on  the  Arkansas  State  Board  of 
Medical  Examiners,  which  examined  and  licensed 
candidates  for  the  profession.  His  preceptor,  Dr. 
Leonidas  Kirbey,  was  a  member  of  the  board  also, 
and  it  was  upon  his  recommendation  that  Dr.  Ham- 
ilton received  his  appointment. 

Dr.  Hamilton  served  on  the  State  Board  and 
was  actively  engaged  in  the  practice  of  medicine 
and  surgery  at  Bellefonte,  Arkansas-,  from  the  time 
of  his  admission  until  January,  1890,  when  he  re- 
signed his  post  and  moved  to  Erin  Springs,  in  what 
was  then  the  Indian  Territory.  He  practiced  there 
with  gratifying  success  for  about  three  years,  and 
then  located  at  Pryor  Creek,  in  the  Indian  Terri- 
tory, where  he  remained  from  January  of  the  year 
1893  to  November  of  the  same  year. 

About  this  time  Dr.  Hamilton,  with  five  years  of 


actual  experience  to  his  credit,  decided  to  devote  a 
year  to  special  study,  so  relinquished  his  practice 
and  went  to  New  York  City,  where  he  became  a 
student  in  the  New  York  Polyclinic  Hospital  Insti- 
tute. Returning  to  the  Indian  Territory  in  1894,  Dr. 
Hamilton  located  in  the  town  of  Waggoner  and  re- 
sumed practice.  He  remained  there  for  approxi- 
mately three  years  and  in  1897,  transferred  his 
offices  to  Visalia,  in  Tulare  County,  California.  He 
remained  there  for  more  than  a  year,  but  during 
the  period  between  November,  1898,  and  the  end  of 
the  year  1902  he  was  engaged  in  professional  work 
in  several  different  localities.  From  Visalia  he 
went  to  Flagstaff,  Arizona,  but  after  practicing 
there  for  a  few  months,  returned  to  Waggoner,  In- 
dian Territory.  Leaving  there  in  October,  1900,  he 
went  to  Silver  City,  New  Mexico,  and  practiced  for 
three  months,  going  thence  to  Safford,  Arizona.  In 
the  fall  of  1901,  he  again  returned  to  Waggoner  and 
practiced  there  until  the  close  of  the  year  1902. 

Realizing  the  opportunity  for  development  in  all 
parts  of  the  West  and  Southwest,  Dr.  Hamilton,  in 
January,  1903,  gave  up  medical  practice  temporarily 
to  engage  in  the  land  business  and  his-  success  more 
than  justified  the  change.  His  first  important  en- 
terprise was  the  opening  and  colonization  of  a  tract, 
several  thousand  acres  in  extent,  in  the  Creek  Na- 
tion of  the  Indian  Territory.  He  divided  the  land 
into  plantations  and  then  placed  upon  it  more 
than  a  hundred  families,  all  of  whom  were  engaged 
in  cotton  raising.  Dr.  Hamilton  introduced  modern 
methods-  of  cotton  culture  among  the  people  and  the 
enterprise,  one  of  the  most  extensive  agricultural 
ventures  the  Indian  Territory  had  ever  known,  re- 
sulted in  a  large  addition  to  its  productiveness 
and  general  wealth. 

Dr.  Hamilton  was  engaged  in  farm  land  develop- 
ment until  1906  and  then  spent  a  year  at  El  Paso, 
Texas.  In  January,  1907,  he  settled  at  Texico,  New 
Mexico,  and  resumed  his  medical  practice.  He  was 
not  content  there,  however,  and  in  November  of  the 
same  year,  established  practice  at  El  Centro,  Cali- 
fornia, where  he  stayed  for  more  than  twelve 
months.  He  next  went  to  Las  Cruces,  New  Mexico, 
remaining  in  practice  there  until  July,  1909,  when 
he  moved  to  Los  Angeles.  He  has  been  there  ever 
since,  engaged  in  active  business. 

At  the  time  when  he  arrived  in  the  Southern  Cali- 
fornia metropolis  the  oil  business  was  claiming  the 
attention  of  investors  in  that  section  of  the  country 
and  Dr.  Hamilton,  who  had  made  a  success  of  his 
other  business  ventures,  determined  to  enter  into 
that  field  of  development.  Accordingly,  he  organ- 
ized the  Hamilton  Oil  &  Gas  Company,  which  he 
operated  for  about  a  year,  selling  out  his  interest 
in  the  concern  in  June,  1910.  Before  a  month  had 
passed,  Dr.  Hamilton  formed  a  new  corporation, 
known  as  the  Baltimore  Oil  Company,  and  as  Presi- 
dent of  this  company,  has  had  active  charge  of  its- 
affairs  since  its  organization. 

Member,  Los  Angeles  Chamber  of  Commerce. 


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RIFFITH,  GEORGE  PER- 
RY, Contractor,  Los  An- 
geles, California,  was  born  in 
the  historic  town  of  Erie, 
Pennsylvania,  May  8,  1868. 
He  is  the  son  of  George  P.  Griffith  and  Ella 
(Richards)  Griffith.  He  married  Mary 
Matthews  in  1893  at  Scranton,  Pennsylvania. 
There  are  two  sons,  Richard  Matthews  and 
George  Perry  Griffith. 

He  derived  his  educa- 
tion     in      the 


common 


schools  of  Erie,  Pennsyl- 
vania, where  he  spent  the 
early  part  of  his  life. 

Mr.  Griffith  began  his 
career  as  clerk  in  the  Ma- 
rine National  Bank  of 
Erie,  Pennsylvania,  at 
the  age  of  15  years,  and 
for  two  years  following 
he  continued  his  work  in 
the  financial  house. 

In  1886  Mr.  Griffith 
gave  up  his  position  in 
the  bank  to  embark  in  an- 
other line  of  endeavor. 
At  that  time  asphalt  was 
just  coming  into  general 
recognition  as  a  superior 
paving  material,  and  the 
business  offered  to  the 
young  men  of  that  day 
as  much  promise  of  for- 
tune as  do  some  of  the 
new  things  of  today.  The 
Barber  Asphalt  Company 
being  the  pioneer  and  largest  asphalt  con- 
cern in  the  United  States,  Mr.  Griffith  ob- 
tained employment  with  them  in  New  York 

That  was  the  beginning  of  his  career  as 
an  asphalt  man,  and  for  fifteen  years  he  re- 
mained with  the  original  company.  He 
started  in  a  minor  position,  but  by  the  time 
he  left  the  company  he  was  nationally  rated 
as  an  expert  on  asphalt  matters  and  was  New 
York  manager  for  the  Barber  corporation. 
The  period  during  which  Mr.  Griffith  was 
connected  with  the  company  was  one  in 
which  asphalt  made  its  greatest  progress  as 
an  industrial  element.  He  severed  his  con- 
nection with  the  Barber  Company  in  1901. 

At  that  time  Mr.  Griffith  looked  to  the 
broad  Western  country  for  a  new  field.  He 
left  New  York  and  settled  in  San  Francisco, 
where  he  became  associated  with  the  Alcatraz 
Company,  a  concern  of  which  he  was  made 
president  and  general  manager.  While  in 


GEO.  P.  GRIFFITH 


charge  of  the  affairs  of  this  concern  he  han- 
dled numerous  large  contracts,  but  at  the  end 
of  two  years  he  yielded  to  inducements  of- 
fered him  by  the  General  Asphalt  Company 
of  Philadelphia,  and  he  went  there  to  become 
one  of  the  directing  heads  of  it. 

This  was  the  year  1903,  and  he  spent  the 
next  twelve  months  in  active  operation  of 
the  company's  business.  His  work  in  Phila- 
delphia added  considera- 
bly to  Mr.  Griffith's  busi- 
ness reputation,  and 
when  at  the  end  of  a  year 
he  resigned  to  accept  an- 
other position  his  serv- 
ices were  sought  by  vari- 
ous large  asphalt  con- 
cerns of  the  country. 

His  two  years  in  San 
Francisco,  however,  had 
put  the  love  of  the  West 
in  his  blood,  and  when  he 
received  an  offer  from 
Seattle,  Washington,  he 
again  renounced  the  East 
and  headed  for  the  big 
city  of  the  North  Pacific 
Coast.  He  bought  an  in- 
terest in  the  Independent 
Asphalt  Paving  Compa- 
ny and  was  elected  presi- 
dent of  that  corporation. 
He  also  took  the  position 
of  general  manager  of  it. 
An  attractive  offer 
from  'Los  Angeles,  Cali- 
fornia, caused  him  to  re- 
sign his  Seattle  office  for  the  vice  presidency 
of  the  Fairchild,  Gilmore,  Wilton  Company 
of  Los  Angeles,  where  he  settled  permanent- 
ly at  that  time. 

Mr.  Griffith  is  a  man  of  good  reputation 
in  his  line  of  work,  being  recognized  as  an 
authority  in  every  branch  of  asphalt  work. 
At  the  present  time,  in  addition  to  his  con- 
nection with  the  Fairchild,  Gilmore,  Wil- 
ton Company,  he  is  president  of  the  Hercules 
Oil  Refining  Company,  and  is  vice  president 
of  the  Reinforced  Concrete  Pipe  Company, 
both  of  Los  Angeles. 

He  is  a  member  of  several  professional 
organizations  of  the  Pacific  Coast,  and  has 
been  for  many  years  a  member  of  the 
Engineers'  Club  of  New  York  and  of  the 
Scranton  Engineers'  Club  of  Scranton,  Penn- 
sylvania. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  California  Club  of 
Los  Angeles. 


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ELLISSIER,  FRANK  FIEDLE,  Vice 
President,  Los  Angeles  Creamery 
Company,  Los  Angeles,  California, 
was  born  at  Faix,  Hautes-Alpes, 
France,  November  12,  1873,  the 
son  of  Francois  Pellissier  and  Jus- 
tine (Gamier)  Pellissier.  He  married  Marie  Valla 
at  Whittier,  California,  December  8,  1895,  and  to 
them  there  have  been  born  three  children,  Frank 
L.,  Leon  A.,  and  Lawrence  Raymond  Pellissier. 

Mr.  Pellissier  is  a  member 
of  one  of  the  old  families 
of  the  south  of  France  and 
he  received  careful  training 
in  the  schools  of  his  native 
country  before  coming  to  the 
United  States.  Graduating 
from  Aucelle  School  in  1888, 
Mr.  Pellissier  sailed  shortly 
afterwards  for  America,  go- 
ing directly  to  Los  Angeles-, 
where  his  uncle,  Germain 
Pellissier,  was  engaged  in 
business.  He  first  went  to 
work  for  his  uncle,  then,  with 
that  enterprise  which  has 
been  so  characteristic  of  his 
success,  leased  160  acres  of 
land  in  what  is  now  the 
fashionable  Wilshire  district 
of  Los  Angeles,  and  engaged 
in  the  dairying  business.  This 
was  within  a  few  weeks  after 
his  arrival  in  Los  Angeles 
and  when  he  was  but  a  boy. 
However,  he  was  full  of  busi- 
ness and  had  his  eyes  open 
for  the  main  opportunity.  He 
had  a  vision  of  the  future 
Los-  Angeles  and  felt  that  if 
he  could  once  get  in  the  lead 
in  his  chosen  field  he  would 
manage  to  keep  there  and 
that  one  point  has  been  his 
inspiring  guide  ever  since. 

At  the  end  of  his  first  two  months  in  Los  An- 
geles he  determined  to  take  the  lead,  so  formed  a 
partnership  with  his  two  cousins  and  engaged  in 
the  milk  business  on  a  larger  scale.  At  that  time 
Los  Angeles  was  only  a  small  city  and  Mr.  Pellis- 
sier's  firm  supplied  a  large  part  of  the  milk  u&ed  by 
the  residents.  As  the  city  grew,  however,  he  en- 
larged his  facilities  and  in  1894  it  had  grown  from  a 
small  beginning  to  a  large  and  substantial  estab- 
lishment. 

Mr.  Pellissier  took  over  the  entire  business  in 
1894  and  conducted  it  until  the  latter  part  of  1895, 
when  he  sold  out  his  interest,  in  order  to  live  a 
semi-retired  life,  and  engaged  in  farming  on  the  his- 
toric Rancho  Paso  de  Bartolo,  the  former  home 
ranch  of  Don  Pio  Pico,  the  last  Governor  of  Cali- 
fornia under  Mexican  rule.  This  famous  property 
Mr.  Pellissier  purchased  in  1897. 

Mr.  Pellis&ier  was  engaged  in  farming  on  these 
lands  for  several  years  following,  but  in  1902  en- 
gaged in  the  milk  business  in  Los  Angeles  on  a 
wholesale  scale,  turned  his  ranch  into  a  large  dairy 
farm  and  there  retained  his  residence. 

For  the  next  three  years  Mr.  Pellissier  con- 
ducted his  business  with  great  success  and  in  1905 
turned  it  into  the  Alpine  Farm  &  Dairy  Company, 
of  which  he  was  elected  Secretary.  This  company 


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conducted  business-  for  about  a  year  and  at  the  end 
of  that  time  Mr.  Pellissier,  with  several  others,  or- 
ganized the  Los  Angeles  Creamery  Company,  which 
immediately  became  the  principal  factor  in  the 
dairy  business  of  Southern  California.  Mr.  Pellis- 
iser  was  actively  interested  in  the  organization  of 
the  new  company  and  has  served  as  Vice  President 
since  its  formation. 

The  Los  Angeles  Creamery  Company  was  organ- 
ized in  1907  for  the  purpose  of  economizing  in  the 
handling  of  the  milk  supply 
and  for  the  centralizing  of 
pasteurization ;  and  during 
the  few  years  of  its  existence 
it  has  become  one  of  the 
most  important  enterprises 
in  Southern  California.  In 
addition  to  a  main  plant, 
modern  in  all  details,  the 
company  has  two  butter  fac- 
tories and  various  branch 
plants  in  and  near  Los  An- 
geles. The  milk  is  brought 
into  the  city  from  the  farms 
and  dairies  of  the  company 
and  is  then  put  through  an 
elaborate  process  of  pasteur- 
ization at  the  main  plant. 
The  company  supplies  Los 
Angeles  and  nearby  towns 
with  approximately  15,000 
gallons  of  milk  daily  and  op- 
erates 100  delivery  wagons. 
Its  business  runs  into  mil- 
lions of  dollars  annually. 

Mr.  Pellissier  has  been  an 
important  factor  in  the  direc- 
tion of  the  company's  affairs 
and  in  addition  he  has  be- 
come the  second  largest  in- 
dividual milk  producer  in  the 
State  of  California,  a  consid- 
erable achievement  in  itself. 
He  is  thoroughly  interested 
in  his  business,  and  is  gener- 
ally credited  with  having  been  responsible  for  vari- 
ous important  improvements  in  the  handling  of 
milk  and  also  for  raising  the  standard  to  a  point 
where  all  milk  handled  by  his  company  averages 
4.25  pounds  in  butter  fat,  this  being  considerably 
in  excess  of  the  legal  requirements  established  by 
the  city  of  Los  Angeles.  He  is  credited  with  having 
done  more  than  any  other  one  man  in  improving 
the  general  conditions  surrounding  the  milk  busi- 
ness for  both  the  consumer  and  the  producer. 

Outside  of  his  immediate  business,  Mr.  Pellissier 
is  interested  in  a  number  of  other  important  busi- 
ness enterprises,  chief  among  them  being  the  Citrus 
Grove  Heights  Company,  of  which  he  is  President. 
This  company  is  engaged  in  subdividing  about  800 
acres  of  the  finest  citrus  fruit  land  in  Southern  Cali- 
fornia, this  land  being  part  of  his  famous  Rancho 
Paso  de  Bartolo. 

Mr.  Pellissier  is  ranked  among  the  substantial 
business  men  of  Southern  California  and  has  been 
a  hard  worker  for  its  building  for  many  years,  and 
all  of  his  own  investments  have  been  in  substan- 
tial improvements. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Benevolent  and  Protec- 
tive Order  of  Elks  and  was  a  charter  member  of 
the  Legion  Francaise,  a  French  society  in  which  he 
still  takes  an  active  interest. 


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DROMGOLD,  REU- 
BEN WISOR,  Real  Es- 
state,  Los  Angeles,  Cal- 
ifornia, was  born  in 
Loysville,  Perry  County, 
Pennsylvania,  March  1, 
1855.  He  is  the  son  of 
Manasseh  Dromgold 
and  Sarah  (Loy)  Drom- 
gold. He  married  Nellie 
M.  Squire  at  Los  An- 
geles, January  1,  1890. 
They  have  one  son, 
George  C.  Dromgold. 

He  was  educated  in 
the  schools  of  his  na- 
tive county.  He  became 
a  school  teacher.  Later 
he  learned  the  trade  of 
sign  painter  and  deco- 
rator. In  1880  he  went  to  Missouri,  stayed  two 
years,  went  to  Colorado  for  one  year,  and  in  1883 
he  moved  to  Los  Angeles,  where  he  took  up  paint- 
ing and  contracting,  the  paint  and  oil  business  and 
real  estate.  He  branched  out  into  the  sign  business 
in  the  year  1890  and  soon  built  up  one  of  the  largest 
establishments  in  the  West. 

He  was  nominated  and  elected  to  the  City  Coun- 
cil of  Los  Angeles,  serving  from  1907  to  1910.  He 
fathered  the  plan  for  the  monumental  bridge  and 
viaduct  on  North  Broadway  and  backed  all  public 
improvements. 

In  the  year  1910  he  took  up  the  real  estate  busi- 
ness again. 

He  is  a  thirty-second  degree  Mason,  Mystic 
Shriner,  Elk,  member  Los  Angeles  Chamber  of 
Commerce,  and  Los  Angeles  Pioneer  Society. 


MANNING,  CHAS. 
DEWEY,  ranch  owner 
and  County  Supervisor, 
Los  Angeles,  Cal.,  was 
born  at  Bowmanville, 
Ont,  Canada,  October 
24,  1847,  the  son  of  C. 
L.  R.  Manning  and 
Jane  (Baker)  Manning. 
He  married  May  E. 
Kinne,  September  4, 
1871.  They  have  three 
children,  Olive,  C.  C., 
and  Leo  Roy  Manning. 

In  his  boyhood  Mr. 
Manning's  family  re- 
moved to  Illinois,  and 
he  received  his  educa- 
tion in  the  public 
schools  of  Rockton.  He 

enlisted  in  the  Civil  War  at  Rockton,  becoming  a 
private  in  Company  I,  Ninth  Illinois  Cav- 
alry, January  4,  1864.  He  was  promoted  to 
the  rank  of  sergeant,  which  he  held  when  mus- 
tered out,  October  31,  1865.  He  returned  to  Rock- 
ton,  and,  in  1868,  went  into  the  harness  and  sad- 
dlery business  with  his  father.  In  1882  he  emi- 
grated to  Rock  Rapids,  Iowa,  where  he  resumed 
business.  He  became  a  prominent  figure  in  the 
affairs  of  the  town,  serving  as  treasurer  of  Lyons 
county,  Iowa,  from  1889  to  1893.  Shortly  after 
the  conclusion  of  his  term  he  sold  his  interests 
and  moved  to  California,  where  he  has  lived  since. 
He  has  bought  ranch  properties  in  California,  and 
has  entered  politics.  He  was  elected  Supervisor 
and  has  served  since  1907.  Member  City  Club  and 
Union  League,  Los  Angeles. 


KLEINBER- 
GER,  VICTOR  G.,  Real 
Estate,  Los  Angeles, 
California,  was  born  in 
Louisville,  Kentucky, 
August  22,  1881,  the 
son  of  William  Klein- 
berger  and  Henrietta 
(Helprin)  Kleinberger. 
He  married  Gladys 
Erskine  at  Los  An- 
geles, in  1903,  and  to 
them  there  have  been 
born  two  children,  Ers- 
kine H.  and  Dorothy 
Kleinberger. 

Mr.  Kleinberger  re- 
ceived his  education  in 
schools  of  Lakewood, 
N.  J.,  then  went  to  Los 

Angeles.  He  was  in  various  lines  of  business 
and  about  eight  years  ago  organized  the  Victor  G. 
Kleinberger  Company,  realty  operators.  His  spe- 
cialty is  subdivisions  and  he  has  improved  and 
opened  fifteen  large  tracts,  and  sold  close  to  2000 
city  lots,  some  of  which  are  exclusive  residence 
districts.  He  is  considered  one  of  the  most  suc- 
cessful of  the  younger  real  estate  operators  of  Los 
Angeles. 

Mr.  Kleinberger  is  fond  of  travel  and  is  also  an 
enthusiastic  golfer,  motorist  and  fisherman.  He  is 
a  director  of  the  Annandale  Country  Club  and  is  a 
member  of  the  Los  Angeles  Athletic  Club,  the  Los 
Angeles  Realty  Board  and  the  Los  Angeles  Cham- 
ber of  Commerce,  also  member  Legislation  Com- 
mittee of  the  State  Realty  Federation  and  Southern 
California  Auto  Club. 


CHANDLER,  JEF- 
FERSON PAUL,  Attor- 
ney, Los  Angeles,  Cali- 
fornia, was  born  at  St. 
Joseph,  Missouri,  Janu- 
ary 6,  1873,  the  son  of 
Jefferson  Chandler  and 
Catherine  (O'Toole) 
Chandler.  He  married 
Elizabeth  Shankland, 
June  1,  1904,  at  Los  An- 
geles, California. 

He  attended  the 
public  schools  at  Wash- 
ington, D.  C.,  then  took 
a  preparatory  course  at 
Georgetown  University, 
Washington,  going 
thence  to  Princeton 
University,  New  Jer- 
sey, where  he  graduated  in  1893.  He  studied  law 
at  Columbian  Law  College  in  Washington.  He  was 
admitted  to  practice  in  the  courts  of  California  the 
year  1895.  He  practiced  law  alone  until  he  went 
into  partnership  with  J.  H.  Shankland  in  1904,  the 
firm  of  Shankland  and  Chandler  continuing  to  date. 
He  is  considered  a  conscientious  and  able  attorney, 
who  masters  every  case  with  unusual  completeness. 
His  knowledge  of  the  law  has  become  wide.  He 
has  fought  cases  before  every  court  in  the  State. 
He  represents  many  important  corporations  and  his 
firm  does  a  large  business  outside  the  State. 
He  is  a  Democrat  and  takes  an  active  interest  in 
politics,  but  never  sought  or  held  public  office. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Los  Angeles  Country 
Club,  California  Club  and  Princeton  Club  of  Los 
Angeles. 


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PORTER,  FRANK 
MONROE,  Attorney, 
Los  Angeles,  Cal.,  was- 
born  in  Waushara 
County,  Wis.,  Aug.  15, 
1857,  the  son  of  Clinton 
Hiram  Porter  and  Mary 
(Monroe)  Porter.  He 
married  Suella  Bill- 
meyer,  Aug.  10,  1893, 
and  they  have  one 
child,  Margaret  Porter. 
Mr.  Porter  spent  his 
boyhood  at  Randolph, 
Wis.,  and  moved  from 
there  to  Madison,  Wis., 
in  1875.  He  was  gradu- 
ated from  the  Univers- 
ity of  Wisconsin  in  1881 
with  the  degree  of  A.  B., 
and  from  the  Law  Dept.  in  1883.  He  obtained  the 
degree  of  LL.  M.  from  the  Univ.  of  Sou.  Cal.  in  1908. 
He  moved  to  California  in  1887,  opened  a  law 
office  and  has  been  practicing  there  since.  In  1904, 
with  Judge  Gavin  W.  Craig  and  others,  he  reorgan- 
ized the  Los  Angeles  Law  School,  which  became  a 
part  of  the  Univ.  of  Sou.  Cal.  He  has  been  Dean  of 
the  School  since  that  time  and  also  is  in  active 
management  of  the  College  of  Law.  This  college 
now  has  enrollment  of  over  500  and  is  one  of  the 
largest  law  schools  of  the  United  States-.  In  1910, 
Mr.  Porter  formed  the  firm  of  Porter,  Morgan  & 
Parrot,  with  Vincent  Morgan  and  Kent  K.  Parrot. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  University,  City  and  Met- 
ropolitan Clubs,  of  Los  Angeles;  Sunset  Gun  Club 
and  the  Casa  La  Roca  Country  Club.  He  also  at- 
tends the  University  Methodist  Episcopal  Club. 

HALL,  GILES 
STARK,  Physician  and 
Surgeon,  Los  Angeles, 
Cal.,  was  born  at  Ionia, 
Mich.,  Mar.  3,  1869,  the 
son  of  Henry  Gilbert 
Hall  and  Jane  (Cong- 
don)  Hall.  He  married 
Louise  Sinclair  Hobbie 
at  Battle  Creek,  Mich., 
June  18,  1901.  They 
have  two  children, 
Giles  Stark,  Jr.,  and 
Virginia  Stephens  Hall. 
Dr.  Hall  attended 
the  public  schools  of 
his  town,  Maryland  Mil- 
i  t  a  r  y  Academy  and 
Rush  Medical  College, 
Chicago,  graduating 
from  the  latter  in  1897,  with  the  degree  of  M.  D. 
The  first  year  after  his  graduation  Dr.  Hall 
spent  in  the  County  Hospital  at  Tombstone,  Ariz., 
where  he  had  care  of  men  of  the  mining  camp, 
and,  upon  leaving  there,  went  to  Nacozari,  Sonora, 
Mexico,  as  Chief  Surgeon  for  the  Moctezuma  Copper 
Company.  He  remained  there  about  five  years  and 
in  1904  moved  to  Los  Angeles  and  permanently 
located. 

He  was  appointed  Assistant  Surgeon  for  the  Pa- 
cific Electric  Railroad  Co.  shortly  after  his  arrival 
in  Los  Angeles  and  served  until  Aug.,  1910,  when  he 
was-  appointed  Division  Surgeon  for  the  Southern 
Pacific  Railroad. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Los  Angeles  County  Med- 
ical Association,  American  Medical  Association, 
and  of  the  Jonathan  Club,  Los  Angeles. 


STOOKEY,  DR.  LY- 
M  A  N  BRUMBAUGH, 
Professor  of  Physiol- 
ogy, Univ.  of  Sou.  Cal., 
Los  Angeles,  Cal.,  was 
born  at  Belleville,  111., 
July  30,  1878,  the  son  of 
Dr.  Lyman  Polk  Stook- 
ey  and  Louise  (Brum- 
baugh) Stookey.  Mar- 
ried Margaret  Powell, 
granddaughter  of  Gen. 
W.  H.  Powell,  U.  S.  A., 
at  Belleville,  Dec.  31, 
1903.  He  received  his 
early  education  in  pub- 
lic schools  of  Belle- 
ville and  was  graduated 
from  Yale  in  1902  with 
A.  B.,  A.  M.  and  Ph.  D. 
Held  graduate  scholarships  in  Physiology  two  years. 
Research  Physiologist,  N.  Y.  State  Pathological 
Laboratory,  1902-04.  Graduate  student,  Med.  Dept., 
Univ.  of  Strassburg  (Germany),  1904-06. 

In  1906  he  was  given  the  Chair  of  Physiology  in 
the  Univ.  of  Sou.  Cal.,  serving  to  date.  Same  year 
elected  Fellow  of  the  Amer.  Assn.  for  Advancement 
of  Science  and  appointed  American  Editor  of  the 
International  Year  Book  of  Chemical  Physiology 
and  Pathology.  Author  of  over  40  researches  in 
physiology  and  medicine,  published  in  American 
and  foreign  medical  journals  and  referred  to  in  text- 
books. Pathologist  of  Western  States  Life  Ins.  Co. 

Member  of  following  National  societies:  Amer. 
Physiology  Soc.,  Amer.  Soc.  of  Biological  Chemists, 
Amer.  Soc.  of  Experimental  Medicine,  Amer.  Med. 
Assn.,  and  University  Club,  Los  Angeles. 

O'CONNOR,     JOHN 

HENRY,  Attorney  at 
Law,  Los  Angeles,  Cali- 
fornia, was  born  at 
Downey,  California, 
February  13,  1883,  the 
son  of  Patrick  O'Con- 
nor and  Jane  (Henry) 
O'Connor. 

Mr.  O'Connor  at- 
tended the  public 
schools  of  his  native 
city,  following  this 
with  a  course  at  St. 
Vincent's  College,  from 
which  he  was  gradu- 
ated in  1904  with  the 
degree  of  Bachelor  of 
Arts.  He  entered  the 
Law  Department  of  tne 
University  of  Southern  California  and  received  the 
degree  of  LL.B.  in  1909.  During  the  last  year  of 
his  attendance  at  the  University,  Mr.  O'Connor 
also  studied  law  in  the  office  of  Henry  C.  Dillon. 

Mr.  O'Connor  was  admitted  to  practice  January 
19,  1909,  and  in  August  of  the  same  year  formed 
his  partnership  with  H.  L.  Lewis  of  Los  Angeles. 

Prior  to  taking  up  the  study  of  law  Mr.  O'Con- 
nor was  a  member  of  the  faculty  of  St.  Vincent's 
College,  being  instructor  in  the  academic  depart- 
ment of  the  institution. 

Since  entering  the  professional  ranks  Mr. 
O'Connor  has  met  with  gratifying  success  and  is 
one  of  the  leading  young  attorneys  of  Southern 
California. 

Mr.  O'Connor  is  a  member  of  the  Phi  Delta  Phi, 
legal  fraternity. 


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'KINNIE,  JAMES  RENWICK,  Real- 
ty and  Investments,  Los  Angeles, 
California,  and  Colorado  Springs, 
Colo.,  was  born  in  Harrison  Coun- 
ty, Ohio,  October  8,  1846.  He  is 
the  son  of  E.  K.  McKinnie  and 
Ruhamah  (Drummond)  McKinnie.  He  married 
Anna  McCarty,  September  20,  1904,  at  St.  Louis, 
Missouri. 

Mr.  McKinnie  received  his  education  in  the 
schools  of  his  native  State,  graduating  from  high 
school  in  1861.  He  became  a  teacher  in  country 
schools  and  continued  as  such  until  1863,  when  he 
took  up  arms  for  the  Union.  He  served  in  the 
army  from  1863  to  the  conclusion  of  the  Civil  War 
in  1865,  and  during  those  two  years  participated  in 
numerous  engagements. 

Returning  from  the  battle  fields,  Mr.  McKinnie 
again  became  a  teacher.  He  trained  the  youth  of 
his  native  State  for  five  years,  then  deserted  the 
prosaic  life  of  a  schoolroom  for  the  more  exciting 
one  of  a  gold  hunter. 

Mr.  McKinnie,  who  is  a  representative  man  of 
the  West,  was  among  the  pioneers  in  the  Colorado 
silver  and  gold  fields.  He  arrivel  in  that  State  in 
1870  and  immediately  went  in  for  gold  and  silver 
mining  in  the  San  Juan  country.  He  was  fairly 
successful  there,  but  did  not  confine  his  operations 
to  that  district.  He  prospected  in  all  parts  of  Col- 
orado, and  after  nine  years  had  accumulated  a 
considerable  fortune.  In  1879  he  located  at  Colo- 
rado Springs,  from  where  he  conducted  his  mining 
business. 

Even  in  those  days  tne  gold  excitement  was 
strong  in  Colorado,  and  Mr.  McKinnie,  with  his 
mining  experience,  soon  became  one  of  the  lead- 
ing men  of  that  section.  In  1883  he  reorganized 
the  Exchange  National  Bank  of  Colorado  Springs 
and  was  elected  its  president.  He  served  as  presi- 
dent of  tne  bank  for  ten  years,  and  then,  his  otner 
interests  demanding  more  of  his  time,  he  resigned, 
being  unable  to  devote  as  much  attention  to  the 
business  as  he  thought  he  should.  He  was  made 
vice  president  of  the  bank,  however,  and  still  holds 
that  office. 

About  the  time  that  Mr.  McKinnie  became  in- 
terested in  banking  he  also  became  an  active  fac- 
tor in  the  real  estate  business  of  Colorado  Springs 
and  acquired  large  tracts  of  land  in  and  around  the 
city,  and  today  has  valuable  and  extensive  holdings. 
Mr.  McKinnie  has  undertaken  some  very  large 
development  projects,  and  to  him  is  due  many  of 
the  marvelous  feats  of  irrigation  and  reclamation 
in  the  United  States. 

For  instance,  in  1905  he,  with  R.  P.  Davie,  be- 
gan the  reclamation  of  the  submerged  lands  of  the 
Florida  Everglades.  It  was  a  gigantic  undertaking 
and  necessitated  not  only  daring,  but  great  engi- 
neering ability.  This  work  was  really  the  greatest 
piece  of  development  that  has  taken  place  in  the 
State  of  Florida  and  is  one  that  will  always  be  re- 
garded as  a  monument  to  the  progressiveness  of 
Springs  and  the  El  Paso  Club  of  Colorado  Springs. 


the  men  who  were  concerned  in  it.  With  Gov- 
ernor Broward  as  the  patron  of  the  work,  Mr. 
McKinnie  and  Mr.  Davie  purchased  110,000  acres 
of  swamp  land  for  reclamation  purposes,  and 
they  then  set  to  work  to  drain  it  by  means 
of  modern  canals.  That  work  is  not  yet 
complete,  but  its  successful  outcome  is  assured,  for 
already  more  than  25,00  acres  have  been  drained 
and  put  in  cultivation  by  the  Everglades  Sugar  and 
Land  Company,  which  was  organized  by  Mr.  Mc- 
Kinnie in  1906  and  is  today  one  of  the  most  im- 
portant corporations  in  Florida. 

After  this  work  had  been  successfully  started, 
Mr.  McKinnie  and  his  partner,  in  1907,  organized 
the  Southwestern  Sugar  and  Land  Company  and 
purchased  a  large  tract  of  land  located  in  the  Salt 
River  Valley,  Arizona.  This  land  was  an  arid 
waste  at  that  time  and  regarded  as  unfit  for  any 
purpose.  Under  the  hands  of  these  masterful  de- 
velopers, however,  the  land  has  been  thoroughly 
irrigated,  and  where  once  there  was  naught  but 
desert  there  are  today  widespreading  fields  of 
wheat,  sugar  beets  and  alfalfa,  all  of  which  are  pro- 
duced in  great  quantities,  the  crops  each  year 
growing  larger. 

This  work,  in  its  way,  was  quite  as  monumental 
a  task  as  that  in  Florida,  and  its  accomplishment 
placed  Mr.  McKinnie  in  the  forefront  of  Western 
developers.  He  was  the  pioneer  in  beet-sugar 
growing  in  Colorado  and  Kansas  and  built  the  first 
beet-sugar  factories  in  those  States. 

Mr.  McKinnie  also  has  heavy  land  interests  in 
Soutnern  California,  and  in  order  to  be  near  them 
built  a  home  in  Los  Angeles  three  years  ago.  He 
now  spends  part  of  his  time  there  each  year,  man- 
aging his  properties  in  that  section  of  the  country. 
He  maintains  headquarters  in  Colorado  Springs, 
however,  and  there  transacts  most  of  his  business. 

In  addition  to  his  land  projects,  Mr.  McKinnie 
has  also  gone  in  for  oil,  and  in  it,  like  everything 
else  he  has  taken  hold  of,  has  scored  a  success. 
His  oil  holdings  are  in  the  California  fields  and  his 
wells  are  among  the  best  in  that  State.  He  oper- 
ates under  the  name  of  the  Palmer  Annex  Oil  Com- 
pany, of  which  he  is  secretary  and  treasurer. 

His  principal  interests  and  his  positions  in  each 
are  as  follows:  Southwestern  Sugar  and  Land 
Company,  president;  Everglades  Sugar  and  Land 
Company,  president;  Sheridan  (Wyoming)  Land 
and  Irrigation  Company,  president;  Western  States 
Securities  Company,  president;  Grand  Junction 
Town  and  Development  Company,  president;  West- 
ern Sugar  and  Land  Company,  vice  president;  U.  S. 
Sugar  and  Land  Company,  director. 

Mr.  McKinnie,  besides  being  prominent  as  one 
of  the  big  business  men  of  the  West,  is  a  well- 
known  clubman  and  lodge  member.  He  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic  and  takes 
a  leading  part  in  the  affairs  of  the  veterans.  He 
is  an  Elk,  and  holds  memberships  in  the  following 
clubs:  Colorado  Springs  Country  Club,  Denver 
Club  of  Denver,  Pike's  Peak  Club  of  Colorado 


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HITTINGTON,  JOHN  WIL- 
LIAM, General  Agent  of  the 
Aetna  Life  Insurance  Com- 
pany, Los  Angeles,  Califor- 
nia, was  born  in  England, 
July  21,  1867.  His  father  was  John  Whit- 
tington  and  his  mother  Lydia  (Colbon) 
Whittington.  In  1895  he  married  Ida  May 


Belville  in  Los  Angeles, 
children,  Wayne  Colbon, 
John  Wentworth,  Dor- 
othy Winifred  and  Wil- 
liam Edmund  Whitting- 
ton. 

Mr.  Whittington  was 
educated  in  the  public 
schools  of  England,  but 
took  no  higher  studies  at 
that  time.  In  1900  he 
took  a  special  course  at 
the  University  of  South- 
ern California,  in  Los 
Angeles. 

As  a  young  man,  his 
first  business  effort  was 
with  the  Midland  Rail- 
road, in  England.  His 
first  employment  with 
this  system  was  as  a 
booking  agent.  The  rail- 
road business  did  not  ap- 
peal to  him  strongly  as  a 
life  profession,  and  in 
1887  he  became  associated 


There    are    four 


JOHN  W.  WHITTINGTON 


Newark,  New  Jersey.  He  remained  with 
this  corporation  for  three  years,  at  the  end 
of  which  time  he  became  the  Southern  Cali- 
fornia general  agent  for  the  Aetna  Life  In- 
surance Company  of  Hartford,  Connecticut. 
Since  1903  he  has  been  associated  with 
the  Aetna  Life  Insurance  Company.  For  two 
years  he  was  President  of  the  Los  Angeles 
Life  Underwriters'  Association,  and  man- 
aged and  directed  the 
campaign  which  brought 
to  the  city  of  Los  An- 
geles the  National  Asso- 
ciation Convention, 
which  was  held  here  in 
1908. 

During  1909  and  1910 
he  was  President  of  the 
National  Life  Under- 
w  r  i  t  e  r  s'  Association. 
During  these  two  years 
he  made  a  deep  study  of 
life  insurance  as  regulat- 
ed throughout  the  coun- 
try today.  It  was  during 
this  period  that  he  visited 
practically  all  of  the  life 
underwriters'  associations 
throughout  this  country, 
as  well  as  in  Canada,  in- 
vestigating conditions  of 
the  various  association 
branches.  He  spent  over 


with  Dr.  Ber- 
nardo's Homes  for  Destitute  Children,  sit- 
uated in  London,  England.  At  the  same  time 
he  was  connected  with  the  Wesleyan  East 
England  Mission  in  London.  Mr.  Whitting- 
ton was  deeply  interested  in  this  work. 

He  resigned  his  position  in  England,  and 
in  1890  came  to  Los  Angeles,  where  he  has 
been  situated  from  that  time  up  to  the  pres- 
ent writing.  On  arriving  here,  he  sought 
and  found  employment  with  M.  A.  Newmark 
&  Company,  with  which  firm  he  was  con- 
nected for  ten  years. 

In  1900  he  was  given  an  opportunity  and 
entered  the  life  insurance  business,  which  he 
has  followed  from  that  time  on. 

His  first  work  along  this  line  was  with 
the  Mutual  Benefit  Insurance  Company  of 


four  months  in  traveling  from  city  to  city, 
covering  over  18,000  miles  on  the  trip. 

Mr.  Whittington,  who  has  made  a  deep 
study  of  life  insurance  for  the  past  eleven 
years,  is  considered  to  be  one  of  the  best  life 
insurance  authorities  in  the  West,  and  he  has 
done  much  for  the  benefit  and  development 
of  the  work  since  taking  up  his  residence  in 
Los  Angeles,  where  he  is  well  known. 

Aside  from  his  business  associations,  he 
is  a  prominent  citizen  of  Los  Angeles  and  is 
a  director  of  the  S.  P.  C.  A.  He  is  a  member 
of  the  Chamber  of  Commerce  and  the  Union 
League  Club  of  Los  Angeles  and  of  the 
Sierra  Club  of  San  Francisco. 

Mr.  Whittington  is  a  thirty-second  degree 
Mason  and  is  a  member  of  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  Church. 


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OROSCO,  OLIVER,  Theatri- 
cal Enterprises,  Los  Angeles, 
California,  was  born  in  Logan, 
Utah,  in  1875  and  as  a  child 
went  to  San  Francisco.  At 
the  age  of  nine  years  he  began  work- 
ing at  nights  in  the  box  office  of  the 
old  Morosco  Theater,  on  Howard  street, 
going  to  school  in  the  daytime.  At  the  age 
of  fourteen  he  became  a 
full-fledged  t  h  e  a  t  r  i  cai 
manager,  alternating  be- 
tween the  management  of 
the  first-class  combina- 
tion theater  in  San  Jose, 
the  Auditorium,  and  act- 
ing as  treasurer,  business 
manager  and  press  agent 
of  the  old  Grand  Opera 
House,  San  Francisco, 
California. 

In  1899  Mr.  Morosco 
came  to  Los  Angeles, 
bringing  his  wife  and  son, 
and  took  the  Burbank 
Theater,  after  thirteen 
people  had  failed  in  it. 
He  inaugurated  the  first 
high-class  stock  company 
in  Southern  California, 
and  ever  since  has  met 
with  consistent  success. 
He  is  now  known  all  over 
America  as  one  of  the 
most  successful  theatri- 
cal men  of  America.  Af- 
ter the  success  of  the 
Burbank  was  assured  Mr.  Morosco  began 
adding  more  theaters  to  his  holdings,  and 
built  the  handsome  Majestic  Theater,  which 
is  conducted  as  the  first-class  combination 
house  of  the  city.  Afterwards  he  acquired 
an  interest  with  Frederick  Belasco  of  San 
Francisco,  George  Baker  of  Portland,  Ore- 
gon, and  Harry  W.  Bishop  of  Oakland,  Cali- 
fornia, in  stock  theaters  throughout  the 
Northwest,  numbering  six  in  all. 

During  Mr.  Morosco's  brief  career,  for  he 
is  still  a  young  man,  he  has  not  only  man- 
aged theaters,  but  has  written  plays  which 
have  had  long  and  successful  runs,  and  re- 
cently he  entered  the  Eastern  field  as  a  pro- 
ducer, but  he  religiously  sticks  to  Los  An- 
geles as  his  home.  It  is  due  to  Oliver  Mo- 
rosco that  stock  company  work  has  reached 
such  a  high  plane  of  excellence.  He  pro- 
duces the  best  class  of  high  royalty  plays, 
and  his  company  is  the  highest  salaried  or- 


OLIVER  MOROSCO 


ganization  of  its  kind  in  the  world.  In  addi- 
tion to  maintaining  this  expensive  company, 
Mr.  Morosco  has  instituted  the  custom  of 
bringing  stars  to  the  Burbank  for  special  en- 
gagements. Among  these  are  Richard  Ben- 
nett, formerly  leading  man  for  Maude  Adams 
and  now  one  of  the  Liebler  and  Company 
stars;  Edgar  Selwyn,  the  successful  author- 
actor,  and  Margaret  Illington. 

A  unique  feature  of 
Mr.  Morosco's  career  as 
a  producing  manager  is 
that  he  has  never  met 
with  failure,  every  new 
play  that  has  received  its 
premiere  at  the  Burbank 
having  been  enthusiasti- 
cally received.  Every 
new  play  he  produces 
must  first  be  gone  over 
thoroughly  by  himself, 
and  at  times  he  changes 
manuscripts  for  authors 
or  makes  suggestions  for 
improvements.  His  far- 
sightedness in  these  mat- 
ters is  proved  by  the 
success  of  Burbank  first 
productions,  which  al- 
ways have  enjoyed  runs. 
Mr.  Morosco,  aside 
from  controlling  the  play 
market  of  America  for 
the  West,  also  has  the 
franchise  for  the  high- 
class  traveling  attrac- 
tions for  his  home  city, 
Los  Angeles,  and  also  the  franchise  for  the 
medium  priced  traveling  attractions,  the  for- 
mer going  to  his  Majestic  Theater  and  the 
latter  to  the  Lyceum,  which  was  remod- 
eled this  summer  (1911)  from  the  former 
Orpheum. 

In  the  spring  of  1911  the  Morosco-Black- 
wood  Company  was  formed,  in  which  are 
consolidated  all  of  Mr.  Morosco's  Los  An- 
geles theatrical  interests  mentioned,  and 
also  the  Belasco  Theater  interests,  which  in- 
clude the  present  Belasco  Theater  and  a  mag- 
nificent new  theater  to  be  completed  in  1912 
on  Broadway,  near  Eighth  street.  Mr. 
Morosco  is  president  of  the  Morosco-Black- 
wood  Company  and  has  absolute  control  of 
the  productions  on  each  stage  controlled  by 
the  organization. 

Apparently  the  only  field  which  this  in- 
defatigable manager  has  not  entered  is 
vaudeville. 


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ROY    B.    KING 

ING,  ROY  BROOKS,  Real  Estate, 
Los  Angeles,  California,  was  born 
in  Bristol,  Tenn.,  Feb.  23,  1873, 
the  son  of  Joseph  Lynn  King  and 
Ademlia  (Brooks)  King.  He  mar- 
ried Cora  Mae  Hurley  at  Bristol, 
Tennessee,  on  August  12,  1901. 

Mr.  King  received  a  common  school  education 
at  Bristol  and  followed  this  with  a  year's  course 
at  the  Knoxville  (Tenn.)  Business  College.  He 
then  returned  to  Bristol  and  entered  King  College, 
from  which  he  was  graduated  in  1892. 

Upon  completing  his  studies,  Mr.  King  went  to 
Paterson,  N.  J.,  and  entered  the  electric  car  shops 
there  with  the  intention  of  mastering  the  electric 
railway  business.  At  the  end  of  two  years  he 
was  made  Auditor  of  the  Paterson  Street  Railway 
Company,  remaining  with  them  about  five  years. 

In  1899  he  resigned  and  went  to  New  York, 
where  he  was  connected  with  the  Auditor's  office 
of  the  Metropolitan  Street  Railway  Company  for 
about  two  years.  Leaving  there  in  1901  he  went 
to  Pittsburg,  Pa.,  and  was  made  Assistant  Super- 
intendent of  Electrical  Construction  for  the  Pitts- 
burg,  McKeesport  &  Connsville  Railway  Company. 
He  resigned  this  place  at  the  end  of  two  years 
and  in  1903  moved  to  Los  Angeles. 

For  a  year  after  arriving  in  Los  Angeles,  Mr. 
King  was  connected  with  the  Electrical  Construc- 
tion Dept.  of  the  Pacific  Electric  Railway  Com- 
pany, but  gave  this  up  to  enter  the  real  estate 
field.  He  was  manager  of  the  House  and  Lot  Dept. 
of  Mines  &  Farish  until  they  dissolved  partnership 
in  the  early  part  of  1912,  at  which  time  he  organ- 
ized a  firm  of  his  own  with  Myron  H.  Wells.  Un- 
der the  name  of  King  &  Wells,  with  W.  W.  Mines 
&  Co.,  they  are  engaged  in  the  realty  business. 

He  is  member,  Los  Angeles  Realty  Board  and 
the  Chamber  of  Commerce;  the  California,  Los-  An- 
geles Athletic  and  Los  Angeles  Country  Clubs. 


MYRON   H.   WELLS 

ELLS,  MYRON  HURLBERT,  Real 
Estate,  Los  Angeles,  Cal.,  was 
born  in  Marion,  Iowa,  Mar.  27, 
1881,  the  son  of  Wm.  B.  Wells 
and  Florence  Hall  (Smedley) 
Wells.  He  married  Carrie  Mc- 
Lain  Day  at  Long  Beach,  Cal.,  May  17,  1907.  He  is 
descended  of  men  who  have  fought  in  all  the  Amer- 
ican wars,  notable  members  being  Thomas  Wells, 
first  Treasurer  and  fourth  Governor  of  Connecticut 
Colony;  Gideon  Wells,  Sec.  of  the  Navy  under  Lin- 
coln, and  John  Wells,  a  noted  N.  Y.  lawyer. 

Mr.  Wells  was  educated  in  public  schools  of 
Marion,  la.,  Coe  College,  Cedar  Rapids,  la.,  and 
Cedar  Rapids  Business  College.  In  1895  he  be- 
came stenographer  to  the  Mayor  of  Cedar  Rapids 
and  official  Court  Reporter.  In  1897  he  became  a 
traveling  salesman  for  a  typewriter  mfg.  concern 
and  a  year  later  was  appointed  Inspector  of  Small 
Arms  at  Rock  Island  Arsenal  in  Illinois.  Two 
years  later  he  entered  the  employ  of  the  Chicago, 
Milwaukee  and  St.  Paul  R.  R.,  serving  for  one  year. 
In  1901  Mr.  Wells  went  to  California  as  a 
traveling  salesman,  and  going  into  old  Mexico,  be- 
came interested  in  mining.  Two  years  later  he 
went  in  for  mine  development  in  Inyo  County, 
Cal.,  and  Arizona  and  also  opened  offices  as  a  stock 
broker  in  Los  Angeles.  In  1907  he  entered  real  es- 
tate at  Long  Beach,  Cal.  He  was  an  organizer 
and  first  Secretary,  Long  Beach  Realty  Board. 

In  1910  he  became  associated  in  real  estate 
with  the  Wright  &  Callender  Co.,  and  later  was 
connected  with  Mines  &  Farish.  In  1912  he  became 
a  member  of  the  firm  of  King  &  Wells,  real  estate, 
operating  with  the  W.  W.  Mines  Co. 

Mr.  Wells  is  a  member  of  the  Long  Beach 
Realty  Board  and  Chamber  of  Commerce,  L.  A. 
Realty  Board  and  Chamber  of  Commerce,  Virginia 
Country  Club,  Long  Beach;  L.  A.  Athletic  Club 
and  B.  P.  O.  Elks. 


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SEELEY   W.    MUDD 

UDD,  SEELEY  WINTERSMITH, 
Engineer  of  Mines,  Los  Angeles, 
Cal.,  was  born  in  Kirkwood,  Mo., 
Aug.  16,  1861.  Son  of  Henry 
Thomas  and  Elizabeth  S.  (Hodgen) 
Mudd.  Married,  Delia  Mulock  in 
Colorado.  Children,  Harvey  S.  and  Seeley  G.  Mudd. 
Mr.  Mudd  received  his  preliminary  education  in 
the  public  schools  of  Kirkwood,  Mo.,  attended  High 
School  in  St.  Louis,  and  in  1883  was  graduated  from 
Washington  University  with  degree  of  Engineer  of 
Mines.  Since  graduation,  has  been  actively  en- 
gaged in  mining  and  is  a  leading  member  of  his 
profession.  His  first  position  was  with  the  St. 
Louis  Smelting  &  Ref.  Co.,  from  1883  to  1885  as 
Assayer  and  Suptndt,  copper  dept.  In  1885,  he 
went  to  Leadville,  Colo.  He  remained  there  and  in 
Denver  about  17  years.  In  1887  he  became  Mgr.  of 
the  Small  Hopes  Cons'l'd.  Mining  Co.,  and  of  the 
Boreel  Mining  Co.,  and  was  in  charge  25  years,  or 
until  1913,  "when  operations  discontinued.  He  en- 
gaged at  the  s-ame  time  in  other  mining  ventures. 
From  May,  1899,  to  April,  1902,  he  was  Mgr.  Ibex 
Mining  Co.  (Little  Johnnies  Mine),  Leadville,  and 
from  May,  1902,  to  June,  1904,  Cons.  Engr.  in  the 
West,  for  New  Jersey  Zinc  Co.  In  1903  he  moved  to 
Los  Angeles,  retaining  interests  in  Colorado  enter- 
prises. He  served  the  Guggenheim  Exploration  Co. 
and  Am.  Smelting  &  Refining  Co.  as  Cons.  Engr. 
from  March,  1904,  to  Dec.,  1905.  From  Dec.,  1904  to 
1909,  he  was  Pre&.  and  Gen.  Mgr.  Queen  Esther 
Mining  &  Milling  Co.,  in  Calif.  He  organized,  with 
others,  the  Ray  Consol.  Copper  Co.  and  the  Gila 
Copper  Co.,  in  1907.  A  late  interest  was  the  Pa- 
cific Mines  Corporation. 

Member,  Am.  Inst.  M.  Engineers;  Mining  &  Me- 
tallurgical Soc.  of  Am.;  Inst.  of  Mining  &  Metal- 
lurgy, England.  Clubs,  Rocky  Mountain,  N.  Y.;  Cal- 
ifornia, L.  A.  Country,  Annandale  Country,  and 
Sierra  Madre  Clubs  of  Los  Angeles. 


DR.  E.  D.  SEAMAN 

EAMAN,  EDGAR  D.,  Physician 
and  Surgeon,  Los  Angeles,  Cal., 
was  born  in  Ithaca,  N.  Y.,  Nov.  10, 
1855.  He  is  descended  of  pre-Rev- 
olutionary  stock,  the  son  of  John 
Seaman  and  Susan  (Hopkins)  Sea- 
man. His-  grandfather,  who  lived  to  be  96  years  of 
age,  was  a  soldier  in  the  Continental  Army.  Dr. 
Seaman  married  Martha  Alexander  at  Wilmington, 
Cal.  (Los  Angeles),  Nov.  7,  1888.  There  were  born, 
Mary  Edna  and  Martha  Elizabeth  Seaman. 

Dr.  Seaman  received  his  preliminary  education 
in  the  District  School  of  Tompkins  County,  New 
York,  and  the  Ithaca  Academy.  He  attended  this 
latter  institution  during  the  Fall  months  and  taught 
in  a  smaller  school  through  the  winters.  He  en- 
tered the  Medical  Department  of  the  University  of 
Michigan  in  1880,  but  left  after  two  terms  and  went 
to  the  Medical  Department  of  Columbia  University, 
New  York  City,  graduating  with  the  degree  of  Doc- 
tor of  Medicine  in  1883.  He  followed  this  with  a 
short  postgraduate  course  at  the  New  York  Post- 
Graduate  Medical  College. 

In  1884  Dr.  Seaman  began  practice  at  Branch- 
port,  Yates  County,  New  York,  and  also  practiced 
for  a  few  months  (Winter  '86)  at  Rochester.  Leav- 
ing there,  he  returned  to  New  York  City,  and  took 
a  special  course  at  the  New  York  Post-Graduate 
Medical  School,  studying  and  practicing  under  Dr. 
Mittendorf.  During  the  same  year  he  also  studied 
at  the  Skin  and  Cancer  Hospital  of  New  York. 

Because  of  ill  health  he  left  New  York  in  No- 
vember, 1886,  and  went  to  Wilmington,  California, 
where  he  began  active  practice.  He  remained 
there  12  years,  moving  to  Los  Angeles  in  1898. 

Dr.  Seaman  is  a  member  of  the  County  Medical 
Society  of  Los  Angeles,  the  Yates  County  (N.  Y.) 
Medical  Society  and  the  American  Medical  Asso- 
ciation. He  is  a  Mason,  member  of  the  Odd  Fel- 
lows and  the  Gamut  Club,  of  Los  Angeles. 


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TIMSON,  EZRA  THOMAS,  Lum- 
berman, Los  Angeles,  California, 
was  born  at  Big  Rapids,  Mecosta 
County,  Michigan,  August  18,  1861, 
the  son  of  Thomas  D.  Stimson  and 
Acacia  J.  (Spencer)  Stimson.  He 
married  Anna  C.  Waters  at  Muskegon,  Michigan, 
April  13,  1886.  He  is  descended  of  a  family  long 
prominent  in  the  commercial  progress  of  the  coun- 
try, his  father  having  been  a  pioneer  lumberman 
and  the  founder  of  a  gigantic  business  which  he 
and  his  brothers  are  now  conducting. 

Mr.  Stimson's  father  was  of  Welsh  descent,  pos- 
sessed of  the  ruggedness  for  which  Welshmen  are 
noted.  For  many  years  prior  to  moving  to  the  far 
West  he  had  been  one  of  the  leading  lumbermen  of 
Michigan  and  was  the  head  of  an  extensive  business. 
He  had  large  timber  holdings  in  northern  Michigan, 
with  mills  at  Muskegon,  and  accumulated  a  large 
fortune  before  he  retired  from  business  and  trans- 
ferred his  residence  to  Los  Angeles,  where  at  first 
he  sought  only  rest  and  recreation.  He  did  not  re- 
main inactive  long,  but  planned  and  built  the  Stim- 
son Building,  at  that  time  one  of  the  finest  build- 
ings of  the  West  and  still  one  of  the  imposing 
structures  of  Los  Angeles.  He  died  in  1898,  but  the 
lumber  business  founded  by  him  is  still  carried  on 
by  his  sons,  B.  T.,  Charles  D.  and  F.  S.  Stimson. 
E.  T.  Stimson  received  his  early  education  in 
the  public  schools  of  Big  Rapids,  Michigan,  and 
later  attended  Fairbault  Military  Academy,  in  Min- 
nesota, leaving  the  latter  institution  in  1883  to  go 
into  the  lumber  business  with  his  father 

Going  to  Muskegon,  where  his  father's  mills 
were  located,  Mr.  Stimson  began  in  a  minor  ca- 
pacity, it  being  the  idea  of  his  father  to  train  him 
thoroughly  in  the  manufacturing  end  of  the  busi- 
ness. He  passed  through  the  various  grades  and 
in  1887,  when  the  elder  Stimson  established  a  lum- 
ber yard  at  South  Chicago,  Illinois,  he  was  sent 
there  as  its  first  foreman. 

Mr.  Stimson  was  in  charge  of  the  business  at 
South  Chicago  until  1890,  and  then  went  to  Seattle, 
Washington,  where,  with  his  brothers,  Charles  D. 
and  Frederick  S.  Stimson,  he  purchased  large  tim- 
ber properties  and  built  two  lumber  mills  which 
are  still  in  operation  under  the  ownership  of  the 
Stimson  Mill  Company.  These  mills  have  been 
among  the  important  units  of  the  lumber  industry 
of  the  Northwest  from  the  time  they  were  estab- 
lished and  Mr.  Stimson,  as  Treasurer  of  the  com- 
pany, takes  an  active  part  in  their  management. 
Although  he  has  made  his  home  in  Los  Angeles 
since  some  time  during  the  year  1892,  he  spends 
some  part  of  each  year  in  the  North. 

Mr.  Stimson  first  went  to  Los  Angeles  to  estab- 
lish a  wholesale  and  retail  lumber  yard  to  distrib- 
ute through  Southern  California  and  the  Southwest 
in  general  the  products  of  the  mills  owned  by  his 
company  at  Seattle.  He  conducted  this  enterprise 
with  great  success  for  about  eighteen  years,  or  un- 


til 1910,  when  he  disposed  of  it  in  order  to  look 
after  other  interests  and  to  manage  the  estate  of 
his  father. 

He  is  still  heavily  interested  with  his  brothers 
in  lumbering  operations  in  the  State  of  Washing- 
ton, their  mills  at  Seattle,  where  they  maintain 
their  headquarters,  having  a  capacity  of  125,000  feet 
of  lumber  per  day.  The  holdings  of  the  three 
brothers  are  the  largest  of  any  on  the  Pacific 
Coast,  it  being  estimated  that  they  have  enough 
timber  in  sight  to  keep  their  mills  running  at  full 
capacity  for  the  next  twenty-five  years. 

In  addition  to  his  lumber  interests,  Mr.  Stimson, 
for  many  years,  has  been  actively  interested  in 
petroleum  production  in  Southern  California  and 
Mexico,  and  in  this  branch  of  industry  is  associ- 
ated with  several  of  the  leading  oil  producers  of 
the  United  States  and  Mexico. 

In  company  with  the  above,  all  of  whom  are 
well  known  capitalists  of  the  Southwest,  headed  by 
E.  L.  Doheny  and  C.  A.  Canfield,  he,  in  1902,  acted 
as  one  of  the  incorporators  of  the  Mexican  Petro- 
leum Company,  Ltd.,  to  operate  in  Mexico.  This 
company  was  the  forerunner  of  numerous  other 
American-owned  oil  corporations  in  Mexico  and  is 
rated  among  the  largest  producing  companies  in 
North  America,  having  large  holdings  of  oil  lands, 
numerous  wells  and  various  subsidiaries.  The 
National  Gas  Company  of  Mexico,  which  supplies 
the  lighting  and  fuel  gas  used  in  Mexico  City  and 
other  places  in  the  Republic,  being  one  of  the 
latter. 

Mr.  Stimson  has  various  other  interests  in  Los 
Angeles  and  Southern  California,  and  has  under  his 
management  the  Stimson  Building,  owned  by  the 
Stimson  Estate.  He  also  is  a  factor  in  the  financial 
affairs  of  the  city,  being  a  member  of  the  Board  of 
Directors  of  the  Merchants'  National  Bank  of  Los 
Angeles,  one  of  the  strong  financial  institutions  of 
the  West. 

Recognized  as  one  of  the  progressive  men  of  the 
city,  he  takes  an  active  part  in  civic  affairs  of  a 
non-political  nature,  but  never  has  ventured  into 
the  political  field.  His  father  before  him  was  in- 
tensely interested  in  the  upbuilding  of  Los  Angeles 
and  Mr.  Stimson,  ever  since  his  residence  there, 
has  given  up  much  of  his  time  to  movements  for 
the  general  improvement  of  the  city. 

As  a  member  of  the  Los  Angeles  Chamber  of 
Commerce,  he  has  taken  an  active  part  in  various 
civic  enterprises  fathered  by  that  organization,  and 
is  generally  regarded  as  one  of  the  energetic  work- 
ers in  the  membership  of  the  body. 

He  devotes  the  greater  part  of  his  time  to  busi- 
ness affairs,  but  despite  the  diversity  of  his  inter- 
ests finds  time  for  recreation  in  golf  and  automo- 
biling.  He  also  has  traveled  extensively  in  the 
United  States  and  Europe  and  is  a  member  of  the 
leading  clubs  of  Los  Angeles,  these  including  the 
California  Club,  Los  Angeles  Country  Club,  Jona- 
than Club  and  the  Los  Angeles  Athletic  Club. 


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VERHARDY,  MATHEW 
W,.  President  of  the  Palace 
Market  Company,  Los  An- 
geles, Cal.,  is  a  native  of 
Leavenworth,  Kan.,  where  he 
was  born  October  8,  1862,  his  parents  being 
Jacob  Everhardy  and  Mary  P.  (Shoemaker) 
Everhardy. 

He  was  married  on  May  17,  1893,  to  Miss 
Elizabeth  A.  Platt  at  Los     _=^^=.=__ 
Angeles,     and     has     two 
children,   John    Raymond 
Everhardy  and  Elizabeth 
Everhardy. 

Mr.  Everhardy's  edu- 
cation was  derived  from 
public  and  private 
schools  in  Leavenworth 
up  to  the  time  when  he 
was  fifteen  years  of  age, 
when  he  began  his  work 
of  building  up  a  career. 

At  that  age,  in  the 
year  of  1876,  his  father, 
with  the  assistance  of  his 
son,  devised  a  project  of 
going  to  the  Northwest 
Pacific  Coast  for  the  pur- 
pose of  buying  cattle  and 
horses  and  driving  them 
back  across  the  continent. 

They  left  Leaven- 
worth in  a  sleigh,  cross- 
ing the  Missouri  River  on 
the  ice;  the  journey  was 
a  memorable  one.  They 
went  to  Omaha  on  the 


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Missouri  Pacific  and  thence  to  San  Francisco 
in  an  emigrant  car  attached  to  a  freight  train 
the  journey  occupying  fourteen  days  over  the 
Central  Pacific  and  Union  Pacific  railroads. 

From  San  Francisco  Mr.  Everhardy  and 
his  companions  embarked  on  the  old  side- 
wheel  steamer  The  Ancon,  for  Portland,  Ore., 
the  plan  being  to  buy  the  herds  of  cattle  and 
horses  in  eastern  Oregon  and  drive  them  back 
across  the  plains  to  Cheyenne  and  Laramie 
City,  the  country  between  being  at  that  time 
practically  an  unknown  wilderness. 

The  outfits  were  purchased  at  The  Dalles, 
and  then  on  to  Prineville,  Ore.,  where  the  cat- 
tle and  horses  were  purchased.  When  all 
were  collected  these  amounted  to  3600  head, 
divided  into  two  herds  of  1800  each,  and  the 
little  company  started  back  over  the  1400 
miles  of  unknown  wilderness,  through  hostile 
bands  of  Indians  and  presenting  every  wild- 
animal  terror  and  every  natural  drawback 


that  an  untraveled  wilderness  possessed. 
Mr.  Everhardy  followed  this  vocation,  haz- 
arduous  as  it  was,  for  four  years,  with  a 
great  degree  of  success. 

His  next  venture  was  made  at  Tombstone, 
Arizona,  the  picturesque  mining  town  which 
was  the  scene  of  many  early  day  exciting  epi- 
sodes. Here  he  embarked  in  the  meat  and 
cattle  business  with  continued  success  crown- 
ing his  efforts;  so  much 
so  that  he  gradually  ex- 
tended his  business  to 
Bisbee  and  Benson,  and 
he  acquired  an  extensive 
cattle  range  on  the  San 
Pedro  River,  in  Cochise 
County,  in  Arizona. 

This  proved  highly  re- 
munerative for  a  time, 
but  there  came  a  continu- 
ous season  of  droughts 
which  produced  such  a 
series  of  disasters  that 
Mr.  Everhardy  decided  to 
give  up  this  side  of  his 
enterprises,  and  having 
heard  about  the  attrac- 
tions of  Southern  Califor- 
nia, he  went  to  the  neigh- 
borhood of  Santa  Ana 
and  Anaheim,  locating  in 
1887.  In  1890  he  removed 
to  Los  Angeles  and  en- 
gaged in  business  there. 
He  has  succeeded  to  an 
extent  that  has  placed 
him  among  the  foremost 
in  the  business  and  financial  world  of  the 
Southwest. 

An  indication  of  the  extent  of  his  vari- 
ous business  interests  is  given  in  the  fact  of 
his  being  the  president  of  the  following 
named  corporations,  all  of  which  are  the  cre- 
ations of  his  industry  and  talent: 

The  Palace  Market  incorporation,  with  a 
wholesale  house  at  Fourth  and  Central  ave- 
nue; the  Palace  Produce  Company,  at  359- 
363  Central  avenue ;  the  Palace  Markets,  at 
622  South  Broadway  and  303  South  Spring 
streets,  retail  stores. 

Mr.  Everhardy  is  also  a  director  of  the 
Mexican  Associated  Oil  Company  and  a 
member  of  the  Advisory  Board  of  the  Com- 
monwealth Home  Builders. 

He  is  a  member  of  Los  Angeles  Lodge  99, 
B.  P.  O.  E. ;  West  Gate  Los  Angeles  Chapter, 
and  Los  Angeles  Commandery,  Knights  Tem- 
plar, Royal  Arcanum  and  the  Jonathan  Club. 


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RIDHAM,  RICHARD  W., 
Manufacturer,  Los  Angeles, 
California,  was  born  March 
7,  1856,  in  London,  Canada, 
son  of  W.  C.  and  Elizabeth 
Pridham.  He  married  Althea  L.  Hait,  June  3, 
1891,  in  New  York  City. 

Mr.  Pridham  attended  the  public  schools  of 
Canada  to  the  age  of  twelve,  and  then  a  busi- 
ness college  for  two  years. 
When  fourteen  years  old 
he  went  to  work  in  a  book 
bindery  at  Toronto,  Can- 
ada. He  worked  with  the 
same  firm  for  ten  years, 
thoroughly  mastering  the 
trade.  In  1880,  when 
twenty-four  years  old,  he 
left  Canada  for  Chicago, 
where  he  found  occupa- 
tion at  his  trade  and  work- 
ed for  six  months. 

He  went  to  San  Fran- 
cisco in  1880,  and  has  re- 
sided in  California  ever 
since.  He  worked  in  San 
Francisco  two  years  and 
then  decided  that  he  had 
been  in  the  employ  of 
others  long  enough.  He 
looked  about  for  a  prom- 
ising city  in  which  to  lo- 
cate and  chose  Los  An- 
geles. 

At  the  age  of  twenty-six 
he  opened  a  little  manu- 
factory of  his  own.  That 
manufactory  is  still  in  existence,  but 
of  a  size  and  importance  hardly  even 
suggested  by  the  little  enterprise  of  thirty 
years  ago.  At  first  bookbinding  was  the  sole 
line  of  effort,  but  he  soon  added  to  it  the  first 
paper  box  factory  in  Southern  California,  and 
later  printing.  At  the  present  time  he  employs 
one  hundred  and  twenty-five  men  and  women, 
and  goods  are  shipped  all  over  the  western  half 
of  the  United  States  and  to  the  Pacific  Islands. 

Of  late  years  he  has  engaged  in  public  af- 
fairs. He  was  elected  Supervisor  of  Los  An- 
geles County,  November,  1908,  and  has  served 
in  that  capacity  to  the  present  day.  When  the 
Good  Roads  Committee  was  organized  he  re- 
fused to  take  the  office  of  chairman,  desiring 
some  one  else  to  have  the  honor,  but  once  in 
the  harness,  he  has  been  one  of  the  central 
figures  in  the  construction  of  good  roads  in 
Los  Angeles  County.  He  insisted  in  the  pur- 
chase by  the  county  of  the  rock  quarries,  which 


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meant  the  saving  of  hundreds  of  thousands  of 
dollars.  Since  his  accession  to  office  more  than 
240  miles  of  paved  highways  have  been  com- 
pleted and  many  miles  more  are  under  con- 
struction. These  roads  are  being  built  under  a 
$3>5oo,ooo  bond  issue.  He  was  one  of  the 
prime  movers  in  the  arrangements  which  led 
to  the  construction  of  the  mammoth  concrete 
bridge  connecting  Pasadena  and  Garvanza, 
costing  $160,000,  the 
most  ambitious  highway 
bridge  yet  attempted  in 
Southern  California. 

He  was  elected  chairman 
of  the  Board  of  supervis- 
ors in  1911.  One  of  his 
first  accomplishments  in 
this  important  office  was 
to  establish  a  county  pur- 
chasing department.  He 
expects  to  save  the  county 
through  this  department, 
which  will  be  headed  by 
experts,  between  $50,000 
and  $75,000  annually.  He 
was  one  of  the  strongest 
opponents  of  the  payment 
of  $236,700  for  the  furni- 
ture of  the  Los  Angeles 
Hall  of  Records. 

With  the  majority  of 
the  Board  of  Supervisors 
against  him,  he  managed 
to  have  Dr.  C.  H.  Whit- 
man appointed  Superinten- 
dent of  the  County  Hos- 
pital, under  whose  super- 
intendency  the  hospital  is  said  to  have  great- 
ly improved.  Between  1905  and  1908,  he  was 
chairman  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  the  City 
of  South  Pasadena. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Merchants  and 
Manufacturers'  Association  of  Los  Angeles, 
and  was  at  one  time  a  director.  He  is  an  ac- 
tive supporter  of  the  Chamber  of  Com- 
merce. 

He  belongs  to  the  Municipal  League,  and 
furthers  every  movement  for  the  benefit  of  the 
city  and  county.  He  is  trusted  and  admired 
as  one  of  the  sincerely  unselfish  men  in  the 
public  life  of  Southern  California. 

Mr.  Pridham  also  holds  membership  in 
the  Jobbers'  Association,  and  is  a  member  of 
the  Benevolent  and  Protective  Order  of  Elks, 
the  Shriners,  the  Free  and  Accepted  Masons, 
and  the  Woodmen  of  the  World.  He  belongs 
to  the  Annandale  Country  Club,  the  Union 
League  Club  and  the  Jonathan  Club. 


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OLLIER,  FRANK  C,  Attor- 
ney at  Law,  Los  Angeles, 
California,  was  born  in  Cen- 
tral City,  Colorado,  Septem- 
ber 14,  1878.  His  father  was 
D.  C.  Collier  and  his  mother  Mattie  M. 
(Johnson)  Collier.  At  Los  Angeles,  Califor- 
nia, December  11,  1905,  he  married  Lucy 
Kate  Pinkerton. 

He  spent  his  boyhood 
days  in  San  Diego  Coun- 
ty, California.  There  he 
attended  the  public 
schools,  graduating  from 
the  high  school  of  that 
city  in  1896.  He  went 
East  to  college,  studied 
at  the  University  of  Mich- 
igan, graduating  from  that 
college  in  1901  with  the 
degree  LL.  B. 

He  was  admitted  to 
practice  in  the  same  year 
by  the  Supreme  Courts 
of  Michigan  and  Califor- 
nia and  later,  in  1903,  by 
the  United  States  District 
and  Circuit  Courts.  In 
1908  he  was  admitted  to 
practice  before  the  U.  S. 
Supreme  Court.  He  be- 


FRANK  C. 


came  a  member  of  the  firm  of  Collier  and 
Smith  of  San  Diego,  composed  of  D.  C.  Col- 
lier, Jr.,  now  Col.  D.  C.  Collier,  director  gen- 
eral of  the  1915  exposition  at  that  city;  Sam 
Ferry  Smith  and  Frank  C.  Collier,  taking  the 
position  of  a  junior  partner.  The  firm  al- 
ready had  a  large  and  substantial  practice. 
Mr.  Collier's  work  being  efficient  and  worthy 
of  note.  He  remained  with  the  San  Diego 
firm  for  over  a  year,  then  removed  to  Ari- 
zona, where  he  saw  greater  opportunities  for 
a  young  attorney. 

He  practiced  at  Prescott,  Arizona,  dur- 
ing the  year  1902,  becoming  associated  with 
several  of  the  prominent  corporations  and 
mining  organizations  of  that  territory.  His 
record  while  in  Arizona  was  that  of  a  suc- 
cessful attorney  and  he  returned  from  Ari- 
zona the  following  year  locating  in  Los  An- 
geles. 


Mr.  Collier  renewed  his  practice  in  Los 
Angeles  in  1903,  and  practiced  there  alone 
for  the  next  three  years,  his  specialty  being 
that  of  corporation  law.  His  intimate  knowl- 
edge of  affairs  relative  to  the  Southwest,  spe- 
cifically Arizona,  and  his  success  in  those 
territories  in  a  legal  way  was  of  particular 
advantage  to  him.  In  1906,  Mr.  Collier 
formed  a  partnership 
with  John  W.  Kemp,  the 
firm  taking  the  name  of 
Kemp  and  Collier.  This 
association  lasted  until 
1908,  when  Mr.  Collier 
left  Los  Angeles  in  the 
interest  of  some  special 
affairs  abroad. 

He  went  to  London, 
England,  where  he  pur- 
sued special  work  for 
about  eight  months,  his 
work  necessitating  his 
visiting  many  interesting 
places  while  there  which 
broadened  his  knowledge 
of  the  world.  He  ac- 
quired an  interesting  un- 
derstanding of  the  work- 
ings of  the  British  legal 
world,  at  the  same  time 
continuing  special  work. 
Mr.  Collier  returned  to  Los  Angeles  in 
the  latter  part  of  1909,  where  he  became  an 
associate  in  the  firm  of  Collier  and  Clark.  Mr. 
Oliver  O.  Clark  was  a  young  Los  Angeles 
attorney,  recently  graduated  from  the  Uni- 
versity of  Southern  California.  The  firm  es- 
tablished offices  in  the  H.  W.  Hellman  Build- 
ing and  retain  that  location  at  the  present 
time.  They  became  active  attorneys  for  the 
Los  Angeles  Wholesale  Jewelers'  Board  of 
Trade,  Baltimore  Oil  Company,  the  Los  An- 
geles Record,  Anaconda  Petroleum  Co.,  Ed- 
mund G.  Peycke  Co.,  Freconee  Company, 
and  many  other  large  interests. 

Mr.  Collier  has  varied  interests  besides 
his  law  work,  particularly  in  the  oil  line.  He 
is  Secretary  of  the  Anaconda  Petroleum  Co., 
the  Freconee  Co.,  Assistant  Secretary  of  the 
Baltimore  Oil  Company  and  is  an  influential 
man  in  those  corporations.  He  is  a  member 
of  the  Jonathan  Club,  the  Municipal  League, 
and  is  a  Thirty-second  Degree  Mason. 


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OL'LIER,  DAVID  CHAS., 
Real  Estate,  San  Diego,  Cali- 
fornia, was  born  in  a  log 
cabin  in  the  mining  camp  of 
Central  City,  Colorado,  Au- 
gust 14,  1871,  the  son  of  David  C.  Collier  and 
Mattie  M.  (Johnson)  Collier.  On  his  father's 
side  he  comes  of  Scotch-Irish  ancestry,  while 
on  his  mother's  there  is  English  and  New 
England  stock.  He  mar- 
ried Ella  Copley,  January 
1,  1896,  at  San  Diego, 
and  to  them  there  have 
been  born  two  children, 
David  Copley  and  Ira 
Clifton  Collier. 

Mr.  Collier  began 
business  life  at  an  early 
age,  fortified  only  by  a 
high  school  education  but 
endowed  with  the  char- 
acteristics that  make  for 
success  in  the  business 
world. 

In  March,  1885,  be- 
fore he  had  passed  his 
fourteenth  birthday,  he 
entered  the  employ  of  the 
First  National  Bank  of 
San  Diego,  whither  his 
parents  had  moved  the 
previous  year.  That  was 
the  beginning  of  an  ac- 
tive life  as  banker,  law- 
yer, railroad  builder  and 
territorial  developer.  He 
remained  with  the  bank 


D.  C.  COLLIER 


until  October,  1886,  then  went  to  work  in  the 
law  offices  of  Collier  &  Mulford,  of  which  firm 
his  father  was  senior  partner.  He  remained 
there  a  year,  then  entered  the  California  Na- 
tional Bank,  with  which  he  remained  until 
July,  1888.  He  was  next  a  clerk  in  the  medi- 
cal department  of  the  Union  Pacific  Railroad 
at  Denver,  remaining  there  until  1890,  when 
he  returned  to  San  Diego  and  his  father's 
law  office.  He  resumed  his  studies  and  was 
admitted  to  the  Bar  August  21,  1891.  He 
went  into  partnership  with  his  father  and 
was  with  him,  through  various  changes  in 
the  firm  personnel,  until  1905,  when  he  or- 
ganized, with  H.  A.  Howard,  the  Ralston 
Realty  Company.  The  name  was  changed  in 
1908  to  D.  C.  Collier  &  Co. 

He  has  been  prominent  in  the  subdivision 
of  large  tracts  into  building  lots  and  has  been 
an  important  factor  in  the  general  develop- 
ment of  the  city  of  San  Diego.  He  is  an  ex- 


tensive property  owner,  and  in  addition  is 
largely  interested  in  gold  and  gem  mining 
and  onyx  and  marble  deposits.  He  is  also 
interested  in  oil  and  ranch  lands. 

One  of  the  most  conspicuous  works  in  his 
career  was  the  building  of  the  Point  Loma 
Railroad.  He  started  this  work  in  1908,  and 
when  it  was  completed,  early  in  1909,  sold  it 
to  J.  D.  Spreckels.  Other  companies  of  which 
he  is  president  are  the 
Western  Investment  Co. 
and  the  Santa  Maria 
Land  and  Water  Co. 

Mr.  Collier  has  been 
one  of  the  most  conspic- 
uous men  in  the  advance- 
ment of  San  Diego  and  is 
Director  General  of  the 
Panama  California  Expo- 
sition, which  will  be  held 
at  San  Diego  in  1915. 
This  is  one  of  the  most 
ambitious  enterprises 
ever  undertaken  in  San 
Diego  and  Mr.  Collier 
has  been  the  leading  spir- 
it in  it.  Another  field  in 
which  he  is  a  leader  is 
aviation.  He  has  personal- 
ly directed  three  success- 
ful meets  at  San  Diego, 
where  the  greatest  flyers 
in  the  world  participated. 
Mr.  Collier  takes  an 
active  interest  in  politics, 
but  has  sought  office 
only  once.  This  was  in 
1902,  when  he  made  a  spirited  independent 
campaign  for  the  Republican  nomination  for 
Congress,  but  was  defeated.  He  was  a  Lieu- 
tenant Colonel  on  the  staff  of  Governor  Gil- 
lette of  California  from  1907  to  1910.  He  is 
ex-president  and  director  of  the  San  Diego 
Chamber  of  Commerce. 

Mr.  Collier  holds  membership  in  the  Na- 
tional Geographical  Society,  American  Insti- 
tue  of  Political  Science,  California  Historical 
Society  and  American  Forestry  Association. 
He  holds  memberships  in  the  following 
clubs :  New  York  A.  C.  and  Rocky 
Mountain  Club  of  New  York,  Pacific  Union, 
Union  League,  Bohemian  and  Army  and 
Navy  Clubs  of  San  Francisco,  Jonathan  Club, 
Los  Angeles;  Toltec  Club,  El  Paso,  Texas; 
Cuyamaca  Club,  San  Diego  Yacht  Club,  San 
Diego  Rowing  Club,  Country  Club  and  Ca- 
brillo  Club,  San  Diego ;  Coronado  Country 
Club  and  Colorado  Traffic  Club,  Denver. 


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YERS,  ALVA  DE  WITT,  Mining, 
Los  Angeles,  California,  was  born 
in  La  Grande,  Iowa,  July  18,  1872, 
the  son  of  William  Conrad  Myers 
and  Caroline  Elizabeth  (Wait- 
man)  Myers.  Mr.  Myers  has  been 
thrice  married,  his  first  wife  having  been  Edna 
Roth,  whom  he  married  at  Cripple  Creek,  Colorado, 
1895.  She  was  claimed  by  death  July  19,  1896. 
About  ten  years  later  Mr.  Myers  married  Martha 
Summers  at  San  Diego,  California,  but  temper- 
amental differences  parted  them  in  April,  1909.  On 
August  3,  1912,  he  married  Hedrig  Loblinski  at 
Long  Beach,  Cal. 

Mr.  Myers,  who  is  one  of  the  most  picturesque 
of  the  latter  day  Westerners,  is  a  self-made  man. 
His  educational  opportunities  were  limited  to  about 
three  years  in  the  public  schools  of  his  native 
town,  and  from  the  time  he  left  school  at  the  age 
of  thirteen,  against  the  wishes  of  his  parents,  he 
has  carried  the  responsibility  of  this  life  upon  his 
own  shoulders. 

In  the  latter  part  of  1884  Mr.  Myers'  father 
moved  to  Kansas  and  became  a  ranch  owner.  The 
son  worked  with  him  for  about  a  year  and  then, 
while  less  than  fifteen  years  of  age,  left  home  to 
begin  a  business  life.  He  first  went  to  the  Indian 
Territory  and  worked  for  several  months  at  odd 
jobs,  then  went  to  St.  Louis,  where  he  joined  the 
men  who  worked  the  lumber  rafts  on  the  Missis- 
sippi. In  1888  he  pointed  for  the  mining  camps  of 
Colorado. 

He  was  still  a  boy,  but  readily  obtained  work 
in  the  mines  and  worked  with  pick  and  shovel  in 
the  various  camps  of  Colorado,  Montana,  Idaho, 
Washington  and  Oregon.  Upon  the  discovery  of 
Cripple  Creek  he  joined  the  rush  there. 

For  the  next  four  years  Mr.  Myers  mined  in 
and  around  Cripple  Creek,  but  in  1896  moved  to  the 
Northwest  and  worked  in  Oregon  and  Washington 
until  1902,  when  Tonopah,  Nevada,  was  discovered. 
He  went  there  and  remained  in  that  region  for 
about  a  year,  but  after  having  been  at  mining  work 
for  seventeen  years  found  himself  hardly  better 
off  in  the  world's  goods  than  on  the  day  he  entered 
Colorado.  Accordingly,  he  and  his  partner  bought 
an  outfit  and  set  off  in  search  of  new  territory. 
The  camp  of  Goldfield,  Nevada,  one  of  the  world's 
greatest  gold  centers  and  most  picturesque  mining 
camps,  is  the  result  of  that  trip,  for  Mr.  Myers 
and  his  associates  were  the  discoverers  and  build- 
ers of  the  town.  From  that  time,  May  24,  1903, 
when  they  first  struck  gold,  Mr.  Myers  has  been 
among  the  mining  notables. 

When  Mr.  Myers  and  his  companion  started  out 
from  Tonopah  their  chief  assets  were  experience 
and  determination  and  the  subsequent  success  was 
due  to  these  characteristics.  During  several 
months  that  they  spent  working  a  prospect  in  what 
is  now  known  as  the  Gold  Mountain  district,  Mr. 
Myers  frequently  conferred  with  his  partner  about 
trying  Columbia  Mountain,  which,  to  his  experi- 
enced eye,  presented  attractive  mineral  possibili- 
ties. Finally  he  went  to  the  mountain,  and  after  a 
hunt  for  water,  pitched  camp  and  began  to  work.  The 
result  was  the  Combination  Mine,  which  first  re- 
warded its  workers  on  the  24th  day  of  May,  1903. 
In  October,  1903,  Mr.  Myers  named  the  camp  and 
district  Goldfield  and  as  such  it  remains  today. 

The  Combination  Mine  was  followed  by  other 
big  producers,  including  the  Combination  Fraction, 
Silver  Peak  and  C.  O.  D.  Mines.  Next  he  found 


what  has  proved  to  be  the  greatest  property  in 
the  Goldfield  district  and  one  of  the  greatest  gold 
properties  the  world  ever  knew,  the  Mohawk  Mine. 
Mr.  Myers  worked  all  of  these  properties  and  for 
the  Mohawk  alone  received,  when  he  sold  his  in- 
terest, $400,000.  The  Combination  Mine,  his  first 
discovery,  he  sold  for  $75,000. 

Following  the  christening  of  the  town  as  Gold- 
field,  Mr.  Myers  was  made  chief  executive  or  Presi- 
dent of  the  district  organization  and  in  this  capac- 
ity was  called  upon  to  act  as  referee  in  all  cases 
of  trouble  over  claims,  etc.,  and  through  his  fair 
handling  of  the  questions  involved,  prevented  much 
trouble  and  litigation. 

Through  Mr.  Myer's  leadership  commercial  en- 
terprises were  launched  and  other  channels  of 
wealth  opened.  He  was  also  one  of  the  organizers 
of  the  Goldfield  Chamber  of  Commerce. 

In  addition  to  his  gold  mining  interests,  Mr. 
Myers  was  a  powerful  factor  in  the  copper  devel- 
opment of  Nevada.  He  was  largely  interested  in 
the  Ely  Calumet,  Rickard  Ely,  Ely  Western  and 
the  United  Ely,  all  located  at  Ely,  Nevada. 

Mr.  Myers'  enthusiasm,  generosity  and  confi- 
dence in  his  followers,  however,  brought  disaster 
upon  him  when  he  was  at  the  zenith  of  his  success. 
In  addition  to  giving  away  thousands  of  dollars 
in  cash,  he  indorsed  notes  innumerable  and  guar- 
anteed various  claims  and  corporations  with  the 
result  that  in  a  few  years  his  entire  fortune  was 
swept  away. 

In  1906  Mr.  Myers  had  built  a  home  in  Long 
Beach,  California,  at  a  cost  of  more  than  $200,000, 
one  of  the  show  places  of  Southern  California,  and 
when  the  crash  came  in  1910  this  mansion,  a  fund 
of  useful  knowledge  and  his  determination  were 
his  only  assets. 

Mr.  Myers  immediately  set  to  work  to  rebuild 
his  fortune,  choosing  the  famous  Panamint  mines, 
in  California  as  his  vehicle.  These  properties, 
which  had  produced  $5,000,000  during  a  brief  boom 
period  in  the  seventies,  had  lain  idle  for  more  than 
thirty  years.  Before  they  were  closed  on  account 
of  litigation  due  to  the  Apex  law,  their  owners, 
after  paying  $110  per  ton  freight  costs  on  all  the 
ore  extracted,  had  realized  a  net  profit  of  $3,000,000. 
Mr.  Myers,  who  knew  the  history  of  the  property, 
acquired  title  to  it  from  all  of  the  old  claimants. 
Geological  experts  estimate  that  there  is  a  vast 
amount  of  commercial  ore  in  sight  and  Mr.  Myers 
and  associates  have  already  begun  the  extraction 
of  it.  In  addition  to  this,  Mr.  Myers  controls  four 
hundred  acres  of  ore  land  in  the  great  Ely  copper 
camp. 

Other  valuable  properties  which  Mr.  Myers  has 
acquired  include  the  Silver  Peak  Camp  Bird,  at 
Silver  Peak,  Nevada,  and  valuable  placer  claims 
in  the  Alamos  district  of  S'onora  and  Chihuahua, 
Mexico. 

Mr.  Myers  first  went  to  Southern  California  in 
1904,  when  he  was  known  all  over  the  United 
States  as  the  founder  of  Goldfield.  He  foresaw 
Los  Angeles  as  the  mining  center  of  the  West  and 
two  years  later  he  returned  and  tmilt  his  magnifi- 
cent home  at  Long  Beach.  This  he  has  since  sold 
to  Jotham  Bixby. 

Mr.  Myers  was  one  of  the  organizers  of  the 
Sierra  Madre  Club  of  Los  Angeles,  now  the  lead- 
ing engineers'  club  of  the  West,  and  of  the  Los 
Angeles  Chamber  of  Mines  and  Oil.  He  is  a  char- 
ter member  of  the  Rocky  Mountain  Club,  New 
York,  and  also  belongs  to  Montezuma  Club,  Gold- 
field,  the  B.  P.  O.  Elks  and  Odd  Fellows. 


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HENRY  F.  BROWN 

ROWN,  HENRY  FRANCIS,  Capi- 
talist, Minneapolis,  Minn.,  was 
born  in  East  Baldwin,  Me.,  Oct. 
10,  1837,  the  son  of  Cyrus  S. 
Brown  and  Mary  (Burnham) 
Brown.  He  married  Susan  Fair- 
field  at  Saco,  Me.,  July  19,  1865. 

Mr.  Brown  was  educated  in  schools  of  East 
Baldwin,  Fryeburg  Academy  and  Limerick  (Me.) 
Academy.  Taught  school  in  Wi&consin,  1856-59, 
going  then  to  Minnesota.  He  engaged  in  lumber- 
ing there  and  for  thirty-six  years  was  one  of  the 
largest  operators  in  the  Northwest,  finally  selling 
out  his  mills  and  yards  in  1896.  He  also  was  a 
prominent  iron  ore  producer,  his  holdings  on  the 
famous  Mesaba  Range  now  being  leased  to  the 
United  States  Steel  Corporation. 

Since  1867,  Mr.  Brown  has  conducted  a  large 
shorthorn  cattle  breeding  establishment  on  the  out- 
skirts of  Minneapolis  and  during  that  time  has  held 
thirty-four  annual  auction  sales.  He  served  as 
President  of  the  American  Shorthorn  Breeders' 
Ass'n,  1906-08,  and  is  now  one  of  its  Directors.  He 
is  also  a  member  of  the  Board  of  Directors  of  the 
North  American  Telegraph  Co.,  which  he  helped  to 
organize. 

Mr.  Brown  served  for  several  years  as  Presi- 
dent of  the  Union  National  Bank  of  Minneapolis, 
but  his  chief  remaining  interest  is  the  Browndale 
Farm,  Inc.,  of  which  he  is  Pres.  and  Treas.  He 
also  is  heavily  interested  in  Minneapolis  real 
estate. 

Mr.  Brown  is  an  ardent  advocate  of  good  roads 
and  spends  a  great  deal  of  time  in  travel,  passing 
a  part  of  each  winter  in  Southern  California. 

He  has  been  a  lifelong  Republican  and  in  1884 
was  chosen  a  Presidential  Elector  for  Benjamin 
Harrison.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Minneapolis  Au- 
tomobile Club,  Minneapolis  Commercial  Club  and 
the  Saddle  and  Sirloin  Club,  of  Chicago,  Illinois. 


R.  W.  RICHARDSON 


ICHARDSON,  ROBERT  WILLIAM, 
Attorney,  Los  Angeles,  Cal.,  was 
born  in  Millersburg,  Ky.,  Sept.  29, 
1851,  son  of  State  Senator  Ed- 
ward Henry  Richardson  of  Mis- 
souri, and  Mary  Ellen  (Kennedy) 
Richardson.  He  married  Martha  J.  Halliburton 
at  Louisiana,  Mo.,  Oct.  15,  1872.  They  have  one 
son,  Edward  G.  Richardson. 

Mr.  Richardson  received  his  early  education  in 
the  public  schools  of  St.  Louis.  Worked  as  clerk 
in  a  wholesale  mercantile  house,  St.  Louis,  then 
became  traveling  salesman,  but  in  1880  opened  a 
store  of  his  own  at  Warsaw,  Mo.  Moved  to  Boli- 
var, Mo.,  in  1885.  Studied  law  under  J.  B.  Upton, 
admitted  to  practice  in  1888,  and  became  a  partner 
of  Mr.  Upton  until  1889,  when  he  moved  to  Omaha 
and  formed  firm  of  Richardson  &  De  France.  In 
1895  became  partner  of  J.  H.  Blair,  until  he  moved 
to  Los  Angeles  in  1905,  where  he  practices  alone. 

In  1896,  as  member,  Trans-Mississippi  Congress, 
proposed  resolution  creating  Trans-Mississippi  Ex- 
position, held  in  Omaha  in  1898.  Served  as  Expo- 
sition Commissioner  for  West,  member,  Press 
Committee  and  A&st.  to  Pres.  of  Exposition. 

Perfected  organization  of  Nat.  Good  Roads 
Assn.,  Chicago,  1900,  and  chosen  Sec.  of  it.  Ap- 
pointed Dist.  Commsr.  for  office  of  Public  Roads  by 
the  U.  S.  Gov.  During  next  four  years  had  charge 
of  six  special  trains  engaged  in  experimental  good 
roads  work  over  country.  Delivered  addresses, 
built  roads  and  organized  experimental  schools 
and  exhibits  for  Buffalo,  St.  Louis,  Portland  and 
Charleston  Expositions.  Resigned  1905.  Has  writ- 
ten prolifically  on  the  subject  of  good  roads. 

In  1912  was  nominated  for  Assemblyman,  75th 
District,  Los  Angeles.  President,  Federation  of 
State  and  Provincial  Organizations  of  Southern 
California,  embracing  about  sixty  societies,  with 
aggregate  membership  of  300,000.  Member,  Cal. 
Bar  Assn.  and  Knickerbocker  Club,  of  Los  Angeles. 


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DR.  G.  A.   SCROGGS 

C  R  O  G  G  S,  GUSTAVUS  ADOL- 
PHUS,  Physician  and  Surgeon, 
Los  Angeles,  California,  was  born 
in  New  Castle,  Pa.,  the  son  of  Dr. 
John  Alexander  Scroggs  and 
Mary  Jane  (Thompson)  Scroggs. 
He  married  Alexina  C.  Gatzmer  (now  deceased)  at 
Philadelphia,  Pa.  Dr.  Scroggs  is  a  descendant  of 
the  old  Scotch  (Protestant)  Irish  stock.  One  of 
his  ancestors-  was  Sir  William  Scroggs,  Knight, 
Lord  Chief  Justice  of  England.  It  was  he  who 
wrote  many  of  the  laws  of  England,  some  of  which 
stand  today,  and  the  doctor  is  in  possession  of  one 
of  his  books  published  in  the  seventeenth  century. 
Others  members  of  the  Scroggs  family  served  in 
each  of  the  three  wars  of  the  Crusaders;  the  Wars 
of  the  Roses,  Revolutionary  War,  Mexican  War, 
Civil  War  and  Spanish-American  War. 

Dr.  Scroggs-  received  his  primary  education  in 
schools  of  Galena,  Illinois,  finished  his  academic 
education  in  Ohio  and  then  took  up  the  study  of 
medicine  at  Jefferson  Medical  College,  from  which 
he  was  graduated  with  the  degree  of  M.  D.  Follow- 
ing the  receipt  of  his  degree,  the  doctor  served  as 
interne  in  several  Philadelphia  hospitals,  then 
moved  to  Eas-t  Liverpool,  Ohio,  where  he  practiced 
for  some  time.  Later  he  moved  to  Beaver,  Beaver 
County,  Pa.,  where  he  was  made  physician  for  the 
County  Home,  also  for  Beaver  College,  and  main- 
tained private  practice  for  some  years,  then  went  to 
Arizona  as  physician  to  a  large  mining  camp. 

Dr.  Scroggs  finally  moved  to  Los  Angeles  in 
1903,  and  there  has  become  one  of  the  widely 
known  physicians  and  surgeons-,  his  friends  in- 
cluding all  classes.  He  is  Chief  Examiner  for  the 
Pacific  Athletic  Club,  a  member  of  the  Los  Angeles 
County  Medical  Association,  Medical  Society  of  the 
State  of  California  and  the  American  Medical  As- 
sociation. His  clubs-  are  the  Jonathan  and  Los  An- 
geles Athletic  Club. 


HON.    LEROY    A.    WRIGHT 


RIGHT,  LEROY  AUGUSTUS, 
State  Senator  and  Attorney  at 
Law,  San  Diego,  Cal.,  was  born 
in  New  London,  Ind.,  Feb.  10, 
1863,  the  son  of  Luna  C.  Wright 
and  Gulielma  (Easterling) 
Wright.  He  has  been  twice  married,  his  first  wife 
having  died.  His  second  wife  was  Ida  M.  Heffle- 
man,  whom  he  married  at  San  Diego,  Cal.,  June  1, 
1898.  Their  children  are  Lester  and  Evelyn  Wright. 
Senator  Wright  received  his  early  educa- 
tion in  the  public  schools  of  Kansas,  and 
in  1878  entered  the  State  Normal  School,  receiv- 
ing his  diploma,  1883;  taught  at  Normal  School 
until  1884,  when  he  entered  the  publishing  busi- 
ness. In  1886  became  City  Editor  of  the  Topeka 
State  Journal,  Topeka,  Kas.  In  1887,  moved  to 
San  Diego,  entering  the  railroad  business.  Be- 
came City  Editor  of  the  San  Diego  Union  and 
purchased  an  interest  in  the  San  Diego  Sun  in 
1889.  In  1890,  while  Clerk  of  Superior  Court  of 
San  Diego  County,  he  took  up  study  of  law  under 
John  D.  Works,  later  U.  S.  Senator.  He  was  ad- 
mitted to  practice  in  1891.  He  was  Trustee  of 
the  Carnegie  Library  of  San  Diego  and,  1906,  was 
chosen  a  Park  Commissioner,  serving  until  1911. 
Elected  to  State  Senate  in  1906  and  re-elected, 
1910.  In  1907,  with  others,  he  drafted  the  direct 
primary  amendment  to  Cal.  State  Constitution, 
adopted  in  1909.  He  was  Chairman  of  the  State 
Harbor  Examining  Board  in  1907. 

Senator  Wright  is  a  staunch  Republican,  Di- 
rector and  Attorney  for  the  So.  Title  and  Guaranty 
Co.,  and  Attorney  for  the  Bank  of  Commerce  and 
Trust  Co.,  in  which  he  is  a  stockholder.  He  was  an 
original  member,  Panama  Cal.  Exposition  Co. 

The  Senator  is  a  member  of  the  Cuyamaca 
Club,  San  Diego  Country  Club,  San  Francisco 
Press  Club,  Sutter  Club,  Sacramento;  Masons,  B. 
P.  O.  Elks.  He  is  also  an  ex-member  of  the  Na- 
tional Guard  of  Cal.,  from  1889-92,  7th  Regiment. 


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LASS,  REV.  JOSEPH  SARS- 
FIELD,  Pastor  St.  Vincent's 
Catholic  Church,  and  president 
of  the  St.  Vincent's  College, 
Los  Angeles,  California.  He 
was  born  at  Bushnell,  Illinois,  March  13,  1874. 
He  is  the  son  of  James  Glass  and  Mary  Edith 
Kelly. 

He  began  his  education  in  the  Parochial 
Schools  of  Sedalia,  Mis- 
souri, where  he  remained 
for  several  years.  Going 
to  Los  Angeles  in  1887,  he 
entered  St.  Vincent's  Col- 
lege, which  was  later  to  be- 
come the  scene  of  his  great- 
est activities  and  achieve- 
ments. He  remained  at  St. 
Vincent's  for  a  period  of 
four  years  ,then  returned  to 
Missouri  and  entered  the 
St.  Mary's  Apostolic  Col- 
lege of  Perryville,  Mis- 
souri. After  completing 
his  course  of  study  in  that 
institution  he  entered  the 
Novitiate  of  the  Congrega- 
tion of  the  Mission  in  1891 
and  later  became  a  student 
at  St.  Mary's  Seminary  in 
Perry  County,  Missouri,  in 
which  institution  he  made 
his  course  in  Philosophy 
and  Theology.  He  was  ordained  a  priest  by 
Bishop  George  Montgomery  in  St.  Vincent's 
church,  Los  Angeles,  August  15,  1897. 

After  finishing  his  education  in  the  United 
States  he  went  to  Rome,  where,  with  its  pre- 
dominant religious  atmosphere  and  its  connec- 
tions with  the  historic  Catholic  Church  and 
monuments  of  ancient  and  Christian  Rome,  he 
became  a  student  of  philosophy  and  theology. 
He  attended  the  University  of  the  Propoganda, 
and  graduated  from  the  University  of  the  Mi- 
nerva in  1899  with  the  degree  of  D.  D. 

On  returning  to  the  United  States  in  the  same 
year  he  became  a  faculty  member  of  the  St. 
Mary's  Seminary  at  Perryville.  His  specialty 
at  that  institution  was  Dogmatic  Theology, 
which  subject  he  taught  during  the  school  term 
of  1899  and  1900.  During  the  following  year 


REV.  JOSEPH  S.  GLASS 


he  taught  Moral  Theology  at  the  same  semi- 
nary, and  while  he  was  connected  with  it  he 
filled  the  office  of  Director  of  Seminarians. 

Dr.  Glass  was  appointed  President  of  St.  Vin- 
cent's College,  Los  Angeles,  in  June,  1901.  At 
the  same  time  he  was  made  pastor  of  St.  Vin- 
cent's Church  of  that  city,  both  of  which  re- 
sponsible positions  he  still  occupies. 

Since  taking  charge  of  St.  Vincent's  College, 
Father  Glass  has  raised 
the  standard  of  that  insti- 
tution to  an  exceedingly 
high  mark,  and  today  it 
ranks  among  the  first  edu- 
cational institutions  of  the 
West. 

Shortly  after  he  be- 
came president  of  that  col- 
lege the  attendance  greatly 
increased  and  it  was  neces- 
sary to  build  a  large  addi- 
tion to  the  college  building. 
He  has  given  St.  Vincent's 
College  a  full  university 
course  and  has  introduced 
both  civil  and  mechanical 
engineering  branches. 

Dr.  Glass  is  recognized 
as  one  of  the  foremost  edu- 
cators in  Southern  Cali- 
fornia. He  has  written 
some  notable  articles  on 
educational  and  religious 
subjects.  By  reason  of  his  interests  in  many 
educational,  religious  and  literary  organizations 
Dr.  Glass  holds  memberships  in  a  number  of 
organizations  of  national  scope.  He  is  a  mem- 
ber of  Bishop  Conaty's  Diocesan  Council,  of 
the  Board  of  Directors  of  the  Los  Angeles 
Public  Library,  and  is  Honorary  President  of 
the  Alumni  Society  of  St.  Vincent's  College. 
He  is  also  Chaplain  of  the  Central  Council  of 
the  Society  of  St.  Vincent  de  Paul. 

He  holds  memberships  in  the  University  Club, 
Knights  of  Columbus,  Catholic  Order  of  Fores- 
ters, Young  Men's  Institute  and  the  Ancient 
Order  of  Hibernians. 

Dr.  Glass  is  actively  concerned  in  the  affairs 
of  all  of  these  organizations  and  his  counsel  is 
an  important  factor  in  the  guidance  of  their 
members. 


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'CRAY,  LOUIS  ALLAN,  Oil 

Mg  Producer,  Los  Angeles,  Cal., 
was  born  in  Pennsylvania, 
May  7,  1865.  His  father  was 
A.  M.  McCray  and  his  mother 
Selina  (Parsons)  McCray.  He  was  married 
to  Mary  Branson  July  1,  1900,  at  Ventura, 
Cal.,  and  of  their  union  there  have  been 
three  children,  Irene,  Blanche  and  Rita  Mc- 
Cray, at  the  present  time 
three  handsome  young 
women. 

Mr.  McCray  spent  his 
early  boyhood  in  the 
great  oil  fields  of  his  na- 
tive State  and  New  York 
State.  At  the  age  of  six- 
teen years  he  left  school 
and  immediately  took  up 
active  work  among  the 
wells. 

He  first  began  as  a 
pumper,  but  in  1886, 
when  a  temporary  lull 
overtook  the  industry  in 
the  two  states  where  he 
was  working,  he  with  his 
father  and  brothers,  all 
practiced  oil  men,  jour- 
neyed westward  to  Cali- 
fornia, where  the  oil  busi- 
ness was  then  in  its  in- 
fancy. At  the  time  the 
McCrays  arrived  there 
were  only  three  oil  com- 
panies in  the  State,  the 
Puente  Co.  at  Fullerton, 
Pacific  Coast  Oil  Co.  at  Newhall,  and  Hardi- 
son-Stewart  Co.,  which  was  operating  in  Ven- 
tura County.  The  Hardison-Stewart  Co. 
later  became  the  Union  Oil  Co.  of  California. 
Mr.  McCray  was  employed  by  the  Union 
Oil  Co;,  in  a  minor  capacity  at  first,  but  was 
steadily  advanced  on  account  of  his  thorough 
knowledge  and  efficiency  to  many  responsible 
positions  with  the  corporation.  He  remained 
with  this  company  ten  years,  and  then,  when 
oil  was  discovered  in  the  city  of  Los  Angeles, 
he  and  his  brother,  M.  L.  McCray,  formed  a 
partnership  and  went  into  the  well  contract- 
ing business.  They  were  among  the  very  first 
to  get  into  active  operation  in  the  field,  and 
they  soon  saw  that  there  was  a  great  future 
in  the  development  of  oil  property. 

Accordingly,  they  set  about  acquiring  land 
leases  and  immediately  began  active  opera- 
tions in  the  Los  Angeles  field  on  their  own 
account.  Because  of  their  complete  mastery 


L.  A.  McCRAY 


of  the  business  in  all  its  details  they  took  a 
leading  position.  They  drilled  their  own  wells, 
handled  and  marketed  all  of  the  oil  pumped 
from  them,  and  at  one  time  were  the  largest 
producing  organization  in  the  Los  Angeles 
field.  An  indication  of  their  activity  and  en- 
terprise is  shown  by  the  fact  that  at  one  pe- 
riod they  had  fifty-three  wells  in  operation. 
At  the  time  of  the  oil  boom  in  the  northern 
and  other  sections  of  Cal- 
ifornia, the  McCrays  de- 
cided these  larger  fields 
should  be  their  sphere  oi 
endeavor,  so  they  sold 
out  their  Los  Angeles  in- 
terests and  turned  their 
attention  to  leasing  and 
developing  lands  in  the 
newer  districts.  Here 
they  met  with  success 
greater  than  that  which 
had  attended  their  efforts 
in  the  Los  Angeles  field 
and  later  they  sold  their 
properties  to  the  Ameri- 
can Oil  Fields  Co.,  of 
which  Mr.  McCray  is 
now  a  heavy  stockholder 
and  director. 

He  also  formed  a 
partnership  with  Thos 
A.  O'Donnell,  and  to- 
gether they  became  in- 
terested with  E.  L.  Do- 
heny,  another  pioneer  oil 
man,  in  the  American 
Petroleum  Company,  one 
of  the  best  known  concerns  of  its  kind  in 
the  West.  The  McCrays,  Doheny,  Canfield, 
O'Donnell  and  a  few  others  are  recognized 
as  the  real  developers  of  oil  in  the  Golden 
State. 

Besides  the  corporations  already  men- 
tioned, Mr.  McCray  is  heavily  interested  in 
others.  He  is  a  director  and  stockholder  in 
the  Midland  Oil  Co.,  the  Circle  Oil  Co.,  Sec- 
tion One  Oil  Co.,  J.  F.  Lucey  Supply  Co., 
and  is  a  stockholder  in  the  Mexican  Gas 
Co.  and  the  El  Segundo  Land  and  Develop- 
ment Co. 

Two  years  ago  Mr.  McCray  retired  from 
the  active  management  of  any  of  his  com- 
panies and  is  now  devoting  his  time  to  the 
building  of  a  beautiful  home  among  the 
foothills  of  Hollywood,  an  attractive  suburb 
of  Los  Angeles. 

He  is  an  active  member  of  the  Masonic 
Fraternity  and  also  of  the  Hollywood  Club. 


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ENNE,  CHRISTIAN,  2D.,  (De- 
ceased), Mining  and  Mechanical 
Engineer,  Los  Angeles,  California, 
was  born  in  that  city  February  20, 
1874,  the  son  of  Christian  Henne 
and  Helena  (Buehn)  Henne.  He 
married  Miss  Jane  Louise  Greenop  of  Liverpool, 
England,  in  October,  1904,  and  to  them  there 
was  born  a  son,  Christopher  Henne,  3d.  Mr. 
Henne  was  a  brother-in-law  of  R.  A.  Rowan,  also 
of  Nat  Wilshire,  both  prominent  in  the  affairs  of 
Los  Angeles.  His  family,  which  originally  came 
to  the  United  States  from  Germany,  is  one  of  the 
noted  pioneer  families  of  Los  Angeles,  its  mem- 
bers having  played  an  important  part  in  the  early 
development  and  history-making  of  the  Southern 
California  metropolis.  His  grandfather  was 
George  Friedrich  Henne  and  his  grandmother 
Anna  Barbara  Weick. 

His  father  was  a  pioneer  business  man  of  Los 
Angeles  in  the  early  stages  of  its  development  and 
the  owner  of  a  considerable  amount  of  real  estate 
in  what  is  now  the  heart  of  the  business  district 
of  that  city.  Mr.  Henne  was  born  on  property 
that  has  since  become  the  site  of  the  Citizens' 
National  Bank  Building,  at  the  corner  of  Third  and 
Main  streets,  Los  Angeles,  the  very  center  of 
commercial  activity,  at  this  time  (1913).  In  the 
days  when  Mr.  Henne  was  a  boy,  however,  that 
neighborhood  was  the  aristocratic  residence  dis- 
trict of  Los  Angeles.  In  those  days  there  lived 
along  what  is  now  the  business  part  of  Main 
street  such  old  Los  Angeles  families  as  the  Hell- 
mans,  the  Kerckhoffs,  the  Motts,  the  Governor 
Downey  family,  the  Dominguez  family,  the  Tom 
Rowans,  the  Maxwells  and  many  others.  The  trend 
of  business-  toward  the  South  and  Southwest  has 
caused  the  passing  of  these  landmarks  which  have 
been  replaced  by  modern  business  structures  and 
little  idea  can  be  had  of  the  hospitable  homes  that 
but  a  few  short  years  ago  gave  way  in  the  process 
of  the  city's  transformation  from  yesterday  into 
today. 

Mr.  Henne  received  his  preliminary  education 
in  the  public  schools  of  Los  Angeles,  after  which 
he  took  a  course  in  a  business  college.  He  was 
then  fourteen  years  of  age  and  was  sent  to  Europe 
for  technical  training.  In  1892,  after  four  years 
of  study,  he  was  graduated  with  a  degree  from 
Technikum  Mittweida,  an  old-established  and  cele- 
brated engineering  school  of  Saxony,  after  which 
he  returned  to  his  home  in  Los  Angeles. 

The  year  following  his  return  from  his 
European  studies,  Mr.  Henne  enrolled  as  a  student 
in  Leland  Stanford,  Jr.,  University,  taking  up  the 
mechanical  engineering  course,  and  was  graduated 
in  the  class  of  1897  with  the  degree  of  Bachelor 
of  Arts.  Not  satisfied  with  the  knowledge  he  had 
already  gained,  he  went  to  New  York  City  for  the 
purpo&e  of  perfecting  his  education  and  there 


took  post-graduate  work  in  the  famous  engineering 
department  of  Columbia  University,  being  awarded 
the  degree  of  Engineer  of  Mines  in  1900. 

Thus  splendidly  equipped,  Mr.  Henne  returned 
to  California  and  immediately  engaged  in  the  ac- 
tive work  of  his  profession.  He  was  regarded  as 
one  of  the  able  men  in  his  line  and  for  the  first 
two  years  after  he  left  Columbia  University  was 
busily  engaged  as  a  Consulting  Engineer  in  Los 
Angeles  and  other  parts  of  the  West,  where  scien- 
tific mining  methods  were  being  employed  in  the 
development  of  the  country's  resources.  In  1902, 
when  he  was  entering  upon  a  brilliant  career,  Mr. 
Henne's  health  began  to  fail  and  he  was  compelled 
to  give  up  his  professional  work  to  a  considerable 
extent. 

Mr.  Henne  then  began  traveling  in  the  hope 
of  regaining  his  health  and  for  the  last  four  years 
of  his  life  resided  at  various  times  in  Arizona, 
Colorado  and  California.  His  search  was  in  vain, 
however,  and  although  he  was  possessed  of 
wealth  sufficient  to  satisfy  his  every  need,  death 
claimed  him,  on  the  twelfth  day  of  December,  1906. 

Mr.  Henne  was  a  man  of  fine  instincts,  and 
travel  in  various  parts  of  the  world  had  made  him 
one  of  the  most  cultured  and  polished  men  of  his 
day.  Before  becoming  a  student  at  Leland  Stan- 
ford, Jr.,  University  he  had  traveled  to  all  parts 
of  the  globe,  not  as  a  tourist  or  sightseer,  but 
as  a  student  of  the  countries  he  visited  and  their 
peoples.  For  instance,  he  spent  considerable  time 
living  in  China  and  Japan.  He  lived  among  the 
natives  of  those  interesting  countries  and  in  this 
way  learned  their  languages  and  their  ways  of 
living. 

Mr.  Henne  was-  a  linguist  of  note,  and  could 
speak,  besides  English,  the  languages  of  France, 
Germany,  Spain,  China,  and  Japan,  and  also  had 
mastered  the  Chinook  Indian  tongue.  He  was  a 
deep  student  of  the  literature  and  customs  of  these 
different  peoples. 

He  was  of  an  inventive  turn  of  mind  and  dur- 
ing his  school  days  and  later,  during  his  business 
life,  spent  much  of  his  time  perfecting  machinery 
of  his  own  design.  Because  of  his  thorough  train- 
ing in  the  United  States,  and  Europe  his  advice 
was  frequently  sought  by  fellow  members  of  the 
engineering  profession  on  matters  of  importance, 
and  he  was  generally  recognized  as  one  of  the 
leading  members  of  the  profession,  as  well  as  an 
engineer  of  great  future  promise,  at  the  time  of 
his  death. 

Mr.  Henne  was  popular  among  his  fellows,  and 
his  death,  coming  as  it  did  when  he  was  approach- 
ing the  prime  of  life,  was  a  shock  to  his  numerous 
friends. 

He  was  a  member  of  the  Delta  Upsilon  Frater- 
nity of  Columbia  University,  and  also  belonged  to 
the  University  Club  of  San  Francisco  and  the 
California  Club  of  Los  Angeles. 


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OOK,  JOSEPH  EDWARDS, 
Manufacturers'  Agent  and 
Warehousing,  Los  Angeles, 
California,  was  born  in  New 
York  City,  December  3,  1854. 
His  father  was  Charles  W.  Cook  and  his 
mother  Charlotte  R.  (Folger)  Cook.  Mr. 
Cook  has  been  married  twice,  his  second 
marriage  taking  place  at  Chicago,  Illinois, 
November  19,  1900.  By 
his  first  wife  he  had  one 
child,  Morris  M.  Cook, 
born  at  Oakland,  Califor- 
nia, and  by  his  second 
wife,  Josephine  Cook, 
born  at  Los  Angeles. 

Mr.  Cook  was  reared 
partly  in  California  and 
partly  in  the  New  Eng- 
land States.  He  attended 
the  public  schools  of  San 
Francisco  between  the 
years  1862  and  1864.  Dur- 
ing the  following  three 
years  he  studied  at  New- 
buryport,  Massachusetts, 
and  at  Brooklyn,  New 
York,  between  1867  and 
1869.  In  1870  he  re- 
turned to  the  Pacific 
Coast,  attending  Heald's 
Business  College  of  San 
Francisco  during  that 
year.  He  entered  the  brokerage  business  for 
himself  in  that  city  in  1871,  and  up  to  1886 
followed  that  business  with  varied  successes. 
Between  the  years  1870  and  1873  he  was  a 
member  of  the  City  Guard  of  the  First  Regi- 
ment of  San  Francisco. 

In  1886  he  located  at  Los  Angeles.  He 
associated  himself  with  William  T.  Coleman 
&  Co.  of  that  city  in  the  capacity  of  manager 
of  that  firm.  A  year  later  Mr.  Cook  became 
a  member  of  the  firm  known  as  Cook  &  Lang- 
ley,  fruit  business  and  warehousing,  which 
ultimately  evolved  into  the  present  concern, 
known  as  the  J.  E.  Cook  Mercantile  Com- 
pany. The  house  has  since  been  incorporated. 
Not  a  great  while  after  the  establishment  of 
the  house  Mr.  Cook  bought  the  interests,  and 
from  that  time  until  today  has  been  the  chief 


J.  E.  COOK 


spirit  in  the  development  and  progress  of  that 
corporation.  This  corporation  is  the  agent 
for  many  of  the  largest  producers  and  manu- 
facturers in  the  United  States,  besides  repre- 
senting Government  interests.  It  is  proprie- 
tor of  the  large  Merchants'  Warehouse  and 
of  the  U.  S.  Customs  Bonded  Warehouse  No. 
1,  United  States  Bonded  Warehouse  No.  8, 
the  United  States  General  Bonded  Ware- 
house No.  3,  and  South- 
ern California  agent  for 
the  Quaker  Oats  Com- 
pany, Church  &  Dwight 
Company,  D.  Ghirardelli 
Company,  Proctor  & 
Gamble  Company,  C.  B. 
Knox  Company,  Fels  & 
Company,  Douglas  & 
Company,  Hawaiian 
Pineapple  Products  Com- 
pany, Western  Chemical 
Company,  Phoenix  Pack- 
ing Company,  and  a  great 
number  of  the  largest 
salmon,  oyster  and 
canned  corn  industries 
throughout  the  United 
States. 

The  success  of  the  es- 
tablishment is  due  very 
largely  to  the  keen  and 
discriminating  business 
ability  of  Mr.  Cook  and 
to  his  far-sighted  policies.  His  management 
has  brought  the  firm  into  the  front  ranks 
of  the  business  circles  of  the  Pacific  Coast, 
his  persistency  and  personality  being  a  con- 
trolling factor  in  the  upbuilding  of  the  en- 
terprise. 

At  the  present  time  Mr.  Cook  is  the 
President  and  Manager  of  the  firm,  and  he 
Has  many  other  business  interests  which 
share  a  fair  proportion  of  his  time. 

He  is  a  director  in  the  Los  Angeles  Coun- 
try Club  and  in  the  Country  Club  Land  Asso- 
ciation and  Realty  Company. 

Mr.  Cook  is  active  in  the  club  affairs  of 
Los  Angeles,  and  he  has  been  a  member 
of  the  California  Club  since  1889.  He  is  now 
Vice  President  of  the  Los  Angeles  Country 
Club. 


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R  Y  A  N,  E  L  D  E  N  P.,  Real 
Estate  Operator,  Los  An- 
geles, California,  was  born  at 
Jefferson,  Texas,  March  28, 
1857.  His  father  was  E.  P. 
Bryan  and  his  mother,  Mary  (Jurman) 
Bryan.  He  married  Georgie  Hendricks  on 
May  13,  1876,  at  Dallas,  Texas.  There  are 
two  children,  Bessie  Bryan,  now  Mrs.  L.  T. 

Bradford,      and       Minnie     

Bryan. 

H  i  s  education  wa'si 
mostly  in  a  private  coun- 
try school  in  Texas,  and 
his  boyhood  days  were 
spent  in  the  country.  He 
remained  on  his  father's 
farm,  which  was  typical 
of  the  boys  of  that  day, 
until  he  was  19  years  of 
age,  when  he  left  the 
country  and  moved  to 
the  city  of  Dallas.  Here 
he  engaged  in  the  mer- 
cantile line,  and  for  fully 
ten  years  put  in  his  time 
establishing  and  develop- 
ing his  business. 

In  1886  he  heard  re- 
ports of  the  wonderful 
opportunities  offered  in 
California,  and  he  made 
up  his  mind  to  go  still 
farther  west,  and  with  that  end  in  view  he 
disposed  of  his  interests  in.  Texas  and  moved 
to  Los  Angeles,  where  he  arrived  on  Decem- 
ber 11  of  that  year,  and  where  he  has  been  lo- 
cated.up  to  the  present  time. 

For  one  year  he  put  in  his  time  in  resting 
and  looking  over  properties  in  and  about  Los 
Angeles,  and  at  the  end  of  that  time  was 
prepared  to  invest  in  the  realty  business.  He 
has  now  been  in  that  business  over  twenty- 
five  years  in  Los  Angeles,  and  numbers 
among  the  pioneer  realty  dealers  of  the  city. 

He  first  entered  business  alone,  but  later 
associated  himself  with  the  firm  known  as 
Bryan  &  Clark.  They  handled  principally 
downtown  business  properties,  but  invest- 
ed to  some  extent  in  outlying  districts. 

The  firm  name  changed  to  that  of  Bryan 
&  Bradford  with  offices  situated  at  the  pres- 
ent time  in  the  new  Trust  and  Savings 


E.  P.  BRYAN 


Building,  Los  Angeles.  The  present  firm 
owns  large  tracts  of  lands  in  the  suburban 
and  outlying  districts. 

When  H.  E.  Huntingdon  first  invested  in 
Southern  California,  some  twenty  years  ago, 
his  first  property  purchased  in  Southern  Cali- 
fornia, amounting  to  something  over  $100,- 
000,  was  bought  from  Mr.  Bryan,  who  was 
at  that  time  very  prominent  in  realty  cir- 
cles in  Los  Angeles. 
Since  then  he  has  han- 
dled many  deals  in  excess 
of  that,  but  at  that  period 
it  was  a  record-breaking 
purchase.  At  the  pres- 
ent day  Mr.  Bryan  has 
large  holdings  in  the 
western  and  southwest- 
ern portions  of  Los  An- 
geles. S  u  ch  desirable 
tracts  as  that  of  West- 
moreland and  others  in 
that  vicinity  are  among 
the  best  examples  of  land 
placed  on  the  market  by 
Mr.  Bryan  and  his  firm. 
Numerous  other  tfacts  in 
the  residence  districts 
have  been  purchased, 
subdivided  and  improved 
and  placed  on  the  mar- 
ket by  Mr.  Bryan  and 
his  partner. 
Mr.  Bryan  is  now  heavily  interested  in 
the  downtown  business  center  of  Los  An- 
geels,  where  he  owns  a  number  of  very  val- 
uable properties.  He  was  one  of  the  earliest 
real  estate  dealers  to  foresee  the  future 
giowth  of  Los  Angeles  toward  the  south- 
west portion  of  the  city,  and  accordingly  in- 
vested in  property  in  that  direction.  His 
firm  is  at  present  one  of  the  prominent  realty 
companies  of  that  city,  where  it  does  a  large 
and  solid  business. 

Mr.  Bryan  shares  to  a  great  extent  in  the 
meteoric  development  of  Los  Angeles  and 
immediate  vicinity,  and  is  one  of  the  many 
factors  working  for  the  future  of  the  city. 

Mr.  Bryan  is  most  favorably  known 
throughout  the  vicinity  of  Los  Angeles  in  a 
business  and  social  way.  He  is  a  member 
of  the  California  Club  of  that  city  and  of 
the  Country  Club. 


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ELLAR,  HARRY,  Magi- 
cian (Retired),  Los  Angeles, 
California,  was  born  in  Erie, 
Pennsylvania,  July  11,  1849, 

the  son  of  Francis  P.  Kellar. 

He  married  Eva  Medley,  of  Melbourne,  Aus- 
tralia, at  Kalamazoo,  Michigan,  November  1, 
1887.  Mr.  Kellar  spent  his  early  days  in 
Erie  and  Ohio,  and  his  education  was  ob- 
tained in  both  places.  He 
graduated  from  the 
Painesville,  Ohio,  school 
and  immediately  went 
into  the  theatrical  busi- 
ness, for  which  he  had 
shown  remarkable  lean- 
ings all  during  his  boy- 
hood. 

His  first  engagement 
was  with  a  magician 
known  as  the  "Fakir  of 
Ava,"  and  a  year  as  as- 
sistant to  this  noted  illu- 
sionist implanted  in  him 
an  ambition  to  become  a 
magician  himself.  From 
that  time  until  he  retired, 
a  few  years  ago,  acknowl- 
edged by  press  and  pub- 
lic the  greatest  living  ma- 
gician, Kellar  applied 
himself  to  the  mastery  of 
his  art.  His  brain  and 
his  hand  were  as  one.  He 
mystified,  confound- 
ed and  charmed  his  audi- 
tors, and  even  today  his 


HARRY  KELLAR 


creations  resist  solution.  In  1867  he  became 
business  manager  for  Davenport  Brothers, 
spirit  mediums,  and  with  them  made  the 
first  of  a  life  of  great  tours.  The  company 
traveled  in  practically  every  part  of  the 
United  States,  and  during  that  time  the  fu- 
ture great  Kellar  learned  a  lot  of  the  world. 
He  was  with  that  combination  approximate- 
ly four  years,  and  then  joined  Fay,  under  the 
name  of  Fay  and  Kellar.  The  pair  toured 
Mexico  and  South  America  between  1871 
and  1873,  and  during  that  time  Kellar  laid 
the  foundation  of  a  fame  that  was  to  last  for 
all  time  in  the  world  of  magic. 

Upon  separating  from  Fay,  Mr.  Kellar 
organized  a  company  consisting  of  himself 
and  two  Oriental  magicians  under  the  title 
of  Kellar,  Ling  Look  and  Yamadeva,  Royal 
Illusionists.  These  three  played  in  many 
foreign  lands,  their  tour  taking  them  through 
South  America,  Africa,  Australia,  India, 


China,  Philippine  Islands  and  Japan.  They 
were  a  sensation  wherever  they  appeared, 
but  the  tour  was  ended  in  China,  where  Ling 
Look  and  Yamadeva  died,  in  1877. 

Kellar's  next  alliance  was  with  J.  H. 
Cunard,  under  the  name  of  Kellar  and  Cu- 
nard,  and  for  the  next  five  years  they  trav- 
eled together,  showing  in  many  lands  where 
magic  was  part  of  the  religion  and  history  of 
the  peoples.  This  tour 
took  them  through  India, 
Burmah,  Siam,  Java,  Per- 
sia, Asia  Minor,  Egypt 
and  numerous  Mediterra- 
nean ports.  In  1884  the 
partners  separated  and 
Kellar  returned  to  his  na- 
tive America,  a  leader  in 
his  art  and  famous  in  the 
four  corners  of  the  globe. 
Kellar's  career  on  the 
stage  fills  a  chapter  in  the 
realm  of  magic  that  is 
surpassed  by  none.  En- 
dowed with  a  remarkably 
original  mind,  nimble 
hands  and  a  faculty  for 
magic,  he  brought  his  art 
up  to  a  point  in  which 
cleverness  and  refinement 
intermingled,  while  his 
illusions  mystified.  For 
nearly  a  quarter  of  a  cen- 
tury he  was  continually 
before  the  American  pub- 
lic and  during  that  time 
millions  of  people  saw 


him.  He  evolved  numerous  pieces  of  magic 
that  defied  imitation  or  solution,  and  when  he 
retired  from  the  stage  only  his  successor,  to 
whom  he  turned  over  his  secrets,  knew  how 
he  had  accomplished  them. 

At  various  times  he  had  trouble  with 
would-be  imitators  and  often  figured  in  mat- 
ters that,  to  his  highly  sensitive  and  refined 
mentality,  were  distasteful.  When  he  retired, 
however,  it  was  with  the  affection  of  millions 
of  persons  who  had  been  charmed  and  edified 
by  his  efforts.  Upon  leaving  the  stage  Mr. 
Kellar  settled  in  Los  Angeles,  and  there  he 
lives  surrounded  by  an  atmosphere  of  refine- 
ment and  pleasant  recollections.  During  his 
life  he  accumulated  a  handsome  fortune,  and 
of  this  he  gives  liberally  in  unostentatious 
philanthropy.  He  is  a  man  of  marked  intel- 
lectual accomplishments  and  finds  his  recrea- 
tion in  those  fields  which  appeal  to  the 
scholar. 


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AGNER,  JAMES  R.  H.,  Real 
Estate,  Los  Angeles,  Califor- 
nia, was  born  in  Detroit, 
Michigan,  September  22,  1870. 
His  father  was  Robert  Wag- 
ner and  his  mother  Mary  'Leicester 
(Hornibrook)  Wagner.  On  November  4, 
1894,  he  married  Mabel  E.  Monahan, 
at  Cleveland,  Ohio.  To  them  were  born 
Arline  Leicester,  Harriet 
Handy  and  Mary  Leices- 
ter Wagner. 

Mr.  Wagner's  educa- 
tion was  obtained  in  the 
Cass  School  of  Detroit. 

His  first  employment 
as  a  boy  was  with  the 
American  Exchange  Na- 
tional Bank  of  Detroit, 
where  he  acted  in  the  ca- 
pacity of  messenger  for 
the  years  1886  and  1887. 
During  the  succeeding 
two  years  he  was  receiv- 
ing teller  and  individual 
bookkeeper  in  the  Penin- 
sular Savings  Bank  of 
Detroit.  Between  the 
years  1890  and  1894  he 
was  traveling  salesman 
for  a  Detroit  tobacco 
firm.  He  worked  for  the 
wholesale  tobacco  house 
of  R.  Wagner  &  Co.,  and 
ably  fitted  himself  for  an 
active  career  with  the 
largest  tobacco  institu- 
tion in  the  world. 


Deities  cigarette  factory,  and  Mr.  Wagner 
was  given  charge  of  the  sales  in  all  the  East- 
ern States. 

In  1901,  after  many  years  in  the  tobacco 
business,  Mr.  Wagner  gave  it  up  to  go  with 
the  New  York  "Commercial,"  one  of  the 
oldest  daily  financial  papers  in  America.  His 
initial  business  trip  for  this  newspaper  was 
one  which  carried  him  over  the  entire  United 
States,  and  eventually  to 
Los  Angeles.  In  that  city 
he  expected  to  spend  only 
a  short  time,  but  one 
month's  stay  convinced 
him  that  there  was  no 
other  place  on  earth  for 
him.  This  was  about 
April  1,  1901,  at  a  time 
when  Southern  California 
was  in  the  height  of  its 
floral  beauty  and  growth. 
He  had  just  arrived  from 
the  north,  where  the 
blizzards  and  snowstorms 
were  raging.  He  imme- 
diately sent  his  family 
word  to  pack  and  come  to 
California. 

Mr.  Wagner  associat- 
ed himself  with  the  Wil- 
liam R.  Staats  Co.  of  Pas- 
adena for  one  year.  From 
there  he  went  to  Santa 
Barbara  and  organized 
the  Santa  Barbara  Realty 
&  Trust  Co.  His  asso- 
ciates there  were  Harri- 


In  1895  he  started  in  New  York  City  with 
the  American  Tobacco  Co.  as  a  retail  sales- 
man. His  first  efforts,  in  three  months,  at- 
tracted attention  and  he  was  sent  to  Boston. 
In  six  months  he  was  stationed  at  Philadel- 
phia, doing  special  work  for  the  fine  smok- 
ing department  of  the  corporation. 

In  1897  he  was  sent  to  Nashville,  Tenn., 
to  supervise  the  States  of  Mississippi,  Ala- 
bama and  Tennessee.  His  work  covered 
largely  the  Old  Virginia  Cheroot  depart- 
ment. With  a  year  of  success  in  the  South 
he  was  transferred  to  Virginia  and  North 
Carolina  in  order  to  take  charge  of  the  cheap 
smoking  and  cheroots.  In  1899  he  was  called 
to  New  York  and  given  charge  of  a  national 
campaign  on  a  new  brand  of  cheroots.  This 
work  covered  the  United  States  east  of  the 
Rocky  Mountains.  A  year  later  the  Ameri- 
can Tobacco  Co.  acquired  the  Egyptian 


TAS.  R.  H.  WAGNER 

ciates   tnere  were 

son  T.  Kendall  and  D.  T.  Perkins  of  the  Pot- 
ter Hotel  Co. ;  George  Edwards,  president  of 
the  Commercial  Bank  of  Santa  Barbara,  and 
William  R.  Staats  of  Pasadena. 


Outside  of  the  general  real  estate  business 
in  Santa  Barbara  he  secured  a  franchise  for 
the  Home  Telephone  Co.  and  was  instrumen- 
tal in  building  the  plant.  He  was  an  officer 
of  that  organization  for  two  years.  In  1905 
R.  A.  Rowan  prevailed  upon  him  to  handle 
Venice  of  America,  then  in  the  infancy  of  its 
organization.  He  became  the  general  agent 
in  the  organization  of  that  resort,  and  since 
that  time  has  been  prominently  identified  in 
the  realty  business  of  So.  Cal.  He  has  han- 
dled with  success  Venice  of  America,  Venice 
Annex,  Normandy  Hill,  Florencita  Park,  the 
Cudahy  Ranch,  Bell  Flower  Acres  and  the 
Owens  Valley  Lands.  Mr.  Wagner  is  second 
vice  president  L.  A.  Realty  Board;  member, 
Chamber  of  Commerce  and  California  Club. 


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LMADA,  JESUS,  Agricultural  and 
Industrial  Investments,  Culiacan, 
Sinaloa,  Mexico,  was  born  in  Cu- 
liacan, June  17,  1853,  the  son  of 
Ponciano  Almada  and  Laura  (de 
La  Vega)  Almada.  He  married 
Dolores-  (Salido)  Almada  at  Alamos,  Sonora,  Mex- 
ico, May  5,  1890,  and  to  them  have  been  born  five 
children,  Laura,  Aurora,  Celida,  Jesus  and  George 
Almada. 

The  history  of  the  Almada  and  de  la  Vega  fam- 
ilies is  an  integral  part  of  the  his-tory  of  the  devel- 
opment of  northern  Mexico  during  the  last  century. 
The  Almada  family  came  from  Spain  to  the  Alamos 
district  in  the  State  of  Sonora  about  one  hundred 
years  ago.  Originally  three  brothers  came  over, 
they  being  Antonio  Benigno  Almada,  Jose  Maria 
Almada  and  Jesus  Almada.  The  last  named  is  the 
direct  ancestor  of  Mr.  Almada,  being  his  grand 
father.  Soon  after  the  arrival  of  the  three  brothers- 
in  Mexico  they  were  joined  by  a  fourth  and  togeth- 
er the  quartette  engaged  actively  in  mining  and 
agriculture.  Between  them  they  owned  hundreds 
of  thousands  of  acres  of  land,  practically  all  of  the 
territory  now  embraced  in  the  town  and  section  of 
Alamos,  and  theirs  were  known  as  the  richest 
mines  of  the  time.  In  time  they  all  became  wealthy 
and  influential  men,  and  their  descendants  are 
among  the  leading  citizens  of  the  States  of  Sinaloa 
and  Sonora. 

On  the  maternal  g-ide  of  the  house,  Mr.  Almada 
is  descended  of  another  notable  line,  whose  activi- 
ties ran  more  to  public  affairs  than  did  those  of  the 
Almadas.  The  De  La  Vegan  men  for  generations 
have  been  prominent  in  military  and  governmental 
circles  in  Mexico  and  have  had  a  part  in  the  gen- 
eral improvement  of  laws  and  political  methods  of 
their  country.  Many  of  them  held  important  public 
office,  and  the  great-grandfather  of  Mr.  Almada, 
Don  Rafael  De  La  Vegas,  served  for  many  years  as- 
Governor  of  the  State  of  Sinaloa.  Elected  about 
the  year  1848,  he  held  office  until  his  death. 

Mr.  Almada,  who  is  recognized  as  one  of  the 
chief  factors  in  the  commercial  and  industrial 
progress  of  Sinaloa  in  recent  years,  received  his 
education  in  private  schools  of  his-  native  city, 
studying  until  he  was  about  fourteen  years  of  age. 
At  that  time  he  made  his  first  venture  into  busi- 
ness affairs  and  has  devoted  himself  to  commercial 
life  continuously  since  then,  a  period  extending 
over  forty-five  years. 

He  began  his  career  as  part  owner  of  a  mercan- 
tile store  in  Culiacan,  in  partnership  with  his 
brother.  Together  the  brothers,  in  whom  the  busi- 
ness instinct  was  strong,  operated  with  great  suc- 
cess and  built  their  store  into  one  of  the  principal 
business  houses  of  the  State.  At  the  age  of  twenty- 
two  years,  however,  Mr.  Almada  became  ambitious- 
for  the  accomplishment  of  larger  things  and  turned 
his  attention  to  mining  in  the  Culiacan  district. 

He  met  with  quite  as  great  success  in  this  field 


as  he  had  in  the  mercantile  business  and  as-  the 
owner  of  the  La  Rastra  Mine  in  Cosala  and  El 
Rosario  Mine  in  San  Jose  de  las  Bocas,  was  re- 
garded as  one  of  the  rich  men  of  the  country. 

About  the  year  1889  Mr.  Almada  embarked  in 
agriculture  on  a  large  scale,  operating  as  a  s-ugar 
grower  in  addition  to  conducting  his  mining  inter- 
ests. He  purchased  a  plantation  of  seventy  thou- 
sand acres  and  formed  the  Almada  Sugar  Refining 
Company,  with  himself  as  Treasurer.  In  this  he 
was  a&sociated  with  his  elder  brother  and  their 
plant  at  Culiacan,  with  a  capacity  of  eight  million 
kilos,  or  eight  hundred  and  eighty  tons,  was  one 
of  the  largest  Indus-trial  enterprises  in  the  Republic. 

Mr.  Almada  remained  in  active  management  of 
this  industry  for  more  than  twenty  years,  but  in 
1910  sold  out  his  interest,  preparatory  to  taking  a 
well-earned  re£,'t,  although  he  still  retains  his  min- 
ing and  other  interests  in  Sinaloa. 

Generally  recognized  as  one  of  the  potent  fac- 
tors in  the  upbuilding  of  his  section  of  Mexico,  Mr. 
Almada  could  have  had  many  po&ts  of  honor  in  the 
public  service  during  his  long  career,  but  public 
life  and  politics  made  no  appeal  to  him  and  he  con- 
sistently kept  out  of  them.  His  services  to  his 
country  in  other  ways,  however,  were  numerous 
and  valuable  and  in  the  promotion  of  his  own  vast 
busine&s  enterprises  he  contributed  largely  to  the 
general  prosperity  of  his  State. 

The  Almada  family  is  among  the  leaders  of  so- 
cial life  in  Mexico  and  their  home  at  Culiacan  is 
one  of  the  handsomest  places  in  the  entire  land. 
Mr.  Almada's  daughters  are  noted  for  their  wonder- 
ful beauty  and  in  the  United  States,  as-  well  as  their 
own  country,  are  regarded  among  the  lovely  young 
women  of  America. 

It  was  partly  on  account  of  his  daughters  that 
Mr.  Almada  decided,  in  1910,  to  move  to  the  United 
States  temporarily,  and  the  family  located  in  Los 
Angeles,  California,  where  the  daughters  were 
placed  in  school.  They  became  extremely  popular 
among  the  younger  society  folk  and  were  gener- 
ously entertained  and  their  home;  in  turn,  was  the 
scene  of  many  interesting  social  affairs  at  which 
they  were  hostesses. 

Shortly  after  Mr.  Almada  left  Culiacan,  Mexico 
was  torn  by  political  dissension  which  culminated 
in  the  Madero  revolution  and  the  overthrow  of  the 
Diaz  government.  In  this,  as  in  the  subsequent  re- 
bellion led  by  Pa&quale  Orozco,  Mr.  Almada  took 
no  part,  although  his  large  property  interests  in  the 
State  of  Sinaloa  were  endangered  on  both  occa- 
sions. As  noted  before,  he  had  never  taken  any 
active  part  in  politics  and  when  the  differences 
brought  civil  war  upon  the  country  Mr.  Almada 
maintained  an  absolutely  neutral  attitude  and  was 
one  of  those  men  who  waited  patiently  for  peace, 
hoping  that  whatever  the  result  might  be,  it  would 
prove  for  the  best  interests  of  his  country,  and  per- 
mit to  resume,  the  commercial  advance  to  which 
they  had  bent  their  energies. 


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EDWARD   T.   YOUMANS 


OUMANS,  EDWARD  TOWNER, 
Real  Estate,  Los  Angeles,  Cal., 
was  born  in  Elmira,  N.  Y.,  Nov. 
11,  1869,  the  son  of  Edward  B. 
Youmans  and  Louise  (Towner) 
Youmans.  He  married  Louise 
Billings  at  Elmira,  Jan.  18,  1893.  There  is  one 
child,  Dorothy  Helena  Youmans.  Mr.  Youmans' 
father  was  Asst.  Sec.  of  the  Treasury  during  the  first 
administration  of  President  Cleveland,  and  was  a 
law  partner  of  Hon.  David  B.  Hill  of  New  York. 

Mr.  Youmans  began  his  education  in  the  public 
schools-  of  Elmira,  but  later  attended  Phillips  Exe- 
ter and  the  Lawrenceville  (N.  J.)  Academy.  In  1888 
he  left  Phillips  Exeter  and  traveled  in  Europe  for 
about  eight  months. 

Returning  to  the  U.  S.  in  1889,  he  was  appointed 
private  secretary  to  the  Supt.  of  the  U.  S.  Treasury, 
and  later  was  given  a  position  in  the  office  of  the 
Sergeant-at-Arms  of  the  U.  S.  Senate.  In  1892  he 
was  oppointed  Librarian  of  the  State  Assembly  of 
New  York.  In  New  York  City  (1893)  he  helped  in 
the  organization  of  the  Associated  Merchants  of 
New  York,  a  mercantile  agency,  and  was  its  Presi- 
dent for  eleven  years.  He  was  interested  in  oil  and 
timber  land  in  Northern  Penn.,  comprising  about 
40,000  acres  of  land,  during  1904-'05-'06. 

In  1907,  Mr.  Youmans  became  Gen.  Mgr.  of  the 
Credit  Clearing  House  of  N.  Y.,  resigning  in  1909  to 
go  to  Los  Angeles.  He  became  associated  in 
1910  with  F.  D.  Cornell  in  the  purchase  of  a  43,000- 
acre  tract  in  Riverside  County,  Cal.,  known  as 
Rancho  El  Sobrante  de  San  Jacinto.  A  corporation 
was-  formed  to  develop  it,  known  as  the  El  Sobrante 
Land  Co.,  with  Mr.  Youmans  as  President. 

Mr.  Youmans  is  a  member  of  the  Commercial 
Law  League  of  America,  Los  Angeles  Chamber  of 
Commerce,  Los  Angeles  Realty  Board,  Automobile 
Club  of  So.  Cal.,  the  Union  League  of  Los  Angeles, 
and  the  Victoria  Club  of  Riverside,  Cal. 


F.  D.  CORNELL 

ORNELL,  FAY  DEY,  Real  Estate, 
Los  Angeles,  Cal.,  was  born  in 
Nebraska,  July  2,  1880.  He  is  the 
son  of  William  H.  Cornell  and  Ad- 
die  (Dey)  Cornell,  and  is  a  great 
nephew  of  Ezra  Cornell,  founder 
of  Cornell  University.  He  married  Bertha  Bessey, 
at  Oakland,  Cal.,  April  26,  1905. 

Mr.  Cornell  was  educated  in  the  public  schools 
of  his  native  State,  graduating  from  the  High 
School  al*  Syracuse,  Neb.,  in  1896.  He  spent  two 
years  at  Wesleyan  University,  in  Lincoln,  Neb. 

In  1899,  Mr.  Cornell  first  located  at  Oakland, 
Cal.,  and  became  Secretary  of  the  Jubiles  Incubator 
Co.,  later  going  to  Sunnyvale,  Cal.,  where  the  com- 
pany erected  a  large  factory  near  San  Francisco 
Bay.  He  remained  with  that  concern  until  the  San 
Francisco  disaster  in  1906.  Injuries  sustained  then 
made  impossible  any  activity  for  nearly  a  year. 
Upon  recovery  in  February,  1907,  he  moved  to  Los 
Angeles  and  became  interested  in  real  e&tate. 

In  1910,  Mr.  Cornell  organized  the  El  Sobrante 
Land  Co.,  which  purchased  a  tract  of  43,000  acres 
known  as  Rancho  El  Sobrante  de  San  Jacinto,  Riv- 
erside County,  also  developed  a  water  system  and 
valuable  mineral  rights. 

The  land  is  being  subdivided,  and  sales  of 
nearly  $750,000  have  already  been  made.  The  com- 
pany, of  which  Mr.  Cornell  is  Sec.  and  Treas.,  has 
properties  valued  at  several  million  dollars,  the 
purpose  of  the  owners  being  to  develop,  subdivide 
and  sell  its  lands. 

In  July,  1912,  the  F.  D.  Cornell  Co.,  Inc.,  was 
organized,  with  a  paid-up  capital  of  $375,000,  with 
a  directorate  of  seven  successful  and  representa- 
tive operators  and  bankers  of  Los  Angeles.  The 
company  owns  control  of  the  El  Sobrante  Land  Co., 
as  well  as  other  great  tracts. 

Mr.  Cornell  is  a  member  of  the  Los  Angeles 
Realty  Board  and  the  Los  Angeles  Athletic  Club. 


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WM.   F.   BIXBY 

^f^£=^  IXBY,  WILLIAM  FLINT,  Civil  and 
Hydraulic  Engineer,  Los  Angeles, 
Cal.,  was  born  there  September 
1,  1878.  He  is  the  son  of  Augus- 
tus S.  Bixby  and  Mary  L.  (Good- 
win) Bixby. 

Mr.  Bixby  received  his  primary  education  in  the 
public  schools  of  Los  Angeles  and  Sierra  Madre, 
Cal.,  and  graduated  from  Throop  Polytechnic  In- 
stitute, Pasadena,  Cal.,  in  1898.  He  was  then  taken 
into  the  office  of  Austin  &  Skilling,  architects,  and 
worked  under  John  C.  Austin  until  1902,  when  he 
entered  Rensselaer  Polytechnic  Institute  at  Troy, 
N.  Y.,  and  graduated  in  1906  with  the  degree  of 
Civil  Engineer. 

While  studying  for  his  degree  Mr.  Bixby  was 
engaged  in  practical  engineering  work  as  rodman 
for  the  Schenectady  (N.  Y.)  Railway  Company,  as 
engineer  and  foreman  for  the  Hudson  River  Tele- 
phone Company,  and  draughtsman  for  Sanderson 
&  Porter,  civil  engineers  of  New  York.  Returning 
to  Los  Angeles  in  1906,  he  immediately  became 
Assistant  City  Engineer  and  Surveyor.  He  resigned 
this  in  October,  1907,  and  organized  the  firm  of 
Bixby  &  White  with  Arthur  B.  White.  Their  prac- 
tice includes  irrigation,  municipal,  structural  and 
sanitary  engineering.  One  of  Mr.  Bixby's  most  im- 
portant operations  was  the  subdivision  and  improve- 
ment of  a  tract  of  200  acres  in  Los  Angeles.  He  also 
has  made  extensive  surveys  in  Kern  County,  Cal. 
Mr.  Bixby  holds  appointments  as  City  Engineer 
for  the  towns  of  Sierra  Madre  and  Eagle  Rock, 
Cal.,  in  charge  of  municipal  improvements. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Los  Angeles  Chamber  of 
Commerce,  Los  Angeles  Chamber  of  Mines  and 
Oil,  Pasadena  (Cal.)  Board  of  Trade,  Sierra  Madre 
Board  of  Trade  and  the  Engineers  and  Architects' 
Association  of  Los  Angeles.  He  is  also  an  asso- 
ciate member  of  the  American  Society  of  Civil 
Engineers. 


J.    W.   FRENCH 

RENCH,  JAMES  WILLIAM,  Ma- 
chinery,  Los  Angeles,  California, 
was  born  on  a  farm  near  Colfax, 
Iowa,  December  3,  1859,  the  son 
of  Thomas  Andrew  French  and 
Elizabeth  (Harmon)  French.  He 
married  Nettie  Wood  at  Harlan,  Iowa,  on  Novem- 
ber 22,  1883,  and  to  them  there  were  born  two  chil- 
dren, Gertrude  and  Irene  French. 

Mr.  French  was  educated  in  the  common  schools 
of  Iowa  and  spent  his  youth  on  his  father's  farm. 
He  left  there  in  1885  and  went  to  Kirkman,  Iowa, 
where  he  went  into  the  drug  business.  He  re- 
mained in  that  line  for  about  five  years  and  in  1888 
was  elected  Auditor  of  Shelby  County,  Iowa,  in 
which  office  he  served  until  1895.  He  was  appoint 
ed  postmaster  of  Harlan,  Iowa,  by  President  Grover 
Cleveland  on  Feb.  18,  1896,  and  served  four  years. 
When  he  left  office,  Mr.  French  embarked  in 
the  hardware  business  in  Harlan,  remaining  until 
1902,  and  serving  a  term  meanwhile  as  a  member 
of  the  City  Council  of  Harlan.  He  sold  his  busi- 
ness and  became  associated  with  the  Austin-West- 
ern Company,  Ltd.,  of  Chicago,  heavy  machinery 
builders,  as  traveling  salesman  and  Manager  of  the 
Iowa  territory.  He  worked  in  that  section  for  about 
a  year  and  then  was  transferred  to  the  Pacific 
Coast  as  General  Agent.  He  held  this  position  until 
May,  1911,  when  he  was  named  Southwestern  Man- 
ager for  the  company,  having  charge  of  its  business 
in  California,  New  Mexico,  Arizona  and  Nevada. 
Two  of  the  largest  plants  in  the  country,  one  at 
Los  Angeles,  the  other  at  San  Dimas,  California, 
were  installed  by  Mr.  French. 

Mr.  French  is  a  member  of  the  L,os  Angeles 
Chamber  of  Commerce,  honorary  member  of  the 
Jonathan  Club,  a  Mystic  Shriner  and  Knight  Tem- 
plar. 


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AUSER,  JULIUS,  President 
Hauser  Packing  Company, 
Los  Angeles,  California,  was 
born  Jan.  7,  1847,  at  Kretz- 
engen,  Baden,  Germany,  the 
son  of  Michael  Hauser  and  R.  (Federer) 
Hauser.  He  married  Caroline  Heigett,  Sep- 
tember 11,  1878,  at  Sacramento,  California. 
They  are  the  parents  of  six  children,  E.  C., 
H.  J.,  L.  A.,  F.  M.,  Lou- 
ise W.,  and  C.  F.  Hauser. 
Mr.  Hauser  was  edu- 
cated in  the  public 
schools  of  his  native 
country  until  he  was 
fourteen  years  old.  He 
was  then  withdrawn 
from  school  and  put  to 
work  on  his  father's 
farm.  After  two  and  a 
half  years  he  was  appren- 
ticed to  a  butcher.  At 
the  age  of  eighteen,  with 
a  working  knowledge  of 
the  trade,  he  went  to 
Alsace  to  seek  his  for- 
tune, but  two  years  later 
he  migrated  to  Switzer- 
land, locating  at  the  City 
of  Zurich.  He  worked  in 
a  meat  establishment  six 
months,  when  he  became 
dissatisfied  with  the  pros- 
pects ahead  of  him  in 
Europe  and  decided  to 
join  the  great  flow  of 
German  emigrants  to 
America.  He  returned  to  Baden  to  take  a 
farewell  look  at  his  parents  and  relatives, 
and  sailed  for  New  York  in  1867,  just  after 
he  had  reached  his  majority. 

He  had  only  four  dollars  in  his  pocket 
when  he  arrived  in  the  United  States,  and 
he.  had  to  face  the  problem  of  immediate 
work.  He  found  it  aboard  a  coal  boat  ply- 
ing on  the  Hudson  River,  at  one  dollar  a  day. 
A  chance  to  work  on  a  farm  in  New  York 
State  offered,  and  he  decided  to  accept  it. 
For  the  ensuing  six  months  he  drew  pay  at 
the  rate  of  $15  per  month,  but  that  winter 
gave  up  the  work.  He  went  to  Poughkeep- 
sie,  New  York,  and  finally  found  work  at 
his  trade  and  worked  in  the  same  shop  two 
years  until  1870,  when  he  went  to  California. 
He  located  first  in  the  small  town  of 
Washington,  across  the  river  from  Sacra- 
mento, California,  and  as  he  had  only  $75, 
took  work  in  a  meat  shop.  After  eight 


JULIUS 


months'  work  he  bought  out  a  small  place. 
At  the  end  of  one  year  he  saw  that  he 
would  succeed  and  made  his  brother,  Valen- 
tine Hauser,  his  partner.  He  ran  the  busi- 
ness for  twelve  years.  In  1882  he  sold  the 
entire  business  to  his  brother. 

After  a  month  in  Sacramento  he  went  to 
Los  Angeles,  and  there  at  once  bought  out  a 
meat  market  at  the  corner  of  First  and  Main 
streets,  and  conducted 
the  business  for  thirteen 
years.  In  1895  he  bought 
out  the  Mott  market, 
which  had  partially 
failed,  adding  it  to  his  al- 
ready large  business, 
which  he  moved  to  larger 
quarters. 

In  1891  he  opened  a 
small  packing  house  on 
West  Washington  street, 
seven  miles  from  the 
Court  House.  This 
thrived  and  he  made  con- 
stant additions,  until 
1904,  when  the  business 
had  reached  such  a  vol- 
ume that  a  new  location 
had  to  be  sought.  He  in- 
corporated the  firm  of 
the  Hauser  Packing  Com- 
pany, a  close  corporation, 
taking  in  his  five  sons. 
He  then  built  the  present 
great  plant,  which  was 
not  finished  until  1906, 
and  which  covers  twenty 
acres  of  ground.  The  business  is  one  of  the 
largest  enterprises  in  the  Southwest.  It  does 
an  annual  business  of  over  $3,000,000.  The 
name  of  Hauser  is  now  known  all  over  the 
country,  their  products  being  exported  to 
Mexico,  England,  Japan,  Germany,  Austra- 
lia, Honolulu  and  other  foreign  countries. 

He  is  today  president  and  active  head  of 
the  Hauser  Packing  Company.  E.  C.  Hauser 
is  vice  president.  H.  J.  Hauser  is  secretary, 
L.  A.  Hauser  treasurer,  and  F.  M.  Hauser 
superintendent. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Merchants  and 
Manufacturers'  Association,  American  Meat 
Packers'  Association,  Chamber  of  Commerce, 
Los  Angeles  Board  of  Trade  and  Retailers 
and  Jobbers'  Association  of  Los  Angeles. 

Mr.  Hauser  belongs  to  a  number  of  fra- 
ternal orders,  among  them  the  Elks,  Masons, 
Odd  Fellows  and  Shriners.  He  is  of  the 
thirty-second  degree  of  Masonry. 


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[ESENDANGER,  T.,  Real 
Estate  and  Building,  Los 
Angeles,  California,  was 
born  June  8,  1851,  in  Switz- 
erland, the  son  of  John  and 
Katherine  Wiesendanger.  Mr.  Wiesendan- 
ger  comes  of  a  good  Swiss  family,  one  in 
which  education  has  been  a  tradition.  He 
was  taught  in  private  schools,  and  finally  in 
the  University  of  Ge- 
neva, one  of  the  most 
famous  institutions  of 
learning  in  Europe;  re- 
ceived his  degree  in  1873. 
He  began  teaching 
as  a  career  in  his  native 
land.  The  United  States 
appealed  to  his  imagina- 
tion, however,  and  he  be- 
came restless  enough  to 
cross  the  water  in  the 
year  1884,  going  direct 
to  Los  Angeles. 

His  ability  and  his 
knowledge  were  recog- 
nized by  the  then  new 
University  of  Southern 
California,  and  he  was 
given  a  professorship  in 
that  institution,  and  con- 
tinued as  a  teacher  until 
1886,  when  he  quit  his 
profession  to  enter  active 
business. 

The  subdivision  busi- 
ness appealed  to  him  the 
most,  on  account  of  the 
rapid  growth  of  the  city,  and  he  improved 
one  tract  after  another.  Among  the  tracts 
which  he  converted  from  farm  to  city  are 
the  Wiesendanger  Tract,  the  Wiesendanger 
City  Tract,  Waverly  Tract,  Park  Villa  Tract 
and  others  now  in  the  heart  of  the  city. 
While  engaged  in  this  line  of  the  realty  busi- 
ness, he  built  620  houses  and  sold  over  6000 
lots.  In  1902  he  built  the  first  apartment 
house  in  Los  Angeles,  known  as  the  Roose- 
velt Apartments,  so  named  because  it  was 
the  purpose  of  the  builder  to  adapt  it  special- 
ly to  tenants  with  children.  This  has  been 
a  hobby  of  Mr.  Wiesendanger's,  to  encourage 
children  rather  than  the  opposite,  and  he  has 
managed  to  have  most  of  his  apartments  so 
built  that  they  will  not  be  in  the  way  of 
other  tenants  in  the  place.  The  first  Roose- 
velt was  an  immediate  success,  so  he  has 
from  time  to  time  built  other  apartment 
houses,  until  by  1911  he  had  built  forty.  He 


T.    WIESENDANGER 


has    over     1000    families     as    his     personal 
tenants,  and  is  getting  more. 

Mr.  Wiesendanger  is  an  inventor,  and  has 
turned  his  mind  especially  to  the  elimination 
of  the  drudgery  of  housekeeping.  He  has 
made  and  patented  innumerable  devices  for 
apartment  houses,  so  that  housework  has 
been  reduced  to  the  minimum,  and  the  ser- 
vant question  has  ceased  to  be  troublesome. 
In  a  group  of  apartments 
that  he  owns  in  a  single 
block  he  has  created  a 
private  playground  for 
the  children,  and  he  has 
parked  and  equipped  it 
with  all  of  the  best  fea- 
tures to  be  found  in  the 
city  playgrounds. 

He  takes  a  great  in- 
terest in  public  affairs, 
but  as  a  student  of  social 
affairs  chiefly.  He  has 
belonged  to  many  civic 
clubs  whose  purpose  has 
been  the  beautification 
of  the  city  and  the  bet- 
terment of  public  im- 
provements. 

Mr.  Wiesendanger  is 
a  member  of  the  Good 
Government  League  of 
Los  Angeles,  but  he  has 
never  been  a  candidate 
for  public  office. 

Among  the  apart- 
ments  owned  and  oper- 
ated by  Mr.  Wiesendan- 
ger are  the  following:  The  Park  Apart- 
ments, the  Seattle  Apartments,  the  Golden 
Apartments,  the  Gaviota  Apartments,  the 
St.  Louis  Apartments,  Boston  Apartments, 
Denver  Apartments,  Michigan  Apartments, 
Geneva  Apartments,  New  York  Apartments, 
Chicago  Apartments,  the  Florence  Apart- 
ments, the  Roosevelt  Apartments,  the  Taft 
Apartments,  Marengo  Apartments,  Helvetia 
Apartments,  Alhambra  Apartments,  Port- 
land Apartments,  Pittsburg  Apartments, 
Oakland  Apartments,  Lucerne  Apartments, 
Goleta  Apartments,  Ramona  Apartments, 
and  many  of  lesser  size. 

These  include  altogether  over  one  thou- 
sand apartments.  He  is  still  the  owner  of 
considerable  suburban  property. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  University  Club, 
the  Los  Angeles  Athletic  Club,  the  Cham- 
ber of  Commerce  and  a  number  of  other  or- 
ganizations, trade  and  social. 


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UTPHEN,  JOSEPH  WALWORTH, 
President,  Pacific  Packing  Com- 
pany, Los  Angeles,  California,  was 
born  in  Elizabeth,  New  Jersey, 
July  15,  1883,  the  son  of  Paul 
Frederick  Sutphen  and  Bertha 
(Davies)  Sutphen.  He  married  Miss  Georgia  Bab- 
cock  at  Cleveland,  Ohio,  June  17,  1908,  and  to  them 
there  has  been  born  a  son,  Joseph  Walworth  Sut- 
phen, Jr.  Mr.  Sutphen  is  descended  of  a  family 
prominent  in  American  affairs  since  1652,  when  one 
of  the  early  members  was  a  Burgomaster  of  New 
Amsterdam,  as  New  York  was  then  known.  Both 
sides  of  the  family  have  been  represented  in  the 
wars  of  the  United  States,  Colonel  George  Davies, 
an  officer  of  the  Union  Army  during  the  Civil  War 
having  been  his  grandfather. 

Mr.  Sutphen  was  educated  in  private  institutions 
of  the  East,  his  first  schooling  being  at  Newark 
Academy,  Newark,  New  Jersey.  He  then  went  to 
William  Penn  Charter  School  at  Philadelphia,  Pa., 
and  followed  this  with  attendance  at  the  University 
School,  Cleveland,  Ohio,  from  which  he  was  grad- 
uated in  1902.  He  then  spent  two  years  in  Case 
School  of  Applied  Science,  the  scientific  branch  of 
Western  Reserve  University,  but  left  to  take  up  the 
study  of  law  in  the  Law  Department  of  the  same 
institution.  He  was  graduated  in  1907  with  the 
degree  of  Bachelor  of  Laws. 

At  the  conclusion  of  his  studies,  Mr.  Sutphen 
was  admitted  to  the  Bar  of  Ohio  and  entered  the 
offices  of  Squire,  Sanders  &  Dempsey,  a  firm  of 
celebrated  corporation  attorneys  of  Cleveland.  The 
members  of  this  firm  are  among  the  leaders  of  the 
Ohio  Bar  and  Mr.  Sutphen,  who  was  associated 
with  them  for  about  three  years,  gained  an  amount 
of  valuable  experience  not  usually  afforded  the 
younger  members  of  the  Bar. 

In  1910  Mr.  Sutphen  severed  his  Cleveland  con- 
nections and  moved  to  Los  Angeles,  where,  in  Sep- 
tember of  that  year,  he  opened  offices  for  the  prac- 
tice of  his  profession.  He  made  a  study  of  the 
fruit  industry  and  the  transportation  methods  ap- 
plied to  it  and  within  a  short  time  became  recog- 
nized as  an  authority  on  the  laws  dealing  with  these 
subjects.  He  became  so  closely  identified  with  the 
citrus  fruit  business  that  at  the  end  of  his  first 
year  in  Southern  California  he  practically  gave  up 
his  law  practice  to  organize  the  Pacific  Packing 
Company,  a  progressive  concern,  of  which  he  has 
been  President  practically  from  its  inception. 

Although  it  is  comparatively  young,  this  company 
has  already  come  to  be  regarded  as  one  of  the  im- 
portant adjuncts  of  the  great  citrus  industry  in 
California.  It  is  engaged  in  the  packing  and  ship- 
ping of  citrus  fruits  and  has  17  plants  in  California 
and  Idaho,  but  the  real  inspiration  for  the  company 
and  foundation  on  which  it  rests  is  the  system  of 
drawing  the  Eastern  buyers  to  the  California  mar- 
kets, or  source  of  supply,  thus  completely  revolu- 
tionizing the  method  of  shipping  fruit. 


For  many  years  the  citrus  fruit  growers,  out 
side  of  those  members  of  great  co-operative  organ 
izations,  have  shipped  their  fruits  to  Eastern  mar- 
kets without  knowing  what  they  would  be  paid  for 
the  product.  They  assumed  all  risks  of  deprecia- 
tion in  transit  and  demoralized  or  overstocked  mar- 
kets, and  were  compelled  to  take  practically  any 
price  offered  for  the  fruit,  waiting  from  thirty  to 
ninety  days  for  their  receipts.  The  buyers,  on  the 
other  hand,  were  often  forced  to  buy  fruit  of  all 
sizes  to  get  some  of  a  size  they  especially  desired 
and  experienced  various  other  inconveniences.  In 
fact,  in  many  cases  the  business  was  a  losing  prop- 
osition to  both  buyer  and  seller. 

It  was  to  obviate  these  various  evils  and  to  elim- 
inate the  expense  of  the  middleman  that  Mr.  Sut- 
phen and  his  associates  evolved  their  plan  of  selling 
for  cash  at  the  source  of  supply  as  expressed  in  the 
Pacific  Packing  Company.  The  result  of  this  has 
been  that  the  grower  receives  the  best  price  for  his 
fruit,  receives  payment  at  once  and  the  buyer  is 
given  the  opportunity  of  selecting  his  stock  before 
it  is  placed  on  the  cars.  The  first  year  of  its  ex- 
istence the  Pacific  Packing  Company  shipped  one 
thousand  carloads  of  oranges  and  lemons  and  its 
operations  have  grown  steadily  since. 

In  connection  with  the  work  of  the  Pacific  Pack- 
ing Company  Mr.  Sutphen  and  his  associates  or- 
ganized the  California  Fruit  Auction  Company, 
through  which  the  selling  of  the  crop  is  con- 
ducted. This  company  has  proved  of  great  benefit 
to  the  grower,  the  effect  on  the  market  of  selling 
for  cash  in  California  being  most  pronounced. 
The  market  there  is  governed  by  supply  and  de- 
mand, this  demand  depending  solely  upon  condi- 
tions in  the  combined  markets  of  the  United  States 
and  Canada  and  not  upon  those  of  any  particular 
city  or  section. 

Mr.  Sutphen  serves  as  a  member  of  the  Board 
of  Directors  of  the  California  Fruit  Auction  Com- 
pany and  as  such  has  an  important  part  in  its  af- 
fairs and  in  those  of  the  general  industry,  the  en- 
tire citrus  fruit  product  being  valued  at  many  mil- 
lions of  dollars. 

The  companies  with  which  Mr.  Sutphen  is  con- 
nected have  won  the  confidence  and  support  of  a 
large  percentage  of  citrus  fruit  growers  who  have 
benefited  by  the  new  method  of  marketing  the 
fruit.  The  packing  houses,  located  in  the  best 
citrus-producing  districts,  are  equipped  with  mod- 
ern machinery,  insuring  to  the  growers  the  highest 
grade  of  workmanship  in  grading  and  packing, 
while  the  auction  business  is  in  the  hands  of  men 
highly  trained  in  the  selling  of  citrus  fruits. 

Mr.  Sutphen  still  maintains  his  law  practice,  but 
as  he  confines  himself  to  fruit  and  transportation 
law  he  may  be  said  to  be  more  closely  connected 
with  the  fruit  industry  than  with  the  legal  profes- 
sion. He  is  a  member  of  Beta  Theta  Phi  Club,  of 
New  York,  and  in  Southern  California  is  a  member 
of  the  Los  Angeles  Athletic  Club. 


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REM,  FRANK  MILON,  Min- 
ing and  Investments,  Salt 
Lake  City,  Utah,  was  born 
in  Ray  County,  Mo.,  Sept.  26, 
1874,  the  son  of  A.  J.  Orem 
and  Martha  Ann  (Leabo)  Orem.  He  mar- 
ried Orla  Mays,  at  Dubuque,  Iowa,  Sep- 
tember 8th,  1899.  They  have  two  children, 
Hollis  Milon  Orem  and  Media  Orem.  His 
ancestry  can  be  traced 
back  to  the  Mayflow- 
er, the  original  Pil- 
grim ship  of  1620.  All  of 
his  forefathers  came  to 
this  country  prior  to  the 
Revolution,  and  one  of 
them  held  a  commission 
in  the  Revolutionary 
army.  The  name  is  a  fa- 
miliar one  in  the  chroni- 
cles of  the  early  days. 

He  attended  the  public 
schools  of  Excelsior 
Springs,  Mo.,  and  then 
entered  the  Law  Depart- 
ment of  the  University  of 
Michigan,  receiving  his 
degree  of  LL.  D.  with  the 
class  of  1899. 

He  began  the  practice 
of  law  in  Salt  Lake  City 
a  few  weeks  after  his 
graduation.  This  he  con- 
tinued for  a  number  of 
years,  principally  in  a 
consulting  capacity  for  FRANK 

corporations. 

He  early  became  interested  in  mining,  in 
association  with  his  father  and  other  mem- 
bers of  his  family.  Their  properties  became 
very  productive,  the  Orem  operations  becom- 
ing more  and  more  extensive,  until,  finally, 
he  thought  it  advisable  to  give  up  the  active 
practice  of  law.  During  the  last  five  years 
he  has  not  accepted  any  legal  cases,  although 
he  holds  a  general  oversight  of  legal  matters 
connected  with  the  various  Orem  interests. 
He  is  secretary  and  treasurer  of  most  of  the 
enterprises  in  which  the  corporation  of  A. 
J.  Orem  &  Co.  is  interested,  and  has  a  general 
supervision  of  office  work  for  its  different 
interests.  A.  J.  Orem  &  Co.  is  A.  J.  Orem 
and  family  incorporated. 

The  company  has  a  Boston  office,  in  charge 
of  the  head  of  the  firm,  assisted  by  H.  C. 
Joy,  a  brother-in-law  of  Frank  M.  Orem. 
The  Boston  office  does  a  general  brokerage 
and  promotion  business,  having  in  view  the 


raising  of  money  to  finance  the  Orem  com- 
pany's different  enterprises.  The  Salt  Lake 
City  office  has  charge  of  the  operating  end 
of  the  business. 

Mr.  Orem's  interests  cover  a  wide  range 
of  activity,  including  especially  copper  min- 
ing, coal  mining,  railroads,  general  construc- 
tion and  merchandising.  All  of  the  enter- 
prises are  operated  on  a  considerable  scale. 
The  company  owns  two 
railroads  —  the  Nevada 
Copper  Belt  Railroad  Co. 
and  the  Castle  Valley 
Railroad  Co.  The  former 
penetrates  the  well-known 
copper  belt  of  Nevada,  in 
which  the  Orems  are  op- 
erators, and  the  latter  a 
busy  coal  field  of  Utah. 
Mr.  Orem  is  treasurer  of 
both  railroads,  which 
were  built  primarily  to 
serve  the  Orem  mines.  He 
is  treasurer  of  the  Castle 
Valley  Coal  Co.,  which  is 
one  of  the  largest  coal 
producers  in  the  inter- 
mountain  district.  He  is 
assistant  treasurer  and 
acting  treasury  officer  of 
the  Nevada  Douglas  Cop- 
per Co.,  which  is  the  op- 
erating name  of  the  Orem 
copper  interests.  The 
mercantile  business  of  the 

M.  OREM  fa™ny  uis  incorporated 

under  the  name  ot  the 
Mohrland  Mercantile  Co.,  and  of  this  firm  he 
is  treasurer. 

He  is  president  of  the  Mason  &  Douglas 
Construction  Co.  and  also  performs  the 
duties  of  treasurer.  The  construction  com- 
pany accepts  contracts  for  work  on  a  large 
scale,  and  has  successfully  handled  a  number 
of  important  contracts  in  Utah  and  Nevada. 

Although  well  in  touch  with  political  af- 
fairs in  his  State  and  city,  Mr.  Orem  has 
never  held  a  political  office  and  has  no  politi- 
cal ambitions.  He  is  content  to  further^the 
interests  of  Utah  and  of  the  communities 
where  his  capital  is  invested  by  productive 
enterprise.  With  his  father  and  brothers,  he 
gets  the  credit  in  Salt  Lake  City-  of  being 
one  of  the  most  active  forces  in  the  growth 
and  progress  of  that  city.  The  enterprises 
which  he  has  helped  create  have  given  em- 
ployment to  thousands  of  men,  and  they 
have  produced  millions  in  wealth. 


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REM,  WALTER  CLAUDE, 
Mining,  Salt  Lake  City, 
Utah,  was  born  in  Ray  Coun- 
ty, Missouri,  May  23,  1873, 
the  son  of  A.  J.  Orem  and 
Martha  A.  (Leabo)  Orem.  His  father,  who 
was  formerly  a  school  teacher  and  later  a 
merchant,  now  head  of  the  firm  of  A.  J.  Orem 
&  Co.  of  Boston,  Mass.,  and  Salt  Lake  City, 
Utah,  and  his  mother, 
were  both  of  English  an- 
cestry, the  former's  for- 
bears having  come  to 
America  in  the  Mayflow- 
er. Mr.  Orem  married  Ma- 
bel G.  Emery  at  Wapello, 
Iowa,  Dec.  19,  1894,  and 
to  them  there  have  been 
born  five  children,  Wil- 
liam W.,  Gladys  M.,  Mar- 
garet R.,  Albert  E.,  and 
Horace  J.  Orem. 

Mr.  Orem,  who  has  at- 
tained remarkable  success 
in  Copper  and  Coal  min- 
ing, attended  the  public 
schools  of  Kansas  City 
and  vicinity,  finishing  his 
education  when  he  was 
about  seventeen  years  of 
age. 

He  went  to  Salt  Lake 
City  in  1890,  and  took  a 
position  as  traveling 
salesman  for  a  dry  goods 
house,  in  which  line  he  re- 
mained for  about  seven 
years.  He  found  this  occupation  too  slow  for 
his  ambitions,  however,  and  decided  to  enter 
the  mining  business,  which  appealed  to  him 
because  of  its  seemingly  unlimited  possibili- 
ties for  fortune  and  activity.  His  first  real 
work  in  this  latter  field  came  when  he,  with 
others,  obtained  an  interest  in  the  Red  Wing 
Mine,  a  copper  and  lead  deposit  at  Bing- 
ham,  Utah.  Two  years  after  he  first  became 
connected  with  this  proposition  he  was  made 
its  manager  and  also  of  the  York  property, 
both  of  which  had  a  past  history  and  fair 
productive  record,  but  with  little  in  sight  at 
that  time. 

The  York  was  later  merged  with  a  num- 
ber of  surrounding  properties  into  what  is 
now  well  known  as  the  Utah  Apex  Mining 
Co.  Of  this  company,  Mr.  Orem  was  man- 
ager for  the  first  six  years  after  its  organ- 
ization, but  then  resigned  in  order  to  devote 
his  time  more  fully  to  his  own  properties, 


W.  C.  OREM 


for  which  he  had  large  plans  in  the  way  of 
development. 

It  was  at  this  stage  of  his  career  that  Mr. 
Orem  began  to  expand  his  operations  in  a 
way  that  has  placed  him  among  the  lead- 
ing mining  men  of  the  country,  with  interests 
in  Utah  and  Nevada  that  keep  him  contin- 
ually active. 

At  the  present  time  he  is  vice-president 
and  manager  of  the  oper- 
ating department  of  A.  J. 
Orem  &  Co.  of  Salt  Lake 
City  and  Boston,  who  are 
successful  copper  and  coal 
mining  operators  on  a 
large  scale  throughout 
the  Western  States,  with 
prominent  capital  connec- 
tions in  New  York  and 
other  parts  of  the  world. 
This  company  owns  and 
operates  at  Yerington, 
Nev.,  a  number  of  prop- 
erties, the  chief  of  which 
is  the  Nevada  Douglas 
Copper  Co.,  producer  of 
high-grade  copper  ore. 
The  developed  ore  in  the 
mine  of  this  company  is 
valued  by  experts  in  the 
millions.  Mr.  Orem  is 
general  manager  of  this 
work  and  is  largely  inter- 
ested in  it  personally.  He 
is  also  President  of  the 
Nevada  Copper  Belt 
Railroad,  a  line  extending 
through  a  rich  copper  mining  and  agricultural 
section  of  Western  Nevada,  and  is  a  heavy 
stockholder,  with  the  office  of  director  in  the 
Castle  Valley  Coal  Co.  and  treasurer  and 
director  of  the  Castle  Valley  Railroad  Co.,  in 
Eastern  Utah.  The  Castle  Valley  Coal  Co.  is 
the  holder  of  one  of  the  largest  and  richest 
coal  deposits  in  the  West,  and  in  its  manage- 
ment Mr.  Orem  is  an  active  factor.  In  addi- 
tion to  the  corporations  mentioned,  Mr.  Orem 
is  treasurer  of  the  Mohrland  Mercantile  Co. 
and  director  of  the  Maxfield  Vinegar  Co.,  and 
has  recently  been  elected  as  a  director  of  the 
Continental  National  Bank  of  Salt  Lake  City. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  American  Mining 
Congress,  and  is  a  prominent  member  of  the 
Commercial  Club  of  Salt  Lake  City.  He  is  a 
man  of  Christian  instincts  and  practices  and 
belongs  to  the  Immanuel  Baptist  Church  of 
Salt  Lake  and  is  a  director  in  the  Young 
Men's  Christian  Association. 


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JEROME  NEWMAN 

EWMAN,  JEROME,  Civil  Engi- 
neer, San  Francisco,  California, 
was  born  in  that  city,  April  16, 
1862,  the  son  of  Edward  Newman 
and  Johanna  (Bendan)  Newman. 
He  married  Louise  J.  Moore  at 
Tacoma,  Wash.,  September  24,  1892,  and  they  have 
two  children,  Grace  and  Edward  Newman. 

Mr.  Newman  graduated  at  the  University  of  Cal- 
ifornia in  1883,  and  afterwards  spent  three  years 
in  scientific  study  at  the  Polytechnic  School  at 
Charlottenburg,  Germany. 

Returning  to  San  Francisco,  Mr.  Newman  was 
in  the  service  of  the  Southern  Pacific  Railroad  for 
a  year,  and  for  two  years  more  was  engaged  in  gen- 
eral work.  In  1890,  as  Assistant  Engineer  of  the 
Northern  Pacific  Railroad,  he  had  charge  of  the 
double  tracking  of  a  portion  of  that  line  near  Ta- 
coma, remaining  with  the  company  until  1893.  In 
1895  he  was  engaged  as  bridge  draughtsman  with 
the  San  Francisco  &  San  Joaquin  Valley  Railway, 
later  becoming  chief  draughts-man  with  this  com- 
pany until  1900,  when  he  entered  the  service  of  the 
Southern  Pacific  Company  in  San  Francisco  as 
office  assistant  to  the  Chief  Engineer. 

In  1904  Mr.  Newman  was  office  engineer  of  the 
Salt  Lake  Railroad  on  the  construction  of  300  miles 
of  line  between  Daggett,  Cal.,  and  Caliente,  Nev., 
and  the  next  year  returned  to  the  service  of  the 
Southern  Pacific.  In  1907  he  became  construction 
engineer  of  the  North  Coast  Railway  in  eastern 
Washington,  and  from  1907  until  1912  served  as 
office  assistant  to  William  Hood,  Chief  Engineer 
of  the  Southern  Pacific.  In  1912  Mr.  Newman  was 
appointed  Assistant  State  Engineer  in  charge  of 
the  important  office  of  harbor  improvements  at 
San  Francisco. 

Mr.  Newman  is  a  member  of  the  American  So- 
ciety of  Civil  Engineers,  a  thirty-second  degree 
Mason  and  a  Shriner. 


W.  M.  THOMAS 


HOMAS,  WILLIAM  M.,  Consulting 
Engineer,  Los  Angeles,  Cal.,  was 
born  in  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  Feb.  7,  1877, 
the  son  of  Major  John  S.  Thomas 
and  Ellen  C.  Thomas.  He  mar- 
ried Cecilia  J.  Feenan,  of  Holly- 
wood, Cal.,  Oct.  3,  1912.  His  father,  a  successful 
architect,  builder  and  inventor,  with  more  than  fifty 
patented  products  to  his  credit,  held  a  commission 
under  Leland  Stanford,  Governor  of  California. 

Mr.  Thomas  received  his  preliminary  education 
in  public  schools  of  St.  Louis  and  Chicago,  attend- 
ed Jesuit  College,  Chicago,  and  studied  Architec- 
ture at  the  Art  Institute  and  Art  Acamedy,  Chicago. 

As  architect  for  the  Terminal  R.  R.  Ass'n  of  St. 
Louis,  he  had  charge  of  the  designing  and  architec- 
tural dept.  of  their  great  $20,000,000  terminal.  Upon 
its  completion  Mr.  Thomas  became  Structural  En- 
gineer for  the  Southern  Pacific  R.  R.  at  Tucson, 
Ariz.,  and  later  was  Bridge  Inspector  and  Asst. 
Engineer  of  the  S.  P.  Mexican  lines. 

In  1906  he  moved  to  California  and  as  Engineer 
for  John  Martin,  Pres.  of  the  Pacific  Coast  Light  & 
Power  Co.  designed  and  built  at  Santa  Cruz,  Cal., 
the  first  bridge  of  the  "Thomas  System"  in  Cali- 
fornia. In  1908  he  formed  a  partnership  with  W. 
S.  Post,  a  well-known  engineer  of  Southern  Cali- 
fornia, locating  in  Los  Angeles.  Thomas  &  Post 
have  since  designed  and  built  many  structures  un- 
der the  "Thomas  System,"  among  them  a  bridge  at 
Oceanside,  Cal.,  another  at  the  San  Lucas  Crossing 
of  the  Santa  Ynez  River,  in  Santa  Barbara  County, 
and  one  at  Bakersfield,  Cal.,  1050  feet  in  length. 

Although  Mr.  Thomas  is  best  known  for  his 
bridge  construction,  he  has  invented  other  practi- 
cal building  methods,  among  them  the  Thomas 
Floor  System.  He  has  eleven  other  patents  grant- 
ed or  pending,  pertaining  to  concrete  construction. 

Mr.  Thomas  is  an  Associate  Member  of  the 
American  Society  of  Civil  Engineers. 


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ELON  G.  GALUSHA 

ALUSHA,  ELON  GILBERT,  Attor- 
ney-at-Law,  Los  Angeles,  Cal.,  was 
born  at  Rochester,  N.  Y.,  August 
25,  1877,  the  son  of  Charles  Col- 
gate Galusha  and  Margaret  Eliza- 
beth (Gilbert)  Galusha,  his  family 
on  both  sides  ranking  with  the  oldest  in  New  York 
State. 

Mr.  Galusha  was  graduated  from  the  Rochester 
High  School  in  1895,  entered  the  University  of 
Rochester  and  was  graduated  in  the  class  of  1899 
with  the  degree  of  A.  B.  He  received  the  A.  M. 
degree  at  the  conclusion  of  a  post-graduate  course. 
He  was  graduated  from  the  Albany  Law  School 
with  the  degree  of  LL.  B.  and  an  honorary  mention 
for  his  work  on  the  subject  of  Corporation  Law. 
While  attending  the  Law  School  he  was  engaged  in 
reading  in  the  office  of  Messrs.  Mead  &  Hatt,  of 
Albany,  N.  Y.,  and  also  studied  under  Hon.  A.  J. 
Rodenbech,  now  Judge  of  the  Court  of  Claims,  N. 
Y.  Admitted  to  practice,  he  became  associated 
with  John  Voorhis  &  Sons,  of  Rochester,  and  in 
December,  1902,  moved  to  Los  Angeles.  He  im- 
mediately entered  the  office  of  John  D.  Pope  and 
upon  his  motion  was  admitted  to  practice  April  6, 
1903,  by  the  Supreme  Court  of  Cal.  Mr.  Galusha 
was  in  association  with  Mr.  Pope  about  two  years 
and  at  the  end  of  that  time  opened  offices  for  him- 
self. 

He  has  made  a  specialty  of  corporation  law  and 
probate  work  and  today  occupies  a  splendid  posi- 
tion in  his  profession.  He  is  a  member  of  the  fac- 
ulty of  the  New  Southwestern  College  of  Law  and 
has  written  several  documents  on  Legal  Procedure. 
He  is  also  a  member  of  the  Los  Angeles  Bar  Assn. 
He  was  one  of  the  organizers  of  the  Philbert  Min- 
ing Co.  and  serves  as  Director,  also  being  a  Direc- 
tor of  the  New  Era  Food  Co.  He  is  a  Republican, 
member  of  the  University  Club  of  Los  Angeles, 
Delta  Kappa  Epsilon  and  Phi  Delta  Phi  fraternities. 


G.    IVAN    PEOPLES 

EOPLES,  GRANVILLE  IVAN, 
Manufacturer,  Los  Angeles,  Cal., 
was  born  at  Shell  City,  Mo.,  Nov. 
7,  1886,  the  son  of  Granville  M. 
Peoples  and  Jannie  S.  (Herrick) 
Peoples.  He  married  Bessie  Hell- 
yar  at  Los  Angeles  Nov.  3,  1909.  He  is  of  German 
extraction,  his  father's  family  having  come  over 
from  the  Fatherland  in  the  early  days  of  the  U.  S. 
His  father  was  a  wealthy  contractor  in  Colorado 
and  his  grandfather  a  noted  Civil  Engineer  who 
did  considerable  work  for  the  United  States  Gov- 
ernment on  the  Mississippi  River. 

Mr.  Peoples  received  his  early  education  in  Den- 
ver, leaving  there  in  1901,  when  his  family  moved 
to  Los  Angeles.  He  became  an  apprentice  in  an 
architect's  office  and  also  took  up  Civil  Engineering. 
He  studied  both  professions  for  about  three  and  a 
half  years,  qualifying  as  an  Architectural  Engineer 
in  1904. 

The  increasing  use  of  concrete  led  Mr.  Peoples 
into  a  special  study  of  its  merits  and  into  experi- 
mental research,  with  the  result  that  he  became 
actively  interested  in  a  firm  manufacturing  concrete 
products.  In  1910,  he  organized  and  was  one  of  the 
incorporators  of  the  Cement  Products  &  Construc- 
tion Co.,  now  serving  as  President.  He  is  also  a 
Director  of  the  Scheiber  Concrete  Roof  Tile  Co.  of 
Cal.,  specialists  in  the  manufacture  of  cement  prod- 
ucts. He  has  made  a  continual  study  of  the  manu- 
facture and  use  of  Portland  cements,  conducting 
an  experimental  dept.  as  an  adjunct  of  his  original 
company.  His  company  has  erected  many  public 
and  quasi-public  buildings  in  Southern  California 
and  has  done  much  in  the  development  and  use  of 
ornamental  concrete.  Some  examples  of  his  work 
in  Los  Angeles  are  the  Auditorium  Hotel,  Colum- 
bia Hospital,  and  Arroyo  Seco  Bridge,  and  orna- 
mental concrete  construction  in  Central  Park. 

Mr.  Peoples  is  a  member  of  the  Rotary  Club, 
Los  Angeles. 


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KEEN,  JACOB  CHARLES,  Presi- 
dent of  the  J.  Charles  Green  Com- 
pany, San  Francisco,  California, 
was  born  at  Kempen,  Germany, 
Sept.  1,  1869,  son  of  Solomon 
Green  and  Helen  (Conn)  Green. 
His  father  was  a  well  known  glass  manufacturer 
of  Kempen.  He  was  married  in  Salt  Lake  City, 
Utah,  Dec.  25.  1904,  to  Miss  Mae  Gibbons,  and  is 
the  father  of  one  child,  Herbert  Green. 

From  1875  to  1880  Mr.  Green  attended  the  com- 
mon school  in  Kempen,  and  then  took  a  two  years' 
course  in  the  Gymnase  of  the  same  town.  In  1882 
he  went  to  California  and  for  the  next  three  years 
was  a  pupil  at  the  South  Cosmopolitan  grammar 
school  of  San  Francisco.  During  this  period  he 
was  selling  newspapers  on  the  street,  in  this  way 
earning  the  expenses  of  his  schooling.  Grammar 
school  through,  he  entered  the  circulation  depart- 
ment of  the  Evening  Post,  working  there  for  three 
years;  then  going  over  to  the  Evening  Bulletin 
for  one  year,  where  he  was  a  sort  of  factotum  and 
assistant  manager,  and  at  the  end  of  this  time  he 
had  gained  knowledge  enough  to  start  a  newspaper 
of  his  own.  This  confidence  was  justified,  in  1890, 
by  the  success  of  three  papers — the  California 
Dramatic  and  Sporting  News,  the  Pacific  Coast 
Home  Monthly,  and  the  Sunday  Comfort,  of  all  of 
which  he  was  publisher,  proprietor  and  business 
manager.  Having  advanced  their  circulation  and 
advertising  departments  to  encouraging  propor- 
tions, he  sold  out  to  enter  the  general  advertising 
field.  This  included  covers  for  bills  of  fare,  dra- 
matic amusement  weeklies,  and  a  patent  cover 
which  he  invented  to  show  advertising  on  the 
cover  pages  of  magazines  after  their  distribution. 
In  1894  he  entered  the  bill  board  advertising  busi- 
ness on  his  own  account,  and  on  December  26  of  the 
following  year  the  firm  of  Siebe  &  Green  was 
formed,  becoming  a  competitor  of  the  California 
Advertising  Sign  Company,  at  that  time  in  control 
of  the  field  in  San  Francisco.  During  the  evolu- 
tion of  this  firm  and  up  to  the  present,  J.  Charles 
Green  symbolized  the  progressiveness  that  has 
actuated  it.  In  1898  the  firm  of  Owens  &  Varney, 
which  had  bought  out  the  California  Advertising 
Sign  Company,  consolidated  with  Siebe  &  Green, 
under  the  firm  name  of  Owens,  Varney  &  Green. 
Subsequently  both  the  Siebe  and  the  Owens  inter- 
ests were  sold  to  J.  Charles  Green  and  Thomas  H. 
B.  Varney,  under  the  firm  name  of  Varney  &  Green. 
In  1908  J.  Charles  Green  and  Mr.  Varney  di- 
vided the  business,  the  former  retaining  that  of 
San  Francisco  and  the  northern  part  of  California. 
After  the  earthquake  of  1906  Mr.  Green  proved 
himself  one  of  the  most  public  spirited  and  re- 
sourceful of  San  Francisco's  citizens.  None  was 
more  optimistic  and  courageous  than  he;  and  the 
posters  reading,  "Work  morn,  noon  and  night,  and 
make  dear  San  Francisco  one  million  by  1915," 
which  he  donated  to  the  city,  bearing  their  message 


of  hope  and  confidence  in  the  future,  are  said  to 
have  had  an  inspiring  effect  on  the  decisive  move- 
ment for  the  great  Exposition  of  1915. 

At  the  great  convention,  held  at  Washington  with 
regard  to  the  Panama-Pacific  International  Exposi- 
tion, there  were  deputations  from  almost  all  the  large 
cities,  each  anxious  to  secure  the  right  to  hold  the 
exposition  within  its  own  city.  Mr.  Green  inter- 
viewed the  members  of  the  San  Francisco  delega- 
tion before  they  left  for  the  capital,  urging  them 
to  do  all  in  their  power  to  get  the  honor  for  their 
city.  Also,  he  ordered  100  posters,  100  by  10  feet, 
bearing  the  words,  "Get  San  Francisco  the  Exposi- 
tion," and  had  them  posted  up  all  over  the  city  of 
Washington.  When  the  San  Franciscans  arrived 
they  were  greeted  by  these  posters  all  over  the 
national  capital  and  it  put  a  fighting  spirit  into 
them  that  helped  to  win  the  day.  Six  minutes 
after  the  announcement  had  been  made  of  San 
Francisco's  victory  he  had  that  city  covered  with 
huge  posters  conveying  the  news  and  praising  the 
work  of  the  delegation.  His  action  in  this  instance 
was  voluntary  and  inspired  by  patriotism.  It  had 
the  effect  of  instilling  confidence  into  the  mem- 
bers of  the  delegation  and  of  instilling  in  the 
minds  of  the  citizens  of  San  Francisco  apprecia- 
tion of  what  the  delegation  had  done  for  the  city. 
From  that  time  forward  Mr.  Green  has  been  one  of 
the  hardest  workers  for  the  success  of  the  great  ex- 
position, and  his  hobby  can  truly  be  said  to  be  the 
success  of  San  Francisco  herself. 

Among  the  notable  expressions  of  his  efforts 
in  this  direction,  since  1906,  were  the  building  of 
the  Princess,  the  Valencia  and  the  Orpheum  Thea- 
ters and  the  Auditorium  building;  and  among  the 
strongest  proofs  of  his  marvelous  power  of  in- 
stilling his  enthusiasm  into  others  is  the  loyalty 
and  pull-together  spirit  of  his  employes. 

The  rise  of  Mr.  Green  from  the  position  of  a 
newsboy,  alone  in  a  new  country,  unable  to  speak 
its  language,  to  that  of  a  leader  of  civic  enterprise 
and  the  head  of  a  great  business  has  been  one  of 
the  most  remarkable  in  the  annals  of  San  Fran- 
cisco. To  persons  unfamiliar  with  the  subject, 
the  extent  of  Mr.  Green's  operations  is  surprising. 
In  his  advertising  business  he  has  275  employes, 
100  of  whom  are  artists  and  designers.  He  has  a 
monthly  pay  roll  of  $25,000,  while  for  space  in 
San  Franci&co  he  pays  a  rental  of  $70,000  per  an- 
num. He  has  invested  in  steel  and  wooden  boards 
$750,000,  and  utilizes  nine  motor  cars  and  thirty- 
eight  horse-drawn  vehicles  to  handle  the  material 
used. 

Mr.  Green  is  President  of  the  Valencia  Street 
Improvement  Co.,  the  Grauman  Skating  Rink  Co., 
and  the  Market  Street  Improvement  Co.  of  San 
Jose;  and  he  is  a  member  of  the  following  clubs 
and  associations:  The  Army  and  Navy,  S.  F.  Ad. 
Club,  Rotary  Club,  Home  Industry  League,  Cham- 
ber of  Commerce,  Paint  Association  of  America, 
Association  of  Bill  Posters  of  America. 


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OLLOCK,  JAMES  ALBERT, 
Banker  and  Broker,  Salt  Lake 
City,  Utah,  was  born  in 
Clarksville,  Pike  County,  Mo., 
June  10,  1863.  His  father  was 
Joseph  Pollock  and  his  mother  Mary  Jane 
(Hicks)  Pollock.  He  married  Evelyn  Prince 
Dorr  at  Syracuse,  N.  Y.,  Oct.  17,  1897.  Two 
children  have  been  born,  James  Arlin  and 
Evelyn  Dorr  Pollock. 

Mr.  Pollock's  educa- 
tion was  obtained  in  the 
public  schools  and  Burns 
Academy  of  St.  Louis, 
Mo.,  and  in  addition  he 
studied  under  private  tu- 
tors. His  ability  as  a 
financier  displayed  itself 
early  in  his  life,  but  for 
the  first  few  years  after 
leaving  school  he  had  no 
particular  business  ex- 
cept looking  after  some 
private  investments.  He 
confined  himself  to  per- 
sonal affairs  until  1889, 
and  at  that  time  moved 
to  Denver,  Col.,  arriving 
there  in  the  spring  of  the 
year.  He  was  appointed 
Clearing  House  Manager 
for  the  Denver  Stock  Ex- 
change, and  held  this  po- 
sition for  several  months, 
displaying  an  extraordi- 
nary grasp  of  financial 
affairs  and  winning  a  firm 
position  in  the  regard  of  bankers  and  others 
with  whom  he  had  dealings.  He  resigned 
his  Denver  position  to  go  to  Salt  Lake,  where 
he  settled  June  17,  1890,  and  became  Secre- 
tary of  the  Salt  Lake  Stock  and  Mining  Ex- 
change. Shortly  after  his  arrival  he  organ- 
ized the  firm  of  James  A.  Pollock  &  Co.,  of 
which  he  is  today  the  senior  partner. 

This  company  is  commonly  supposed  to 
have  the  largest  brokerage  business  in  the 
inter-mountain  region  and  has  the  reputa- 
tion of  having  brought  more  money  to  Utah 
and  surrounding  states  for  mining  invest- 
ments of  a  strictly  legitimate  character  than 
any  other  banking  or  brokerage  firm  in  the 
entire  western  country.  Millions  of  dollars 
have  been  handled  by  the  firm  and  it  has 
been  one  of  the  real,  practical  factors  in  the 
development  of  the  resources  of  the  country. 
Mr.  Pollock,  who  is  the  personification  of 
progress,  has  been  among  the  leaders  of 


J.  A.  POLLOCK 


finance  in  Salt  Lake  from  the  day  he  arrived 
there,  and  an  instance  of  his  modern  methods 
was  the  establishment,  soon  after  he  began 
business,  of  the  first  private  wire  system  en- 
tering the  inter-mountain  section.  This  en- 
ables the  Pollock  house  to  keep  in  constant 
touch  with  all  other  cities  where  stock,  grain 
and  cotton  exchanges  are  located.  At  the 
time  of  the  establishment  of  his  banking  and 
brokerage  business  there 
were  few  Utah  stocks 
known  outside  the  State, 
but  with  the  foresight 
that  has  characterized  all 
his  acts,  Mr.  Pollock  set 
about  to  make  these 
stock  issues  known  all 
over  the  country.  In 
this  he  has  been  eminent- 
ly successful,  and  experi- 
enced financiers  state  au- 
thoritatively that  he  has 
done  more  than  any 
other  one  man  in  placing 
before  the  investing  pub- 
lic the  many  excellent 
propositions  upon  which 
the  latter  day  success  of 
Utah  has  been  built. 

His  pre-eminence  as 
an  authority  on  all  west- 
ern securities  is  well  rec- 
ognized, and  as  President 
of  the  Salt  Lake  Stock 
and  Mining  Exchange,  a 
position  he  has  held  for 
many  years,  he  is  con- 
sulted largely  by  persons  seeking  safe  places 
of  investment  for  their  money. 

Mr.  Pollock  does  not  take  an  active  part 
in  politics,  but  he  is  a  patriotic  and  tireless 
worker  for  any  movement  that  has  for  its  ob- 
ject the  upbuilding  and  betterment  of  his  city 
and  State.  The  only  office  he  has  ever  held 
or  sought  to  hold  is  that  of  President  of  the 
Mining  Exchange,  and  his  administration  has 
been  so  successful  the  members  are  loath  to 
permit  him  to  retire. 

He  is  a  director  of  the  banking  firm  of 
McCornick  &  Co.,  another  notable  institu- 
tion, and  the  Michigan-Utah  Mining  Co.,  one 
of  the  largest  and  most  valuable  mining 
propositions  in  the  State.  He  is  a  member  of 
the  Alta,  Commercial  and  Country  Clubs  of 
Salt  Lake;  Flat  Rock  Club,  Idaho;  Califor- 
nia Club,  Los  Angeles,  and  the  Pasadena 
Country  and  the  Valley  Clubs,  of  Pasadena, 
California. 


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OSSHOLDER,  WILLIAM 

Me  JOHN,  Attorney-at-Law,  San 
Diego,  Cal.,  was  born  August 
27>  T^S7>  at  Martinsburg,  in 
Knox  County,  Ohio,  the  son 
of  Squire  Humphrey  Mossholder  and  Mary 
Eliza  (Robinson)  Mossholder.  He  married 
Jennie  Prentice,  at  Viroqua,  Wis.,  Sept.  26, 
1 88 1,  and  two  children  were  born  of  that  union, 
Marks  Prentice  Moss- 
holder  and  Rusk  P.  Moss- 
holder. 

Mr.  Mossholder  was 
graduated  from  the  Ne- 
braska Wesleyan  Univer- 
sity with  the  degree  of 
Bachelor  of  Philosophy, 
and  from  the  Law  Depart- 
ment of  the  University  of 
the  State  of  Iowa  with  the 
degree  of  Bachelor  of 
Laws. 

Since  then  he  has  had 
an  interesting  and  a  busy 
legal  career.  He  was  ad- 
mitted to  the  Supreme 
Court  of  Iowa  and  to  the 
United  States  courts.  He 
practiced  his  profession  at 
Osceola,  Polk  County,  Ne- 
braska, and  it  was  not  long 
before  he  was  elected 
County  Judge,  not  a  usual 
honor  for  one  so  young. 
He  occupied  the  office  for 
a  term,  and  then,  in  De- 
cember of  1885,  he  moved 
to  San  Diego,  California.  San  Diego  was  then 
only  a  promise  of  the  city  that  was  to  be,  little 
better  than  a  Mexican  pueblo,  much  as  the  Mis- 
sion padres  had  left  it.  Only  a  few  thousands 
of  white  settlers  had  as  yet  discovered  its  re- 
markable climate  and  beautiful  bay,  and  it  was 
in  the  days  of  the  beginnings  of  Coronado  and 
its  world  famous  resort.  Coming  as  he  did 
nearly  thirty  years  ago,  he  is  considered  one  of 
the  pioneer  lawyers,  and  much  of  the  interest- 
ing history  of  the  growing  city  has  passed 
under  his  eye.  He  has  taken  part  in  much  of 
the  important  litigation  that  has  passed  through 
its  courts. 

He  formed  a  partnership  with  Hon.  Watson 
Parrish,  who  formerly  was  a  member  of  the 
Legislature  of  Nebraska,  and  also  a  Govern- 
ment director  of  the  Union  Pacific  Railroad 
Company.  He  subsequently  retired  from  the 
firm  on  account  of  ill  health,  and  Mr.  Moss- 
holder  continued  in  the  practice.  Few  men 


W.    J.    MOSSHOLDER 


are  more  familiar  with  the  political  traditions 
of  San  Diego. 

His  practice  has  always  kept  him  too  busy 
for  him  to  seek  office  or  any  form  of  political 
preferment,  but  his  voice  has  been  heard  in 
every  issue  of  importance.  He  has  displayed 
more  than  his  share  of  public  spirit  in  every- 
thing that  concerned  the  real  progress  of  San 
Diego.  He  has  belonged  to  the  commercial  as- 
sociations  and  public  im- 
provement societies  and 
has  always  been  willing  to 
work  when  the  labor 
promised  any  substantial 
benefit  to  his  city. 

He  is  well  known  so- 
cially and  knows  about 
every  man  of  consequence 
in  San  Diego  and  his  part 
of  the  country.  He  is 
quite  familiar  with  his 
State  of  California,  over 
which  he  has  traveled 
much  for  purposes  of  busi- 
ness and  recreation. 

In  addition  to  his  legal 
work  Mr.  Mossholder 
has  been  quite  active  in 
lodge  matters,  being  one 
of  the  most  energetic 
workers  for  the  growth 
of  the  Order  of  Masonry 
in  his  section  of  Cali- 
fornia. 

He  is  a  Past  Master, 
Past  High  Priest,  Past 
Commander,  Past  Thrice 
Illustrious  Master,  Past  Royal  Patron,  Past 
Patron,  and  Past  Grand  Patron  of  the  Grand 
Chapter,  Order  of  the  Eastern  Star,  of  Cali- 
fornia. 

He  is  at  present  the  Venerable  Master  of 
Constans  Lodge  of  Perfection,  Scottish  Rite 
Masonry,  of  San  Diego;  member  of  Al  Mal- 
aikah  Temple  of  the  Mystic  Shrine,  First  Vice 
President  and  a  Director  of  the  Scottish  Rite 
Cathedral  of  San  Diego,  and  President  of  San 
Diego  Chapter  No.  2  of  the  Sons  of  the  Ameri- 
can Revolution  of  San  Diego,  and  he  is  also 
a  member  of  the  California  State  Society. 

Only  recently  Mr.  Mossholder  was  honored 
by  being  elected  a  Knight  Commander  of 
the  Court  of  Honor  by  the  Supreme  Coun- 
cil of  the  Scottish  Rite  Masons  in  Washington, 
D.  C,  which  is  the  preliminary  step  to  the 
thirty-third  degree. 

The  honors  that  he  holds  make  him  one  of 
the  biggest  figures  in  Masonry  in  America. 


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R.  W.   SHOEMAKER 

HOEMAKER,  RICHARD  WOOL- 
SEY,  Consulting  Electrical  Engi- 
neer, Los  Angeles,  Cal.,  was 
born  at  Germantown,  Pa.,  July  1, 
1881.  His  father  was  Reginald 
Heber  Shoemaker  and  his  mother 
Susan  (Woolsey)  Shoemaker.  He  married  Rachel 
Steel,  April  10,  1908,  at  Farmington.  Mo. 

His  parents  moved  to  Southern  California  in  his 
early  childhood  and  there  he  was  reared  in  the 
public  schools,  graduating  from  the  Pasadena  High 
School  in  1899.  He  attended  Throop  Polytechnic 
Institute  at  Pasadena,  Cal.,  graduating  in  1903  from 
an  Electrical  Engineering  course  with  degree  A.  B. 
Upon  finishing  his  course  he  immediately  be- 
came connected  with  the  Pacific  Electric  Railway 
Company,  in  the  electric  department  as  inspector 
of  construction,  remaining  in  that  position  for 
about  a  year.  This  was  followed  for  a  short  time 
by  a  position  with  the  Gold  Mountain  Mining  & 
Milling  Company  near  Kingman,  Arizona,  as  Mas- 
ter Mechanic.  He  then  became  associated  as  elec- 
trician with  the  Copper  Queen  mines  at  Bisbee, 
Ariz.  He  remained  there  until  January,  1906, 
when  he  was  engaged  by  the  American  Smelting 
&  Refining  Company  of  New  York  in  the  capacity 
of  Electrical  Engineer  at  their  mines  at  Flat  River, 
Mo.,  a  position  he  held  until  the  latter  part  of  1909, 
when  he  decided  to  enter  the  field  as  Consulting  En- 
gineer, and  opened  offices  in  Los  Angeles. 

Mr.  Shoemaker,  during  his  studies  in  electrical 
engineering,  invented  and  patented  the  first  wire- 
less telegraph  detecter,  which  was  a  great  improve- 
ment at  the  time. 

In  connection  with  his  profession  Mr.  Shoe- 
maker was  instrumental  in  the  building  of  the 
first  "Trackless  Trolley"  to  be  built  in  the  United 
States,  operating  near  Los  Angeles,  Cal. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  American  Institute  of 
Electrical  Engineers,  and  the  Masonic  Lodge. 


M.  B.  O'FARRELL 

'FARRELL,  MATTHEW  BER- 
NARD, Land  Investments,  Los  An- 
geles, Cal.,  was  born  in  Toronto, 
Canada,  Dec.  11,  1882,  the  son  of 
Andrew  O'Farrell  and  Joanna 
(Fitzgerald)  O'Farrell.  He  mar- 
ried Viola  Talamantes  at  Tampico,  Mexico,  June 
17,  1908.  They  have  a  son,  Jose  Felipi  O'Farrell. 

Mr.  O'Farrell  received  his  early  education  in  a 
country  school  at  Ayton,  Ontario,  Canada,  and  spent 
1899  in  preparation  for  the  Catholic  priesthood,  but 
abandoned  this  and  entered  a  commercial  school. 

He  began  work  in  a  wholesale  house  at  Colling- 
wood,  Ontario,  Canada,  but  soon  transferred  to  a 
lumber  firm  of  the  same  town  and  in  1901,  after  six 
months  gave  up  his  position  and  went  to  Montana, 
U.  S.,  and  engaged  with  a  firm  of  Indiana  traders  on 
the  Belknap  Indian  Reservation.  After  two  years 
he  went  to  Ely,  Nev.,  and  became  associated  with 
Tex  Rickard  as  a  mining  broker. 

In  1904,  Mr.  O'Farrell  went  to  New  York  City, 
where  he  opened  brokerage  offices  with  branch  of- 
fices in  San  Francisco,  St.  Louis,  Detroit,  St.  Paul, 
Philadelphia  and  Toronto. 

After  three  years,  however,  Mr.  O'Farrell  was 
caught  in  the  financial  panic  of  1907  and  experi- 
enced such  a  tremendous  setback  that  his  health 
was  impaired  and  he  went  to  Tampico,  Mexico,  for 
recuperation.  He  remained  there  for  about  a  year 
and  a  half,  practically  out  of  business  life. 

In  1909,  he  went  to  Los  Angeles,  Cal.,  and  became 
interested  in  the  oil  business  with  J.  E.  O'Donnell. 

After  about  a  year,  Mr.  O'Farrell  became  identi- 
fied with  the  El  Segundo  Land  &  Improvement  Co. 
as  a  salesman,  but  within  a  few  months  was  made 
Secretary  and  Sales  Manager. 

In  1911,  Mr.  O'Farrell,  with  his  old  partner  in 
the  oil  business,  J.  E.  O'Donnell,  formed  the  firm 
of  O'Donnell  &  O'Farrell,  and  engaged  in  a  general 
real  estate  and  land  business. 


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EDWARD   G.    KUSTER 

USTER,  EDWARD  GERHARD, 
Attorney,  Los  Angeles,  Cal.,  was 
born  in  Terre  Haute,  Indiana, 
August  15,  1878.  He  is  the  son  of 
Charles  Edward  Kuster  and 
Emma  (Eshman)  Kuster. 

Mr.  Kuster's  education  was  begun  in  the  public 
schools  of  Terre  Haute  and  Los  Angeles.  Finish- 
ing his  preliminary  work,  he  went  to  the  Hoehere 
Burger  Schule,  Berlin,  Germany,  for  a  time,  but 
returned  to  Los  Angeles  and  was  graduated  from 
High  School  in  1896.  He  entered  the  Univ.  of 
Cal.  and  was  graduated  with  the  degree  of  B.  L. 
He  then  began  reading  law  in  the  office  of  Graves, 
O'Melveny  &  Shankland,  Los  Angeles,  took  a  post- 
graduate course  at  the  Univ.  of  Cal.  and  was  ad- 
mitted to  practice  by  the  Supreme  Court  of  Cal., 
March  13,  1902,  and  to  the  U.  S.  Courts,  in  1903. 

Following  his  admission  to  the  Bar,  Mr.  Kuster 
became  chief  clerk  for  Graves,  O'Melveny  & 
Shankland,  and  upon  the  dissolution  of  the  firm 
was  retained  in  the  same  capacity  by  Mr.  O'Mel- 
veny. In  1906  he  opened  offices  in  Los  Angeles 
and  three  years  later  formed  the  firm  of  Kuster, 
Loeb  &  Loeb.  This  was  dissolved  in  1911  and  he 
has  since  practiced  alone. 

Mr.  Kuster  has  been  engaged  in  general  cor- 
poration and  probate  practice,  devoting  special 
attention  to  railroad  rate  cases.  In  1908-09  he  suc- 
cessfully represented  the  L.  A.  Merchants  &  Mfrs. 
Assn.  in  the  "Express  Cases,"  and  the  Associated 
Jobbers  in  the  San  Pedro  Terminal  Rate  Cases, 
San  Joaquin  Valley  Rate  Cases,  L.  A.  Switching 
Charge  Cases,  and  others.  He  is  generally  recog- 
nized as  an  authority  on  rate  matters. 

Mr.  Kuster  is  Coast  Representative,  American 
Automobile  Assn.;  Director,  Automobile  Club  of  So. 
Cal.;  member,  California,  L.  A.  Athletic,  San  Ga- 
briel Valley  Country,  and  University  Clubs;  also  of 
Delta  Upsilon  Fraternity. 


DR.    REX    DUNCAN 

UNCAN,  REX  DOWLER,  Physi- 
cian and  Surgeon,  Los  Angeles, 
California,  was  born  in  North 
Platte,  Neb.,  May  2,  1886,  the  son 
of  Dr.  Charles  M.  Duncan  and 
Ella  Elizabeth  (Dowler)  Duncan. 
His  paternal  grandfather  was  Col.  John  Duncan, 
one  of  the  founders  of  Monmouth  College,  and  his 
family  was  prominent  during  the  Civil  War,  one 
uncle  was  awarded  a  bronze  medal  by  Congress 
for  gallantry  during  the  war. 

Dr.  Duncan  received  his  early  education  in  the 
public  schools  of  Nebraska,  studied  medicine  at 
Creighton  University,  Omaha,  for  two  years,  and 
located  in  Los  Angeles  in  1906.  He  entered  the 
Medical  Department  of  the  University  of  Cali- 
fornia, received  a  degree  of  Doctor  of  Medicine  in 
1909.  During  his  senior  year  he  was  undergradu- 
ate interne  at  the  California  Hospital  and  after 
graduation  served  at  the  Los  Angeles  County  Hos- 
pital until  appointed  resident  physician  at  the 
Sisters'  Hospital,  Los  Angeles. 

January,  1910,  Dr.  Duncan  was  appointed  Assist- 
ant Health  Officer  of  Los  Angeles  and  served  a 
year  when  he  resigned  and  entered  into  private 
practice.  He  was  Professor  of  Laboratory  Physiol- 
ogy in  the  University  of  Southern  California  Dental 
College,  1910-11,  and  is  instructor  in  Clinical  Medi- 
cine at  the  University.  He  is  professor  for  Dis- 
eases of  Children  in  the  Los  Angeles  County  Train- 
ing School  for  Nurses,  and  a  member  of  the  visit- 
ing staff  of  the  Los  Angeles  Hospital;  he  is  also 
Medical  Director  of  the  "Benevolent  and  Protec- 
tive Order  of  Incas." 

Dr.  Duncan  holds  a  commission  as  First  Lieu- 
tenant in  the  7th  Regt.  National  Guards  of  Cali- 
fornia, and  is  a  member  of  the  State  of  California 
Medical  Society,  and  Los  Angeles  Medical  Society. 
He  is  a  Thirty-second  degree  Mason,  member  of 
the  Mystic  Shrine,  Phi  Sigma  and  Phi  Delta  Chi. 


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OOK,  CLARENCE  WEINY,  Physi- 
cian and  Surgeon,  Los  Angeles, 
California,  was  born  at  Bloomfield, 
Iowa,  August  6,  1875.  He  is  the 
son  of  William  Henry  Cook  and 
Frances  Virginia  (Hurd)  Cook. 

Dr.  Cook  is  descended  from  a  family  notable  in 
the  history  of  the  Middle  West,  his  grandfather, 
Captain  Norman  W.  Cook,  of  Company  D,  Third 
Iowa  Cavalry,  having  rendered  valiant  services  for 
the  Union  during  the  Civil  War.  He  was  at  the 
battle  of  Pea  Ridge  when  the  Confederates,  led  by 
General  Mclntosh,  charged  the  Federal  lines  March 
7,  1862,  and  were  defeated,  their  commander  being 
shot  from  his  horse.  Dr.  Cook's  father  is  still  in 
active  business  and  has  been  for  about  fifty  years. 
He  was  in  the  banking  and  merchandise  business 
at  Bloomfield  for  about  twenty-five  years,  in  the 
store  which  had  been  conducted  by  some  member 
of  the  Cook  family  for  nearly  one  hundred  years. 
Removing  to  California  about  twenty-five  years 
ago,  Mr.  Cook  located  at  Monrovia,  but  remained 
there  only  about  five  years  and  then  moved  to  Los 
Angeles,  where  he  has  been  in  the  banking  and 
brokerage  business  for  twenty  years. 

Dr.  Cook  attended  the  Grammar  schools  at 
Bloomfield,  Iowa,  until  the  family  moved  to  Mon- 
rovia and  he  finished  his  preliminary  education  in 
the  schools  at  that  place,  graduating  from  High 
School  in  1892.  His  professional  training  he  re- 
ceived in  the  Medical  Department  of  the  University 
of  Southern  California,  now  the  Medical  Depart- 
ment of  the  University  of  California,  after  a  break 
of  twelve  years. 

He  had  been  born  with  the  ambition  to  be  a 
physician  and  surgeon  and  after  several  years  in 
business  determined,  in  1904,  to  take  up  the  study 
of  medicine.  He  was  graduated  in  the  class  of 
1908.  During  his  time  at  college  he  was  prosector 
under  Dr.  Clare  W.  Murphy,  one  of  the  most  ex- 
pert anatomists  known  on  the  Pacific  Coast. 

When  Dr.  Cook  first  left  school  in  Monrovia  in 
1892,  the  family  moved  to  Los  Angeles,  and  the 
father  backed  his  two  sons  in  business.  They  were 
together  for  a  time,  but  ultimately  gave  it  up  and 
Doctor  Cook  spent  his  time  in  travel.  In  1897  he 
engaged  in  the  building  business  in  Los  Angeles 
and  remained  in  it  for  about  three  years,  during 
which  time  he  constructed  numerous  homes  in  the 
fashionable  residence  districts  of  the  city. 

In  1900  he  retired  from  business  temporarily 
and  made  a  tour  of  the  Eastern  portion  of  the 
United  States,  spending  some  time  in  Boston, 
Massachusetts.  His  vacation  lasted  for  about  two 
years  and  then  he  was  seized  with  the  desire  to 
return  to  business.  Consequently,  in  1902,  he  re- 
sumed his  building  operations  in  Los  Angeles.  He 
was  thus  engaged  only  a  few  months,  when  he  went 
into  the  outdoor  advertising  business,  his  terri- 
tory covering  a  larger  part  of  the  Southwestern 
portion  of  the  United  States,  especially  that  sec- 
tion traversed  by  the  Southern  Pacific  and  the  El 
Paso  and  Southwestern  railroads. 

In  addition  to  his  advertising  business,  Dr.  Cook 
was  lessee  of  the  Opera  House  in  Bisbee,  Arizona, 
but  he  finally  sold  out  his  advertising  and  theatri- 
cal interests  and  returned  to  Los  Angeles,  where 
he  re-entered  the  building  field  for  a  short  time. 

It  was  then  that  Dr.  Cook's  life  ambition  called. 
He  had  been  associated  with  Dr.  Edward  J.  Cook, 
no  relation,  by  the  way,  and  from  him  had  gained 


considerable  knowledge  of  medicine,  so  that  when 
he  entered  the  university  he  was  well  equipped. 

After  being  in  school  six  months  Dr.  Cook  be- 
came Acting  Assistant  Police  Surgeon  in  the  City 
of  Los  Angeles,  serving  as  such  during  his  entire 
career  in  college  and  for  six  months  after  gradua- 
tion, an  experience  which  broadened  him  immeas- 
urably. He  opened  offices  for  the  practice  of  his 
profession  immediately  after  graduation  and  has 
maintained  a  general  practice  down  to  date,  being 
regarded  at  the  present  time  as  one  of  the  leading 
physicians  of  the  city.  In  addition  to  his  regular 
work,  Dr.  Cook  has  done  numerous  other  works 
which  have  brought  him  into  favorable  notice. 

For  instance,  in  1906,  while  he  was  in  the  midst 
of  his  college  career,  San  Francisco  was  devastated 
by  earthquake  and  fire.  The  doctor,  with  a  com- 
panion, immediately  organized  a  volunteer  corps 
for  service  in  the  stricken  city.  They  recruited 
forty  trained  nurses  and  the  United  States  Govern- 
ment, through  the  influence  of  United  States  Sen- 
ator Frank  P.  Flint,  of  California,  having  placed  a 
special  steamer  at  their  disposal,  they  hurried  to 
the  Bay  City.  Immediately  upon  arrival  they  pro- 
cured the  building  of  the  Woman's  Advance  Club, 
located  at  Golden  Gate  and  Octavia  streets,  and 
opened  a  hospital,  which  was  designated  as  the 
Hearst  Relief  Hospital  No.  1,  because  William  Ran- 
dolph Hearst  agreed  to  pay  all  expenses  of  the 
place. 

Dr.  Cook  and  his  aides  worked  incessantly  for 
fifteen  days,  administering  to  sick  and  injured,  and 
during  that  time  handled  two  thousand  cases,  in 
addition  to  providing  clothing,  food,  etc.,  to  victims 
of  the  disaster.  Their  services  were  given  as  long 
as  needed,  but  at  the  end  of  fifteen  days  the  regular 
hospitals  were  able  to  take  care  of  the  victims 
and  Dr.  Cook  closed  his  relief  station. 

A  notable  case  in  the  career  of  Dr.  Cook,  and 
one  which  holds  a  conspicuous  place  in  the  annals 
of  Los  Angeles  medical  practice,  came  to  him  on 
November  19,  1910,  when  F.  L.  Coe,  a  motorcycle 
officer  of  the  Los  Angeles  Police  Department,  was 
injured.  Coe  had  been  pursuing  a  speed  law  vio- 
lator and  was  riding  at  the  rate  of  seventy-two 
miles  an  hour,  when  his  motorcycle  skidded  and 
he  was  thrown  head  first  against  a  telegraph  pole. 
The  man  sustained  what  is  known  as  a  comminuted 
fracture,  his  skull  being  reduced  to  fragments,  his 
nose  broken  and  both  jaw  bones  splintered.  Dr. 
Cook  was  called  in  attendance  and  performed  one 
of  the  most  delicate  surgical  operations  recorded. 
His  patient  was  in  the  hospital  for  sixteen  weeks, 
closely  watched  by  the  physician,  and  at  the  end 
of  that  time  he  was  released,  as  sound  mentally 
and  physically  as  ever  he  had  been  in  his  life,  and 
with  nothing  to  show  for  his  terrible  accident  ex- 
cept a  slight  scar  where  stitches  had  been.  This 
case  attracted  the  attention  of  professional  and  lay 
public  alike  and  won  for  Dr.  Cook  an  enduring  fame. 

Dr.  Cook's  only  interests  are  those  connected 
with  his  profession.  He  belongs  to  various  pro- 
fessional organizations,  these  including  the  Los 
Angeles  County  Medical  Society,  California  State 
Medical  Society  and  the  American  Medical  Associa- 
tion. He  is  also  a  member  of  the  Nu  Sigma  Nu 
and  Pheta  Nu  Epsilon  fraternities. 

He  is  an  enthusiastic  motorist  and  hunter,  be- 
ing a  member  of  the  Southern  California  Automo- 
bile Club,  West  Shore  Gun  Club  and  the  Los  An- 
geles Athletic  Club.  He  is  a  member  of  Westlake 
Lodge  No.  392,  F.  &  A.  M. 


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OWAN,  GEORGE  DODDRIDGE 
(Deceased),  Merchant  and  Real 
Estate  Operator,  Los  Angeles,  Cal- 
ifornia, was  born  at  Corfu,  New 
York,  September  1,  1844,  the  son 
of  James  and  Rebecca  Rowan.  He 
married  Miss  Fannie  F.  Arnold,  of  Sand  Lake,  Rens- 
selaer  County,  New  York,  at  Lansing,  Michigan,  in 
1873,  and  to  them  there  were  born  eight  children, 
Robert  A.,  Frederick  S.,  Earl  Bruce,  Paul,  Ben.  G., 
Philip  Doddridge,  Fannie  F., 
and  Florence  Rowan.  Mr. 
Rowan's  family  was  among 
the  early  settlers  of  New 
York  State  and  his  father 
was  a  pioneer  merchant  of 
the  town  of  Batavia.  His 
wife's  father  was  a  woolen 
manufacturer  of  Rensselaer 
County,  New  York. 

Mr.  Rowan  was  reared  in 
Batavia  and  attended  the 
schools-  of  that  town  during 
his  early  boyhood,  and  sup- 
plemented this  with  a  course 
at  Hamilton  College,  Hamil- 
ton, Ohio,  whence  he  was 
graduated  in  1865,  after  he 
had  already  made  a  start 
upon  his  business  career. 

When  he  was  twenty  years 
of  age,  or  two  years  before 
he  graduated  from  Hamilton 
College,  Mr.  Rowan  associ- 
ated himself  with  his  broth- 
er-in-law, Mr.  E.  B.  Millar,  in 
the  wholesale  grocery  busi- 
ness at  Lansing,  Michigan, 
under  the  firm  name  of  E.  B. 

Millar  &  Co.  They  operated  at  Lansing  for  several 
years,  but  in  the  early  seventies  moved  to  Chicago, 
Illinois,  where  the  firm  became  one  of  the  best 
known  of  that  city.  Mr.  Millar  managed  the  main 
business,  while  Mr.  Rowan  carried  its  trade  to  the 
West  and  finally  went  to  the  Orient,  making  his 
home  in  Yokohama,  Japan,  for  more  than  a  year. 
He  withdrew  from  the  firm  in  1876,  but  the  house  is 
still  in  existence  in  Chicago,  under  the  same  name. 
On  account  of  Mrs.  Rowan's  failing  health,  Mr. 
Rowan  moved  to  Southern  California  in  1876-77, 
and  located  in  Los  Angeles,  then  a  city  of  only  a 
few  thousand  inhabitants.  He  established  a  gro- 
cery store  on  North  Main  Street  immediately  after 
his  arrival  in  Los  Angeles  and  conducted  it  suc- 
cessfully until  the  year  1884,  when  he  sold  out  and 
moved  to  San  Francisco,  to  engage  in  the  commis- 
sion business.  He  was  a  member  of  the  firm  of 
Jennings  &  Rowan,  commission  merchants,  for 
about  a  year,  but  returned  to  Los  Angeles  in  1885 
and  engaged  in  the  real  estate  business. 

As  one  of  the  pioneer  real  estate  men  of  the  city, 


GEO.   D.  ROWAN 


Mr.  Rowan  was  identified  with  its  growth  to  a  large 
extent  and  aided  in  attracting  to  Los  Angeles  in 
those  early  days  a  large  number  of  the  residents 
who  went  to  increase  its  population  and  add  to  its 
prestige  among  the  cities  of  the  country.  Associ- 
ated with  Mr.  Rowan  in  his  early  operations  were 
Col.  J.  B.  Lankershim,  O.  H.  Churchill,  I.  N.  Van 
Nuys  and  M.  Y.  Kellam,  all  men  of  large  affairs, 
who,  like  him,  saw  the  city  grow  to  a  metropolis. 
He  continued  in  the  real  estate  business  in  Los  An- 
geles for  several  years,  being 
one  of  the  men  who  partici- 
pated in  the  historic  boom 
enjoyed  by  the  city  in  1887. 
Although  a  period  of  depres- 
sion, caused  by  the  financial 
stringency  which  was  preva- 
lent in  the  country  during 
the  late  eighties  and  early 
nineties,  followed  this  boom, 
the  men  who  had  stirred  in- 
terest to  its  high  pitch  of 
boom  proportions,  were  cred- 
ited with  having  greatly  ad- 
vanced world  interest  in  the 
city.  Mr.  Rowan  retired  from 
active  business  in  1889,  but 
still  retained  his  interest  in 
various  large  properties  and 
continued  in  partnership  with 
Colonel  Lankershim  in  land 
operations  until  1898,  when 
the  partnership  dissolved. 

When     he     retired     from 
business  in  1889,  Mr.  Rowan 
transferred    his    home    from 
Los     Angeles     to     Pasadena, 
Cal.,  but  lived  there  only  four 
years,   returning  to   Los   An- 
geles in   1893.     He   remained   there   until   he   was 
claimed  by  death  on  September  2,  1902. 

Mr.  Rowan  was  a  great  believer  in  Broadway, 
even  when  it  was  called  Fort  Street.  He  acquired 
much  property  on  this  thoroughfare  and  never 
parted  with  a  foot  of  it.  He  also  predicted  that  Los 
Angeles  would  be  built  solid  from  the  mountains-  to 
the  sea,  and  it  now  looks  as  if  his  ideas  would  again 
be  proved  correct. 

Mr.  Rowan  is  recalled  as  one  of  the  men  who 
built  the  foundation  for  the  present  greatness  of 
Los  Angeles,  in  the  making  of  which  his  sons  have 
taken  such  a  prominent  part. 

Mr.  Rowan  enjoyed  great  personal  popularity  and 
was  a  member  of  numerous  social  organizations  in 
Los  Angeles  and  Southern  California,  but  was  espe- 
cially esteemed  for  his  exceptional  integrity  and  fair 
dealing  in  business.  A  gentleman  of  the  old  school, 
he  placed  honor  above  all  other  considerations  and 
in  this  respect  furnished  an  inspiration  for  his  sons. 
He  was  closely  identified  with  church  work  and 
was  a  supporter  of  all  worthy  charities. 


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OWAN,  ROBERT  ARNOLD,  Real 
Estate  and  Investments,  Los  An- 
geles, California,  was  born  at  Chi- 
cago, Illinois,  August  27,  1876,  the 
eldest  son  of  George  Doddridge 
Rowan  and  Fannie  F.  (Arnold) 
Rowan.  He  married  Laura  Schwarz  at  Los  Angeles-, 
February  28,  1903,  and  to  them  there  have  been 
born  four  children — Lorraine,  Robert  A.  Jr.,  George 
D.  and  Louis  S.  Rowan.  Mr.  Rowan  is  descended 
of  a  family  of  New  York 
State  pioneers,  his  paternal 
and  maternal  grandfathers 
having  been  prominent  in 
commercial  affairs.  His  fa- 
ther was  a  merchant  and 
real  estate  operator  in  Los 
Angeles  and  reckoned  among 
the  men  who  started  that 
city  to  its  present  greatness. 
Mr.  Rowan  was  taken  to 
California  by  his  parents  in 
his  infancy  and  has  lived  in 
the  Southern  part  of  the  State 
ever  since.  He  was  educated 
in  the  public  schools  of  Pasa- 
dena, California,  where  the 
family  home  was  established 
in  1877.  He  gave  up  his 
studies  in  1893,  however,  and 
began  his  busine&s  career, 
going  to  New  York  City.  He 
remained  in  that  city  for  sev- 
eral years  subsequently,  the 
first  year  as  an  employe  of 
Ward  &  Huntington,  export- 
ers of  hardware  to  South 
America. 

In  1894  Mr.  Rowan  em- 
barked in  business  for  himself  as  a  merchandise 
broker  and  continued  in  that  line  until  1897,  when 
he  sold  out  his  interests  in  New  York  and  returned 
to  Los  Angeles  to  engage  in  the  real  estate  busi- 
ness-. This  has  been  his  field  ever  since  and  his 
career  from  that  time  forward  has  been  one  of 
the  most  remarkable  successes  in  the  business-  an- 
nals of  Los  Angeles. 

During  the  year  1898  Mr.  Rowan  was  associated 
with  William  May  Garland,  another  successful  real 
estate  operator  of  Los  Angeles,  and  for  some  time 
afterwards  was  engaged  with  others,  but  in  1901 
he  went  into  business  for  himself.  He  was  suc- 
cessful from  the  outset  and  in  1905,  with  his  sev- 
eral brothers  as  partners,  he  organized  the  R.  A. 
Rowan  Company,  with  himself  as  President.  As 
the  head  of  this  company  Mr.  Rowan  has  con- 
ducted, from  the  time  of  its  formation,  a  campaign 
of  real  estate  development  which  placed  him 
among  the  notable  business-  men  of  the  Southwest. 
The  operations  of  his  company  have  included 
residential  tracts  and  business  property  in  Los 


R.   A.   ROWAN 


Angeles,  but  more  especially  the  latter,  and  in  con- 
nection therewith  Mr.  Rowan  has  been  the  leader 
in  an  enormous-  amount  of  building  in  the  city.  In 
association  with  A.  C.  Bilicke,  he  formed  the  Alex- 
andria Hotel  Company  and  built  the  Alexandria 
Hotel  of  Los  Angeles,  one  of  the  most  magnificent 
hostelries  on  the  American  Continent,  and  he  is, 
with  Mr.  Bilicke,  joint  owner  of  the  enterprise. 
The  hotel,  being  absolutely  modern  in  construction 
and  beautiful  in  appointment,  is  known  from  one 
end  of  the  country  to  the 
other  and  has  been  a  factor 
in  attracting  vis-itors  and  in- 
vestors to  Los  Angeles,  all 
of  which  have  aided  material- 
ly in  the  general  growth  of 
the  city.  Mr.  Rowan  holds 
office  as  Secretary  and  Treas- 
urer of  the  company  and  as 
such  takes  an  active  part  in 
its  management. 

Several  years  ago  Mr. 
Rowan  and  associates  erect- 
ed a  handsome  office  struc- 
ture known  as  the  Security 
Building,  next  put  up  the 
Merchants'  National  Bank 
Building,  followed  it  with  the 
Title  Insurance  Building,  an- 
other stately  structure,  and 
has  now  (1913)  in  course  of 
erection  a  fourth,  to  be 
known  as  the  Title  Guaran- 
tee Building.  All  of  these 
buildings  are  fireproof,  of 
beautiful  architecture,  and 
form  an  important  part  of 
the  business  center  of  Los 
Angeles.  Their  combined  cost 
represents  an  investment  of  millions  of  dollars, 
and  while  Mr.  Rowan  is  not  alone  in  these  enter- 
prises he  is  generally  credited  with  having  inspired 
them  and  directed  the  business  connected  with 
their  construction. 

As  his  record  indicates,  Mr.  Rowan  has  devoted 
himself  largely  to  the  improvement  of  business 
property,  but  he  has  also  been  active  in  the  general 
real  estate  development  of  Los  Angeles,  and  his 
company  has  opened  up  several  important  resi- 
dence sections,  among  them  Windsor  Square,  an 
exclusive  and  restricted  district  embracing  two 
hundred  acres.  His  property  holdings  are  exten- 
sive and  he  is  also  a  stockholder  or  director  in 
various  business  concerns. 

Mr.  Rowan  enjoys  wide  popularity  with  all 
classes  in  Los  Angeles.  He  is  President  of  the  Los 
Angeles  Athletic  Club,  member  of  the  Los  Angeles 
Realty  Board,  the  California  Club,  Jonathan  Club, 
Los  Angeles  Country  Club,  San  Gabriel  Valley  Coun- 
try Club,  Pasadena  Country  Club,  and  of  many  com- 
mercial and  civic  organizations. 


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OWAN,  PHILIP  DODDRIDGE,  Sec- 
retary-Treasurer of  R.  A.  Rowan 
&  Company,  Real  Estate  and  In- 
vestments, Los  Angeles,  Califor- 
nia, was  born  in  that  city,  Septem- 
ber 11,  1885,  the  son  of  George 
Doddridge  Rowan  and  Fannie  F.  (Arnold)  Rowan. 
The  Rowan  family,  long  prominent  in  commercial 
circles  of  the  middle  West,  has  been  one  of  the  lead- 
ing families  of  Southern  California  since  1877,  and  its 
members  have  had  an  impor- 
tant part  in  the  upbuilding  of 
Los  Angeles.  George  D.  Ro- 
wan, the  father  of  Mr.  Ro- 
wan, was  a  man  of  the  high- 
est integrity.  He  was  pos- 
sessed of  a  character  that  in- 
spired in  all  who  knew  him, 
confidence  to  a  degree,  that 
but  few  people  in  this  world 
are  able  to  inspire  in  others. 
No  man  ever  questioned  his 
word,  but  on  the  contrary, 
everyone  knew  that  his  ad- 
vice on  matters  of  invest- 
ment was  the  best  he  could 
give  and  the  same  a&  he 
would  act  upon  himself.  He 
was  a  wholesale  grocer  in 
the  middle  West  and  on  the 
Pacific  Coast  during  the 
greater  part  of  his  life,  but 
later  he  became  a  conspicu- 
ous figure  in  real  estate  in 
and  around  Los  Angeles,  be- 
ing associated  in  business 
with  several  of  the  most  in- 
fluential men  of  his  day. 
He  began  his  career  in 

the  grocery  business  in  Lansing,  Michigan,  and  sub- 
sequently moved  to  Chicago,  Illinois,  where  he  and 
his  brother-in-law  established  one  of  the  largest 
wholesale  tea,  coffee,  and  spice  houses  in  the  city. 
After  his  removal  to  Los  Angeles  in  1877  he  became 
one  of  the  leading  business  men  of  that  city  and 
for  many  years  prior  to  his  death  was  one  of  the 
most  zealous  workers  in  behalf  of  the  city. 

P.  D.  Rowan  received  his  early  education  in  pub- 
lic and  private  schools  of  Los  Angeles  and  Pasa- 
dena, California,  being  a  student  at  different  times 
in  the  Franklin  Public  School  and  Throop  Poly- 
technic Institute,  the  latter  a  famous  institution  of 
Pasadena. 

Giving  up  his  studies  in  1900,  Mr.  Rowan,  who 
has  since  become  one  of  the  most  enterprising 
young  business  men  of  Los  Angeles,  began  his 
career  as  a  messenger  for  the  Farmers  &  Mer- 
chants' Bank,  one  of  the  strongest  monetary  institu- 
tions of  the  West.  He  remained  in  this  position  for 
about  eighteen  months,  giving  it  up  in  1901  to  go 
into  the  real  estate  business  with  his  brothers,  of 


P.   D. 


whom  R.  A.  Rowan,  now  regarded  as  the  leading 
factor  in  large  building  operations  of  Los  Angeles, 
was  the  leader.  When  the  firm  of  R.  A.  Rowan  & 
Company  was  incorporated  in  1905,  Mr.  Rowan,  who 
was  one  of  the  incorporators,  was  elected  Treasurer 
of  the  company.  He  served  in  this  office  for  sev- 
eral years  and  in  1912  was  elected  Secretary,  since 
which  time  he  has  filled  both  offices. 

R.  A.  Rowan  &  Co.,  in  the  operations  of  which 
Mr.  Rowan  has  been  an  important  factor,  have,  dur- 
ing the  few  years  of  the 
firm's  existence,  been  instru- 
mental in  the  erection  of  sev- 
eral modern  skyscrapers  in 
Los  Angeles.  Their  opera- 
tions have  been  continuous 
for  nearly  seven  years,  one 
building  being  started  before 
the  other  was  completed  and 
at  other  times  they  have  had 
two  or  three  in  course  of 
construction  simultaneously. 
Their  investments  total  many 
millions  of  dollars  and  the 
buildings  erected  under  their 
auspices,  all  located  in  the 
center  of  the  Los  Angeles 
business  district,  are  among 
the  finest  in  the  country. 
Some  of  the  more  important 
structures  are  the  Alexandria 
Hotel,  Security  Building,  Ti- 
tle Insurance  Building,  Title 
Guarantee  Building,  Mer- 
chants' National  Bank  Build- 
ing, and  numerous  others  of 
great  importance. 

The       Rowan       Company 
is     generally     credited     with 

being  one  of  the  great  contributing  factors  in  the 
development  of  Los  Angeles,  its  activities  a&ide 
from  the  erection  of  large  structures  including  the 
subdivision  of  numerous  high-class  tracts  which 
have  been  transformed  into  beautiful  residence  dis- 
tricts, thus  adding  largely  to  the  civic  beauty.  One 
of  the  most  notable  is  Windsor  Square. 

The  success  of  R.  A.  Rowan  &  Company  in  all  of 
their  undertakings  is  one  of  the  most  remarkable 
records  in  Los  Angeles  business  annals  and  P.  D. 
Rowan  is  credited  by  his  associates  with  being  one 
of  the  important  factors  in  its  making.  In  addi- 
tion to  his  position  as  Secretary-Treasurer  of  this 
company,  Mr.  Rowan  holds  office  in  various  affili- 
ated corporations,  being  a  Director  of  the  follow- 
ing: Commercial  Fireproof  Building  Co.,  Mer- 
chants' Fireproof  Building  Co.,  Bilicke-Rowan 
Building  Co.,  Barker  Block  Co.,  and  the  Broadway 
Co.  In  addition,  he  serves  as  Secretary  and 
Treasurer  of  the  two  last  named. 

His  clubs  include  the  California,  Jonathan,  and 
Los  Angeles  Athletic  Club. 


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ORBES,  JAMES  BLAIR,  Real  Es- 
tate and  Investments,  Los  An- 
geles, California,  was  born  in 
Giand  Rapids-,  Michigan,  Septem- 
ber 6,  1877,  the  son  of  David 
Forbes  and  Julia  (Squires) 
Forbes.  He  married  Rena  De  Lyle  at  Los  Angeles, 
April  2,  1908.  His  family  is  of  Scotch  origin 
and  through  its  various  branches  has  been  promi- 
nent in  business  and  political  circles  for  many  gen- 
erations-. Sir  John  Laird,  grand  uncle  of  Mr. 
Forbes,  is  a  noted  railway  magnate  of  Scotland. 

Mr.  Forbes  received  his  primary  education  in 
private  and  public  schools  of  Grand  Rapids,  Mich., 
leaving  high  school  in  the  last  year  of  his  course 
to  go  into  business. 

Beginning  his  career  as  clerk  in  the  Car  Ac- 
countant's office  of  the  West  Michigan  Railroad 
Company  at  a  minimum  compensation,  Mr.  Forbes 
served  the  railroad  for  several  months,  then  re- 
signed to  take  a  position  with  the  Fred  Macy  Com- 
pany, of  Grand  Rapids,  a  large  mail  order  furniture 
concern.  He  started  with  the  company  in  1898  in  a 
minor  capacity,  but  within  four  years  he  worked 
through  various  grades  of  promotion  and  in  1902 
was  appointed  Manager  of  the  company's  branch 
office  in  New  York  City,  one  of  the  most  important 
posts  in  the  entire  organization. 

Mr.  Forbes  represented  his  company  in  New 
York  for  about  a  year,  then  resigned  to  go  into 
business  with  his  father  in  Grand  Rapids,  and  con- 
tinued with  him  until  1904. 

After  leaving  his  father,  Mr.  Forbes  moved  to 
the  Southwest  and  for  about  a  year  lived  in  the 
open,  working  first  in  a  lumber  mill,  then  as  a 
cowboy,  and  finally  went  to  El  Paso,  Texas,  where 
he  entered  the  newspaper  business,  in  connection 
with  the  El  Paso  Herald.  With  the  knowledge 
gained  in  this  position  and  his  previous  business 
experience,  Mr.  Forbes,  in  1905,  assumed  the  man- 
agement of  a  syndicate  of  daily  papers  in  Arizona, 
these  including  the  Bisbee  Review,  the  Douglas  In- 
ternational American,  the  Tucson  Star,  and  toe 
Arizona  Democrat,  of  Phoenix.  All  of  these  papers 
are  ranked  among  the  leading  dailies  of  the  South- 
west and  the  handling  of  them  called  for  extraord- 
inary executive  ability.  Mr.  Forbes  established  his 
headquarters  in  Los  Angeles  and  from  there  di- 
rected the  newspapers,  following  a  general  policy 
of  encouragement  to  industries  and  development 
enterprises  in  the  various  sections. 

Although  his  management  of  these  newspapers 
was  attended  with  gratifying  success,  Mr.  Forbes 
retired  from  his  position  within  a  year  after  locat- 
ing in  Los  Angeles  to  go  into  the  real  estate  busi- 
ness, at  that  time  entering  upon  a  period  of  activ- 
ity which  has  continued  unabated  for  many  years. 
The  field  offered  unusual  attractions  to  Mr.  Forbes 
and  he  embarked  in  it  with  characteristic  energy 
and  enthusiasm,  the  result  being  that  his  opera- 


tions  have   been   attended   with   splendid   success. 

At  the  outset  Mr.  Forbes  interested  Michigan 
friends  in  his  enterprises  and  since  that  time  has 
been  instrumental  in  attracting  a  large  amount  of 
Eastern  capital  to  Southern  California  and  has 
been  the  directing  factor  in  the  organization  of  a 
number  of  real  estate,  investment  and  develop- 
ment projects.  His  principal  corporation  is  the 
California-Michigan  Land  Company,  owned  princi- 
pally by  Michigan  capitalists,  in  which  he  holds  of- 
fice as  Secretary,  Treasurer  and  General  Manager, 
and  in  which  he  is  the  moving  spirit. 

This  company  subdivided  an  attractive  tract  of 
land  adjacent  to  Los  Angeles,  known  as  Michil- 
linda,  and  early  in  1912  began  a  campaign  of  devel- 
opment which  has  resulted  in  the  establishment  of 
a  splendid  residence  suburb.  It  is  a  place  of  great 
natural  beauty  and  under  the  management  of  Mr. 
Forbes  was  greatly  improved  with  avenues  of 
stately  trees,  broad  winding  drives,  gardens,  pri- 
vate parks  and  other  modern  innovations,  with  the 
result  that  it  is  ranked  among  the  most  desirable 
home  sections  in  Southern  California. 

In  addition  to  the  handling  of  Michillinda's  de- 
velopment, Mr.  Forbes  also  devotes  part  of  his 
time  to  other  interests,  these  including  the  James 
B.  Forbes  Company,  a  general  investment  concern 
of  which  he  is  President,  and  the  Southern  Cali- 
fornia Land  &  Securities  Company,  a  corporation 
capitalized  at  two  million  dollars,  in  which  he  is 
Secretary,  Treasurer  and  Manager.  This  latter 
company  deals  in  investments  in  city  and  suburban 
lands,  also  securities,  and  Mr.  Forbes  is  the  domi- 
nating factor  in  its  success. 

The  real  estate  business  in  Southern  California, 
thoroughly  organized  and  conducted  along  scien- 
tific lines,  has  opened  the  eyes  of  the  entire  country 
in  recent  years,  and  Mr.  Forbes,  as  the  head  of  the 
various  concerns  mentioned,  has  come  to  be  re- 
garded as  one  of  the  progressive  spirits  responsible 
for  the  continued  growth  of  the  business. 

Mr.  Forbes  is  an  indefatigable  worker  and  is 
keenly  interested  in  public  affairs,  but  takes  no 
active  part  in  the  politics  of  the  city.  He  is,  how- 
ever, a  member  of  various  important  commercial 
and  civic  organizations,  among  them  the  Los  An- 
geles Realty  Board,  the  California  State  Realty 
Board,  Los  Angeles  Chamber  of  Commerce  and 
the  City  Club  of  Los  Angeles.  Each  of  these  bodies 
contributes  towards  the  general  advancement  of 
the  city  and  its  environs  and  Mr.  Forbes  has  been 
one  of  the  most  enterprising  and  energetic  sup- 
porters of  their  various  projects. 

Aside  from  these  affiliations,  Mr.  Forbes  is  a 
member  of  several  social  organizations,  including 
the  Los  Angeles  Athletic  Club,  San  Gabriel  Valley 
Golf  Club,  and  the  Virginia  Country  Club,  in  South- 
ern California,  and  the  Peninsula  Club  and  Kent 
Country  Club,  organizations  of  Grand  Rapids,  Mich., 
of  which  he  has  been  a  member  for  many  years. 


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J.  K.  TENNANT 


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ENNANT,  JOHN  K.,  Insurance, 
Bonds  and  Mortgages,  Los  Ange- 
les, California,  was  born  in  Ala- 
bama, December  7,  1868,  the  son 
of  Charles  W.  Tennant  and  Nancy 
J.  (Daniel)  Tennant.  He  married 
Miss  Clara  M.  Lewis  at  Trenton,  N.  J.,  on  April  4, 
1890,  and  to  them  there  has  been  born  a  son,  John 
K.  Tennant,  Jr. 

Mr.  Tennant,  who  is  identified  with  numerous 
financial  affairs  in  the  Southwest,  received  his  pre- 
liminary education  in  various  institutions  of  the 
South  and  later  attended  Bowdon  College,  at  Bow- 
don,  Georgia. 

Upon  finishing  his  education,  Mr.  Tennant  went 
to  Guatemala,  Central  America,  in  the  employ  of  a 
railroad  contractor  then  engaged  in  building  a  line 
from  Puerto  Barrios  to  Guatemala  City,  known  as 
the  Ferro  Carreal  Del  Norte  Railroad.  He  served 
this  company  for  four  years  as  Assistant  Pay- 
master, returning  to  the  United  States  in  1894. 

Shortly  after  his  return  to  this  country  he  em- 
barked in  the  insurance  business,  with  which  he 
has  been  associated  continuously  since.  He  began 
with  the  Mutual  Life  Insurance  Company  of  Louis- 
ville, Kentucky,  now  known  as  the  Illinois  Life  In- 
surance Company,  and  remained  with  it  for  about 
seven  years,  during  the  greater  part  of  which  time 
he  operated  in  the  Southern  States.  In  1901,  upon 
the  absorption  of  the  Mutual  Life  Insurance  Com- 
pany by  the  Illinois  Life  Insurance  Company,  Mr. 
Tennant  became  a  general  insurance  broker  and 
traveled  all  over  the  State  of  Texas,  maintaining 
headquarters  in  Dallas  and  Galveston.  He  was 
thu&  engaged  for  about  five  years  and  in  that  time 
made  such  a  record  that  the  attention  of  insurance 
men  in  general  was  attracted  to  him  and  he  was 
offered  various  positions.  He  finally  accepted  em- 
ployment with  the  Texas  Life  Insurance  Company 
and  moved  to  Waco,  Texas,  where  he  made  his 
headquarters.  He  had  the  management  of  the  com- 
pany's business  in  the  States  of  Louisiana  and 
Mississippi  and  conducted  this  business  until  Jan- 
uary, 1909,  when  he  was  transferred  to  the  manage- 
ment of  the  company  offices  in  El  Paso,  Texas. 

In  July,  1909,  however,  Mr.  Tennant,  although 
recognized  as  one  of  the  successful  men  in  the 
insurance  business  in  Texas,  resigned  from  the 
company  he  had  served  three  years-,  disposed  of 
his  Texas  interests  and  moved  to  Southern  Cali- 
fornia, where  he  has  since  been  active.  He  first 
located  at  Los  Angeles,  but  later  went  to  San 
Diego,  California,  which  presented  a  more  inviting 
field  at  that  time  for  insurance  development. 

In  June,  1910,  Mr.  Tennant  organized  the  Na- 
tional Life  Insurance  Company,  with  home  offices 
at  San  Diego,  and  assumed  the  management  at  once. 
He  still  serves  as  Manager  of  the  concern  and, 
although  it  is  comparatively  young  it  has  developed 
with  remarkable  rapidity  and  is  one  of  the  grow- 
ing corporations  of  the  West,  with  branch  offices 


in  seven  states.  A  large  part  of  the  success  of 
the  company  is  due  to  the  personal  efforts  of  Mr. 
Tennant,  who,  in  the  fifteen  years-  he  devoted  to 
insurance  in  Texas,  came  to  be  known  as  one  of 
the  experts  and  also  developed  splendid  executive 
ability.  This  is  apparent  in  the  complete  organiza- 
tion of  his  company,  whose  title  was  changed 
shortly  after  its  inception  to  the  California  Na- 
tional Life  Insurance  Company. 

When  the  insurance  project  had  become  firmly 
established,  Mr.  Tennant,  in  1911,  organized 
the  Western  Underwriting  &  Mortgage  Company, 
which  has  made  a  place  for  itself  among  the 
substantial  financial  institutions  of  the  Southwest. 
Mr.  Tennant  has  been  in  this,  as  in  his  first  ven- 
ture, the  dominant  factor  in  the  affairs  of  the  com- 
pany, and  as-  General  Manager  has  entire  charge 
of  its  operations.  It  was  shortly  after  the  organi- 
zation of  this  company  that  Mr.  Tennant  trans- 
ferred his  home  to  Los  Angeles,  although  he  has 
many  interests-  in  San  Diego  and  other  places. 

The  success  of  his  other  enterprises  led  Mr. 
Tennant  to  seek  other  opportunities,  and  in  1912, 
turning  his  attention  to  Arizona,  he  purchased  the 
controlling  interest  in  the  Union  Bank  &  Trust 
Company  of  Phoenix.  This  bank,  organized  in  1904, 
is-  one  of  the  prosperous  monetary  institutions  of 
Arizona,  its  business  being  confined  to  trusts  and 
savings.  Upon  becoming  affiliated  with  the  com- 
pany Mr.  Tennant  immediately  reorganized  it,  in- 
creased the  capital  stock  from  $100,000  to  $1,000,000 
and  took  up  the  duties  of  General  Manager.  Thus, 
with  three  thriving  enterprises  under  his  direction, 
Mr.  Tennant  is  compelled  to  divide  his  time  be- 
tween them  and  devotes  part  of  each  month  to  each 
of  the  three  cities  in  which  he  is  interested. 

In  addition  to  the  interests  mentioned,  Mr.  Ten- 
nant has  invested  considerably  in  Southern  Cali- 
fornia real  estate  and  has  joined  in  the  work  of 
developing  the  country  with  characteristic  energy 
and  enthusiasm.  He  is  not  interested  in  political 
affairs,  but  takes  an  active  part  in  civic  projects 
and  was  among  the  strongest  advocates  of  the 
World's  Fair  to  be  held  in  San  Diego  in  1915  under 
the  name  of  the  Panama  California  Exposition. 
This  is  the  greatest  public  enterprise  ever  under- 
taken by  the  citizens  of  San  Diego,  and  Mr.  Ten- 
nant, as  one  of  the  progressive  business  men  who 
realize  the  benefits  that  will  accrue  to  the  city,  has 
done  his  share  to  make  the  project  a  success. 

Mr.  Tennant  is  thorough  in  everything  he  under- 
takes and  is  a  tireless  worker,  but  he  finds  time 
for  recreation  and  is  a  prominent  figure  in  club  and 
fraternal  circles,  being  especially  active  in  Masonic 
affairs.  He  is  a  Thirty-second  Degree  Mason,  mem- 
ber of  the  Mystic  Shrine  and  Knights  Templar,  and 
also  belongs  to  the  Benevolent  &  Protective  Order 
of  Elks.  His  club  affiliations  include  the  Los  An- 
geles Athletic  Club,  Sierra  Madre  Club,  of  Los 
Angeles;  Cuyamaca  Club  of  San  Diego,  and  the 
San  Gabriel  Valley  Country  Club. 


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DR.  RALPH  WILLIAMS 

ILLIAMS,  RALPH  ROWLETT, 
Physician  and  Surgeon,  Los  An- 
geles, California,  is  a  native  of 
Memphis,  Tennessee,  born  on 
Christmas  Day,  1871.  He  is  of 
Scotch-English  descent,  his  an- 
cestors having  settled  in  Virginia  before  the  Revo- 
lutionary War.  He  is  the  son  of  General  Joseph 
Rowlett  Williams  and  Jane  Taylor  (Wilkins) 
Williams.  He  married  Hazel  V.  Kirkpatrick  at 
Los  Angeles,  June  15,  1910. 

Dr.  Williams  attended  private  schools  until  he 
was  fourteen  years  of  age,  then  entered  the  Uni- 
versity of  the  South  at  Sewanee,  Tenn.  During 
1888-89  he  was  a  student  at  the  College  of  Letters 
in  California,  and  upon  his  removal  to  Los  Angeles 
in  1890  he  took  up  the  study  of  medicine  in  the 
Medical  College  of  the  University  of  Southern  Cal- 
ifornia, being  graduated  with  the  degree  of  M  D 
in  1893. 

Immediately  following  his  graduation,  Dr.  Wil- 
liams began  practice,  in  association  with  Dr.  Gran- 
ville  MacGowan  for  eleven  years,  specializing  in 
dermatology  and  genito-urinary  diseases. 

Dr.  Williams  occupies  a  position  among  the 
leaders  of  the  profession  of  Southern  California, 
and  is  Professor  of  Dermatology  and  Associate  Pro- 
fessor of  Urology  in  the  Los  Angeles  Medical  De- 
partment of  the  University  of  California. 

Dr.  Williams  is  a  member  of  the  visiting  staffs 
of  the  Pacific,  Columbia  and  Los  Angeles  County 
Hospitals. 

His  clubs  and  associations  are:  California  Club, 
Jonathan  Club,  Los  Angeles  Country  Club,  Ameri- 
can Urological  Association,  Sixth  International 
Congress  of  Dermatology,  American  Medical  Asso- 
ciation, California,  Southern  California  and  Los 
Angeles  County  Medical  Societies. 


DR.   W.   H.   DUDLEY 

UDLEY,  WILLIAM  HENRY,  Physi- 
cian and  Surgeon,  Los  Angeles, 
California,  was  born  at  Madison, 
Conn.,  Jan.  1,  1855,  the  son  of 
Lucian  Wellington  Dudley  and 
Mary  Elizabeth  (Page)  Dudley. 
He  married  Lillian  Tracy  Pillmore  at  Butte.,  Mont., 
December  25,  1886,  and  to  them  was  born  a  son, 
Ray  W.  Dudley. 

Dr.  Dudley,  now  a  leading  specialist  of  the  West, 
attended  the  College  of  Physicians  and  Surgeons  of 
New  York  and  the  University  of  the  City  of  New 
York,  receiving  his  degree  from  the  latter  in  1882. 
Following  his  graduation  he  went  to  Norwich, 
Conn.,  and  practiced  there  for  several  years.  He 
then  went  West,  but  in  1893  returned  to  New  York 
as  Assistant  Resident  Surgeon  of  the  New  York 
Opthalmic  and  Aural  Institute,  where  he  remained 
for  one  year. 

In  1896  Dr.  Dudley  was  appointed  Opthalmic 
and  Aural  Surgeon  to  the  Easton  (Pa.)  General 
Hospital,  in  which  capacity  he  served  nine  years. 
During  his  residence  in  Easton,  Dr.  Dudley  served 
as  President  of  the  Northampton  Counbr  Medical 
Society  and  of  the  Easton  Microscope  Club.  In 
1905  he  moved  to  Los  Angeles  and  has  been  in 
practice  there  since  that  time,  specializing  in  the 
treatment  of  the  eye,  ear,  nose  and  throat. 

Since  1907  Dr.  Dudley  has  been  a  member  of 
the  faculty  of  the  University  of  California  Medi- 
cal Department,  as  instructor  in  the  ear,  nose  and 
throat  clinic. 

Dr.  Dudley  is  a  member  of  the  American  Med- 
ical Association,  California  State  Medical  Society, 
Southern  California  Medical  Society,  the  Eye,  Ear, 
Nose  and  Throat  Section  of  the  Los  Angeles  County 
Medical  Association,  the  American  Larvngological, 
Rhinological  and  Otological  Society  and  the  Amer- 
ican Academy  of  Opthalmologv  and  Oto-Laryng- 
ology. 


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DR.    D.    C.   BARBER 

ARBER,  DAVID  CASSAT,  Physi- 
cian and  Surgeon,  Los  Angeles, 
Cal.,  was  born  in  Connersville, 
Ind.,  July  3,  1862,  the  son  of 
Gideon  M.  Barber  and  Frances  E. 
(Cassat)  Barber.  He  is  of 
French  descent,  one  of  his  ancestors  being  Guizot, 
historian.  He  married  Nellie  B.  Yates  at  San 
Francisco,  April  2,  1892.  They  have  a  son,  Allyn 
H.  Barber. 

Dr.  Barber  attended  public  school  and  was 
graduated  from  Moore's  Hill  College  in  Indiana,  in 
1882,  with  A.  B.  Received  M.  A.  1885.  He  entered 
Claverack  College  in  New  York  City  to  prepare  for 
Yale,  but  went  instead  to  Miami  Medical  College, 
part  of  the  Univ.  of  Cincin.  Received  M.  D.,  1886. 

In  1886  Dr.  Barber  opened  practice  in  Los  An- 
geles, was  appointed  Professor  of  Pathology  and 
Clinical  Medicines  in  the  College  of  Medicine,  Univ. 
Sou.  Cal.,  and  ten  years  later  was  chosen  Professor 
of  Clinical  Surgery,  since  filling  these  offices. 

In  1891  Dr.  Barber  was  elected  to  the  Bd.  of 
Educ.  in  Los  Angeles  and  served  two  terms.  From 
1895  to  1899  and  from  1903  to  1907  he  was  Supt.  of 
Los  Angeles  County  Hospital.  With  a  view  of 
training  competent  nurses,  he  established,  in  con- 
nection with  the  hospital,  the  first  school  for 
trained  nurses  in  Sou.  Cal.,  and  it  has  become  one  of 
the  best  schools  of  the  kind  in  the  U.  S.  Dr.  Bar- 
ber was  chief  surgeon  of  the  hospital  during  both 
his  terms  and  he  has  since  made  surgery  a  spe- 
cialty. In  addition  to  his  lectures,  he  has  written 
extensively  on  surgical  and  medical  topics  and  also 
is  an  inventor  of  note. 

He  is  a  supporter  of  the  Republican  Party,  mem- 
ber of  the  County  Central  Committee  and  also  be- 
longs to  the  L.  A.  County  Med.  Ass'n.,  Sou.  Cal. 
Med.  Soc,  Med.  Soc.  of  the  State  of  Cal.  and  Amer. 
Med.  Ass'n.  He  is  a  32d  degree  Mason,  member  of 
the  University  Club  and  L.  A.  Athletic  Club. 


j.  s.  MCKNIGHT 

'KNIGHT,  JAMES  STUART,  Attor- 
ney, Los  Angeles,  Cal.,  was  born 
at  Green  Bay,  Wis.,  Nov.  15,  1883. 
He  is  the  son  of  Joseph  McKnight 
and  Katherine  Alice  (Blasius) 
McKnight. 

He  began  his-  education  in  Spokane,  Wash.,  con- 
tinued at  Los  Angeles  and  was  graduated  from 
Occidental  College  in  1905.  Then  entered  Univ.  of 
Sou.  Cal.  College  of  Law,  graduating  with  LL.  B.  in 
1908.  During  his  school  days  he  was  engaged  in 
newspaper  work  on  Los  Angeles  papers,  but  began 
practice  in  June,  1908,  immediately  after  being  ad- 
mitted to  the  Bar. 

Mr.  McKnight  makes  a  specialty  of  corporation 
and  real  e&tate  law  and  is  among  the  prominent  at- 
torneys of  Southern  California.  For  several  years 
he  handled  the  legal  affairs  of  several  well-known 
Los  Angeles  capitalists,  among  them  Frank  A.  Gar- 
butt,  Director  of  the  Union  Oil  Co.,  and  in  this  ca- 
pacity was  called  upon  to  pass  on  bond  issues  and 
title  to  public  lands  valuable  for  oil. 

As  attorney  for  several  oil  and  mining  corpora- 
tions he  has  figured  in  numerous  important  actions 
involving  great  sums  of  money  and  vast  tracts-  of 
land,  and  serves  today  as  Counsel  for  many  of 
these  concerns,  among  them  the  California  Midway 
Oil  Co.,  Midway  Royal  Petroleum  Co.,  Knicker- 
bocker Mining  &  Extract  Co.  and  Palladium  Invest- 
ment Co.  He  also  is  actively  interested  in  charita- 
ble and  philanthropic  work,  acting  as  Chief  Counsel 
for  both  the  national  and  local  Francis  Murphy  As- 
sociations. 

Mr.  McKnight  is  a  member  of  the  Faculty  of 
the  College  of  Law,  University  of  Southern  Califor- 
nia, and  also  holds  membership  in  the  Los  Angeles 
Athletic  Club  and  the  Phi  Delta  Phi  fraternity,  of 
which  President  William  H.  Taft,  ex-President  The- 
odore Roosevelt  and  several  Justices  of  the  United 
States  Supreme  Court  are  members. 


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ELLER,  WILL  E.,  President 
Globe  Grain  and  Milling 
Company,  Los  Angeles,  Cali- 
fornia, was  born  at  Wood- 
ville,  Mississippi,  January  30, 
1868,  the  son  of  Charles  E.  Keller  and  Agnes 
M.  (Phares)  Keller.  Mr.  Keller  has  four 
sons,  Robert  L.,  Will  J.,  Edward  McD.,  and 
Henry  E.  Keller.  In  1892  Mr.  Keller  went 

to  Los  Angeles  and  there     

began  what  has  become 
one  of  the  most  notable 
careers  in  that  city  of 
successful  men. 

He  first  embarked  in 
the  wholesale  grain  busi- 
ness, and  expanded  it  to 
such  an  extent  that  in 
1898  he  organized  a  man- 
ufacturing company  and 
built  a  large  mill  plant. 
This  was  followed  by 
another  plant,  erected  at 
Colton,  Cal.,  in  1902;  the 
next  year  they  built  at 
San  Francisco.  This 
plant  later  was  partially 
destroyed  by  fire,  but  was 
rebuilt  in  1906.  Another 
plant  was  built  at  Wood- 
land, California,  in  1905 ; 
El  Paso,  Texas,  followed 
in  1909,  and  San  Diego, 
California,  in  1910. 

It  was  about  this  time  that  Mr.  Keller 
became  interested  in  ice  manufacturing,  and 
in  this  line  also  he  was  concerned  in  the 
erection  of  several  big  plants,  among  them 
one  at  El  Paso,  in  1909;  another  at  Fresno, 
California,  in  1910,  and  a  third  at  Bakers- 
field,  California,  in  1911. 

The  combined  capacity  of  the  flour  mills 
is  4200  barrels  per  day  of  flour  and  500  tons 
of  feed.  The  daily  output  of  the  ice  plants 
combined  is  336  tons,  and  they  have  a  total 
storage  capacity  of  20,000  tons.  Mr.  Keller 
bears  the  honor  of  having  constructed  the 
first  fire-proof  flour  mills  in  the  West. 

These  various  ice  and  flour  enterprises 
are  owned  and  operated  by  separate  com- 
panies, all  organized  by  Mr.  Keller,  and  in 


W.  E.  KELLER 


all  of  which  he  is  the  controlling  factor,  both 
as  to  management  and  policy.  Each  is  a 
success  by  itself  and  they  are  not  in  any  way 
interdependent.  Through  them  many  hun- 
dred persons  are  given  work  and  they  form 
a  series  of  the  greatest  industrial  operations 
in  the  western  country.  The  companies  and 
Mr.  Keller's  connection  in  each  are  as  fol- 
lows: Globe  Grain  and  Milling  Company, 
Los  Angeles  and  San 
Francisco,  Presi- 
dent;  Colton  Grain  and 
Milling  Company,  Presi- 
dent; San  Diego  Grain 
and  Milling  Company, 
President ;  Woodland 
Grain  and  Milling  Com- 
pany, President;  El  Paso 
Grain  and  Milling  Com- 
pany, President;  Califor- 
nia and  Oregon  Grain 
and  Elevator  Company, 
President ;  Globe  Ice  and 
Cold  Storage  Company, 
El  Paso,  President;  Val- 
ley Ice  Company,  Fresno 
and  Bakersfield,  Presi- 
dent. 

Despite  the  arduous 
duties  which  fall  upon 
him  as  head  of  these  nu- 
merous and  active  con- 
cerns, Mr.  Keller  has 
other  interests  which  claim  part  of  his  time, 
and  to  all  he  gives  the  best  that  is  in  him,  as 
organizer,  executive  or  planner.  He  is  a  di- 
rector and  stockholder  in  the  Merchants'  Na- 
tional Bank,  one  of  the  largest  in  Los  An- 
geles; also  a  director  of  the  Ralston  Iron 
Works  of  San  Francisco. 

From  this  list  it  is  apparent  that  Mr.  Kel- 
ler is  one  of  the  busiest  business  men  in  the 
United  States,  and  necessarily  must  be  a  prac- 
tical improver  of  the  great  Pacific  Coast  coun- 
try. He  has  little  time  for  recreation,  but 
when  he  does  take  a  holiday  usually  spends  it 
hunting.  He  holds  memberships  in  the  Cali- 
fornia, Los  Angeles  Country  and  Westmin- 
ster Gun  Clubs  of  Los  Angeles,  Pacific  Union 
and  Transportation  Clubs  of  San  Francisco, 
and  the  El  Paso  Country  Club,  El  Paso,  Tex. 


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LARK,  PERCY  H.,  Real 
Estate  and  Investments,  Los 
Angeles,  California,  is  a 
Pennsylvanian  by  birth,  hav- 
ing been  born  in  Jefferson 

County,   Pennsylvania,   September  20,   1860. 

His    father    was    Nathaniel    Clark    and    his 

mother  Marie  (Hanford)  Clark.     He  married 

Hattie  E.  Youngs  at  Big  Rapids,  Michigan, 

November    18,    1885. 

There    is    one    daughter, 

Florence  E.  Clark. 

Mr.  Clark  was  educated 
in  the  public  schools  of 
Grand  Rapids,  Michigan, 
between  1865  and  1875. 
He  continued  his  educa- 
tion, studying  at  a  busi- 
ness college  up  to  1880. 

The  first  venture  of  Mr. 
Clark  in  the  business 
world  was  in  1884,  when 
he  became  an  employe  of 
the  firm  of  James  G.  Mc- 
Elwee  &  Co.,  lumber 
dealers  of  Big  Rapids, 
Michigan.  He  started  in 
the  capacity  of  book- 
keeper and  was  promoted 
on  several  occasions,  be- 
coming manager  of  the 
firm  in  1886.  During  his 
work  for  this  corporation 
he  made  a  study  of  the 
lumber  industry  from  the 
ground  up  and  mastered 
the  one  hundred  com- 
plexities of  the  business. 


PERCY  H.  CLARK 


He  continued  with 
that  company  for  three  years  at  Big  Rapids, 
Michigan,  where  in  the  latter  part  of  1886  he 
was  advanced  to  Kansas  City  as  manager  for 
the  same  concern. 

As  manager  of  the  Kansas  City  branch  he 
directed  all  of  the  corporation's  interests  in 
that  city  and  the  Central  West  district.  He 
continued  during  1887  and  1888  in  his  Kansas 
City  position,  but  in  1889  he  entered  the 
wholesale  lumber  trade  there,  handling  the 
output  of  a  number  of  the  large  mills  of 
Arkansas. 

Disposing  of  his  interests  in  Kansas  City 
in  1890,  he  moved  to  Los  Angeles,  California, 
and  in  1892  became  manager  of  the  lumber 
yards  of  the  Stimson  Mill  Company.  For  the 
next  six  years  he  was  actively  employed  with 
this  company  in  the  office  of  manager. 

In  1899  he  resigned  his  Los  Angeles  posi- 
tion to  enter  the  mining  industry  in  Arizona, 
but  returned  to  Los  Angeles  in  1901,  where 


he  became  a  real  estate  operator  and  investor 
and  known  as  one  of  the  heaviest  handlers  of 
property  in  that  part  of  the  State.  Mr.  Clark 
has  handled  a  great  many  tracts  of  farming 
lands  and  pastures  in  California,  up  to  the 
present  writing  amounting  to  over  100,000 
acres  of  such  property  in  the  central  and 
southern  parts  of  the  State. 

Mr.  Clark  planned  and  carried  to  success- 
ful completion  several 
townsites  and  distinctive 
residence  districts,  nota- 
ble in  the  latter  line  being 
the  townsite  of  Beverly 
and  the  suburban  estates 
of  Beverly  Hills,  one  of 
the  most  magnificent  resi- 
dence localities  in  all  the 
Southwest.  It  is  situated 
along  the  foothills,  be- 
tween Los  Angeles  and 
the  popular  beach  resorts 
of  Santa  Monica,  Ocean 
Park  and  Venice.  On  this 
property,  in  fulfillment  of 
Mr.  Clark's  plans,  over 
one  hundred  thousand 
dollars  has  been  spent 
in  beautifying  it  alone,  in 
addition  to  the  vast  sums 
spent  on  substantial  im- 
provements. Beverly  Hills 
will  always  remain  a  mon- 
ument to  Mr.  Clark's 
work  and  genius. 

Mr.  Clark  has  taken  a 
spirited    interest    in    the 


growth  of  Los  Angeles  and  Southern  Cali- 
fornia, and  was  a  pioneer  in  the  campaign  for 
good  roads.  He  did  much  beneficial  work  in 
this  direction  during  the  year  1910,  and  is  still 
at  it.  During  the  first  mentioned  period  he 
was  Chairman  of  the  Chamber  of  Commerce 
Committee  on  Boulevards,  Parks  and  Roads, 
and  this  body  recommended  numerous  im- 
provements in  those  three  departments.  Mr. 
Clark  is  vice  president  and  director  of  the 
Automobile  Club  of  Southern  California,  and 
in  this  capacity  also  has  done  much  to  fur- 
ther the  cause  of  good  roads. 

Mr.  Clark  is  chairman  of  the  Chamber  of 
Commerce  Committee  on  Municipal  and 
County  Affairs.  This  body  handles  all  mat- 
ters looking  to  the  benefit  of  the  city  and 
county,  politically  and  otherwise. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  California  Club, 
Los  Angeles  County  Club  and  the  Gamut 
Club,  in  addition  to  the  Automobile  Club  of 
Southern  California. 


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ORDON,  WILLIAM  ALEXANDER, 
Life  Insurance,  Phoenix,  Arizona, 
was  born  in  Hamilton,  Ontario, 
Canada,  May  29,  1879,  the  son  of 
Stuart  Gordon  and  Louise  Mur- 
dock.  He  married  Etta  S.  Hase- 
meier  at  Los  Angeles,  California,  August  25,  1910. 
He  is  descended  of  two  houses  noted  in  the  history 
of  Scotland,  one  of  his  relatives  having  been  Gen- 
eral "Chinese"  Gordon,  the  most  heroic  bearer  of 
British  arms  in  the  modern  history  of  the  Empire. 
The  General  was  his  great-grand-uncle,  and  another 
of  his  uncles  is  Charles  W.  Gordon  (Ralph  Conner), 
celebrated  as  a  writer.  The  Earl  of  Aberdeen,  one 
time  Governor  General  of  Canada,  was  his  l.hird 
cousin. 

Mr.  Gordon,  whose  father  was  rector  of  a  church 
at  Marysville,  Canada,  for  many  years,  received  his 
education  in  the  public  schools  of  Ontario  Prov- 
ince and  qualified  for  High  School  in  Toronto,  but 
did  not  enter.  Instead,  he  started  out  in  the  busi- 
ness world. 

His  first  position  was  with  the  wholesale  firm 
of  Gowans-Kent  &  Company  of  Toronto,  Canada, 
with  whom  he  began  as  office  boy  and  worked  his 
way  up  through  various  positions  until  he  became 
Assistant  Cashier  of  the  House,  and  finally  sales- 
man, in  which  position  he  was  serving  when  he 
left  the  firm  in  1899. 

For  the  next  year  Mr.  Gordon  was  engaged  in 
various  mercantile  and  stock  lines  as  a  commission 
salesman  and  in  1900  went  to  British  Columbia  in 
search  of  gold.  He  prospected  for  several  months 
and  finally,  after  much  hard  work,  located  two  gold 
claims,  which  promised  to  repay  him  for  his  trou- 
ble. He  was  planning  to  begin  operations  when 
the  representative  of  an  English  syndicate  offered 
him  $20,000  for  his  property  and  he  sold  out. 

Before  the  close  of  the  year  1900  Mr.  Gordon 
went  to  Vancouver,  British  Columbia,  and  there 
engaged  in  the  salmon  industry  for  several  months. 
Upon  leaving  there  he  moved  down  the  Pacific 
Coast  to  San  Francisco,  California,  where  he  en- 
tered the  employ  of  the  Pacific  Mutual  Life  Insur- 
ance Company  as  Agent.  He  was  engaged  in  the 
insurance  business  for  about  two  years  and  met 
with  considerable  success,  but  his  aspirations  for 
better  things  caused  him  to  give  it  up  and  in  1903 
he  located  in  Los  Angeles,  where  he  entered  the 
real  estate  and  investment  business.  In  this  field 
he  was  unusually  successful  and,  as  Southern  Cali- 
fornia, particularly  Los  Angeles,  was  at  that  time 
entering  upon  its  greatest  boom  period,  he  was  one 
of  the  men  who  reaped  a  fortune  from  the  business. 
After  operating  alone  for  about  a  year,  he  aided 
in  the  organization  of  the  Golden  State  Realty 
Company,  which  was,  in  reality  an  outgrowth  of 
his  own  business,  and  he  continued  in  association 
with  the  new  concern  for  another  year.  During 
this  time  Mr.  Gordon  and  his  associates  were 
among  the  most  active  real  estate  operators  in 
Los  Angeles  and  opened  up  numerous  subdivisions 
which  have  since  become  populous  districts.  They 
dealt  largely  in  tracts  lying  between  Los  Angeles 
and  the  ocean  and  one  of  these,  lying  just  south 
of  the  city,  has  since  developed  into  a  village  of 
large  proportions.  This  place  is  known  as  Watts, 


named  for  the  original  owner  of  the  land,  and  is 
one  of  the  thriving  newer  towns  about  Los  Angeles. 

In  1905  Mr.  Gordon  sold  out  his  real  estate  in- 
terests in  and  around  Los  Angeles  and  went  to 
Nevada,  where  he  re-entered  the  mining  business. 
He  was  engaged  there  for  approximately  two  years 
and  during  that  period  worked  on  a  number  of 
promising  propositions,  but  these  resulted  disas- 
trously and  he  lost  considerable  money.  He  pros- 
pected in  the  Goldfield,  Tonopah,  Rawhide  and 
other  districts,  but  gave  up  mining  for  all  time  when 
the  financial  panic  of  1907  came  on. 

Going  to  Los  Angeles  again,  he  took  a  position 
in  October,  1908,  as  salesman  for  the  International 
Mercantile  &  Bond  Company,  remaining  with  this 
concern  until  the  following  April.  He  took  up  vari- 
ous propositions  for  several  months  until  October, 
1909,  when  he  became  affiliated  with  the  Pacific 
Surety  Company  of  San  Francisco  as  salesman.  He 
remained  with  this  company  until  April,  1910,  re- 
signing at  that  time  to  go  to  Arizona,  where  he 
entered  the  employ  of  the  Arizona  Fire  Insurance 
Company  of  Phoenix.  He  has  been  in  the  insurance 
business  from  that  time  down  to  date. 

After  working  in  the  fire  insurance  branch  until 
April,  1911,  he  resigned  to  form  the  Arizona  Life 
Insurance  Company,  of  which  he  holds  the  office 
of  Secretary  and  General  Manager.  This  com- 
pany remained  in  the  formative  period  for  about  a 
year  and  did  not  write  any  business  until  May 
of  1912.  Within  thirty  days  the  company  had  writ- 
ten half  a  million  dollars  in  business,  thus  estab- 
lishing a  record  unparalleled  in  the  history  of  life 
insurance  business  in  the  United  States  or  any 
other  place. 

The  remarkable  amount  of  business  was  due, 
in  large  measure,  to  the  personality  of  Mr.  Gordon, 
who,  as  a  practical  insurance  man,  wrote  more  than 
$100,000  of  policies  the  first  two  days  after  the 
company  opened  for  business. 

The  Arizona  Life  Insurance  Company,  although 
in  its  infancy,  is  regarded  as  one  of  the  substan- 
tial business  institutions  of  the  Southwest,  having 
$250,000  capital  and  surplus,  every  dollar  of  which 
is  subscribed  or  actually  paid  in. 

In  addition  to  his  life  insurance  duties,  Mr. 
Gordon  is  Vice  President  of  the  National  Provident 
Publicity  Company  of  Oklahoma  and  Vice  President 
and  General  Manager  of  the  Pacific  Provident  Pub- 
licity Company,  an  organization  similiar  to  the  form- 
er. These  companies  are  engaged  in  the  distribu- 
tion of  insurance  coupons,  through  trade  mediums, 
these  coupons  being  accepted  by  every  responsible 
fire  or  life  insurance  company  as  payment  of  pre- 
miums. It  is  the  most  modern  device  known  to  in- 
surance and  Mr.  Gordon,  who  has  made  the  subject 
a  special  study,  will  have  the  direction  of  the  busi- 
ness on  the  Pacific  Coast  and  Southwestern  sec- 
tion of  the  United  States. 

During  his  two  years'  residence  in  Phoenix 
Mr.  Gordon  has  taken  an  active  interest  in  the 
development  of  the  city  and  surrounding  country 
and  is  the  holder  of  a  large  amount  of  real  estate. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Phoenix  Country  Club 
and  the  Arizona  Club,  the  chief  club  organizations 
in  that  section,  and  a  candidate  for  fraternal  hon- 
ors, including  the  Masons  and  Elks. 


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ISNER,  CLARENCE  B.,  Oil 
Operator,  Los  Angeles,  Cali- 
fornia, was  born  at  Friend- 
ship, New  York,  August  15, 
1867,  the  son  of  James  E.  and 

Laura  Newman  (Bell)  Wisner.     He  married 

Gertrude    Dixon    at    Fargo,    North    Dakota, 

November  10,  1886. 

Mr.  Wisner  was  educated  at  the  Friend- 
ship    Academy     and     at 

Hamline   University    and 

under  private  tutors.    He 

removed   to   Lisbon,   Da- 
kota   Territory,    in    1881, 

with  his  parents. 

He  went  to  work  in  a 

bank,   and,   in    1886,   was 

cashier    of    the    Bank    of 

Lisbon.     He  retained  the 

place  for  two  years. 

In  the  following  year 

he    was    called    upon    to 

draft    the    Dakota    State 

Bank    Law,    in    spite    of 

his  youth,  and   he  is   its 

author    as    it    stands    to- 
day   in    the    statutes    of 

North  Dakota.     He  next 

assisted      in      organizing 

the  first  bank  under  the 

law. 

Mr.    Wisner   was    the 

manager   of  the   World's 

Fair  branch  of  the  Amer- 
ican    Trust     &     Savings 

Bank,    Chicago,    in    1893. 

The    following    year    he 


CLARENCE    B.   WISNER 


organized  the  West  Pullman  Bank,  private, 
and  this  was  later  reorganized  as  the  State 
Bank  of  West  Pullman.  He  was  its  first 
Cashier  and  afterwards  Vice  President  and 
President. 

In  the  year  1900  he  went  to  New  York  as 
the  general  manager  of  the  Sills  Eddy  Mica 
Company,  one  of  the  big  concerns  in  the  mica 
business.  Two  years  later  he  organized  and 
financed  the  Dubois  Electric  &  Traction 
Company,  of  Dubois,  Pennsylvania,  consoli- 
dating the  street  railway  and  electric  com- 
panies. 

The  next  work  of  importance  in  which  he 
was  engaged  was  in  1907,  when  he  went  to 
London,  England,  and  organized  the  British 
Consolidated  Oil  Corporation,  Limited,  which 
took  over  valuable  producing  properties  in 
the  Coalinga  district.  In  1909  he  was  made 
general  manager  of  the  company,  and  went 
to  California  and  took  active  charge  in  the 


field.  Immediately  on  his  arrival  in  the  oil 
fields  he  began  to  branch  out,  taking  hold  of 
one  opportunity  after  another.  He  bought, 
in  1910,  the  New  Era  and  the  P.  M.  D.  O., 
freehold  properties,  for  the  company,  and 
they  proved  among  the  most  productive  in 
the  Coalinga  field.  He  also  bought  the 
Gypsy  and  Mountain  Girl  leases,  240  acres, 
in  the  Midway  field,  which  he  afterwards 
sold  to  the  Petro- 
leum  Properties  Syndi- 
cate, Limited. 

Mr.  Wisner  was  one 
of  the  first  to  realize  the 
importance  of  electricity 
in  the  oil  industry,  and 
gave  the  first  big  order 
for  pumping  motors, 
which  are  now  coming 
into  general  use  owing  to 
ecenomy  and  utility. 
Later  in  the  year  he 
bought  the  Guiberson 
ranch,  at  Fillmore,  of 
880  acres,  780  acres  of 
which  he  later  sold  to 
the  Calumet  Oil  Com- 
pany. 

He  resigned  as  Gen- 
eral Manager  of  the  Eng- 
lish group  of  interests 
March  1,  1911.  Since 
then  he  has  been  devot- 
ing his  entire  time  to  his 
private  interests,  which 
have  grown  to  be  quite 
extensive. 

In  September,  1911,  he  purchased  7500 
acres  of  foothill  fruit  land  at  Snelling,  Mer- 
ced County,  which  he  has  subdivided  into 
twenty  and  forty  acre  farms  under  the  name 
of  the  Figmond  Tract. 

The  project  met  with  immediate  success 
and  a  large  number  of  sales  have  already 
been  made  to  high-class  American  people  of 
means,  who  will  form  one  of  the  ideal  colo- 
nies of  California. 

Mr.  Wisner  has  continued  to  keep  in 
touch  with  the  banking  business,  in  which 
he  first  gained  distinction.  Since  going  to 
Los  Angeles  he  has  been  quietly  and  judi- 
ciously investing  in  real  estate. 

Although  not  long  in  Los  Angeles  he  has 
joined  into  its  social  life,  and  is  a  member  of 
the  Sierra  Madre  Club  and  others.  He  also 
belongs  to  the  Union  League  Club  of  San 
Francisco,  a  city  to  which  his  business  often 
takes  him. 


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ILDE,  LOUIS  J.,  Banker, 
San  Diego,  Cal.,  was  born  in 
Iowa  City,  la.,  July  16,  1865, 
the  son  of  John  and  Lucina 
Wilde.  He  married  Frances 
E.  O'Brien,  daughter  of  James  O'Brien,  for- 
mer county  auditor  of  St.  Paul,  Minn.,  in 
that  city,  and  to  them  there  have  been  born 

four  children,   Donald   E.,   Richard    E.,  Jack 
D.,  and  Lucille  B.  Wilde. 
Mr.    Wilde    was    edu- 
cated at  Cornell  College, 

Mount    Vernon,    la.,    and 

at    Hyatts    Academy, 

Iowa  City,  la. 

He  left  his  native  city 

in  1884  and  went  to  Los 

Angeles,  Cal.,  and  for  the 

succeeding    years    was    a 

resident    of    that    city, 

where  he  worked  at  vari- 
ous occupations  from  ele- 
vator boy  up.  He  was  in 

the  real  estate  and  insur- 
ance business  about  the 

time   of   the   boom,   1893, 

after  which  he  moved  to 

St.  Paul,  where  he  was  in 

the     brokerage     business 

for  nine  years  more.     At 

the  end  of  that  time,  or 

in  1903,  he  moved  to  San 

Diego,      Cal.,     there      to 

make     his     permanent 

home  and,  as  events  have 

proved,  to  become  one  of 

the    principal    factors    in 


LOUIS   J.    WILDE 


the  growth  of  that  splendid  city.  A  man  of 
large,  progressive  ideas,  possessed  of  an  un- 
usual faculty  for  organization  and  enterprise, 
his  career  in  San  Diego  has  been  a  succes- 
sion of  big  projects,  all  of  which  he  has  car- 
ried to  successful  issue,  with  the  city  the 
gainer  in  each  instance. 

Among  some  of  his  worthy  endeavors 
was  his  instrumentality  in  bringing  into  San 
Diego  the  first  three  hundred  and  fifty  thou- 
sand dollars  of  outside  money  for  the  estab- 
lishment of  the  San  Diego  Home  Telephone 
Co.  He  also  built  the  beautiful  Pickwick 
Theater;  purchased  and  reorganized  the  Cit- 
izens' Savings  Bank  and  organized  the  Amer- 
ican National  Bank.  He  is  president  of  the 
latter  institution  and  is  now  assisting  in  the 
building  of  a  magnificent  home  for  it.  In 
addition,  he  rebuilt  the  old  Richelieu  Build- 
ing for  banking  rooms;  organized  the  First 
National  Bank,  and  led  in  other  works  of  a 


practical  nature.  Mr.  Wilde's  latest  and  per- 
haps greatest  accomplishment  was  the  re- 
financing and  completion  of  the  U.  S.  Grant 
Hotel  in  San  Diego.  This  is  one  of  the  most 
beautiful  modern  hotel  structures  in  the 
Southwest,  and  Mr.  Wilde  is  credited  with 
being  the  factor  most  actively  engaged  in  its 
building.  He  not  only  financed  the  proposi- 
tion, but  drafted  a  set  of  plans  by  which  the 
hotel  was  built.  The 
plans  of  the  original  ar- 
chitect were  practically 
ignored,  and  in  the  in- 
terior arrangements  Mr 
Wilde  showed  a  practical 
as  well  as  artistic  ability 
that  astonished  his 
friends. 

In  addition  to  build- 
ing the  hotel,  Mr.  Wilde 
designed  and  caused  to  be 
built,  on  the  Plaza,  in 
front  of  the  U.  S.  Grant 
Hotel,  a  magnificent  mar- 
ble fountain,  which  cost 
$14,000  and  which  he 
gave  to  the  city. 

The  people  of  San 
Diego  are  indebted  to 
Mr.  Wilde  for  much  of 
the  city's  present  pros- 
perity and  many  of  the 
great  enterprises  that 
have  been  established 
there.  Although  conser- 
vative in  a  measure,  he 
has  always  been  foremost 


in  aiding  and  fostering  every  worthy  project 
of  importance  to  the  city,  lending  thereto  his 
influence  and  extenisve  financial  support.  In 
this  connection,  it  may  be  mentioned  that  he 
is  one  of  the  leading  spirits  in  the  San  Diego 
California-Panama  Exposition,  which  will 
celebrate  the  final  opening  of  the  Panama 
Canal. 

Mr.  Wilde  has  never  sought  nor  held 
public  office,  although  he  takes  a  strong  in- 
terest in  political  affairs  on  the  side  of  prog- 
ress and  popular  government. 

Socially  he  is  one  of  the  most  prominent 
men  in  the  city,  and  belongs  to  a  number  of 
the  leading  clubs. 

He  is  a  life  member  of  the  San  Diego 
Yacht  Club  and  the  Chamber  of  Commerce, 
a  member  of  the  Masons  (Scottish  and  York 
Rites),  the  Benevolent  and  Protective  Order 
of  Elks,  the  Cuyamaca  and  the  San  Diego 
Country  Clubs. 


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DOWNS,  ALFRED 
JONATHAN,  Physician 
and  Surgeon,  Los  An- 
geles, Cal.,  was  born  in 
El  Monte,  Cal.,  March  7, 
1877.  Son  of  Francis 
E.  and  Mary  J.  (Jones) 
Downs.  Married  Mil- 
dred E.  Lewis,  at  Los 
Angeles,  Cal.,  Aug.  16, 
1904.  One  child,  Fran- 
cis Harbert  Downs.  Dr. 
Downs  is  a  great  grand- 
son of  Thomas  Jones, 
granted  land  where 
Nashville,  Tennessee, 
stands,  for  gallantry  in 
Revolutionary  War. 

Dr.  Downs  received 
his  education  in  lead- 
ing public  and  private  institutions  of  Cal.  and  New 
York  City.  Began  medical  studies,  1897,  in  Univ. 
of  Sou.  Cal.  Med.  Colg.  Graduated,  1901,  with  M.  D., 
from  Jefferson  Med.  Colg.,  Phila.,  Pa.  Interne, 
Kings  County  Hospital,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  over  18 
months. 

Began  practice,  Los  Angeles,  1902;  associated 
with  Dr.  Milbank  Johnson  five  years;  District 
Surgeon,  Edi&on  Electric  Co.,  1902-07;  District 
Surgeon,  Home  Telephone  Co.,  1906-07.  Now  In- 
structor in  Gynecology,  Med.  Dept.  Univ.  of  Sou. 
Cal.,  and  author  of  many  papers  on  subject. 

He  is  a  member,  Med.  Symposium  Soc.,  Los  An- 
geles County  Med.  Assn.,  Med.  Soc.  of  State  of  Cal., 
Amer.  Med.  Assn.,  Union  League  and  City  Club, 
Los  Angeles;  Masons,  and  Native  Sons  of  the 
Golden  West. 


SCHROEDER, 
HARRY  CHARLES, 
Solicitor  of  United 
States  and  Foreign 
Patents,  Trademarks 
and  Copyrights,  Oak- 
land, California,  was 
born  in  Germany,  Sep- 
tember 6,  1880,  the  son 
of  Charles  and  Mary 
(Blumendorf)  Schroe- 
der.  His  father  and 
paternal  grandfather 
practiced  the  mechani- 
cal electrical  engineer- 
ing business. 

Mr.  Schroeder  was 
brought  to  the  United 
States  when  he  was 
two  years  old  and  spent 
his-  childhood  in  Chicago,  attending  the  public 
schools  at  that  place  and  Northwestern  University 
at  Evanston,  Illinois.  He  completed  his  school 
training  in  1899. 

After  this  date  he  spent  several  years  acquiring 
practical  experience  in  mechanical,  electrical  and 
chemical  manufacturing  lines.  After  acquiring 
this  practical  experience  in  Kansas  City,  Chicago 
and  other  Eastern  cities,  he  opened  offices  to  prac- 
tice his  profession. 

He  has  maintained  offices  in  Oakland  since  1897 
and  devotes  all  of  his  time  to  his  profession,  taking 
only  a  passive  interest  in  political  affairs-.  He  is, 
however,  prominent  in  fraternal  circles,  being  a 
thirty-second  degree  Scottish  Rite  Mason,  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Mystic  Shrine  and  of  the  Rotary  Club 
of  Oakland. 


GARRET  T,  E  D- 
WARD  HEWITT,  Phy- 
sician and  Surgeon,  Los 
Angeles,  Cal.,  was  born 
at  Wilmington,  Cal., 
Nov.  21,  1872,  the  son 
of  Robt.  L.  Garrett  and 
Sarah  Elizabeth  (Mc- 
Bride)  Garrett.  He 
married  Josephine  Eb- 
erle  at  Los  Angeles, 
March  4,  1904,  and  they 
have  a  daughter,  Eliza- 
beth Katherine  Garrett. 
Dr.  Garrett  gradu- 
ated from  the  Los  An- 
geles High  School  in 
1892,  and  after  three 
years  with  the  Wells- 
Fargo  Express  Co.,  en- 
tered the  Medical  College  of  the  University  of  So. 
Cal.,  graduating  in  1899  with  M.  D.  degree.  He 
spent  a  year  as  House  Physician  of  the  County 
Hospital,  Fresno,  Cal.;  then  went  to  Searchlight, 
Nev.,  as  Surgeon  for  the  Quartette  Mining  Co.  He 
next  served  the  Golden  Cross  Mining  Co.,  at  Hedges, 
Cal.  Since  1901  has  been  in  practice  in  Los  An- 
geles. From  1902  to  1905,  he  was  Autopsy  Surgeon 
for  the  Coroner  of  L.  A.  County.  From  1907  to  1910 
he  was  Police  Surgeon  and  a  member  of  the  State 
Insanity  Commission.  Since  1906,  has  been  Surgeon 
for  the  U.  S.  Dept.  of  Justice  and  is  Surg.  and  Med. 
Examiner,  Aetna  Life  Ins.  Co.  and  is  on  visiting 
staff,  Clara  Barton  Hospital. 

He  is  a  member  of  Ramona  Parlor,  N.  S.  G.  W.; 
of  Hollenbeck  Lodge,  F.  &  A.  M.;  the  Am.  Med. 
Assn.,  and  L.  A.  County  and  Cal.  State  Med.  Socs. 


MORTON,  LEWIS 
BURROWS,  Surgeon, 
Los  Angeles,  Cal.,  was 
born  in  Davenport,  la., 
May  12,  1878,  the  son  of 
William  M.  Morton  and 
Jane  (Burrows)  Mor- 
ton. He  married  Caro- 
line Ellsworth  at  Iowa 
Falls,  la.,  Sept.  15, 
1903.  They  have  one 
child,  Marcia  Ellsworth 
Morton. 

Dr.  Morton  attended 
public  schools  and 
Ellsworth  College,  at 
Iowa  Falls,  and  studied 
medicine  at  the  Uni- 
versity of  Iowa,  gradu- 
ating' in  1901  with  the 
degree  of  M.  D.  From  1901  to  1906,  he  was  assist- 
ant to  his  father,  Chief  Surgeon  for  the  Iowa  Short 
Line  R.  R.  at  Iowa  Falls.  He  then  took  post-gradu- 
ate work  at  St.  Luke's  Hospital,  Chicago,  as  an  in- 
terne and  rejoined  his  father  at  Iowa  Falls. 

In  1909,  Dr.  Morton  moved  to  Los  Angeles  and 
has  been  in  practice  there  since,  specializing  in 
surgical  work.  Among  other  duties  he  is  Attending 
Surgeon  at  the  Children's  Hospital,  Los  Angeles, 
and  is  Attending  Gynecologist  of  Graves'  Dispen- 
sary, a  part  of  the  Los  Angeles  Med.  Dept.  of  the 
University  of  California. 

Dr.  Morton  is  a  member  of  the  Clinical  and  Path- 
ological Society,  Los  Angeles;  L.  A.  County  Med. 
Assoc.  and  Med.  Soc.  of  the  State  of  Cal.  He  be- 
longs to  the  University  Club  of  Chicago,  and  Annan- 
dale  Country  Club,  Los  Angeles. 


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ALLEN,  HON.  MAT- 
THEW THOMPSON, 
Presiding  Justice,  Dis- 
trict Court  of  Appeal, 
Los  Angeles,  Cal.,  was 
born  near  Greenville, 
O.,  Sept.  17,  1848.  Son 
of  Rev.  John  Allen  and 
Elizabeth  (Ash)  Allen. 
Married  Mary  White- 
side  at  Greenville,  O., 
April  23,  1879. 

Justice  Allen  was  ed- 
ucated in  the  public 
schools  of  Darke  Coun- 
ty, O.  Otterbein  Uni- 
versity, Westerville,  O. 
He  read  law  under  Hon. 
D.  M.  Bradbury,  at  Win- 
chester, Ind.,  and  was 
admitted  to  the  Indiana  Bar  Sept.  17,  1869.  He 
served  a  short  time  as  Asst.  Pros.  Atty.,  19th 
Indiana  Circuit,  and  in  1872,  shortly  after  his  return 
to  Greenville,  O.,  began  practice  there.  In  1886  he 
went  to  Los  Angeles  on  account  of  ill-health.  Re- 
sumed practice  in  1887  and  in  1890-91  was  associ- 
ated with  Hon.  N.  P.  Conrey  and  Clarence  A.  Miller. 
Appointed  U.  S.  Atty.  for  Southern  Dist.  of  Cal.  in 
1891,  and  served  until  1893,  when  he  resigned  and 
became  partner  of  U.  S.  Senator  Frank  P.  Flint. 
Elected  Judge,  Superior  Court  of  Los  Angeles  Co., 
1897,  and  dissolved  partnership.  In  1905,  appointed 
by  Gov.  Pardee,  Associate  Justice  of  the  Dist.  Court 
of  Appeal,  becoming  Presiding  Justice  in  1907. 

He  was  Pres.  of  the  Board  of  Education,  Green- 
ville, O.,  1883  to  1886.  Member  Los-  Angeles  Bar 
Ass'n.,  Mason  and  Mystic  Shriner.  Republican. 


STABLER,  LAIRD 
JOSEPH,  Professor  of 
Chemistry,  University 
of  Southern  California, 
Los  Angeles,  Cal.,  was 
born  at  Bethany,  Ohio, 
August  27,  1863.  His 
father  was  Daniel  F. 
Stabler  and  his  mother 
Rachael  A.  (Le  Sourd) 
Stabler.  He  married 
Miss  Maud  Lulu  Jones-, 
Aug.  27,  1890,  at  Ft., 
Wayne,  ind.,  and  to 
them  were  born  two 
sons,  Dwight  W.  and 
Robert  L.  Stabler. 

He  received  his  ear- 
ly education  at  Beth- 
any, Ohio,  later  attend- 
ing the  University  of  Michigan,  graduating  with 
honors  in  1885  with  the  degree  of  Pharmaceutical 
Chemist.  In  1890  he  obtained  his  degree  of  Bache- 
lor of  Science  from  Purdue  University  (Ind.),  after 
which  he  took  a  post  graduate  course  at  Johns  Hop- 
kins University.  In  1896  he  received  the  degree  of 
Master  of  Science  from  Purdue  University. 

During  1891-1894  Prof.  Stabler  occupied  the  chair 
of  Chemistry  in  Southwestern  Kansas  College.  In 
1894  he  removed  to  Los  Angeles,  Cal.,  associating 
himself  with  the  University  of  Southern  California 
as  head  of  the  Department  of  Chemistry  and  Dean 
of  the  College  of  Pharmacy.  Prof.  Stabler  has  made 
careful  study  of  oil  in  Cal.  and  has  contributed  to 
the  technical  journals  various  important  articles. 
Member,  Am.  Chemical  Soc.,  Am.  Pharmaceutical 
Soc.,  and  the  University  Club. 


WEST,  FREDERIC 
BEALL,  Physician  and 
Surgeon,  Los  Angeles, 
California,  was  born  in 
Covington,  Kentucky, 
October  23,  1869,  the 
son  of  Byron  David 
West  and  Margaret  Me- 
lissa (Christy)  West. 

Dr.  West  received 
his  early  education  in 
the  public  schools-  of 
Chicago,  then  attended 
St.  Ignatius  College  for 
a  year,  but  left  to  enter 
the  office  of  his  father, 
who  was  in  charge  of 
the  Michigan  Insurance 
Inspection  Bureau.  His 
father  was  one  of  the 
most  prominent  insurance  men  of  the  State  of 
Michigan  and  for  eight  years  Dr.  West  was  asso- 
ciated with  him  as  clerk  and  assistant  inspector. 
In  1896,  however,  he  determined  to  take  up  the 
study  of  medicine  and  entered  Barnes  Medical  Uni- 
versity at  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  graduating  in  the  class 
of  1899  with  the  degree,  M.  D.  Dr.  West  became  a 
House  Physician  at  St.  Mary's  Hospital,  Grand 
Rapids,  Mich.,  for  about  a  year,  when  he  moved  to 
Colorado  Springs,  Colo.,  and  engaged  in  private 
practice.  After  two  years  he  moved  to  Los  Angeles. 
In  addition  to  his  medical  work,  Dr.  West  is  a 
clos-e  student  of  the  various  religious  and  philo- 
sophical movements  of  the  day  and  is  affiliated  with 
associations  for  world  betterment. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  State  and  County  Medi- 
cal Societies  and  American  Medical  Association. 


MAYNE,  WILLIAM 
HAWTHORNE,  Physi- 
cian and  Surgeon,  Los 
Angeles,  Cal.,  was  born 
in  Bainbridge,  County 
Down,  Ireland,  Sept. 
23,  1872,  the  son  of 
James  Mayne  and  Lu- 
cinda  (Hawthorne) 
Mayne.  Married  Louise 
Hunter  at  Los  Angeles, 
June  27,  1900. 

Dr.  Mayne  attended 
private  schools  in  Ire- 
land until  sixteen,  then 
moved  to  Southern  Cal- 
ifornia. Graduated  from 
Santa  Ana  (Cal.)  High 
School  in  1893;  attend- 
ed Leland  Stanford,  Jr., 
Univ.  two  years;  graduated,  M.  D.,  in  1900,  from 
Med.  College  of  Univ.  of  Sou.  Cal.  Prior  to  gradua- 
tion Dr.  Mayne,  in  1899-1900,  had  charge  of  Medical 
Dept.  of  Los  Angeles  County  Poor  Farm.  After 
graduation  he  went  to  Clarksville,  N.  M.,  and  began 
private  practice. 

In  1904,  Dr.  Mayne  took  six  months'  work  in  N. 
Y.  Post  Graduate  College,  then  returned  to  Los  An- 
geles and  took  a  special  course  in  Physical  Diagno- 
sis. Resumed  private  practice  in  1905.  Is  Asst.  Su- 
preme Med.  Director  of  the  Fraternal  Brotherhood 
and  Med.  Exam,  for  Pacific  Mutual  Life  Ins.  Co. 

Dr.  Mayne  served  three  years  as  a  member  of 
Co.  F,  9th  Regt,  N.  G.  C.  Member,  American  Medi- 
cal Association,  L.  A.  County  Medical  Association, 
Medical  Society  of  the  State  of  Cal.,  Phi  Rho  Sigma 
fraternity  and  University  Club,  Los  Angeles. 


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ORUFP,  FREDERICK  LINCOLN, 
Farmer  and  Land  Developer,  San 
Fernando,  Cal.,  was  born  at  Clear 
Creek,  Ind.,  on  the  31st  of  March, 
1865.  The  son  of  William  Henry 
Boruff  and  Margaret  Eleanor 
Foster,  he  comes  of  sturdy  fighting  stock — a  fact 
well  illustrated  by  his  own  progressive  career.  His 
paternal  grandfather  was  a  General  in  the  Finn 
army  at  the  age  of  twenty-six,  and  his  grandmother, 
who  was  a  descendant  of  Sir  Robert  Nesbitt,  was 
born  on  the  battle  ground  of  Bannockburn.  Mr. 
Boruff  married  Mrs.  K.  C.  Porter  (formerly  Katie 
Anne  Caystile)  at  San  Fernando,  February  25,  1908. 

Mr.  Boruff  received  all  his  actual  school  educa- 
tion in  the  public  schools  of  Indiana  and  left  the 
grammar  school  in  1881,  at  the  age  of  sixteen,  to 
make  his  own  way  in  the  world.  Having  inherited 
a  strong  taste  for  farming,  he  immediately  went 
to  Iowa  to  scan  the  agricultural  prospects  there. 
The  absence  of  an  encouraging  outlook  conspired 
with  a  roving  disposition  to  send  him  to  New  Mex- 
ico, where  for  two  years  he  "punched  cattle." 

In  1883  Mr.  Boruff  returned  to  Macedonia,  Iowa, 
farmed  for  two  more  years  and  then  entered  the 
journalistic  field  as  owner  and  editor  of  the  Botana 
Valley  News,  a  non-partisan  weekly  devoted  chiefly 
to  agricultural  interests.  During  his  editorship  he 
developed  a  keen  interest  in  the  political  situation 
in  Iowa  and  soon  became  an  aggressive  Democrat. 
Throwing  all  the  weight  of  his  influence  into  the 
cause,  he  materially  aided  his  party  to  win  the  first 
State  success  the  Democrats  of  Iowa  had  known  for 
twenty-five  years.  Partly  in  reward  for  his  efforts 
he  was  appointed  in  1886  Chief  Deputy  Auditor  of 
Pottawattamie  County  under  Ira  F.  Hendricks. 

Politics  becoming  distasteful  to  him,  Mr.  Boruff 
resigned  his  office  and  early  in  1887  traveled  for 
the  Western  Wheeled  Scraper  Company  of  Mount 
Pleasant,  Iowa.  During  the  next  three  years  he 
covered  the  greater  part  of  the  United  States,  do- 
ing a  large  jobbing  busine&s  and  acquiring  a 
knowledge  of  men  and  detail  of  which  he  subse- 
quently had  occasion  to  avail  himself. 

In  July,  1890,  Mr.  Boruff  went  to  Chicago  and 
entered  the  real  estate  business,  with  offices  in 
the  old  Lakeside  Building.  For  ten  years  he  was 
a  successful  realty  operator,  dealing  largely  in  city 
and  suburban  property,  and  doing  much  to  develop 
the  latter.  His  interest  in  politics,  and  perhaps 
the  hereditary  love  of  a  "good  scrap"  reviving,  he 
organized  the  Tammany  Society  of  Chicago,  and 
from  disintegrated  elements  built  a  coherent,  har- 
monious association  of  thirty-seven  thousand  mem- 
bers in  twelve  hundred  precincts.  During  this  time 
he  became  a  warm  personal  friend  of  William  Jen- 
nings Bryan,  and  also  a  prolific  contributor  on  po- 
litical and  allied  subjects  to  many  papers. 

The  strong  attraction  that  California  and  her 
agricultural  and  horticultural  possibilities  had 
long  held  for  Mr.  Boruff  drew  him  from  Chicago  to 


this  State  in  the  fall  of  1900.  He  first  settled  in 
Los  Angeles,  subsequently  moving  to  San  Fer- 
nando, where  he  has  a  model  farm  and  the 
largest  private  nursery  in  California.  This  prop- 
erty contains  more  than  700,000  stock  trees,  chiefly 
of  oranges,  lemons  and  olives.  On  olive  culture 
he  is  an  enthusiast,  second  to  none  in  that  part  of 
the  world.  He  has  studied  the  subject  in  practic- 
ally all  of  its  phases,  historic,  economic  and 
botanic.  He  sees  a  wonderful  future  for  the  indus- 
try in  California,  once  the  importance  and  feasibil- 
ity of  extensive  olive  culture  are  generally  real- 
ized. To  him  the  fertility  of  California's  soil  and 
the  magic  of  her  climate  seem  limitless  in  their 
power  for  good.  He  believes  that  there  is  no  effec- 
tive medicament  that  cannot  either  be  found  or 
produced  in  that  State.  He  terms  California  the 
"Drug  Store  of  the  World,"  in  the  best  sense  of 
that  therapeutic  phrase,  and  cannot  understand 
the  slowness  of  many  native  sons  to  sense  the  vir- 
tues of  their  birthplace.  However,  he  is  not  per- 
mitting himself  to  worry  over  their  want  of  fore- 
sight and  enthusiasm,  but  is  devoting  his  own 
energies  to  the  task  of  justifying  his  own  bound- 
less faith  in  his  adopted  State.  He  specializes  in 
dry  farming  and  has  become  an  expert  in  this 
branch  of  agriculture,  which  promises  to  revolu- 
tionize farming  methods  and  make  arid  wastes 
productive  fields. 

In  1912,  Mr.  Boruff  organized  the  Lake  Front 
Improvement  Company,  a  development  concern  of 
which  he  is  President.  This  company  has  large 
holdings  in  the  upper  end  of  the  San  Fernando 
Valley  of  California,  surrounding  the  Owens  River 
Reservoir,  with  more  than  five  miles  of  frontage 
on  the  lake.  The  entire  tract  of  the  company  con- 
tains about  612  acres  of  land  and  it  is  the  intention 
of  Mr.  Boruff  and  his  associates,  who  have  already 
done  a  large  amount  of  improvement  work,  to  de- 
velop it  ultimately  into  one  of  the  finest  residential 
sections  near  Los  Angeles,  with  country  homes  all 
through  the  foothill  section  in  which  it  lies. 

Two  features,  upon  which  work  was  started 
soon  after  the  company  was  incorporated,  are  a 
sportsman's  club,  to  cost  $10,000,  which  will  be  the 
headquarters  for  hunters  and  fishermen,  and  an 
elegant  country  club.  This  club  will  have  splen- 
did goif  links  and  other  features  intended  to  make 
it  a  leader  of  its  kind  in  Southern  California. 

Mr.  Boruff  was  a  delegate  to  the  Farmers'  Na- 
tional Congress  in  1891  and  is  a  member  of 
the  National  Good  Roads  Congress,  of  the  Cham- 
ber of  Commerce  of  Los  Angeles,  the  Jonathan 
Club,  and  the  Los  Angeles  Athletic  Club.  He  is 
also  a  Mason,  Thirty-second  degree,  and  was  the 
youngest  member  of  that  order  in  Iowa. 

From  1901  to  1905,  Mr.  Boruff  was  Manager  and 
Director,  Western  Development  Company;  1902  to 
1906,  President,  Porter  Land  &  Water  Company. 
He  is  Secretary,  Sespe  Brownstone  Company,  and 
President,  California  Packing  Case  Company. 


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RIMSLEY,  OMA  L.,  Mining,  Los 
Angeles,  California,  was  born  in 
Jonesburg,  Washington  County, 
Tennessee,  August  23,  1878,  the 
son  of  John  L.  Grimsley  and  Polly 
(Hulse)  Grimsley.  He  is  a  mem- 
ber of  one  of  the  most  prominent  families  of  Ten- 
nessee and  a  cousin  of  United  States  Senator 
Robert  Taylor  of  that  State.  He  married  Ella  M. 
Herron  of  Cumberland,  Ohio,  at  Santa  Ana,  Cali- 
fornia, February  21,  1912. 

Mr.  Grimsley,  who  is  in- 
ternationally famous  as  a 
horseman  and  known  as  one 
of  the  successful  mining  op- 
erators of  the  West,  has 
spent  the  greater  part  of  his 
life  in  the  open  country.  He 
attended  school  at  Mossy 
Creek,  Tennessee,  until  he 
was  fifteen  years  of  age  and 
whatever  else  he  learned 
from  books  was  acquired  by 
study  in  after  years,  while 
working  as  a  cowboy. 

Leaving  home  in  1893,  Mr. 
Grimsley  went  to  Big  Horn 
Basin,  Wyoming,  and  there 
obtained  employment  as  a 
cowboy  on  the  ranch  of  the 
Pitchfork  Cattle  Company. 
He  remained  with  this  com- 
pany for  five  years  and  dur- 
ing that  time  spent  his  even- 
ings and  other  spare  time  in 
study.  It  was  while  work- 
ing in  Wyoming  that  Mr. 
Grimsley,  then  only  a  youth, 
heard  of  the  riches  to  be  made  in  placer  mining 
near  Denver,  Colorado,  and  he  determined  to  go 
there  and  seek  his  fortune.  Organizing  a  party  of 
his  associates,  he  went  to  Breckenridge,  Colorado, 
and  immediately  engaged  in  placer  mining. 

From  the  summer  of  1899,  when  they  began 
work,  until  1902,  thev  took  out  about  $25,000,  this 
representing  their  labors  during  the  summer 
months  only,  because  the  snow  lay  too  heavily  on 
the  ground  in  the  winter  period  to  permit  of  their 
working  their  property.  Mr.  Grimsley  left  his  first 
location  in  1902  with  the  intention  of  returning 
to  the  cattle  business  and  at  Glenwood  Springs, 
Colorado,  was  prevailed  upon  to  match  his  riding 
ability  with  that  of  the  leading  cowboys  of  the 
West  in  a  bronco-busting  competition.  In  this 
he  won  the  world's  championship,  receiving  a  cash 
prize  of  $1000  and  a  silver  belt  valued  at  $500. 
His  fame  as  a  rider  spread  to  all  parts  of  the 
world  and  in  November  of  the  same  year  he  was 
invited  to  participate  in  a  second  bronco-busting 
contest,  held  at  Buenos  Ayres  in  South  America. 


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This  competition  occurred  early  in  January,  1903, 
and  Mr.  Grimsley  again  won  the  championship, 
which  carried  $3000  cash  and  another  silver  belt 
as  the  prize. 

This  marked  the  close  of  his  career  as  a  rider, 
for  shortly  after  winning  the  championship  Mr. 
Grimsley  resumed  his  work  in  placer  mining,  op- 
erating in  South  America,  and  remained  there 
until  the  fall  of  1905.  Although  he  was  very  suc- 
cessful while  there,  he  decided  to  return  to  the 
United  States  and  located  at 
Cripple  Creek,  Colorado. 
There  he  leased  quartz  prop- 
erties which  he  worked  with 
profit  until  1907. 

In  the  latter  part  of  that 
year  he  transferred  his  op- 
erations to  Rawhide,  Nevada, 
where  he  purchased  a  quartz 
mine  for  $20,000  and  after 
working  it  for  two  years  sold 
out  for  $70,000. 

In  1909  Mr.  Grimsley  went 
to  the  La  Paz  mining  district 
in  Yuma  County,  Arizona, 
and  there  purchased  a  placer 
mine,  which  he  has  been  op- 
erating ever  since.  In  May, 
1910,  he  incorporated  the 
New  La  Paz  Mining  Com- 
pany, of  which  he  is  Presi- 
dent and  General  Manager. 
The  company  possesses  426 
acres  in  that  district,  which 
has  been  estimated  by  engi- 
neers to  contain  gold  gravel 
worth  millions  of  dollars, 
waiting  to  be  hydrauliced 
The  company  is  installing  a  hundred  thousand- 
dollar  plant  of  modern  machinery. 

It  was  on  his  way  to  this  property  that  Mr. 
Grimsley  and  a  party  of  friends  had  a  narrow  es- 
cape from  death  in  the  Colorado  Desert.  They 
started  from  Los  Angeles  in  an  automobile  in 
December,  1911,  to  go  to  the  La  Paz  district  and 
were  caught  in  one  of  the  dread  sandstorms  while 
in  the  midst  of  the  desert.  They  were  blinded  and 
half  choked  by  the  sand  and  for  four  days,  the 
duration  of  the  storm,  suffered  intensely.  Inured 
as  he  was  to  the  hardships  of  the  West,  Mr.  Grims- 
ley considers  this  the  worst  experience  he  ever  had- 
Aside  from  the  above  he  has  recently  organized 
the  Arizona  Funding  Company  and  Posos  Valley 
Water  Company.  He  is  President  and  General 
Manager  of  the  three  corporations. 

Mr.  Grimsley,  in  his  later  years,  has  given  up 
the  horse  for  the  automobile  and  is  one  of  the 
most  enthusiastic  motorists  in  Los  Angeles,  being 
a  member  of  the  Automobile  Club  of  Southern  Cal- 
ifornia. He  is  also  a  member  of  the  Chamber  of 
Mines  and  Oil  of  Los  Angeles. 


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PETER  MCCLELLAND 

Retired,  Los  Angeles.  Cal. 


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PERCY  H.  GOODWIN 

GODWIN,  PERCIVAL  HENRY, 
Realty  and  Insurance  Broker,  San 
Diego,  Cal.,  was  born  in  Lake 
City,  Colo.,  Jan.  29,  1882,  the  son 
of  Nason  M.  Goodwin  and  Ro- 
berta Jane  (Wade)  Goodwin.  He 
married  Laura  May  Ewart  at  San  Diego,  May  15, 
1906,  and  to  them  there  have  been  born  two  chil- 
dren, Ewart  Wade  and  Virginia  May  Goodwin. 

He  was  educated  in  San  Diego,  later  studying 
higher  mathematics  and  law  in  Denver. 

He  went  to  Denver  in  1900,  and  was  a  clerk 
for  the  Prudential  Life  Insurance  Co.  there.  From 
1902  to  1904  he  was  half  owner  of  the  Galloway- 
Goodwin  Co.,  wholesale  and  retail  grocers  at  Mont- 
rose,  Colo.  In  San  Diego  he  bought  an  interest 
in  Gordon-Goodwin  &  Co.,  in  which  his  father  was 
an  active  partner. 

As  President  of  the  Mission  Hills  Co.,  was  in 
personal  charge  of  opening  Mission  Hills,  a  beau- 
tiful San  Diego  residential  district.  He  was  also 
president  of  the  Hercules  Cement  Co.,  and  in- 
terested in  the  Acreage  Syndicate  of  San  Diego. 

He  is  Director  of  the  San  Diego  Chamber  of 
Commerce  and  Director  Padre  of  the  Order  of 
Panama,  and  is  Director  of  the  Panama  California 
Exposition  to  be  held  in  San  Diego  in  1915.  He  also 
is  a  member  of  the  Good  Roads  Club  of  San  Diego 
County,  San  Diego,  Imperial  Valley  and  Yuma  High- 
way Assn.,  ?nd  Am.  Auto.  Assn. 

He  is  a  Republican  in  politics,  life  member  of 
the  Archaeological  Institute  of  America,  thirty- 
second  degree  Mason,  member  of  San  Diego  Con- 
ristorv,  Knights  Templar,  and  El  B^hr  Temnle  of 
the  Mystic  Shrine.  He  also  is  an  Elk,  member  of 
Phi  Delta  Kappa  fraternity  and  an  honorary  mem- 
ber of  the  Society  of  North  American  Indians. 
His  clubs  are  Cuyamaca,  San  Diego  Aero,  Rotary, 
Point  Loma  Country,  §an  Diego  Rowing,  Delta 
Duck,  Delta  Gun,  Juan  Dios  Trout  and  the  Auto- 
mobile Club  of  Southern  California. 


FRED.   FETTE 

ETTE,  FREDERICK,  Attorney  at 
Law,  Los  Angeles,  Cal.,  was  born 
in  Kansas  City,  Mo.,  Dec.  13,  1879, 
the  son  of  Frederick  Fette  and 
Anna  (Schmidt)  Fette.  He  mar- 
ried Gertrude  G.  Grant  (nee  Ty- 
ler) at  Stockton,  Cal.,  Dec.  13,  1905. 

Mr.  Fette  was  reared  in  California,  received  his 
preliminary  education  at  Collegeville,  Cal.,  went  to 
High  School  at  Stockton  for  a  year  and  concluded 
at  York's  Normal  School. 

On  Jan.  1,  1899,  Mr.  Fette  entered  the  office  of 
A.  H.  Ashley,  District  Attorney  of  San  Joaquin 
County,  California,  and  studied  law  for  three  years, 
occasionally  attending  lectures  at  the  University 
of  California  Law  School  in  San  Francisco.  He 
was  admitted  to  practice  in  March,  1902,  and  ap- 
pointed Deputy  District  Attorney  of  San  Joaquin 
County.  He  remained  in  office  only  a  year,  form- 
ing a  partnership  in  1903,  with  M.  J.  Henry.  They 
had  offices  in  Stockton  and  Tuolumne,  Cal.,  Mr. 
Fette  being  in  charge  of  the  latter.  He  remained 
there  until  1907,  since  which  time  he  has  been  in 
Los  Angeles.  While  in  Tuolumne,  Mr.  Fette  re- 
ceived the  Republican  nomination  for  District  At- 
torney, but  failed  of  election  by  the  small  margin 
of  17  votes. 

Since  locating  in  Los  Angeles  Mr.  Fette  has  at- 
tained prominence  as  a  practitioner  in  criminal 
cases  and  also  has  taken  active  interest  in  polit- 
ical and  civic  affairs.  In  addition  to  membership 
in  the  Los  Angeles  Chamber  of  Commerce,  he  be- 
longs to  the  N.  E.  W.  Improvement  Association, 
and  the  Bunker  Hill  District  League.  While  at 
Stockton  he  belonged  to  the  National  Guard  of 
California,  but  resigned  after  two  years. 

Mr.  Fette  is  a  member  of  the  Los  Angeles  Bar 
.Association,  the  Young  Men's  Christian  Association, 
City  Club,  and  the  B.  P.  O.  Elks. 


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W.  H.  DAVIS 

AVIS,  WILLIAM  HENRY,  General 
Counsel  the  Pacific  Mutual  Life 
Insurance  Company  of  California, 
Los  Angeles,  Cal.,  was  born  in 
Clinton,  Oneida  County,  N.  Y., 
Oct.  8,  1868,  the  son  of  Edwin  A. 
Davis  and  Imogene  (Waggoner)  Davis.  One  of  his 
ancestors  was  Gen.  Herkimer,  a  Revolutionary 
hero,  who  was  killed  in  the  battle  of  Oriskany, 
and  for  whom  the  town  of  Herkimer,  N.  Y.,  is 
named.  Mr  Oavis  ^  is  marred  at  Los  Angeles, 
March  19,  1896,  to  Bertha  Samme. 

His  family  locating  in  Marysville,  Cal.,  Mr. 
Davis  was  reared  and  educated  there.  He  entered 
school  at  fourteen,  following  with  attendance  at 
Berkeley  Gymnasium,  a  preparatory  school,  from 
which  he  was  graduated  in  1886.  In  the  Fall  of 
the  same  year  he  entered  the  University  of  Cali- 
fornia and  was  graduated  in  1890  with  the  degree 
B.  L.  Mr.  Davis  took  up  the  s-tudy  of  IHW  under 
his  father,  for  years  on  the  bench  in  Yuba  and 
Sutter  Counties,  California,  and  at  the  end  of  two 
years  was  admitted  to  practice. 

He  removed  to  Los  Angeles  and  practiced  until 
1899,  when  he  accepted  appointment  as  Secretary 
to  Governor  Henry  T.  Gage  of  California,  for  his 
term  of  four  years.  Upon  its  expiration  Mr.  Davis 
resumed  his  law  practice  in  San  Francisco,  Cal., 
and  there  became  an  active  factor  in  politics.  He 
has  always  been  a  staunch  supporter  of  the  Repub- 
lican party  and  in  1905-06  served  as  Chairman  of 
the  Republican  Central  Committee  for  the  City  and 
County  of  San  Francisco.  In  19"d  he  served  as 
Secretary  of  the  Republican  State  Central  Com- 
mittee. In  1909  Mr.  Davis  retired  from  politics 
and  accepted  his  present  office. 

Mr.  Davis  is  a  prominent  member  of  the  Bar- 
Association,  the  California,  Los  Angeles  Athletic 
and  Los  Angeles  Country  clubs;  Bohemian  Club 
of  San  Francisco,  and  Sutter  Club  of  Sacramento. 


EDWARD  T.  MOORE 

CORE,  EDWARD  TEMPLETON, 
Manager,  Public  Service  Corpora- 
tion, Dallas,  Texas,  was  born  in 
White  County,  Tenn.,  Sept.  4,  1866, 
the  son  of  Edward  Gleason  Moore 
and  Parmelia  Helen  Hill.  Married 
Ella  Frances  Spears  at  Dallas,  Feb.  11,  1902. 

Mr.  Moore  received  his  preliminary  education  in 
the  public  schools  of  Tennessee,  attended  Burrett 
College  at  Spencer,  Tennessee  and  finished  at  the 
National  Normal  University,  Lebanon,  Ohio. 

In  the  latter  part  of  1887  Mr.  Moore  began  work 
as  the  driver  of  a  street  car  for  the  Dallas  Street 
Railway  Company.  After  working  in  this  position 
for  a  short  time  he  was  promoted  to  the  position 
of  foreman  in  one  of  the  company's  car  barns. 
From  this  he  was  promoted  to  the  general  offices 
of  the  company  as  Cashier  and  Bookkeeper,  then 
became  Secretary  and  his  next  step  was  to  the 
office  of  Superintendent.  Finally,  in  1900,  he  was 
made  Manager  of  the  Street  Railway  Company, 
and  a  short  time  later  became  Manager  of  the 
Dallas  Electric  Light  and  Power  Company,  which 
does  practically  all  of  the  light  and  power  business 
of  the  Texas  metropolis.  In  addition,  he  is  Man- 
ager of  the  Dallas  Consolidated  Electric  Street 
Railway  Company,  the  Rapid  Transit  Railway  Com- 
pany and  the  Metropolitan  Street  Railway  Com- 
pany. All  of  these  are  Dallas  railways.  Mr.  Moore 
also  is  Manager  of  the  Dallas  Southern  Traction 
Co.  and  interurban  line,  which  runs  between  Dallas- 
and  Waxahachie,  Texas,  a  distance  of  31  miles. 

Besides  being  a  Director  in  the  Dallas  Consoli- 
dated Electric  Street  Railway,  he  is  on  the  Boards 
of  the  American  Exchange  National  Bank  and  the 
Southland  Life  Insurance  Company  of  Dallas. 

He  is  a  Democrat  in  politics,  a  Director  of  the 
Dallas  Y.  M.  C.  A.  and  a  member  of  the  Dallas 
Chamber  of  Commerce.  His  other  affiliations  are 
the  Dallas  Club  and  Dallas  Golf  and  Country  Club. 


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OUBLE,  EDWARD,  President  of 
the  Union  Tool  Company,  Los  An- 
geles, California,  was  born  at  Ti- 
tusville,  Pennsylvania,  October  15, 
1871,  the  son  of  Hamilton  Double 
and  Mary  (Smith)  Double.  He 
married  Alice  Harbard  at  Santa  Paula,  California, 
January  4,  1900,  and  of  their  union  there  has  been 
born  a  daughter,  Helen  Double. 

Mr.  Double,  the  head  of  one  of  the  greatest 
manufacturing  institutions  in  the  West  and  an  im- 
portant factor  in  the  industrial  development  of 
California  and  the  Southwest,  received  his  edu- 
cation in  the  public  schools  of  Pennsylvania  and 
grew  to  manhood  in  that  State. 

As  a  young  man  Mr.  Double  became  interested 
in  oil  production,  which  was  at  its  height  in  the 
Keystone  State  about  that  time,  and  worked  for  a 
number  of  years  in  the  oil  fields,  in  all  branches  of 
the  business.  Born  with  inventive  genius,  his  nat- 
ural inclination  was  towards-  the  mechanical  side 
of  the  business,  and  in  time  he  became  interested 
in  the  manufacture  of  tools  and  appliances  for  the 
production  of  oil.  He  developed  into  one  of  the 
most  skilled  tool  and  machinery  men  in  the  oil 
fields  of  Pennsylvania. 

In  1898,  Mr.  Double  determined  to  seek  a  new 
section  of  the  country  where  he  could  enter  into 
business-  for  himself  and  as  the  oil  industry  of 
California  was  just  then  taking  on  importance, 
he  went  there.  He  first  located  at  Santa  Paula,  at 
that  time  an  important  center  in  the  California 
oil  region. 

At  Santa  Paula,  Mr.  Double  became  intimately 
acquainted  with  the  leading  oil  producers  of  that 
vicinity  and  associated  himself  in  several  invest- 
ment enterprises  of  the  principal  interests.  He 
also  established  a  plant  for  the  manufacture  of 
tools  and  machinery  and  during  the  next  five  years 
made  it  the  leading  establishment  of  its  kind  in 
the  field. 

At  the  end  of  the  five  years,  however,  he  moved 
his  plant  to  Los  Angeles  where  he  has  been  en- 
gaged ever  since.  He  had  foreseen  early  that  oil 
was  to  be  one  of  California's  richest  products  and 
took  advantage  of  the  opportunity  to  supply  the 
developers  with  the  necessary  machinery.  At  the 
time  he  moved  his  plant,  Los  Angeles  was  becom- 
ing the  headquarters  for  most  of  the  large  oil  pro- 
ducers and  his  business  grew  until  he  became  one 
of  the  chief  manufacturers  of  oil  well  tools  and 
appurtenances  in  the  Southwest.  In  time  he  be- 
came associated  with  the  Union  Tool  Company  of 
Los  Angeles,  and  the  company  has  become  the 
largest  manufacturers  of  oil  well  machinery  in  the 
West.  Mr.  Double  is  President  and  General  Man- 
ager of  the  concern  and  also  one  of  the  largest 
stockholders. 

The  Union  Tool  Company,  in  the  success  of 
which  Mr.  Double  has  been  the  principal  factor, 
was  formed  in  July,  1908,  by  the  consolidation  of 


the  American  Engineering  &  Foundry  Company 
and  the  Union  Oil  Tool  Company,  and  was  capi- 
talized at  $1,200,000.  The  basic  companies  had 
been  in  existence  for  about  fifteen  years  prior  to 
that  time  and  were  among  the  important  manu- 
facuring  concerns  of  the  Coast,  so  that  the  merger 
centralized  their  facilities  and  afforded  means  for 
still  greater  progress  in  their  line. 

Mr.  Double's  company,  which  supplies  oil  well 
machinery  and  tools  for  the  entire  world,  is-  among 
the  most  gigantic  enterprises  of  Southern  Cali- 
fornia, making  a  specialty  of  oil  well  supplies,  gas, 
gasoline  and  distillate  engines,  mining  machinery 
and  iron  castings.  It  has-  branches  in  Brea,  Orcutt, 
Coalinga  and  Midway  in  the  oil  fields  of  Cali- 
fornia and  also  a  large  plant  at  West  Chicago, 
Illinois,  where  material  not  used  on  the  Pacific 
Coast  is  handled. 

Mr.  Double  has  invented  a  number  of  valuable 
devices  and  through  him  the  Union  Tool  Company 
has  been  able  to  make  a  number  of  important  im- 
provements in  oil  well  tools.  The  company  was 
located  for  many  years  in  the  manufacturing  dis- 
trict of  Los  Angeles  proper,  but  its  business  in- 
creased to  such  a  tremendous  extent  that  it  was 
compelled  to  build  a  new  plant.  This  latter, 
located  at  Torrance,  California,  a  model  industrial 
city  near  Los  Angeles,  covers  twenty-five  acres  of 
ground  and  is  one  of  the  largest  and  most  com- 
plete manufacturing  institutions  in  the  country.  The 
various  buildings,  nine  in  number,  are  of  concrete 
construction  and  equipped  with  the  most  modern 
machinery  and  facilities,  with  special  provision  for 
light  and  air  among  the  principal  features.  Mr. 
Double,  conceded  to  be  the  most  capable  manufac- 
turer of  oil  well  tools  on  the  Pacific  Coast,  took 
an  active  part  in  the  design  of  the  buildings  and 
personally  witnessed  their  construction  and  the  in- 
stallation of  the  equipment,  with  the  result  that 
the  plant  is  a  model  of  efficiency.  The  buildings, 
land  and  machinery  combined  represent  an  invest- 
ment of  nearly  a  million  dollars. 

Mr.  Double,  the  directing  head  of  this  great  en- 
terprise, ranks  with  the  big  business  men  of  the 
West.  For  more  than  twenty  years  he  has  made 
the  needs  of  the  oil  business  in  the  matter  of  tools 
his  special  study  and  oil  operators  generally  credit 
him  with  having  been  one  of  the  strongest  factors 
in  the  advancement  of  the  industry,  which,  in  Cali- 
fornia, is  the  principal  wealth  producer  of  any 
single  line  of  activity. 

The  business  interests  of  Mr.  Double  occupy  the 
greater  part  of  his  time,  but  he  also  is  deeply  in- 
terested in  the  welfare  of  Los  Angeles  and  is  one 
of  the  potent  influences  for  its  development.  He 
has  lent  his  aid  to  numerous  movements  for  the 
upbuilding  of  the  city  and  is  one  of  the  uplifting 
forces  of  the  community.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Los  Angeles  Chamber  of  Commerce  and  also  be- 
longs to  the  Union  League  Club,  the  Jonathan 
Club,  and  Benevolent  and  Protective  Order  of  Elks. 


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ARBAUGH,  ARTHUR  G.,  Metal- 
lurgist and  Mining  Engineer,  So- 
cavon,  Mexico,  and  Goldfleld,  Ne- 
vada, was  born  in  Roseville, 
Illinois,  October  21,  1872,  the  son 
of  James  Alexander  Harbaugh 
and  Martha  (Chase)  Harbaugh.  He  married  Nellie 
Grimes  at  Virginia  City,  Montana,  March  10,  1904. 
Mr.  Harbaugh  received  his  primary  education 
in  the  public  schools  of  Red  Oak,  Iowa,  graduating 
from  the  High  School  in 
1893.  For  several  years  fol- 
lowing this  he  earned  his 
own  living,  then  entered 
Knox  College,  at  Galesburg, 
Illinois,  graduating  in  1900 
with  the  degree  of  Bachelor 
of  Arts.  The  following  year 
he  took  a  post-graduate 
course  at  the  same  institu- 
tion in  Chemistry,  having 
determined  upon  mining  as 
his  life  work. 

Following  the  completion 
of  his  studies,  Mr.  Harbaugh 
went  to  Butte,  Montana, 
where  he  began  work  in  the 
mines  of  the  Amalgamated 
Copper  Company.  His  work 
was  the  same  as  that  of  any 
other  miner  for  a  year,  but 
at  the  end  of  that  time  he 
was  given  the  position  of 
Metallurgist  for  the  Kennett 
Gold  Mining  Company  at 
Virginia  City,  Montana. 
Leaving  this  company  at  the 
end  of  another  year,  he  took 
a  position  as  Superintendent 
of  the  sixty-stamp  mill  and  cyanide  plant  of  the 
Alder  Mining  Company,  also  located  at  Virginia 
City.  He  held  this  post  for  about  two  years,  then 
accepted  appointment  as  Engineer  for  the  Boston 
Exploration  Company,  his  work  taking  him  to  the 
Kemano  District  of  British  Columbia.  There  he 
had  charge  of  the  engineering  branch  of  the  opera- 
tions at  the  Summer  Mines,  devoting  his  time  to 
them  for  about  a  year. 

In  1906,  Mr.  Harbaugh  returned  to  the  United 
States  and  accepted  a  position  as  Assayer  for  the 
Montana  Tonopah  Mines  at  Tonopah,  Nevada,  but 
at  the  expiration  of  a  year  his  record  was  such 
that  he  was  drafted  by  the  Goldfield  Consolidated 
Mines  Company,  the  largest  operators  in  the  Gold- 
field  District,  as  Assayer  in  Chief  for  all  of  its 
properties.  He  remained  in  this  capacity  for  about 
three  years  and  during  that  time  had  charge  of  the 
sampling  of  all  the  shipments  of  high  grade  ores 
produced  by  the  various  mines  of  the  company.  It 
was  here  that  Mr.  Harbaugh,  who  is  a  scientist  as 
well  as  a  practical  mining  man,  attracted  the  atten- 


A.  G.  HARBAUGH 


tion  of  the  mining  fraternity  to  himself  by  the  de- 
velopment of  a  definite  system  whereby  a  very 
large  amount  of  ore  and  dust  from  mine  and  mill, 
respectively,  could  be  rapidly  assayed. 

This  innovation,  like  various  others  which  he 
introduced  after  careful  experiment,  is  the  result 
of  a  definite  plan  along  which  Mr.  Harbaugh  has 
been  working  for  several  years  to  make  mining 
as  economical  as  possible,  because  it  is  his  belief 
that  the  future  of  mining  will  depend  upon  the  suc- 
cess attending  the  efforts  of 
the  metallurgists  to  reduce 
the  cost  of  reduction  of  ore. 
While  in  Oregon  several 
years  ago  he  worked  out  a 
method  of  treating  high  anti- 
monial  ore  by  a  series  of 
concentrations,  the  recovery 
being  made,  after  the  values 
were  collected,  by  means  of 
cyanide,  both  in  the  tailings 
and  concentrate  of  the  smel- 
ter. This  method  of  treat- 
ment has  been  of  inestim- 
able value  to  the  mining  in- 
dustry and  has  been  the 
guiding  line  for  various  other 
experiments  looking  towards 
economical  handling  of  ore. 

With  Mr.  Harbaugh  care- 
ful handling  of  tonnage  and 
extreme  care  in  the  milling 
of  ores  to  prevent  metallur- 
gical losses,  is  a  fine  art;  and 
to  perfect  himself  in  this  art 
he  is  devoting  a  large  part 
of  his  time  to  the  study  of 
the  science  of  metallurgy  and 
mining  in  the  hope  that  his 
discoveries  may  be  of  value  to  this  and  future  gen- 
erations. 

Since  his  Goldfield  days,  Mr.  Harbaugh  has 
been  continuously  engaged  in  important  mining 
operations.  Upon  severing  his  connection  with  the 
Goldfield  Consolidated  he  was  engaged  by  Eastern 
interests  to  examine  and  report  on  properties  in 
Colorado,  Nevada,  California  and  other  Western 
States,  being  thus  employed  for  about  two  years. 
In  1911,  he  became  associated  with  the  Merrill 
Metallurgical  Company  of  San  Francisco  and  was 
sent  to  Mexico  as  Superintendent  of  the  San  Luis 
Mining  Company's  property  at  Socavon,  in  the  San 
Dimas  district  of  Durango. 

This  is  a  Haggin  &  Hearst  holding,  and  Mr. 
Harbaugh  is  devoting  much  of  his  time  to  the  per- 
fection of  a  system  of  economical  mining  and  mill- 
ing of  Mexican  ores.  In  this  he  is  associated  with 
Mr.  C.  W.  Merrill,  whom  he  considers  one  of  the 
world's  greatest  metallurgists. 

Mr.  Harbaugh  is  a  Scottish  Rite  Mason,  a 
Knight  Templar,  and  member  of  the  B.  P.  O.  Elks. 


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BERNATHY,  JOHN  RICHARD 
("Captain  Jack"),  Oklahoma  City, 
Oklahoma,  was  born  in  Bosque 
County,  Texas,  in  1876,  the  son 
of  Martin  Van  Abernathy  and 
Kitty  (Williams-)  Abernathy.  He 
married  Jessie  Pearl  Jordan  at  Cleburn,  Texas, 
on  the  10th  day  of  March,  1894,  and  of  their 
union  there  were  born  six  children,  Louie,  Tem- 
ple, Kitty  Joe,  Goldie,  John  and  Pearl  Abernathy. 

Mr.  Abernathy,  whose  life 
has  been  one  of  picturesque 
coloring,  received  his  pri- 
mary education  in  the  public 
schools  of  Waco,  Texas,  and 
finished  at  the  famous  Ball 
High  School,  in  Galveston. 
He  studied  music  while  there 
and  afterwards  married  the 
girl  who  had  aided  him  in 
this  work. 

After  leaving  school,  Mr. 
Abernathy  settled  upon  the 
ranch  of  his  father,  located 
in  Hill  County,  Texas,  and 
for  the  next  two  years  en- 
gaged in  ranching.  He  then 
moved  to  Oklahoma  and 
there  began  the  exciting  life 
that  made  him  one  of  the 
most  interesting  characters 
of  the  new  West. 

In  1901,  when  Oklahoma 
was  opened  for  settlement, 
Mr.  Abernathy  became  an 
Undersheriff,  serving  with 
Sheriff  Painter.  In  this  ca- 
pacity he  was  called  upon  to 
deal  with  a  desperate  class 
of  men,  including  horse 
thieves,  train  robbers  and 
outlaws  of  every  description, 
but  he  made  such  an  excel- 
lent record  in  the  discharge 
of  his  duties  that  he  was  ap- 
pointed a  Deputy  U.  S.  Marshal  for  the  western 
part  of  Oklahoma.  He  served  in  this  office  and 
then  was  appointed  U.  S.  Marshal  by  President 
Roosevelt,  who  had  been  attracted  to  him  by  his 
many  displays  of  bravery. 

It  had  been  Abernathy's  chief  sport,  for  many 
years,  to  hunt  wolves  and  capture  the  beasts  with 
his  bare  hands.  He  had  taken  hundreds  of  the 
wild  animals  in  this  fashion,  and  when  President 
Roosevelt  expressed  a  desire  to  go  on  a  wolf  hunt 
Abernathy  was  chosen  as  his  guide.  The  hunt  was 
held  in  Oklahoma  and  the  sterling  qualities  exhib- 
ited on  that  occasion  by  the  Oklahoma  Marshal  re- 
sulted in  a  lifelong  friendship  between  him  and  the 
President.  For  many  years  afterwards  he  was  one 
of  the  most  welcome  guests  at  the  White  House 
and  the  Roosevelt  home. 

During  his  tenure  as  U.  S.  Marshal,  Abernathy 
had  an  exciting  time  and  risked  his  life  scores  of 
times  in  the  discharge  of  his  duties.  He  is  a  man 
of  extreme  modesty  and  many  of  his  exploits  never 
became  public.  A  few,  however,  were  of  such  sen- 
sational character  that  it  was  impossible  to  keep 
them  secret.  One  of  these  was  the  capture  of  the 
Jenkins  Brothers,  lawyers  who  turned  to  outlawry 
for  a  livelihood.  For  several  years  these  men  had 
terrorized  Oklahoma  and  they  seemed  to  bear 


CAPT.  JACK  ABERNATHY 


charmed  lives  until  Abernathy  got  on  their  trail. 
They  had  robbed  banks,  held  up  trains  and  com- 
mitted nearly  every  crime,  including  murder. 
After  a  long  chase  and  a  desperate  battle,  how- 
ever, Marshal  Abernathy  brought  them  to  bay  and 
the  result  was  their  arrest  and  conviction  on  the 
charge  of  murder,  with  life  terms  in  the  peniten- 
tiary. After  they  had  served  several  years  and  had 
shown  due  repentance,  their  captor  secured  execu- 
tive pardon  for  them.  These  men  reformed  and 
became  good  citizens,  both 
returning  to  the  practice  of 
their  profession — the  law. 

Another  interesting  event 
in  the  life  of  the  Marshal  was 
his  capture  of  a  band  of  five 
bank  robbers  practically  sin- 
gle-handed. He  had  been 
told  that  the  men  were  plan- 
ning a  midnight  raid  on  the 
bank  and  postoffice,  so  he 
went  to  that  point,  accompa- 
nied by  one  deputy.  He  ar- 
rived just  as  the  bandits 
were  working  on  the  bank's 
vault,  and  called  upon  them 
to  surrender.  They  immedi- 
ately opened  fire  on  Aberna- 
thy, but  the  latter,  an  unerr- 
ing marksman,  returned  the 
fire,  and  when  the  smoke  had 
cleared  away  three  of  the 
bandits  were  dead,  the  oth- 
ers prisoners,  and  Abernathy 
and  his  deputy  unscathed. 

These  are  only  two  inci- 
dents in  the  life  of  Aberna- 
thy, but  they  show  the  tim- 
ber of  the  man,  whose  friends 
point  proudly  to  the  fact  that 
in  all  his  career  only  one 
prisoner,  a  counterfeiter 
named  West,  ever  got  away 
from  him. 

Marshal  Abernathy's  sons, 
Louie  and  Temple,  two  sturdy  young  Westerners, 
have  inherited  some  of  the  characteristics  of  their 
father,  as  was  demonstrated  when  the  boys,  one 
nine  and  the  other  six  years  of  age,  made  a  horse- 
back journey,  alone,  from  Oklahoma  to  New  York 
City,  to  welcome  Theodore  Roosevelt  back  to 
America  on  his  return  from  the  African  jungles. 

The  boys  later  rode  from  New  York  to  the  Pa- 
cific Coast,  covering  more  than  nine  thousand 
miles  on  horseback,  and  became  idols  of  the  Amer- 
ican public  for  their  pluck  and  hardihood.  The 
father  is  extremely  proud  of  his  sons  and  on  their 
tour  of  North  America  accompanied  them  every- 
where, maintaining  a  parental  guardianship  over 
them.  He  also  provided  the  boys  with  private 
teachers  so  that  their  education  should  not  be  neg- 
lected while  they  traveled. 

Mr.  Abernathy  is  a  staunch  Republican  in  pol- 
itics and  an  unfaltering  supporter  of  Roosevelt. 

He  relinquished  his  office  of  Marshal  in  Novem- 
ber, 1910,  after  serving  for  more  than  six  years,  but 
the  Government  refused  to  accept  his  resignation 
until  January,  1911,  in  the  hope  that  he  would  re- 
consider it  and  continue  in  office.  He  bears  the 
distinction  of  having  three  commissions  from  the 
Government  at  the  same  time,  to  serve  which 
would  have  kept  him  in  office  until  1920. 


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N.  C.  GOODWIN 


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GODWIN,  NATHANIEL  CARL, 
JR.,  Actor,  Santa  Monica,  Cali- 
fornia, New  York  and  Boston, 
was  born  at  Boston,  Mass.,  July 
25,  1857,  the  son  of  Nathaniel 
Carl  and  Caroline  R.  Goodwin. 
Mr.  Goodwin  married  four  times,  to  women  ac- 
knowledged to  be  the  most  beautiful  of  their  day. 
He  first  married  Eliza  Weathersbee,  a  lovely  Eng- 
lish actress,  in  1877.  She  died  in  1887.  In  1888 
he  married  Mrs.  Nella  Baker  Pease,  society  beauty 
of  Buffalo,  N.  Y.,  but  they  were  divorced  in 
1891.  His  third  marriage  was  in  1898  with  Maxine 
Elliott,  the  actress,  voted  the  one  most  beautiful 
woman  of  her  generation,  and  the  union  endured 
for  nearly  ten  years,  but  was  also  ended  by  di- 
vorce. Edna  Goodrich,  another  well  known  actress 
and  beauty,  became  his  bride  in  1908,  at  Boston, 
but  she  also  was  separated  from  him  in  the 
year  1911. 

Mr.  Goodwin  was  educated  in  the  public  schools 
of  Boston  and  Little  Blue  Academy,  in  Maine,  grad- 
uating from  the  latter  in  1873.  For  a  short  time 
after  leaving  school  he  was  engaged  in  commercial 
pursuits,  but  a  talent  for  mimicry  which  he  dis- 
played in  early  youth  asserted  itself  and  he  first 
obtained  a  chance  as  general  utility  man  at  Niblo's 
Gardens,  New  York  City.  His  first  distinct  success 
was  with  Stuart  Robson  in  a  minor  part  in  "Law 
in  New  York."  From  that  time  down  to  date  his 
stage  career  has  been  a  record  of  success,  and  for 
a  generation  he  was  conceded  to  be  the  leading 
actor  of  high-class  comedies  on  the  American 
stage.  Some  of  his  successes  were  Captain  Diet- 
rich in  "Evangeline,"  in  the  Gilbert  &  Sullivan 
operas,  in  the  part  of  Bottom  in  the  "Midsummer 
Night's  Dream,"  "An  American  Citizen,"  as  Sir  Lu- 
cius OTrigger  in  "The  Rivals,"  as  Shylock  in  "The 
Merchant  of  Venice,"  and  many  others. 

In  1908  he  retired  from  the  stage  to  take  charge 
of  mining  interests  at  Rawhide,  Nevada.  At  one 
time  these  properties  were  estimated  to  be  worth 
$4,000,000.  They  were  in  the  famous  Balloon  Hill. 
For  months  ore  worth  $2,000  to  the  ton  was  ex- 
tracted from  his  claims.  The  money  he  earned  on 
the  stage  and  drew  out  of  his  mines  he  invested  in 
a  hotel  at  San  Francisco,  in  realty  in  New  York 
City,  in  California  ranches,  and  in  a  beautiful  home 
at  Santa  Monica. 

He  returned  to  the  stage  in  1910,  and  repeated 
his  early  successes  as  a  comedian. 

Although  comedy  parts  have  been  his  favorites, 
his  several  efforts  in  tragedy  have  received  high 
praise,  and  it  is  thought  he  could  have  been  one 
of  the  greatest  of  tragedians  had  he  chosen.  Critics 
accord  him  a  permanent  and  big  place  in  the  his- 
tory of  the  American  dramatic  art. 

He  has  belonged  to  innumerable  clubs,  in  vari- 
ous parts  of  the  country.  At  the  present  time  he 
maintains  membership  in  the  Green  Room  Club  of 
London,  Lambs,  Players  and  Larchmont  Yacht 
Clubs  of  New  York  City. 


AVIS,  JOSEPH  JEFFERSON,  Los 
Angeles,  California,  President  of 
the  Santa  Monica  Land  and 
Water  Company,  is  a  native  of 
Ottawa,  Canada,  born  August  8, 
1869.  His  father  was  Jefferson 
Davis,  a  prominent  capitalist  and  land  owner  of  his 
home  region  and  a  native  of  Lancaster,  England. 
His  mother  was  also  of  English  origin,  the  place  of 
her  birth  being  Sussex,  England.  Mr.  Davis  mar- 
ried Miss  Emma  Volkman,  at  Santa  Monica,  Cal., 
Sept.  11,  1894.  There  are  three  sons,  Herbert  Les- 
lie, Robert  Carlyle  and  Joseph  Jefferson. 

Mr.  Davis  was  educated  in  the  schools  of  Can- 
ada and  later  spent  a  brief  period  with  his  father 
in  business.  At  the  age  of  twenty-one  he  left  Can- 
ada for  Southern  California  where  he  foresaw  great 
opportunities. 

In  1890  he  located  in  the  Santa  Monica  region 
and  engaged  in  the  organization  of  the  United 
Electric  and  Gas  Company  for  the  purpose  of  fur- 
nishing light,  power  and  fuel  to  the  residents  of 
that  vicinity.  He  was  made  Vice  President  and 
General  Manager  of  the  company  and  for  ten 
years  was  its  business  head.  In  1900  the  stock 
and  plant  of  the  company  was  purchased  by  the 
Edison  Electric  Company,  Mr.  Davis  resigning  all 
interest  in  that  line. 

Mr.  Davis  soon  became  interested  in  land,  in 
1903  purchasing  an  interest  in  the  Santa  Monica 
Land  and  Water  Company.  He  also  bought  large 
tracts  of  lands  from  the  San  Vicente  and  the 
Santa  Monica  grants  and  immediately  began  their 
improvement.  He  spent  large  sums  in  opening 
streets,  boulevards  and  tracts  and  today  the  great 
system  of  highways  which  stretch  for  miles  around 
Santa  Monica  can  be  traced  to  the  work  of  Mr. 
Davis.  In  1905  he  became  associated  with  R.  C. 
Gillis  in  the  purchasing  of  new  lands  in  the  above 
region  and  a  few  months  later,  the  beautiful  tracts 
of  Westgate,  Brentwood  Park  and  Carlos  Heights 
were  opened.  These  residential  districts  border 
along  the  foothills  and  command  a  grand  view  of 
the  ocean  on  the  west. 

Mr.  Davis  has  seen  Santa  Monica,  and  the  back 
country  which  stretches  toward  Hollywood,  grow 
from  a  small  seaside  village  to  a  city  that  prom- 
ises to  become  the  Newport  of  the  Pacific  Coast. 
And  he  has  been  one  of  the  men,  in  the  twenty- 
two  years  of  his  stay,  to  insist  upon  the  high  stand- 
ard of  public  and  private  improvement  that  has 
made  it  the  beautiful  district  that  it  is. 

During  the  last  few  years  Mr.  Davis  has  been 
known  as  President  of  the  Santa  Monica  Land 
and  Water  Company  and  as  one  of  the  highly  suc- 
cessful men  of  the  Santa  Monica  district.  He  has 
been  identified  with  many  other  land  enterprises 
and  is  a  director  in  the  Broadway  Central  Bank  of 
Los  Angeles.  He  holds  memberships  in  several  of 
the  largest  business,  professional  and  social  or- 
ganizations of  both  Santa  Monica  and  Los  Angeles. 
Mr.  Davis  is  the  owner  of  one  of  the  most  beau- 
tiful residences  in  Southern  California,  situated  on 
the  broad  boulevard  at  Westgate. 


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NOTABLES  OF  THE  SOUTHWEST 


DR.  L.  M.  POWERS 

OWERS,  LUTHER  MILTON,  City 
Health  Commissioner,  Los  An- 
geles-, Cal.,  born  in  New  Hanover 
County,  N.  C.,  April  5,  1853,  son 
of  William  Powers  and  Lucy  J. 
(Murray)  Powers.  He  married 
Mary  E.  Stevenson  at  Plymouth,  N.  C.,  Nov.  28, 
1881,  and  to  them  were  born  four  children — Anna 
(Mrs.  E.  F.  Keller),  George  D.,  Lucy  and  William 
M.  Powers. 

Dr.  Powers  received  primary  education  in 
his  native  county  and  in  Wake  Forrest  Col- 
lege (N.  C.).  Read  medicine  with  Drs.  A.  D. 
McDonald  and  W.  J  Love,  and  in  1874  entered 
Washington  University  School  of  Medicine,  at 
Baltimore.  Graduated  in  1877,  with  honors  of  his 
class.  Practiced  in  Plymouth,  N.  C.,  attended 
Bellevue  Medical  College  (N.  Y.),  for  post-grad- 
uate work  in  1881;  College  of  Physicians  and 
Surgeons  (N.  Y.),  1884,  and  New  York  Polyclinic, 
in  1885. 

Practiced  in  North  Carolina  during  this  time  and 
for  a  year  after.  In  1886  moved  to  Norfolk,  Neb. 
Went  to  Los  Angeles  in  1887.  He  was-  appointed 
City  Health  Officer  in  1893,  served  to  1895  and 
was  reappointed  in  1897,  serving  since. 

Los  Angeles  ranks  with  the  healthiest  cities  of 
the  world,  and  that  is  due,  greatly,  to  the  methods 
and  safeguards  installed  by  Dr.  Powers,  who  for 
many  years  has  held  a  prominent  place  among  the 
world's  scientists.  In  1902,  he  was  chosen  by  John 
Hay,  Secretary  of  State,  as  Pacific  Coast  represen- 
tative to  the  International  Congress  of  Hygiene  of 
the  American  Republics,  at  Washington,  D.  C. 

Dr.  Powers  is  a  member  of  the  Am.  Med.  Ass'n., 
L.  A.  County  Med.  Soc.,  Sou.  Cal.  Med.  Soc.,  Med. 
Soc.  of  the  State  of  Cal.,  and  was  member  of  the 
N.  C.  Med.  Soc.  He  is  a  Mason,  member  of  the 
Independent  Order  of  Foresters  and  L.  A.  Cham- 
ber of  Commerce  and  various  other  organizations. 


L.  M.  FARNHAM 

ARNHAM,  LEWIS  MARTIN- 
DALE,  Secretary  Pacific  Light  & 
Power  Corpn.,  Los  Angeles,  Cal., 
was  born  in  Bangor,  Me.,  May  26, 
1864,  the  son  of  John  N.  Farnham 
and  Nancy  Melinda  (Wentworth) 
Farnham.  He  married  Faustina  Ankeny  Gerrish  at 
Milford,  Me.,  Nov.  24,  1892. 

Mr.  Farnham,  who  is  of  Puritan  stock,  received 
his  education  in  the  public  schools  of  Bangor,  fore- 
going High  School  to  accept  employment  in  a  book 
store,  where  he  worked  eleven  years,  then  entered 
the  employ  of  the  Maine  Central  Railroad.  During 
the  next  nine  years  he  served  as  Accountant, 
Rate  Clerk  and  Paymaster,  and  was  Cashier  of  the 
Local  Freight  Office  when  he  resigned,  in  1898,  to 
go  West  on  account  of  ill  health. 

Locating  at  Oak  Hill,  California,  Mr.  Farnham 
went  to  work  as  storekeeper  and  bookkeeper  for 
the  Napa  Quicksilver  Mining  Co.,  and  later  was  Su- 
perintendent of  the  Aetna  Quicksilver  Mining  Co. 
In  1903  he  went  to  Los  Angeles  as  Assistant 
Auditor  of  the  Pacific  Light  &  Power  Co.,  with  which 
he  has  continued  down  to  the  present.  From  1903  to 
1907  he  also  was  Assistant  Secretary  of  the  San 
Joaquin  Light  &  Power  Co.;  from  1907  to  date  he 
has  served  as  Secretary  of  the  San  Joaquin  Co.,  and 
for  five  years  served  as  Assistant  Secretary  of  the 
Pacific  Light  &  Power  Co.,  being  promoted  to  Secre- 
tary in  July,  1912,  resigning  the  position  of  Auditor, 
occupied  since  1907.  During  1908-10  he  was  Secre- 
tary of  the  Domestic  Gas  Co.,  and  since  its  reor- 
ganization as  the  Southern  California  Gas  Co.  has 
held  the  same  office.  He  also  is  Secretary  of  the 
Coalinga  Water  &  Electric  Co.,  Union  Power  Co., 
Lerdo  Land  Co.,  and  Electric  Power  Co.,  all  impor- 
tant public  service  corporations  of  So.  Cal.  He  is 
a  member  of  the  Chamber  of  Commerce  and  the 
Union  League  Club  of  Los  Angeles. 


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WALTER  R.   BACON 


AGON,  WALTER  ROMAYNE,  At- 
torney at  Law,  San  Francisco, 
Cal.,  was  born  at  Mexico,  Miami 
County,  Ind.,  September  14,  1857, 
the  son  of  Francis  Marion  Bacon 
and  Sarah  Felton  (Griswold) 
Bacon.  He  married  Evelyn  F.  Smith,  November 
24,  1884. 

Mr.  Bacon  received  his  early  education  in  the 
public  schools  of  Indiana,  attending  the  High  School 
at  Rochester,  Indiana,  until  the  year  1870.  He  then 
went  to  Kalamazoo,  Michigan,  and  there  attended 
Parsons'  Academy.  Leaving  the  latter  institution 
in  1873,  he  immediately  went  to  Grand  Island,  Ne- 
braska, where  he  read  law  in  the  office  of  the  law 
firm  of  Thummel  &  Platt.  In  1886  he  was  admitted 
to  the  Bar  of  Nebraska  and  soon  entered  into  the 
active  practice  of  law  for  himself.  In  1888  Mr. 
Bacon  was  elected  Prosecuting  Attorney  of  Hall 
County,  Nebraska,  in  which  office  he  served  one 
term. 

In  1891  he  moved  to  Los  Angeles-,  Cal.,  and  be- 
ing admitted  to  the  Bar  of  California  he  established 
a  law  practice  there.  He  continued  practice  for 
eight  years,  during  which  time  he  held  the 
office  of  General  Counsel  of  the  Los  Angeles  Gas 
and  Electric  Co.  He  was  also  the  President  of  the 
Southern  California  Historical  Society  for  eight 
years,  and  was-  one  of  the  founders  of  the  Southwest 
Archaeological  Society  and  Museum  of  Los  Angeles. 
In  1907  Mr.  Bacon  moved  his  business  headquarters 
to  San  Francisco,  where  much  of  his  professional 
work  was-  centered,  and  where  he  has  continued  in 
active  practice  as  the  attorney  for  a  number  of 
large  corporations  and  estates. 

Mr.  Bacon  is  a  strong  supporter  of  all  move- 
ments intended  for  the  betterment  of  the  State. 
He  is  a  Republican  in  politics,  and  is  a  member  of 
the  Jonathan  and  Union  League  Clubs  of  Los  An- 
geles. 


GEORGE  A.  RATHBUN 


ATHBUN,  GEORGE  ARTHUR,  Life 
Insurance,  Los  Angeles,  California, 
was  born  in  Clinton  County,  Iowa, 
September  25,  1868,  the  son  of 
George  R.  Rathbun  and  Adeline 
M.  (Button)  Rathbun.  He  mar- 
ried Alda  E.  Mills  at  Omaha,  Nebraska,  May  15, 
1895,  and  to  them  there  was  born  a  daughter,  Ruth 
Marjorie  Rathbun. 

Mr.  Rathbun  attended  the  public  schools  of 
Omaha,  and  after  graduating  from  the  Omaha  High 
School,  entered  the  Omaha  Business  College,  tal- 
lowing this  with  a  course  at  Cornell  College,  Mount 
Vernon,  Iowa. 

In  January,  1891,  Mr.  Rathbun  began  his  busi- 
ness career  as  agent  for  the  Fidelity  Mutual  Life 
Insurance  Company  and  worked-  as  such  for  three 
years,  when  he  was  appointed  manager  of  the  com- 
pany's interests  in  Nebraska,  with  headquarters 
at  Omaha.  He  was  transferred,  in  1896,  to  San 
Francisco,  Cal.,  as  manager  of  that  State.  He 
remained  there  for  several  years  and  in  1903  was 
appointed  Pacific  Coast  Director. 

In  the  early  part  of  1904  Mr.  Rathbun  decided 
to  cast  his  fortunes  with  the  Equitable  Life  Assur- 
ance Company  of  N.  Y.  as  manager  for  Colorado. 
He  remained  in  Denver  for  more  than  three  years 
and  then,  on  September  1,  1907,  was  transferred  to 
Los  Angeles  as  manager  for  Southern  California 
and  part  of  Nevada,  in  which  position  he  continues 
at  the  present  time  (1913). 

Mr.  Rathbun  occupies  a  leading  position  in  the 
business.  He  is  Vice  President  of  the  General 
Agency  Assn.  of  the  Equitable  Society  and  an  ex- 
ecutive officer  of  the  National  Life  Underwriters' 
Assn.  He  is  a  member  of  the  California  Club,  Los 
Angeles  Country  Club,  Gamut  Club,  Los  Angeles 
Athletic  Club  and  the  Automobile  Club  of  Southern 
California.  He  is  also  a  prominent  Mason,  a  Knight 
Templar  and  member  of  the  Mystic  Shrine. 


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ENNIE,  JAMES  W.,  General  Mana- 
ger, Shannon  Copper  Company, 
Clifton,  Arizona,  is  a  native  of 
England,  but  from  the  time  he  fin 
ished  his  education,  has  been  a 
citizen  of  the  world  at  large,  an 
active  force  in  mining  and  smelting  affairs-  in  sev- 
eral different  countries. 

Prior  to  coming  to  the  United  States,  Mr.  Bennie 
had  worked  in  various  provinces  of  Great  Britain, 
including  Canada  and  Australia,  and  also  had  at- 
tained notable  success  in  the  famous  Rio  Titito 
District  of  Spain. 

Coming  to  the  United  States  in  about  1900,  he 
was  engaged  as  General  Manager  of  the  Shannon 
Copper  Company  and  has  continued  in  that  capac- 
ity since  that  time.  His  conduct  of  the  property 
has  been  characterized  by  a  success  extraordinary 
and  he  is  generally  credited  with  having  been  one 
of  the  chief  factors  in  the  work  of  placing  this 
company  among  the  leading  copper  producing  con- 
cerns of  Arizona. 

Mr.  Bennie  is  noted  in  his  profession  as  one  of 
the  most  capable  mining  engineers  in  the  country 
and  is  given  front  rank  with  the  smelting  experts, 
because  of  the  fact  that  when  he  first  took  charge 
of  the  Shannon  property  at  Clifton  he  discarded 
the  existing  process  of  smelting  the  ore  and  built 
an  entirely  new  smelter  plant  and  reduction  works, 
employing  a  process  of  his  own,  modeled  after  the 
Rio  Tinto  methods. 

The  Shannon  Copper  Company  was  organized 
in  1900  for  the  purpose  of  taking  over  and  operat- 
ing the  Shannon  Mine  at  Metcalf,  Arizona,  nine 
miles  from  Clifton.  The  company,  with  which  Mr. 
Bennie  became  associated  shortly  after  its  forma- 
tion, immediately  began  the  systematic  develop- 
ment of  the  property,  and  now  owns,  in  addition  to 
its  original  mine,  many  other  valuable  claims,  the 
great  smelter  designed  and  constructed  by  Mr. 
Bennie,  and  a  railroad  connecting  the  mines  with 
the  smelter.  The  ore  is  conveyed  from  the  mines 
to  the  shipping  bins  at  the  railroad  on  an  incline 
road  1500  feet  in  length,  the  vertical  distance  be- 
tween the  lower  and  the  upper  terminals  being 
800  feet.  The  incline  is  a  surface  tramway  with 
three  tracks  and  the  cars,  attached  to  cables.  The 
cars  are  operated  by  gravity,  a  loaded  one  hauling 
an  empty  one  up.  At  the  head  of  this  incline  is  a 
pet  of  loading  bins  which  receive  ore  from  the 
mines.  At  a  point  on  the  incline,  168  feet  below  the 
head,  are  other  bins  which  receive  ore  from  the 
lower  tunnels  that  connect  by  trackage  with  those 
bins.  Thus  the  ore  from  the  main  tunnels  is  con- 
veyed direct  to  bins  which  unload  into  the  incline 
cars. 

This  system  of  ore  handling,  installed  by  Mr. 
Bennie,  represents  an  amount  of  study  and  the 
overcoming  of  numerous  engineering  difficulties, 
and  is  regarded  as  a  splendid  piece  of  work. 

The  construction  of  the  mine  workings  of  the 
Shannon  Company  has  resulted  in  a  tremendous 
saving  in  operating  expenses.  The  main  double 
track  tunnel  is  300  feet  below  the  apex  of  the 
mountain,  runs  1700  feet  and  terminates  at  the  sur- 


face of  the  opposite  side  of  the  mountain.  From 
this  tunnel  drifts  have  been  made  in  all  directions, 
many  of  them  to  the  surface  and  by  this  method 
the  ore  has  been  thoroughly  blocked  out  and  ex- 
posed. Also  from  this  level  many  raises  have  been 
made  to  the  surface  and  stopes  opened,  all  the  ore 
thus  mined  being  passed  through  chutes  to  the 
main  double  track  tunnel. 

The  mountain,  which  is  opened  from  all  sides, 
has  a  capping  of  hematite  of  varying  thickness, 
which  is  said  to  average  about  45  per  cent  iron. 
This  is  utilized  by  Mr.  Bennie  as  a  flux  in  his  smelt- 
ing process.  Within  the  iron  capping  are  the  regu- 
lar pockets  of  copper  carbonate  which  usually  are 
very  rich.  These  are  azurite  and  malachites,  with 
some  chrysocolla,  the  last  named  being  a  silicate 
of  copper.  Below  the  caprock  are  mineralized 
dykes  of  porphyry  and  dolomite  lime.  The  copper 
carbonates  and  oxidized  ores  are  found  mostly  in 
the  lime,  while  in  the  porphyry  are  found  great 
bodies  of  silicious  sulphides,  with  a  considerable 
amount  of  copper-iron  pyrites  in  irregular  bodies. 
There  are  also  in  the  porphyry  streaks  of  copper 
glance  in  many  places. 

Prior  to  Mr.  Bennie  being  placed  in  charge  of 
the  Shannon  workings  other  engineers  had  wrestled 
with  the  problems  presented,  but  had  failed  in  their 
efforts  to  solve  them.  He  being  an  expert  metal- 
lurgist and  experienced  in  all  branches  of  the 
mining  industry,  took  up  each  problem  in  its  turn, 
worked  it  out,  and  finally  had  the  entire  project  on 
a  paying  basis.  Since  his  assumption  of  the  duties 
of  Manager  and  the  introduction  of  his  various  im- 
provements the  company  has  broadened  its  exten- 
sions and  now  has  in  its  employ  more  than  fifteen 
hundred  men.  Its  output  has  been  more  than 
doubled  and  its  earnings  are  estimated  to  be  in  the 
neighborhood  of  nineteen  millions  of  dollars. 

To  Mr.  Bennie  is  given  a  large  part  of  the  credit 
for  the  success  of  the  enterprise.  A  thoroughly 
capable  man  himself,  he  is  a  judge  of  good  men 
and  early  surrounded  himself  with  the  most  tal- 
ented assistants  he  could  secure.  He  is  most 
companionable,  but  also  is  possessed  of  an  unusual 
amount  of  determination"  and  executive  ability.  A 
strict  disciplinarian,  his  working  organization  op- 
erates with  the  smoothness  of  a  machine  and  pro- 
duces genuine  results  for  the  company. 

While  he  has  been  successful  in  greatly  extend- 
ing the  earnings  of  the  company,  Mr.  Bennie  also 
has  been  keenly  watchful  of  the  welfare  of  the 
army  of  men  under  him  and  one  of  the  features 
of  his  management  of  the  Shannon  property  is  a 
splendidly  equipped  hospital  under  the  care  of 
trained  physicians. 

Mr.  Bennie  has  his  home  on  one  of  the  beautiful 
hills  surrounding  Clifton  and  spends  a  great  part 
of  his  time  with  his  family,  composed  of  his  wife 
and  four  children,  but  he  also  is  well  known  in  va- 
rious parts  of  the  West,  his  business  frequently 
taking  him  to  the  Pacific  Coast.  He  is  regarded  as 
one  of  the  substantial  men  of  Arizona  and  is  ac- 
corded a  place  among  the  men  who  have  worked 
to  develop  the  resources  of  that  section  of  the 
country. 


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AMERON,  RALPH  HENRY,  Min- 
ing, Grand  Canyon,  Arizona,  was 
born  in  Southport,  Maine,  Octo- 
ber 21,  1863,  the  son  of  Henry 
Cameron  and  Abigail  Ann  (Jones) 
Cameron.  He  married  Ida  May 
Spaulding  at  Flagstaff,  Arizona,  November  25, 
1895,  and  to  them  there  have  been  born  two  chil- 
dren, Ralph  H.,  Jr.,  and  Catharine  Cameron. 

Mr.  Cameron  attended  the  common  schools  of 
his  native  county  until  he  was  thirteen  years  of 
age  and  ever  since  that  time  has  earned  his  own 
livelihood,  his  career  having  been  one  of  distinct 
success.  Leaving  his  home  in  Southport,  he  joined 
the  Maine  coast  fishermen  and  for  the  next  five 
years  was  one  of  the  workers  in  the  fleet  of  fishing 
craft  off  New  Foundland,  the  Grand  Banks,  West- 
ern Banks  and  other  famed  fishing  grounds  of  the 
Atlantic  Ocean.  His  work  was  hard  during  those 
years,  but  it  gave  him  physical  endurance  which 
was-  of  great  value  to  him  later  in  life. 

In  1881,  Mr.  Cameron  abandoned  the  sea  and 
went  to  Boston,  Massachusetts,  working  for  a 
year  in  a  large  dry  goods  establishment.  He  re- 
signed his  position  at  the  end  of  that  time  and 
moved  to  what,  in  1882,  was  the  frontier  country 
of  the  West  and  where  now  stands  the  town  oi 
Flagstaff,  Arizona.  He  went  into  lumbering  and 
helped  to  build  the  first  sawmill  erected  there. 
After  about  a  year  he  established  a  commissary 
store  and  conducted  it  for  about  twelve  months. 
Selling  out  his  store  in  1S85,  he  went  into  the 
sheep-raising  business,  new,  then,  to  that  section. 
Beginning  with  about  6,000  head  of  sheep,  Mr. 
Cameron  followed  this  business  for  nearly  two 
years,  but  in  the  latter  part  of  1886  sold  his  flocks 
and  re-engaged  in  merchandising.  At  the  end  of 
two  years  more  he  again  sold  out  and  went  into 
mining  and  cattle  raising,  in  both  of  which  lines 
he  had  become  interested  while  operating  the 
store.  He  bought  and  shipped  thousands  of  head 
of  cattle  for  two  years,  but  in  1890  gave  up  this 
business  to  devote  himself  exclusively  to  mining. 
He  owned  several  valuable  claims  in  the  Grand 
Canyon  of  the  Colorado,  Arizona's  greatest  natural 
wonder,  these  including  gold,  silver,  copper  and 
platinum  properties.  This  region  is  now  one  of  the 
great  attractions  for  travelers-,  but  in  the  days 
when  Mr.  Cameron  began  prospecting  there,  it  was 
one  of  the  wildest  sections  of  the  West. 

Prosecuting  his  mining  operations,  Mr.  Cam- 
eron and  his  men  built  the  first  roadway  in  the 
Grand  Canyon,  in  the  winter  of  1890-91,  known  as 
the  Bright  Angel  Trail.  Two  years  later  they 
built  the  Grand  View  Trail.  Upon  the  completion 
of  the  latter  passway,  Mr.  Cameron  opened  up 
various  mining  properties,  including  that  known 
as  the  Last  Chance  Copper  Mine.  This  is  the  only 
copper  mine  ever  worked  on  a  large  scale  in  Grand 
Canyon  and  has  produced  a  great  many  tons  of 
rich  copper  ore.  Mr.  Cameron  operated  it  for  about 
twelve  years,  but  sold  it  at  the  end  of  that  time. 
He  still  retains  other  mining  interests,  however, 
his  holdings  including  about  thirty-eight  gold,  sil- 
ver and  copper  claims. 

Aside  from  his  prominence  in  mining  and  other 
business  lines,  Mr.  Cameron  has  been  one  of  the 


leaders-  of  the  Republican  Party  in  Arizona  for 
many  years  and  has  held  various  important  offices. 
Upon  the  organization  of  the  government  of  Coco- 
nino  County,  Arizona,  in  1890,  he  was  appointed  its 
first  Sheriff  by  Governor  Irwin.  He  served  in  the 
office  about  a  year  and  in  1895  was  returned  to 
the  office  by  the  voters.  He  served  two  years  and 
was  re-elected  in  1897.  His  term  expired  in  1899 
and  he  then  refused  to  accept  another  nomination, 
intending  to  devote  his  energies  exclusively  to 
mining  and  other  personal  interests. 

In  1904,  however,  he  was  called  into  politics 
again  by  receiving  the  nomination  for  Supervisor 
of  Coconino  County  and  upon  being  elected  drew 
the  long  term  of  office,  serving  until  1909.  During 
this  time  he  served  as  Chairman  of  the  Board  and 
the  administration  of  the  County's  affairs  was  nota- 
ble for  the  many  works  of  progress  which  the 
Supervisors  accomplished.  While  still  serving  as 
Chairman  of  the  Board  of  Supervisors,  Mr.  Cam- 
eron, in  1908,  was  elected  Territorial  Delegate  to 
Congress,  taking  his  seat  in  1909.  In  this  office  he 
made  a  splendid  record,  bringing  about  the  adoption 
of  various  legislative  acts  of  benefit  to  Arizona. 
He  was  a  consistent  worker  for  the  admission  of 
Arizona  to  Statehood  and  through  the  passage  of 
the  Congressional  act  enabling  Arizona  to  attain 
Statehood,  continued  to  serve  as  Delegate  until 
February,  1912,  this  being  the  longest  single  term 
served  by  any  Delegate  to  Congress. 

At  the  first  general  election  in  Arizona  Mr. 
Cameron  was  the  nominee  of  the  Republican  Party 
for  the  office  of  United  States  Senator.  He  made 
a  splendid  race  and  polled  a  large  vote,  but  the 
Democrats  swept  the  State  and  he  failed  of  elec- 
tion. He  was,  however,  one  of  the  witnesses  to 
the  signature  by  President  Taft  of  the  bill  which 
made  Arizona  a  State. 

Because  of  his  prominence  in  the  affairs  of  the 
Republican  Party  in  Arizona,  Mr.  Cameron  for 
many  years  has  been  recognized  as  a  factor  in  the 
national  councils  of  the  party.  In  1896  he  was  a 
delegate  to  the  National  Republican  Convention  at 
St.  Louis,  Missouri,  and  voted  for  the  nomination 
of  William  McKinley  for  the  Presidency.  He  has 
figured  conspicuously  in  State  and  County  conven- 
tions of  Arizona  and  in  1912  was  chosen  by  the 
regular  convention  as  National  Committeeman 
from  Arizona.  Like  many  other  States  during  that 
year  the  Republicans  of  Arizona  were  divided  into 
Taft  and  Roosevelt  supporters,  and  Mr.  Cameron, 
who  was  a  stanch  adherent  of  the  former,  was 
seated  by  the  National  body  prior  to  the  memorable 
convention  at  Chicago.  He  took  an  active  part  in 
the  subsequent  Presidential  campaign  and  will  con- 
tinue to  represent  his  state  in  the  councils  of  the 
Republican  Party  until  1916. 

Mr.  Cameron,  recognized  as  one  of  the  men  who 
have  labored  hard  for  the  upbuilding  of  Arizona 
and  the  advancement  of  her  interests,  is  also  prom- 
inent in  fraternal  and  club  circles,  being  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Masons  and  Mystic  Shrine  and  twice 
Past  Master  of  the  Flagstaff  Lodge  of  the  order. 
He  also  belongs  to  the  Benevolent  &  Protective 
Order  of  Elks,  Ancient  Order  of  United  Workmen, 
Loyal  Moose  and  the  National  Press  Club,  of  Wash- 
'  ington,  D.  C. 


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ITCHELL,  GEORGE,  Mining,  Los 
Angeles,  Cal.,  was  born  in  Swan- 
sea, Wales,  Sept.  28,  1864,  the  son 
of  Capt.  George  Mitchell  and  Ann 
(Mathews)  Mitchell.  He  married 
Mary  Woodwell  at  Swansea,  Feb. 
27,  1886,  and  to  them  have  been  born  six  children, 
Phillippa,  Harry,  Alvin,  Mazie  and  George  Mitchell, 
Jr.,  and  Conseulla. 

Mr.  Mitchell  attended  the  public  schools  of  his 
native  city,  studied  under  private  tutors  and  was 
graduated  from  Morgan  Chemical  School  at  Swan- 
sea, Wales,  as  a  metallurgist,  when  he  was  barely 
sixteen  years  of  age. 

Following  his  graduation,  Mr.  Mitchell  was  ap- 
pointed sampler  and  assistant  in  the  laboratory  of 
a  metal  works  at  Swansea  and  remained  there 
about  three  years,  holding  at  various  times  the 
positions  of  smelter,  refiner  and  reducer  of  gold, 
copper  and  nickel  in  the  metallurgical  department 
of  the  concern.  He  was  chosen,  at  the  age  of  nine- 
teen years,  for  the  position  of  Superintendent  of 
the  smelting  department  of  the  South  Wales  Smelt- 
ing Co.,  a  large  institution  of  Swansea.  He  re- 
mained there  for  about  four  years,  and  during  that 
time  handled  ores  from  all  parts  of  the  world. 

Thus-  far  Mr.  Mitchell  had  confined  his  atten- 
tion to  the  scientific  side  of  the  mining  industry 
and  had  had  no  actual  experience  in  the  mines,  but 
he  determined  to  take  up  that  branch,  and  with 
this  end  in  view  resigned  his  position,  in  1887,  and 
sailed  for  the  United  States.  He  was  engaged  on 
his  arrival  as  metallurgist  for  the  Baltimore  Smelt- 
ing Company  at  its  plant  in  Baltimore,  Md.,  and 
remained  there  about  a  year.  For  the  next  few 
years  he  was  associated  with  various  other  smelt- 
ing and  refining  plants,  arriving  ultimately  in 
Montana,  then  the  center  of  great  copper  activity. 
There  he  aided  in  the  construction  of  a  smelter  and 
converter  plant  for  the  Boston-Montana  Copper 
Co.  and  the  Silver  Mining  &  Smelting  Co.,  at  Great 
Falls,  and  upon  completion  of  the  plant  was 
chosen  General  Foreman  of  the  smelters-.  Later 
he  became  Assistant  Superintendent.  Mr.  Mitchell 
at  this  time  perfected  and  patented  the  circular 
fore  hearth  of  the  blast  furnace,  which  resulted  in 
the  saving  of  $80,000  monthly  over  the  prevailing 
methods  of  smelting,  eliminating  all  re-smelts  in 
the  production  of  copper. 

Mr.  Mitchell  remained  in  Montana  until  late  in 
1894,  when,  at  the  solicitation  of  Senator  W.  A. 
Clark,  he  a&sumed  the  management  of  the  latter's 
smelting  works  at  Jerome,  Ariz.,  the  site  of  the 
United  Verde  Mine,  owned  by  the  Clark  interests 
and  the,  producer  of  wonderfully  rich  ore. 

Not  long  after  his  arrival  at  Jerome  Mr.  Mitchell 
saw  new  opportunities  for  saving  and  invented  a 
refining  furnace  and  refining  processes  which  not 
only  resulted  in  great  economy  at  the  time,  but 
have  been  in  use  in  the  great  smelting  plants  ever 
since.  Other  inventions  by  Mr.  Mitchell  have  been 
the  Hot  Blast  Furnace,  the  great  trough  converters, 
now  used  throughout  the  world,  and  the  perfection 
of  a  method  of  increasing  the  blast  pressure  on 
blast  furnaces.  Perhaps  his  most  valuable  inven- 
tion, however,  is  the  slag  steam  generator,  which 
utilizes  the  heat  of  molten  slag  in  making  steam 
and  results  in  tremendous  saving  on  fuel. 

Since  the  adoption  of  the  Mitchell  inventions 
and  processes  in  the  production  of  copper,  the  great 
companies  of  Montana,  Arizona,  Mexico  and  other 
sections  have  saved  millions  of  dollars,  it  is  said. 

Mr.  Mitchell  left  the  Clark  interests  in  1899  to 
embark  upon  a  mining  venture  destined  to  give 


him  place  among  the  most  successful  men  in  the 
business.  Going  into  Old  Mexico,  he  acquired  the 
famous  Cananea  group  of  mines.  These  properties, 
now  ranked  among  the  greatest  copper  producers 
in  the  world,  have  a  history  centuries  old,  but  to 
Mr.  Mitchell  is  given  credit  for  making  them  a 
profitable  investment.  They  were  first  worked, 
according  to  best  records,  about  1618,  by  the  early 
Spaniards,  who  took  the  silver  and  left  the  slag, 
containing  a  fortune  in  copper,  lying  upon  the 
dumps.  The  Daly,  Clark,  Heinze  and  other  min- 
ing interests  had  taken  up  the  claims  at  various 
times,  but  each  in  turn  had  failed.  Mr.  Mitchell 
realized  that  the  others  had  failed  because  they 
treated  it  as  a  mining  problem  instead  of  a  metal- 
lurgical one,  and  he  soon  arrived  at  a  fluxing 
process,  which,  by  mixing  the  ores  of  different 
sections  of  the  property,  resulted  in  a  vastly  im- 
proved smelting  system. 

Following  the  acquisition  of  the  properties,  Mr. 
Mitchell  organized  the  Cobre  Grande  Copper  Co., 
but  actual  work  was  held  up  for  some  time  by 
litigation,  the  outcome  of  which  was  that  Mr. 
Mitchell  personally  gained  control  of  the  lands. 
Shortly  thereafter  he  merged  his  holdings  with 
those  of  the  late  Col.  W.  C.  Greene,  as  the  Greene 
Consolidated  Mining  Co. 

The  birth  of  this  latter  concern  was  the  birth 
of  a  new  era  of  development  in  that  part  of  Mex- 
ico, Mr.  Mitchell  and  Col.  Greene  building  many 
improvements,  including  a  railroad  from  the  mines 
to  Naco,  Ariz.,  the  nearest  American  railway  point. 

Mr.  Mitchell  devoted  himself  almost  exclusively 
to  the  Cananea  district  until  1903,  working  in  close 
harmony  with  Col.  Greene,  but  finally  withdrew 
to  take  charge  of  the  Mitchell  Mining  Co.,  which 
owned  valuable  timber  and  mining  property  in 
Mexico.  For  about  four  years  he  was  engaged  in 
the  development  of  this  property,  but  in  1907  gave 
it  up,  and  in  1908  took  over  the  management,  as 
President,  of  the  Clara  Consolidated  Mining  Co., 
believed  by  him  to  be  great  in  potential  gold,  sil- 
ver and  copper  values.  The  properties  are  located 
at  Swansea,  Ariz.,  a  town  built  by  Mr.  Mitchell  and 
named  by  him  for  his  birthplace.  He  operated 
these  mines  for  about  two  years  and  in  1910  re- 
signed the  management  to  a  foreign  syndicate. 

Mr.  Mitchell  has  been  devoting  his  time  to  other 
properties  in  Sinaloa  and  Durango,  Mexico,  and 
the  Southwest,  and  in  the  Summer  of  1912  located 
one,  eight  miles  from  Prescott,  Ariz.,  which  he 
believes  will  rival  in  rich  ore  the  United  Verde. 

Like  many  men  who  have  followed  the  pre- 
carious business  of  mining,  Mr.  Mitchell  has 
experienced  setbacks  as  well  as  successes,  but  on 
the  whole  his  work  has  been  rewarded  with  sat- 
isfactory results.  His  investments  have  extended 
at  times  from  Alaska  on  the  North  to  Chile  on 
the  South.  He  has  traveled  to  practically  every 
mining  region  on  the  American  Continent,  his 
investigations  including  mines  of  South  America 
and  nearly  every  section  of  North  America. 

Although  he  devotes  most  of  hi&  time  to  mining, 
he  has  been  a  liberal  investor  in  real  estate  in  Los 
Angeles,  which  has  been  his  home  for  many  years. 

Mr.  Mitchell  has  written  numerous  articles  on 
mining  and  metallurgical  topics  for  the  technical 
press,  and  is  a  member  of  the  National  Geograph- 
ical Society  and  the  American  Society  for  the  Ad- 
vancement of  Science. 

His  clubs  include  the  Rocky  Mountain,  Lambs, 
New  York  Athletic  and  New  York,  of  New  York 
City,  and  the  California,  Jonathan  and  Sierra 
Madre  of  Los  Angeles. 


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ELLOWS,  THOMAS,  Archi- 
tectural Engineer,  Los  An- 
geles, Cal.,  was  born  at  Bir- 
mingham, England,  in  1860. 
His  father  was  Frederick  Fel- 
lows and  his  mother  Mary  (Grice)  Fellows. 
He  married  Mary  E.  Stewart  at  Long  Beach, 
California,  August  7,  1886.  They  have  two 
daughters,  Ruth  and  Mary  Janet  Fellows. 

Mr.  Fellows  was  edu- 
cated in  England,  where 
he  attended  the  public 
schools  of  Birmingham, 
and  later  took  a  three-year 
course  in  building  con- 
struction at  South  Kens- 
ington Division,  studying 
under  William  Morris.  He 
completed  his  course  in 
1880,  receiving  two  gov- 
ernment diplomas  for 
building  construction  and 
design,  also  a  diploma  and 
prize  in  physiology. 

Coming  to  America  in 
1882,  he  studied  architec- 
ture one  year  at  Franklin 
Institute,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
During  this  year  he  aided 
in  the  construction  of  the 
buildings  for  Bryn  Mawr 
and  Lehigh  Colleges,  in 
Pennsylvania. 

For  fifteen  years  after 
this  he  followed  architec- 
tural engineering  in  vari- 
ous Eastern  and  Western 
cities  of  the  United  States,  with  the  exception 
of  one 'year,  1897-8,  which  he  spent  in  Pitts- 
burg  in  the  study  of  steel  construction.  Leaving 
Pittsburg,  he  went  to  San  Francisco,  and  was 
appointed  building  superintendent  of  the  Ris- 
don  Iron  Works  of  that  city.  He  supervised 
the  construction  of  that  company's  modern 
plant,  built  at  a  cost  of  $1,500,000,  and  it  was 
while  in  that  position  that  he  received  a  certifi- 
cate for  design  from  the  San  Francisco  Poly- 
technic Institute. 

After  eighteen  months  in  San  Francisco,  in 
association  with  the  Risdon  Iron  Works,  Mr. 
Fellows  moved  to  Los  Angeles,  and  there 
opened  offices.  Since  he  has  been  in  the  South- 
ern California  metropolis  he  has  taken  a  lead- 
ing position  in  his  profession,  and  numerous 
buildings  attest  to  his  artistic  and  engineer- 
ing ability.  He  has  led  an  active  life,  his 
work  extending  to  all  parts  of  the  Southern 
California  territory,  and  including  both  private 


THOMAS  FELLOWS 


and  public  buildings.  Among  the  latter  are  the 
Imperial  County  Court  House,  Los  Angeles 
Masonic  Hall,  Los  Angeles  Pavilion,  the  Braw- 
ley  stores  and  office  building,  two  large 
churches  in  Los  Angeles  and  various  others. 

In  1905,  Mr.  Fellows  acted  as  building  su- 
perintendent for  Architect  Whittlesey,  and  the 
following  year  was  appointed  first  Civil  Ser- 
vice Building  Inspector  for  Los  Angeles. 
He  served  in  that  capacity 
for  two  years,  and  then  re- 
turned to  his  private  prac- 
tice. 

In  1909,  he  was  asso- 
ciated with  G.  Wharton 
James  in  the  California 
Arts  and  Crafts  movement, 
but  since  that  time  has  de- 
voted himself  to  experi- 
mental work  and  inventions 
relating  to  building  mate- 
rials and  construction,  also 
road  and  reservoir  con- 
struction, with  earth  con- 
crete in  lieu  of  sand  and 
rock  concrete.  He  invented 
a  system  of  cold  storage 
construction  which  not 
only  solves  the  problem  of 
living  in  desert  countries 
but  preserves  fruits  without 
ice,  ammonia  or  other  ma- 
chinery. In  addition  to 
this  he  has  patented  four 
inventions  on  his  various 
systems  of  concrete  con- 
struction. They  make  it 
possible  to  build  any  kind  of  solid  or  hollow 
concrete  structure  without  forms  or  moulds 
and  they  save  from  ten  to  thirty  per  cent  of 
the  cost. 

Mr.  Fellows'  business  affiliations  include 
che  Salton  Sea  Oil  Company,  of  which  he  is 
secretary;  the  Fellows  System  of  Building 
Construction,  of  which  he  is  principal  owner, 
and  the  American  Concrete  Company,  wherein 
he  is  a  member  of  the  Board  of  Directors. 

Aside  from  his  architectural  accomplish- 
ments and  his  prominence  as  an  inventor,  Mr. 
Fellows  has  won  notice  as  a  writer  and  lecturer. 
He  has  written  numerous  short  stories  and 
fables  and  has  been  a  liberal  contributor  to  tiie 
scientific  press.  He  has  spoken  at  various  times 
before  national  conventions  on  "Sanitary  Fire- 
proof Construction  for  the  Poor." 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Woodmen  of  the 
World.  Odd  Fellows,  F.  &  A.  M.  and  the 
Young  Men's  Christian  Association. 


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FF,  CHARLES  FREDER- 
ICK, Oil  Producer,  Los  An- 
geles, Cal.,  was  born  May  13, 
1866,  at  Wheatland,  la.  His 
father  was  the  Rev.  Charles 
Frederick  Off  and  his  mother  Louise  (Meis- 
ter)  Off.  His  father  is  today  an  active  pastor 
and  has  been  in  the  pulpit  more  than  fifty 
years.  Mr.  Off  married  Grace  M.  Bemis,  Oct. 
8,  1896,  at  Madison,  Wis. 
There  are  four  children, 
Lillian  Merle,  Howard 
Jerome,  Theo.  Roosevelt 
and  Chas.  Frederick  Off, 
third  of  the  name. 

Mr.  Off  was  educated 
in  the  public  schools  of 
Wisconsin.  At  the  age  of 
thirteen  he  obtained  a  po- 
sition as  clerk  in  a  gen- 
eral store.  Three  years 
later  the  family  moved 
from  Iowa  to  Denver  on 
account  of  the  mother's  ill 
health,  and  Mr.  Off  be- 
came associated  with  the 
firm  of  Merrian  &  Co., 
music  dealers,  where  he 
remained  for  three  years. 
In  1893  the  family 
moved  to  Los  Angeles, 
where  Mr.  Off  opened  a 
stationery  store  on  North 
Spring  street,  conducting 
it  two  years.  He  then  en- 
tered the  truck  and  trans- 
fer business,  but  at  the 
end  of  four  years  was  broken  in  health,  and 
sold  his  business  and  interested  himself  in 
ranching  in  Southern  California,  which  he  fol- 
lowed for  several  years,  but  dry  seasons 
caused  a  failure  of  his  crops  and  practically 
ruined  him  financially. 

He  engaged  in  putting  down  water  wells 
and  setting  out  walnut  and  orange  orchards, 
following  this  business  with  some  success 
until  1895,  by  which  time  he  had  drilled  his 
first  oil  well  in  Los  Angeles.  His  ambitions 
for  success  in  the  oil  business  took  life  at  that 
time,  and  for  sixteen  years  his  name  has  been 
connected  with  a  number  of  successful  oil  un- 
dertakings of  Southern  California.  In  1898 
he,  as  one  of  the  organizers  of  the  Whittier 
Crude  Oil  Co.,  of  which  he  became  Manager, 
centered  operations  about  Whittier,  where 
were  drilled  twelve  wells.  Later  he  became 
associated  with  the  Rice  Ranch  Oil  Co.,  at  a 
time  when  it  was  deeply  in  debt,  and  under 


CHARLES  F.  OFF 


his  management  six  wells  were  drilled  which 
put  the  concern  on  a  dividend-paying  basis. 
In  1909  Mr.  Off,  with  several  associates, 
formed  the  Lake  View  Oil  Co.,  which  later 
produced  the  most  phenomenal  well  in  the 
United  States,  and  thereby  spread  the  news 
of  the  wonderful  oil  territory  in  the  State. 

Mr.  Off,  soon  after  organization,  met  with 
a  great  deal  of  dissension  among  his  asso- 
ciates as  to  the  value  of 
the  properties.  It  re- 
quired all  his  will  power 
and  persuasive  ability  to 
hold  the  company  to- 
gether, but  he  had  unlim- 
ited faith  in  his  judgment 
and  induced  them  to  con- 
tinue till  a  given  amount 
of  development  work  had 
been  done. 

On  March  15,  1910: 
his  judgment  was  fully 
vindicated  by  the  bring- 
ing in  of  the  famous  Lake 
View  gusher.  This  well 
began  flowing  at  the  rate 
of  30,000  barrels  per  day. 
It  was  impossible  for  a 
long  time  to  control  it, 
and  hundreds  of  thou- 
sands of  barrels  of  oil 
were  lost.  It  was  finally 
brought  under  control, 
and  by  working  hundreds 
of  men  night  and  day  gi- 
gantic earthen  reservoirs 
were  built  wherein  the 
oil  was  stored  temporarily.  This  well  kept 
up  its  flow  for  many  months,  producing  a 
total  of  10,000,000  barrels,  and  owing  to  that 
fact  it  is  one  of  the  phenomenal  wells  in  the 
oil  history  of  the  world. 

Early  in  1910  Mr.  Off,  in  association  with 
R.  D.  Wade,  organized  the  Lake  View  An- 
nex Oil  Co.,  owning  property  which  required 
much  deeper  drilling.  They  have  up  to  date 
drilled  several  wells  on  that  territory,  all  of 
which  were  put  down  to  a  depth  of  3900  and 
4900  feet. 

Mr.  Off  is  General  Manager  of  the  follow- 
ing companies:  Whittier  Crude  Oil  Co., 
Ojai  Oil  Co.,  Santa  Maria  Crude  Oil  Co.,  and 
the  Lake  View  Annex  Oil  Co. 

In  1886,  as  a  young  man,  Mr.  Off  became 
a  charter  member  of  the  original  Company 
F,  of  Los  Angeles,  National  Guard  of  Cali- 
fornia. He  is  also  a  Mason,  an  Elk  and  a 
member  of  the  Union  League  Club. 


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LAURENCE  MACOMBER 

ACOMBER,  LAURENCE,  Attorney 
at  Law,  Los  Angeles,  California, 
was  born  in  Boston,  Massachu- 
setts, May  21,  1885,  the  son  of 
George  Arthur  Macomber  and 
Harriett  Osgood  Macomber.  He 
married  Maide  Wall  in  Oakland,  California,  Decem- 
ber 5,  1908,  and  to  them  there  was  born  a  son, 
George  Hampton  Macomber.  He  is  descended 
from  one  of  the  old  New  England  families,  his  an- 
cestors having  come  over  in  the  Mayflower,  later 
members  serving  the  Colonies  in  the  Revolution- 
ary War. 

Mr.  Macomber  received  his  preliminary  educa- 
tion in  private  schools  of  Boston,  but  having  moved 
West  in  his  youth,  finished  his  education  in  Cali- 
fornia. He  was  graduated  from  Throop  Poly- 
technic Institute  of  Pasadena  and  then  entered  the 
Law  School  of  Leland  Stanford,  Jr.  University.  He 
left  college  in  the  early  part  of  1909  and  was  ad- 
mitted to  the  bar  by  the  Supreme  Court  of  Cali- 
fornia on  April  14  of  the  same  year. 

Following  his  admission  to  practice,  Mr.  Ma- 
comber became  associated  with  Judge  S.  C.  Benson 
of  San  Francisco,  and  remained  with  him  for  nearly 
two  years.  At  that  time  he  moved  to  Los  Angeles 
and  he  has  been  engaged  in  practice  there  down  to 
date.  He  has  made  a  specialty  of  corporation  law 
and  besides  his  legal  work  is  interested  in  various 
industrial  and  land  companies. 

Although  he  is  one  of  the  most  active  yoiiiig 
professional  men  in  Los  Angeles,  Mr.  Macomber 
devotes  considerable  time  to  special  subjects  out- 
side of  his  own  business  and  is  a  student  of  indus- 
trial and  social  problems,  taking  a  special  interest 
in  the  George  Junior  Republic  at  Chino,  California. 

Mr.  Macomber  is  a  member  of  the  California 
Bar  Association,  Phi  Delta  Theta  Fraternity,  the 
Valley  Hunt  Club  of  Pasadena,  City  Club  of  Los 
Angeles  and  the  Ad  Club  of  Los  Angeles. 


DESAIX   B.    MYERS 

YERS,  DESAIX  BROWN,  Mining 
Engineer,  Los  Angeles,  California, 
was  born  in  Washington,  D.  C., 
March  25,  1882,  the  son  of  Talley- 
rand D.  Myers  and  Mary  (Brown) 
Myers.  He  married  Edith  W. 
Cutler  at  Boston,  Mass.,  April  18,  1912. 

Mr.  Myers  received  his  preliminary  education 
in  the  Penn  Charter  School  of  Phila.,  was  gradu- 
ated from  the  University  of  Penn.  in  1905  with  the 
degree  of  B.  S.,  and  the  same  year  entered  Mass. 
Institute  of  Technology  at  Boston,  receiving  the 
degree  of  B.  S.  in  Mining  Engineering  and  Metal- 
lurgy. He  was  chosen,  in  1907,  as  Asst.  Mineralog- 
ist and  Geologist  on  the  "Technology  Expedition" 
to  the  Aleutian  Islands. 

In  1908,  following  graduation,  Mr.  Myers  en- 
tered the  employ  of  the  Mine  La  Motte  Lead  & 
Smelting  Co.  at  Mine  La  Motte,  Mo.,  and  within  a 
few  months,  was  appointed  Chief  Chemist  and 
Engineer.  In  1909,  he  resigned  and  went  to  Phoenix, 
Ariz.,  on  field  examinations-  for  private  interests. 
In  October,  1909,  Mr.  Myers  went  to  Los  An- 
geles and  opened  offices  as  a  general  Mining  En- 
gineer and  Geologist.  In  December,  1909,  he  went 
to  Mexico  for  Eastern  clients-.  Returning  to  Los 
Angeles  early  the  following  year,  he  was  engaged 
to  make  extensive  mine  examinations  and  surveys 
in  California  and  Arizona.  This  consumed  the 
greater  part  of  two  years  and  since  that  time  he  has 
been  engaged  chiefly  in  examinations  and  surveys 
in  Calaveras  County,  Cal.,  and  northern  Arizona. 

Mr.  Myers  is  a  Director,  L.  A.  Chamber  of  Mines 
and  Oil;  member,  American  Institute  of  Mining  En- 
gineers and  of  the  Technology  Club  of  So.  Cal.  He 
aided  in  organizing,  in  1912,  the  Society  of  Mining 
Engineers  of  L.  A.  He  belongs  to  Zeta  Psi  Fratern- 
ity, Sigma  Chapter  of  Phila.;  University  Club,  L. 
A.;  is  non-res,  member,  Rittenhouse  Club,  Phila.; 
and  member,  Overland  Club,  Pasadena,  Cal. 


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S.  M.  SPALDING 

PALDING,  SILSBY  MORSE,  Bonds, 
Los  Angeles,  California,  was  born 
in  Minneapolis,  Minnesota,  May 
29,  1886,  the  son  of  Salathiel  Mar- 
tin Spalding  and  Sarah  Englan- 
tine  (Camp)  Spalding.  He  mar- 
Canfield  at  Los  Angeles,  March 


ried   Caroline  L. 
14,  1911. 

Mr.  Spalding  received  the  early  part  of  his  edu- 
cation in  the  schools  of  Minneapolis.  His  family 
moving  to  Los  Angeles  in  1896,  he  finished  the  pub- 
lic school  course  in  Los  Angeles,  and  later  gradu- 
ated from  Pomona  Preparatory  School  at  Pomona, 
California.  He  entered  Leland  Stanford  Universfty 
in  1906,  but  left  at  the  end  of  his  sophomore  year  to 
enter  business,  having  had  pre&anted  to  him  an  ex- 
cellent opportunity  which  he  felt  he  could  hardly 
afford  to  let  pass. 

While  yet  in  college  he  had  been  offered  a  posi- 
tion with  the  firm  of  E.  H.  Rollins  &  Sons  of  Boston, 
Massachusetts,  one  of  the  largest  municipal  and 
corporation  bond  houses  in  the  United  States.  He 
served  his  apprenticeship  in  the  San  Francisco 
branch  of  this  firm,  and  in  1909  he  occupied  £he  po- 
sition of  municipal  buyer  for  the  San  Francisco 
office. 

At  this  time  he  was  transferred  to  Los  Angeles 
and  made  a  part  of  the  comapny's  selling  force. 
His  work  in  this  capacity  was  of  such  successful 
order  that  his  company,  in  June,  1910,  promoted 
him  to  the  position  of  Manager  of  its  Los  Angeles 
office,  in  which  capacity  he  is  serving  at  the  present 
time  (1912-13). 

Mr.  Spalding  is  a  fine  example  of  the  successful 
young  business  man  and  in  the  few  years  he  has 
been  in  Los  Angeles  has  attained  a  most  sub- 
stantial standing. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  California  Club,  the  Los 
Angeles  Athletic  Club,  and  the  Midwick  Country 
Club  of  Pasadena,  California. 


C.   B.   GUTHRIE 

25^j  UTHRIE,  CHARLES  BENTLEY, 
Real  Estate  Investments,  Los  An- 
geles, Cal.,  was  born  in  Cleveland, 
Ohio,  December  9,  1875,  the  son 
of  Dr.  James  W.  Guthrie  and 
Adda  S.  (Bentley)  Guthrie.  He 
married  Pearl  C.  Coles  at  Long  Beach,  Cal.,  May 
22,  1905.  They  have  one  child,  Catherine  C.  Guth- 
rie. Mr.  Guthrie  is  of  Scotch  lineage. 

Mr.  Guthrie  was  graduated  from  high  school 
at  Bedford,  la.,  in  1893,  and  then  taught  school  for 
two  years  in  Taylor  County,  Iowa.  In  1895  he  be- 
came a  railway  mail  clerk  and  served  between 
Chicago  and  Omaha  for  about  ten  years.  Resigning 
in  1905  he  moved  to  Los  Angeles  and  entered  the 
employ  of  the  Los  Angeles  Abstract  &  Trust  Co., 
later  organizing  and  becoming  manager  of  its 
escrow  department. 

In  1907  he  organized  the  firm  of  C.  B.  Guthrie 
&  Co.,  real  estate  operators,  and  has  been  in  that 
field  ever  since.  He  was  President  of  the  company 
and  one  of  the  pioneers  in  the  Ferris  Valley  of 
California,  a  rich  alfalfa  country;  also  dealt  largely 
in  land  between  Los  Angeles  and  the  Pacific  ocean. 
In  1911  he  dissolved  his  company  and  aided  in 
forming  the  Redman-Guthrie  Investment  Company, 
of  which  he  is  Vice  President.  This  company  is 
actively  engaged  in  real  estate  operations  in  Los 
Angeles  and  vicinity,  Mr.  Guthrie  being  one  of  the 
active  factors  in  its  management. 

In  1909  Mr.  Guthrie  represented  the  State  of 
California  at  the  meeting  of  the  National  Farm 
Congress  in  Chicago  and  in  1910  was  a  delegate  to 
the  Natl.  Irrigation  Congress,  held  at  Pueblo,  Colo. 
Mr.  Guthrie  is  a  member  of  the  Los  Angeles 
Realty  Board  and  also  holds  membership  in  various 
fraternal  and  social  organizations  of  Los  Angeles, 
including  the  Masons,  B.  P.  O.  Elks-,  Sierra  Madre 
Club  and  the  Knights  of  Pythias,  of  which  he  is  a 
Past  Chancellor. 


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EAGUE,  ROBERT  M.,  Citrus 
Nurseries  and  Horticulturist,  Los 
Angeles,  California,  was  born 
May  6,  1864,  in  Iowa,  the  son  of 
Crawford  P.  Teague  and  Amanda 
R.  (May)  Teague.  He  married 
Minnie  E.  Cowan,  November  29,  1891,  at  Pomona 
California. 

Mr.  Teague  was  taken  to  the  Sacramento  Val- 
ley, California,  when  only  two  years  old,  and 
there  he  later  attended  the  public  schools.  He  took 
three  years  at  the  Christian  College  at  Santa 
Rosa,  but  did  not  graduate. 

When  he  was  sixteen  years  of  age,  the  family 
moved  to  Southern  California  and  he  went  into 
grain  farming  at  San  Dimas  with  his  father  and 
brothers.  They  worked  hard  and  prospered. 

The  citrus  industry  of  Southern  California  was 
just  then  beginning  to  develop.  The  science  of 
the  care  and  culture  of  the  orange,  lemon  and 
grape  fruit  was  not  then  as  complete  as  it  is 
now,  and  the  study  of  the  industry  offered  a  wide 
field  for  an  enterprising  brain.  Mr.  Teague  was 
then  twenty-six  years  old  and  ambitious.  He  saw 
his  chance  and  determined  to  follow  it. 

He  leased  some  land  from  his  father  and 
started  a  nursery  of  citrus  trees.  On  one  acre  of 
the  land  he  put  out  10,000  young  trees,  but  hap- 
pened to  hit  the  wrong  year  and  made  but  little 
on  his  venture.  The  following  year  he  had  better 
success.  At  the  end  of  four  years  his  business  had 
grown  to  such  proportions  that  he  let  go  all  other 
ventures  and  put  all  of  his  capital  into  his  nurse- 
ries. In  1896  he  planted  20,000  trees;  a  year  later 
40,000.  In  1901  he  planted  250,000  trees.  It  was 
not  all  unvarying  success,  however.  The  market 
went  down  about  this  period  and  in  three  years 
he  lost  $45,000.  By  1906  the  market  had  recovered 
and  he  was  selling  260,000  trees.  His  nurseries 
are  now  on  a  solid  footing. 

In  the  year  1909  an  association  of  individuals 
was  formed  in  Los  Angeles  for  the  purpose  of  in- 
vestigating and  ascertaining  whether  or  not  a 
feasible  plan  might  be  found  for  the  irrigation 
from  the  Colorado  River  of  a  large  tract  of  desert 
land  in  the  southeastern  portion  of  Riverside 
County,  believed  by  those  interested  to  be  capable 
of  high  development  along  horticultural  and  agri- 
cultural lines,  provided  abundant  irrigation  could 
be  afforded  at  a  reasonable  cost.  The  original 
promoters  of  this  investigation  sought  and  se- 
cured Mr.  Teague's  co-operation,  and  he  became 
interested  in  The  Chucawalla  Development  Com- 
pany, organized  for  the  purpose  of  such  investi- 
gation. He  was  elected  president  of  the  Board  of 
Directors  and  appointed  general  manager  of  the 
company,  and  for  the  past  two  years  has  been 
active  in  its  affairs. 

The  problem  confronting  the  campany  is  one 
of  great  magnitude  and  engineers  of  prominence 
now  carrying  on  investigations  for  the  company 
considered  its  successful  solution  difficult.  This 
investigation  is  still  in  progress.  The  Company 
is  not  interested  in  lands  and  has  not  encouraged 
settlement  on  the  government  lands  within  the 


scope  of  its  investigation.  If  the  irrigation  prob 
lem  is  finally  solved  successfully  by  the  company, 
of  which  Mr.  Teague  is  president,  too  much  credit 
cannot  be  given  him  for  his  indefatigable  labors 
to  that  end.  In  case  of  failure  to  solve  the  prob- 
lem, the  failure  will  not  be  due  to  lack  of  honest 
and  honorable  endeavor  along  legitimate  lines  to 
promote  the  horticultural  and  agricultural  inter- 
ests of  the  state. 

A  few  figures  will  give  the  magnitude  of  the 
Chucawalla  project,  the  largest  yet  conceived  in 
the  United  States  by  private  enterprise.  The 
Chucawalla  valley  is  located  about  400  feet  above 
the  level  of  the  Colorado  river,  and  to  this  height 
the  water  must  be  raised.  Between  300,000  and 
500,000  acres  have  been  declared  susceptible  of 
irrigation.  The  valley  is  flat,  and  the  soil  is  deep 
and  rich.  Horticultural  experts  have  declared  the 
climatic  conditions  the  most  perfect  in  California 
for  the  growing  of  citrus  fruits,  oranges  and  grape 
fruit  in  particular.  In  the  event  that  the  valley 
can  be  converted  into  orange  groves  the  result 
would  be  the  creation  of  a  district  in  wealth  and 
population  the  rival  of  Redlands,  Riverside  and 
the  San  Gabriel  valley  combined.  At  the  present 
time  the  problem  is  to  discover  by  deep  borings 
whether  an  enormous  dam  across  the  Colorado 
river,  which  would  be  the  largest  in  the  world, 
should  be  erected,  or  whether  it  would  be  better 
to  install  the  greatest  pumping  plant  yet  im- 
agined. 

Previous  to  his  interest  in  the  Chucawalla 
concern  he  had  been  instrumental  in  the  develop- 
ment of  other  water  supplies  for  Southern  Cali- 
fornia. He  helped  organize  and  is  president  of 
the  Lordsburg  Water  Company,  a  concern  which 
irrigates  land  now  worth  in  the  millions.  He  is 
also  director  in  the  San  Dimas  Water  Company, 
which  furnishes  water  for  the  San  Dimas  district. 

To  understand  the  great  importance  of  Mr. 
Teague's  work  to  Southern  California,  one  must 
realize  the  importance  of  water  for  irrigating  the 
lands.  The  sections  that  Mr.  Teague  has  inter- 
ested himself  in,  like  all  of  the  Southwest,  re- 
quire abundant  irrigation  for  citrus  fruit  and  agri- 
cultural development.  The  problem  of  water  is 
one  of  the  greatest  confronting  the  land  holder 
and  agriculturist.  Without  water,  practically 
nothing  can  be  raised  on  much  of  the  land  of 
Southern  California,  but  with  an  abundant  sup- 
ply for  irrigating  purposes  this  same  land  may 
produce  the  most  wonderful  crops  in  the  world, 
of  fruits,  nuts,  alfalfa,  and  numerous  other  prod- 
ducts.  The  land  instantly  becomes  very  valuable 
both  to  the  owner  and  the  community  at  large. 
To  undertake  such  projects  as  Mr.  Teague  has 
been  directing  require  an  enterprise  worthy  of 
special  commendation. 

In  spite  of  his  active  out-door  life  and  the  ex- 
tent of  the  territory  over  which  he  must  travel 
to  take  care  of  his  business  affairs  he  has  had 
time  to  become  socially  prominent.  He  is  a  life 
member  of  the  Sierra  Madre  Club  of  Los  Angeles, 
a  life  member  of  the  Elks,  Pomona,  Cal.,  and  a 
member  of  the  Covina  Club,  Covina,  Cal. 


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'CLELLAN,  JOHN  JASPER, 
E|  Organist,  Mormon  Taber- 
nacle, Salt  Lake  City,  Utah, 
was  born  at  Payson,  Utah. 
April  20,  1874,  the  son  of  John 
Jasper  McClellan  and  Eliza  Barbara  (Wal- 
ser)  McClellan.  He  married  Mary  Douglas 
at  Manti,  Utah,  July  15,  1896,  and  to  them 
have  been  born  five  children,  Mary  Geneva, 
Madeleine  Estelle,  Doug- 
las, Dorothy  and  Flor- 
ence D.  McClellan. 

Prof.  McClellan  began 
the  study  of  music,  in  ad- 
dition to  his  other  stud- 
ies, at  the  age  of  ten,  in 
his  native  town.  He  later 
went  to  Saginaw,  Mich., 
and  studied  for  two  years 
with  A.  W.  Platte,  after 
which  he  went  to  Ann 
Arbor,  Mich.,  ultimately 
graduating  from  the  Uni- 
versity of  Michigan 
Schools  of  Music,  where 
he  was  a  pupil  under 
Prof.  A.  A.  Stanley,  Jo- 
hann  Erich  Schmaal,  Al- 
berta Jonas  and  Xavier 
Scharwenka.  He  was 
a  pupil  of  Ernst  Jedliczka 
of  Berlin,  Germany. 

While  at  Ann  Arbor 
he  organized  the  first 
large  orchestra  there  and 
acted  as  its  conductor. 
He  was  also  organist  of 
St.  Thomas'  Catholic  Church  and  pianist  of 
the  University  Choral  Society.  In  1893  he 
was  assistant  to  Prof.  Stanley  on  the  great 
Columbian  organ  used  at  the  World's  Fair  at 
Chicago,  and  which  later  was  placed  in  the 
hall  of  the  University  of  Michigan.  Follow- 
ing this  he  became  assistant  to  Prof.  Jonas  in 
the  Michigan  School  of  Music,  and  during 
the  years  1895-96  was  teacher  of  musical 
theory  in  the  same  institution. 

He  was  professor  of  Music  in  the  Brig- 
ham  Young  University,  at  Provo,  Utah,  in 
1900-01,  and  in  the  latter  year  became  a  mem- 
ber of  the  faculty  of  the  University  of  Utah 
in  the  same  capacity.  He  has  been  organist 
of  the  Mormon  Tabernacle  since  Oct.  1,  1900; 
conductor  of  the  Salt  Lake  Opera  Company 
since  1902,  and  director  of  the  Salt  Lake 
Symphony  Orchestra  since  1908. 

Prof.  McClellan,  regarded  as  the  leading 
musician  of  Utah,  is  one  of  the  most  success- 


PROF.  JOHN  J. 


ful  teachers  of  the  piano  in  America  and  more 
students  have  gone  from  his  studio  to  Euro- 
pean and  Eastern  art  centers  to  do  advanced 
music  work  than  from  any  other  studio  in 
Utah.  He  founded  the  Utah  Conservatory 
of  Music  at  Salt  Lake  City,  July,  1911,  and  is 
dean  and  head  of  the  pianoforte  department 
of  the  institution  at  the  present  time.  He  is 
now  at  work  upon  an  original  new  course  for 
the  study  of  the  piano, 
Prof.  McClellan  is  the 
composer  of  the  "Nation- 
al Ode  to  Irrigation,"  and 
in  addition  has  written 
several  songs,  anthems 
and  instrumental  compo- 
sitions. In  1911  he  was 
official  accompanist  of 
the  Mormon  Tabernacle 
Choir's  triumphal  tour 
from  Salt  Lake  to  the 
New  York  City  Land 
Show,  during  which  they 
sang  58  concerts.  On  this 
tour  Prof.  McClellan's 
ode  was  sung  more  than 
50  times,  at  a  cost  ex- 
ceeding $50,000.  It  was 
also  sung  at  the  National 
Irrigation  Congresses  of 
Portland,  Sacramento  and 
Boise,  Idaho,  by  the  Og- 
den  (Utah)  Tabernacle 
Choir  of  200  voices,  each 
rendition  costing  $12,000. 
McCLELLAN  Prof.  McClellan  has 

won  an  international  rep- 
utation as  a  concert  organ  recitalist,  having 
played  in  all  the  leading  cities  of  the  Ameri- 
can continent.  He  was  solo  organist  in  four 
recitals  at  the  World's  Fair  in  St.  Louis,  and 
gave  ten  solo  recitals  on  the  great  organ  at 
the  Jamestown,  Va.,  Exposition.  In  addition 
to  these  triumphs,  he  has  been  called  upon  to 
"open"  pipe  organs  in  nearly  every  State. 

Everywhere  he  ever  appeared  Prof.  Mc- 
Clellan is  known  as  one  of  the  most  thorough 
musicians  and  artists  of  the  generation,  his 
devotion  to  his  art  being  one  of  his  most 
prominent  characteristics.  Wherever  organs 
are  known,  so  is  the  art  of  McClellan,  and  for 
this  reason  he  occupies  a  leading  position  in 
his  profession.  He  is  State  Pres.  for  Utah  of 
the  Nat.  Assn.  of  Organists  and  a  colleague 
of  the  American  Guild  of  Organists. 

In  addition  to  being  Dean  and  Director  of 
the  Utah  Conservatory  of  Music,  he  is  Secy, 
of  the  Clayton  Music  Co.  of  Salt  Lake  City. 


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ATCHER,  HERBERT  J.,  Jr., 
Investment  Broker,  Los  An- 
geles, Cal.,  was  born  at  Sur- 
rey, Eng.,  Sept.  15,  1884,  the 
son  of  Herbert  J.  and  Mary 

Vatcher.     He   married   Lillian   C.   Craig,   at 

Los  Angeles,  February  28,  1911. 

The  family  moved  in  his  early  childhood 

to  Brandon,  Manitoba,  Canada,  but  when  he 

was   nine  years  old   they 

made    another    move    to 

Los   Angeles.       He    was 

taught    in    the    Canadian 

and  Pasadena,  California, 

public  schools    and    then 

attended  the  high  school 

of  the  latter  city. 

During    his    vacations, 

and  after  his  school  hours, 

Mr.  Vatcher    worked    at 

the       Cawston       Ostrich 

Farm  of  South  Pasadena, 

and  continued  in  various 

capacities    until    he   was 

twenty  years    old,    when 

he  went  into  the  Bank  of 

South     Pasadena,     which 

Mr.   Cawston   and  others 

organized.  After    a    year 

he  was   advanced  to   the 

position  of  assistant  cash- 
ier, and  he  held  that  post 

until  1909. 
When  only  twenty-five 

years     old,    Mr.    Vatcher 

had     a     good     all-around 

business  training  and  was 


HERBERT  J.   VATCHER,   JR. 


familiar  with  the  handling  of  finances.  He 
had  accumulated  some  capital  and  was  well 
acquainted  with  the  men  of  affairs  in  South- 
ern California,  so  decided  to  resign  his  posi- 
tion to  take  up  an  independent  enterprise;  to 
that,  end  he  opened  offices  in  Los  Angeles 
as  an  investmet  broker  in  1909. 

The  Cawston  Ostrich  Farm  was  organ- 
ized into  a  corporation  in  the  year  1896,  and 
in  recognition  of  his  long  years  of  intelli- 
gent service,  he  was  made  a  director  and 
secretary.  Since  his  election  to  that  post,  the 
affairs  of  the  company  have  grown  until  it 
is  reckoned  the  largest  in  the  United  States. 
It  is  an  institution  of  great  magnitude,  the 
first  to  prove  that  the  South  African  ostrich 
could  be  successfully  acclimated  in  Califor- 
nia, and  the  owner  of  several  thousand  head 
of  ostriches,  each  of  which  would  command 
a  very  high  figure  if  offered  for  sale.  The  en- 
terprise first  was  started  to  entertain  the 


traveling  public  as  a  curiosity,  but  later  it 
was  found  that  the  ostrich  appears  here  in  its 
best  plumage,  and  today  the  show  end  is 
merely  incidental.  The  farm  produces  an  enor- 
mous value  in  fine  plumes,  which  are  mar- 
keted all  over  the  world  by  the  company, 
which  employs  scores  of  girls  in  its  plume 
establishment,  in  the  coloring  of  the  fine 
feathers  and  in  the  making  of  "Willow" 
plumes. 

He  recently  promoted 
the  re-capitalization,  fpr 
$1,200,000,  of  the  Cawston 
Ostrich  Farm,  and  its  sale 
to  a  company  of  bankers. 
He  was  elected  secretary 
and  managing  director  of 
the  new  concern,  and  ac- 
quired a  considerable 
amount  of  its  stock. 

His  investment  broker- 
age business  has  been 
uniformly  successful.  He 
continued  as  fiduciary 
agent  to  Mr.  Cawston, 
who  had  returned  to 
England,  and  effected 
several  large  deals  in  this 
capacity.  He  prospered  so 
that  from  one  room  his 
business  came  to  occupy 
a  suite  of  seven  rooms  in 
the  Los  Angeles  Trust 
and  Savings  building.  He 
has  been  actively  instru- 
mental in  organizing  and 
financing  several  compa- 


nies. He  organized,  in  1908,  the  Investors' 
Land  and  Water  Company  of  Ontario,  Cali- 
fornia, for  the  handling  of  water  rights  and 
orange  lands  in  the  vicinity  of  Ontario,  and 
served  as  one  of  its  officers.  He  was  a  mov- 
ing spirit  in  the  incorporation  of  the  Cement 
Products  and  Construction  Company,  the 
product  of  which  plant  is  so  conspicuously 
represented  in  the  art  stone  of  Central  Park 
and  the  Auditorium  Hotel  building. 

He  is  one  of  the  youngest  successful 
business  men  in  Southern  California,  and 
owes  his  success  almost  solely  to  his  indus- 
try, ambition  and  the  intelligence  with  which 
he  mastered  the  details  of  business. 

He  is  a  York  Rite  and  Scottish  Rite 
Mason. 

He  belongs  to  the  Union  League  Club, 
the  Rotary  Club,  the  San  Gabriel  Valley 
Country  Club  and  the  Elks.  He  is  a  member 
of  the  Los  Angeles  Chamber  of  Commerce. 


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HITTIER,  C.  F.,  Oil  Opera- 
tor, Los  Angeles,  Cal.,  was 
born  at  Caribou,  Me.,  April 
30,  1869,  the  son  of  C.  G. 
Whittier  and  Ruth  (Keech) 
Whittier.  He  married  Mattie  Weller,  April 
24,  1906,  at  Los  Angeles,  and  to  them  have 
been  born  two  children,  Evelyn  Lucile  and 
Julian  Clyde  Whittier.  Mr.  Whittier  spent 
his  early  days  on  the  farm 
of  his  father  and  attended 
the  country  schools  of  the 
district,  being  compelled 
in  the  winter  months  to 
walk  several  miles  daily 
through  snowdrifts. 

Many  years  of  hard 
work  on  the  farm  gave 
Mr.  Whittier  an  excep- 
tionally strong  constitu- 
tion, and  when  he  left 
home,  at  the  age  of  21,  he 
was  equipped  almost  sole- 
ly with  physical  strength 
and  a  determination  to 
succeed.  He  worked  at 
various  occupations  for  a 
brief  time,  but,  having  an 
ambition  to  go  into  busi- 
ness for  himself,  he  saved 
his  money  and  in  a  com- 
paratively short  time  he 
embarked  in  the  general 
merchandising  line  at 
Caribou.  His  venture 
proved  successful  while 
it  lasted,  but  Mr.  Whit- 


C.  F.  WHITTIER 


tier,  through  his  faith  in  some  friends,  met 
with  a  business  misfortune  which  cost  him 
everything  he  owned.  He  had  indorsed  a 
number  of  notes  and  he  was  forced  to  sacri- 
fice his  business  to  satisfy  the  paper,  the  real 
borrowers  failing  to  take  it  up. 

After  this  experience  Mr.  Whittier  had  to 
begin  all  over  again,  and  turned  to  the  Maine 
woods  for  a  livelihood.  For  two  years  he  en- 
gaged in  logging  and  lumber  business,  but  at 
the  end  of  that  period  abandoned  the  work 
and  went  West.  He  arrived  at  Los  Angeles 
in  1898,  a  short  time  prior  to  the  Klondike 
rush,  and  when  the  news  of  the  gold  discov- 
eries came  he  joined  the  stampede  to  the 
Frozen  North.  He  prospected  there  for  a 
year,  but  with  indifferent  success,  and  he  re- 
turned to  Los  Angeles. 

It  was  here  that  his  luck  turned.  The  oil 
boom  was  taking  hold  of  the  Southern  Cali- 
fornia metropolis,  and  Mr.  Whittier  turned 


his  attention  to  the  petroleum  industry.  He 
began  in  the  fields  as  a  driller,  but  the  busi- 
ness instinct  was  in  him,  and  it  was  not  very 
long  before  he  was  buying  lands  and  options 
for  oil  hunting.  His  success  inspired  confi- 
dence in  others  and  they  readily  joined  him 
in  forming  a  company  to  operate  on  a  large 
scale.  This  first  company  proved  a  success 
from  its  inception,  and  from  that  time  Mr. 
Whittier's  life  has  been 
one  of  big  accomplish- 
ments. He  has  been  the 
moving  spirit  in  the  for- 
mation of  a  number  of 
other  successful  oil  com- 
panies, and  he  has  aided 
in  the  development  of  the 
country  around  Los  An- 
geles and  in  other  parts 
of  California. 

In  less  than  ten  years 
Mr.  Whittier,  who  ar- 
rived with  only  35  cents, 
was  rated  as  one  of  the 
wealthy  men  in  the  State. 
Today  he  is  known  inter- 
nationally as  one  of  the 
greatest  oil  operators  in 
the  United  States. 

His  interests  cover  a 
wide  territory,  extending 
to  a  number  of  states,  and 
even  into  South  America. 
He  is  president  of  the 
United  Oil  Co.,  a  corpora- 
tion with  $2,000,000  capi- 
tal, which  pays  its  stock- 


holders 3  per  cent  dividend  quarterly;  presi- 
dent of  the  Midway  Central  Oil  Co. ;  presi- 
dent of  the  Middle  West  Oil  Co.,  operating  in 
Oklahoma;  president  of  the  Midnight  Oil 
Co.  of  California,  and  a  director  in  the  follow- 
ing: Bulldog  Oil  Co.,  of  Oklahoma;  Titi- 
caca  Oil  Co.,  of  South  America;  Americus 
Oil  Co.,  of  Los  Angeles;  Colon  Oil  Co.,  of 
Oklahoma. 

Most  of  these  enterprises  are  paying 
propositions,  and  to  Mr.  Whittier's  ability  is 
due  much  of  the  credit  for  their  success. 

Mr.  Whittier  has  never  sought  public 
office,  nor  taken  an  active  part  in  politcs. 
but  he  has  always  been  ready  to  aid  in  the 
upbuilding  of  his  adopted  city  and  is  re- 
garded as  one  of  the  most  generous  and  pub- 
lic spirited  citizens  in  Los  Angeles. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  B.  P.  O.  E.,  the 
Gamut  Club  of  Los  Angeles,  and  the  Bakers- 
field  Club,  of  Bakersfield,  California. 


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AYDEN,  THOMAS  ED- 
WARD, Lawyer  and  Educa- 
tor, San  Francisco,  California, 
was  born  in  1868,  in  Bleeker, 
New  York,  the  son  of  Charles 
C.  and  Maria  (Howells)  Hayden. 

At  the  age  of  12  he  left  the  village  school 
of  Williamstown,  New  York,  to  become  a 
clerk  in  the  country  store.  At  13  he  accepted 
a  position  as  teacher  of 
forty-five  ungraded  pupils 
in  the  winter  school  of 
the  village.  In  the  spring 
of  1882  he  entered  Pulaski 
Academy  of  Pulaski,  New 
York,  attending  during 
the  spring  and  fall  terms 
and  paying  his  expenses 
by  teaching  and  working 
at  other  employments. 
He  was  graduated  from 
Pulaski  Academy's  classi- 
cal department  in  1885, 
and  for  the  next  two 
years,  1886-87,  was  prin- 
cipal of  the  village  school 
of  Fine,  New  York.  His 
next  step  was  into  Hamil- 
ton College,  in  1887, 
where  he  became  business 
manager  of  the  Hamilton 
Literary  Magazine,  and 
during  his  vacations,  until 
1891,  stimulated  his  prac- 
tical senses  by  learning 
the  tanner's  trade. 

In    1891    Mr.    Hayden 

was  still  in  Clinton,  New  York,  where  he  or- 
ganized the  Clinton  High  School,  and  until 

1893  was  the  principal  thereof.     The  years 

1894  to  1900  find  him  again  nomadic,  a  super- 
intendent at  Waterville  and  a  lecturer  on  lit- 
erary and  political  subjects  at  the  summer 
schools  and  the  Chautauqua  in  different  parts 
of  New  York  State.     But  while  he  was  at 
Hamilton  College  he  had  been  reading  law 
and  developing  his  taste  for  the  profession. 
In  addition  to  the  degree  of  A.  B.,  which  he 
had  taken  in  1891,  he  was  graduated  in  the 
following  year  with   an  A.   M.,   cum  laude, 
from  a  special  course  in  constitutional  law. 
He  went  to  California  in  1900,  completed  his 
law  studies   at   Stanford,   1901-03,  and  then 
opened  an  office  in  San  Francisco  as  the  head 
of  the  firm  of  Hayden,  Alderman  and  Oakford. 
This  partnership  continued,  with  gratifying 
success,  until  shortly  after  the  earthquake  in 
1906,    when    Mr.    Alderman's    departure    for 


THOMAS  E.  HAYDEN 


Arizona  left  the  local  business  in  the  hands 
of  the  two  other  members  of  the  firm.  In  1907 
Mr.  Oakford  withdrew  to  accept  a  flattering 
offer  elsewhere,  and  since  then  Mr.  Hayden 
has  practiced  alone. 

He  had  not  been  established  long  in  San 
Francisco  before  he  became  active  in  politics 
This  was  evidenced  chiefly  by  his  candidacy 
for  Congress,  as  a  Democrat,  from  the  Fifth 
Congressional  District, 
and  subsequently  by  his 
Assistant  City  Attorney- 
ship,  under  Percy  V. 
Long,  in  1908.  In  the  fol- 
lowing year  he  became  a 
member  and  President  of 
the  Board  of  Education. 
His  legal  work  for  the 
city  is  especially  marked, 
both  by  his  services  as 
counsel  of  the  Board  of 
Education,  acting  under 
his  appointment  by  May- 
or Taylor,  and  also  as 
counsel  for  the  city  in  the 
final  settlement  of  the 
eastern  boundary  of  the 
Presidio  Reservation, 
which  had  been  in  dispute 
for  about  forty  years.  In 
the  former  capacity  he 
was  a  leading  spirit  in  the 
injunction  proceedings 
against  Mayor  McCar- 
thy's appointees ;  again, 
in  the  mandamus  pro- 
ceedings in  the  case  of 
Bannerman  vs.  Boyd,  against  the  Auditor,  he 
succeeded  in  establishing  before  the  Supreme 
Court  a  principal  of  charter  interpretation 
differing  widely  from  the  rule  believed  to 
have  been  made  in  the  Carter  case,  wherein 
it  was  held  that  the  Mayor  did  not  have  to 
specify  the  cause  for  removal. 

Aside  from  his  legal  and  educational  work, 
Mr.  Hayden  has  taken  interest  in  oil  and  min- 
ing development  and  is  interested  financially 
in  both  fields. 

In  college  Mr.  Hayden  was  the  senior 
prize  debater  and  chemist  and  was  a  Phi 
Beta  Kappa  man,  a  society  that  in  every  re- 
spect represents  the  best  traditions  and 
scholarship  of  college  life.  He  is  ex-presi- 
dent of  the  Iroquois  Club,  member  of  the 
Commonwealth  Club,  San  Francisco  Asso- 
ciation for  the  Study  and  Prevention  of  Tu- 
berculosis, San  Francisco  Settlement  Asso- 
ciation and  the  People's  Place. 


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ORTER,  WILLIAM  STIRLING, 
First  Vice-President  and  General 
Manager  of  the  Associated  Oil 
Company,  San  Francisco,  was 
born  at  Long  Reach,  Kings  Coun- 
ty, N.  B.,  June  27th,  1864,  the  son 
of  Charles  A.  and  Caroline  Amelia  (Belyea)  Porter. 
His  American  ancestors  were  New  York  Dutch  and 
Scotch-Irish,  all  except  one  paternal  grandfather 
having  resided  in  New  York,  to  which  the  first  of 
them  came  as  early  as  the  seventeenth  century. 
Most  of  them  espoused  the  British,  or  Loyalist, 
cause  at  the  time  of  the  American  Revolution  and 
served  in  the  British  Army.  At  the  close  of  the 
war  they  received  from  the  British  Government 
grants  of  land  in  New  Brunswick.  Mr.  Porter  left 
that  country  while  still  a  young  man  and  reached 
California  in  1887.  On  January  5th,  1889,  he  was 
married  at  San  Diego  to  Miss  Jessie  Grey  Young, 
from  which  union  one  child,  Hugh  Beverly  Porter, 
was  born. 

Mr.  Porter  received  a  common  school  education 
in  his  native  town  and  then  moved  to  Chicago. 

Shortly  after  reaching  that  city  he  entered  the 
employ  of  Crane  &  Co.,  manufacturers  and  mer- 
chants, but  in  1887  came  to  California  to  act  as 
Assistant  to  the  Manager  of  their  Los  Angeles 
house.  He  left  their  employ  to  become  a  partner 
in  the  firm  of  John  D.  Hooker  &  Co.,  then  manu- 
facturers at  Los  Angeles,  which  concern  shortly 
thereafter  reorganized  under  the  name  of  the  John 

D.  Hooker  Company  and  added  to  its  other  lines 
that  of  oil  well  supplies,  Mr.  Porter  becoming  Vice- 
President  and  Manager. 

While  engaged  in  the  oil  well  supply  business 
Mr.  Porter  became  thoroughly  familiar  with  the 
operations  of  the  various  oil  companies  throughout 
California,  as  well  as  with  the  individuals  then 
prominent  in  the  industry,  and  with  the  conditions 
affecting  it.  It  was  during  this  period  that  the 
Kern  River  oil  field  was  discovered  and  that  Mr. 
Porter  conceived  the  idea  of  organizing  the  pro- 
ducers of  this  district  into  one  company. 

Early  in  the  year  of  1900  the  presidents  of  five 
of  the  largest  companies  in  the  Kern  River  Field 
entered  into  an  agreement  with  Mr.  Porter  to  turn 
over  to  the  new  company  organized  for  that  pur- 
pose the  properties  of  their  respective  companies 
and  accept  in  exchange  bonds  and  stock  for  the 
appraised  value  of  the  personal  property  and  stock 
for  the  appraised  value  of  the  real  property.  The 
presidents  of  the  companies  were  as  follows:  W. 
G.  Kerckhoff,  for  Reed  Crude  Oil  Company;  Burton 

E.  Green,  for  Green-Whittier  Oil  Company;    C.  A. 
Canfield,  for  Canfield  Oil  Company;  M.  H.  Whittier, 
for  Kern  Oil  Company;   John  A.  Bunting,  for  San 
Joaquin  Oil  &  Development  Company. 

These  companies,  through  their  presidents, 
agreed  to  convey  their  property  to  the  new  com- 
pany and  support  Mr.  Porter  in  acquiring  the  entire 
field,  as  far  as  possible,  on  the  same  basis.  He 


finally  secured  agreements  from  the  following  com- 
panies, comprising  the  cream  of  the  Kern  River 
Field,  to  accept  the  appraised  value  placed  on  their 
properties  and  to  take  stock  and  bonds  in  the  new 
company  in  payment  therefor:  Aztec,  Kansas  City, 
Bear  Flag,  Vernon,  Senator,  Queen  Esther,  Comet, 
Chicago  Crude,  Blinn,  Toltec,  Moneta,  Section  Five, 
Wolverine,  Bolena,  Cortez,  Clarence,  Hecla,  Alva, 
Omar,  Sycamore,  Central  Point  Consolidated,  Red 
Bank,  Richmond,  Missouri,  Hanford-Fresno-Kern 
River  and  Mount  Diablo  Oil  Mining  and  Develop- 
ment Company,  John  A.  Bunting  and  Warren  Gille- 
len  properties,  Shamrock  Oil  Company  Consolidat- 
ed, Tulare  Oil  and  Mining  Company,  California 
Standard  and  Giant  Oil  Companies,  Standard  As- 
phalt Lease,  D.  B.  Parker  et  al,  Del  Monte  Lease, 
Union  Land  and  Oil  Company  of  Georgia. 

The  engineers  and  geologists  employed  by  him 
to  appraise  the  properties  and  to  fix  the  relative 
values  thereof  were  Arthur  F.  L.  Bell,  Bernard 
Bienenfeld  and  William  Mulholland.  Their  work 
was  so  well  done  that  their  appraisements,  with 
some  comparatively  slight  changes,  were  finally  ac- 
cepted by  all  the  companies  whose  properties  were 
acqain  d. 

October  7th,  1901,  the  Associated  Oil  Company 
was  incorporated,  and  on  Jnauary  1,  1902,  entered 
actively  into  the  producing  and  marketing  of  crude 
fuel  oil  in  California. 

Before  the  end  of  the  year  1902  the  Associated 
had  added  to  its  holdings  the  remaining  thirty-four 
companies,  twenty-seven  of  them  in  the  Kern  River 
field  and  seven  in  the  McKittrick  District.  Since 
then  it  has  acquired  many  thousands  of  acres  of 
productive  oil  lands  in  these  and  other  districts, 
equipped  a  considerable  fleet  of  vessels  and  greatly 
increased  its  transportation  and  distributing  facil- 
ities. 

Mr.  Porter  has  acted  as  Vice  President  and  Gen- 
eral Manager  of  the  Associated  Oil  Company  ever 
since  its  organization.  In  addition  to  this  position 
he  has  also  served  as  President  of  the  Associated 
Transportation  Company  and  Associated  Pipe  Line 
Company,  which  companies  handle  the  transporta- 
tion business  of  the  Associated  Oil  Company. 

Under  Mr.  Porter's  management  the  earnings  of 
the  company  have  increased  from  the  first  year, 
1902,  when  they  amounted  to  but  $180,490.63,  to  the 
grand  total,  in  1910,  of  $3,273,920.79. 

Despite  his  absorbing  business  activities  he  has 
taken  a  considerable  interest  in  club  life.  While  at 
Los  Angeles  he  was  for  several  years  a  director  of 
the  California  Club,  and  for  a  couple  of  terms  was 
Vice  President  thereof.  He  was  also  one  of  the 
organizers  of  the  Los  Angeles  Country  Club.  His 
clubs  at  present  are:  Pacific  Union,  Bohemian, 
Union  League,  Press,  Olympic,  Automobile  of  Cali- 
fornia, S.  F.  Golf  and  Country,  all  of  San  Fran- 
cisco; Bakersfield,  of  Bakersfleld,  California;  Jona- 
than, of  Los  Angeles;  McCloud  River  Country,  and 
Santa  Barbara  Country. 


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JOHNSON,  E  D- 
WARD,  Civil  Engineer, 
Los  Angeles,  California, 
was  born  in  Boston, 
Mass.,  Dec.  4,  1876,  the 
son  of  Edward  Johnson 
and  Georgianna  P. 
(Miller)  Johnson.  He 
married  Gertrude  N. 
Clark  at  San  Diego, 
Cal.,  Nov.  25,  1903,  and 
to  them  there  has  been 
born  a  daughter,  Ger- 
trude Louise  Johnson. 
Mr.  Johnson  re- 
ceived the  degree  of  S. 
B.  from  the  Mass.  In- 
stitute of  Technology 
in  1899.  He  became 
Ass't  Engineer  of  the 
Essez  Company  at  Lawrence,  Mass.,  remaining  from 
1899  to  1900.  Resigned  to  become  Hydrographic 
Surveyor  in  the  U.  S.  Navy,  serving  from  1900  to 
1903,  later  becoming  an  Engineer  in  the  U.  S.  Recla- 
mation Service.  In  1906  he  retired  to  engage  in 
private  practice.  He  then  located  in  San  Diego, 
Cal.,  moving  to  Los  Angeles,  May,  1907.  Served  as 
Chairman  of  the  Aqueduct  Investigation  Board,  for 
investigating  the  work  and  conditions  on  the  Owens 
River  Aqueduct,  and  is  Engineering  member  of  the 
L.  A.  Harbor  Comsn.,  having  charge  of  constructing 
the  L.  A.  municipal  docks  and  warehouses. 

Mr.  Johnson  is  a  member  of  the  Engineers  and 
Architects'  Assn.  of  So.  Cal.;  San  Diego  Country 
Club,  and  Cuyamaca  Club,  San  Diego;  California 
Club  and  University  Club,  Los  Angeles,  and  Na- 
tional Geographic  Society. 


MILES,  JOSEPH 
HARVEY,  Live  Stock 
and  Banking,  Falls  City, 
Neb.,  was  born  in  York 
Co.,  Pa.,  Dec.  15,  1850. 
Son  of  Stephen  B.  Miles 
and  Hannah  (Scarbor- 
ough) Miles.  Married 
Sue  Easley  at  Rulo, 
Neb.,  Jan.  30,  1882. 
Children,  Mabel  O., 
Stephen  B.,  Joseph  T., 
Warren  C.,  Edna  H. 
and  Sue  A.  Miles.  His 
father,  in  1855,  was 
granted  first  contract 
for  carrying  U.  S.  mails 
from  Independence, 
Mo.,  to  Salt  Lake  City. 

Received  education 
in  private  schools  of  Pennsylvania  and  at  Ne- 
braska State  Normal  School,  graduating  1868.  Em- 
barked in  cattle  business  in  1869  and  identified  with 
it  ever  since.  Conducted  mercantile  business  at 
Rulo,  Neb.,  for  several  years.  In  1882  he  aided  in 
organizing  First  Natl.  Bank  of  Falls  City,  and  has 
served  as  Director,  Cashier,  Vice-Pres.  and  Pres.  In 
1884  organized  Bank  of  Rulo,  its  President  since. 
In  1890  opened  Miles  Natl.  Bank  in  York  Co.,  Pa., 
conducting  until  1900.  Is  Director  of  Southeast  Ne- 
braska Telephone  Co.  and  a  heavy  real  estate  own- 
er in  Neb.  and  Cal. 

Served  on  School  Board  and  in  City  Council  and 
was  Mayor  of  Falls  City,  1892-94,  1897-99.  Delegate 
1900  to  Natl.  Dem.  Conv.,  Kansas  City,  Mo. 

Member  K.  of  P.,  I.  O.  O.  F.,  B.  P  O.  E.  Clubs, 
Jonathan  and  L.  A.  Country,  Los  Angeles. 


MORGAN,  VIN- 
CENT, Attorney,  Los 
Angeles,  Cal.,  was  born 
in  that  city  Nov.  '20, 
1882,  the  son  of  John 
C.  Morgan  and  Cecilia 
(Finn)  Morgan  and  is 
descended  from  one  of 
the  oldest  families  in 
South  e  r  n  California. 
His  father  was  one  of 
the  leading  lawyers  of 
Los  Angeles. 

Mr.  Morgan  re- 
ceived his  preliminary 
education  in  the  pub- 
lic schools  of  Los  An- 
geles and  entered  the 
University  of  Southern 
California  Law  School 
in  1906.  He  was  graduated  with  the  degree  of 
L.  L.  B.  in  1909.  Almost  immediately  after  his  ad- 
mission to  practice  Mr.  Morgan  formed  the  firm  of 
Morgan,  Allen  &  Richardson,  but  the  partnership 
only  lasted  for  about  a  year  and  he  then  became  a 
member  of  the  firm  of  Porter,  Morgan  &  Parrot. 

While  at  the  University  Mr.  Morgan  was  a  mem- 
ber of  Ross  Chapter,  Phi  Alpha  Delta,  the  law 
school  fraternity.  In  1910,  the  year  after  his  gradu- 
ation, he  was  elected  President  of  the  University  of 
Southern  California  Law  School  Alumni  Associa- 
tion. He  is  a  member  of  the  University  Faculty,  be- 
ing Instructor  in  Domestic  Relation,  Elementary 
Law  and  Code  Pleading. 

He  is  a  Native  Son  of  the  Golden  West,  member 
of  Ramona  Parlor,  and  belongs  to  the  Metropolitan 
Club  of  Los  Angeles. 


COWLES,  JOSIAH 
EVANS,  Physician  and 
Surgeon,  Los  Angeles, 
Cal.,  was  born  in  Yad- 
kin  County,  N.  C.,  May 
14,  1855,  the  son  of  Jo- 
siah  Cowles,  Jr.,  and 
Mary  (Evans)  Cowles. 
He  is  a  great  grandson 
of  Capt.  Andrew  Car- 
son of  Revolutionary 
fame;  nephew  of  Mid- 
shipman Robert  Car- 
son Duval,  of  Commo- 
dore Stockton's  flag- 
ship Savannah  during 
his  conquest  of  Cali- 
fornia; nephew  of  Col. 
W.  H.  H.  Cowles,  noted 
Confed.  Cavl.  officer 
and  2nd  cousin,  Kit  Carson,  scout  and  Indian  fighter. 
Married  lone  Virginia  Hill,  Chicago,  Oct.  28,  1890. 

Dr.  Cowles  received  his  first  education  in  Find- 
ley  High  School  and  Davenport  College,  in  N.  C., 
and  after  three  years'  civil  engineering  for  various 
railroads,  studied  medicine  at  the  University  of 
Maryland,  graduating  in  1880.  He  practiced  at 
Edgefield,  S.  C.,  and  in  1886  went  to  the  N.  Y.  Poly- 
clinic  and  Post-Graduate  College,  and  1887-88  was 
Physician  in  Charge,  N.  Y.  Lying-in  Asylum  and  a 
Lecturer,  N.  Y.  Polyclinic.  Located,  1889,  Los  An- 
geles and  associated  with  Drs.  Walter  Lindley  and 
Francis  L.  Haynes.  Later  withdrew  and  established 
Pacific  Sanitarium,  which  he  conducted  8  years, 
then  helped  organize,  Pacific  Hospital. 

Member,  Am.  Med.  Assn.,  L.  A.  Co.  Med.  Soc.,  So. 
Cal.  Dist.  Soc.  and  the  Med.  Soc.  of  State  of  Cal. 


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ROWLAND, 
THOMAS  (Deceased), 
Farmer,  Puente,  Cal., 
was  born  in  New  Mex- 
ico, Dec.  24,  1838,  the 
son  of  John  Rowland 
and  Dona  Incarnacion 
(Martinez)  Rowland. 
He  married  Senorita 
Cenobia  Yorba,  at  Los 
Angeles,  Cal.,  Jan,  12, 
1861.  They  had  twelve 
children,  eleven  of 
whom  are  living.  They 
are:  Bernard  F.,  Sam- 
uel P.,  Thomas  L.,  Fi- 
del, Arnet,  David,  Alex- 
ander, Alexandra,  Aure- 
lia,  John  and  Albertina. 
Mr.  Rowland's  fath- 
er, one  of  the  pioneers  of  Southern  California,  was 
possessed  of  a  magnificent  ranch  on  San  Jose  Creek 
near  the  present  town  of  Puente,  and  during  his 
life  was  one  of  the  prominent  men  of  the  section. 
The  son  attended  s-chools  of  the  district  and  spent 
his  entire  life  in  farming.  Up  to  the  time  of  his 
marriage,  Mr.  Rowland  lived  and  worked  with  his 
father,  but  when  he  took  unto  himself  a  wife  his 
father  made  him  a  gift  of  2412  acres,  a  valuable 
part  of  Rancho  La  Puente.  One  thousand  acres-  he 
devoted  to  grain  and  other  crops;  the  remainder 
was  held  for  grazing,  he  being  a  large  owner  of 
sheep  and  cattle. 

Mr.  Rowland  became  one  of  the  prosperous  cit- 
izens of  Southern  California  and  s-erved  for  many 
years  as  a  member  of  the  Board  of  School  Trustees 
for  his  county.  He  was  a  lifelong  Democrat. 

FISH,  CHARLES 
WINTHROP,  Physician 
and  Surgeon,  Los  An- 
geles-, Cal.,  was  born 
in  Hermitage,  Pa.,  July 
23,  1860,  the  son  of 
Ezra  T.  Fish  and  Sarah 
Jane  (Campbell)  Fish. 
He  married  Catherine 
Goodfellow  at  Oakland, 
Cal.,  August  1,  1894, 
and  has  two  sons, 
George  W.  and  Farnum 
T.  Fish,  the  latter  be- 
ing the  youngest  li- 
censed aviator  in  the 
world. 

Dr.  Fish  attended 
private  schools  until  he 
entered  Indiana  State 
Normal  School,  and  later  was  graduated  from  Alle- 
gheny College,  Meadville,  Pa.,  with  the  degree  A. 
B.  He  took  up  medicine  at  Western  Reserve  Uni- 
versity, Cleveland,  Ohio,  graduating  in  1884  with 
the  degrees  M.  D.  and  M.  A. 

For  nine  years  succeeding  his  graduation  he 
practiced  at  Meadville,  interrupting  it  for  a  trip  to 
Europe  (1886-87).  In  1894  he  moved  to  Los  An- 
geles, where  he  has  practiced  successfully  down  to 
date.  He  is  a  Director  of  the  Pacific  Hos-pital,  Sur- 
geon for  the  Arizona  Eastern  Railway  and  Medi- 
cal Examiner  for  the  Metropolitan  Life  Insurance 
Company. 

He  is  a  member  of  L.  A.  County  and  Cal.  State 
Med.  Societies  and  the  American  Medical  Associa- 
tion. His  clubs  are  the  University,  Gamut  and 
Jonathan,  of  Los  Angeles. 


TRASK,  HON.  DUM- 
MER  KIAH,  Atty.,  Los 
Angeles,  Cal.,  born, 
Cincinnati,  O.,  July  17, 
1860,  son  of  Kiah 
Bailey  and  Mary  Jane 
(Dunton)  Trask.  Mar- 
ried Ida  C.  Folsom, 
Stockton,  Cal.,  June, 
1887.  Children,  I  d  a 
Mary,  Walter  Folsom, 
Dorothy  Kate  Trask. 

Moved  to  South  Jef- 
ferson, Me.  Attended 
public  schools  there 
and  in  Alna,  Me.,  work- 
ing in  summer.  Began 
teaching  school  at  17 
and  while  teaching  stu- 
died Latin.  Graduated, 
Waterville  (Me.)  Classical  Institute.  Moved  to  Cal., 
1882.  Taught  in  public  schools  and  was-  principal, 
Stockton  Bus.  Clg.  and  Normal  Inst.  several  years. 
Served  on  Board  of  Educ.,  Stockton.  While  teach- 
ing, read  law  and  devoted  1889  to  law  preparation. 
Admitted,  Cal.  Bar,  Aug.,  1890,  began  practice,  Los 
Angeles,  Sept.  In  1895,  formed  firm  Lacy  &  Trask; 
1896,  entered  firm  of  Brooks  &  Trask.  Nov.,  1898, 
appointed  by  Gov.  Budd,  a  Judge,  Superior  Court, 
Los  Angeles  Co.,  term  2  years,  and  in  Nov.,  1900, 
elected  to  serve  6  years.  In  1912  practiced  alone, 
then  as  Trask,  Norton  &  Brown.  Founder  and 
Pres.,  Consol.  Realty  Co.;  Dir.  Calif.  Sav.  Bank; 
mem.,  1893-94,  L.  A.  Board  of  Educ.,  and  1909,  L.  A. 
Police  Coma;  member,  K.  of  P.,  and  was  Grand 
Chancellor  of  that  organization  in  Cal.  Clubs — 
University  and  Gamut,  Los  Angeles. 

BOOTHE,  EARLE 
YOUMANS,  Motor  Car 
Dealer,  Los  Angeles, 
California,  was  born  in 
Derby,  Connecticut, 
September  26,  1882, 
the  son  of  Charles 
Beach  B  o  o  t  h  e  and 
Florence  L.  (Youmans) 
Boothe.  He  married 
Ethel  Monypeny,  Feb. 
26, 1908,  at  Los  Angeles. 

Mr.  Boothe  began  his 
education  in  the  pub- 
lic schools  of  Winona, 
Minn.,  but  moving  to 
California  in  1891,  his 
studies-  were  inter- 
rupted for  a  time.  He 
studied  a  year  at 
Throop  Institute,  Pasadena,  Cal.,  then  finished  at 
grammar  school  in  Los  Angeles.  Next  attended 
Belmont  School  at  Belmont,  Cal.,  graduated  in  1901, 
and  going  to  New  York  City,  entered  Horace  Mann 
School,  preparatory  to  Columbia  University.  Taken 
ill,  he  was  compelled  to  abandon  his  studies  for 
about  a  year.  During  this-  time  he  was  with  U.  S. 
Geological  Survey,  but  severed  his  connection  to 
enter  the  University  of  California.  After  three 
years  left  to  enter  the  employ  of  the  Western 
Wholesale  Drug  Co.,  but  resigned  this  in  Jan.,  1911, 
and  became  agent  for  the  National  Automobile. 

He  is  President,  National  Motor  Car  Company 
of  Los-  Angeles;  Secretary,  Commonwealth  Com- 
pany, and  Director,  Motor  Car  Dealers' Association. 

He  is  member,  University,  San  Gabriel  Country 
and  Los  Angeles  Athletic  Clubs,  and  Phi  Kappa  Psi. 


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AGINNIS,    ALMON      POR- 

Mg  TER,  Tax  Commissioner, 
Atchison,  Topeka  and  Santa 
Fe  Railway,  Los  Angeles, 
California,  is  a  native  of  Nel- 
son, Ohio,  where  he  was  born  Janu- 
ary 1,  1848.  His  father  was  Franklin 
Maginnis  and  his  mother  Lucy  Ann  (Porter) 
Maginnis.  On  December  25,  1878,  he  mar- 
ried Alice  J.  Harpham  at 
Hutchins,  Texas,  and  as 
a  result  of  this  union 
there  are  three  children, 
Frank  A.,  Grace  and  Earl 
A.  Maginnis. 

Mr.  Maginnis  was  ed- 
ucated in  the  public 
schools  of  Cleveland, 
Ohio,  and  graduated  from 
the  high  school  of  that 
city.  He  also  attended 
the  Western  Reserve  Col- 
lege, Hudson,  Ohio,  grad- 
uating in  1866. 

His  first  venture  into 
the  business  world  was  in 
1866,  shortly  after  grad- 
uating from  college.  He 
took  up  civil  engineering 
on  the  Kansas  Pacific 
Railroad,  being  employed 
largely  in  Kansas  and 
Colorado.  He  continued 
for  four  years. 

In  1872  he  went  to 
Texas  with  the  Texas 
and  St.  Louis  Railroad. 
With  this  system  he  constructed  bridges 
throughout  the  Lone  Star  State,  a  notable 
piece  of  work  being  the  bridge  of  the  T.  & 
St.  L.  Ry.,  between  Texarkana  and  Waco.  At 
a  later  period  he  had  timber  contracts  on  the 
Texas  Pacific  Railroad,  from  Marshall  west. 
In  1882,  having  been  in  Texas  for  over  ten 
years,  he  resigned  to  accept  a  position  with 
the  Santa  Fe  Railroad,  shortly  afterward 
working  up  the  bond  issue  of  the  Chicago, 
Kansas  and  Western  Railway.  In  1885  he 
bought  the  right-of-way  through  Missouri 
and  Iowa  for  the  Chicago  line  of  the  Santa 
Fe.  In  December,  1887,  he  went  to  Califor- 
nia to  take  charge  of  the  land  department  of 
the  Santa  Fe  system,  known  as  the  Pacific 
Land  Improvement  Co.  This  organization 
was  in  reality  an  expansion  of  the  Santa  Fe 
system  and  Mr.  Maginnis  was  put  in  full 
charge.  His  success  in  handling  this  weightv 
proposition  was  so  marked  that  he  was  short- 


A.  P.  MAGINNIS 


ly  made  claim  agent  for  the  road.  Within  a 
short  time  he  was  made  land  commissioner, 
and  later  tax  commissioner,  which  important 
office  he  now  holds.  The  territory  covered 
under  these  positions  extends  from  Albu- 
querque west. 

With  the  rapid  growth  of  Santa  Fe  inter- 
ests the  duties  of  Mr.  Maginnis  became 
double.  As  a  result  he  dropped  the  claim  de- 

partment,  as  well  as  the 

land  department,  retain- 
ing but  the  tax  commis- 
sionership. 

Mr.  Maginnis  has  per- 
sonal interests  that  are 
widely  distributed.  He 
is  president  of  the  Santa 
Fe  Car  Icing  Co.,  presi- 
dent of  the  Winslow 
Electric  Light  &  Power 
Co.  and  holds  a  similar 
position  with  the  Navajo 
Ice  &  Cold  Storage  Co. 
and  the  Gate  City  Ice  & 
Pre-Cooling  Co.  These  in- 
terests alone  demand  a 
considerable  amount  of 
Mr.  Maginnis'  time. 

He  is  a  director  in  the 
Mexican  Petroleum  Co., 
in  which  he  was  one  of 
the  original  investors. 
Other  corporations  and 
organizations  in  which  he 
is  more  or  less  interested 
are  the  Italy  Mining  Co., 
the  Mason  Smokeless 
Combustion  Co.,  the  Mechanical  Appliance 
Co.  and  the  Los  Angeles  Harbor  Co. 

The  plant  of  the  Santa  Fe  Car  Icing  Co., 
located  at  Argentine,  Kansas,  and  that  of  the 
Navajo  Ice  &  Cold  Storage  Co.,  situated  at 
Winslow,  Arizona,  are  corporations  in  which 
Mr.  Maginnis  owns  controlling  interests.  He 
possesses  similar  interests  in  the  Winslow 
Electric  Light  &  Power  Co.  The  Gate  City 
Ice  &  Pre-Cooling  Co.,  located  at  San  Ber- 
nardino, Cal.,  between  the  hot  Mojave  desert 
and  Southern  California,  possesses  a  capacity 
of  two  hundred  and  twenty-five  tons  and  has 
a  contract  with  the  Santa  Fe  system  to  ice  all 
of  the  citrus  fruit  shipped  over  its  lines.  This 
in  itself  is  a  concern  of  great  importance  to 
the  citrus  fruit  industry,  yet  it  is  but  one  of 
many  important  institutions  under  the  per- 
sonal direction  of  Mr.  Maginnis. 
He  is  a  member,  California  Club. 

Ed.    Note :      Mr.   Maginnis   diod  Dec.    28,   1911. 


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ULLEN,  ARTHUR  B.,  Cloth- 
ing Merchant,  Los  Angeles, 
California,  is  a  native  of  Wis- 
consin, having  been  born  in 
Milwaukee,  September  19, 

1874.     His  father  was  Andrew  Mullen  and 

his  mother  Mary  Teresa  Mullen. 

Andrew  Mullen,  Arthur  B.  Mullen's  fa- 
ther, was  one  of  the  most  progressive  and 

highly   respected   men   of 

Los     Angeles,     Southern 

California.      He    was   the 

founder    of    the     Mullen 

&  Bluett  Clothing  Com- 
pany and  remained  presi- 
dent of  that  firm  until 

the    time    of    his    death, 

March  4,  1899.     He  was 

appointed     by     Governor 

Markham  to  the  Board  of 

Trustees  of  the  Whittier 

State   School   and   served 

as  president  of  that  insti- 
tution for  a  number  of 

years.      He    was    one    of 

the  organizers  of  the  Los 

Angeles    Chamber    of 

Commerce    and    was     its 

treasurer  for  many  years. 

He  was  also  one  of  the 

organizers  and  a  director 

of    the    Columbia    Trust 

Company,     the     Citizens 

National    Bank    and    the 

California  Clay  Manufac- 
turing Company.  He  was 

a  most  enthusiastic  work- 


ARTHUR  B.  MULLEN 


er  for  the  upbuilding  of  Los  Angeles. 

Arthur  Mullen  was  reared  and  educated 
in  Los  Angeles,  California.  After  passing 
through  the  grammar  schools  of  that  city,  he 
took  a  brief  course  in  the  Los  Angeles  Busi- 
ness College.  Upon  completing  these  stud- 
ies, he  entered  St.  Vincent's  College,  Los 
Angeles,  where  he  took  a  college  course  for 
several  years.  He  went  East,  and  at  Notre 
Dame  University,  Indiana,  concluded  his 
education. 

Returning  to  Los  Angeles,  Mr.  Mullen 
entered  the  employ  of  the  Mullen  &  Bluett 
Clothing  Company,  at  that  time  located  at 
the  corner  of  First  and  Spring  streets,  the 
high-class  business  center  of  Los  Angeles. 
Previous  to  his  college  studies  he  had 
worked  for  the  firm  in  various  capacities, 
and  after  settling  to  work  permanently  acted 
as  salesman,  clerk  and  manager  of  various 
departments..  In  1901,  on  the  death  of  Mr. 


Bluett,  Mr.  Mullen  was  made  manager  of 
the  company.  He  took  hold  of  the  firm  and 
for  ten  years  has  directed  its  destinies,  dur- 
ing which  period  the  house  has  been  enlarged 
six  times.  By  March,  1910,  the  business  had 
grown  so  that  the  company  determined  to 
move  to  the  southwestern  part  of  the  city, 
where  the  business  center  was  fast  becoming 
established.  A  lease  was  secured  on  the 
ground  floor  of  the  new 
Story  Building.  The  firm 
has  been  located  since 
that  time  in  what  is  per- 
haps the  finest  retail 
storeroom  on  the  Pacific 
Coast.  Mr.  Mullen,  as 
manager  of  the  concern, 
has  charge  of  the  business 
policies  of  the  house,  is 
one  of  the  board  of  di- 
rectors and  a  principal 
owner. 

Mr.  Mullen  has  other 
business  interests  aside 
from  his  connection  with 
the  Mullen  &  Bluett 
Company.  He  is  one  of 
the  five  heirs  to  the 
$1,000,000  Mullen  estate, 
which  in  itself  requires  a 
large  share  of  his  atten- 
tion. He  has  other  large 
business  interests,  which 
include  oil,  mining, 
ranching,  land  and  build- 
ing holdings,  many  of 
them  located  in  and 
about  Los  Angeles,  while  others  are  scat- 
tered over  a  greater  part  of  the  Southwest. 
He  is  a  director  of  the  Hibernian  Bank 
of  Los  Angeles  and  a  prominent  member  of 
the  Los  Angeles  Chamber  of  Commerce,  hav- 
ing served  that  organization  on  numerous 
occasions  both  by  force  of  his  capital  and 
prestige.  He  is  also  a  member  of  the  Mer- 
chants and  Manufacturers'  Association.  His 
extensive  interests  make  him  a  prominent 
factor  in  the  development  of  the  city,  and  he 
is  one  of  the  first  subscribers  in  all  business 
and  civic  movements  for  the  advancement  of 
Greater  Los  Angeles. 

Mr.  Mullen  is  well  known  in  the  club  and 
fraternal  circles  of  Los  Angeles.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  B.  P.  O.  E.,  99,  and  is  a  mem- 
ber as  well  as  trustee  of  the  Knights  of  Co- 
lumbus. He  is  vice  president  and  director 
of  the  Knickerbocker  Club  of  that  city  and 
is  a  life  member  of  the  L.  A.  Athletic  Club. 


Ed.    Note:      Mr.   Mullen   dlad  Dec'.    10.    1011. 


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UNHAM,  WILLIAM  PEY- 
TON, Mining,  Los  Angeles, 
California,  was  born  Novem- 
ber 8,  1862,  on  a  farm  in  Van 
Buren  County,  Iowa.  His 
father  was  William  Pugh  Dunham,  born  in 
Ohio,  and  his  mother  Catherine  Elizabeth 
(Murphy)  Dunham,  born  in  Indiana,  most  of 
the  ancestors  coming  from  Virginia  and  New 
Jersey. 

He  was  married  on  December  24,  1887,  in 
Chicago,  to  Susan  Vermillion  Whiteford, 
who  was  born  in  Junction  City,  Kansas,  the 
daughter  of  John  Xavier  Whiteford,  born  in 
Three  Rivers,  Canada,  and  Aramenta  L. 
(Wills)  Whiteford,  born  in  West  Virginia. 
The  couple  have  two  children :  James  White- 
ford,  born  in  Chicago  in  1893,  now  associated 
with  his  father  in  his  many  mining  enter- 
prises, and  Virginia  Susan  Dunham,  born  in 
Los  Angeles,  California,  in  1899,  attending 
the  Westlake  School  for  Girls,  in  Los  An- 
geles. 

Mr.  Dunham  received  his  early  education 
in  the  public  schools  of  Leavenworth,  Kan- 
sas, and  in  the  high  school  at  that  place. 

His  first  occupation  was  as  clerk  in  the 
wholesale  hardware  house  of  J.  F.  Richards 
&  Co.  The  concern  was  then  doing  business 
at  Leavenworth,  but  later  removed  to  Kan- 
sas City,  Missouri,  where  it  is  now  doing 
business  as  the  Richards  &  Conover  Hard- 
ware Company.  Mr.  Dunham  remained  in 
their  employ  until  about  1884,  when  he  left 
to  embark  in  the  hardware  business  for  him- 
self at  Belleville,  Kansas,  and  did  a  fairly 
prosperous  business  for  about  seven  years. 

In  January,  1892,  he  sold  out  to  engage  in 
mining.  He  was  then  thirty  years  of  age.  He 
first  went  to  Creede,  Colorado.  Remaining 
there  only  a  short  time,  he  entered  the  Crip- 
ple Creek  district,  where  between  the  years 
1897  and  1902  he  engineered  me  sale  of  a 
number  of  the  largest  properties  in  that 
district. 

During  that  time  he  became  interested  in 
Arizona  and  in  Old  Mexico,  and  is  now  the 
president  and  principal  owner  of  the  Arizona 
Hercules  Copper  Company,  whose  holdings 
at  Ray,  Arizona,  adjoin  those  of  the  Ray 
Consolidated  Copper  Company,  the  sale 
of  which  last  he  engineered  at  the  time 


it  was    taken    over  by  the  present  owners. 

The  Arizona  Hercules  Copper  Company 
is  a  property  of  enormous  value,  having  de- 
veloped bodies  of  valuable  ore  of  great  mag- 
nitude. 

Mr.  Dunham  is  also  the  president  and 
principal  stockholder  of  the  Ray  Develop- 
ment Company,  and  practically  owns  the 
town  and  the  water  system,  which  has  just 
completed  a  five-mile  fourteen-inch  pipe  line, 
with  the  first  unit  of  350,000  gallons  of  a 
1,000,000-gallon  reservoir. 

He  is  now  completing  in  the  town  a  three- 
story  stone  hotel  that  will  have  one  nundred 
rooms  and  will  be  one  of  the  finest  buildings 
in  the  new  State  of  Arizona.  He  is  also 
constructing  many  new  dwellings  and  build- 
ings. 

Mr.  Dunham  is  the  chief  owner  in  various 
vast  mining  enterprises  in  Old  Mexico, 
among  which  are  the  Cuyutlan  gold  mine, 
the  California  gold  mine,  the  Belmont  silver- 
lead  properties  at  Santa  Eulalia,  the  Fortuna 
and  El  Oro  gold  mines,  and  he  is  a  large 
stockholder  in  the  Consuelo  Mining,  Milling 
and  Power  Company  and  the  Chihuahua  Es- 
peranza  gold  mining  property  in  the  camp 
of  Dolores. 

He  is  also  vice  president  and  the  second 
largest  stockholder  of  the  Pinos  Altos  Mines 
Company,  in  the  State  of  Chihuahua,  the 
^holdings  of  which  company  comprise  about 
40,000  acres  of  valuable  mineral  territory. 

Mr.  Dunham  is  also  president  of  the 
Medallion  Oil  Company,  and  is  the  largest 
individual  stockholder.  This  company  is  at 
present  drilling  an  enormous  territory  in  the 
Kettleman  Hills,  south  of  Coalinga. 

Among  the  clubs  of  which  he  is  a  mem- 
ber are  the  California  Club  and  the  Sierra 
Madre  Clubs,  both  of  Los  Angeles;  the  Alta 
Club,  of  Salt  Lake  City,  Utah;  the  El  Paso 
Club,  of  Colorado  Springs,  Colorado ;  the 
Rocky  Mountain  Club,  of  New  York  City, 
New  York;  the  Arizona  Club,  of  Phoenix, 
Arizona,  and  the  Foreign  Club,  of  Chihuahua, 
Mexico. 

Mr.  Dunham  is  distinctly  a  self-made 
man,  and  is  the  leader  of  all  enterprises  in 
which  he  becomes  interested. 

He  maintains  offices  in  Los  Angeles  and 
San  Francisco,  California,  and  at  Ray,  Ari- 
zona. 


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ERRY,  CLARENCE  JESSE, 
Mining  and  Oil  Operator,  Los 
Angeles,  California,  was  born 
at  Little  Lake,  Mendocino 
County,  California,  June  23, 
1867.  His  father  was  William  J.  Berry  and 
his  mother  Annie  Martha  (Coates)  Berry. 
He  was  married  to  Ethel  Dean  Bush  at  Sel- 
ma,  Fresno  County,  Cal.,  on  March  15,  1896. 

Mr.  Berry  received 
his  education  in  the  pub- 
lic schools  of  his  native 
State  and  devoted  the 
early  part  of  his  life  to 
farming.  He  moved  with 
his  family  from  Mendo- 
cino County  to  Fresno 
County  when  he  was 
about  seven  years  old, 
and  there  he  was  reared. 
He  worked  on  his  father's 
farm  as  a  boy  and  later 
became  a  farmer  on  his 
own  account,  at  one  time 
having  the  largest  wheat 
acreage  in  that  entire 
section. 

Mr.  Berry  was  born 
with  the  blood  of  pio- 
neers flowing  through  his 
veins,  however,  and  when 
he  was  still  a  young  man 
the  desire  to  hunt  gold 


C.  J.  BERRY 


became  so  strong  in  him  he  gave  up  his  great 
wheat  fields  and  headed  for  the  "Frozen 
North" — the  Klondike  country— in  1894, 
long  before  the  Klondike  boom. 

When  Mr.  Berry  pointed  his  way  to  the 
barren  ice  fields  of  the  Far  North  he  had  no 
exact  destination  in  view.  His  journey  was 
that  of  a  pioneer,  beset  with  all  the  perils 
and  difficulties  of  an  unopened  country.  He 
made  his  way,  after  an  arduous  trip,  to  what 
is  known  as  Forty  Mile,  now  an  important 
little  Alaskan  city,  but  at  that  time  hardly 
more  than  a  trading  post.  He  immediately 
commenced  his  search  for  the  precious  metal, 
but  found  this  task  quite  as  difficult  as  the 
trip  itself  had  been,  for  there  were  no  saw- 
mills in  the  interior  of  Alaska  at  that  day,  and 
he  had  to  make  his  own  lumber  and  build  his 


own  crude  machinery.  After  staking  out  a 
claim,  he  whipsawed  enough  lumber  for 
sluice  boxes,  hired  a  few  shovelers  and  went 
to  work. 

This  claim,  which  was  worked  with  no 
better  facilities  than  had  been  those  of  the 
pioneers  in  California,  showed  paying  quan- 
tities in  a  short  time,  and  for  nearly  two 
years  before  the  rush  to  the  Klondike  Mr. 
Berry  was  getting  out 
gold  in  large  quantities  in 
Alaska.  He  worked  un- 
remittingly until  the  lat- 
ter part  of  1895,  and  then, 
with  a  fortune  in  nuggets 
to  his  credit,  made  his 
way  back  to  civilization. 
It  was  on  this  trip  he 
married,  in  Selma. 

He  wedded  Miss  Bush 
on  March  13,  1896,  and 
that  night  started  on 
what  is  perhaps  one  of 
the  most  remarkable  wed- 
ding journeys  in  history. 
Instead  of  seeking  the  ur- 
ban luxuries  of  the  big 
cities,  they  directed  their 
steps  to  the  frozen  fields 
of  Alaska,  and  it  was 
here  that  the  bride 
showed  herself  of  nerve 
and  hardihood  almost 
equal  to  that  of  her  husband. 

They  got  as  far  as  Forty  Mile,  prepared 
to  work  on  the  original  claim  of  Mr.  Berry, 
but  found  the  camp  excited  over  reports  of 
a  big  strike  in  the  vicinity  of  Dawson  City, 
the  district  which  afterwards  became  known 
to  the  world  as  the  Klondike,  made  by  Mc- 
Cormick,  the  well-known  Yukon  trader.  In- 
stead of  working  his  old  claim,  Mr.  Berry 
decided  to  go  to  the  new  field.  There  was 
no  means  of  transportation  except  the  canoe 
of  the  Indian,  so,  taking  one  of  these,  which 
he  had  to  pole  for  hundreds  of  miles  up- 
stream, Mr.  Berry  set  out  alone,  determined 
to  get  into  the  much-praised  new  country  as 
soon  as  possible. 

It  was  one  of  the  most  daring  and  hazard- 
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Mrs.  Berry,  who  had  been  left  at  Forty 
Mile,  waited  a  long  time  for  his  return,  but 
receiving  no  tidings  of  him  decided  to  fol- 
low into  the  unknown  regions  farther  north. 
Accordingly,  she  purchased  all  the  provisions 
she  could  in  Forty  Mile,  and  when  the  first 
steamboat  came  up  the  river  with  the  open- 
ing of  navigation  in  the  fall,  boarded  it.  Aft- 
er a  good  many  days  the  steamer  came  upon 
the  lone  miner  tirelessly  poling  his  way  up 
the  stream.  He  was  taken  aboard  and  the 
trip  to  Dawson  continued. 

Reaching  Dawson,  Mr.  Berry  at  once 
staked  out  a  claim.  He  located  on  what  later 
became  famous  as  the  richest  gold  creek  in 
the  world,  El  Dorado,  the  name  being  given 
it  by  the  Californian  in  memory  of  that  other 
great  gold  field  of  his  native  State.  There 
Mr.  Berry  located  several  claims  and  he  im- 
mediately began  sinking  holes.  He  was  the 
first  man  to  get  a  shaft  down  to  bedrock — the 
first  man  to  strike  pay  dirt — and  his  discov- 
ery was  the  cause  of  the  real  rush  to  the 
Klondike. 

Mr.  Berry's  find  showed  that  El  Dorado 
Creek  had  the  richest  gold  deposits  ever  dis- 
covered in  a  similar  area,  and  in  the  fall  of 
1896  he  had  taken  out  a  tremendous  amount 
of  the  metal.  He  returned  to  the  United 
States  with  nuggets  in  such  abundance  that 
the  entire  world  was  startled,  and  his  re- 
ports of  the  country  started  the  most  stu- 
pendous gold  stampede  in  the  history  of  the 
world,  not  even  excepting  the  days  of  '49  in 
California. 

Despite  his  great  good  fortune,  Mr.  Berry 
retained  his  equilibrium,  refusing  to  be  swept 
off  his  feet  by  the  excitement,  and  from  the 
primitive  mine  which  brought  the  first  gold 
out  of  El  Dorado  Creek  he  built  the  modern 
mining  plants  which  still  are  producing  in 
large  quantities.  His  mining  property  known 
as  the  Mammoth  Mine  has  eleven  miles  of 
ditches  and  embraces  more  than  five  miles 
of  "pay  dirt"  along  Mammoth  Creek.  This 
mine  is  equipped  with  the  largest  hydraulic 
plant  in  Alaska  and  is  regarded  as  one  of  the 
greatest  properties  in  that  country  today. 

Another  great  mine  which  is  owned  by 
Mr.  Berry  is  located  on  Eagle  Creek,  Alaska. 


After  his  many  years  of  hard  work  in  the 
sterile  mining  country,  Mr.  Berry,  having 
thoroughly  modernized  his  business  and 
placed  his  properties  in  perfect  working  or- 
der, decided  to  leave  the  active  work  to 
others  and  seek  a  more  congenial  place  of 
residence.  He  picked  out  Los  Angeles  for 
his  home  and  there  he  has  been  located  since. 

About  the  time  he  located  in  Los  Angeles 
the  country  was  just  awakening  to  the  great 
oil  possibilities  in  California,  and  there,  as 
in  the  golden  pioneer  days  of  Alaska,  Mr. 
Berry  was  stirred  by  the  desire  to  conquer. 
He  was  among  the  first  investors  in  oil  lands, 
and  since  has  organized  three  separate  oil 
companies.  Mr.  Berry  was  one  of  the  first 
men  in  the  McKittrick  field  to  get  a  well 
down  to  bedrock,  and  he  was  rewarded  by  a 
gusher  which  spouted  the  product  high  above 
the  casing.  This  well  marked  the  beginning 
of  the  recent  oil  boom  in  the  San  Joaquin 
Valley. 

That  well  was  followed  by  others,  and 
with  each  new  success  Mr.  Berry's  name  has 
•grown  until  he  is  now  known  as  one  of  the 
most  extensive  mining  and  oil  operators  in 
the  United  Sates. 

His  interests  include  the  two  great  mines 
in  Alaska,  the  C.  J.  Company  (oil),  the  Ethel 
D.  Company  (oil),  the  Mammoth  Oil  Com- 
pany and  the  Eagle  Creek,  also  an  oil  cor- 
poration, all  located  in  the  Kern  River  dis- 
trict, California.  Another  enterprise  is  the 
Berry  Development  Company  of  Fresno,  Cal. 

The  growth  of  his  various  operations  has 
had  a  natural  bearing  upon  the  development 
of  the  State's  resources  in  general,  and  also 
upon  the  commercial  advancement  of  Los 
Angeles  proper,  because  of  the  tremendous 
amount  of  business  transacted  through  that 
city.  In  addition,  Mr.  Berry  has  aided  in 
many  movements  to  improve  the  city. 

Mr.  Berry  is  a  member  of  the  Union 
League  Club  of  San  Francisco,  Los  Angeles 
Athletic  Club  and  the  Tananah  Club  of  Fair- 
banks, Alaska.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Blue 
Lodge  of  Masons  of  Selma,  Cal. ;  a  life  mem- 
ber of  the  Mystic  Shrine  of  Islam  Temple, 
San  Francisco ;  of  the  Scottish  Rite  of  Fresno 
and  the  Knights  Templar  of  the  same  city. 


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HARLEY  HAMILTON 

AMILTON,  HARLEY,  Conductor 
Los  Angeles  Symphony  Orches- 
tra, Los  Angeles,  Cal.,  was  born 
in  Oneida,  N.  Y.,  March  8,  1861, 
the  son  of  Erastus  H.  Hamilton 
and  Su&an  C.  (Williams)  Hamil- 
ton. He  married  Nellie  E.  Ferris  at  Tustin,  Cal., 
June  29,  1887.  There  is  one  child,  Viola  Hamilton. 
Mr.  Hamilton's  education  was  derived  from  pri- 
vate schools  and  tutors  in  New  York.  He  studied 
music  from  his  earliest  childhood  and  was-  gradu- 
ated from  the  New  York  College  of  Music  in  1882, 
having  paid  his  own  tuition  by  working  on  a  daily 
newspaper. 

His  health  became  impaired,  and  soon  after  his 
graduation  he  moved  to  California,  on  a  ranch  near 
Los  Angeles.  After  a  few  months  he  moved  to  Los- 
Angeles  to  practice  his  art.  He  remained  for  about 
two  years,  then  went  to  Boston  for  more  complete 
study.  In  1887  he  returned  to  Los  Angeles  and 
immediately  opened  a  studio  for  violin  instruction 
and  also  became  one  of  the  leading  professional 
musicians  of  the  city. 

In  1892  he  organized  the  Woman's  Orchestra  of 
Los  Angeles,  which,  in  1912,  completed  its  twen- 
tieth year  of  existence.  In  1898  he  organized  the 
Los  Angeles  Symphony  Orchestra,  assuming  the 
duties  of  Conductor,  as  which  he  has  continued. 
This  organization  has  had  an  important  bearing  on 
the  musical  advancement  of  the  city  and  has  given 
Los  Angeles  the  distinction  of  being  one  of 
the  few  cities  boasting  a  Symphony  Orchestra. 

Mr.  Hamilton  has  devoted  himself  to  the  inter- 
pretation of  good  music  rather  than  composition, 
and  during  his  twenty-five  years  in  Los  Angeles 
has-  made  three  trips  to  European  musical  centers 
for  study.  He  enjoys  a  splendid  position  profes- 
sionally and  is  a  member  of  the  City,  Gamut,  and 
Los  Angeles  Athletic  Clubs.  He  is  a  thirty-second 
degree  Mason,  Shriner  and  Knight  Templar. 


G.    HAROLD    POWELL 

OWELL,  GEORGE  HAROLD,  Gen. 
Mgr.,  Cal.  Fruit  Growers'  Ex- 
change, Los  Angeles,  Cal.,  was 
born  in  Ghent,  N.  Y.,  Feb.  8,  1872, 
a  son  of  George  Townsend  Powell 
and  Marcia  R.  (Chase)  Powell. 
He  married  Gertrude  E.  Clarke  at  Buffalo,  N.  Y., 
July  1,  1896.  Children,  Harold  Clarke,  George 
Townsend  and  Lawrence  Chase  Powell. 

He  was  educated  in  schools  of  New  York  State, 
graduating  from  College  of  Agriculture,  Cornell 
Univ.,  in  1895,  with  the  degree  B.  S.  in  Agriculture. 
Appointed  Fellow  in  Horticulture  at  Cornell,  1896, 
and  took  degree  of  M.  S.  in  Agriculture.  Then  be- 
came Horticulturist  at  Del.  College  of  Agriculture 
Experiment  Sta.,  Newark,  Del.,  and  in  1901  took 
charge  of  fruit  storage  and  transportation  investi- 
gations for  U.  S.  Dept.  of  Agriculture.  These  had 
a  far-reaching  effect  upon  commercial  fruit  hand- 
ling practices.  Appointed,  1910,  Assistant  Chief, 
Bureau  of  Plant  Industry,  U.  S.  Dept.  of  Agricul- 
ture; served  as  Acting  Chief  that  year.  Located 
in  Los  Angeles,  1911,  as  Sec.-Mgr.  of  the  Citrus 
Protective  League  and  in  campaigns  to  prevent  re- 
moval of  duty  on  citrus  fruits  accumulated  the  most 
comprehensive  data  concerning  cost  of  producing 
oranges  and  lemons  ever  brought  together  in  an 
agricultural  industry.  Also  organized  investiga- 
tions relative  to  upbuilding  the  citrus  industry. 

In  1912,  he  was  elected  Gen.  Mgr.,  Cal.  Fruit 
Growers'  Exchange,  largest  co-operative  organiza- 
tion for  distributing  fruit  crops  in  the  world.  His 
extensive  writings  for  the  Government  on  fruit 
growing  and  handling  are  accepted  as  authorities. 
He  represented  U.  S.  Govt.  at  first  International 
Congress  of  Refrigerating  Industries  at  Paris  in 
1909,  and  is  Vice.  Pres.  of  the  third  Congress, 
scheduled  for  Chicago  in  1913.  He  is  Con&ulting 
Pomologist  of  the  U.  S.  Dept.  of  Agriculture  and  a 
member  of  the  Cosmos  Club,  Washington,  D.  C. 


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EDWARD   L.    MAYBERRY 

AYBERRY,  EDWARD  LEODORE, 
Architectural  Engineer,  Los  An- 
geles, Cal.,  was  born  in  Sacra- 
mento, Cal.,  Sept.  18,  1871,  the 
son  of  Edward  L.  and  Emily  Jane 
(Gray)  Mayberry.  He  married  Ada 
Stevens  Phillips  at  Pasadena,  Cal.,  Jan.  24,  1901. 

Taken  to  Los  Angeles  County  when  about  six 
years  of  age,  he  received  his  primary  education  in 
public  schools,  graduating  from  high  school  in  1888. 
He  then  spent  a  year  at  the  University  of  Southern 
California  and  another  at  Business  College. 

In  1890  he  entered  the  employ  of  Shoder-John- 
ston  &  Co.  (Union  Hardware  &  Metal  Co.),  resign- 
ing in  two  years  to  enter  the  University  of  Cal. 
and  was  graduated  from  that  institution  in  1896 
with  the  degree  of  B.  L.  He  returned  to  his  for- 
mer employers  and  was  with  them  until  1902,  when 
he  determined  to  study  engineering. 

Entering  the  Mass.  Inst.  of  Technology  in  1902, 
he  graduated  in  1906  with  the  degree  of  Bachelor 
of  Science.  He  then  returned  to  Los  Angeles, 
where  for  Carl  Leonardt  he  became  Designing  En- 
gineer and  engineered  numerous  important  struc- 
tures, two  of  them  being  the  U.  S.  Grant  Hotel 
and  the  Union  Building,  at  San  Diego.  In  1907  he 
formed  a  partnership  with  L.  A.  Parker. 

Mr.  Mayberry  is  a  member  of  the  Engineers' 
and  Architects-'  Assn.,  and  University  Club  of  Los 
Angeles,  Sierra  Club,  San  Gabriel  Valley  Country 
Club,  and  the  City  Club  of  Long  Beach. 

PARKER,  LLEWELLYN  ADELBERT,  Architec- 
tural Engineer,  Los  Angeles,  Cal.,  was  born  in  Den- 
ver, Colo.,  Dec.  6,  1882.  He  is  the  son  of  Edgar 
Daniel  Parker  and  Clara  Marie  (Haigh)  Parker. 
He  married  Constance  Irene  Bulfinch,  Feb.  18,  1913. 

Mr.  Parker's  parents  moved  to  California  when 
he  was  two  years  of  age  and  first  located  at  Oak- 
land. Mr.  Parker  attended  school  there  until  the 


L.   A.   PARKER 

family  moved  to  Los  Angeles-,  where  he  graduated 
from  the  High  School  in  1902.  He  then  became  a 
student  in  the  Mass.  Inst.  of  Technology  and  gradu- 
ated in  1906  with  the  degree  of  B.  S. 

Upon  the  completion  of  his  studies  Mr.  Parker 
returned  to  California  and  entered  the  employ  of 
Charles  F.  Whittlesy  &  Co.,  architects,  San  Fran- 
cisco and  Los  Angeles.  He  was  appointed  Design- 
ing Engineer  of  the  firm,  in  charge  of  the  Engineer- 
ing Dept.  He  remained  in  that  position  until  1907, 
when  he  entered  into  partnership  with  Edward  L. 
Mayberry,  who  had  been  his  classmate  in  Boston,  as 
Architectural  Engineers,  headquarters,  Los  Angeles. 

Mr.  Parker  is  a  member  of  the  Phi  Kappa  Sigma 
Fraternity,  the  Engineers'  and  Architects'  Assn.  of 
Los  Angeles,  the  B.  P.  O.  E.,  and  the  University 
Club  of  Los  Angeles. 

Since  joining  issues  Mayberry  &  Parker  have  de- 
signed and  built  numerous  important  structures. 
They  have  de&igned  and  erected  nearly  a  dozen  im- 
portant bridges,  including  the  Linda  Vista  Viaduct 
in  Pasadena,  65  feet  in  height  and  400  feet  in 
length;  the  Arroyo  Park  bridge,  near  Los  Angeles, 
50  feet  high  and  355  long — the  only  one  of  its  kind 
in  the  world.  They  also  built  ten  re-inforced  con- 
crete bridges-,  for  the  County  of  Ventura,  from  20  to 
150  feet  in  length. 

Other  bridge  work  done  by  the  firm  are  the  Cen- 
ter street  bridge  across  the  Salt  River  at  Phoenix, 
Ariz.,  the  longest  concrete  girder  bridge  in  the  world 
— two  thousand  one  hundred  and  fifty  feet  long 
with  a  causeway  one  thousand  feet  long. 

Mr.  Mayberry  and  Mr.  Parker  engineered  the 
Majestic  Theater  building,  the  Panorama  Theater, 
Luckenbach  building  and  others  in  Los  Angeles; 
the  Kern  County  (Cal.)  Hall  of  Records,  Pomona 
(Cal.)  City  Hall,  Long  Beach  (Cal.)  Polytechnic 
School  and  the  Goodrich,  Goldberg  and  other  build- 
ings at  Phoenix,  Ariz.;  the  hotel  and  station  at 
Williams,  Ariz.;  Syracuse,  Kan.,  and  Needles,  Cal., 
all  Santa  Fe  Railroad  buildings-. 


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AND,  JAMES  D.,  Farmer, 
Stock  Raiser  and  Land  Deal- 
er, Los  Alamos,  New  Mexico, 
was  born  in  Shelby  County, 
Alabama,  November  25,  1867, 
the  son  of  Lawson  J.  Hand  and  Nancy  C. 
(McLendon)  Hand. 

Mr.  Hand,  who  has  been  a  prominent 
figure  in  business  and  political  circles  of  the 
South  and  Southwest  for  many  years,  is  de- 
scended of  one  of  the  old  families  of  the 
South.  He  received  his  preliminary  educa- 
tion in  the  public  schools  of  Jemison,  Ala- 
bama, and,  having  decided  upon  a  business 
career,  followed  this  with  attendance  at  a 
commercial  college  in  Lexington,  Kentucky. 
He  was  graduated  from  this  institution  in 
1883,  and  immediately  returned  to  Jemison, 
Alabama,  where  he  embarked  in  the  lumber 
manufacturing  business.  The  following  tells 
of  his  career  from  this  time  on,  according  to 
the  best  information  obtainable : 

From  1883  to  1890  Mr.  Hand  was  one  oi 
the  successful  lumber  operators  of  Alabama, 
but  gave  up  his  business  after  seven  years 
of  activity  in  order  to  live  the  outdoor  life  of 
a  cowpuncher,  going  to  Western  Texas, 
where  he  obtained  a  place  as  cowboy  on  a 
large  ranch,  and  for  nearly  two  years  lived 
on  the  range,  undergoing  all  the  pleasures 
and  hardships  of  the  life. 

Returning  to  Alabama  in  1891,  he  re-en- 
gaged in  the  lumber  manufacturing  business, 
this  time  making  his  headquarters  at  Bay 
Minette,  Baldwin  County.  For  the  next  ten 
years  he  devoted  himself  to  his  lumber  in- 
terests, but  he  also  was  interested  in  other 
lines  of  activity,  including  banking  and  land 
operation.  He  organized  the  Hand  Lumber 
Company  at  Bay  Minette  in  1896  and  served 
as  its  President  until  1902,  when  he  disposed 
of  a  large  share  of  his  holdings,  preparatory 
to  moving  to  New  Mexico.  He  also  served 
as  President  of  the  Baldwin  County  Bank  at 
Bay  Minette  from  1899  to  1902,  and  was 
President  of  the  Hand  Lumber  Company  of 
that  place  from  1898  to  1906. 

In  1902,  foreseeing  great  opportunities 
for  development  in  the  West  and  Southwest, 
Mr.  Hand  sold  out  his  lumber  interests  and 
other  property  and  went  to  San  Miguel 


County,  New  Mexico,  of  which  section  Las 
Vegas  is  the  principal  business  center.  Ever 
since  his  location  there  he  has  been  one  of 
the  most  active  forces  in  the  development  of 
the  country  and  is  one  of  the  largest  land 
owners.  Purchasing  the  Placita  Ranch  at 
Los  Alamos,  New  Mexico,  a  tract  of  land 
sixty-four  thousand  acres  in  extent,  he  or- 
ganized the  Placita  Ranch  Company,  of 
which  he  is  President,  and  for  more  than  ten 
years  has  been  actively  engaged  in  farming 
and  stock  raising  on  a  large  scale.  Latterly, 
the  company,  under  the  direction  of  Mr. 
Hand,  has  expended  large  sums  of  money  in 
irrigation  projects  and  has  placed  part  of  its 
vast  holdings  on  the  market  in  small  farming 
tracts.  The  result  is  that  this  section  has 
been  largely  built  up,  being  transformed  from 
a  barren  waste  into  one  of  the  richest  agri- 
cultural sections  in  the  State  of  New  Mexico. 
Mr.  Hand  is  not  only  a  practical  farmer 
and  financier,  but  has  devoted  a  considerable 
amount  of  time  to  the  study  of  land  and 
water  problems  and  is  generally  regarded  as 
one  of  the  best-informed  men  on  irrigation 
and  allied  subjects  in  his  part  of  the  country. 
He  takes  a  great  deal  of  interest  in  irrigation 
and  conservation  and  has  been  one  of  the 
consistent  advocates  of  these  policies  for 
many  years.  When  he  first  located  in  New 
Mexico  only  a  small  percentage  of  the  land 
was  under  cultivation,  the  greater  part  being 
considered  worthless  on  account  of  the  lack 
of  water  for  irrigation  purposes. 

Into  his  own  operations,  Mr.  Hand  intro- 
duced scientific  methods  of  farming  and  irri- 
gation and  also  lent  his  assistance  to  State 
and  Federal  experts  working  to  overcome  the 
difficulties  which  presented  themselves  to 
farmers  in  general.  In  this  respect  he  has 
rendered  material  aid  to  the  government,  and 
by  his  own  example  has  demonstrated  the 
possibilities  of  New  Mexico  land,  which  he 
firmly  believes  will,  if  properly  handled,  rank 
among  the  best-producing  lands  in  the 
country,  and  add  to  the  State's  wealth. 

Aside  from  the  Placita  Ranch,  Mr.  Hand 
is  interested  in  another  great  New  Mexican 
land  project,  known  as  the  Ten  Lakes  Land 
Company  of  Onava,  New  Mexico.  This 
company,  in  which  Mr.  Hand  serves  as  Vice 


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President  and  General  Manager,  is  capital- 
ized at  $250,000,  and  is  engaged  in  the  sell- 
ing of  land  and  colonization  work.  The 
company  established  the  town  of  Onava  on 
its  property,  installed  telephone  and  tele- 
graph service  and  has  been  engaged  in  one  of 
the  most  active  campaigns  in  the  State.  Its 
lands  are  traversed  by  the  Atchison,  Topeka 
&  Santa  Fe  Railroad,  and  are  among  the  best- 
irrigated  properties  in  the  Southwest,  its  res- 
ervoirs being  supplied  from  the  Sapello  River, 
which  rises  in  the  Rocky  Mountains  and  has 

a  large  drainage  area. 

Through  the  influence  of  Mr.  Hand  and 
associates,  who  are  working  for  the  advance- 
ment of  New  Mexico's  agricultural  interests, 
thousands  of  acres  have  been  placed  under 
cultivation  and  the  land  which  formerly  was 
barren  now  produces  a  variety  of  crops,  such 
as  alfalfa,  wheat,  fruits,  corn  and  garden 
truck. 

Mr.  Hand,  in  addition  to  his  land  opera- 
tions, is  a  cattle  raiser  on  a  large  scale  and 
is  interested  in  various  other  forms  of  in- 
vestment. In  1905  he  organized,  in  Ala- 
bama, the  Navy  Cove  Harbor  Railway  Com- 
pany, and  has  served  as  the  President  of  that 
corporation  from  the  time  of  its  inception. 

Reared  in  the  South,  where  the  Demo- 
cratic party  is  strongest,  Mr.  Hand  has  been 
a  life-long  supporter  of  that  party  in  politics 
and  has  been  one  of  its  prominent  workers, 
both  in  Alabama  and  in  New  Mexico,  al- 
though he  never  held  public  office.  He  has. 
however,  been  a  contributing  factor  in  the 
successes  of  the  party,  giving  largely  of  his 
time  and  money  for  the  purpose.  He  has 
served  as  a  member  of  the  San  Miguel 
County  Central  Committee  and  the  New 
Mexico  Territorial  Central  Committee,  and 
in  1912  was  a  Delegate  to  the  National  Con- 
vention at  Baltimore,  Maryland,  which  nom- 
inated Woodrow  Wilson,  of  New  Jersey, 
subsequently  elected  President  of  the  United 
States. 

In  the  memorable  campaign  preceding 
that  convention,  however,  Mr.  Hand  was  an 
ardent  supporter  of  Champ  Clark  of  Mis- 
souri for  the  Presidential  nomination,  labor- 
ing tirelessly  in  his  behalf,  both  in  the  pre- 
convention  campaign  and  on  the  floor  of  the 
convention  itself.  He  is  a  great  admirer  of 
the  Missourian  and  the  failure  of  the  conven- 
tion to  nominate  him  for  the  highest  office 
within  the  gift  of  the  American  people  was 
a  keen  disappointment  to  Mr.  Hand,  who 
was  one  of  the  last  to  give  up  hope  of  start- 
ing Clark  on  the  road  to  the  Presidency. 

Since  that  time  Mr.  Hand  has  not  taken 


a  very  active  part  in  politics,  although  in 
former  years  he  figured  in  nearly  every  cam- 
paign of  consequence.  Recognizing  the 
benefits  that  would  accrue  to  the  country 
with  the  granting  of  Statehood,  he  was  one 
of  the  strong  advocates  of  this  measure  and 
lent  his  influence  at  all  times  to  the  proposal 
to  create  a  State  Government.  In  the  first 
State  election  following  the  adoption  of  the 
State  Constitution  he  fought  with  all  his 
energy  for  the  Democratic  cause  and  aided 
in  winning  for  the  party  the  honor  of  elect- 
ing the  first  State  Governor  of  New  Mexico, 
Hon.  William  C.  McDonald. 

Possessed  of  an  unusual  amount  of  phys- 
ical energy,  Mr.  Hand,  in  addition  to  his 
business  and  political  activities,  has  been  a 
factor  in  the  civic  affairs  of  Las  Vegas,  New 
Mexico,  where  a  large  part  of  his  business  is 
transacted.  He  has  consistently  advertised 
the  advantages  of  the  city  as  a  health  resort, 
and  is  generally  recognized  as  one  of  the 
contributing  forces  in  the  growth  of  the  city, 
which  is  the  center  of  commercial  activity 
for  all  San  Miguel  County  business  men. 

From  his  earliest  days  as  a  business  man 
Mr.  Hand  has  been  noted  for  an  extraordi- 
nary ability  as  an  executive  and  organizer, 
and  in  the  management  of  his  various  enter- 
prises he  gives  his  personal  attention  to  each 
branch  of  the  business.  Continually  alert 
for  new  opportunities,  Mr.  Hand's  interests 
in  New  Mexico  have  increased  with  the 
passing  years  and  he  is  now  said  to  be  one 
of  the  largest  operators  in  various  lines  of 
industry  in  the  new  State.  His  chief  inter- 
est being  land  and  land  products,  he  has 
been  preaching  the  doctrine  of  irrigation  for 
years,  with  the  result  that  his  confidence  has 
been  largely  assimilated  by  others  and  the 
installation  of  modern  methods  of  procuring 
water  has  added  millions  of  dollars  to  the 
wealth  of  the  State. 

Mr.  Hand  is  essentially  a  business  man, 
with  a  diversity  of  interests  to  claim  his  at- 
tention, but  he  also  is  intensely  human  and 
enjoys  widespread  popularity  in  his  section 
of  the  country,  being  noted  for  his  amiable 
temperament.  He  is  a  man  of  most  generous 
instincts  and  is  said  to  have  done  a  great 
deal  in  a  substantial  way  towards  bettering 
the  condition  of  the  poor  natives  of  his  sec- 
tion, although  his  philanthropies  are  be- 
stowed in  a  quiet  manner. 

He  is  a  prominent  member  of  the  Ma- 
sonic fraternity,  having  attained  the  Thirty- 
Second  Degree,  belongs  to  the  Knights  of 
Pythias  and  the  Campfire  Club  of  New 
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YMAN,  FRANCIS  OSCAR,  Manu- 
facturer, Los  Angeles,  California, 
was  born  near  Macedonia,  in  Sum- 
mit County,  Ohio,  May  3,  1839.  His 
father  was  Albert  Wyman  and  his 
mother  Miranda  (Everest)  Wy- 
man. He  has  been  twice  married, 
his  first  wife  having  been  Mary  E.  Stephens,  whom 
he  married  at  Green  Spring,  Ohio,  August  25,  1868. 
There  was  one  son  born,  Charles  Elliott  Wyman 
(deceased).  Mrs.  Wyman  died  on  June  19,  1874. 
Mr.  Wyman's  second  marriage  occurred  at  Circle- 
ville,  Ohio,  July  25,  1875,  his 
wife  being  Emma  Bailey.  Of 
this  union  there  have  been 
born  three  children,  Elliott 
B.,  Florence  E.  and  Julia  M. 
Wyman. 

Mr.  Wyman  is  descended 
of  Anglo-Saxon  stock.  The 
original  members  of  the  fam- 
ily in  America  were  among 
the  early  settlers  of  Woburn, 
Mass.,  and  were  important 
figures  in  the  history  of  the 
town.  For  many  years  after- 
wards John  Wyman  was  one 
of  its  leading  citizens. 

Francis  O.  Wyman,  who 
has  been  an  important  factor 
in  the  commercial  life  of  the 
country  for  many  years, 
spent  the  early  part  of  his 
life  in  Ohio.  He  received  his 
preliminary  education  in  the 
common  schools  of  Mace- 
donia and  during  the  term  of 
1853-54  was  a  student  at  the 
Western  Reserve  College, 
Hudson,  Ohio.  Later  (1857- 
58)  he  took  a  special  course 
in  higher  mathematics  in  a 
school  at  Genoa,  Ottawa 
County,  Ohio. 

In  1855,  following  the  con- 
clusion of  his  studies,  Mr. 
Wyman  engaged  in  timber 
operations  in  the  densely 
wooded  country  around  the 

town  of  Genoa,  but  in  1861,  at  the  outbreak  of  the 
Civil  War,  abandoned  his  work  and  answered  Presi- 
dent Lincoln's  call  for  volunteers.  He  enlisted  as  a 
private  in  Company  A,  Fourteenth  Regiment,  Ohio 
Volunteer  Infantry,  and  at  the  expiration  of  the  en- 
listment period,  re-enlisted  to  serve  until  the  close 
of  the  war.  He  participated  in  many  of  the  most 
important  battles  of  the  war,  including  Shiloh  and 
Chickamauga. 

At  the  Battle  of  Chickamauga,  Sept.  20,  1863,  his 
commander,  Colonel  Kingsbury,  introduced  him  to 
General  Brandon  during  the  progress  of  the  battle 
with  the  remark:  "General,  here  is  a  man  who  will 
do  anything  you  want  him  to."  General  Brandon 
ordered  him  to  call  for  volunteers,  which  he  did, 
and  taking  about  32  men  went  under  orders  to  the 
front  to  investigate  and  report  on  what  was  doing. 
In  performing  this  duty,  Mr.  Wyman  encountered 
Longstreet's  corps  which  had  just  captured  a  por- 
tion of  the  Ninth  Indiana  Battery,  and  recaptured  it. 
For  this-  service,  Captain  Swollow,  of  the  Ninth  In- 
diana Battery,  gave  him  a  note  which  stated  "Such 
bravery  deserves  promotion." 

Prior  to  the  charge  at  Jonesboro,  Ga.,  Sept.  1, 1864, 
Mr.  Wyman  had  been  assigned  to  the  post  of  acting 
First  Lieutenant.  This  was  just  before  going  into 
action  and  he  was  ordered  to  take  command  of  his 
company  in  case  the  necessity  arose  during  battle. 


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At  the  first  volley  from  the  rebels  the  Captain 
was  mortally  wounded  and  Mr.  Wyman  took 
command  and  his  brigade  captured  the  breastworks 
and  held  them.  As  a  result  orders  were  issued  and 
read  before  all  companies  at  the  time,  which  stated 
that  this-  charge,  capture  and  retaining  of  the 
breastworks  was  the  only  positively  successful 
charge  of  the  kind  during  the  Atlanta  campaign.  A 
copy  of  his  order  is  among  the  prized  possessions 
of  Mr.  Wyman. 

Immediately  after  the  battle  of  Jonesboro,  Ga., 
Mr.  Wyman  was  made  Sergeant  and  was  in  com- 
mand of  his  company  most  of 
the  time  until  the  end  of  the 
war. 

The  Quartermaster  Gen- 
eral of  Ohio,  whom  Mr.  Wy- 
man met  while  in  Cleveland, 
saw  the  note  given  Mr.  Wy- 
man by  Captain  Swollow  on 
the  battlefield  of  Chickamau- 
ga and  asked  if  he  could  take 
it  to  the  Governor  of  Ohio. 
This  he  did  and  as  a  result, 
an  order  from  the  Adjutant 
General  of  Ohio  was  sent  to 
Mr.  Wyman,  ordering  him  to 
report  to  his  office,  at  Colum- 
bus, Ohio,  as  a  commission  of 
First  Lieutenant  would  be 
given  him.  The  letter  con- 
taining this  order  miscarried, 
and  did  not  reach  Mr.  Wy- 
man until  June,  1864,  too  late 
for  assignment  to  the  one- 
year  regiment  then  forming 
at  that  time  and  Mr.  Wyman 
remained  with  his  old  regi- 
ment. On  Julj-  21,  1865,  Mr. 
Wyman  was  mustered  out  of 
service  as  Sergeant. 

At  the  close  of  the  war 
Mr.  Wyman  returned  to  his 
home  near  Genoa,  O.,  and  en- 
gaged in  the  lime  business. 
In  1866  he  organized  the 
firm  of  F.  O.  Wyman  &  Co., 
and  has  been  in  the  lime 
business  since,  a  period  of  47 

years.  He  operated  his  first  plant  at  Genoa,  O.,  and 
devoted  himself  to  it  exclusively  until  1870,  when  he 
added  a  mercantile  store,  in  partnership  with  L.  D. 
Gregg.  As  Wyman  &  Gregg  they  were  associated 
for  24  years. 

In  1887,  Mr.  Wyman  went  to  California  and  en- 
tered the  lime  business,  having  associated  with  him 
a  number  of  the  leading  business  men  and  bankers 
of  California.  He  secured  control  of  the  principal 
lime  manufacturing  and  selling  establishments  and 
pushed  them  to  the  highest  degree  of  organization 
perfection.  Since  1902  he  has  been  the  controlling 
force  in  the  lime  business  of  the  State  of  California. 
He  is  President,  Summit  Lime  Co.;  President,  Un- 
ion Lime  Co.;  President,  Golden  State  Portland  Ce- 
ment Co.,  and  Vice  President,  Los  Angeles  Lime  Co. 
Mr.  Wyman  is  deeply  interested  in  public  affairs 
and  has  been  a  life  long  Republican.  In  1872,  upon 
the  incorporation  of  the  town  of  Genoa,  Ohio,  he 
was  chosen  first  City  Clerk  of  the  town  by  unani- 
mous vote  and  while  serving  in  that  office  drew  up 
various  ordinances  which  remain  a  part  of  the 
town's  laws.  He  later  served  on  the  Genoa  School 
Board  and  was  a  member  of  the  Genoa  City  Coun- 
cil for  many  years.  Since  locating  in  California, 
he  was  at  one  time  a  member  of  the  Los  Angeles 
Police  Commission.  He  is  a  member  of  Elliott 
Wyman  Post,  G.  A.  R,,  of  Genoa,  O. 


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ELM,  FRANKLIN,  Contractor,  Los 
Angeles,  California,  was  born  in 
Indianapolis,  Indiana,  November, 
22,  1862,  the  son  of  Henry  and 
Catherine  Helm.  He  married  Miss 
Perlie  Eugene  Goldthwaite  in  New 
York  City  on  March  19,  1894. 

Mr.  Helm  received  his  primary  training  in  the 
public  schools  of  Indianapolis,  later  attended 
Bryant  and  Stratton's  Business  College  at  Chicago 
and  Butler  University. 

Entering  into  partnership  with  his  father  in 
1884,  Mr.  Helm  was  in  the  General  Contracting  bus- 
iness at  Indianapolis  for  about  a  year  and  in  1885 
went  into  the  field  on  his  own  account.  He  im- 
mediately became  active  in  railway  construction, 
his  first  line,  in  1885,  being  a  part  of  the  Indiana 
Coal  Road,  extending  from  Chicago,  Illinois,  to 
Brazil,  Indiana.  The  following  year  he  constructed 
a  part  of  the  Cincinnati,  Jackson  &  Mackinaw 
Railway  in  Ohio.  He  next  operated  on  the  Santa 
Fe  Railway,  constructing  part  of  the  line  from  Chi- 
cago to  Kansas  City,  Missouri. 

In  1888,  Mr.  Helm  constructed  a  branch  line  for 
the  Cincinnati,  Hamilton  &  Dayton  Railroad  to 
Findlay,  Ohio,  and  also  built  a  part  of  the  Findlay 
Water  Works  system.  During  the  same  year  and 
in  1889,  he,  in  connection  with  James  N.  Young,  of 
Chicago,  and  A.  G.  Yates,  former  President  of  the 
Buffalo,  Rochester  &  Pittsburg  Railway,  organ- 
ized and  financed  the  Toronto,  Hamilton  &  Buf- 
falo Railway  and  purchased  the  Brantford,  Water- 
loo &  Lake  Erie  Railway.  Mr.  Helm  was  the 
leading  spirit  in  these  enterprises  and  later,  when 
the  properties  were  sold  to  the  Canadaian  Pacific 
Railway  and  the  New  York  Central,  who  now  con- 
trol them  jointly,  he  personally  negotiated  the  sale. 
In  the  case  of  the  New  York  Central  contract  he 
dealt  with  Cornelius  Vanderbilt,  of  the  New  York 
Central,  Charles  F.  Fox,  Vice  President  of  the  Can- 
ada Southern,  and  Mr.  Ledyard,  President  of  the 
Michigan  Central  Railway. 

From  this  time  down  to  date  Mr.  Helm  has  been 
one  of  the  leading  figures  in  railway,  financial  and 
development  circles.  In  1892  he  financed  some  of 
the  contractors  on  the  Ohio  River  Railway,  and, 
during  the  same  year,  purchased  the  control  of  the 
Columbus,  Lima  &  Southwestern  Railway  in  Ohio, 
later  disposing  of  the  property. 

In  1893  and  1894  Mr.  Helm  aided  in  financing  a 
large  tract  of  coal  and  iron  property  in  Tennessee, 
and,  later,  furnished  the  capital  for  the  construc- 
tion of  a  railroad  through  the  property.  In  1895 
he  turned  his  attention  to  railway  operations  in 
Old  Mexico  and  financed  several  contractors  en- 
gaged in  work  on  subsidiary  lines  of  the  Mexican 
Central  Railway.  This  held  his  attention  for  two 
years,  or  until  the  end  of  1896,  and  in  the  early  part 
of  the  next  year  he  aided  the  owners  of  the  Cape 


Cod  Canal  project  in  Massachusetts,  making  possi- 
ble the  successful  construction  of  this  waterway. 

This  same  year  the  news  of  the  gold  strike  in 
the  Klondyke  country  reached  the  United  States 
and  Mr.  Helm  financed  a  number  of  parties  inter- 
ested in  the  territory  contiguous  to  Dawson  City, 
Alaska. 

In  1898,  Mr.  Helm  gave  up  his  operations  in  the 
United  States  temporarily  and  sailed  for  England, 
where  he  made  his  home  until  1901.  During  this 
period  he  was  just  as  active  as  he  had  been  pre- 
viously in  the  United  States,  being  associated  with 
one  of  the  wealthy  coal  operators  of  Wales  in 
financing  several  properties  in  Spain,  Italy  and 
South  Africa. 

Shortly  after  his  return  to  America,  Mr.  Helm 
became  interested  with  James  McDonald,  the  New 
York  contractor,  in  the  Westchester  Electric  Rail- 
way out  of  New  York,  and  which  was  later  sold  to 
the  New  York,  New  Haven  &  Hartford  Railway. 

In  1902,  while  still  interested  in  this  project, 
Mr.  Helm  became  associated  with  General  A.  W. 
Greely,  U.  S.  A.,  famous  as  the  leader  of  the 
Greely  Arctic  Expedition,  and  went  with  him  to 
Alaska.  General  Greely  was  at  one  time  engaged 
in  the  location  and  installation  of  the  longest  wire- 
less system  in  the  world  and  Mr.  Helm  spent  parts 
of  the  years  1902  and  1903  with  him  while  he  was 
engaged  in  this  work. 

Upon  his  return  from  the  far  North,  Mr.  Helm 
again  became  interested  in  Mexico  and  during  the 
years  of  1904,  1905  and  1906  spent  a  great  deal  of 
time  in  that  country.  He  furnished  the  capital  for 
several  parties  largely  interested  in  development 
enterprises  there;  among  others  was  one  of  the  con- 
tractors who  had  the  contract  for  the  construction 
of  the  Tampico  Sewer.  He  made  frequent  trips  to 
Mexico  City,  and  through  the  aid  of  President  Diaz 
and  Senor  Meriscal,  the  Mexican  Foreign  Minister, 
together  with  the  governors  of  several  Mexican 
States,  the  business  enterprises  with  which  he  was 
connected  were  terminated  successfully. 

Continuing  his  activity,  Mr.  Helm,  upon  the  com- 
pletion of  the  Mexican  enterprises  in  which  he  was 
interested,  engaged  in  several  in  the  State  of  Ne- 
vada. He  furnished  the  capital  to  several  friends 
having  large  properties  in  Nevada  and  lent  his  aid 
to  their  development.  The  same  year  he  was  in 
partnership  with  R.  T.  McCabe,  of  New  York,  who 
built  a  part  of  the  system  of  railways  on  Long  Island, 
and  with  him  organized  and  did  the  preliminary 
financing  of  the  high  speed  electric  railway  project 
from  Boston  to  Salem,  Massachusetts. 

It  was  about  this  time  that  Mr.  Helm  saw  an 
opportunity  to  accomplish  a  great  public  work  In 
South  America,  and  in  1908  purchased  the  Colom- 
bian Railway  Concession.  He  then  organized  a 
syndicate  to  complete  the  building  of  the  line  and 
had  started  operations  thereon,  when  a  political 


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eruption  occurred,  causing  President  Reyes  to  flee 
the  country,  and  the  entanglements  which  followed 
have  held  the  enterprise  in  check  from  the  year 
1909,  with  the  outlook  for  continuing,  uncertain. 

Mr.  Helm  still  retains  control  of  the  railway 
concession,  however,  and  intends,  at  some  future 
time  when  conditions  are  more  stable,  to  return 
to  Colombia  and  carry  his  plans  to  completion. 

In  1910,  Mr.  Helm  financed  the  operations  of 
several  large  coal  and  oil  properties,  and  in  1911, 
began  the  consideration  of  the  far  West  as  a  field 
for  development.  He  spent  the  greater  part  of  that 
year  traveling  through  Northwest  Canada  and  the 
Pacific  Coast  states,  looking  over  the  field.  The 
result  of  these  observations  was  his  location  in 
Los  Angeles,  from  which  point  he  is  now  directing 
several  large  improvement  projects. 

In  1912,  Mr.  Helm  organized  the  Southern  Cali- 
fornia Utilities  Company,  incorporated  under  the 
laws  of  California,  with  bonds-  and  share  capital  of 
twenty  million  dollars — a  bond  issue  having  been 
sanctioned  by  the  Utility  Commission.  This  com- 
pany was  authorized  to  engage  in  the  building  and 
operation  of  railroads  and  other  utilities,  to  issue 
ten  million  dollars'  worth  of  bonds  and  to  make 
investments,  and  Mr.  Helm  and  his  associates  are 
now  engaged  in  the  construction  of  the  company's 
first  project. 

Simultaneous  with  the  organization  of  the  South- 
ern California  Utilities  Company,  Mr.  Helm  formed 
the  California  Riverside  Land  Company,  with  a  cap- 
ital of  ten  million  dollars,  and  the  Riversdde-Red- 
lands  Interurban  Railway,  capitalized  at  two  and  a 
half  million  dollars,  both  of  which  are  incorporated 
under  the  laws  of  California.  This  railroad,  a»  pro- 
posed, would  traverse  an  unusually  rich  section  of 
Southern  California  and  will  join  together  more 
closely  two  of  the  section's  most  prosperous  towns. 

Mr.  Helm  has  organized  a  group  of  his  French 
and  English  friends  to  finance  these  projects,  oper- 
ating through  the  Universal  Construction  &  Invest- 
ment Company,  a  two-million  dollar  corporation  in 
which  he  serves  as  Director,  member  of  the  Execu- 
tive Committee  and  General  Manager. 

These  various  operations  which  Mr.  Helm  has 
started  will  play  a  large  part  in  the  development 
of  the  resources  of  Southern  California,  where  for 
several  years  past  investors  from  all  parts  of  the 
world  have  been  working  and  receiving  large  re- 
wards. Los  Angeles,  the  metropolis  of  the  section, 
has,  within  a  few  years,  been  transformed  from  a 
town  of  small  buildings  to  a  great  city  of  sky- 
scrapers and  commercial  importance  which  make 
her  a  source  of  wonder  to  the  outside  world,  and 
the  completion  of  Mr.  Helm's  projects  in  this  field, 
it  is  believed,  will  add  greatly  to  her  already  strong 
position. 


In  addition  to  his  Southern  California  work,  Mr. 
Helm  is  interested  in  mining  and  other  lines  of  in- 
vestment in  Mexico,  one  of  these  stated  to  be  a 
rich  silver  property  which  he  and  associates  intend 
to  operate  on  a  large  scale. 

The  foregoing  statements  regarding  the  oper- 
ations of  Mr.  Helm  in  various  parts  of  the  United 
States  and  in  other  countries  tell  inadequately  of 
his  contribution  to  the  general  upbuilding  of  the 
sections  in  which  he  has  worked,  but  serve,  how- 
ever, to  show  the  man  as  a  progressive,  enterpris- 
ing American  of  the  type  that  has  helped  the 
country  to  attain  its  present  position  among  the 
nations.  His  chief  characteristic  is  courage,  as 
shown  by  his  willingness  to  lend  his  able  support 
to  so  many  and  varied  development  enterprises. 

He  is  associated,  in  his  California  enterprises, 
with  a  group  of  financiers  who  have  been  engaged 
for  several  years  in  the  development  of  oil  lands- 
and  other  lines  in  that  section  and  who  still  are 
planning  for  the  future  of  the  country.  Mr.  Helm 
has  been  extremely  active  in  the  various  compa- 
nies with  which  he  is  connected,  being  in  personal 
charge  of  many  details  connected  with  the  organ- 
ization and  initiation  of  work  on  these  projects. 

Mr.  Helm  has  been  too  busy  to  take  part  in  pol- 
itics in  California,  but  during  the  days  of  his  activ- 
ity in  the  Dominion  of  Canada,  covering  that  period 
from  1888  to  1890,  took  considerable  interest  in  the 
political  affairs  of  the  country,  especially  in  the 
Province  of  Ontario,  and  he  aided  largely  in  the 
election  to  high  position  of  various  friends  and 
associates  who  attained  prominence.  Among  these 
were  several  cabinet  officers  and  members  of  the 
Ontario  Parliament. 

Mr.  Helm  also  took  a  keen  interest  in  political 
and  military  affairs  during  his  residence  in  fne 
State  of  Indiana.  He  was  at  one  time  a  Lieutenant 
in  the  National  Guard  of  Indiana  and  at  a  later 
period,  served  as  Major  on  the  Staff  of  the  Honor- 
able Isaac  P.  Gray,  when  the  latter  was  Governor 
of  the  State.  These,  however,  were  the  only  posi- 
tions outside  of  the  business  world  that  he  ever 
held. 

Since  locating  in  Southern  California,  where 
his  interests  will  keep  him  for  several  years  to 
come,  Mr.  Helm  has  purchased  a  home  at  Ocean 
Park,  one  of  the  attractive  seashore  suburbs  ad- 
jacent to  the  city  of  Los  Angeles,  and  he  intends 
to  make  his  home  there  permanently. 

Mr.  Helm  formerly  was  a  member  of  several 
clubs  in  Eastern  cities,  but  resigned  his  member- 
ships upon  his  removal  to  California,  and  his  only 
affiliation  there  is  with  the  Los  Angeles  Athletic 
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851 


UNNE,  PETER  FRANCIS, 
Attorney-at-Law,  San  Fran- 
cisco, California,  was  born 
in  San  Francisco,  California, 
December  29,  1860,  the  son  of 
Peter  Dunne  and  Margaret  (Bergin)  Dunne. 
Both  his  father  and  grandfather  were  among 
the  California  pioneers  of  1849,  merchants, 
in  San  Francisco,  and  subsequently  owners 
of  large  tracts  of  land  in  Santa  Clara  County. 
He  married  Annie  Cecilia  Haehnlen  in  Oak- 
land, California,  June  28,  1898,  and  of  their 
union  there  have  been  born  three  children, 
Arthur  Bergin,  Marian  Wallace  and  Marjorie 
Evelyn  Dunne. 

After  a  general  course  in  the  classics  Mr. 
Dunne  was  graduated  from  St.  Ignatius  Col- 
lege, in  1878,  with  the  degree  of  Master  of 
Arts,  and  then  took  up  the  study  of  law  in 
the  Hastings  College  of  Law,  San  Francisco. 
He  was  graduated  from  that  institution  in 
1881  a  Bachelor  of  Laws. 

A  great  power  of  sustained  application 
and  of  logical  analysis,  a  ready  wit,  calm 
self-possession  when  occasion  most  demands 
it  and  a  natural  aptitude  form  a  combination 
that  should  win  success  in  any  profession, 
especially  the  law,  and  it  is  undoubtedly  the 
happy  blending  of  these  qualities  that  has 
gained  for  Mr.  Dunne  the  distinction  he  now 
enjoys  as  one  of  the  most  successful  attor- 
neys on  the  Pacific  Coast  and  one  of  the 
best  known  professional  men  in  the  United 
States. 

Shortly  after  his  admittance  to  the  Bar 
his  skill  in  the  conduct  of  his  cases  began  to 
attract  attention,  and  it  was  not  long  before 
his  success  in  damage  suits  led  one  of  the 
largest  local  corporations  to  retain  him  as  its 
attorney  at  a  large  salary. 

Thenceforth  his  reputation  and  his  income 
grew  apace,  and  during  his  rise  to  the  post 
of  general  attorney  for  the  Southern  Pacific 
Railroad  Company  some  of  the  most  impor- 
tant causes  ever  tried  at  the  California  Bar 
were  entrusted  to  him.  In  these  his  close 
manner  of  conducting  them,  combined  with 
the  eloquence  of  his  arguments  to  the  juries, 
marked  him  as  a  brilliant  advocate. 

In  a  celebrated  case  before  the  Supreme 
Court  of  California  the  justices  spoke  of  Mr. 
Dunne's  argument  as  one  of  the  best  ever 
made  in  the  State.  This  resulted  in  a  re- 
versal of  the  judgment  favorable  to  his  client. 

Among  his  other  noted  cases,  that  in 
which,  as  special  prosecutor,  he  secured,  after 
two  mistrials,  the  conviction  of  Dimmick  for 
embezzlement  while  cashier  of  the  U.  S. 
Mint,  is  especially  worthy  of  mention.  An- 


other, and  one  of  the  most  bitterly  contested 
in  the  annals  of  the  California  Bar,  was  that 
of  Ames  vs.  Treadwell.  In  this  Mr.  Dunne 
was  counsel  for  the  defendant  against  four 
of  the  leading  lawyers  of  California,  and 
the  thunders  of  applause  that  greeted  the 
close  of  his  argument  forced  the  judge  to 
clear  the  overcrowded  courtroom. 

The  post  of  general  attorney  for  the 
Southern  Pacific  Railway  Company  is  one 
of  the  most  important  legal  offices  in  the 
United  States.  Even  the  routine  work  of  a 
corporation  of  the  magnitude  of  the  Southern 
Pacific  is  of  great  volume,  and  often,  involv- 
ing as  it  does  millions  of  dollars,  of  prime  im- 
portance. But  the  Southern  Pacific  has  of 
late  years  had  to  appear  in  the  courts  of  the 
state  of  California  and  of  the  United  States 
in  some  of  the  greatest  litigations  on  record. 
And  it  is  in  these  that  Mr.  Dunne  has  dis- 
tinguished himself.  He  was  attorney  for  the 
Southern  Pacific  in  the  days  when  E.  H. 
Harriman  was  the  head  of  the  railroad,  and 
was  intimately  familiar  with  the  great  work 
of  expansion  carried  on  by  that  greatest  of 
railroad  captains.  He  won  the  confidence 
of  Harriman,  so  much  so  that  the  latter  put 
him  at  the  head  of  his  great  legal  array.  This 
was  no  slight  honor,  because  Harriman,  to 
represent  the  interests  of  his  tens  of  thou- 
sands of  miles  of  railroads,  had  gathered  to- 
gether probably  the  greatest  group  of  cor- 
poration lawyers  in  the  United  States. 

In  the  now  celebrated  merger  case  be- 
fore the  United  States  Circuit  Court  of  Ap- 
peals, in  special  session  at  Denver,  Mr. 
Dunne,  as  attorney  for  the  Harriman  roads, 
won  a  national  fame.  Despite  all  this,  how- 
ever, the  allurements  of  private  practice  were 
so  strong  that  in  1910  he  retired  from  the 
general  attorneyship  for  the  Southern  Pacific 
Company  to  a  membership  in  his  present 
firm. 

A  sample  of  Mr.  Dunne's  ready  wit  was 
furnished  in  the  Spreckels  will  contest, 
wherein  he  was  counsel  for  the  successful 
litigants,  John  D.  and  Adolph  Spreckels, 
who  sought  to  have  the  will  of  their  father 
declared  invalid.  In  a  hypothetical  question 
which  he  put  to  the  court  he  said : 

"Assume,  for  instance,  that  I  am  the 
owner  of  the  Spreckels  building."  Probate 
Judge  Coffey  interrupted  to  suggest:  "You 
will  be,  Mr.  Dunne,  before  this  litigation  is 
ended."  Mr.  Dunne  replied :  "I  thank  your 
Honor  for  so  clearly  foreshadowing  the  re- 
sult." Mr.  Dunne  is  a  member  of  the  Pacific- 
Union,  Olympic,  Commonwealth  and  San 
Francisco  Golf  and  Country  clubs. 


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853 


AIER,  JOSEPH  (deceased), 
Los  Angeles,  California, 
was  born  in  Bavaria,  Ger- 
many, 1851.  In  1875,  while  re- 
fiding  in  'Leavenworth,  Kan., 
he  married  Mary  Schmidt.  They  had  two 
sons,  J.  Fred  Maier  (deceased),  and  Edward 
R.  Maier.  Mr.  Maier  died  at  Los  Angeles, 
July  12,  1905. 

Mr.  Maier  was  one  of  the  upbuilders  of 
Los  Angeles,  who  went  to  that  city  in  its 
early  days  when  it  was  little  more  than  a  vil- 
lage and  saw  it  rise  to  the  proportions  of  a 
great  city.  He  was  one  of  the  most  enter- 
prising of  its  citizens,  and  has  left  an  endur- 
ing business  monument  behind  him. 

He  was  educated  in  Germany,  and  there 
grew  to  manhood.  There  he  also  learned  the 
brewer's  trade.  When  about  twenty  years 
old  he  came  to  the  United  States,  like  so 
many  young  Germans,  because  of  his  love  of 
freedom  and  his  distaste  for  the  oppressive 
aristocratic  traditions  of  the  native  land. 

He  began  to  work  his  way  West  immedi- 
ately on  his  arrival  in  the  United  States,  and 
in  a  few  months  was  at  Leavenworth,  Kan., 
working  at  his  trade.  There  he  remained  un- 
til 1875,  when  he  went  to  California.  He  de- 
layed a  few  months  at  San  Francisco,  but  in 
the  same  year  was  offered  a  position,  which 
he  accepted,  by  the  New  York  Brewery,  lo- 
cated on  Third,  street,  between  Main  and 
Spring  streets,  Los  Angeles. 

The  town  was  growing  rapidly,  and  the 
enterprise  of  Mr.  Maier  kept  pace  with  its 
growth.  He  was  not  content  to  remain  in  the 
employ  of  others.  With  his  limited  savings 
he  had  a  chance  to  buy  out  the  Malmstedt  in- 
terests in  the  Philadelphia  Brewery,  another 
brewing  company  of  Los  Angeles,  and  he  at 
once  took  the  management  of  the  plant. 

The  property  was  of  no  great  importance 
when  he  took  it  up,  but  under  his  experienced 
management  it  grew  rapidly,  more  than  keep- 
ing pace  with  the  growth  of  the  community, 
until  1893,  when  he  became  one  of  the  incor- 
porators  of  a  new  company,  the  Maier  &  Zob- 
elein  Co.,  which  took  over  the  property  and. 
began  enlargements  on  an  ambitious  scale. 

Up  to  1905,  the  year  of  his  death,  the  plant 
had  grown  until  it  covered  many  acres  of 
ground  in  the  industrial  section  of  Los  An- 
geles. It  was  then  one  of  the  biggest  brew- 
eries on  the  Pacific  Coast  and  employed  hun- 
dreds of  men.  The  company  had  established 
branch  houses  over  many  of  the  Western 
states,  including  Nevada,  Arizona,  Utah, 
New  Mexico  and  California,  and  even  in  Old 
Mexico.  It  had  a  complete  array  of  buildings, 


ranging  from  two  to  six  stories  in  height,  with 
clarifying  cellars,  bottling  plant,  stables,  gar- 
age, stock  houses,  blacksmith  shops,  paint 
shops,  malt  houses,  laboratories,  malt  kilns, 
mill  houses,  brew  house,  malt  elevators,  re- 
frigerating cellars,  carpenter  and  cooper 
shops,  and  all  the  other  essentials  of  a  mod- 
ern plant.  In  each  department  he  had  the 
most  improved  machinery.  The  plant  alone 
was  an  asset  worth  millions  of  dollars. 

The  conduct  of  the  brewery  did  not  mo- 
nopolize all  his  time  or  capital.  He  sought  in- 
vestments of  the  most  substantial  order ;  ones 
that  proved  of  the  greatest  benefit  to  himself, 
and,  as  well,  to  the  community  where  he  had 
made  his  vast  fortune.  He  was  one  of  the  or- 
ganizers and  president  of  the  L.  A.  County 
Improvement  Co.,  which  laid  out  Chutes 
Park,  one  of  the  great  places  of  recreation  of 
his  city,  and  successfully  conducted  this  en- 
terprise, much  to  the  pleasure  of  the  Los  An- 
geles public,  to  the  end  of  his  career. 

During  the  last  ten  years  of  his  life  he 
lived  in  a  beautiful  home  at  the  corner  of 
Figueroa  and  Sixteenth  streets,  in  one  of  the 
most  attractive  residential  sections  of  Los 
Angeles. 

In  the  year  1903  he  took  a  respite  from 
business,  and  with  his  family  made  a  seven 
months'  tour  of  Europe.  He  visited  with 
especial  interest  the  country  of  his  ancestry 
and  the  site  of  his  birth,  in  Bavaria. 

He  was  a  man  much  beloved  for  his  gen- 
erous impulses,  and  many  in  less  fortunate 
circumstances  have  had  reason  to  revere  his 
memory  for  the  innumerable  acts  of  kindness 
which  he  had  shown  them. 

He  belonged  to  many  societies  and  clubs. 
He  joined  the  Order  of  the  Masons  in  Los 
Angeles,  becoming  a  member  of  the  Los  An- 
geles Lodge  No.  42.  He  was  also  a  member 
of  the  Consistory,  and  of  Al  Malaikah  Tem- 
ple, A.  A.  O.  N.  M.  S.  He  belonged  to  the 
Benevolent  and  Protective  Order  of  Elks  and 
Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows.  He  was 
a  member  of  the  Recreation  Gun  Club,  of 
the  Turnverein,  and  of  the  Germania  Club. 
He  held  a  membership  in  the  National  Asso- 
ciation of  Stationary  Engineers. 

After  the  death  of  Mr.  Maier,  in  1905, 
his  two  sons  took  up  the  conduct  of  the 
great  business  which  he  had  established  and 
for  the  management  of  which  they  had  been 
especially  qualified. 

J.  Fred  Maier,  the  eldest  son,  became  the 
president  of  the  institution,  but  after  his 
death,  in  1909,  the  sole  surviving  son,  Ed- 
ward R.  Maier,  became  president  of  the 
company  and  all  of  the  allied  properties  in- 
cluded in  the  estate. 


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855 


AIER,  JOSEPH  FREDER- 
ICK (deceased),  former  Pres- 
ident Maier  Brewing  Co.,  Los 
Angeles,  Cal.,  was  born  in 
Los  Angeles,  June  21,  1876, 
the  son  of  Joseph  Maier  and  Mary  (Schmidt) 
Maier.  He  died  April  11,  1909,  at  Los 
Angeles. 

Mr.  Maier  attended  the  public  schools  of 
Los  Angeles  and  its  High  School,  where  he 
graduated. 

His  professional  training  began  while 
he  was  still  attending  school  and  col- 
lege. He  worked  in  the  various  departments 
of  the  brewery,  of  which  his  father  was  presi- 
dent, and  won  considerable  practical  experi- 
ence. 

After  finishing  his  course  in  the  Los 
Angeles  High  School,  he  entered  the  Wahl  & 
Henius  Brewery  Academy  of  Chicago,  where 
he  received  a  thorough  training  in  the  science 
and  practice  of  brewing,  as  carried  on  in  this 
country  and  Germany.  He  was  prepared  in 
every  way  to  undertake  the  management  of 
the  great  business  of  his  father. 

Although  he  died  at  the  early  age  of 
thirty-three,  Fred  Maier  had  already  suc- 
ceeded in  making  himself  one  of  the  most 
prominent  and  best  liked  business  men  in  the 
city  of  Los  Angeles.  He  fell  heir  to  the  con- 
trol of  the  business  of  his  father,  Joseph 
Maier,  on  the  latter's  death  in  1905.  The 
business  was  of  great  magnitude,  but  he 
pushed  it  forward  on  an  even  larger  scale. 
He  became  known  for  his  exceptional  gene- 
rosity, both  in  public  and  in  private  life,  and 
he  gave  a  hearing  to  every  worthy  cause.  He 
felt  a  strong  civic  pride  and  interested  him- 
self in  everything  that  meant  the  advance  of 
his  city. 

When  he  took  hold,  as  president,  in  1905, 
the  concern  was  already  the  most  important 
brewery  in  Los  Angeles,  and  one  of  the  larg- 
est on  the  Pacific  Coast.  His  father  had  prac- 
tically created  the  great  business,  transform- 
ing it  from  the  little  Philadelphia  brewery 
with  its  single  building  to  an  institution  em- 
ploying hundreds  of  men  and  covering  acres 
of  ground.  He  took  control  so  thoroughly 
and  with  such  tact  that  the  transition  was 
scarcely  felt,  and  then  by  his  liberal  business 
policy  he  developed  an  even  greater  volume 
of  business. 

In  1909,  when  his  last  illness  seized  him 
prematurely,  the  Maier  Brewery  consisted  of 
a  dozen  buildings,  two  to  six  stories  high.  It 
had  clarifying  cellars,  bottling  plant,  stables, 


garage,  stock  houses,  blacksmith  shops,  paint 
shops,  malt  houses,  laboratories,  pharmaceu- 
tical department,  malt  kilns,  mill  house,  brew 
house,  malt  elevators,  refrigerating  cellars 
and  all  the  other  essentials  of  a  great  modern 
brewery.  The  business  was  conducted  in  a 
manner  to  win  the  respect  and  good  will  of 
all  business  connections.  The  estimated 
value  of  the  plant  was  nearly  $2,000,000. 

He  interested  himself  in  sports,  and  espe- 
cially baseball,  and  was  one  of  the  chief  men 
in  the  Vernon  Athletic  Association,  and  was 
its  president.  This  association  organized  the 
Vernon  Baseball  Club,  one  of  the  baseball 
teams  of  the  Pacific  Coast  League.  He  fur- 
nished the  bulk  of  the  capital  necessary  to 
finance  the  team,  and  supported  it  for  the 
amusement  of  the  city  of  Los  Angeles  even 
in  the  days  long  before  it  got  on  a  paying 
basis. 

He  was  president,  also  succeeding  his 
father,  of  the  L.  A.  County  Improvement  Co., 
which  owned  Chutes  Park,  one  of  the  most 
important  places  of  amusement  in  Los  An- 
geles. Chutes  Park  occupies  a  valuable  tract 
of  land  near  the  heart  of  the  city. 

The  estate,  which  with  his  brother,  who 
was  secretary  and  treasurer  of  the  Maier 
Brewing  Co.,  he  administered,  owned  con- 
siderable property  in  the  downtown  and  sub- 
urban districts  of  Los  Angeles,  and  this  also 
he  administered  so  that  it  gained  in  value. 

One  of  his  chief  accomplishments  while 
in  control  of  the  brewery  was  the  extension 
of  its  markets.  He  established  branch  houses 
in  nearly  every  important  town  in  Southern 
California,  in  Nevada,  and  in  Arizona.  He 
started  dozens  of  thriving  agencies  in  places 
not  large  enough  to  support  branch  houses. 
The  installation  of  the  branch  houses  in  it- 
self represented  a  heavy  outlay  in  capital. 

He  was  a  popular  club  man,  and  was 
asked  to  join  nearly  every  club  of  social  im- 
portance in  Los  Angeles.  He  belonged  to 
Los  Angeles  Lodge  No.  42,  F.  &  A.  M.,  and 
in  1902  he  was  elected  Master  of  the  Lodge, 
an  unusual  honor  for  one  so  young.  He  be- 
longed to  the  Consistory,  Knights  Templar, 
Al  Malaikah  Temple,  A.  A.  O.  N.  M.  S.,  and 
other  secret  societies.  He  was  a  member  of 
the  Benevolent  and  Protective  Order  of 
Elks.  He  was  an  active  member  also  of  the 
Jonathan  Club,  the  Recreation  Gun  Club, 
and  the  Chico  Gun  Club,  exclusive  social 
organizations  of  Los  Angeles. 

His  interest  in  public  affairs  was  always 
lively.  He  was  a  member  of  a  number  of  the 
public  improvement  clubs,  and  his  support 
could  always  be  depended  upon. 


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AIER,  EDWARD  R.,  Presi- 
dent and  General  Manager  of 
the  Maier  Brewing  Company, 
Inc.,  Los  Angeles,  Califor- 
nia, was  born  in  Los  An- 
geles, January  5,  1883,  the  son  of  Joseph 
and  Mary  (Schmidt)  Maier. 

He  attended  the  public  schools  of  Los 
Angeles  and  a  preparatory  school  at  Berke- 
ley before  taking  a  course  at  the  University 
of  California.  He  entered  the  last  named 
institution  in  the  year  1901  and  studied  one 
year,  going  abroad  in  1902. 

On  his  return  he  decided  to  enter  busi- 
ness with  his  father,  who  had  built  up  one 
of  the  largest  breweries  in  California — the 
Maier  Brewing  Co. 

On  July  12,  1905,  his  father  died,  and  the 
responsibility  of  managing  the  great  busi- 
ness and  the  estate  were  left  to  his  elder 
brother,  J.  Fred  Maier,  and  to  himself. 

His  brother  became  president  and  man- 
ager of  the  brewery.  "Fred"  Maier,  as  he  was 
familiarly  known,  was  one  of  the  most  popu- 
lar public  figures  in  Los  Angeles.  The 
brewery  expanded  rapidly  under  his  man- 
agement. He  was  particularly  noted  for  his 
willingness  to  sacrifice  personal  interest  to 
the  good  of  the  city.  He  died,  in  the  prime 
of  life,  April  11,  1909.  On  his  death  the 
presidency  of  the  company  went  to  Edward 
R.  Maier,  and  he  was  left  sole  manager  of 
the  Maier  estate. 

Under  the  management  of  E.  R.  Maier 
the  brewing  company,  already  a  firm  of  big 
proportions,  employing  hundreds  of  men, 
has  been  pushed  ahead  until  the  business  is 
today  one  of  the  biggest  in  the  western  half 
of  the  United  States.  Its  branch  houses 
are  found  in  Nevada,  Arizona,  Utah,  New 
Mexico,  Old  Mexico,  and  all  over  California. 
There  is  even  an  export  trade  to  the  Ha- 
waiian and  Philippine  Islands.  The  brew- 
ery is  equipped  with  the  most  modern  and 
scientific  plant,  all  of  the  machinery  and 
methods  being  the  result  of  the  very  best 
experience  in  beer  making. 

The  brewery,  which  is  located  on  Aliso 
street,  comprises  twelve  different  buildings, 
ranging  from  two  to  six  stories  in  height. 
There  are  clarifying  cellars,  bottling  plant, 
stables,  garage,  stock  houses,  blacksmith 
shops,  paint  shops,  malt  house,  laboratories, 
pharmaceutical  department,  malt  kiln,  mill 
house,  brew  house,  malt  elevators,  refriger- 
ating cellars,  carpenter  and  cooper  shops, 
and  all  the  other  essential  departments  of  a 
modern  plant.  Everywhere  the  most  im- 


proved machinery  is  being  used.  The  con- 
struction and  equipment  cost  over  two  mil- 
lion dollars. 

The  conduct  of  this  vast  enterprise  is  not 
the  sole  occupation  of  Mr.  Maier.  He  is  a 
rancher  as  well.  He  owns  the  well  known 
Maier  Rancho  Selecto,  in  Ventura  county, 
comprising  thousands  of  acres  stocked  with 
fine  cattle  and  horses.  He  spends  a  good 
deal  of  time  on  the  ranch. 

The  estate  which  he  has  inherited  and 
manages  owns  much  valuable  real  estate  in 
Los  Angeles.  Around  the  brewery  have 
grown  up  many  allied  enterprises,  to  all  of 
which  he  must  give  attention. 

While  at  high  school  and  college  he  was 
an  enthusiast  in  athletics,  for  which  he  is 
physically  well  fitted.  He  always  played  on 
his  nine,  and  was  accounted  good  enough 
for  professional  baseball.  He  is  perhaps  a? 
well  known  to  the  world  at  large  as  presi 
dent  of  the  Vernon  Athletic  Club  of  LOF 
Angeles,  owner  of  the  Vernon  Baseball 
Club,  as  he  is  for  his  prominence  in  business 
He  became  interested  in  the  club  at  first  be- 
cause of  his  love  of  baseball,  but  with  the 
growth  of  the  Pacific  Coast  cities  his  inter- 
est became  more  than  mere  play.  The  at- 
tendance at  the  games  runs  into  the  hun- 
dreds of  thousands  annually,  and  the  final 
games  are  seen  by  crowds  that  rival  those 
of  the  National  and  American  Leagues.  The 
baseball  club  and  plant  now  represent  a  big 
business  in  themselves. 

He  is  immensely  interested  in  the  growth 
of  Los  Angeles,  and  is  one  of  the  most  pop- 
ular of  its  citizens.  He  is  an  ardent  sports- 
man, and .  is  a  member  of  the  Los  Angeles 
Driving  Club,  Recreation  Gun  Club,  Chico 
Gun  Club,  Los  Angeles  Athletic  Club,  West- 
ern Bowling  Congress,  and  is  president  of 
the  Vernon  Baseball  Club,  and  president  of 
the  Los  Angeles  Bowling  Association.  He 
belongs  to  a  number  of  the  business  clubs, 
among  them  the  Los  Angeles  Jobbers'  As- 
sociation, Chamber  of  Commerce  and  Mer- 
chants and  Manufacturers'  Association. 

Other  clubs,  social  and  special,  to  which 
he  belongs  are :  Bohemian  Club  of  San 
Francisco,  California  Club,  Jonathan  Club, 
San  Gabriel  Country  Club,  Sierra  Madre 
Club,  Gamut  Club,  Los  Angeles  Convention 
League,  Los  Angeles  Rotary  Club  of  South- 
ern California,  Automobile  Club  of  Southern 
California,  the  Press  Club  of  Los  Angeles, 
and  to  the  Berkeley  D.  K.  E.  college  fra- 
ternity. He  is  also  a  prominent  Mason  and 
Elk. 


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SAMUEL  M.  HASKINS 

ASKINS,  SAMUEL  MOODY,  At- 
torney, Los  Angeles,  California, 
was  born  January  20,  1872,  in  Salt 
Lake  City,  Utah.  He  is  the  son  of 
the  Rev.  Thomas  Wilson  Haskins 
and  Frances  Emily  Austin.  Mr. 
Haskins  was  married  April  15,  1902,  to  Eliza  Bon- 
sail,  of  Los  Angeles,  and  they  have  two  children, 
Samuel  M.,  Jr.,  and  Barbara  Haskins. 

Mr.  Haskins  spent  his  boyhood  in  New  England 
and  the  Middle  West  and  went  to  Los  Angeles 
from  Burlington,  Vermont,  when  he  was  fifteen 
years  of  age.  He  entered  the  Los  Angeles  High 
School  in  the  year  1887,  and  was  graduated  two 
years  later.  The  succeeding  year  he  entered  the 
University  of  California,  taking  the  academic 
course,  and  was  graduated  in  1893  with  the  degree 

He  decided  upon  law  as  a  profession,  and  soon 
after  leaving  college  took  up  his  studies.  After 
reading  two  years  he  was  admitted  to  practice  by 
the  Supreme  Court  of  California  in  the  year  1895. 
He  began  practice  at  once,  but  gave  it  up  tempo- 
rarily two  years  later,  when  he  was  appointed 
Clerk  of  the  Los  Angeles  City  Council,  serving  in 
this  capacity  until  1902. 

Upon  the  expiration  of  his  term  as  Clerk  of  the 
Council  he  was  engaged  for  legal  work  by  the  firm 
of  Dunn  and  Crutcher,  and  he  remained  with  them 
until  1905,  when  the  firm  name  was  changed  to 
Bicknell,  Gibson,  Trask,  Dunn  and  Crutcher.  He 
continued  in  association  with  the  new  firm,  and  in 
1908,  when  Judge  Bicknell  withdrew  from  it,  be- 
came an  active  member.  The  name  at  that  time 
underwent  another  change,  being  known  as  Gib 
son,  Trask,  Dunn  and  Crutcher. 

He  is  a  member  of  several  social  organizations 
in  Los  Angeles,  including  the  California  Club,  the 
Los  Angeles  Country  Club  and  the  San  Gabriel 
Valley  Country  Club. 


GEORGE    L.    GARY 

ARY>  GEORGE  LATHROP,  Real 
Estate,  Loans  and  Insurance,  Los 
Angeles,  Cal.,  was  born  in  Du 
Page  County,  111.,  Jan.  18,  1867. 
His  parents  were  George  Perrin 
Gary  and  Jeannette  H.  (Brown) 
Gary.  He  married  Nettie  Le  Roy  at  Lombard,  111., 
Dec.  20, 1888.  They  have  a  son,  George  Le  Roy  Gary. 
Mr.  Gary  received  his  preliminary  education  in 
the  grammar  and  high  schools  of  Wheaton,  111. 
(1873-85).  Upon  finishing  high  school  he  went  to 
Chicago  College,  Chicago,  for  two  years-. 

He  began  his  business  career  in  1887  as  a  clerk 
in  the  Auditor's  office  of  the  Santa  Fe  Ry.  at  Chi- 
cago and  was  advanced  from  time  to  time  until 
1890,  when  he  was  made  Depmt.  Chief  of  the  Joint 
Freight  Dept,  resigning  this  in  1891  to  accept  a  po- 
sition as  general  bookkeeper  for  the  Chicago  & 
Northern  Pacific  Ry.,  which  he  filled  until  he  was 
appointed  Traveling  Auditor  for  the  company.  He 
then  became  Asst.  General  Auditor  and  when  he 
left  the  road  in  1898  was  Asst.  Comptroller. 

In  1898  he  as-sociated  with  the  Am.  Steel  &  Wire 
Co.,  which  later  became  a  subsidiary  of  the  U.  S. 
Steel  Corp.  Mr.  Gary  was  with  the  company  during 
its  transformation  period  and  in  1900  was  assigned 
as  auditor  of  construction  accounts  for  the  Illinois 
Steel  Co.  in  the  coal  fields  of  Penn.  In  April,  1901, 
he  was  transferred  to  New  York  as  Asst.  Auditor 
for  the  U.  S.  Steel  Corp.  and  remained  there  for 
about  four  years,  being  named  in  1905  as  Auditor  of 
the  Minneapolis  Steel  &  Machinery  Co.  In  1907  he 
was  made  Asst.  Sec.  of  the  Co.  in  addition  to  Audi- 
tor, and  in  1911  was  elected  Sec.  Within  a  few 
months,  however,  he  decided  to  enter  business  for 
hims-elf  on  the  Pacific  Coast  and  moved  to  Los  An- 
geles, July  4,  1911,  and  on  Sept.  8,  incorporated  the 
Associated  Invest.  Corp.  and  became  its  President. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Chamber  of  Commerce  and 
the  Los  Angeles  Realty  Board. 


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DR.  JAMES   W.   WOOD 


OOD,  JAMES  WATSON,  Physician 
and  Surgeon,  Long  Beach,  Califor- 
nia, was  born  at  Geneva,  New 
York,  November  17,  1856.  He  mar- 
ried May  McDonald  at  Palestine, 
Texas,  October  21,  1884,  and  has 
one  son  and  one  daughter. 

Dr.  Wood  received  his  preliminary  education  in 
the  schools  of  his  native  town  and  took  up  the 
study  of  medicine  at  Rush  Medical  College,  of  Chi- 
cago. He  was  graduated  in  1883  with  the  degree  of 
Doctor  of  Medicine,  and  began  his  professional 
career  at  Palestine,  Texas.  Remaining  there  for 
about  a  year,  he  left,  in  1884,  for  Junata,  Neb.,  and 
was  engaged  in  private  practice  at  that  place  until 
1887,  when  he  decided  to  go  further  West. 

Locating  at  Long  Beach,  California,  in  the  early 
part  of  1887,  Dr.  Wood  has  made  his  home  there 
ever  since  and  has  been  one  of  the  active  forces  in 
the  upbuilding  of  the  city.  Three  years  after  his 
arrival ,  there  he  was  appointed  Health  Officer  of 
Long  Beach  and  filled  this  position  until  1898,  for- 
mulating during  that  period  sanitary  and  health 
regulations  which  have  been  in  force  ever  since 
and  which  have  had  the  effect  of  making  Long 
Beach  one  of  the  most  healthful  and  cleanly  cities 
in  the  United  States.  In  1898,  following  his  resig- 
nation from  the  post  of  Health  Officer,  Dr.  Wood 
was  elected  a  member  of  the  Long  Beach  City  Coun- 
cil and  in  this-  capacity  also  was  of  great  service  to 
the  city,  standing  at  all  times  for  measures  intended 
to  advance  the  city's  interests.  His  term  expired 
in  1900,  but  he  has  since  served  as  a  member  of  the 
Board  of  Trustees  of  Long  Beach,  his  tenure  of 
this  office  covering  the  period  from  1894  to  1906. 

Dr.  Wood  has  been  a  prolific  writer  on  surgical 
subjects  for  the  medical  press.  He  is  a  member  of 
the  Los  Angeles  County  Medical  Association,  South- 
ern California  Medical  Society  and  the  Medical  So- 
ciety of  the  State  of  California. 


THOS.  W.  PRIOR 

RIOR,  THOMAS  WALWORK, 
Amusement  Mgr.,  Venice,  Cal., 
was  born,  East  Boston,  Mass.,  Oct. 
27,  1861.  Son  of  William  Matthew 
and  Hannah  Frances  (Walwork) 
Prior.  Married  Annie  Jane  Pond, 
Chicago,  111.,  July  17,  1883,  and  to  them  there  was 
born  a  son,  Frank  Matthew  Prior. 

The  father  of  Mr.  Prior  is  a  noted  portrait 
painter,  many  of  his  works  being  on  exhibition  in 
the  Boston  Museum  of  Art. 

Mr.  Prior  was  educated  in  the  East  Boston  Gram- 
mar School  to  1873,  after  which  he  educated  him- 
self. -He  took  up  art  and  was  first  newspaper  artist 
and  illustrator  west  of  N.  Y.  as  artist  on  Chicago 
Daily  News  late  '70's.  In  1880  went  with  Chicago 
Times  under  Wilbur  F.  Storey  to  fall  of  '85.  Then 
Treas.  Chicago  Opera  House  when  it  opened,  Sept., 
'85.  Became  Bus.  Mgr.,  1886,  remaining  until  1891. 
Then  managed  Digby  Bell  Opera  Co.  as  owner  until 
1893.  Mgr.  Schiller  Theater,  Chicago,  '93,  and  its 
lessee,  '94. 

Engaged  in  flotation  of  Cotton  Gin  Co.,  Phila., 
Boston,  N.  Y.  and  London,  '96-7-8-9. 

Manager,  Ferris  Wheel,  Chicago,  '95.  Manager 
York  State  Folks  and  Beauty  Dr.  Musical  Comedy, 
1900-05.  Dir.,  Publicity,  White  City,  Chicago,  '06. 
Same,  Riverview  Park,  Chicago,  '07.  Dir.  Amuse- 
ments and  laid  out  Forest  Park,  Chicago,  '08.  Built 
the  famous  Ice  Palace,  Chicago,  and  operated  it 
until  March,  1911. 

Mr.  Prior  built  "The  Race  Thru  the  Clouds," 
the  largest  racing  roller  coaster  in  the  world  at 
Venice,  Cal.  He  operates  this  and  other  amuse- 
ment enterprises  on  the  Pacific  Coast. 

Mr.  Prior  is  a  member  of  the  Union  League,  Los 
Angeles,  and  of  the  Elks.  He  was  given  gratuitous 
membership  in  Chicago  Lodge,  No.  4,  of  the  Elks 
because  of  services  to  the  Order.  Was  dimitted  to 
Santa  Monica  (Cal.)  Lodge,  Feb.,  1912. 


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Bakersfield,  Call- 
There  were  two 


ORDON,  FREDERIC  VER- 
NON,  Oil  Investments,  Los 
Angeles,  California,  is  a  na- 
tive of  Missouri,  being  born 
in  Montgomery  City,  on  May 

23,  1875.    He  is  the  son  of  B.  F.  Gordon  and 

Margaret  A.  Gordon.     He    was    married  to 

Mary   Smith    Langdon   at 

fornia,  February  20,  1902. 

children,    Ruth    Langdon 

and  Margaret  E.  Gordon, 

the  latter  deceased. 

Mr.  Gordon  moved  to 
Los  Angeles  when  he  was 
eight  years  of  age.  He 
was  educated  in  the  pub- 
lic schools  of  that  city, 
starting  on  his  business 
career  there. 

He  entered  the  employ 
of  the  Southern  Pacific 
Railroad,  in  July,  1891, 
beginning  in  the  capacity 
of  Assistant  Operator  and 
Ticket  Agent,  at  River 
Station,  Los  Angeles,  and 
continued  as  such  for 
over  a  year.  In  1892  he 
was  advanced  to  Clerk  of 
the  Freight  Depot,  at  that 
station.  He  was  retained 
in  this  position  until  1898, 
at  the  outbreak  of  the 
war. 

Mr.  Gordon  enlisted  with  the  First  Com- 
pany, Volunteer  Signal  Corps  in  June, 
1898,  at  Los  Angeles.  Scarcely  a  month  had 
passed  from  the  date  of  his  enlistment  when 
he  was  advanced  to  the  position  of  Corporal, 
July  1,  1898.  In  December,  1898,  he  was 
given  the  rank  of  Sergeant.  He  was  de- 
tailed on  several  military  expeditions  into 
the  interior  of  the  Philippine  Islands 
against  the  natives  and  took  part  in  a  num- 
ber of  engagements,  among  which  were  the 
following: 

'Manila,  August  13,  1898;  Laloma 
Church,  February  5  and  6,  1899;  Caloo- 
can,  February  10,  Tuluhan,  March  25 ;  Polo, 
March  26,  and  Meyecanaghan  on  the  same 


F.  V.  GORDON 
Spanish- American 


date;  Marloa  on  the  date  following;  Bocave 
and  Guiguinto  on  March  29;  Mololos,  March 
31 ;  Calumpit  on  April  25 ;  Santa  Tomas,  May 
4,  and  San  Fernando  on  the  5th  of  May, 
1899. 

Mr.  Gordon  was  on  duty  under  General 
MacArthur  during  his  Philippine  campaign. 
After  the  close  of  the  war  with  the  natives, 
he  was  mustered  out  in  July,  1899.  He  took 
an  active  part  in  military 
affairs  for  a  brief  time 
following  and  was  given 
the  rank  of  Sergeant  in 
December,  1898. 

On  returning  to  Cali- 
fornia after  the  war,  Mr. 
Gordon  spent  a  short  per- 
iod in  Los  Angeles,  No- 
vember, 1899,  then  went 
to  Bakersfield,  California, 
with  the  Santa  Fe  Rail- 
road as  a  night  operator. 
He  was  advanced  to 
Cashier  and  was  next 
made  Assistant  Agent. 

He  remained  with  the 
Santa  Fe  until  1902, 
when  he  returned  to  Los 
Angeles,  and  engaged  in 
the  oil  business.  His  first 
work  in  that  line  was  in 
charge  of  a  large  organi- 


zation operating  in  the  west  side  oil  fields  of 
Bakersfield  until  1907,  when  he  resigned  to 
enter  the  oil  business  for  himself. 

Mr.  Gordon  is  one  of  the  large  oil  land 
owners  of  the  state,  being  interested  in  much 
of  the  choicest  oil  property  of  the  Califor- 
nia oil  fields. 

He  is  a  Director  and  Assistant  Secre- 
tary of  the  Thirty-two  Oil  Co.,  holds  the 
same  position  with  the  Western  Crude  Oil 
Co.,  is  a  Director  and  Secretary  of  the  Hale- 
McLeod  Oil  Co.,  of  the  Four  Investment  Co. 
and  holds  Directorship  in  the  Regal  Oil  Co. 

Mr.  Gordon  is  a  member  of  the  Union 
League  Club,  of  Los  Angeles  and  San  Fran- 
cisco, of  the  Sierra  Madre  Club,  Gamut  Club, 
of  the  Annandale  Country  Club  and  the  'Los 
Angeles  Athletic  Club. 


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OUNG,  WILLIAM  FRANK- 
LIN, Real  Estate  and  Oil 
Lands,  Los  Angeles,  Cali- 
fornia, was  born  at  Alden 
Iowa,  March  27,  1867,  the 
son  of  Duane  Young  and  Mary  Ann  (Chad- 
wick)  Young.  He  married  Alma  Marie 
Pebbles,  February  5,  1896,  at  Clear  Lake, 
Iowa.  There  are  three  children,  Ruth  Es- 
telle,  Blanche  Alma  and 
William  F.  Young,  Jr. 

He  attended  school  at 
Alden,  Iowa,  until  he 
graduated  from  the  high 
school.  He  then  entered 
Iowa  State  College  at 
Ames,  Iowa.  He  finished 
his  book  schooling  in  the 
year  1883. 

He  became  a  mer- 
chant at  Clarion,  Iowa 
and  successfully  conduct- 
ed stores  until  the  year 
1900,  when  he  sold  out 
and  went  to  Oklahoma 
City,  then,  with  its  rapid 
growth,  appearing  to  of- 
fer unusual  opportuni- 
ties. 

He  went  into  the  real 
estate,  oil,  farm  loan  and 
general  banking  business. 
He  helped  organize  the 
Security  National  Bank  of  Oklahoma  City 
in  1906  and  acted  as  its  vice  president. 
He  remained  with  the  bank  two  years, 
during  which  time  it  became  firmly  estab- 
lished. 

Mr.  Young  organized  the  Young-Carpen- 
ter Investment  Company,  in  the  year  1905. 
and  became  its  president.  The  firm  ad- 
vanced considerable  sums  on  farm  loans.  He 
operated  the  company  until  1909,  retaining 
the  presidency  even  after  his  removal  to  Los 
Angeles  in  1907.  He  had  money  invested  in 
the  extensive  oil  fields  of  Oklahoma  and  was 
a  director  and  officer  in  a  number  of  the  best 
known  companies  operating  in  those  fields. 
He  was  at  all  times  interested  in  the  upbuild- 
ing of  the  city  wherein  he  had  located,  and 
established  a  reputation  for  honesty  and  bus- 
iness ability  to  such  a  degree  that  he  was  ap- 
pointed to  the  Oklahoma  City  office  of 
Receiver  of  Public  Moneys  for  the  United 


States  Government  in  1902.  He  held  the 
office  until  the  work  was  completed,  in  1905. 
and  the  office  discontinued. 

Immediately  on  his  arrival  in  Los  An- 
geles, in  1907,  he  organized  the  Young  In- 
vestment Company,  of  which  he  is  the  presi- 
dent and  principal  stockholder.  The  com- 
pany does  a  general  investment  business  in 
the  State  of  California,  particularly  in  Los 
Angeles,  and  it  is  at  pres- 
ent engaged  in  the  con- 
struction of  a  splendid 
reinforced  concrete  fire- 
proof apartment  house  at 
the  corner  of  Seventeenth 
street  and  -Grand  avenue 
in  Los  Angeles. 

He  is  also  having 
built  a  five-story  block  in 
Oklahoma  City. 

He  took  part  in  the 
formation  of  the  Well- 
man  Oil  Company,  a  suc- 
cessful operating  com- 
pany of  California.  He 
was  the  first  vice  presi- 
dent and  treasurer.  The 
concern  owns  wells  in 
several  of  the  oil  districts 
of  California. 

In  1908  he  became  in- 
terested in  lands,  and  par- 
ticipated in  the  organiza- 
tion of  the  California 
City  Land  Company. 
with  headquarters  in  Los  Angeles.  These 
lands  are  largely  located  in  the  San  Joaquin 
Valley,  that  great  interior  section  of  the  State 
which  at  the  present  time  is  being  developed 
so  rapidly,  and  at  one  time  the  holdings  of 
the  company  comprised  an  area  of  fifteen 
thousand  acres. 

Except  for  the  position  which  he  held  as 
Receiver  of  Public  Moneys  in  Oklahoma 
City,  Mr.  Young  has  taken  little  part  in  pub- 
lic life.  He  has  never  sought  office,  nor  has 
he  taken  an  active  interest  in  political  affairs. 
He  is,  however,  vitally  interested  in  the  up- 
building of  the  great  country  in  which  he  has 
made  his  home  and  is  engaged  in  develop- 
ment work  in  various  parts  of  California. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  California  Club 
and  the  San  Gabriel  Valley  Country  Club. 
He  belongs  to  the  Benevolent  and  Protec- 
tive Order  of  Elks  and  the  A.  F.  &  A.  M. 
of  Los  Angeles. 


F.  YOUNG 


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EAVITT,  ERNEST  LA  VERNE, 
Real  Estate  Broker,  Los  Angeles, 
California,  was  born  in  Chicago, 
Illinois,  September  21,  1884,  the 
son  of  Henry  Steele  Clark  Leavitt 
and  Emma  F.  (Marlette)  Leavitt. 
He  married  Opal  Leone  Park  at  Santa  Monica, 
California,  April  23,  1905,  and  to  them  there  have 
been  born  two  children,  Geraldine  Leone  and  Ron- 
ald La  Verne  Leavitt. 

Mr.  Leavitt,  who  is  one  of  the  picturesque  suc- 
cesses among  the  younger  business  men  of  South- 
ern California,  has  spent  a  large  part  of  his  life 
in  that  section,  his  family  having  moved  from  Chi- 
cago when  he  was  a  boy.  He  attended  the  public 
schools  of  Los  Angeles  and  later  was  graduated 
from  the  High  School  of  Santa  Monica,  the  beauti- 
ful seashore  suburb  of  Los  Angeles. 

The  first  position  held  by  him  after  he  com- 
pleted his  studies  was  that  of  stenographer  in  the 
Santa  Monica  law  office  of  George  H.  Hutton,  later 
Judge  of  the  Superior  Court  of  Los  Angeles  Coun- 
ty. In  1900,  Mr.  Leavitt  gave  up  his  position  with 
Judge  Hutton  and  entered  the  employ  of  the  Title 
Insurance  and  Trust  Company,  in  the  Escrow  De- 
partment. He  remained  in  that  capacity  for  about 
five  years,  resigning  in  1905  to  take  over  the 
Escrow  Department  of  the  Union  Trust  and  Title 
Company,  upon  the  organization  of  that  corpora- 
tion. He  directed  this  department  for  about  a 
year,  then  the  company  sold  out  to  the  Title  Guar- 
antee and  Trust  Company,  he  being  retained  to 
close  out  the  business  for  them.  It  was  about  this 
time  that  Mr.  Leavitt,  who  had  come  to  be  known 
as  one  of  the  experts  in  the  escrow  business  in 
Los  Angeles,  was  called  upon  by  the  Los  Angeles 
Abstract  Company  to  close  out  and  straighten  up 
the  business  of  one  of  its  escrow  departments 
which  had  been  sadly  neglected  during  the  illness 
of  its  clerk.  This  duty  consumed  about  six  months. 
In  1907,  Mr.  Leavitt  was  chosen  Auditor  and 
Escrow  Manager  for  the  Dollar  Savings  Bank  of 
Los  Angeles  and  during  his  connection  with  that 
institution  versed  himself  in  general  banking.  He 
remained  with  this  bank  until  January,  1911,  when 
he  was  forced  to  resign  his  position  on  account  of 
ill  health. 

This  breakdown  terminated,  for  the  time  being, 
Mr.  Leavitt's  career  in  the  banking  business,  and 
for  several  months  he  was  inactive,  spending  the 
time  solely  in  the  effort  to  regain  his  strength. 

For  some  years  real  estate  in  Los  Angeles  and 
vicinity  has  experienced  tremendous  activity,  the 
city  having  been  greatly  enlarged  and  many 
suburbs  opened  up  to  settlement  because  of  the 
steadily  growing  population.  Hundreds  of  thou- 
sands of  new  residents  were  added  to  the  city  with- 
in a  few  years,  and  the  number  of  homes  built  was 
so  great  as  to  place  Los  Angeles  among  the  leading 
municipalities  of  the  world  in  the  matter  of  indi- 
vidual home-owners. 


For  this  reason,  the  real  estate  field  offers  un- 
usual promise  to  a  young  man  and  Mr.  Leavitt, 
upon  recovering  his  health,  embarked  in  the  real 
estate  business  with  his  father,  one  of  the  veteran 
realty  operators  of  Southern  California;  and  in 
this  connection  the  younger  man  laid  the  founda- 
tion for  one  of  the  substantially  successful  careers 
in  the  business  world  of  Los  Angeles. 

His  faculty  for  quick  mastery  of  knowledge  had 
been  demonstrated  earlier  in  his  life,  as  was 
shown  by  his  selection  as  escrow  man  when  he 
was  less  than  seventeen  years  of  age  and  his  sub- 
sequent promotions  in  the  banking  business,  when 
he  had  hardly  passed  his  majority. 

Leaving  his  father,  Mr.  Leavitt  obtained  the 
backing  of  W.  H.  Clune,  a  leading  capitalist  and 
amusement  magnate  of  Southern  California,  ana 
with  him,  organized  the  Leavitt  Realty  and  Invest- 
ment Company.  This  company  was  incorporated 
in  January,  1912,  with  Mr.  Leavitt  as  Vice  Presi- 
dent and  Secretary.  He  was  placed  in  virtual 
charge  of  the  business  and  began  at  once  a  cam- 
paign of  operation  that  has  brought  him  to  the 
attention  of  the  realty  men  of  the  city,  owing  to 
the  number  and  importance  of  his  deals. 

At  first  Mr.  Leavitt  confined  his  attention  to  busi- 
ness property  within  the  city  of  Los  Angeles,  his 
first  large  deal  being  for  a  piece  of  ground  on 
Broadway,  in  the  center  of  the  business  district, 
involving,  it  is  stated,  $400,000.  He  followed  this 
shortly  afterwards  with  another  transaction,  stated 
to  involve  $95,000,  and  in  quick  succession  con- 
summated others,  at  figures  ranging  from  $50,000 
to  $150,000. 

Mr.  Leavitt  operated  so  rapidly  that  before  he 
had  been  in  the  field  six  months  he  is  supposed 
to  have  handled  more  than  a  million  dollars'  worth 
of  real  estate  and  was  reckoned  with  the  enter- 
prising business  men  of  the  city.  Starting  as  he 
did,  with  little  capital  of  his  own  save  his  natural 
business  talents,  Mr.  Leavitt,  in  less  than  seven 
months,  became  generally  considered  one  of  the 
successful  real  estate  men  of  Southern  California, 
where  real  estate  has  been  the  sensational  com- 
modity in  recent  years. 

Owing  to  the  large  number  of  other  interests 
which  demanded  his  attention,  Mr.  Leavitt's  friend 
and  partner,  Mr.  Clune,  on  August  1,  1912,  decided 
to  withdraw  from  the  company,  and  Mr.  Leavitt 
purchased  his  interest,  thus  becoming  practically 
the  sole  owner  of  the  business. 

In  addition  to  the  deals  already  quoted,  Mr. 
Leavitt  has  handled  numerous  others,  including 
a  large  amount  of  property  at  Long  Beach  and 
other  seaside  cities  adjacent  to  Los  Angeles. 

Mr.  Leavitt,  despite  his  youth  and  the  success 
attending  his  operations,  is  possessed  of  coolness 
and  foresight,  and  is  making  extensive  plans  for 
the  future  of  his  company.  He  finds  his  recreation 
chiefly  in  motoring  with  his  family  through  the 
beautiful  country  of  Southern  California. 


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AYNES,  LLOYD  C,  Mining, 
Los  Angeles,  California,  was 
born  in  Canaseraga,  Alle- 
ghany  County,  New  York, 
May  20,  1862.  the  son  of 
Henry  D.  Haynes  and  Helen  M.  (Whitney) 
Haynes.  He  married  Dora  L.  Mayer  at 
Clean,  New  York,  November  19,  1890,  and 
they  are  the  parents  of  one  child,  H.  Lewis 

Haynes. 

Mr.  Haynes  attended 
the  public  schools  of  his 
native  town  until  he  was 
about  fifteen  years  of  age, 
and  in  1877  left  his  books 
to  enter  the  business 
world.  He  first  started 
in  a  merchandise  broker- 
age business,  covering 
every  section  of  New 
York  State.  This  he  con- 
ducted with  profit  until 
1881,  when,  at  the  age  of 
nineteen  years,  he  deter- 
mined to  cast  his  fortunes 
with  the  men  in  the 
Pennsylvania  oil  fields. 
From  that  time  until  the 
present  his  life  has  been 
one  of  unceasing  activ- 
ity. 

He  located  at  Brad- 
ford, Pennsylvania,  and 
there  for  four  years  was  in  the  thick  of  the 
oil  business.  He  put  down  numerous  wells 
and  also  engaged  in  speculation  on  the  side. 

He  reaped  a  small  fortune  out  of  this 
work,  and  in  1885  determined  to  quit  the  oil 
business  for  other  lines. 

After  closing  his  oil  and  land  deals,  Mr. 
Haynes  determined  to  go  into  merchant 
tailoring  on  a  large  scale,  and  in  partnership 
with  F.  R.  Ackerman,  of  Clean,  New  York, 
he  organized  a  chain  of  stores  in  New  York 
State,  Pennsylvania  and  Ohio. 

In  1891  he  bought  out  his  partner's  inter- 
est and  for  the  next  seven  years  conducted 
the  business  by  himself. 

In  February,  1898,  Mr.  Haynes  joined 
the  rush  to  the  Alaskan  gold  fields  and  lo- 
cated at  Sunrise  City.  He  worked  a  claim 
there  for  about  nine  months  and  then  moved 
to  Pass  Creek,  where  he  mined  for  one  year, 


LLOYD  C.  HAYNES 


with  a  gratifying  degree  of  success.  At 
the  end  of  twelve  months  on  Pass 
Creek  Mr.  Haynes  left  the  North  and  re- 
turned to  New  York  City.  He  retained  his 
Alaskan  holdings  for  another  year,  and  then 
disposed  of  them  in  order  to  engage  in  the 
bond  business  in  New  York. 

He  established  a  branch  office  in  Los 
Angeles  in  1906,  and  in  1911  decided  to  make 
his  home  in  that  city. 
When  he  first  went  to 
Los  Angeles  in  1906,  and 
established  offices,  he  di- 
vided his  time  between 
there  and  New  York, 
and  at  the  same  time 
he  held  several  bank- 
ing offices  in  South- 
ern  California.  When  he 
settled  there  permanent- 
ly, however,  he  found 
that  his  private  interests 
did  not  permit  of  him 
giving  much  time  to 
banking,  so  he  resigned 
his  offices,  and  now  de- 
votes his  time  entirely  to 
his  own  enterprises. 

Mr.  Haynes  is  a  large 
stockholder  in  the  Beav- 
er  Gold    Dredging   Com- 
pany,   located    in    Placer 
County,  California. 
About  a  year  ago,  because  of  his  financial 
ability  and  his  heavy  interests  in  the  com- 
pany, he  was  elected  treasurer  of  it  and  still 
holds  that  office. 

Another  enterprise  in  which  Mr.  Haynes 
is  an  important  factor  is  the  Modoc  County 
Irrigation  Co.  This  concern  has  exten- 
sive land  holdings  in  Modoc  County,  and  Mr. 
Haynes  is  one  of  the  leading  stockholders. 
This,  like  his  other  businesses,  takes  up  a 
great  deal  of  his  time. 

Mr.  Haynes  has  reached  that  point  in 
life  where  he  feels  that  he  has  had  his  share 
of  activity  and  he  is  now  about  to  retire.  He 
is  gradually  arranging  his  affairs  so  that  he 
may  retire  to  the  enjoyment  of  life  and  the 
fruits  of  his  many  years  of  labor. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Sierra  Madre  Club 
and  the  McAleer  Gun  Club,  both  Los  An- 
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RIMES,  CHARLES,  Mining, 
Pasadena,  California,  is  a 
native  of  the  State  of  Mary- 
land, where  he  was  born  on 
September  20,  1859.  His 
father  was  Charles  H.  Grimes  and  his  mother 
Sarah  A.  (Hobbs)  Grimes.  He  married 
Florence  E.  Black,  at  Pasadena,  October  9, 
1889.  They  are  the  parents  of  two  chil- 
dren, Zillah  and  Gladys 
Grimes. 

Mr.  Grimes  was  not 
well  favored  in  the  mat- 
ter of  education  in  his 
youth,  his  studies  being 
confined  to  the  country 
schools  of  his  native 
State,  and  consequently 
his  success  in  life  is  due 
to  his  own  ability.  He 
spent  his  early  days  in 
working  on  a  farm  in  the 
State  of  Maryland,  but 
when  he  was  a  young 
man  he  left  the  farm  and 
went  to  work  on  a  rail- 
road. 

He  continued  in  the 
railroad  business  for  sev- 
eral years,  but  in  Octo- 
ber, 1885,  was  attracted 
by  the  stories  of  wonder- 
ful opportunity  to  be 
found  in  California.  This 
was  the  boom  time  of 
the  Golden  State  and  Mr. 
Grimes  was  in  the  great 


CHARLES 


army  of  fortune  hunters  who  went  there  at 
that  period.  He  arrived  in  Pasadena,  and 
was  so  struck  with  the  beauties  of  the  place 
that  he  decided  to  make  that  his  future 
home. 

The  first  few  years  after  his  arrival  Mr. 
Grimes  was  engaged  in  various  capacities, 
but  being  a  man  of  progressive  ideas  he  kept 
his  eyes  open  for  a  chance  to  go  into  busi- 
ness for  himself. 

Finally,  in  February,  1892,  he  embarked 
in  the  tobacco  business  at  Pasadena,  and 
about  four  years  later  he  became  proprietor 
of  a  restaurant,  which  he  conducted  until 
1910. 

California  is  a  place  where  opportunities 
for  investment  are  numerous  and  Mr.  Grimes 
has  interests  in  many  enterprises.  But  it 
was  not  until  about  three  years  ago  that  he 
really  became  a  factor  in  the  mining  field, 
at  that  time  renouncing  practically  all  other 


business  except  that  of  mining.  He  assisted 
in  the  organization  of  the  Tom  Reed  Gold 
Mines  Company,  and  was  elected  president 
of  it,  a  position  he  has  held  down  to  the 
present  day.  After  he  had  served  as  presi- 
dent for  a  year  the  office  of  treasurer  was 
added  to  his  duties,  and  he  is  now  occupy- 
ing both.  The  Tom  Reed  property  is  lo- 
cated in  Mojave  County,  Arizona,  near  the 
town  of  Kingman,  and  is 
one  of  the  best  gold  min- 
ing properties  in  the 
United  States  today.  In 
the  three  years  it  has 
been  in  existence  a  tre- 
mendous amount  of  ore 
has 'been  mined,  and  it 
gives  promise  of  being 
one  of  the  most  produc- 
tive  mines  in  the 
country. 

In  addition  to  his  in- 
terests in  the  Tom  Reed 
Mine,  Mr.  Grimes  is  a 
stockholder  in  mining  en- 
terprises in  other  parts  of 
Arizona  and  in  northern 
California.  In  the  poli- 
cies of  each  of  these  his 
counsel  plays  an  im- 
portant part  and  he  has 
shown  keen  judgment  in 
the  management  of  the 
Tom  Reed  property. 

Another    business 

which  claims  part  of  Mr. 
„  .  ,  .  f  ,,  A 
Grimes  time  is  the  Aus- 
tin Biscuit  Company,  of  Pasadena,  a  growing 
and  prosperous  concern  in  which  he  is  one 
of  the  principal  stockholders  and  a  member 
of  the  board  of  directors. 

Mr.  Grimes  is  not  a  clubman,  but  he  is 
prominent  in  lodge  circles  in  Southern  Cali- 
fornia and  has  been  the  recipient  of  honors 
from  his  various  fraternal  orders.  He  is  a 
life  member  of  Pasadena  Lodge,  No.  272,  A. 
F.  &  A.  M.,  also  of  the  Council  Chapter, 
Royal  Arch  and  Pasadena  Commandery, 
Knights  Templar.  He  belongs  to  Pasadena 
Consistory.  He  is  a  thirty-second  degree 
member  of  the  Pasadena  Consistory,  and  also 
belongs  to  the  Maccabees,  W.  O.  W.,  Elks 
and  the  Knights  of  Pythias.  He  is  a  man  of 
more  than  ordinary  civic  pride  and  has  taken 
an  active  part  in  various  improvements 
which  have  tended  to  make  Pasadena  almost 
a  model  city  of  beautiful  homes  and  environ- 
ment. 


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Manufacturer,  San  Francisco, 
California,  was  born  in  that 
city,  April  17,  1874,  the  son 
of  George  E.  Dow  and  Cora 
Jane  (Leach)  Dow.  He  is  of  Scotch  descent 
on  both  sides  of  the  house,  his  paternal  for- 
bears settling  in  Massachusetts  and  his  moth- 
er's family  choosing  Maine  as  a  residence. 
He  married  Lillian  J.  Wilson  in  San  Fran- 
cisco, February  22,  1905,  and  to  them  were 
born  two  boys,  Lloyd  Wilson  and  Herbert 
Edwin  Dow. 

Mr.  Dow's  career  is  an  example  of  a  man 
who  was  fitted  for  a  particular  work,  and 
who  then  proceeded  to  prove  that  fitness. 
When  a  mere  boy  his  father  planned  that  he 
should  take  hold  of  a  great  business,  and  he 
had  him  educated  accordingly.  He  was  a 
strict  believer  in  discipline,  and  sent  him  to 
the  school  where  stern  routine  ruled.  Mathe- 
matics and  the  law  he  thought  other  essen- 
tials of  a  business  man's  education,  and  in 
these  he  had  the  boy  carefully  trained. 

Mr.  Dow  received  his  early  education  in 
the  public  schools  of  San  Francisco,  wherein 
he  was  a  pupil  from  1881  to  1890,  attending 
the  first  six  years  at  the  Potrero  School  and 
the  last  three  at  the  Durant  Grammar.  He 
then  studied  at  the  Belmont  Military  School 
until  1892,  leaving  there  at  that  time  to  take 
a  special  course  in  mathematics  at  the  Ta- 
malpais  Military  Academy.  From  this  in- 
stitution he  entered  the  Hastings  College  of 
Law  in  1893,  and  he  remained  there  for  one 
year  in  order  to  better  equip  himself  for  the 
business  career  he  had  planned.  His  objec- 
tive point  was  clearly  defined  and  he  was 
making  for  it  as  intelligently  as  he  could. 

In  1895  Mr.  Dow  entered  the  Dow  Steam 
Pump  Works  as  an  apprentice.  The  first  six 
months  he  spent  in  the  office  to  learn  the  de- 
tails thereof,  and  then  until  1899  worked  in 
the  shops  to  master  the  mechanical  part  of 
the  business.  When  the  company  incorpo- 
rated as  the  George  E.  Dow  Pumping  Engine 
Company  he  became  the  first  vice  president 
and  began  to  feel  that  he  was  a  necessary 
part  of  the  concern,  in  which  that  business 
and  family  pride  could  have  full  swing.  With 
this  stimulus,  plus  his  natural  ambition,  it  is 
not  surprising  that  he  got  results. 

All  the  sales  were  under  his  direction,  and 
shortly  before  the  fire  the  whole  business 
passed  into  his  management.  Since  then  the 
trade  has  so  expanded  that  he  controls  the 
largest  works  of  the  kind  west  of  Chicago, 
dealing  in  pumping  and  hydraulic  machinery 
for  mines,  oil  companies,  irrigation  plants, 


etc.  His  market  extends  from  San  Diego  to 
Vancouver,  and  includes  Honolulu,  Manila, 
Australia  and  the  Orient.  He  has  also  reached 
out  for  the  Eastern  markets,  and  during  the 
last  three  years  has  sent  eleven  carloads  of 
pumps  to  that  part  of  the  continent. 

He  is  one  of  those  manufacturers  who  is 
not  only  talking  about  the  expansion  of 
American  business  on  the  Pacific,  but  is  actu- 
ally bringing  it  to  pass.  In  spite  of  all  the 
handicaps  under  which  American  manufac- 
turers labor  when  competing  against  Europe 
in  the  export  trade,  he  is  making  goods  for 
Asia  and  the  other  great  lands  that  border  on 
the  Pacific  waters. 

Besides  this  he  has  equipped  the  oil  tank- 
ers of  the  Associated  Oil  Company  and  simi- 
larly fitted  the  Beaver  and  the  Bear,  which 
were  brought  to  this  Coast  by  the  Pacific 
Mail  Company.  In  1907  he  closed  a  deal  for 
the  largest  pumping  contract  that  was  ever 
let  in  the  world  and  which  called  for  a  pipe 
line  for  the  Southern  Pacific  Company  ex- 
tending from  Bakersfield  to  Port  Costa,  at 
a  cost  of  more  than  a  million  and  a  half  dol- 
lars. 

Located  as  he  is  on  the  Pacific  Coast, 
where  irrigation  and  oil  development  are 
carried  on  on  a  mammoth  scale,  his  firm  has 
had  remarkable  opportunities,  of  which  he 
has  taken  full  advantage.  The  annual  output 
rivals  that  of  America's  greatest  firms. 

Mr.  Dow  is  one  of  those  men  who  seem  to 
fit  into  his  business  as  naturally  as  a  rivet  in 
the  hole  made  for  it.  It  looks  as  if  all  he 
had  to  do  was  to  step  into  his  father's  shoes 
and  then  let  that  family  business  pride  work 
its  will.  But  fitness  for  the  job  has  been  well 
backed  by  not  only  the  ability  to  hold  it,  but 
also  by  the  ambition  to  improve,  if  possible, 
on  the  pattern.  His  whole  life  is  a  story  of 
a  fixed  purpose  and  of  a  grim  determination 
to  prepare  himself  for  its  fulfillment. 

It  is  hardly  necessary  to  add  that  Mr. 
Dow  has  concentrated  on  his  inherited  busi- 
ness and  has  kept  himself  in  close  touch  with 
the  development  of  similar  industries 
throughout  the  country.  But  beyond  this  he 
manages  to  give  a  considerable  part  of  his 
time  to  the  George  E.  Dow  Estate  Company, 
of  which  he  is  the  president.  All  the  property 
owned  by  the  family  has  been  consolidated 
and  the  expansion  of  its  holdings  is  one  of  the 
exacting  duties  of  the  management. 

Mr.  Dow  is  also  a  director  of  the  Olympic 
Salt  Water  Company,  a  member  of  the  San 
Francisco  Commercial  Club,  of  the  Crystal 
Gun  Club  of  Newark,  California,  and  a 
Mason.  He  is  fond  of  outdoor  sports. 


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HOMPSON,  BEACH,  Geol- 
ogist and  Engineer,  San  Fran- 
cisco, was  born  in  Brooklyn, 
New  York,  December  5,  1865, 
the  son  of  Samuel  and 
Emma  Root  (Hubbard)  Thompson.  His 
father,  who  was  known  in  his  day  as  "Rail- 
road Thompson,"  built  the  first  railroad 
from  New  Orleans  to  Mobile,  and  also  the 
first  road  from  Chicago  to 
Milwaukee.  He  was  a 
warm  personal  friend  of 
Abraham  Lincoln,  served 
through  the  Civil  War. 
and  was  master  of  trans- 
portation at  the  battle  of 
Pittsburg  Landing.  He 
was  killed  in  1867  while 
laying  out  the  Chicago, 
Burlington  and  Quincy 
Railroad.  -Beach  Thomp- 
son came  to  California  in 
November,  1889,  and  on 
February  26,  1896,  was 
married  in  Berkeley  to 
Miss  Augusta  Veeder.  Of 
this  marriage  one  child 
was  born,  Barbara  Beach 
Thompson. 

He  worked  his  way 
through  the  State  Nor-t 
mal  School,  Oshkosh, 
Wisconsin,  in  the  years 
'81 -'84.  From  1886  to  1889 
he  was  a  student  at  the 
University  of  Michigan, 
from  which  he  was  grad- 
uated with  the  degree  of  B.  S.  and  a  special 
diploma  in  geology.  Coming  to  California 
in  '89  he  entered  Stanford  University,  took 
an  A.  M.  therefrom  in  1892,  and  continued 
there  for  another  year  on  his  doctor's  degree, 
as  an  instructor. 

Shortly  after  severing  his  connection  with 
Stanford  he  entered  the  mining  field,  in  the 
Fall  of  '94,  in  Calaveras  County.  There  he 
became  interested  in  water  rights  and  in  the 
development  of  electric  power.  After  a 
thorough  investigation,  perceiving  the  possi- 
bilities of  the  Stanislaus  River  for  this  pur- 
pose, he  organized  the  Stanislaus  Electric 
Power  Company,  drew  up  the  engineering 
plans,  took  options  on  the  necessary  proper- 
ties, and  raised  $6,500,000  in  New  York  city. 
Subsequently  through  the  financial  panic,  the 
failure  of  the  Knickerbocker  Trust  Company, 
which  had  $1,500,000  on  deposit  of  the  com- 
pany's funds,  and  the  California  disaster  of 


BEACH  THOMPSON 


1906,  he  lost  control  of  the  company,  which 
was  reorganized  as  the  Sierra  and  San  Fran- 
cisco Power  Company. 

Mr.  Thompson  was  the  first  to  suggest  the 
use  of  steel  towers  for  the  transmission  of 
electric  power.  Like  many  another  advanced 
thinker  whose  ideas  seemed  chimerical  but 
were  later  found  to  be  most  practical,  he  was 
laughed  at  at  first,  especially  in  New  York. 
The  steel  towers  are  now 
a  complete  success,  sup- 
porting wires  capable  of 
transmitting  at  104,000 
volts  pressure. 

Among  Beach  Thomp- 
son's valuable  contribu- 
tion, both  to  the  world  of 
science  and  to  that  of 
practical  affairs,  is  the 
huge  Relief  dam  in  Tuol- 
umne  County.  This  is  140 
feet  high  and  560  feet 
wide,  built  with  a  rein- 
forced concrete  face  on  a 
rock  fill.  He  also  selected 
the  site,  and  bought  the 
ground  in  Kennedy's 
Meadows,  for  the  Sierra 
and  San  Francisco  Pow- 
er Company. 

He  is  now  especially 
interested  in  wireless  te- 
legraphy, and  has  the 
rights  for  the  United 
States,  as  well  as  the  ma- 
rine rights,  for  the  Paul- 
son Wireless,  which  is 


now  operating  between  Los  Angeles,  San 
Diego,  Sacramento,  Stockton,  Cal. ;  Phoenix, 
Ariz. ;  El  Paso,  and  Fort  Worth,  Tex.,  and  in 
Kansas  City,  Mo.,  and  Portland  and  Medford, 
Ore.  Mr.  Thompson  was  a  delegate  to  the 
National  Convention  that  nominated  Mr. 
Taft  for  the  Presidency.  He  was  educated 
for  the  profession  of  teaching,  but  was 
deflected  from  his  course  by  politics.  He 
has  held  the  following  offices  in  im- 
portant companies :  Vice  Pres.  and  Direc- 
tor Sierra  &  S.  F.  Power  Co.,  Pres.  and  Di- 
rector Metropolitan  Light  &  Power  Co.,  Pres. 
and  Director  Tuolumne  Water  Power  Co., 
Pres.  Stanislaus  Elec.  Power  Co.,  and  Pres. 
San  Domingo  Mining  Co.,  all  of  which  prop- 
erties have  been  purchased  by  the  United 
Rys.  Inv.  Co.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Ameri- 
can Geographical  Society,  and  his  clubs  are 
the  Pacific-Union,  University,  Bohemian  and 
the  Menlo  Country. 


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UINN,  JOHN  ARCHIBALD,  Invest- 
ments, Los  Angeles,  California, 
was  born  in  Toronto,  Canada,  the 
son  of  Thomas  Quinn  and  Cecilia 
(Fraser)  Quinn.  He  married  Lena 
A.  Wooten  at  Toronto,  Canada,  the 


1904,  and  to  them  there  have  been  born  two  chil- 


dren, Eugene  Howard  and  Dorothy  Cecilia  Quinn. 
Mr.  Quinn  is  descended  of  a  long  line  of  Canadians 
who  have  been  prominent  in  the  politics  and  public 
affairs  of  the  Dominion.  His  uncle,  the  Hon.  C. 
F.  Fraser,  was  a  member  of  the  Canadian  Parlia- 
ment, and  his  father  was  for  many  years  Treasurer 
of  the  Central  Prison  of  Canada,  a  position  of  im- 
portance and  trust  under  the  Canadian  form  of 
government. 

Mr.  Quinn  received  the  early  part  of  his  educa- 
tion in  the  public  schools  of  his  native  city  and 
completed  his  studies  at  De  La  Salle  Institute  of 
Toronto,  graduating  in  the  class  of  1894. 

Upon  the  conclusion  of  his  school  career  Mr. 
Quinn  entered  the  employ  of  A.  A.  Allen  &  Com- 
pany, a  wholesale  hat  firm  in  Toronto,  and  re- 
mained with  them  for  four  years,  during  which 
time  he  learned  the  business.  In  1898  he  left  the 
firm  and  took  a  position  with  a  larger  house,  the 
Gilleshie-Ansley  Company,  with  whom  he  was  asso- 
ciated for  a  year. 

Believing  that  New  York  City  offered  him  a  bet- 
ter opportunity  for  business  advancement,  Mr. 
Quinn  left  his  native  Canada  in  1899  and  went 
there,  where  for  two  years  he  was  engaged  with 
a  large  wholesale  hat  company.  About  this  time 
he  decided  to  open  an  establishment  of  his  own, 
Accordingly,  he  returned  to  Toronto  and  engaged 
in  the  hat  and  furnishing  business.  His  first  store 
proving  a  success,  he  established  others,  and  in 
time  had  three  stores  in  operation.  He  conducted 
this  business  for  about  five  years,  but  in  1906,  when 
he  received  a  splendid  offer  from  the  Hackett- 
Carrhart  Company  of  New  York,  he  sold  out  his 
Canadian  interests  and  again  went  to  New  York. 
He  became  manager  of  the  company,  one  of  the 
large  clothing  manufacturing  concerns  of  the  coun- 
try, and  during  the  time  he  held  the  office  made  a 
record  for  economical  handling  of  its  affairs. 

His  work  as  manager  of  the  Hackett-Carrhart 
Company  attracted  the  attention  of  other  large 
concerns  and  at  the  end  of  the  year  he  received 
an  offer  to  become  buyer  for  the  company  stores 
of  the  great  Phelps-Dodge  Mining  Company,  the 
Copper  Queen.  This  company,  one  of  the  largest 
copper  producing  corporations  in  the  world,  op- 
erates stores  in  various  parts  of  the  West,  for 
which  millions  of  dollars'  worth  of  stock  is  pur- 
chased in  New  York.  Two  of  these  stores,  one 
at  Douglas,  Arizona,  the  other  at  Bisbee,  Arizona, 
are  mammoth  institutions,  which  compare  favor- 
ably with  the  large  department  stores  in  the  great 
cities  of  the  United  States.  Their  stock  runs  into 
millions  and  includes  everything  from  mining  ma- 
chinery to  the  latest  creations  in  Paris  gowns  and 
millinery. 

As  buyer  for  this  great  institution,  Mr.  Quinn, 
then  only  twenty-seven  years  of  age,  made  his  head- 
quarters in  Douglas,  Arizona,  and  while  there  he 
became  interested  in  the  moving  picture  business, 
which  he  foresaw  as  one  of  the  future  great  amuse- 
ment  lines  of  the  United  States.  For  many  years 
moving  pictures  were  not  taken  seriously  by  the 
greater  part  of  the  public,  being  considered  catch- 
penny amusement  devices.  In  the  process  of  evo- 


lution, however,  they  grew  in  importance  and  in- 
terest and  today  form  one  of  the  largest  fields  of 
investment  in  the  United  States.  By  the  building 
of  safe  theaters,  choosing  high-class  subjects  for 
depiction  and  employing  talented  actors,  the  busi- 
ness has  been  placed  upon  a  high  plane  and  com- 
pares, so  far  as  legitimacy  of  its  attractions  go, 
with  the  older  and  better  known  branch  of  amuse- 
ment houses. 

Mr.  Quinn  was  one  of  the  men  who  realized  that 
this  was  a  line  of  activity  bound  to  increase  in 
importance  and  educational  value,  as  well  as  being 
a  profitable  field  for  investment,  so  in  1907  he 
backed  his  brother  in  a  motion  picture  theater  in 
Douglas.  This  proved  a  great  success  and  Mr. 
Quinn  established  theaters  in  several  other  cities 
of  Arizona,  all  of  which  were  splendid  successes. 
In  1909  his  theatrical  interests  had  become  so 
great  that  Mr.  Quinn  was  compelled  to  devote  his 
entire  time  to  them,  so  resigned  his  position  with 
the  Phelps-Dodge  Company  and  went  into  the  the- 
atrical business  exclusively.  At  the  end  of  a  year 
he  disposed  of  a  part  of  his  Arizona  interests  and 
moved  to  Los  Angeles,  where  he  began  by  leasing 
a  small  house  in  the  business  section  of  the  city 
known  as  the  "Ideal  Theater."  Close  upon  this 
he  bought  the  Bijou  and  Banner  theaters,  in  part- 
nership with  G.  H.  McLain,  but  later  they  divided 
their  interests,  Mr.  Quinu  disposing  of  the  Bijou 
and  retaining  exclusive  control  of  the  Banner  The- 
ater. Before  the  end  of  the  year  1910  Mr.  Quinn 
added  to  his  holdings  the  Garrick  Theater,  one  of 
the  largest  and  most  beautiful  in  the  city. 

For  two  years  Mr.  Quinn  made  no  other  im- 
portant investments,  but  in  1912  he  started  ne- 
gotiations for  a  long  lease  on  Tally's  Theater  and 
building,  planning  to  raise  the  height  of  the  build- 
ing to  thirteen  stories,  in  keeping  with  other  sky- 
scraper structures  in  the  city.  He  finally  aban- 
doned this  plan,  however,  and  began  negotiations 
for  a  more  centrally  located  site  and,  if  successful 
in  securing  this,  will  carry  his  theater-office  build- 
ing project  to  completion  on  this  property.  The 
deal  will  involve  a  vast  amount  of  money,  all  told, 
and  the  building  thus  completed  would  be  one  of 
the  most  imposing  in  Los  Angeles  and  would  have 
the  distinction  of  being  the  first  motion  picture 
theater  in  the  world  to  provide  an  office  building 
structure  as  part  of  the  building  improvements  of  a 
city. 

In  addition  to  the  above  plans,  Mr.  Quinn  also 
obtained  a  long  lease  on  another  property  opposite 
the  site  of  the  New  Hotel  Rosslyn,  a  thirteen-story 
structure,  upon  which  he  plans  to  build  one  of  the 
finest  theaters  on  the  Pacific  Coast,  with  seats  for 
nine  hundred  spectators.  Also,  he  has  another 
property  in  San  Diego,  California,  on  which  he  pro- 
poses building  a  theater  in  the  near  future. 

It  is  Mr.  Quinn's  plan  to  build  a  chain  of  the- 
ater-office buildings  in  different  cities  of  the  Pa- 
cific Coast.  He  will  make  his  headquarters  in  Los 
Angeles,  but  his  field  of  operations,  including  the 
work  of  elevating  the  motion  picture  business  to  a 
higher  plane,  will  extend  to  all  parts  of  the  Pacific 
Coast. 

Although  he  still  is  a  young  man,  Mr.  Quinn 
has  been  one  of  the  active  and  successful  men  of 
the  Southwest.  He  is  affiliated  with  the  Los  An- 
geles Chamber  of  Commerce.  He  makes  his  home 
at  Ocean  Park,  one  of  the  seaside  resorts  adjacent 
to  Los  Angeles. 

His  club  is  the  Knickerbocker  of  Los  Angeles. 


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POLLOCK,  WIL- 
LIAM SMITH,  Banking, 
Los  Angeles,  California, 
was  born  September  12, 
1864,  at  Santa  Clara, 
California,  the  son  of 
Andrew  McClure  Pol- 
lock and  of  Mary  Chris- 
tina (Meyers)  Pollock. 
He  married  Mary 
Louise  Saupe,  October 
12,  1886,  at  Los  An- 
geles. 

Mr.  Pollock  was  ed- 
ucated at  the  public 
schools  of  Santa  Clara 
until  eight  years  old, 
and  then  at  the  Santa 
Clara  College. 

He  was  freight 
handler  at  Santa  Clara  for  the  old  narrow  gauge 
line,  the  South  Pacific  Coast.  He  was  agent  for 
one  year  of  the  "Examiner,"  then  a  San  Francisco 
evening  paper,  and  telegraph  operator  and  ticket 
agent  for  the  Central  Pacific  Railway. 

From  1883  to  1906  he  was  with  the  Southern 
Pacific  Company  as  telegraph  operator,  ticket  agent 
and  freight  agent  at  various  places. 

He  was  sent  to  Los  Angeles  in  1885  and  was 
the  agent  for  the  company  in  the  city  until  1906. 
This  was  his  most  important  railway  position. 

Then  he  was  manager  of  the  Auto  Despatch  Com- 
pany of  that  city  until  he  accepted  a  position  with 
the  Security  Bank  of  Los  Angeles,  remaining  with 
them  three  years,  when  his  present  position  of 
cashier  of  the  International  and  Exchange  Bank 
was  offered  and  accepted. 


BOLIN,  P.  J.,  Con- 
tractor and  Builder, 
Los  Angeles,  Califor- 
nia, was  born  in  Brock- 
ville,  Ontario,  Canada, 
January  11,  1858,  the 
son  of  John  Bolin  and 
Katherine  (Dean)  Bo- 
lin. He  married  Anna 
Rudesill  at  Santa  Ana, 
Cal.,  in  1886.  Three 
children  were  born — 
Mabel,  in  1890,  and 
Lela  and  Leland,  twins, 
in  1893. 

He  attended  the  pub- 
lic schools  of  Ontario, 
then  started  to  learn 
the  building  trade,  at 
which  he  became  an 
expert  before  he  was  twenty-one,  when  he 
went  to  Colorado.  There  he  was  in  the  con- 
tracting business  nearly  two  years.  Then  the  lure 
of  the  "Golden  West"  enticed  him  to  California, 
where  he  finally  located  in  Los  Angeles  in  1881. 
He  is  now  one  of  the  leading  contractors  of  that 
city.  Numerous  imposing  homes  and  public  build- 
ings have  been  reared  under  his  direction. 

Aside  from  his  contracting  business,  he  has 
heavy  oil  land  investments.  In  1910  he  organized 
the  Ramona  Home  Oil  Company,  of  which  he  is 
active  manager. 

He  is  conspicuous  in  the  civic  betterment  of 
Los  Angeles  and  in  lodge  circles;  member  Cham- 
ber of  Commerce;  Vice  Pres.  Builders'  Exchange; 
member  Elks,  Knights  of  Columbus  and  Ancient 
Order  of  Hibernians. 


MILLSPAUGH, 
JESSE  FONDA,  Presi- 
dent of  the  State  Nor- 
mal School,  Los  An- 
geles, California,  was 
born  June,  1855,  at  Bat- 
tle Creek,  Michigan, 
son  of  Jacob  and  Mary 
Ann  (Decker)  Mills- 
paugh.  He  married 
Mary  Clark  Parsons 
August,  1886,  at  Salt 
Lake  City.  There  are 
two  children,  Winne- 
fred  and  Helen. 

He  has  his  B.  A.  and 
M.  A.  from  the  Univer- 
sity of  Michigan.  Was 
for  two  years  principal 
of  the  Frankfort  (In- 
diana) High  School.  Studied  medicine,  and  in  1883 
obtained  his  M.  D.  from  the  University  of  Penn- 
sylvania. 

Was  principal  of  the  Salt  Lake  Collegiate  Insti- 
tute and  later  its  superintendent.  In  1890  he  was 
appointed  superintendent  of  schools  of  Salt  Lake 
City,  whose  public  school  system  he,  as  its  first 
superintendent,  organized  and  developed.  In  1899 
he  accepted  the  presidency  of  the  Winona  (Minne- 
sota) State  Normal  School,  and  in  1904,  that  of  the 
California  State  Normal  School,  at  Los  Angeles. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  University  Club,  the 
Delta  Upsilon,  and  Phi  Beta  Kappa,  of  the  State 
Board  of  Education,  the  National  Council  of  Edu- 
cation and  the  National  Educational  Association, 
and  is  the  author  of  numerous  papers  and  addresses 
on  educational  subjects. 


ENGSTRUM,  PAUL, 
Superintendent  C  o  n  - 
struction,  F.  O.  Eng- 
strum  Company,  Los 
Angeles,  Cal.,  was 
born  at  San  Diego, 
Cal.,  November  24, 
1886.  He  is  the  son  of 
F.  O.  Engstrum  and 
Elizabeth  Caroline 
Engstrum.  He  re- 
ceived his  elementary 
education  at  the  West- 
ern Military  Academy 
of  Illinois,  graduating 
from  there  in  1903.  He 
then  began  technical 
study  under  private  tu- 
tors, with  particular 
attention  to  engineer- 
ing, and  in  1907  was  a  qualified  engineer  of  con- 
struction. 

On  leaving  his  studies  he  returned  to  Los  An- 
geles, where  he  went  to  work  with  his  father,  one 
of  the  leading  contractors  and  construction  men  in 
that  city.  He  served  in  various  capacities  for  a 
time  and  later  was  made  superintendent  of  con- 
struction for  the  company,  being  in  charge  of  all 
the  big  work  of  that  concern.  He  is  also  superin- 
tendent of  the  Concrete  Appliance  Company,  a  sub- 
sidiary of  the  Engstrum  Company.  As  a  structural 
engineer,  Mr.  Engstrum  has  assisted  in  putting  up 
numerous  buildings  in  Los  Angeles,  among  them 
the  Los  Angeles  County  Hospital,  Exposition  Build- 
ing at  Exposition  Park,  Los  Angeles;  Long  Beach, 
Cal.,  Edison  Plant,  and  others.  He  is  a  member  of 
the  Union  League  Club  of  Los  Angeles. 


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FOSHAY,  DR.  JAMES 
A.,  Supreme  President, 
The  Fraternal  Brother- 
hood, Los  Angeles,  Cal., 
was  born  at  Cold 
Springs,  N.  Y.,  Nov.  25, 
1856,  the  son  of  An- 
drew Jackson  Foshay 
and  Emelin  (Griffin) 
Foshay.  He  married 
Phoebe  Powell  Miller 
at  Carmel,  N.  Y.,  March 
18,  1885. 

Received  early  edu- 
cation N.  Y.  State; 
grad.  State  Normal 
School,  Albany,  N.  Y. 
(1889).  Received  de- 
gree, A.  M.  from  Uni- 
versity of  So.  Cal.  and 
degree,  Ph.  D.  from  State  Normal  College,  Albany, 
N.  Y.  Taught  in  public  schools,  Putnam  Co.,  N.  Y. 
(1879-81),  then  elected  School  Comsnr.  of  the  Co., 
serving  to  1887;  1884-86  he  was  Sec.  of  the  N.  Y. 
Association  of  School  Comsnrs.  and  Supts.  In  1887 
moved  to  Cal.  and  identified  with  educational  work. 
Was  member,  School  Examining  Board,  Los  An- 
geles County,  1889-95.  In  1893,  elected  Deputy  Su- 
perintendent of  Los  Angeles  City  Schools  and  1895 
made  Superintendent. 

When  Fraternal  Brotherhood  was  organized  in 
1896,  Dr.  Foshay  was  a  charter  member.  The  first 
certificate  issued  by  the  Order  was  issued  to  him. 
From  1896  he  was  closely  connected  with  the  Soci- 
ety as  Past  Pres.  most  of  time.  In  Jan.,  1906,  was 
elected  Supreme  President  of  the  Fraternal  Broth- 
erhood but  did  not  assume  his  new  duties  until 
March,  owing  to  his  desire  to  faithfully  close  his 
work  as  School  Superintendent. 

Member  of  the  Nat.  and  Cal.  Council  of  Educa- 
tion and  the  Sunset,  University,  Gamut  and  Jona- 
than Clubs;  Chr.  of  Executive  Comm.  of  S.  W.  Soc., 
Arch.  Inst.  of  America,  and  was  (1900-1)  Grand  Mas- 
ter, Cal.  Grand  Lodge  of  Masons. 

HOLBROOK,  CHARLES  H.,  JR.,  Oil  Operator, 
San  Francisco,  California,  was  born  in  Chico,  Cali- 
fornia, August  5,  1871,  the  son  of  Charles  H.  Hoi- 
brook  and  Josephine  (Bedell)  Holbrook.  He  mar- 
ried Nellie  Vance  at  San  Francisco,  California,  De- 
cember 9,  1909. 

Mr.  Holbrook,  whose  father  was  an  extensive 
lumber  operator,  received  his  education  in  the  pub- 
lic schools  of  San  Francisco.  In  hi&  boyhood  he  ac- 
quired a  knowledge  of  the  lumber  business,  but 
upon  leaving  school  went  into  the  real  estate  busi- 
ness as  clerk  for  Easton,  Eldridge  &  Co.,  one  of  the 
largest  realty  firms  in  California  at  that  time.  At  the 
end  of  five  years  he  went  to  Nevada  and  engaged  in 
the  real  estate  business  on  his  own  account,  but  re- 
turned to  California  in  1904,  and  went  into  the  oil 
business  at  Coalinga.  He  has  devoted  himself  to 
oil  production  since  that  time  and  is  now  reckoned 
among  the  leaders  of  that  field.  He  is  President  of 
the  Dunlop  Oil  Company,  of  Midway,  California;  Di- 
rector and  Secretary  of  the  Mammoth  Oil  Com- 
pany; Director  and  Secretary  of  the  Zier  Oil  Com- 
pany, of  Coalinga,  and  President  of  the  St.  Albans 
Oil  Company,  of  Kern  River. 

Mr.  Holbrook  is  a  prominent  Mason  and  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Union  League  and  Olympia  Clubs  of 
San  Francisco. 


T  R  E  NT,  LAMAR- 
TINE  CAVAIGNAC,  En- 
gineer &  Mfr.,  Los  An- 
geles, Cal.,  born,  Lon- 
don, Eng.,  Dec.  13,  1848, 
son  of  Edwin  and  Au- 
gusta S.  (L  u  c  k  e  1 1) 
Trent.  Married  Mary  De 
Lome  MacLeod  at  Boul- 
der, Colo.,  June  5,  1888. 
Children,  Inez  V.,  Lelia 
De  Lome,  Helen,  Wal- 
ter Edwin,  Florence, 
Evelyn  and  Lamartine 
Cavaignac,  Jr.  (dec.). 

Attended  private 
schools,  London;  sailed 
for  U.  S.,  1860,  locating, 
New  Haven,  Conn.; 
went  to  sea  3  years. 
Returned  to  U.  S.,  1864,  enlisted  in  Co.  F,  47th  N. 
Y.  Vol.,  Civil  War.  Participated  in  first  and  second 
battles  of  Fort  Fisher,  N.  C.  At  close  in  1865,  en- 
tered employ  of  Delamater  Iron  Works,  N.  Y.,  as 
apprentice.  Appointed,  1870,  foreman  Northern  Pa- 
cific R.  R.  shops,  Brainerd,  Minn.;  1872,  Engineer, 
Clark  Mine,  Copper  Harbor,  Mich.;  1876,  aided  in 
perfecting  Frue  Vanning  Machine  and  introducing 
same  in  U.  S.  and  foreign  countries;  1885,  mining 
advisor  to  Japanese  Government;  appointed  West- 
ern Mgr.  and  later  elected  Director  in  English  cor- 
poration of  Fraser  &  Chalmers,  Chicago;  1894, 
organized  L.  C.  Trent  &  Co.,  Engineers,  Salt 
Lake  City;  1898,  sold  out  and  went  to  England, 
thence  to  Australia  as  Mgr.  North  Mt.  Lyell  Mine, 
owned  by  English  syndicate;  1903,  went  to  San 
Francisco,  Cal.,  purchasing  Dairy  Farm  Mine,  which 
he  later  sold  to  Guggenheim  interests.  Engaged  in 
general  engineering  until  1907,  when  he  moved  to 
Los  Angeles,  Cal.  Organized  L.  C.  Trent  Engineer- 
ing Co.  for  manufacture  of  machinery  which  he  in- 
vented. Member,  Am.  Inst.  of  Mining  Engineers. 
Clubs — Union  League,  San  Francisco;  Sierra  Ma- 
dre,  Los  Angeles;  Alta,  Salt  Lake  City. 

HAMILTON,  MILTON  SCOTT,  Attorney  at 
Law,  Oakland,  California,  is  a  native  of  that  city, 
born  November  19,  1874,  the  son  of  W.  H.  H.  Ham- 
ilton and  Mary  J.  Hamilton.  He  married  Miss 
Katheryn  Meyer  at  Oakland,  June  29,  1912. 

Mr.  Hamilton  received  his  preliminary  educa- 
tion in  the  grammar  school  of  Oakland  and  was 
graduated  from  high  school  in  May,  1892.  He  next 
became  a  student  at  the  University  of  California 
and  was  graduated  with  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of 
Philosophy  in  1897.  Mr.  Hamilton  was  admitted  to 
the  Bar  of  the  State  of  California  in  May,  1899,  and 
immediately  began  practice  in  Oakland,  in  all  the 
State  and  Federal  Courts.  He  was  admitted  to 
practice  before  the  Supreme  Court  of  the  United 
States  in  1904. 

During  the  time  he  has  been  in  practice,  Mr. 
Hamilton  has  been  one  of  the  successful  members 
of  the  California  Bar,  conducting  a  general  legal 
business. 

He  is  prominent  in  Masonic  circles,  a  member 
of  the  Mystic  Shrine  of  Oakland,  and  also  belongs 
to  the  University  Club  of  San  Francisco. 


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OSS,  SAMUEL  ARTHUR, 
Pres.,  Calaveras  Dredging 
Co.,  San  Francisco,  was  born 
in  New  Berlin,  N.  Y.,  July  2, 
1867,  the  son  of  Horace  O. 
and  Isabel  (White)  Moss.  His  first  ancestors 
to  reach  America  came  from  England  in  the 
Mayflower  and  settled  in  Massachusetts.  Some 
of  his  maternal  forbears  fought  in  the  War  for 
American  Independence,  and  most  of  his 
people,  on  both  sides  of  the  house,  since  their 
arrival  in  this  country  have  been  patriotic 
Americans.  His  father,  Horace  O.  Moss, 
who  was  born  in  Central,  N.  Y.,  subsequent- 
ly became  a  well-known  banker  of  Sandusky, 
Ohio,  and  in  Detroit,  although  always  main- 
taining his  residence  in  New  Berlin,  N.  Y. 

Born  the  son  of  a  man  of  means,  and 
raised  among  all  the  comforts  and  luxuries 
which  the  culture  of  the  United  States  and 
of  Europe  could  give  him,  he  has  yet  fol- 
lowed some  hereditary  bent  of  his  forefath- 
ers and  gone  to  new  lands  to  carve  out  an 
independent  career  for  himself.  As  a  boy  he 
had  a  taste  of  the  free  life  of  the  West,  and 
although  for  nine  years  successful  in  the 
East,  he  turned  again  in  manhood  to  the 
Pacific. 

From  1876  to  1878  Samuel  A.  Moss  at- 
tended the  Grammar  School  of  New  Berlin. 
The  next  few  years  he  spent  in  Europe,  one 
year  as  a  student  at  Cannstadt,  near  Stutt- 
gart, and  two  years  at  Vevey,  in  Switzerland, 
on  Lake  Geneva.  On  his  return  to  America 
he  entered  St.  John's  School  at  Syracuse,  N. 
Y.,  where  for  three  years  he  took  a  course  in 
the  sciences  and  the  languages,  specializing  in 
the  former  study.  He  then  went  to  Boston,  and 
from  1886  to  1889  was  a  student  of  mechanical 
engineering  at  the  Institute  of  Technology,  from 
which  he  was  graduated  in  the  latter  year. 

Shortly  after  his  final  graduation,  and  with 
the  intention  of  learning  the  business  of  loco- 
motive construction,  Mr.  Moss  entered  the  Bald- 
win Locomotive  Works  at  Philadelphia.  Here 
his  tastes  for  railroading,  especially  for  the 
mechanical  end  of  it,  prompted  him  to  work  as 
an  apprentice  in  the  various  departments  for 
about  a  year.  At  the  end  of  that  period,  how- 
ever, the  lure  of  the  mining  industry  in  Cali- 
fornia drew  him  to  this  State,  where  he  has 
become  closely  identified  with  the  gold  dredging 
business,  as  well  as  with  other  important 
interests. 

He  first  entered  the  mining  field  in  Eldorado 
County,  and  until  1893  was  getting  practical 
experience  therein.  But  in  that  year,  a  promis- 
ing opportunity  presenting  itself,  he  went  to 


Vermont,  and  for  the  next  nine  years  was  con- 
nected with  the  acturial  department  of  the 
National  Life  Insurance  Company  of  that  State. 
Returning  to  California  in  1902  he  became 
interested  with  Wendell  P.  Hammon  in  gold 
dredging  and  in  other  similar  enterprises  as 
an  investor.  He  himself  was  especially  attracted 
by  the  possibilities  for  this  form  of  mining  in 
Calaveras  County,  which,  though  one  of  the 
most  famous  in  the  State  for  surface  placers, 
had  not  been  generally  considered  as  a  dredg- 
ing field.  The  marvelous  success,  however, 
of  Mr.  Hammon's  operations  in  Butte  Coun- 
ty, which  at  that  time  were  among  the  sen- 
sations of  the  California  mining  world,  and 
the  favorable  conditions  discovered  in  Cala- 
veras, stimulated  Mr.  Moss  to  venture  in  the 
latter  field.  The  Calaveras  Gold  Dredging 
Company  was  formed,  and  in  1902  he  was 
elected  president  thereof.  Their  holdings 
comprised  an  area  of  about  350  acres  along 
the  Calaveras  river,  near  Jenny  Lind,  averag- 
ing in  depth  about  33  feet.  In  December, 
1903,  a  dredge  was  constructed,  equipped  with 
Bucyrus  machinery,  and  in  the  following 
year  operations  were  begun. 

These  have  since  been  continued  with 
most  encouraging  success.  A  great  deal  of 
gold  has  been  extracted,  the  original  equip- 
ment has  been  repeatedly  increased,  and  a 
larger  area  worked. 

He  has  become  a  heavy  investor  in  Cali- 
fornia properties.  Although  gold  mining 
and  dredging  are  his  chief  interest,  he  pays 
considerable  attention  to  real  estate.  The 
development  of  virgin  territories  appeals  to 
him  especially,  whether  in  mining  or  farm- 
ing. He  has  made  himself  particularly  use- 
ful to  every  community  to  which  he  has  come 
because  he  proceeds  immediately  to  improve 
his  holdings,  and  does  not  wait  for  the  gen- 
eral rise  in  values  to  bring  him  profit. 

Since  that  time  Mr.  Moss'  commercial  activi- 
ties have  been  confined  chiefly  to  his  mining  and 
real  estate  interests  in  California  and  Mexico, 
especially  as  they  relate  to  the  most  economical 
form  of  mining  yet  discovered  and  to  the  devel- 
opment of  country  properties.  The  success  of 
his  dredging  operations  has  led  him  to  explore 
Mexico  in  particular  in  search  of  other  deposits 
of  gold  gravel  extensive  and  deep  enough  for 
dredge  exploitation.  They  necessitate  frequent 
trips  out  of  town,  thereby  providing  him  with 
one  of  the  few  forms  of  relaxation  his  busy 
life  permits. 

Mr.  Moss  is  identified  with  the  Bohemian 
Club,  University  and  Union  League  Clubs 
of  San  Francisco  and  the  Rocky  Mountain 
Club  of  New  York. 


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HAPMAN,  MELVIN  C,  At- 
torney (Chapman  &  Trefe- 
then,  Oakland,  California), 
was  born  at  Westfield,  Illi- 
nois, September  5,  1850,  the 
son  of  Charles  de  Grasse  and  Cynthia  (Pal- 
mer) Chapman.  One  of  his  paternal  ances- 
tors, Robert  Chapman,  came  from  England  in 
1637  and  was  among  the  first  settlers  at  Say- 
brook,  Conn.  The  ancient  homestead  in 
which  he  lived  still  is  in  the  possession  of 
the  family.  Others  of  Mr.  Chapman's  for- 
bears served  under  Oliver  Cromwell  and  sev- 
eral were  conspicuous  in  the  Revolutionary 
War,  the  War  of  1812  and  in  the  Civil  War. 
The  family  has  been  prominent  in  commer- 
cial, professional  and  political  life,  winning 
success  as  merchants,  ministers  and  lawyers. 
Mr.  Chapman  married  Lillian  Mary  Childs  in 
Oakland,  California,  December  21,  1887,  and 
to  them  was  born  only  one  child,  Melvin 
Chapman,  Jr.  Mrs.  Chapman  died  several 
years  ago. 

Mr.  Chapman  is  an  attorney  whom  his 
own  profession  delights  to  honor.  By  the 
members  of  the  bar  of  the  Bay  cities  he  is 
adjudged  one  of  the  most  worthy,  and  they 
have  so  voted  him  by  giving  him  the  posts 
of  honor  in  their  associations.  He  has  held 
political  office  and  yet  has  not  been  counted 
a  politician,  because  his  party  has  freely 
given  him  nominations  to  the  most  important 
offices  without  his  seeking.  He  has  refused 
nominations,  which,  had  he  accepted,  might 
have  made  him  a  figure  of  national  promi- 
nence. He  has  had  a  versatile  career,  and 
was  a  successful  business  man  before  he  was 
an  attorney.  His  entire  life  has  been  an  ex- 
ceptionally busy  one  and  he  has  thereby  fair- 
ly won  his  reputation  for  wisdom  and 
knowledge  of  the  world's  affairs. 

Mr.  Chapman  received  the  rudiments  of 
his  education  in  the  grammar  schools  of  Chi- 
cago, attending  from  1856  to  1867.  Upon 
leaving  the  grammar  school  he  entered  Onar- 
ga  Seminary,  in  Illinois,  and  there  studied 
for  three  years  more.  He  was  graduated 
from  that  institution  in  1870  and  then  went 
to  work  in  his  father's  planing  mill  and  sash 
and  door  factory  as  a  bookkeeper. 

After  three  years  in  the  employ  of  his  fa- 
ther Mr.  Chapman  decided  to  move  West  and 
go  into  business.  He  first  located  at  San 
Francisco,  California,  and  there  entered  the 
real  estate  and  stock  brokerage.  For  three 
years  more  he  confined  himself  to  operations 
in  San  Francisco  entirely,  but  in  1876  moved 
his  residence  and  headquarters  across  the  bay 
to  Oakland,  where  he  has  been  ever  since. 


He  did  not  relinquish  his  interests  in  San 
Francisco,  however,  remaining  actively  in  real 
estate  and  stock  speculation  there  until  1882. 

In  1882,  however,  he  wound  up  his  San 
Francisco  business  and  devoted  his  energies 
to  Oakland.  Without  giving  up  his  commer- 
cial pursuits,  he  had  been  studying  law  there, 
and  it  was  at  this  stage  of  his  career  that  he 
decided  the  law  was  his  natural  field. 

Immediately  upon  his  admission  to  the  bar 
Mr.  Chapman  went  into  partnership  with 
Roscoe  Havens,  under  the  firm  name  of  Chap- 
man &  Havens.  This  association  continued 
for  a  period  of  eight  months,  but  at  the  end 
of  that  time  it  was  dissolved  and  Mr.  Chap- 
man then  continued  his  practice  alone.  He 
was  thus  engaged  until  June,  1910,  and  then 
he  formed  his  present  partnership  with  Mr. 
Trefethen. 

During  his  many  years  single-handed,  Mr. 
Chapman's  method  of  conducting  cases  of 
court  became  well  known.  It  was  his  extraor- 
dinary ability  in  this  line  of  work  which 
caused  the  Oakland  Traction  Co.  to  select 
him,  in  February,  1911,  as  the  chief  trial  at- 
torney for  all  its  damage  litigations. 

In  1887  Mr.  Chapman  became  interested 
in  politics  in  Oakland  and  served  one  term  in 
the  State  Legislature,  where  his  record  at- 
tracted such  favorable  attention  that  he  was 
offered  a  unanimous  renomination.  This  he 
declined.  In  1891  he  was  offered  a  nomina- 
tion for  Congress,  but  he  declined  this  also, 
this  refusal  being  prompted  by  a  desire  to 
permit  the  selection  of  Joseph  McKenna, 
now  an  Associate  Justice  of  the  United 
States  Supreme  Court.  That  same  year, 
however,  he  did  accept  the  nomination  for 
Mayor  of  Oakland,  and  he  was  elected  by  a 
large  majority.  His  retirement  from  the  con- 
gressional lists  in  favor  of  Justice  McKenna 
was  regarded  as  one  of  the  most  generous 
acts  in  the  history  of  politics,  for  Mr.  Chap- 
man's record  in  the  Legislature  was  so  strong 
that  he  was  practically  certain  of  winning  a 
seat  in  the  House  at  Washington. 

His  renominations,  and  the  successive  ef- 
forts of  his  party  to  get  him  to  run  for  of- 
fice, are  evidence  of  the  satisfaction  he  gave 
while  attending  to  his  public  duties.  He  has 
the  public  confidence,  that  of  his  party,  and 
of  the  associate  members  of  his  profession, 
and  has  it  all  the  more  because  it  is  gen- 
erally known  that  he  is  no  seeker  after  public 
honors. 

He  is  president  of  the  Oakland  Bar  Asso- 
ciation and  of  the  Oakland  Tribune  Publish- 
ing Co.  and  a  member  of  the  Athenian  Club 
of  that  citv. 


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CRIBNER,  OTHELLO,  Vice-Presi- 
dent  and  Assistant  General  Man- 
ager, Associated  Oil  Co.,  San  Fran- 
cisco, was-  born  in  Stockton,  Cali- 
fornia, September  13,  1867,  the 
son  of  James  B.  and  Sophronia 
(Stone)  Scribner.  Both  his  paternal  and  mater- 
nal ancestors,  the  former  of  whom  were  of  Eng- 
lish and  Scotch  origin,  and  the  latter  Holland 
Dutch,  were  among  the  early  settlers  of  New  Eng- 
land, chiefly  of  Maine.  Mr.  Scribner  passed  his 
boyhood  in  the  San  Joaquin  valley,  and  was  mar- 
ried to  Elsie  May  Schuler  on  November  15,  1893. 
Of  this  marriage  four  boys  were  born,  two  of  whom, 
Harold  and  Theodore  Edward,  are  living.  His  first 
wife  died  July  5,  1908.  Mr.  Scribner  was  again 
married  on  October  19,  1910,  in  San  Francisco,  to 
Miss  Florence  B.  Ives,  daughter  of  Mrs.  Eunice 
Jane  Ives.  One  daughter,  Eunice  Jane  Scribner,  is 
the  issue  of  this  marriage. 

Othello  Scribner's  early  education  was  of  a 
desultory  kind,  obtained  under  trying  conditions. 
When  he  was  about  nine  years  old  he  went  to 
work,  for  his  board  and  clothes,  on  a  farm  north 
of  Stockton,  and  for  a  few  years  thereafter  at- 
tended the  public  schools  of  Linden,  Gait,  Lodi 
and  Woodbridge.  For  several  months  he  was  a 
student  in  the  high  school  at  Lodi.  Thenceforth 
he  devoted  himself  chiefly  to  the  task  of  gaining 
a  livelihood. 

His  first  occupation  after  leaving  the  farm  was 
that  of  clerk  in  a  drug  store  in  Lodi,  in  1885.  The 
vim  and  energy,  which  have  since  become  so  char- 
acteristic of  him,  were  sufficient,  even  at  that 
time,  to  put  him  in  charge  of  the  store  at  the  end 
of  the  year.  This  business  he  ran  successfully 
until  1887,  when  he  entered  the  employ  of  Mr. 
Case,  a  druggist  of  San  Jose.  He  remained  with 
him  six  months  and  then  went  over  to  the  Web- 
ster Brothers,  druggists  of  Fresno.  A  year  there- 
after they  were  burnt  out  and  Mr.  Scribner  found 
employment  with  the  underwriters,  with  whom  he 
worked  until  1889.  He  next  shifted  his  opera- 
tions to  the  abstracting  business,  conducted  by 
Stewart  S.  Wright,  which  held  him  until  the  fall 
of  1892,  at  which  turning  point  in  his  career  he 
entered  the  law  office  of  J.  B.  Menx  as  clerk,  stu- 
dent and  general  assistant.  Determined  to  qualify 
for  the,  profession,  he  read  law  for  the  next  five 
years  every  night  from  seven  to  eleven  o'clock,  and 
in  1896,  taking  the  examinations  before  the  Supreme 
Court,  he  was  admitted  to  practice. 

For  something  less  than  two  years  he  prac- 
ticed law,  with  fair  success,  in  Fresno.  He  then 
returned  temporarily  to  the  soil  and  ran  a  fruit 
ranch  near  Wawona,  Mariposa  county.  This  prov- 
ing a  losing  venture  he  went  to  Mexico  in  1898 
to  examine  lands  for  the  growing  of  bananas, 
sugar  cane  and  tobacco  for  a  San  Francisco  syn- 
dicate. After  seven  months  of  this  occupation 
he  returned  to  California  and  from  1899  to  June, 
1902,  was  chief  of  the  U.  S.  Land  Office  at  Visalia. 
In  the  meantime,  however,  he  had  found  another 
significant  turning  point  in  his  busy  career.  See- 
ing the  great  possibilities  of  the  Kern  River  oil 
lands,  he  backed  his  judgment  to  the  best  of  his 
ability  and  issued  from  the  venture  $100,000  ahead. 
Thenceforth  he  concentrated  his  energies  on  this 


industry,  in  which  he  has  become  one  of  the  most 
prominent  figures. 

In  the  fall  of  1901  Mr.  Scribner  issued  the  first 
circular  for  the  consolidation  of  the  various  oil 
interests  active  at  that  time.  This  project  fell 
through,  but  in  the  following  year  he  succeeded  in 
forming  the  Associated  Oil  Company,  of  which  he 
was  secretary  and  assistant  manager  until  1910, 
when  he  resigned  to  become  vice-president  and 
assistant  general  manager. 

This  important  and  far-reaching  consolidation, 
in  which  his  energy  and  shrewdness  played  a 
leading  part,  both  in  the  conception  and  in  the 
execution,  involved  many  properties.  Among  these 
were  the  San  Joaquin  Oil  and  Development  Com- 
pany, controlled  by  John  A.  Bunting  and  Mr. 
Scribner;  the  Reed  Crude  Oil,  Green  and  Whittier, 
Aztec,  Chicago  Crude,  Hecla,  Bolena  and  Alva;  Can- 
field,  Senator,  Toltec,  of  which  Mr.  Scribner  was 
secretary  and  assistant  general  manager;  Central 
Point  Consolidated,  and  others.  Under  his  man- 
agement wonders  of  organization  and  development 
have  been  accomplished,  and  about  forty  com- 
panies included  in  the  association.  His  work  has 
been  confined  chiefly  to  the  general  management, 
the  acquisition  and  development  of  properties, 
buying  and  selling  of  oil,  the  transportation  and 
similar  activities. 

From  1889  to  1898  Mr.  Scribner  was  a  member 
of  the  National  Guard  of  California,  during  the  last 
five  years  of  which  period  he  was  captain  and 
adjutant  of  the  Sixth  Infantry.  In  the  strike  of 
'94  he  played  an  important  part,  aiding  in  the 
opening  of  the  railway  system  from  Mojave  to 
the  Oakland  pier.  He  has  also  been  active  polit- 
ically, especially  in  the  McKinley  and  Bryan  cam- 
paigns, and  in  Fresno,  in  1896,  was  secretary  of 
the  Republican  State  Central  Committee.  He  has 
never,  however,  sought  political  office. 

Besides  his  vice-presidency  and  assistant  gen- 
eral managership  of  the  Associated  Oil,  he  is  a 
director  in  all  of  the  following  companies,  in 
which  he  is  interested,  except  the  Salt  Lake  Oil 
and  the  Arcturus  Oil:  Associated  Transportation, 
Associated  Supply,  Amalgamated  Oil,  West  Coast 
Oil,  Salt  Lake  Oil,  Arcturus  Oil,  Pacific  Petroleum, 
Inca  Oil,  Arika  Oil,  Bakersfield  Iron  Works,  and 
the  Shasta  Copper  Exploration  Company.  His 
clubs  are  the  Bohemian,  Family,  Press,  S.  F.  Coun- 
try, Presidio  Golf,  Union  League,  all  of  San  Fran- 
cisco, and  the  Claremont  Country  of  Oakland. 

Among  Mr.  Scribner's  striking  characteristics 
are  his  notably  keen  sense  of  the  duties  and  re- 
sponsibilities of  life,  additional  evidence  of  which 
is  furnished  by  the  fact  that  until  1893  he  took 
care  of  his  mother,  two  brothers  and  a  sister.  His 
remarkable  success  has  been  due  largely  to  his 
ability  to  concentrate  on  the  task  in  hand  until  it 
is  finished,  and  to  grasp  quickly  the  gist  of  a 
subject.  "Exercise  and  sunshine,  work  and  play," 
and,  as  he  expresses  it,  "an  executed  wrong  is 
more  potent  for  ill  than  a  thousand  right  concep- 
tions, unexecuted,  are  conducive  for  good,"  are 
his  mottoes,  close  adherence  to  which  has  also  con- 
tributed to  his  rewards. 

Like  most  Californians,  he  has  invested  the 
profits  of  his  business  in  property  of  his  own  city 
and  State,  and  in  other  enterprises.  He  has  now 
heavy  individual  interests. 


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ANFORD,  ALLAN  DOUGLAS,  At- 
torney at  Law,  Waco,  Texas,  was 
born  in  Covington,  Tennessee,  July 
3,  1869,  the  son  of  William  San- 
ford  and  Elizabeth  (Douglas)  San- 

ford.  He  has  been  twice  married, 

his  first  wife  having  been  Mary  Stella  Shepard,  of 
Bryan,  Texas,  whom  he  married  on  January  30, 
1900.  His  second  wife  was-  Mrs.  Frances  Boddie,  of 
Birmingham,  Ala.,  whom  he  married  Nov.  11,  1903. 

Mr.  Sanford  received  his  primary  education  in 
the  common  schools  of  Tennessee  and  from  1886  to 
1889  was  a  student  at  the  Southwestern  Presby- 
terian University,  at  Clarksville,  Tennessee.  Shortly 
after  leaving  this  institution,  he  moved  to  Texas 
and  entered  the  Law  Department  of  the  University 
of  Texas,  graduating  from  there  in  the  class  of 
1892  with  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Laws. 

Admitted  to  practice  in  the  courts  of  Texas  im- 
mediately after  he  was  graduated,  Mr.  Sanford 
opened  offices  at  Waco,  Texas,  and  has  been  ac- 
tively engaged  in  the  legal  profession  there  ever 
since.  For  the  first  two  years  of  his  career,  Mr. 
Sanford  practiced  alone,  but  in  1894  the  firm  of  De- 
pew  &  Sanford  was  established,  this  partnership 
continuing  for  about  three  years.  Mr.  Sanford  then 
formed  the  firm  of  Sanford  &  Lee,  but  after  about 
three  years  this  was  dissolved,  and  in  the  early  part 
of  1900,  Mr.  Sanford  became  a  member  of  the  firm 
of  Prendergast  &  Sanford.  This,  too,  was  of  three 
years'  duration,  the  partnership  being  dissolved  in 
1903,  when  Mr.  Sanford  was  elected  Mayor  of  the 
city  of  Waco.  He  served  in  this  office  for  two  years 
and  at  the  expiration  of  his  term  in  1905,  organized 
the  firm  of  Sanford  &  Denton.  This  was  succeeded 
by  the  firm  of  Scott  &  Sanford,  which,  in  1909,  be- 
came Scott,  Sanford  &  Ross.  In  1911,  Mr.  Sanford 
withdrew  from  the  firm  and  he  and  Mr.  W.  E.  Spell 
formed  the  firm  of  Spell  &  Sanford,  his  practice  be- 
ing conducted  under  this  name  since. 

In  his  legal  work  Mr.  Sanford  has  confined  him- 
self to  civil  practice  and  is  one  of  the  best  known 
corporation  counselors  in  the  State  of  Texas,  being 
the  adviser  of  various  important  companies.  He  is 
General  Attorney  and  a  Director  of  the  National 
Exchange  Fire  Insurance  Co.,  and  also  of  the  Amic- 
able Life  Insurance  Co.,  and  is  Assistant  General 
Attorney  for  the  Texas  Central  Railroad  Co. 

Mr.  Sanford  has  been  a  consistent  supporter  of 
the  Democratic  party,  but  outside  of  his  one  term 
as  Mayor  of  Waco  and  two  terms  as  City  Attorney 
of  Waco  has  never  sought  or  held  public  office. 

He  is  a  man  of  great  moral  force,  a  member  of 
the  Presbyterian  Church,  and  devoted  to  the  in- 
terests of  his  adopted  city.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
American  Bar  Association,  Texas  State  Bar  Asso- 
ciation, and  the  Texas  State  Historical  Society.  His 
clubs  include  the  Waco  Country  Club,  Huaco  Club 
(golf  and  country),  and  the  Philo  Club.  He  belongs 
to  Alpha  Tau  Omega,  Greek  letter  fraternity. 


ISHER,  LEWIS,  Attorney  at  Law 
(Mayor),  Galveston,  Tex.,  was 
born  in  Austin,  Tex.,  Oct.  28,  1872, 
the  son  of  Rhoads  Fisher  and 
Sophie  (Rollins)  Fisher.  He  mar- 
ried May  Wilmer  Masterson  at 
Galveston,  Texas,  on  January  23,  1901. 

Mr.  Fisher,  who  is  a  prominent  figure  in  irriga- 
tion development  and  one  of  the  important  factors 
in  the  advancement  of  Galveston,  received  his  early 
education  in  the  public  schools  of  Texas  and  fol- 
lowed this  with  attendance  at  St.  Edward's  College, 
of  Austin.  He  then  entered  the  University  of 
Texas,  studied  there  for  three  years  and  was  gradu- 
ated from  the  Law  Department  of  that  institution 
with  the  Degree  of  Bachelor  of  Laws  in  1895. 

Following  his  admission  to  the  Bar  of  Texas, 
Mr.  Fisher  opened  office  at  Galveston  for  the  prac- 
tice of  his  profession.  Five  years  after  he  began 
practice  he  was  elected  County  Attorney  of  Galves- 
ton County  and  in  1902,  at  the  expiration  of  his 
term  of  two  years,  was  elected  a  Judge  of  the 
County  Court.  He  served  on  the  County  Bench 
for  three  years  and  in  1905  was  elected  Judge  of 
the  Tenth  Judicial  District  of  Texas,  serving  the 
State  in  this  capacity  for  four  years. 

In  1909,  Mr.  Fisher  retired  from  the  Bench  to 
accept  the  Democratic  nomination  for  Mayor  of 
Galveston  and  in  the  subsequent  campaign  was 
elected  by  a  splendid  majority.  His  term  of  office 
expires  in  May,  1913. 

During  his  four  years  as  Mayor  of  Galveston  and 
for  many  years  prior  to  his  election  to  this  office, 
Mr,  Fisher  has  been  one  of  the  progressive  spirits 
of  the  city  and  was  intimately  identified  with  va- 
rious important  improvements.  As  Chairman  of 
the  Board  of  County  Commissioners,  which  post  he 
filled  in  addition  to  serving  as  District  Judge,  he 
had  supervision  over  the  work  of  constructing  the 
great  sea  wall  at  Galveston.  This  structure  was 
built  as  a  result  of  the  disastrous  tidal  wave  which 
swept  over  the  city  in  1901,  devastating  the  place 
and  causing  the  loss  of  thousands  of  lives. 

Continually  on  the  alert  for  Galveston's  inter- 
ests, Mr.  Fisher,  who  is  Vice  President  of  the 
Trans-Mississippi  Commercial  Congress,  has  been 
a  persistent  advocate  of  deep  waterways  and  chan- 
nel improvements  there,  it  being  his  belief  that 
Galveston  is  the  most  favorably  situated  port  on 
the  Southern  Coast  of  the  United  States. 

In  addition  to  his  public  work  he  has  also  main- 
tained his  law  practice  and  is  interested  in  various 
charitable  enterprises  and  substantial  business  con- 
cerns in  the  city  of  Galveston.  He  is  a  Director  of 
the  Galveston  Home  for  Homeless  Children,  mem- 
ber of  the  Board  of  Managers  of  the  John  Sealy 
Hospital,  President  of  the  Alamo  Mining  &  Smelt- 
ing Company,  and  a  Director  of  the  Galveston 
Wharf  Company. 

Mr.  Fisher  belongs  to  the  Galveston  Club. 


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ATRIZI,  ETTORE,  Newspaper  Edi- 
tor and  Publisher,  San  Francisco, 
California,  was  born  in  Italy  in 
the  year  1870,  the  son  of  Giovanni 
Patrizi  and  Filomena  (Giontella) 
Patrizi.  He  is  unmarried. 

Mr.  Patrizi  received  his  education  at  the  Insti- 
tute of  Superior  Studies  of  Milan,  Italy,  graduating 
in  1891  as  a  Civil  Engineer.  For  nearly  two  years 
after  leaving  school  Mr.  Patrizi  followed- the  voca- 
tion of  Civil  Engineer  in  the  Italian  Government 
Service.  But  prior  to  graduation  he  had,  following 
a  natural  inclination,  written  for  several  newspa- 
pers of  Milan,  and  in  1893  gave  up  engineering  to 
come  to  America  as  special  correspondent  for  two 
1  r°e  Kalian  dailies  and  as  Commissioner  of  Ex- 
hibits for  several  firms  of  Italy  and  artists  of  Milan 
at  the  World's  Columbian  Exposition,  Chicago. 

.  Fauizi  has  been  a  resident 

of  the  U.  S.,  chiefly  in  San  Francisco.  When  San 
Francisco  decided  to  hold  a  Midwinter  Fair,  follow- 
ing the  close  of  the  Chicago  World's  Fair,  Mr. 
Patrizi  was  one  of  the  first  to  agree  to  lend  his  ex- 
hibits, which  had  formed  an  important  part  of  the 
Italian  display  at  Chicago.  He  decided  to  remain 
in  San  Francisco  and  immediately  engaged  as  Edi- 
tor of  the  "Daily  L'ltalia."  In  1898  he  became  sole 
owner  and  publisher.  It  was  a  four-page  publication 
with  a  subscription  list  scarcely  more  than  1000  and 
run  along  old-fashioned  lines-,  as  were  other  U.  S. 
Italian  papers. 

Mr.  Patrizi  reorganized  "L'ltalia"  and  injected 
into  it  the  vim  and  ginger  characteristic  of  its 
American  contemporaries.  He  increased  it  from 
four  to  eight  pages  and  published  in  the  morning 
instead  of  the  afternoon;  installed  a  special  tele- 
graphic service,  and  illustrated  it  profusely.  He 
immediately  began  taking  an  active  interest  in  local 
affairs.  His  methods  were  followed  by  other  Italian 
publishers  of  the  U.  S.,  including  New  York.  Mr. 
Patrizi  has  made  of  "L'ltalia"  the  most  up-to-date 
of  all  foreign  papers  on  the  Coast  and  increased  its 
circulation  until  it  is  larger  than  that  of  any  foreign 
newspaper  west  of  Chicago. 

Mr.  Patrizi  takes  a  wide  interest  in  operatic 
enterprises  and  was  instrumental  in  having  va- 
rious important  Italian  opera  companies,  of  world- 
famous  artists,  appear  in  San  Francisco.  In  this 
and  other  ways  he  has  contributed  largely  to 
the  uplifting  of  the  musical  standard  of  the  San 
Francisco  public,  and  for  several  years  was  one  of 
the  most  enthusiastic  advocates  for  the  construction 
of  a  grand  opera  hou&e  in  San  Francisco.  He  had 
even  carried  his  plans  to  the  point  of  framing  a 
project  for  the  construction  of  such  an  edifice,  when 
the  San  Francisco  Musical  Association  proposed  the 
building  of  a  Municipal  Opera  House,  whereupon 
Mr.  Patrizi  withdrew  his  plan  in  favor  of  the  latter. 

Mr.  Patrizi  has  always  lent  his  assistance  to  any 
worthy  cause  or  enterprise  in  San  Francisco,  wheth- 
er limited  to  his  countrymen  or  for  the  general  wel- 
fare. As  a  leader  of  the  Italian  residents  of  the  city, 
he  has  done  much  to  better  their  condition.  He  was 
one  of  the  original  advocates  of  the  1915  World's 
Fair  and  was  chosen  as  a  member  of  the  Committee 
on  Ways  and  Means. 

Mr.  Patrizi  is  Director,  Italian  Chamber  of  Com- 
merce, and  Inspector,  Italian  Free  School  of  San 
Francisco.  He  is  President,  L'ltalia  Press  Co.,  Inc., 
and  interested  in  other  enterprises,  among  them 
Zappettini-Perasso  Co.,  Inc.,  which  has  agency  of 
Italian  steamship  lines  running  into  San  Francisco. 


RESWELL,  HARRY  THORNTON, 
Attorney-at-Law,  San  Francisco, 
California,  was  born  at  Eutaw, 
Greene  County,  Alabama,  the  son 
of  David  Creswell  and  Gertrude 
(Thornton)  Creswell,  and  may 
thereby  count  among  his  ancestors  some  of  the 
most  distinguished  and  charming  women  of  the  old 
South,  who  were  chiefly  of  English  origin. 

He  was  married  in  San  Francisco  to  Lucy 
Crittenden  Nesbitt,  and  is  the  father  of  Harry 
Innis  Thornton  Creswell  and  Gertrude  Crittenden 
Creswell. 

Mr.  Creswell  obtained  his  education  in  the 
Greene  Springs  School,  a  famous  institution  of 
the  South  in  the  early  days,  which  was  conducted 
by  Professor  Henry  Tutwiler,  at  Greene  Springs, 
Hale  county,  Alabama.  Upon  completion  of  his 
studies  there  he  took  up  law,  and  was  admitted  to 
practice  in  the  State  of  Nevada  in  1874. 

In  the  year  1870  Mr.  Creswell  went  to  Cali- 
fornia from  Louisiana,  and  settled  first  in  San 
Francisco,  but  moved  from  there  to  Belmont,  Ne- 
vada, where,  in  1874,  his  active  business  and  pro- 
fessional career  began.  After  being  admitted  to 
the  bar,  he  soon  established  a  reputation  for  in- 
tegrity, firmness,  courtesy  and  skill  in  the  con- 
duct of  his  cases,  and  in  the  same  year  was  elected 
to  the  office  of  District  Attorney  of  Nye  county, 
Nevada. 

After  a  successful  term  of  two  years  he  became 
State  Senator  from  that  county,  in  1876. 

He  then  went  over  into  Lauder  county  and  was 
elected  District  Attorney  in  1880,  and  served  until 
1887.  He  was  a  candidate,  in  1886,  for  the  dis- 
trict judgeship  of  the  State  of  Nevada,  but  was 
defeated. 

Mr.  Creswell  returned  to  San  Francisco  in 
1887  and  resumed  the  private  practice  of  his  pro- 
fession. This  continued  until  1892,  in  which  year 
he  was  elected  City  and  County  Attorney  of  San 
Francisco,  an  office  which  carried  with  it  at  that 
time  a  membership  on  the  Board  of  City  Hall 
Commissioners. 

He  had  charge  of  all  the  civil  law  business  of 
the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  and  as  a 
member  of  the  City  Hall  Commission  always  in- 
sisted on  the  use  of  materials  of  California  pro- 
duction and  manufacture  for  the  new  San  Fran- 
cisco City  Hall,  at  that  time  in  course  of  construc- 
tion. 

Mr.  Creswell  gave  such  satisfaction  in  his  pub- 
lic offices  that  he  was  re-elected  in  1894,  and  again 
in  1896.  Two  years  later,  in  1898,  he  resigned  the 
post  to  become  a  member  of  the  well-known  firm 
of  Garber,  Creswell  &  Garber,  composed  of  John 
Garber,  Mr.  Creswell  and  Joseph  B.  Garber. 

Following  the  earthquake  and  conflagration  of 
April,  1906,  Mr.  Creswell  was  appointed  a  member 
of  the  "Committee  of  Fifty"  chosen  to  aid  the 
Mayor  of  San  Francisco  in  the  government  of  the 
city.  He  was  thereafter  made  a  Police  Commis- 
sioner of  San  Francisco,  but  resigned  the  office 
before  the  expiration  of  his  term.  Since  then  he 
has  devoted  himself  to  his  law  practice,  which  is 
chiefly  of  a  civil  nature. 

Mr.  Creswell  is  a  member  of  the  Pacific-Union 
Club  and  the  Southern  Club  of  San  Francisco. 


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ATTISON,  SAMUEL  J., 
Physician  and  Surgeon,  Pasa- 
dena, California,  was  born  at 
Annapolis,  Maryland,  Febru- 
ary 17,  1875,  the  son  of  Sam- 
uel J.  Mattison  and  Catherine  (Jennings) 
Mattison.  He  married  Ruth  Brooks  at  Pas- 
adena, California,  February  27,  1911. 

Dr.  Mattison  comes  from  an  ancestry 
honored  in  the  history  of 
the  United  States.  The 
men  of  the  family,  while 
not  often  achieving  dis- 
tinction of  the  kind  that 
attracts  the  public  atten- 
tion, have  always  done 
their  patriotic  duty.  They 
have  fought  against  the 
Indians  in  the  days  be- 
fore the  Revolution,  and 
with  their  axes  they 
helped  clear  the  forests 
of  the  frontier. 

The  name  of  Matti- 
son is  found  in  the  list  of 
those  who  fought  for 
freedom  against  England, 
and  also  among  those 
who  enlisted  to  fight  in 
the  Civil  War.  Every 
generation  has  carried  on 
the  tradition  of  good 
breeding,  education  and 
refinement. 

Dr.  Mattison  attended 
the     public     schools     of 
Baltimore.       After     com- 
pleting his  studies  in  these  he  went  to  work 
as  an  accountant  in  the  auditing  department 
of  the  Baltimore  &  Ohio  Railway  at  Balti- 
more.  He  held  various  places  in  the  auditing 
department  for  six  years.    He  next  was  an 
accountant   with    the    Southern    Railway    at 
Washington,  D.  C,  during  two  years. 

While  he  was  at  Washington  he  entered 
the  medical  department  of  Columbian,  now 
known  as  George  Washington  University.  He 
studied  while  he  attended  to  his  duties  as 
accountant.  After  completing  his  first  year, 
he  moved  to  Chicago,  Illinois,  and  entered  the 
Medical  Department  of  the  Northwestern 
University.  From  this  institution  he  received 
his  medical  degree  in  June,  1904. 

He  held  the  post  of  interne  with  the 
Lakeside  Hospital  of  Chicago  while  a  stu- 
dent at  Northwestern  University,  and  for 
several  months  he  was  externe  at  St.  Mary's 
Hospital,  at  Chicago. 


He  went  to  Pasadena,  California,  his  pres- 
ent home,  the  month  following  his  gradua- 
tion, in  July,  1904,  and  at  once  began  the 
practice  of  his  profession. 

He  is  a  surgeon  in  addition  to  being  a 
general  practitioner.     He  is  a  persistent  stu- 
dent, and  still  devotes  a  great  deal  of  time 
to  investigation  and  to  the  learning  of  what 
others  have  done  before  him.     In  his  seven 
years    in    Southern    Cali- 
fornia he  has  built  up  a 
wide      clientele,     and     is 
family     physician     to     a 
number    of    the    famous 
families  of  Pasadena.    He 
has   already    been    called 
as    consulting    physician. 
He  is  on  the  staff  of  the 
Pasadena  Hospital. 

While  at  Baltimore 
he  was  a  member  of  the 
Ariel  Rowing  Club,  one 
of  the  famous  athletic 
organizations  of 
the  United  States.  He 
was  one  of  the  oarsmen 
and  took  part  in  a  number 
of  notable  contests.  He  is 
an  all-round  athlete,  and 
still  spends  as  much  time 
as  he  can  spare  in  out- 
door sports  and  recrea- 
tions. He  is  an  ardent 
automobilist  and  belongs 
not  only  to  the  Automo- 

DR.    SAMUEL   J.    MATTISON        bile     Club     of     Southern 

California,  but  to  the 
American  Automobile  Association  as  well. 
He  is  interested  in  public  affairs,  particu- 
larly those  that  concern  his  city.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  Pasadena  Board  of  Trade  and 
of  the  Tournament  of  Roses  Association, 
an  organization  of  public-spirited  citizens 
which  on  each  New  Year's  Day  gives  a 
flower  festival,  unique  because  of  its  use  of 
real  flowers  in  midwinter. 

He  is  a  member  of  a  number  of  the  Pasa- 
dena clubs,  notably  the  Valley  Hunt  Club 
and  the  Pasadena  Athletic  Club,  of  which 
latter  club  he  is  a  director.  In  his  college 
days  he  was  a  member  of  the  A.  K.  K.  He 
belongs  to  most  of  the  important  medical 
societies.  He  is  a  member  of  the  American 
Medical  Association,  the  California  State 
Medical  Association,  Los  Angeles  County 
Medical  Association,  Southern  California 
Medical  Association  and  Society  for  the 
Study  and  Prevention  of  Tuberculosis. 


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R.  A.   FOWLER 


FOWLER,  ROBERT  ARCHIBALD,  Merchant,  Los  Angeles,  Cal.,  born,  Glenwood,  la.,  March 
13,  1872.  Son  of  Hiram  P.  Fowler  and  Matilda  (Cattron)  Fowler.  Educated,  Glenwood,  la., 
and  Los  Angeles,  Cal.  Firm,  Fowler  Bros.,  book  sellers.  Member,  California,  Jonathan,  L.  A. 
Athletic,  City,  Rotary,  San  Gabriel  Country  and  Union  League  Clubs;  Elks,  Chamber  of  Com- 
merce and  Merchants  and  Manufacturers'  Association. 


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NOTABLES  OF  THE  SOUTHWEST 


RIES,  MAX  PAUL,  Manufac- 
turer and  Exporter  of  Borax, 
San  Francisco,  California, 
was  born  at  Hamburg,  Ger- 
many, November  17,  1881,  the 
son  of  Julius  Fries  and  Fanny  (Gabriel) 
Fries.  He  married  Rose  Helen  Ehrlick  at 
San  Francisco,  California,  May  29,  1910.  He 
is  a  member  of  a  prominent  German  famliy, 
his  grandfather,  Louis  Fries,  having  been  a 
public  man  in  Hamburg,  owner  of  a  large 
amount  of  real  estate  and  a  stockholder  in 
the  Hamburg-American  Steamship  Company. 

Mr.  Fries  received  his  early  education  in 
his  native  city  and  was  graduated  from  the 
College  of  Altona,  Germany,  in  1899.  Fol- 
lowing this,  he  took  the  government  exam- 
ination for  military  service  and  because  of 
his  exceptional  ability  as  a  linguist  was  called 
upon  to  serve  only  one  year  in  the  army. 

His  first  position  in  the  business  world, 
upon  the  conclusion  of  his  military  service, 
was  with  H.  H.  Jansen  &  Co.,  a  large  ship- 
ping firm  of  Hamburg,  with  whom  he  re- 
mained for  about  a  year.  He  began  in  a 
minor  capacity  with  the  firm,  but,  despite  his 
youth,  was  promoted  rapidly,  and  ultimately 
was  placed  in  charge  of  the  company's  freight 
department  as  supervisor.  He  made  up  his 
mind  to  go  to  America,  however,  and  in  1903 
resigned  and  sailed  for  New  York. 

Upon  his  arrival  in  the  United  States,  Mr. 
Fries  was  employed  by  Daniel  S.  Loughran, 
a  wealthy  iron  founder  and  banker  of  Brook- 
lyn, New  York,  as  private  secretary.  In  com- 
pany with  his  employer  he  traveled  to  vari- 
ous parts  of  the  world,  and  for  two  years  was 
on  tour. 

In  1906,  he  determined  to  go  into  business 
for  himself  and  opened  brokerage  offices  in 
Kansas  City,  Missouri.  He  dealt  in  stocks 
and  bonds  there  for  about  four  years,  when 
extensive  interests  on  the  Coast,  which  de- 
veloped in  the  meantime  brought  about  the 
necessity  of  establishing  a  Pacific  Coast 
branch  house,  which  he  did  in  San  Francisco. 

With  the  establishment  of  his  offices  in  San 
Francisco,  Mr.  Fries  moved  his  residence 
there  and  remained  in  the  Bay  City  until  Oc- 
tober, 1911,  at  which  time  he  secured  con- 
trol of  the  United  States  Borax  Company,  a 
corporation  capitalized  at  $2,000,000,  and  he 
then  transferred  his  headquarters  to  Los  An- 


geles, where  he  resided  a  time,  but  in  Decem- 
ber, 1912,  he  returned  to  San  Francisco. 

In  less  than  six  months  after  obtaining 
control  of  the  United  States  Company,  Mr. 
Fries  followed  the  original  company  with  the 
National  Borax  Company,  with  the  result 
that  he  has  become  one  of  the  principal  pro- 
ducers and  exporters  of  that  substance  in 
the  United  States. 

With  mines,  stated  to  be  of  almost  unlim- 
ited possibilities,  in  Ventura  County,  Cali- 
fornia, Mr.  Fries  has  established  manufactur- 
ing plants  in  various  parts  of  the  United 
States  and  Europe,  particularly  Germany 
and  France.  These  were  started  on  a  small 
scale,  but  in  1912  Mr.  Fries  and  his  associ- 
ates undertook  the  improvement  and  enlarge- 
ment of  their  plants  along  modern  lines,  ex- 
pending more  than  $200,000  on  the  work  of 
putting  in  large  electric  power  plants,  which 
will  more  than  double  their  capacity. 

The  future  plans  of  Mr.  Fries'  companies 
include  the  building  of  a  railroad  fifty  miles 
in  length  to  connect  their  mines  with  a  ship- 
ping point  near  the  town  of  Bakersfield,  Cali- 
fornia. It  is  estimated  that  this  road  will 
cost  about  one  million  dollars  by  the  time  it 
is  completed. 

Since  getting  control  of  the  borax  deposits 
of  Southern  California,  Mr.  Fries,  by  his  op- 
erations, has  attracted  the  attention  of  finan- 
ciers in  all  parts  of  the  United  States  and  was 
asked  to  sell  his  holdings  at  various  times 
for  sums  which  would  have  doubled  his  in- 
vestment, but  preferred  to  retain  his  proper- 
ties and  carry  out  the  plan  of  development 
which  he  had  mapped  out. 

Aside  from  his  activities  in  extensive  busi- 
ness affairs,  Mr.  Fries  has  attained  promi- 
nence as  a  patron  of  the  arts,  and  is  today 
the  possessor  of  a  small  private  gallery  con- 
taining several  valuable  paintings.  He  has 
always  taken  a  great  deal  of  interest  in  the 
work  of  the  masters  and  also  is  a  student  of 
literature  and  the  languages,  speaking  seven 
different  tongues  with  equal  fluency  and  as 
naturally  as  he  uses  his  native  language. 

Mr.  Fries  is  not  a  clubman,  but  devotes 
most  of  his  time  outside  of  business  to  his 
home  and  close  friends.  However,  he  is  an 
enthusiastic  motorist  and  the  owner  of  sev- 
eral high-powered  automobiles.  His  only  fra- 
ternal affiliation  is  the  Knights  of  Pythias. 


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AITE,  MARION  PISHON 
Oil  Operator,  Electrical  En- 
gineer, Los  Angeles,  Califor- 
nia, was  born  at  Riverside, 
California,  February  17,  1876, 
the  son  of  Lyman  Cobb  Waite  and  Lillian 
M.  (Sugart)  Waite.  He  married  Anna 
Margaret  Olmsted  Chapman  at  Riverside, 
California,  April  4,  1901.  There  are  two 
children,  Eric  Lyman 
and  Margaret  Anna 
Waite.  Mr.  Waite  was 
the  second  white  child 
born  at  Riverside,  and 
his  father  and  mother 
were  the  first  white 
couple  married  there. 

Mr.  Waite  attended 
the  Riverside  grammar 
schools,  and  later  gradu- 
ated from  the  Riverside 
High  School. 

When  his  primary  ed- 
ucation was  complete  he 
was  sent  to  Throop 
Polytechnic  Institute  at 
Pasadena,  and  later  to 
Leland  Stanford  Junior 
University  at  Palo  Alto. 
He  graduated  with  the 
class  of  1900,  carrying 
away  two  degrees,  those 
of  Bachelor  of  Arts  and 
of  Electrical  Engineer. 

He  went  to  work  for 
the  Edison  Electric  Com- 
pany as  soon  as  he  left 
college.  He  was  in  the  power  house  for 
eight  months,  doing  general  work,  and  was 
next  transferred  to  the  Los  Angeles  power 
house.  He  had  a  chance  to  use  some  of  his 
technical  knowledge  there,  and  was  ad- 
vanced to  a  good  post  in  the  office. 

His  ability  by  this  time  was  becoming 
recognized  and  he  was  offered  a  position  in 
the  motive  power  department  of  the  Los 
Angeles  Railway.  Later  he  accepted  the  posi- 
tion of  consulting  and  construction  engineer 
for  the  Western  Electric  Works.  He  had 
not  been  long  in  his  new  position  before  the 
proprietor  of  the  concern  died  and  Mr. 
Waite  was  given  .the  chance  of  buying  the 
business  and  did  so. 

He  operated  the  Western  Electric  Com- 
pany for  two  years  successfully  and  then 
sold  out. 

He  had  meanwhile  gained  a  wide  reputa- 
tion as  electrical  engineer,  so  opened  an 


M.    P.    WAITE 


office  as  consulting  electric  engineer,  and  su- 
pervised the  installation  of  many  of  the 
electric  plants  in  the  cities  of  California  and 
the  West,  and  in  the  more  important  office 
buildings. 

The  '  designing  of  electrical  machinerv 
had  always  been  a  favorite  occupation,  so 
he  branched  out  in  this  direction.  He  not 
only  designed  but  manufactured,  and  incor- 
porated the  business 
under  the  firm  name  of 
Waite,  Bailie  &  Com- 
pany. The  name  of  the 
firm  was  later  changed 
to  Bailie,  Brandt  &  Com- 
pany, when,  after  four 
years  of  thriving  busi- 
ness, he  sold  out. 

The  fortunes  that 
were  being  created  by 
oil  in  Southern  California 
attracted  him,  and  he 
embarked  with  all  his 
capital  and,  energy  into 
oil  lands,  leases  and  de- 
velopment. 

He  operated  alone 
until  1909,  increasing 
his  operations  constant- 
ly, when,  with  his  asso- 
ciates, he  helped  organize 
the  "Four  Investment 
Company." 

He  is  treasurer  of  this 
company,    which    is    one 
of   the   heavily   rated   oil 
concerns  of  California. 
Mr.   Waite   has  managed  to  become   in- 
terested   in    other    affairs.     Land    especially 
has  looked  to  him   a  good  form  of  invest- 
ment. 

He  belongs  to  the  professional  societies 
that  are  in  line  with  his  trade,  the  Archi- 
tects and  Engineers'  Association,  the  Elec- 
trical Engineers'  Society  and  the  College 
Men's  Association. 

While  Mr.  Waite  was  in  college  he  was 
a  fraternity  man  and  became  a  member  of 
the  Phi  Delta  Theta,  the  Gamma  Etta 
Kappa  and  the  Gamma  Kappa.  He  is  still 
interested  in  the  social  affairs  of  these 
fraternities. 

He  has  joined  the  Union  League  Club  of 
San  Francisco,  the  Athletic  Club  of  Los 
Angeles,  the  Sierra  Madre  Club,  the  Uni- 
versity Club  and  the  Gamut  Club. 

Mr.  Waite  is  also  a  member  of  the  Stan- 
ford Club  of  Southern  California. 


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'DONNELL,  JAMES  E.,  Petroleum 
Lands  and  General  Real  Estate, 
Los  Angeles,  California,  was  born 
in  the  land  of  the  origin  of  oil  as 
an  article  of  commerce — Pennsyl- 
vania— December  26,  1874.  His 
father  was  T.  A.  O'Donnell,  a  pioneer  in  the  Penn- 
sylvania oil  fields,  and  his  mother  Myra  (Parsons) 
O'Donnell. 

He  received  his  education  in  the  public  schools 
of  Pennsylvania. 

Mr.  O'Donnell  appears  to 
have  entered  and  succeeded 
in  the  oil  business  by  force 
of  heredity  and  environ- 
ment, as  well  as  by  a  devel- 
opment of  natural  business 
talents  of  a  remarkably  high 
order,  for  he  began  his  notable 
career  at  the  age  of  15  years. 

As  his  father  was  a  pio- 
neer in  business  and  devel- 
opment ventures  in  the 
Pennsylvania  fields,  Mr. 
O'Donnell  naturally  absorbed 
the  details  and  practical 
knowledge  which  surrounded 
his  daily  life  as  a  boy,  and 
as  soon  as  he  was  able  to  be 
of  value  began  to  put  to 
practical  application  the 
knowledge  that  he  seemed 
to  have  intuitively  acquired. 

After  seeking  with  more 
or  less  degree  of  success 
places  where  he  could  turn 
his  natural  bent  to  work  in 
oil  lands,  he  adventured  as 
far  as  Colorado,  where  his 
attention  was  called  to  the  discoveries  made  in 
Southern  California  and  the  indications  that  here 
was  to  be  established  a  producing  region  second 
to  no  other  in  the  world. 

So  in  1891  he  left  Colorado  and  came  to  Cali- 
fornia, finally  selecting  Santa  Paula  as  his  first 
place  of  operating.  That  the  step  was  well  taken 
is  shown  by  what  will  be  said  of  his  record. 

Officially  he  is  president  of  the  Nacirema  Oil 
Company,  field  manager  and  stockholder  of  the 
American  Oil  Fields  Company,  a  large  stockholder 
of  the  American  Petroleum  Company  and  a  director 
of  the  Bungalow  Apartments  Company. 

But  the  official  designations  and  personal  promi- 
nence of  Mr.  O'Donnell  by  no  means  indicate  what 
he  has  achieved,  nor  the  importance  his  activities 
and  talents  have  been  to  the  tremendous  oil  indus- 
try of  the  State. 

Ever  since  his  arrival  in  1891  he  has  been  ex- 
haustless  in  his  efforts  and  remarkably  perceptive 
in  his  conclusions  regarding  opportunities  and  pos- 
sibilities in  his  chosen  field  of  industry. 


JAMES  E.  O'DONNELL 


His  knowledge  was  gained  by  actual  experience, 
and  to  this  practical  equipment  of  his  mental  fac- 
ulties he  applied  a  strong  mentality  and  analytical 
power  of  mind  that  has  placed  him  in  the  very 
lead  of  men  known  as  reliable  and  scientific 
experts. 

As  an  instance  showing  this  recognition  of  his 
peculiar  talent,  Mr.  O'Donnell  was  from  its  incep- 
tion until  recently  field  manager  of  the  American 
Oilfields  Company,  a  company  of  a  capital  of 
twenty-five  million  dollars, 
and  which  is  headed  by  Mr. 
E.  L.  Doheny,  the  celebrated 
oil  operator  both  of  Califor- 
nia and  of  Mexico.  The  suc- 
cess of  this  company  is  a 
familiar  fact  to  all  those  in- 
terested in  oil  matters,  and 
is  ascribed  in  no  small  de- 
gree to  Mr.  O'Donnell's  qual- 
ities. 

This  is  but  one  of  the  nu- 
merous undertakings  in 
which  Mr.  O'Donnell  has 
been  engaged;  in  the  past 
seven  years  he  has  been  su- 
perintendent and  consulting 
superintendent  for  the  fol- 
lowing notable  companies: 
The  Cousins  Oil  Company, 
of  McKittrick  district;  the 
Casmalia  Oil  Company,  of 
Santa  Maria  district;  the 
Whittier  Oil  Company,  of 
McKittrick  district;  the  San 
Souci  Oil  Company,  the  Mc- 
Kittrick Oil  Company,  the 
Grasse  Casa  Oil  Company, 
Santa  Maria  district,  and  the 
McKittrick  Oil  Company,  McKittrick  district. 

Mr.  O'Donnell  is  a  very  extensive  oil  land  own- 
er; he  has  enviable  properties  in  the  Midway  dis- 
trict, and  the  Elk  Hills  and  McKittrick  districts  in 
Kern  county,  beside  a  large  body  of  oil  land  in  the 
Salt  Creek  district  in  Wyoming;  and  beyond  this 
owns  large  blocks  of  stock  and  bonds  of  the  Ameri- 
can Oilfields  Company  and  the  American  Petroleum 
and  the  Mexican  Petroleum  Companies. 

Both  the  Union  and  the  American  Oilfields  Com- 
panies have  been  purchasers  of  extensive  oil  tracts 
from  him.  Despite  his  business  activities  Mr. 
O'Donnell  takes  a  keen  personal  interest  in  the  af- 
fairs of  Los  Angeles  and  is  a  ready  helper  in  all 
movements  which  tend  to  improve  it  as  a  city  and  a 
port.  His  energy  and  progressiveness  make  him  a 
valued  factor  in  the  civic  enterprises  and  he  has 
figured  largely  in  successful  campaigns  for  the  bet- 
terment of  the  Southern  California  metropolis. 

When  not  concerned  in  business  affairs  Mr. 
O'Donnell  occupies  himself  for  amusement  with 
automobiles  as  an  agreeable  fad. 


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CHARLES  S.  S.   FORNEY 

LOS  ANGELES,   CAL. 


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OZIER,  THOMAS  BONE,  of 
the  firm  of  Reid  &  Dozier,  At- 
torneys, San  Francisco,  Cal., 
was  born  at  Charles'ton,  South 
Carolina,  March  12,  1866,  the 
son  of  Leonard  Franklin  Dozier  and  Agnes 
(Bone)  Dozier.  Descending  from  a  line 
of  distinguished  lawyers  and  physicians 
of  South  Carolina,  among  them  his  grand- 
father and  the  latter's  brother,  Richard  Do- 
zier, Dr.  J.  Marion  Sims,  one  of  whose  an- 
cestors was  General  Marion  of  the  Revolu- 
tion, to  say  nothing  of  others  almost  equally 
well  known,  Thomas  Dozier  is  an  expression 
of  many  of  the  characteristics  that  made  his 
forbears  famous.  His  father's  family  was 
originally  French  and  partly  English,  while 
his  mother  came  of  a  race  of  Huguenots  that 
settled  in  Louisiana.  His  parents  took  him 
to  California  on  March  12,  1868,  the  second 
anniversary  of  his  birth,  as  an  excellent  way, 
perhaps,  of  celebrating  the  event.  On  April 
22,  1889,  Mr.  Dozier  was  married  in  San 
Francisco  to  Miss  Maud  Watson,  and  is  the 
father  of  four  sons,  Franklin  Watson, 
Thomas  Bone,  Irwin  Yount  and  Paul  Cut- 
tino  Dozier. 

Mr.  Dozier  is  one  of  the  best  known  law- 
yers in  the  State,  and  his  name  has  not  been 
infrequently  connected  with  affairs  that  have 
attracted  the  attention  of  the  entire  United 
States.  He  is  known  as  both  a  criminal  and 
corporation  lawyer.  In  his  younger  days  he 
achieved  distinction  as  a  criminal  lawyer 
and  was  successful  because  of  his  eloquence 
and  the  care  with  which  he  mapped  out  his 
cases.  He  made  himself  feared  by  criminals 
as  a  state  prosecutor. 

From  the  age  of  five  years  he  attended 
the  public  schools  of  Napa  and  of  San  Fran- 
cisco, until  his  graduation  from  the  Oak 
Mound  School  in  1881.  When  he  was  but 
sixteen  years  old  he  entered  the  University 
of  California,  but  left  there  in  1883  to  take 
a  private  course  in  the  classics,  under  Pro- 
fessors Mower  and  Walker.  In  1888  he  was 
graduated  from  the  Hastings  Law  College, 
an  LL.  B.,  and  a  few  months  later  he  began 
to  practice  on  his  own  account,  at  Redding, 
Shasta  County. 

His  natural  leanings  toward  the  forensic 
side  of  the  law  carried  him  at  first  chiefly 
into  the  criminal  courts,  and  there  his  ability 
early  attracted  attention.  His  reputation  in 
this  branch  of  his  profession  was  subse- 
quently increased  by  his  appointment  as  Dis- 
trict Attorney  of  Shasta  County  in  January, 
1899.  In  the  same  month  of  1905  Governor 
Pardee  offered  him  the  judgeship  of  Shasta, 


but  this  honor  he  refused,  chiefly  because  he 
did  not  wish  a  judicial  career.  His  tastes 
were  for  private  practice  in  the  courts,  espe- 
cially before  juries.  To  this  he  returned, 
and  soon  established  a  brilliant  record  for  ac- 
quittals and  skill  in  the  conduct  of  his  cases. 
On  his  return  to  San  Francisco  in  May,  1908, 
he  began  to  drift  away  from  criminal  law 
into  corporation  practice.  In  this  he  has 
prospered,  chiefly  as  an  adviser  of  smelting 
interests  and  electrical  power  companies. 

He  has  also  been  a  prominent  figure  in 
several  important  criminal  cases,  among  them 
as  counsel  for  James  Treadwell,  whom  he 
acquitted  of  the  charge  of  embezzlement,  and 
also  as  associate  with  Henry  Ach  in  the  de- 
fense of  Abe  Ruef.  Politically  Mr.  Dozier 
has  been  active  and  equally  versatile.  For 
twenty  years  he  was  a  delegate  to  every  state 
convention,  and  until  1896,  when  he  was  one 
of  those  who  aided  in  the  nomination  of 
Bryan,  he  was  a  Democrat.  He  then  trans- 
ferred his  allegiance  to  the  Republicans,  in 
whose  ranks  he  has  since  been  conspicuous, 
notably  as  one  of  the  three  drafters  of  the 
platform  of  the  Santa  Cruz  convention  that 
nominated  James  N.  Gillett  for  Governor. 

But  he  has  played  the  game  chiefly  as  a 
pastime,  and  largely  because  of  his  interest 
in  civic  betterment.  His  energies,  however, 
have  not  been  confined  even  to  these  varied 
fields  of  endeavor.  They  have  sought  an  out- 
let in  military  achievements  and  brought  him 
into  the  street  car  strike  of  1886,  wherein  he 
was  a  corporal,  and  also  into  the  railroad 
strike  of  1894,  during  which  he  was  in  com- 
mand of  the  troops  operating  between  Red 
Bluff  and  Ashland.  In  that  city  he  distin- 
guished himself  as  a  disciplinarian  and  exec- 
utive and  at  the  end  of  the  trouble  was 
praised  for  the  soldierly  manner  in  which  he 
had  acquitted  himself. 

Mr.  Dozier's  technical  knowledge  of  an- 
atomy, surgery,  etc.,  though  acquired  only  as 
an  amateur,  has  been  very  useful  to  him  in 
his  practice  of  law,  especially  in  suits  for 
damages.  Promoted  by  his  keen  interest  in 
the  marvel  of  our  creation,  in  the  correction 
of  deformities,  and  in  the  improvement  of 
the  race,  it  has  won  for  him  a  reputation 
among  surgeons  that  leads  them  to  invite 
him  to  witness  their  most  scientific  opera- 
tions. They  think  it  a  hobby  well  worth 
even  a  busy  lawyer's  while  to  ride. 

The  family  home  is  at  2401  Jackson  street, 
San  Francisco.  He  is  not  much  of  a  club- 
man, limiting  that  phase  of  his  active  life 
to  the  Union  League,  the  Army  and  Navy 
and  the  Southern  clubs  of  San  Francisco. 


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'MAHON,  JOHN  JOSEPH,  Attor- 
ney at  Law,  Los  Angeles,  Cali- 
fornia, was  born  in  Wethersfield, 
Connecticut,  August  31,  1882,  the 
son  of  James  McMahon  and  Kath- 
erine  (Taft)  McMahon.  He  is  of 
Irish  descent,  but  the  family  is  one  of  the  oldest  in 
the  United  States,  its  members  having  settled  in 
New  England  during  the  early  days  of  the  Republic. 
Mr.  McMahon  attended  the  public  and  high 
schools  of  Wethersfield  and 
moved  to  California  when  he 
was  twenty-one  years  of  age. 
After  leaving  the  high  school 
of  Wethersfield,  he  entered 
the  employ  of  the  Hartford, 
Connecticut,  Electric  Light 
Company,  studying  electricity 
in  all  its  branches.  In  addi- 
tion to  the  practical  work  he 
did  in  the  company's  plant  he 
was  taking  a  special  course 
in  electricity  in  the  Hiler  In- 
stitute of  Hartford.  At  that 
time  he  intended  following 
the  profession  of  Electrical 
Engineering  and  he  still  re- 
tained this  ambition  when  he 
arrived  in  Los  Angeles  in 
the  year  1903. 

Mr.  McMahon's  first  work 
in  California  was  in  the  Con- 
struction Department  of  the 
Pacific  Light  &  Power  Com- 
pany, where  he  was  one  of 
the  expert  constructors  of 
electrical  machinery.  He  re- 
mained there  only  about  a 
year,  however,  resigning  his 

place  to  accept  a  better  position  with  the  Los  An- 
geles Interurban  Railway  Company,  as  one  of  the 
operators  of  its  principal  power  plants.  While  serv- 
ing in  this  position,  Mr.  McMahon  met  with  an  acci- 
dent that  caused  him  to  abandon  electrical  work 
and  practically  changed  the  entire  course  of  his 
life.  His  health  became  impaired  as  a  result  of  his 
injury  and  he  was  compelled  to  give  up  all  work  for 
nearly  a  year. 

In  1905,  Mr.  McMahon  went  to  the  Hawaiian 
Islands  and  after  a  stay  there  of  about  six  months, 
returned  to  the  United  States,  considerably  improved, 
although  not  entirely  recovered  from  the  effects 
of  the  accident  referred  to  before.  About  this  time 
he  took  up  the  study  of  law  and  was  a  student  in 
the  University  of  Southern  California  Law  Depart- 
ment for  about  two  years,  but  it  was  not  until  about 
the  year  1907  that  he  was  strong  enough  to  devote 
himself  to  his  studies  for  any  sustained  length  of 
time. 

Mr.  McMahon  then  took  up  the  work  seriously 
and  in  1911  was  graduated  from  the  University  with 


J.  J.  McMAHON 


the  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Laws.  He  was  admitted 
to  the  Bar  almost  immediately  and  opened  practice 
in  Los  Angeles,  but  he  also  took  a  post-graduate 
course  at  the  University  and  in  1912  was  awarded 
the  degree  of  Master  of  Laws. 

Although  he  is  one  of  the  newer  members  of  the 
legal  profession  in  Los-  Angeles,  Mr.  McMahon  has 
attained  a  degree  of  prominence  and  has  been  an 
active  participant  in  the  politics  of  the  city  and 
State.  He  entered  the  political  field  about  the  year 
1908  and  since  that  time  has 
been  among  the  forceful 
speakers  and  workers  in  the 
ranks  of  the  Progressive  Re- 
publicans of  California.  He 
has  taken  the  stump  in  vari- 
ous campaigns  and  had  a 
part  in  the  selection  of  Coun- 
ty Delegates  to  the  State 
Convention  at  which  Hiram 
Johnson,  later  candidate  for 
Vice  President  of  the  United 
States,  was  nominated  for 
Governor  of  California. 

In  Los  Angeles  politics 
Mr.  McMahon  is  allied  with 
the  Good  Government  forces 
and  during  the  campaign  of 
George  Alexander,  in  1911, 
for  re-election  as  Mayor  of 
the  city,  he  had  charge  of 
the  speakers'  bureau.  This 
was  one  of  the  most  impor- 
tant municipal  campaigns  in 
the  history  of  the  Southern 
California  metropolis,  when 
the  Good  Government  forces 
of  the  city  were  fighting 
against  the  introduction  of 

Socialism  into  the  affairs  of  Los  Angeles,  and  the 
management  of  the  speakers'  section  had  much  to 
do  with  the  ultimate  success  of  the  Alexander  cause. 
In  1910,  Mr.  McMahon  took  an  active  part  in 
the  campaign  of  Judge  W.  P.  James  for  re-election 
to  the  District  Court  of  Appeals  and  in  1912  took 
up  the  management  of  Judge  F.  M.  Houser's  cam- 
paign for  re-election  to  the  Superior  Court  of  Los 
Angeles  County. 

Since  engaging  in  the  practice  of  law,  Mr.  Mc- 
Mahon has  devoted  himself  assiduously  to  his  work 
and  his  only  affiliations  outside  of  his  professional 
work  are  of  a  political  nature  in  association  with 
the  so-called  Good  Government  organization. 

Professionally,  Mr.  McMahon  has  been  con- 
nected with  a  number  of  business  houses,  includ- 
ing building  and  real  estate  enterprises. 

Mr.  McMahon  is  a  great  believer  in  the  future 
industrial  importance  of  Los  Angeles  and  states 
that  the  admirable  political  and  city  government 
conditions  make  it  the  most  desirable  residence 
city  in  the  country. 


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ALMER,  ARTHUR  H.,  Den- 
tist, Pasadena,  California, 
was  born  at  Susquehanna 
County,  Pennsylvania,  De- 
cember 12,  1858,  the  son  of 
Charles  R.  Palmer  and  Elvira  (Kingsley) 
Palmer.  He  married  Lucy  Bacon,  November 
29,  1893,  at  Pasadena. 

Dr.  Palmer  attended  the  public  schools  of 
Susquehanna  County  and 
finished  his  high  school. 
Meanwhile,  he  was  kept 
busy  on  his  father's  farm. 
He  decided  that  dentistry 
would  make  a  pleasant 
and  profitable  occupation, 
so  he  entered  the  Penn- 
sylvania College  of  Den- 
tal Surgery  and  gradu- 
ated with  honors  in  the 
year  1881. 

He  first  began  the  prac- 
tice of  his  profession  in 
the  county  seat  of  his  na- 
tive county,  where  he 
thrived  for  eight  years. 
He  then  decided  to  move 
to  a  more  pleasant  cli- 
mate, and  a  larger  field. 
Pasadena  drew  him  and 
he  became  its  citizen  in 
the  year  1888,  where  he 
has  practiced  nearly 
a  quarter  of  a  cen- 
tury and  occupies  a 
high  position  in  the 
dental  profession. 

Mr.  Palmer  has  had  quite  a  notable  ca- 
reer in  lodge  and  society  circles.  He  has 
won  prominence  in  two  of  the  greatest  so- 
cieties in  America,  the  Elks  and  Masons,  and 
to  their  membership  is  known  from  one  end 
of  the  United  States  to  the  other.  Many  of 
the  greatest  men  in  the  nation  belong  to 
these  orders,  and  it  takes  a  man  of  excep- 
tional qualifications  to  win  honors  amongst 
them.  In  Pasadena  particularly  the  mem- 
berships are  of  a  very  high  grade,  and  yet 
there  he  has  been  chosen  Grand  Exalted 
Ruler  of  the  Elks.  He  has  been  district 
deputy  of  the  Elks  of  Southern  California, 
an  office  of  importance.  He  has  often  been 
a  delegate  to  the  big  national  conventions  of 
the  Elks,  bodies  that  the  nation's  cities  vie 
amongst  themselves  to  honor,  and  has  at- 
tended their  sessions  at  Memphis,  Philadel- 
phia, Salt  Lake  City,  Milwaukee,  Erie,  Cin- 
cinnati, Reno,  Denver  and  elsewhere.  The 


DR.  A.  H.  PALMER 


Masons  have  also  chosen  to  honor  him,  and 
he  has  been  Master  of  the  'Lodge  of  Pasa- 
dena. He  has  taken  every  degree  of  Ma- 
sonry, from  the  bottom  to  the  top.  His 
lodge  affiliations  have  been  of  such  import- 
ance that  they  have  taken  a  large  place  in 
his  life. 

He  has  made  architecture,  while  not  a 
profession,  a  hobby.  He  has  designed  and 
has  had  built  one  of  the 
most  beautiful  houses  of 
the  bungalow  type  in  that 
land  of  lovely  houses, 
Southern  California,  and 
architects  the  m- 
selves  have  come  to  ex- 
amine it. 

He  has  built  up  a 
comfortable  fortune,  and 
has  invested  it  wisely, 
chiefly  in  property  in  his 
home  city,  and  in  enter- 
prises near  by. 

He  is  a  stockholder 
and  director  in  a  number 
of  substantial  companies, 
but  does  not  give  them 
much  attention,  confining 
himself  still  to  the  prac- 
tice of  his  profession. 

In  the  field  of  recrea- 
tion he  is  known  as  an 
ardent  fisherman.  He  has 
sunk  his  line  in  the  Pa- 
cific Ocean  for  fish,  big 
and  little,  and  has  whip- 
ped his  fly  over  most  of 
the  best  trout  streams  of  the  Sierra  Nevadas 
of  California. 

The  growth  of  the  science  and  the  art  of 
dentistry  has  naturally  been  his  main  inter- 
est. His  own  office  he  keeps  equipped  with 
the  latest  instruments  used  in  the  art,  and 
he  has  himself  applied  several  of  his  own  in- 
ventions. He  follows  carefully  the  practice 
of  the  master  dentists,  and  has  himself  made 
a  number  of  valuable  experiments.  He  has 
one  of  the  best  dental  libraries.  He  has  at- 
tended the  sessions  of  the  National  Dental 
associations,  and  has  been  one  of  the  leading 
workers  of  the  local  associations.  He  was 
president,  for  a  term,  of  the  Southern  Cali- 
fornia Dental  Association,  in  recognition  of 
his  services  to  the  profession.  He  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Pasadena  Dental  Association. 

He  belongs  to  the  Overland  Club  of  Pas- 
adena and  the  Elks  and  the  Masons.  These 
manage  to  consume  all  his  spare  time. 


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AWLEY,  CHARLES  GEO., 
Physician  and  Surgeon,  Los 
Angeles,  California,  was  born 
at  Mishicott,  Wisconsin,  Feb- 
ruary 15,  1879,  and  is  of  Ger- 
man-English descent.  His  father  was  Dr.  Geo. 
Dawley  and  his  mother  Jennie  M.  (Braasch) 
Dawley.  On  April  12,  1908,  he  married 
Minnie  Martin  in 
Los  Angeles.  A  daugh- 
ter, Margaret  Eileen 
Dawley,  has  been  born  to 
them. 

Dr.  Dawley  spent  his 
boyhood  in  Wisconsin, 
receiving  his  early  educa- 
tion in  the  public  schools 
of  Manitowoc,  Wiscon- 
sin, which  he  attended 
from  1886  to  1894.  On 
September  10,  1894,  the 
family  moved  to  Los  An- 
geles and  there  young 
Dawley  entered  the  High 
School,  from  which  he 
was  graduated  in  1899. 

Like  his  father  before 
him,  Dr.  Dawley  chose 
the  medical  profession 
for  his  life  work,  and  af- 
ter finishing  his  prepara- 

«  «  « 

tory  education,  he  en- 
tered the  College  of  Medicine  of  the  Uni- 
versity of  Southern  California.  After  study- 
ing at  that  institution  for  four  years  he 
was  graduated  in  1903,  with  the  degree  of 
M.  D. 

Shortly  after  his  graduation,  Dr.  Dawley 
engaged  in  the  practice  of  medicine  in  Los 
Angeles,  his  first  work  being  in  company 
with  Dr.  C.  E.  Stoner,  at  that  time  a  man  of 
established  reputation  and  practice  in  the 
city.  Dr.  Dawley  gives  a  great  deal  of  the 
credit  for  his  subsequent  success  to  the  older 
man,  who  gave  him  the  benefit  of  a  wide  ex- 
perience at  the  start  of  his  career.  When  he 
first  engaged  in  practice  Dr.  Dawley  applied 
himself  to  general  medical  work,  but  in  a  few 
years  found  that  his  talents  and  inclinations 
were  toward  the  surgical  end  of  the  profes- 
sion. He  devoted  a  great  deal  of  time  to 
study  of  the  subject  and  kept  abreast  of  every 
new  development  in  the  profession.  Grad- 
ually he  gave  more  attention  to  this  branch 


of  the  work,  and  ultimately  did  little  else. 
Today  he  specializes  in  surgery  and  is  recog- 
nized as  one  of  the  most  conscientious  prac- 
titioners in  the  Southern  part  of  California. 
Also  his  library  on  the  science  of  surgery  is 
one  of  the  most  valuable  in  the  City  of  Los 
Angeles. 

Despite  his  continued  success  in  his  pro- 
fession, Dr.  Dawley  has 
no  desire  to  go  into  busi- 
ness alone,  and  the  part- 
nership with  Dr.  Stoner, 
after  eight  years,  in  still 
in  effect. 

Dr.  Dawley,  in  addi- 
tion to  his  private  prac- 
tice, is  one  of  the  visiting 
physicians  of  the  Sisters 
Hospital  in  Los  Angeles, 
and  for  many  years  was 
the  head  physician  of  the 
Los  Angeles  Aerie  of 
Eagles.  He  is  a  member 
of  numerous  medical  as- 
sociations, among  them 
the  Los  Angeles  County 
Medical  Society,  the  Cal- 
ifornia State  Medical  So- 
ciety and  the  American 
Medical  Association.  He 
takes  an  active  interest 
in  these  organizations 


G.  DAWLEY 


and  devotes  much  time  to  their  meetings. 
Apart  from  his  medical  profession,  Dr.  Daw- 
ley  has  other  interests  and  holds  stock  in  sev- 
eral Los  Angeles  corporations.  He  is  a 
firm  believer  in  the  oil  possibilities  of  the 
Southwest  and  many  of  his  interests  are  in 
this  field. 

Dr.  Dawley,  like  many  other  professional 
men  who  spend  much  time  in  offices,  is  an 
advocate  of  outdoor  exercise,  and  several 
weeks  out  of  each  year  he  spends  in  the 
open.  His  principal  recreation  is  found  in 
deer  hunting  and  during  the  season  hunts  in 
the  northern  part  of  Los  Angeles  County. 
He  has  followed  deer  for  more  than  seven- 
teen years. 

Dr.  Dawley  is  not  a  club  member,  al- 
though he  holds  membership  in  the  Los  An- 
geles Aerie,  No.  102,  Fraternal  Order  of 
Eagles.  He  prefers  to  spend  his  spare  time 
at  home  reading  good  literature  and 
studying. 


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MWEG,  COLONEL  FREDERICK 
JAMES,  Advisory  Engineer  and 
Manager  of  Building  Operations, 
San  Francisco,  was  born  in  Har- 
risburg,  Pennsylvania,  the  son  of 
Captain  John  M.  Amweg  and  Mar- 
garet H.  (Fenn)  Amweg.  His  father  was  a  Captain 
of  Company  I,  One  Hundred  and  Twenty-second 
Pennsylvania  Volunteers  during  the  Civil  War,  and 
his  ancestors  were  of  old  Revolutionary  stock,  for 
he  is  the  great-grandson  of  Theophilus  Fenn,  a 
gallant  officer  of  the  American  forces  in  Canada 
under  General  Wolfe,  and  is  also  a  lineal  descend- 
ant of  Hon.  Theodore  Sedgwick,  an  American  Fed- 
eralist, politician  and  jurist,  who  served  in  the 
Revolutionary  War,  was  a  Delegate  to  the  Conti- 
nental Congress  from  Massachusetts  from  1788  to 
1796,  United  States  Senator,  1796  to  1799;  a  Mem- 
ber of  Congress,  1799  to  1801,  and  Judge  of  Massa- 
chusetts' Supreme  Court  from  1802  to  1813.  He  is 
also  a  nephew  of  General  John  Sedgwick,  who  lost 
his  life  at  Spottsylvania  Courthouse  during  the 
Civil  war. 

On  October  10,  1883,  Colonel  Amweg  was  mar- 
ried in  Philadelphia  to  Miss  Blanche  E.  Parsons, 
and  is  the  father  of  two  children,  Blanche  Ethel 
and  Frederick  J,  Amweg,  Jr. 

Colonel  Amweg  was  educated  both  in  private 
and  public  schools  of  Lancaster,  Pennsylvania. 
In  1873  he  was  graduated  from  the  Lancaster  High 
School  and  in  1876  took  the  degree  of  civil  engineer 
from  the  Polytechnic  College  of  Pennsylvania.  He 
had  early  determined  to  become  an  engineer  and 
architect,  and  concentrated  on  technical  studies  to 
this  end. 

Throughout  the  record  of  his  professional  ca- 
reer one  can  almost  hear  the  clank  of  the  survey- 
or's chain  and  the  echo  of  the  builder's  hammer. 
His  life  is  a  story  of  activity  and  achievement  in 
building  operations  that  touches  a  large  part  of 
America  and  her  possessions. 

Soon  after  his  final  graduation  he  joined  the 
engineering  staff  of  the  Pennsylvania  Railroad 
Company  and  served  thereon  for  nine  years,  toward 
the  end  of  which  period  he  acted  as  assistant  engi- 
neer of  bridges  and  buildings,  and  was  in  charge  of 
the  inspection  over  the  entire  system. 

He  was  also  employed  by  the  City  of  Philadel- 
phia to  design  a  cantilever  bridge  over  the  Schuyl- 
kill  River,  on  the  line  of  Market  street,  and  to 
superintend  the  construction  of  this  important 
municipal  work. 

From  1887  to  1899  Colonel  Amweg  conducted 
an  engineering  and  contracting  business  in  the  East 
and  had  the  active  supervision  of  operations  in- 
volving a  great  variety  of  structures,  both  public 
and  private,  and  many  millions  of  dollars. 

Among  these  some  of  the  most  noteworthy  are: 
The  Annex  to  the  Boys'  High  School,  the  Drexel 
Building  and  a  number  of  large  schoolhouses,  all 
these  in  Philadelphia;  the  handsome  residence  of 


Edward  H.  Williams,  Rosemont,  and  that  of  Robert 
Pitcairn,  Pittsburg;  the  Wernersville  Asylum,  Wer- 
nersville;  the  Baldwin  Hotel,  Beach  Haven,  New 
Jersey;  the  Academy  of  Music  and  the  Terry  Build- 
ing, Roanoke,  Virginia,  and  the  Union  Passenger 
Station,  Kenova,  Virginia. 

During  this  period  he  was  also  chief  engineer  of 
the  City  Avenue  and  Germantown  Bridge  Company 
and  superintended  the  erection  of  the  City  Avenue 
Bridge  over  the  Schuylkill  River  and  of  the  new 
Radford  Bridge,  at  Radford,  Virginia. 

In  1899  Colonel  Amweg  was  called  to  Honolulu 
to  take  charge,  as  chief  engineer  of  the  building 
and  installing  of  an  electric  railroad,  including  car 
barns,  power-house  and  power  plant,  at  a  total  cost 
of  more  than  a  million  and  a  half  dollars.  But  while 
in  the  islands  he  did  not  permit  the  building  busi- 
ness to  languish  through  lack  of  energy.  His  ac- 
tivities ranged  from  schools  and  warehouses  to  of- 
fice buildings  and  wharves. 

A  few  of  his  important  constructions  there  are 
the  Brewer  Warehouse,  the  Convent  Building,  the 
Lewers  &  Cooke  and  the  two  Mendoca  buildings, 
the  Sachs,  the  Stangenwald,  the  Normal  and  Royal 
Schools  and  the  Hilo  wharf  at  Hilo.  After  com- 
pleting the  above  works  he  went  to  San  Francisco, 
in  October,  1903,  and  engaged  in  the  private  prac- 
tice of  his  profession. 

Evidently  the  climate  of  California  had  no  deter- 
rent effect  upon  Colonel  Amweg's  constructive  pro- 
pensities. They  have  materialized  here  in  the  same 
range  and  variety  that  have  marked  them  else- 
where. 

Among  the  notable  expressions  of  his  ability 
we  find  these  buildings:  The  Brandenstein,  the 
Butler,  the  California  Wine  Association,  the  Dorn 
&  Dorn,  the  Hahnemann  Hospital,  the  Monad- 
nock,  the  Rothschild,  the  Savage-Rae,  the  Von 
Dorn  Hotel,  the  Woodward  Investment  Company, 
the  Berkeley  Station  (Southern  Pacific  Railroad), 
the  hospital  of  the  Southern  Pacific,  the  San  Mateo 
Courthouse,  the  Kern  County  Courthouse  and  the 
reconstruction  work  of  the  United  Railroads  of  San 
Francisco. 

Despite  all  this  absorbing  activity  he  has  found 
time  to  act  as  consulting  engineer  for  arbitration 
committees  and  to  become  a  member  of  the  follow- 
ing organizations :  The  Military  Order  of  the  Loyal 
Legion,  Sons  of  the  American  Revolution;  Corinth- 
ian Lodge  of  Masons,  of  Pennsylvania;  Oriental 
Chapter,  183,  Pennsylvania;  Golden  Gate  Command- 
ery,  Knights  Templar,  of  California;  Aloha  Temple, 
Mystic  Shrine,  Honolulu;  Philadelphia  Lodge  of 
Perfection  (fourteenth  degree),  De  Joinville  Coun- 
cil (sixteenth  degree),  Kilwinig  Chapter,  Rose  Croix 
(eighteenth  degree),  all  of  Pennsylvania;  Lodge  No. 
616,  B.  P.  O.  E.,  Honolulu;  American  Society  of 
Civil  Engineers  and  the  American  Association  for 
the  Advancement  of  Science. 

He  is  also  Chief  of  Engineers  of  the  National 
Guard  of  California,  with  the  rank  of  Colonel. 


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ATHEWS,  WALTER  J.,  Ar- 
chitect, Oakland,  California, 
was  born  at  Markesan,  Wis- 
consin, May  2,  1850,  the  son 
of  Julius  C.  and  Pauline  H. 
(McCraken)  Mathews.  His  paternal  ances- 
tors were  Huguenots,  who  fled  from  France 
to  England  and  from  thence  to  America,  and 
settled  in  Lincoln,  Connecticut,  while  his 
mother's  family  were  among  the  early  resi- 
dents of  Vermont  and  New  Hampshire.  In 
the  old  Hollister  house  of  Stamford,  Con- 
necticut, his  father's  mother,  who  was  a 
cousin  of  the  Hollisters,  descendants  of  Col- 
onel Hollister,  of  Colonial  fame,  was  born. 
His  father  moved  to  Oakland  on  May  14, 
1866,  and  established  himself  as  an  architect. 
In  that  city,  on  December  24,  1879,  Walter 
J.  Mathews  was  married  to  Miss  Viola  Gates 
Strawbridge,  a  lineal  descendant  of  General 
Gates  of  the  Revolution.  The  children  of 
this  marriage  are  Mary  Pauline  and  Jose- 
phine Hope  Mathews. 

From  1856  to  1866  Mr.  Mathews  attended 
the  public  school  of  Markesan,  during  the 
winters.  In  the  latter  year  he  went  to  Oak- 
land and  until  1868  took  the  common  school 
course,  together  with  some  high  school  work, 
at  the  Sweet  School,  which  he  left  to  get  a 
practical  training  for  the  profession  of  archi- 
tect. 

In  1868  he  began  as  a  carpenter,  under  the 
direction  of  his  father,  and  devoted  the  next 
seven  years  to  learning  the  mechanical  part 
of  the  business,  outside  of  the  office.  This  he 
entered  in  1874,  with  a  view  to  mastering 
the  details  thereof,  but  in  the  following  year 
he  moved  to  Los  Angeles  and  formed  a  part- 
nership under  the  firm  name  of  Kysor  & 
Mathews.  After  two  busy  years  in  that  city, 
during  which  he  designed  the  front  elevation 
of  the  Catholic  Cathedral  and  other  important 
works,  he  returned  to  Oakland  and  became 
the  junior  partner  in  the  well-known  firm  of 
J.  C.  Mathews  &  Son.  He  retained  this  con- 
nection until  1883,  and  then  took  a  year's 
course  of  travel  and  study  in  Europe,  chiefly 
in  England,  France  and  Germany.  Returning 
to  Oakland,  he  resumed  the  practice  of  his 
profession  on  his  own  account,  wherein  he 
has  won  a  wide  reputation  for  thoroughness 
and  skill. 

During  his  many  years'  experience  as  an 
architect,  Mr.  Mathers  has  designed  and  con- 
structed a  vast  number  of  buildings  of  various 
kinds  and  uses.  Among  his  notable  business 
blocks  in  Oakland  are  the  Union  Savings 
Bank,  the  National  Central  Bank,  the  Bacon 
Block  and  others,  and  in  San  Francisco  the 


Crellin  and  the  Marye  buildings.  Chief 
among  the  private  residences  he  has  designed 
are  the  Moses  Hopkins,  Henry  T.  Scott, 
Horace  Hill,  R.  C.  Chambers,  Dan  Earl,  John 
A.  Hooper  and  the  Russel  Wilson,  all  in  San 
Francisco;  and  in  Oakland,  the  F.  M.  Smith, 
Thomas  Crellin,  Senator  Perkins,  Edwin 
Goodall,  Ray  Pennoyer  and  numerous  others. 
Some  of  his  churches  are  the  St.  John  Epis- 
copal and  the  Unitarian  of  Oakland;  Uni- 
tarian, Alameda,  and  the  First  Christian 
Church,  Berkeley.  Public  buildings:  Irving 
Station,  Angel  Island,  and  Hall  of  Records, 
Colusa.  Hotels:  Ramona,  at  San  Luis  Obis- 
po,  and  the  Redondo  Beach  Hotel  at  the  lat- 
ter place. 

During  the  '90's  Mr.  Mathews  was  City 
Architect  of  Oakland  and  in  his  official  capa- 
city designed  several  buildings  for  the  city. 

Although  he  does  not  emphatically  favor 
any  special  style  of  architecture,  he  is  in- 
clined toward  the  Gothic,  which,  he  admits, 
is  not  adapted  to  general  American  needs ; 
the  Byzantine,  and,  especially  for  America, 
the  free  Renaissance. 

An  architect  trained  with  unusual  thor- 
oughness, Mr.  Mathews  has  already  numer- 
ous monuments  of  his  skill  standing  in  al- 
most every  corner  of  California.  These  are 
of  every  variety,  tributes  to  the  versatility 
of  his  skill.  His  work  has  won  the  respect 
and  even  the  admiration  of  the  fellow  artists 
of  his  profession.  He  recognizes  the  full 
meaning  of  his  business;  knows  of  what  im- 
portance it  is  in  the  creation  of  American 
cities.  He  has  always  striven  not  only  to 
give  his  clients  the  greatest  possible  useful 
returns  for  their  invested  money,  but  to  add 
those  touches  of  beauty  which  make  the  dif- 
ference between  a  building  which  is  a  suc- 
cess and  one  that  is  not.  In  the  many  in- 
stances in  which  he  was  given  considerable 
rein,  and  told  that  beauty  was  one  of  the 
main  objects,  he  has  had  exceptional  success. 
The  great  variety  of  buildings  which  he  has 
designed  has  required  a  technical  knowledge 
of  the  broadest  kind,  and  a  study  of  many 
different  lines  of  business,  but  he  has  given 
general  satisfaction  in  every  task  which  he 
hR<*  undertaken. 

Besides  his  office  of  City  Architect,  his 
only  other  civic  post  is  his  directorship  of  the 
Institute  for  the  Deaf,  Dumb  and  Blind,  in 
Oakland.  He  is  one  of  the  original  members, 
San  Francisco  Chapter  of  the  American  Insti- 
tute of  Architects;  his  clubs  are,  Athenian 
(one  of  the  original  organizers)  ;  Nile,  Clare- 
mont  Country  Club,  Home  and  the  B.  P.  O. 
E.,  all  of  Oakland. 


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BENJAMIN   FRANKLIN   MOFFATT 

CAPITALIST    AND    REAL    ESTATE    OPERATOR, 
LOS  ANGELES,   CAL. 


892 


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EBBARD  JAMES 
CHARLES  BACON,  Attor- 
ney, San  Francisco,  Califor- 
nia, was  born  at  Charleston 
Village,  Quebec,  Canada, 
April  11,  1854,  the  son  of  James  Josiah  Heb- 
bard  and  Charlotte  (Bacon)  Hebbard.  His 
first  ancestor  to  reach  this  country  from  Eng- 
land was  Roger  Williams,  who  came  in  the 
Mayflower;  and  on  his 
paternal  side  he  is  de- 
scended from  French 
Huguenots  who  settled 
in  Canada.  Among  his 
distinguished  maternal 
forbears  he  counts  his 
grandfather,  Ebenezer 
Williams,  a  Magistrate 
of  1812,  and  a  great- 
great-uncle,  General  Put- 
nam of  the  Revolution. 
Judge  Hebbard  married 
Gertrude  Elizabeth 
Gates,  and  to  them  were 
born  two  children,  Har- 
riet and  Gates  Hebbard 
Judge  Hebbard's  ear- 
ly schooling  consisted 
largely  of  his  mother's 
tuition.  In  1862  the  fam- 
ily moved  from  Canada 
to  California  and  settled 
first  in  Nevada  City, 
where  the  son  attended 
the  high  school  until  he 
was  15  years  old.  From 
1869  to  1872  he  was  a  pu- 
pil of  the  St.  Augustine  Military  College, 
Benicia,  and  upon  his  graduation  was  ap- 
pointed military  instructor  in  St.  Matthew's 
Military  School  of  San  Mateo  County. 

This  position  he  retained  until  1879,  and 
while  discharging  his  duties  and  helping  ma- 
terially to  build  up  the  school  he  was  study- 
ing law  under  the  direction  of  General  John 
H.  Dickinson,  formerly  military  instructor 
at  Benicia.  In  that  year  he  began  the  prac- 
tice of  his  profession  as  an  associate  of  Gen- 
eral Dickinson,  and  continued  as  such  until 
1883,  when  he  severed  this  successful  connec- 
tion to  go  to  Seattle. 

After  a  short  period  of  private  practice  in 
the  North,  he  accepted  the  editorship  of  the 
Seattle  Evening  Herald  and  became  an  active 
journalist.  But  beyond  these  duties  he  ac- 
complished much  for  that  city,  both  in  a  mil- 
itary and  a  civic  way.  While  acting  as  mili- 
tary instructor  at  San  Mateo  he  had  become  a 


J.  C.  B.  HEBBARD 


Major  of  the  National  Guard  of  California, 
and  from  1881  to  1882  had  been  First  Lieu- 
tenant of  Company  B.  Stimulated  by  this  ex- 
perience, he  organized,  in  1883  and  1884,  and 
captained  the  first  military  company  in  Seat- 
tle. He  was  also  chiefly  responsible  for  the 
establishment  of  the  first  fire  department 
there,  as  well  as  other  important  institutions. 
In  1888  he  returned  to  California  and 
shortly  thereafter  was 
elected  local  Justice  of 
the  Peace  for  one  term. 
Three  years  later,  in 
1891,  he  began  his  event- 
ful career  as  Judge  of  the 
Superior  Court  of  Cali- 
fornia. This  extended 
over  eighteen  years  and 
was  marked  by  much  im- 
portant litigation,  involv- 
ing questions  of  interpre- 
tation of  law  and  vast 
sums  of  money.  Con- 
spicuous among  these 
cases  is  that  of  the  fa- 
mous mining  suit,  Fox 
vs.  Hale  and  Norcross, 
and  also  that  of  Emeric 
vs.  Alvarado  et  al.,  in 
which  latter  thirty  years' 
litigation  terminated  in 
the  award  to  600  tenants 
of  their  titles  to  the  land 
they  had  occupied. 

Judge  Hebbard  had 
the  additional  distinction 
of  deciding  for  the  State 
the  important  tax  cases  of  1887  of  the  Central 
Pacific  Railroad,  involving  a  million  dollars. 
In  1909  he  retired  from  the  bench  with  the 
remarkable  record  of  having  had  90  per  cent 
of  all  his  cases  affirmed  by  the  appellate 
courts.  Since  then  he  has  been  engaged  in 
private  practice. 

Beyond  his  judicial  and  legal  talents 
Judge  Hebbard  has  a  marked  literary  bent. 
He  has  contributed  largely  both  in  verse  and 
prose  to  papers  and  periodicals  and  regards 
his  work  in  this  field  as  a  soothing  recreation. 
Mr.  Hebbard  was  formerly  a  well-known 
writer  for  the  Examiner  and  other  papers. 

He  is  a  man  of  magnetic  personality, 
genial  manner  and  possessed  of  a  wide  circle 
of  friends.  His  popularity  among  his  fellows 
is  attested  by  his  membership  in  the  follow- 
ing social  and  fraternal  organizations  in  San 
Francisco :  Olympic  Athletic  Club,  the  Press, 
the  Elks  and  the  Masons  (Blue  Lodge). 


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ILLSAP,  HOMER  CURTIS, 
Attorney-at-Law,  Los  An- 
geles, California,  was  born  at 
Colfax,  Iowa,  on  May  10th, 
1881,  the  son  of  Albert  and 
Melissa  (Shepard)  Millsap.  Mr.  Millsap 
married  Bess  B.  Chancy,  of  Lima,  Ohio,  and 
one  child  has  been  born  to  them,  Margerie 
Elizabeth.  Mr.  Millsap  attended  the  public 
schools  of  his  native  city, 
later  graduating  from  the 
high  school  at  Ashland, 
Oregon.  Upon  the  com- 
pletion of  his  high  school 
education,  he  entered 
and  graduated  from 
Drake  University,  at  Des 
Moines,  Iowa,  and  the 
Iowa  College  of  Law,  re- 
ceiving his  degree  of 
LL.B.  in  1897.  He  was 
then  sixteen  years  of  age, 
and  the  youngest  gradu- 
ate in  the  United  States 
up  to  that  time  of  any  re- 
putable law  school. 

Mr.  Millsap's  fitness 
for  the  practice  of  his 
profession  was  r  e  c  o  g  - 
nized  by  Judge  Chester 
C.  Cole,  ex-Chief  Justice 
of  the  Supreme  Court  of 
Iowa,  and  he  took  the 
boy  barrister  into  his 
office,  where  he  instruct- 
ed him  in  the  practical 
branches  of  his  profes- 
sion. For  two  years  Mr.  Millsap  was  an 
active  assistant  of  Judge  Cole's. 

In  1899  Mr.  Millsap  left  his  friend,  the 
ex-Justice,  to  take  up  the  practice  of  his  pro- 
fession in  Los  Angeles,  California,  and  was 
admitted  to  practice  in  California  in  1900  and 
has  pursued  his  profession  in  the  city  of  Los 
Angeles  since  that  time. 

Mr.  Millsap  has  specialized  in  corporation 
law,  and  at  the  present  time  handles  the  legal 
business  of  nearly  a  score  of  important  con- 
cerns in  Los  Angeles. 

The  determination  with  which  Mr.  Mill- 
sap  prosecutes  his  cases  is  evidenced  by  the 
record  in  the  case  of  The  People  vs.  Murphy. 
In  said  case,  as  attorney  for  the  Brunswick- 
Balke-Callender  Company,  he  has  challenged 
the  validity  of  an  ordinance  of  South  Pasa- 
dena prohibiting  the  playing  of  games  of 
pool  and  billiards,  or  the  maintenance  of  pub- 
lic places  for  the  conduct  of  these  pastimes. 


HOMER    C.    MILLSAP 


The  question  has  been  presented  by  applica- 
tion for  writ  of  habeas  corpus  to  the  Superior 
Court,  to  the  Appellate  Court,  to  the  Supreme 
Court  of  California,  and,  finally,  by  appeal 
from  the  Superior  Court  of  Los  Angeles 
to  the  Supreme  Court  of  the  United  States, 
where  the  case  is  now  pending. 

This  case  is  one  of  national  importance, 
not  only  because  of  the  millions  of  dollars 
placed  in  jeopardy,  but 
because  of  the  effect  it 
will  have  upon  amuse- 
ment enterprises  in  gen- 
e  r  a  1  throughout  the 
United  States.  It  is  the 
contention  of  Mr.  Mill- 
sap  and  his  clients  that  if 
the  anti-billiard  and  pool 
ordinance  is  declared 
valid  other  lines  of 
amusement  and  business 
will  be  in  danger  of  de- 
struction. Mr.  Millsap 
has  had  several  other  im- 
portant litigations  in  the 
California  courts  recent- 
ly, in  nearly  all  of  which 
the  constitutionality  of 
several  laws  has  been 
called  into  question. 

Mr.  Millsap,  at  the 
outset  of  his  career,  was 
recognized  at  once,  de- 
spite his  youth,  as  one 
of  the  most  conscientious 
and  competent  practi- 
tioners in  Los  Angeles, 


and  his  success  in  the  first  few  years  follow- 
ing his  entry  into  the  field  attested  to  his 
ability.  In  March,  1910,  he  formed  a  part- 
nership with  C.  Randall  Sparks,  under  the 
firm  name  of  Millsap  &  Sparks,  but  this  as- 
sociation was  dissolved  in  the  early  part  of 
1911,  and  Mr.  Millsap  returned  to  practice 
by  himself. 

Since  his  earliest  days  in  Los  Angeles  he 
has  been  a  worker  for  the  civic  progress  of 
the  city  and  has  at  all  times  stood  ready  to 
aid  in  any  movement  having  this  for  its 
object. 

He  has  never  held  nor  sought  public  or 
private  office  of  any  kind,  and  although  in  no 
sense  a  politician  he  has  always  favored  the 
policies  of  the  Republican  party. 

Mr.  Millsap  is  a  member  of  the  California 
and  Los  Angeles  Bar  Associations  and  of 
the  Los  Angeles  Athletic  Club.  He  is,  how- 
ever, essentially  a  home  lover. 


894 


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ILLIAMS,  THOMAS  HANSFORD, 
Capitalist,  and  President  of  the 
New  California  Jockey  Club,  San 
Francisco,  Cal.,  was  born  in  Sacra- 
mento, Cal.,  December  9,  1859,  the 
son  of  General  Thomas  Hansford 
Williams  and  Mary  Rebecca  (Bryant)  Williams. 
For  generations  his  paternal  ancestors  were  resi- 
dents of  Virginia,  some  of  them  subsequently  mov- 
ing to  Kentucky,  while  his  mother's  family  were 
prominent  Mississippians.  His  grandfather,  Sherrod 
Williams,  was  a  member  of  Congress  from  Ken- 
tucky for  twelve  consecutive  terms,  and  the  General 
Williams  who  distinguished  himself  at  the  battle  of 
Cerro  Gordo,  and  was  known  thenceforth  as  "Cerro 
Gordo"  Williams,  was  a  cousin  of  his  father,  Thomas 
H.,  Sr.  The  latter  came  to  California  in  the  Spring 
of  '50,  where  he  won  fame  as  an  able  lawyer  and 
subsequently  as  one  of  the  largest  landowners  in 
the  State.  He  first  practiced  his  profession  in  Eldo- 
rado county  and  then  went  to  Nevada,  where  he  be- 
came prominently  identified  with  the  famous  Corn- 
stock  mines.  In  1859  he  was  elected  Attorney-Gen- 
eral of  California,  and  served  with  distinction  for 
one  term,  afterwards  devoting  himself  to  his  prac- 
tice and  to  his  large  land  interests.  His  son, 
Thomas  H.,  was  raised  in  the  country  about  the 
Bay  of  San  Francisco,  and  on  March  23,  1901,  was 
married  in  Oakland  to  Miss  Beatrice  Steele, 
daughter  of  the  well  known  merchant,  E.  L.  G. 
Steele.  The  children  of  this  marriage  are  Thomas 
H.  Williams,  Jr.,  and  Beatrice  Steele  Williams. 

"Tom"  Williams,  as  he  is  widely  and  popularly 
known,  attended  the  public  schools  of  San  Jose, 
and  in  1872  entered  the  Oakland  High  School,  but 
left  there  to  become  a  student  in  the  Golden  Gate 
Academy  of  Oakland,  from  which  institution  he  was 
graduated  in  1877  into  the  University  of  California. 
While  at  the  University  he  was  president  of  his 
class  and  a  prominent  track  athlete,  but  through 
a  misunderstanding  between  the  faculty  and  him- 
self he  left  the  institution  in  1879.  He  then  en- 
tered Santa  Clara  College,  from  which  he  was 
graduated  in  the  Spring  of  '80,  with  the  degrees 
of  B.  S.  and  B.  A. 

Shortly  after  leaving  college  Mr.  Williams  de- 
voted his  energies  to  his  father's  properties,  which 
at  that  time  were  situated  principally  in  the  coun- 
ties of  Sacramento,  San  Joaquin  and  Contra  Costa. 
They  comprised  about  one  hundred  and  ten  thou- 
sand acres,  mostly  fertile  land,  given  over  to  grain 
and  cattle.  Some  of  them,  such  as  Union  Island,  in 
the  San  Joaquin,  and  Grand  Island,  in  the  Sacra- 
mento River,  were  famous  for  their  yield  per  acre. 
In  the  active  management  of  these  estates  Mr. 
Williams  gained  a  valuably  practical  experience  as 
a  farmer  and  rancher,  and  after  eight  years, 
though  he  continued  to  exercise  general  super- 
vision, he  resigned  the  active  care  of  the  business 
to  his  brother,  Percy. 

In  1887  he  entered  the  contracting  business  and 
continued  therein  for  another  eight  years,  in  part- 
nership with  Mr.  Ferris,  under  the  firm  name  of 


Ferris  &  Williams.  During  this  period  the  firm 
did  much  important  work  in  the  way  of  excavating, 
grading,  reclaiming  waste  lands,  digging  ship 
canals,  etc.  Among  their  notable  achievements  in 
these  directions  were  the  grading  of  Sunset 
Heights,  and  the  reclaiming  of  Grand  Island  and 
29,000  acres  on  Robert's  Island,  which  latter  prop- 
erty Mr.  Williams  and  Mr.  Ferris  bought  in  1890 
from  the  Glasgow  Land  Company.  They  also  did 
considerable  contract  work  for  the  Government, 
such  as  cutting  the  bends  in  navigable  rivers  and 
building  the  overflow  weir  dam  in  the  San  Joaquin. 

Since  1888  Mr.  Williams  has  also  been  active  in 
the  racing  and  breeding  of  blood-horses,  and  is 
perhaps  best  known  for  his  connection  with  this 
industry.  In  1889  he  moved  from  the  vice-presi- 
dency to  the  presidency  of  the  old  Blood  Horse 
Association,  which  in  the  following  year  he  took 
over,  and  formed  the  California  Jockey  Club,  to  the 
affairs  of  which  he  has  since  been  giving  much  of 
his  attention.  He  planned  the  organization  pri- 
marily to  do  away  with  the  frequent  postponements 
occasioned  by  the  rainy  season,  and  to  continue  tne 
racing  season  throughout  the  winter.  In  this  he 
was  remarkably  successful,  the  meets  improving 
steadily  both  in  the  quality  of  the  horses  engaged 
and  in  the  quantity  of  attendance,  until  the  crusade 
against  gambling  checked  the  progress  in  which 
Mr.  Williams  was  the  chief  factor. 

On  these  points  he  holds  emphatic  views,  which 
in  justice  to  himself  and  the  cause  should  be  ex- 
pressed. He  has  always  believed  that  the  gam- 
bling adjunct  should  be  permitted,  under 
proper  control,  simply  to  encourage  interest 
in  the  sport  which  he  has  found  by  expe- 
rience could  not  thrive  without  that  stimulus;  and 
his  contention  that  the  game  is  necessary  not  only 
to  the  breeding  of  the  thoroughbred  horse  but  also 
to  the  improvement  of  the  strictly  useful  variety 
of  the  animal  is  well  supported  by  Major-General 
Wood,  who  has  publicly  stated  that  on  account  of 
the  crusade  against  racing  it  is  now  impossible  to 
get  a  high-class  cavalry  horse  without  paying  an 
exorbitant  price,  and  that  the  infusion  of  the  thor- 
oughbred strain  is  essential  to  the  production  of 
the  best  horse  for  the  army. 

Among  Mr.  Williams'  other  interests  are  the  fol- 
lowing concerns,  in  which  he  is  an  officer:  Fed- 
eral Ballot  Machine  Company  (president) ;  Pacific 
Packing  Company,  of  Guadalajara,  Mexico  (direc- 
tor), and  president  of  the  Mexican  Investment 
Company;  director  Shasta  Water  Company  and 
Jerome  Garage  Company.  His  clubs  are  the  Pa- 
cific-Union, Olympic,  Press,  San  Francisco  Golf  and 
Country,  of  San  Francisco;  Claremont  Country, 
Athenian  and  Reliance  Athletic,  of  Oakland;  Marin 
Country,  of  Marin  County;  Sutter,  of  Sacramento; 
Yosemite,  of  Stockton;  and  the  Brook,  Rocky  Moun- 
tain, and  National  Hunt  and  Steeple  Chase  Asso- 
ciation of  New  York,  and  others.  He  is  not  only 
popular  in  the  world  of  business,  society  and  sport, 
but  is  also  known,  among  his  immediate  associates, 
for  his  great  generosity  and  unostentatious  char- 
ities. 


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OEFLER,  LUDWIG  MA- 
THIAS,  Attorney,  San  Fran- 
cisco, was  born  at  Adrian,  Le- 
nawee  County,  Mich.,  Aug.  18, 
1858,  the  son  of  John  Phillip 
Mary  Elizabeth  (Hoffman) 


Hoefler 

Hoefler.  In  December,  1889,  Mr.  Hoefler 
was  married  in  San  Francisco  to  Miss  Emma 
M.  Altemus,  and  their  only  child,  Edith,  now 
Mrs.  Charles  Albert  Vance,  was  born  on  De- 
cember 9,  1890. 

Until  1873,  Mr.  Hoefler  lived  at  Adrian, 
Michigan.  Moving  to  California  in  1878,  he 
took  the  regular  three  years'  course  at  the 
Hastings  College  of  the  Law  in  San  Fran- 
cisco, and  was  graduated  LL.  B.  in  1882. 

His  professional  career  began  in  the  office 
of  the  well-known  legal  firm  of  Garber, 
Thornton  &  Bishop,  where  while  serving  his 
novitiate  as  a  young  practitioner  he  acted  as 
managing  clerk.  He  retained  this  position 
through  various  changes  in  the  personnel  of 
the  firm,  which  was  successively  known  as 
Garber,  Boalt  &  Bishop,  Garber  &  Bishop, 
and  Bishop  &  Wheeler,  until  he  became  a 
partner,  the  new  firm  being  known  as  Bishop, 
Wheeler  &  Hoefler.  In  1904  this  firm  was 
changed  to  Bishop  &  Hoefler;  and  two  years 
later,  upon  the  death  of  the  late  Thomas 
Benton  Bishop,  with  whom  Mr.  Hoefler  had 
been  associated  for  over  twenty-five  years, 
the  present  firm  of  Bishop,  Hoefler,  Cook  & 
Harwood  was  formed. 

During  this  period  Mr.  Hoefler  has  been 
prominently  connected  with  many  of  the 
great  legal  contests  which  engaged  the  courts 
and  popular  interest.  Among  these  may  be 
mentioned  the  Blythe  Estate  contest,  the 
Ryer  Estate  contest,  the  Piper  Estate  con- 
test, the  Miller  &  Lux  litigation,  the  Fair 
Estate,  the  Sutro  Estate,  the  Yoell  Will  con- 
test, the  Robert  P.  Hastings  Estate,  the 
Moxey  Estate,  and  many  other  famous  con- 
troversies. Mr.  Hoefler's  professional  prac- 
tice is  concerned  largely  with  corporation 
interests.  He  is  counsel  for  the  San  Fran- 
cisco Breweries,  Ltd.,  United  Milk  Company, 
City  Street  Improvement  Company,  Fresno 
Irrigated  Farms  Company,  Brunswick- 
Balke-Collender  Company  and  other  large 
concerns.  He  has  taken  an  active  interest  in 
the  Olympic  Athletic  Club,  of  which  he  has 
served  as  Vice  President  for  three  consecu- 
tive terms,  and  is  also  a  member  of  the  Bo- 
hemian Club  and  of  the  Union  League  Club. 


OBERTS,  ARTEMAS  ROS- 
COE,  Insurance,  Waco, 
Texas,  was  born  in  Gascon- 
ade County,  Missouri,  August 
24,  1864,  the  son  of  Jonathan 
Roberts  and  Eliza  J.  (Mahanay)  Roberts. 
He  married  Leila  Doyle  at  Palestine,  Texas, 
August  21,  1907. 

Mr.  Roberts  spent  his  boyhood  in  Mis- 
souri, and  attended  the  public  schools  near 
his  home.  In  1877,  however,  he  moved  to 
Texas  and  first  located  at  Alvarado.  He  re- 
sumed his  studies  shortly  after  going  to  the 
Lone  Star  State,  and  graduated  at  the  Sam 
Houston  Normal  Institute  at  Huntsville, 
Texas,  in  June,  1884. 

In  April,  1885,  after  teaching  school,  Mr. 
Roberts  embarked  in  the  insurance  business, 
and  during  the  twenty-seven  years  that  he 
has  followed  that  line  he  has  won  a  place 
among  the  leaders  of  his  profession  and  has 
had  longer  experience  in  life  insurance  than 
any  other  man  in  the  State  of  Texas. 

Mr.  Roberts'  first  position  was  that  of 
District  Manager  for  the  Mutual  Life  Insur- 
ance Company  of  New  York,  with  headquar- 
ters in  Dallas,  which  he  opened  in  April, 
1885. 

He  continued  in  that  position  until  July, 
1889,  at  which  time  he  resigned  to  accept  the 
office  of  State  Manager  in  Texas  for  the  Mu- 
tual Benefit  Life  Insurance  Company  of  New- 
ark, N.  J. 

He  was  elected  President  and  Actuary  ot 
the  Amicable  Life  Insurance  Company, 
March  8,  1910,  and  he  still  retains  those 
offices. 

During  his  long  service  in  the  insurance 
field,  Mr.  Roberts  has  done  a  great  deal  to 
improve  the  business,  and  from  the  day  he 
started  has  moved  continually  upward. 

He  is  a  hard  worker  and  has  made  life  in- 
surance the  study  of  his  life.  He  is  a  man  of 
high  ideals  and  enjoys  the  confidence  and  re- 
gard of  business  men  in  all  parts  of  the  State 
in  which  he  conducts  his  operations.  One  of 
his  proudest  possessions  is  a  collection  of  let- 
ters of  indorsement,  written  by  bankers  and 
business  men  in  all  parts  of  the  Lone  Star 
State  when  he  was  chosen  to  his  present 
position. 

Mr.  Roberts  is  a  member  of  the  Huaco 
and  the  Philo  clubs. 


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ERMILYE,  ROBERT 
MONTGOMERY  (Retired 
Physician),  Orange  Culturist, 
Redlands,  California,  was 
born  in  New  York  City,  May 

23,  1879,  the  son  of  Robert  M.  Vermilye  and 
Annie     (Hunter)     Vermilye.       He     married 
Frances  M.  Howard  of  New  York  City,  April 

24,  1904.     Dr.  Vermilye  is  a  member  of  one 
of  New  York's  most  influential  families,  his 
grandfather,    William    M.  Vermilye,  having 
been    the    founder    of    the    old    and    well- 
known    banking   firm    of   Vermilye    &   Com- 
pany, one  of  the  prominent  banking  houses 
of  the  metropolis. 

Dr.  Vermilye  spent  the  early  part  of  his 
life  in  Europe  and  received  the  preliminary 
part  of  his  education  abroad,  having  at- 
tended private  schools  in  Berlin,  Germany, 
and  Edinburgh,  Scotland.  Upon  his  return 
to  the  United  States,  he  entered  the  prepara- 
tory department  of  the  Polytechnic  Institute 
of  Brooklyn  and  from  there  went  to  Prince- 
ton University,  graduating  in  the  class  of 
1902  with  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Arts. 
He  took  up  the  study  of  medicine  in  the  Col- 
lege of  Physicians  and  Surgeons  of  Columbia 
University  and  was  graduated  from  that  in- 
stitution in  the  year  1906  with  the  degree  of 
Doctor  of  Medicine. 

After  two  years  in  hospital  work  and  study 
in  Europe,  Dr.  Vermilye  opened  offices  in 
New  York  City  for  the  practice  of  his  pro- 
fession and  was  thus  engaged  until  1910, 
when  he  retired  from  the  medical  field  of 
New  York  and  transferred  his  home  to 
Southern  California.  This  was  prompted 
partly  on  account  of  Mrs.  Vermilye's  health 
and  partly  because  of  a  decision  he  had  made 
to  purchase  a  home  in  that  section  of  the 
country,  which  he  considers  to  be  one  of 
the  most  desirable  parts  of  the  world  in 
which  to  reside. 

Dr.  Vermilye's  decision  to  locate  perma- 
nently in  Southern  California  was  the  result 
of  extensive  travel.  After  visiting  most  of 
the  world's  attractive  centers  he  came  to  the 


conclusion  that  Southern  California  pos- 
sessed more  advantages,  due  to  the  goodness 
of  nature,  than  any  other  part  of  the  world 
he  had  visited. 

Locating  at  Redlands,  California,  Dr.  Ver- 
milye invested  in  two  orange  ranches  and 
immediately  engaged  in  fruit-growing,  of 
which  he  has  made  a  success.  In  addition 
to  improving  his  property  and  making  his 
ranches  among  the  best  in  that  section,  Dr. 
Vermilye  built  a  handsome  residence  at  Red- 
lands. 

In  1910,  Dr.  Vermilye  aided  in  the  organi- 
zation of  the  Calzona  Mines  Company,  a  cor- 
poration capitalized  at  $1,500,000,  of  which 
he  was  elected  President.  The  company 
owns  gold  and  copper  property  in  the  Mojave 
Desert  country,  its  mines  lying  in  California 
near  the  Arizona  line.  Dr.  Vermilye  and  his 
associates  operated  the  property  for  about  a 
year  and  a  half,  and  after  bringing  it  up  to  a 
certain  point  of  development  disposed  of 
their  interests  to  a  syndicate  of  well  known 
Los  Angeles  capitalists  who  are  continuing 
the  development  work  started  by  Dr.  Ver- 
milye's company. 

Since  locating  in  Southern  California,  Dr. 
Vermilye  has  devoted  himself  almost  exclu- 
sively to  his  business  interests  and  has  taken 
no  part  in  public  affairs,  although  he  occu- 
pies a  splendid  standing  in  the  business  and 
social  circles. 

During  his  residence  in  New  York,  Dr. 
Vermilye  was  a  member  of  the  Seventh  Regi- 
ment, New  York  National  Guard,  but  re- 
signed, after  four  years'  service,  upon  mov- 
ing to  Redlands.  Although  he  is  not  in  ac- 
tive practice,  the  Doctor  still  retains  mem- 
bership in  the  Medical  Society  of  New  York 
County  and  the  New  York  State  Medical 
Society,  and  he  also  belongs  to  a  number  of 
clubs,  including  the  Princeton  Club  of  New 
York,  N.  Y. ;  the  Jonathan  Club  of  Los  An- 
geles, Cal.;  the  University  Club  of  Redlands, 
Cal.,  and  the  Country  Club  of  the  same 
place. 


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rj  ONES,  PHILO,  Real  Estate  Owner 
and  Operator,  Brawley,  Imperial 
County,  California,  is  a  native  of 
Davis,  Macomb  County,  Michigan. 
He  was  born  January  22,  1874, 
and,  like  many  boys  of  what  was 
then  the  great  Northwest,  was  reared  on  a  farm. 
His  father  was  David  T.  Jones,  a  native  of  Wales, 
England,  and  his  mother  was  Lavina  Sutliff  Jones. 
On  August  4,  1909,  Mr.  Jones  married  Myrtle  Hil- 
len  Nance  at  Santa  Maria,  California. 

As  a  boy  he  attended  the  public  schools  of 
Macomb  County,  Michigan,  and  of  Ontario,  Cali- 
fornia, where  the  family  had  moved  during  Jones' 
boyhood.  He  prepared  for  college  at  the  Chaffey 
Collegiate  Institute,  Ontario,  California,  where  he 
graduated  in  June,  1893.  In  1894  he  entered  the 
University  of  Southern  California,  which  he  at- 
tended for  one  year.  During  the  years  1895-1896 
Mr.  Jones  was  interested  in  business,  but  returned 
to  college  in  September,  1896.  He  left  college  at 
the  end  of  his  junior  year  to  enter  business. 

As  a  student  he  was  among  the  leaders  of  his 
classes;  was  president  of  the  class  of  '93  at  Chaffey 
for  four  years  and  held  the  same  office  in  the 
freshman  class  at  the  University  of  Southern  Cali- 
fornia. He  was  a  member  of  the  Sigma  Chi  Fra- 
ternity while  in  attendance  there. 

He  worked  his  way  in  college  by  owning  the 
college  printing  office  and  the  university  paper, 
"The  Courier,"  of  which  he  was  alternately  editor 
and  business  manager  until  June,  1898. 

Mr.  Jones  as  a  young  man  was  in  business  with 
his  father  at  Ontario,  California,  up  to  the  time 
when  he  left  for  college,  1894,  and  he  himself  owned 
a  bicycle  and  sporting  goods  store. 

Upon  leaving  college  in  June,  1898,  he  was  given 
the  management  of  the  Union  Iron  Works  of  Los 
Angeles,  which  plant  was  in  litigation  at  that  time 
and  was  sold  the  following  year.  He  spent  the  next 
two  years  as  inside  manager  and  buyer  for  Nick- 
lin's  Southwest  Printers'  Supply  and  American  Type 
Founders  Company  of  Los  Angeles.  In  1901  he  was 
offered  the  position  as  superintendent  of  the  Sa- 
linas Water,  Light  and  Power  Company,  in  Mon- 
terey County.  This  position  he  held  for  three  years, 
resigning  on  a  change  of  ownership. 

Mr.  Jones  next  entered  the  field  of  construction 
work,  being  variously  engaged  during  the  follow- 
ing three  years  in  installing  water  plants  and  re- 
inforced concrete  work  for  the  Los  Angeles  Pacific 
Railway,  rebuilding  an  electric  plant  for  the  Valley 
Electric  Company  at  Santa  Maria  and  latterly  as- 
sistant superintendent  of  the  Los  Angeles  Invest- 
ment Company. 

While  employed  with  the  latter  firm  Mr.  Jones 
was  invited  to  join  an  association  of  capitalists  in- 
terested in  the  newly  awakened  Imperial  Valley, 
and  particularly  in  the  organization  of  the  Brawley 
Town  and  Improvement  Company.  He  thereupon 
turned  all  of  his  energies  in  this  direction,  and  in 


the  purchasing  of  the  townsite  of  Brawley  he 
bought  a  sixth  interest,  as  did  his  father,  David  T. 
Jones. 

The  organization  of  the  new  corporation  was 
completed  in  May,  1907,  and  on  June  1  of  the  same 
year  he  took  charge  of  the  enterprise  as  Secretary 
and  General  Manager.  In  June,  1910,  the  company, 
desiring  to  enlarge  its  field  of  operation,  took  over 
the  Imperial  Investment  Company,  capitalized  at 
$200,000,  merging  it  with  the  Brawley  Town  and 
Improvement  Company.  Six  months  later  he,  with 
his  father,  secured  the  controlling  interest  in  the 
company  and  he  was  elected  President,  which  po- 
sition he  still  holds  together  with  the  general  man- 
agement. Immediately  after  this  the  corporation 
purchased  nearly  one  thousand  acres  of  additional 
lands  and  laid  out  the  new  townsite  of  Westmore- 
land, with  several  small  farm  subdivisions,  which 
properties  are  now  being  developed  and  sold. 

In  June,  1911,  with  Los  Angeles  capitalists,  he 
purchased  a  controlling  interest  in  the  Southern 
California  Land  Company,  owning  a  half  million 
dollars'  worth  of  Imperial  Valley  realty,  and  was 
elected  President  of  that  corporation,  after  which 
its  interests  were  consolidated  with  those  of  the 
Imperial  Investment  Company.  The  combined  com- 
panies own  and  operate  ten  tracts  of  land,  includ- 
ing six  townsites,  in  the  Imperial  Valley. 

While  in  Imperial  Valley  his  career  has  been 
linked  with  numerous  notable  enterprises  that  tend 
for  the  advancement  of  that  district.  He  has  taken 
a  leading  part  there,  in  both  business  and  politics. 
When  he  had  been  in  the  valley  but  thirty  days  he 
was  appointed  chairman  of  the  "Brawley  for  County 
Seat"  Committee  in  1907  on  the  organization  of 
Imperial  County.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Board  of 
Directors  of  the  Brawley  Chamber  of  Commerce, 
which  position  he  has  held  with  distinction  since 
1907.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Executive  Com- 
mittee and  Acting  Secretary  of  the  Imperial  County 
Chamber  of  Commerce  during  the  years  1909-1910. 
He  was  appointed  member  of  the  Republican 
County  Central  Committee  in  1910. 

Mr.  Jones  is  interested  largely  in  many  of  the 
progressive  corporations  and  organizations  of  that 
district,  among  which  are  the  following:  President 
and  General  Manager  of  the  Imperial  Investment 
Company  and  Southern  California  Land  Company; 
President  of  the  People's  Abstract  and  Trust  Com- 
pany of  El  Centre,  Imperial  Valley;  Vice  President 
of  the  Brawley  Co-Operative  Building  Company; 
Vice  President  of  the  Imperial  Valley  Milk  Com- 
pany, and  Secretary  of  the  Westmoreland  Water 
Company. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Brawley  Lodge,  402,  F. 
and  A.  M.,  and  the  Santa  Maria  Chapter  of  the 
Royal  Arch  Masons.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Han- 
cock Council  of  Los  Angeles,  Junior  O.  U.  A.  M., 
and  of  the  Brawley  Club.  He  is  also  President  of 
the  Board  of  Trustees  of  the  First  Methodist  Epis- 
copal Church  at  Brawley. 


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OWLER,  PAUL  DOWNING,  Man- 
ufacturer, Los  Angeles,  Califor- 
nia, was  born  in  Clay  County, 
Illinois,  November  16,  1872.  He 
is  the  son  of  William  Wilson 
Bowler  and  Alice  (Downing) 
Bowler.  He  married  Sarah  B.  Allgood  of  Oneonto, 
Alabama,  December  25,  1898,  and  to  them  there 
have  been  born  five  children. 

Mr.  Bowler  attended  the  public  schools  of  his 
native  county  and  the  high  school  of  Flora,  Illinois. 
He  then  entered  the  Orchard  City  College  of  Flora 
and  graduated  from  the  commercial  department  in 
1889. 

Upon  the  completion  of  his  studies,  Mr.  Bow- 
ler associated  himself  with  the  Branch  Saw  Com- 
pany of  St.  Louis,  this  being  the  beginning  of  his 
commercial  life,  in  which  he  has  made  rapid  and 
successful  progress  ever  since.  He  remained  with 
the  Branch  Saw  Company  two  years  and  then 
went  to  Nashville,  Tennessee,  where  he  bought 
out  the  machinery  business  of  J.  M.  Reed  &  Com- 
pany. He  conducted  it  under  its  original  name  for 
a  short  time  and  then  formed  a  partnership  with 
A.  E.  Shinn,  changing  the  name  to  Bowler  & 
Shinn.  Later  the  house  was  merged  with  the  busi- 
ness of  Keith,  Simmons  &  Company,  a  machinery 
and  supply  house  ranked  as  one  of  the  largest  and 
strongest  financial  institutions  of  the  Tennessee 
capital. 

In  1900  Mr.  Bowler  severed  his  connection  with 
Keith,  Simmons  &  Company,  and  he  and  his  fam- 
ily spent  a  year  in  Europe.  While  abroad  he  made 
a  special  study  of  the  manufacturing  industries  of 
Birmingham,  England. 

Learning  of  the  discovery  of  the  great  oil  fields 
at  Beaumont,  Texas,  on  the  tenth  day  of  January, 
1901,  and  realizing  what  this  meant  to  the  United 
States,  Mr.  Bowler  went  immediately  to  Beaumont. 
He  entered  into  partnership  with  M.  E.  Layne,  one 
of  the  practical  well  drillers  of  that  time,  and  en- 
gaged in  business  under  the  firm  name  of  Layne 
&  Bowler,  with  headquarters  at  Houston,  Texas. 

The  firm  plunged  immediately  into  the  develop- 
ment of  oil  and  water  wells,  and,  finding  that  the 
methods  of  development  then  in  use  were  crude 
and  insufficient  for  operations  on  such  a  large 
scale  as  were  then  in  progress,  began  to  devise 
and  patent  improved  methods  to  meet  the  condi- 
tions of  the  field.  Their  system  being  generally 
adopted,  Mr.  Bowler's  company  within  a  short 
time  handled  practically  the  entire  business  for 
oil  and  water  well  screen  and  vertical  centrifugal 
pumps  used  in  Texas-,  Louisiana  and  Arkansas. 

Mr.  Bowler  enjoys  the  distinction  of  having  de- 
veloped the  entire  water  supply  for  the  Trinity  & 
Brazos  Railway  Company  and  the  St.  Louis, 
Brownsville  &  Mexican  Railway  Company  at  the 
time  of  their  building,  as  well  as  developing  the 
greater  part  of  the  water  supply  of  the  South- 
ern Pacific  Railroad  Company  (Atlantic  System) 


for    many    years,    each    one    a    large    undertaking. 

The  Texas  business  of  Layne  &  Bowler  being 
well  organized  and  on  a  splendid  paying  basis,  Mr. 
Bowler,  in  1909,  decided  to  organize  another  cor- 
poration in  California,  and  selected  Los  Angeles  as 
the  most  central  place  for  his  plant,  which  has 
since  been  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of  pat- 
ented articles  for  the  development  or  separation 
of  liquids  from  the  underground  strata.  These 
devices  now  number  seventeen,  with  twelve  more 
pending  in  the  United  States  patent  office. 

Since  locating  in  Los  Angeles,  Mr.  Bowler  has 
come  to  be  one  of  the  important  men  in  the  de- 
velopment of  the  oil  fields  and  in  irrigating  prog- 
ress of  the  Southwest. 

In  former  days,  when  an  irrigator  put  down  a 
well  it  was  attended  not  only  with  great  difficulty 
and  with  only  a  small  degree  of  success,  but  the 
operation  carried  with  it  great  danger  of  life  or 
serious  injury,  on  account  of  the  dug  pits,  etc. 
Mr.  Bowler,  with  his  improved  and  patented  de- 
vices, is  enabled  to  do  away  with  the  dug  pits  and 
place  the  patented  centrifugal  pump  to  any  depth 
desired,  thus  getting  hold  of  and  pushing  much 
more  water  than  would  be  possible  with  the  old 
style  of  pump  installed  at  water  level.  Then,  too, 
with  a  patented  screen  having  thirty  to  forty  times 
the  screening  or  separating  capacity  of  the  old  sys- 
tem whereby  the  pipe  was  perforated  after  it  had 
been  installed  or  placed  in  the  well,  Mr.  Bowler  is 
enabled  to  develop  wells  with  capacity  many  times 
greater  than  could  be  done  with  many  other  of  the 
best  known  means  combined. 

Owing  to  the  extensive  use  of  the  Bowler  sys- 
tem vast  stretches  of  arid,  waste  land  in  the  South- 
west have  been  reclaimed  and  put  into  cultivation 
and  great  oil  wells  have  brought  fortunes  to  their 
owners.  The  Southwestern  part  of  the  United 
States  is  now  undergoing  a  wonderful  period  of  de- 
velopment and  the  producers  have  come  to  look 
upon  Mr.  Bowler's  patented  products  as  among  the 
principal  factors  in  this  work. 

Mr.  Bowler  takes  a  great  personal  pride  in  his 
business  and  in  being  a  help  in  the  development 
of  the  Southwest,  and  in  order  that  he  may  keep 
abreast  of  the  rapid  progress  in  the  work  of  devel- 
oping the  resources  of  the  country,  has  reincorpor- 
ated  his  company,  adding  new  capital  and  new 
blood.  The  style  of  the  new  organization  is  The 
Layne  &  Bowler  Corporation,  capitalized  under  the 
laws  of  California  for  $400,000,  with  Mr.  Bowler  as 
President  and  General  Manager. 

Mr.  Bowler  has  never  sought  or  held  public 
office,  but  is  well  known  for  his  activity  in  the 
temperance  cause  in  all  its  phases,  and  is  a  great 
believer  in  clean  government  and  the  upbuilding  of 
the  Southwest,  which  he  consideres  the  best  por- 
tion of  the  world. 

Mr.  Bowler  is  not  a  clubman,  but  finds  his  chief 
pleasure  in  his  church  affiliation  and  the  associa- 
tion of  his  family. 


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901 


ENNISON,  BENNETT  S.,  Secretary 
and  General  Manager,  Pacific  Tun- 
nel Machine  Company,  Los  An- 
geles, California,  was  born  in 
Wichita,  Kansas,  August  1,  1875, 
the  son  of  Edward  R.  Dennison 
and  Agnes  (Couguill)  Dennison.  He  married  May 
Rogers  at  Delta,  Colorado,  October  7th,  1895,  and 
to  them  there  have  been  born  two  sons,  Roger  and 
Bernarr  Dennison.  His  great-grandfather,  Aaron 
Dennison,  was  a  pioneer 
watchmaker  and  credited 
with  being  the  father  of  the 
industry  in  the  United  States. 
Mr.  Dennison  was  thrown 
upon  his  own  resources  at 
the  age  of  seven  years,  his 
father  having  died  at  that 
time.  He  then  worked  his 
way  through  school,  graduat- 
ing in  the  public  schools  of 
Wichita  in  1891.  After  leav- 
ing school  he  learned  the 
watch-making  trade  and  for 
several  years  traveled 
through  the  United  States  as 
a  jeweler  and  watch-maker. 
In  1896  he  entered  the  Ameri- 
can College  of  Ophthalmology 
at  Chicago.  He  was  gradu- 
ated in  1900,  with  a  degree 
of  O.  P.  H.  D. 

Following  his  graduation, 
Mr.  Dennison  engaged  in  the 
optical  business,  as  a  travel- 
ing optician,  having  head- 
quarters at  Delta,  Colorado, 
and  Denver.  He  maintained 
establishments  in  each  city 

and  twice  a  year  made  a  tour    of    the    State    of 
Colorado. 

In  1906,  after  six  years  of  successful  operation 
in  the  optical  business,  Mr.  Dennison  sold  out  his 
business  and  went  into  mining  in  Colorado,  and 
after  a  short  time  moved  to  Chicago,  111.,  where 
he  became  identified  with  C.  G.  Breitenbach,  a 
wholesale  silverware  house,  as  traveling  sales- 
man. He  traveled  through  the  Northwest  for  some 
time,  then  was  chosen  Sales  Manager  for  the  house. 
During  this  time  Mr.  Dennison  had  not  given 
up  his  mining  aspirations,  however,  and  in  1908, 
returned  to  Colorado,  where  he  engaged  in  leasing, 
developing  and  selling  mining  properties  in  the 
Clear  Creek  and  Gilpin  districts.  Later  in  the 
same  year  he  purchased  an  interest  in  the  George- 
town Transportation  Company,  then  engaged  in 
boring  a  tunnel  in  Georgetown,  Colorado,  for  the 
transportation  of  ore,  and  in  this  way  began  to 
take  a  serious  interest  in  tunnel  building.  At  that 
time  the  tunneling  machinery  in  use  was  not  en- 
tirely satisfactory,  and  one  of  the  engineers  en- 


BENNETT   S.   DENNISON 


gaged  in  excavation  work  for  Mr.  Dennison's  com- 
pany, George  Allen  Fowler,  began  experiments 
which  resulted  in  the  invention  by  him  of  an  en- 
tirely new  type  of  tunneling  machine. 

This  invention  greatly  impressed  Mr.  Dennison, 
and  he  supplied  the  financial  backing  for  the  or- 
ganization of  The  International  Tunnel  Machine 
Company,  which  began  the  manufacture  of  the 
machines.  The  first  machine  was  built  in  1909  at 
the  Davis  Iron  Works,  of  Denver,  Colorado,  and 
was  tested  with  a  block  of 
solid  concrete  sixteen  feet 
long,  fourteen  feet  wide  and 
twelve  feet  in  depth.  This 
trial  demonstrated  the  prac- 
ticability of  the  Fowler  ma- 
ijL  chine,  but  also  showed  its 

H^  backers     the     necessity     for 

further  improvement.  Within 
a  short  time  another  was 
built  in  New  York,  and  after 
severe  tests,  proved  highly 
satisfactory. 

In  order  to  place  the  ma- 
chine on  the  market  proper- 
ly the  parent  concern,  The 
International  Tunnel  Machine 
Company,  divided  the  United 
States  into  trade  districts, 
leasing  the  patents  to  various 
subsidiary  companies  for  the 
manufacture  and  operation 
of  the  machines.  Early  in 
1912  the  territory  west  of 
Colorado  was  acquired  by  a 
group  of  business  men  head- 
ed by  Delphin  M.  Delmas, 
the  famous  California  Law- 
yer, and  the  Western  Tun- 
nel Machine  Company  was  organized.  This  Com- 
pany, in  turn,  formed  an  operating  company,  known 
as  the  Pacific  Tunnel  Machine  Company,  for  the 
States  of  California,  Nevada  and  Arizona. 

An  enormous  amount  of  development  was  be- 
gun in  these  States  a  few  years  ago  and,  it  is  be- 
lieved, will  be  continued  for  some  years  to  come. 
In  this  work  tunneling  is  an  important  factor  and 
tunnel  machinery  can  be  employed  to  a  great  ex- 
tent, both  in  railroad  and  mining  operations. 

Mr.  Dennison  early  became  associated  with  Mr. 
Delmas  in  these  enterprises  and  has  been  one  of 
the  factors  in  the  organization  of  the  companies, 
which  have  begun  operations  and  are  building  the 
machines  for  use  in  various  large  development 
projects  in  the  Southwest. 

In  addition  to  his  offices  as  Secretary  and  Gen- 
eral Manager  of  the  Pacific  Tunnel  Machine  Com- 
pany, Mr.  Dennison  is  a  Director  of  the  Western 
Tunnel  Machine  Company,  the  holding  corpora- 
tion, and  a  Director  of  the  Casa  Delmas  Company, 
an  affiliated  concern. 


902 


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IROUX,  JOSEPH  LOUIS,  Mining, 
Los  Angeles,  California,  was  born 
in  Montreal,  Canada,  December  15, 
1856,  the  son  of  Gidon  Giroux  and 
Mary  (Frichette)  Giroux. 

Mr.  Giroux  married  Phoebe 
Marcott  at  Kankakee,  Illinois,  October  17,  1893, 
and  to  them  there  have  been  born  three  children, 
Joseph,  Louis  and  Poland  Giroux.  He  is  of  French 
descent,  member  of  one  of  the  old  families  of 
Montreal,  but  has  spent  the  greater  part  of  his 
life  in  the  United  States. 

His  family  having  moved  to  Kankakee,  Illinois, 
when  he  was  a  child,  he  received  his  education  in 
the  schools  of  that  district.  He  first  attended  the 
country  schools  near  Kankakee  and  later  was  a  stu- 
dent in  the  schools-  of  the  city  proper,  leaving  when 
he  was  twenty  years  of  age. 

Mr.  Giroux  began  his  mining  career  at  Bingham 
Canyon,  Utah,  where  he  was  for  about  two  years,  at 
the  end  of  which  time  he  went  to  Butte,  Montana, 
and  became  associated  with  the  W.  A.  Clark  inter- 
ests. He  was  in  charge  of  these  celebrated  properties 
for  about  ten  years.  At  the  conclusion  of  that 
period  he  was  transferred  to  Jerome,  Ariz.,  as  Gen- 
eral Manager  of  the  famous  United  Verde  Copper 
Co.,  and  had  charge  of  the  property  for  about  fifteen 
years. 

In  1903,  Mr.  Giroux  severed  his  connection  with 
the  Clark  interests  after  twenty-five  years'  service 
and  went  to  the  Cananea  District,  Sonora,  Mexico. 
There  he  opened  up  the  Sultana  Mine,  organizing 
the  Giroux  Consolidated  Co.,  for  the  operation  of 
this  and  other  properties  he  controlled,  including 
properties  at  Ely,  Nev.  The  Sultana  Mine,  Mr. 
Giroux  later  sold  to  a  syndicate. 

In  1906,  he  became  interested  in  the  Bagdad 
Copper  Co.  of  Arizona.  He  is  the  principal  stock- 
holder, in  addition  to  directing  its  operations  at 
Hillside,  Ariz.  He  also  is  the  largest  stockholder  in 
the  Arizona  &  Nevada  Copper  Co.  and  the  dominat- 
ing factor  in  its  affairs. 

Mr.  Giroux,  as  one  of  the  practical  mining  men 
of  the  West,  has  been  one  of  its  great  developers. 
Through  his  long  experience  he  is  regarded  as  one 
of  the  expert  judges  of  ores  and  their  handling.  He 
has  made  mining  a  scientific  study  all  during  his 
career  of  more  than  thirty-five  years  and  has  at- 
tained an  eminent  place  among  the  leaders  of  the 
business. 

He  has  been  a  hard  worker  all  his  life  and  his 
mining  business  has  been  such  as  to  prevent  him 
from  taking  an  active  interest  in  political  or  other 
public  matters,  even  had  his  inclinations  been  in 
that  direction. 

He  has  had  no  club  or  fraternal  affiliations  dur- 
ing the  nine  years  he  has  been  a  resident  of  Los 
Angeles. 


ALLEN,  JAMES  M.,  Lawyer,  San  Francisco,  Cal- 
ifornia, was  born  in  Bethlehem,  Ohio,  March  14, 
1844,  the  son  of  John  Allen  and  Lavina  (Teel) 
Allen,  of  colonial  ancestry. 

He  was  married  in  San  Jose,  December  29th, 
1881,  to  Miss  Ida  M.  Davis,  and  their  children  are 
Harriet  Elizabeth  Burrage,  wife  of  J.  Otis  Bur- 
rage;  Ruth  M.  Allen,  wife  of  Lucius  Hamilton 
Allen;  Clara  A.  Allen,  Francis  Frederick  Allen 
and  James  Kirke  Allen. 

Mr.  Allen  received  his  education  in  the 
schools  of  Ohio,  Illinois  and  Connecticut,  and  was 
graduated  from  the  High  School  at  Chicago.  He 
entered  Yale  in  1863  and  was  graduated  with  the 
class  of  1867. 

After  admission  to  the  Bar  in  Illinois,  he  prac- 
ticed his  profession  for  less  than  a  year  in  Chi- 
cago. 

He  practiced  three  years  in  Carthage,  Mis- 
souri, and  settled  in  San  Francisco  in  December, 
1874,  when  he  was  associated  with  Hon.  Francis  G. 
Newlands  and  afterwards  with  Lloyd  and  New- 
lands,  until  January  1st,  1880,  when  he  was  elected 
one  of  the  Judges  of  the  new  Superior  Court  of  San 
Francisco  for  three  years. 

At  the  end  of  his  term  he  formed  a  partnership 
with  Edgar  F.  Preston,  whiclj  continued  until  1884, 
when  tne  firm  of  Newlands  and  Allen  was  formed. 
Soon  afterwards,  Wm.  F.  Herrin  entered  the  part- 
nership and  the  firm  became  Newlands,  Allen  and 
Herrin.  This  was  dissolved  soon  after  1891,  when 
Mr.  Newlands  took  up  his  residence  in  Washing- 
ton as  a  member  of  Congress  and  Mr.  Herrin  be- 
came the  chief  counsel  for  the  Southern  Pacific 
Company.  Mr.  Allen  continued  his  practice  and 
was  counsel  for  The  Bank  of  California  among 
others. 

BROWN,  ARTHUR,  JR.,  Architect,  San  Fran- 
cisco, California,  was  born  May  21,  1874,  at  Oak- 
land, California.  He  is  the  son  of  Arthur  Brown 
and  Victoria  A.  Brown.  His  father  was  a  civil  en- 
gineer in  charge  of  that  department  of  the  South- 
ern Pacific  Railroad  Company. 

The  younger  Mr.  Brown  received  his  prelimi- 
nary education  in  the  public  schools  of  his  native 
city,  following  this  with  attendance  at  the  Uni- 
versity of  California.  He  was  graduated  from  the 
latter  institution  as  a  civil  engineer  in  1896,  with 
the  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Science. 

Soon  after  finishing  his  work  at  the  University 
Mr.  Brown  went  to  Paris  for  the  purpose  of  study- 
ing architecture,  becoming  a  student  in  the  world- 
famous  Ecole  des  Beaux  Arts.  He  took  advantage 
of  the  opportunities  for  seeing  the  architecture  of 
the  Old  World  cities,  and  when  he  was  graduated, 
in  1901,  was  splendidly  equipped  for  the  practice 
of  his  chosen  profession.  Upon  his  return  to 
San  Francisco  from  Paris  in  1904  he  quickly  estab- 
lished a  reputation  for  himself  as  an  artistic  de- 
signer of  buildings.  He  opened  a  general  practice 
at  once,  and  numerous  structures  in  San  Francisco 
and  other  parts  of  California  stand  as  monuments 
to  his  skill.  The  interior  dome  and  decorations  of 
the  City  of  Paris  building,  San  Francisco,  is  one 
sample  of  his  work,  while  others  are  the  Burlin- 
game  Country  Club,  Berkeley  (Cal.)  Town  Hall, 
the  Santa  Fe  Railroad  Station  at  Redlands,  Cal., 
and  various  others.  Mr.  Brown,  who  is  now  a 
member  of  the  firm  of  Bakewell  &  Brown,  is  noted 
for  his  versatility. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Societe  des  Architects 
Diplomes  par  le  Gouvernement,  Beaux  Arts  So- 
ciety, Cercle  de  1'Union,  Claremont  Country  Club 
and  University  Club,  of  San  Francisco. 


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SWEET,  EARL  BER- 
TRAND,  Physician,  Los 
Angeles,  Cal.,  was  born 
in  Sioux  City,  la.,  May 
4,  1875,  the  son  of  Har- 
lan  P.  Sweet  and  Sarah 
Elizabeth  (Scoggin) 
Sweet.  He  married  Re- 
gina  Nauerth  in  New 
York  City,  Apr.  18, 1906. 
Dr.  Sweet  has  been 
a  resident  of  Los  An- 
geles since  boyhood, 
his  parents  having 
moved  there  from  South 
Dakota  in  1884.  He 
went  through  the  pub- 
lic schools  of  that  city 
and  for  one  year  was  a 
student  in  the  Medical 
Department  of  the  University  of  California  in  Los 
Angeles,  but  left  there  to  enter  the  University  of 
Penn.  at  Philadelphia.  He  was  graduated  in  1898 
with  the  degree,  Doctor  of  Medicine. 

After  graduation,  Dr.  Sweet  returned  to  Los  An- 
geles and  opened  offices.  He  was  steadily  engaged 
in  general  medical  and  surgical  work  up  to  1904 
when  he  accepted  appointment  as  Assistant  in  Clin- 
ical Medicine  on  the  staff  of  the  University  of  Cali- 
fornia (affiliated),  which  position  he  retains.  He 
spent  the  year  1904  in  college  work,  but  at  the  end 
of  the  period  returned  to  his  practice.  In  1907  he 
gave  up  general  work  to  specialize  in  Internal  Medi- 
cine with  special  reference  to  the  heart  and  lungs. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Los  Angeles  County  Medi- 
cal Assn.,  the  Med.  Soc.  of  the  State  of  Cal.,  the 
Am.  Med.  Assn.,  and  the  University  Club,  L.  A. 


SPELLACY,  TIMO- 
THY, Oil  Operator, 
Los  Angeles,  Cal.,  was 
born  in  Conneautsville, 
Pa.,  and  has  been  in 
the  oil  business  from 
the  time  of  his  boy- 
hood. He  gained  his 
experience  in  the 
fields  of  Pennsylvania 
and  Ohio,  and  about 
thirteen  years  ago  de- 
cided to  move  West 
and  engage  in  the  busi- 
ness in  California. 

He  first  located  at 
Bakersfield,  Cal.,  re- 
maining there  about 
six  years.  A  little 
over  six  years  ago  he 
transferred  his  business  to  Los  Angeles  and  he  has 
since  been  among  the  foremost  and  most  success- 
ful operators  in  the  Kern  River,  Midway  and 
Coalinga  districts. 

His  first  venture  included  the  Lockwood  and 
Creseus,  while  he  is  now  the  heaviest  stockholder 
and  an  official  in  the  Illinois  Crude  Oil  Company 
and  the  Premier  and  Mascot  companies,  all  success- 
ful concerns. 

Mr.  Spellacy  has  been  prominent  in  politics 
since  locating  in  California,  and  in  1910  was  a  can- 
didate for  Lieutenant  Governor  on  the  Democratic 
ticket. 

In  addition  to  this  he  has  aided  materially  in 
the  upbuilding  of  Los  Angeles. 

He  is  Vice  President  of  the  Sierra  Madre  Club 
and  a  member  of  several  other  organizations. 


STEWART,  JOHN  TAYLOR.  Physician  and 
Surgeon,  Los  Angeles,  California,  was  born  in  Ken- 
tucky in  1850,  the  son  of  W.  H.  Stewart  and  Eliza- 
beth (Webb)  Stewart.  His  father  was  of  Scotch 
ancestry  and  his  mother  a  member  of  an  old 
Southern  family. 

Dr.  Stewart  began  his  education  in  the  public 
schools  of  Kentucky,  and  at  the  conclusion  of  the 
course  went  to  Kentucky  University  at  Lexington 
where  he  finished  his  literary  studies.  Following 
this  he  spent  four  years  in  the  Cincinnati  College 
of  Medicine  and  Surgery,  at  Cincinnati,  O.,  from 
which  he  received  his  degree  of  M.  D.  He  was 
also  elected  to  the  Chair  of  Anatomy  by  his  col- 
lege. Later  he  spent  a  year  at  Jefferson  Medical 
College,  in  Philadelphia,  from  which  he  received 
the  degree  of  Medical  Doctor,  and  he  also  spent 
one  college  year  at  the  Bellevue  College  of  New 
York.  He  has  spent  much  time  in  post-graduate 
study  in  New  York  and  Philadelphia  and  has  en- 
joyed valuable  opportunities  in  such  great  medical 
centers  as  Edinburgh,  London,  Berlin,  Vienna, 
Rome  and  Paris.  He  practiced  his  profession  in 
Kentucky  for  ten  years  and  in  Los  Angeles  since 
1892. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Am.  Med.  Assn.,  the  State 
Med.  Soc.  of  Cal.,  and  is  an  ex-member  of  the  Ken- 
tucky State  Med.  Soc. 


ODEMAR,  GUSTAV 
OSCAR,  Contractor, 
Los  Angeles,  Cal.,  was 
born  in  Magdeburg, 
Germany,  July  30,  1872, 
the  son  of  Frederick 
William  Odemar  and 
Maria  (Schneider)  Ode- 
mar.  He  married  Min- 
nie Stoll,  daughter  of  a 
California  pioneer,  at 
Los  Angeles,  April  20, 
1898,  and  to  them  there 
have  been  born  three 
children,  Irma,  Walter 
and  Florence  Odemar. 
The  Odemar  family  is 
of  French  origin.  One 
of  its  members  was  a 
soldier  in  the  Army  of 
Napoleon,  but  after  the  retreat  from  Moscow  settled 
in  Germany  at  Magdeburg  and  changed  the  name  of 
O  de'Mar  to  its  present  form. 

Mr.  Odemar  received  his  early  education  in  the 
public  schools  of  his  native  country  and  was 
brought  to  America  in  1885.  He  first  resided  in 
Texas  and  for  two  years  attended  school  there. 

In  1887  he  moved  to  Los  Angeles,  where  his 
brothers  were  contractors,  and  he  went  to  work 
with  them.  He  remained  with  them  until  1906, 
when  he  went  into  the  contracting  business  on  his 
own  account. 

Mr.  Odemar  is  enthusiastic  for  the  upbuilding 
of  his  adopted  city,  but  has  never  taken  any  active 
part  in  politics.  He  devotes  most  of  his  time  to 
business,  his  only  social  affiliation  being  member- 
ship in  the  Germania  Turnverein. 


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G.  W.  WARNER 

(DECEASED) 
HOLLYWOOD,   CAL. 


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905 


ERGUSON,  DAVID  WAL- 
TER, District  Freight  and 
Passenger  Agent  of  the  North 
Pacific  Steamship  Company, 
Los  Angeles,  California,  is  a 
native  of  Clinton,  Iowa,  born  January  19, 
1875.  His  father  was  William  Ferguson  and 
his  mother,  Elnor  Brown  (Duncan)  Fergu- 
son. Mr.  Ferguson  traces  his  descent  through 
a  notable  line  of  ancestry, 
among  whom  is  the 
famed  King  Fergus  of 
Scotland.  On  July  15, 
1899,  he  married  Ruth 
Lillian  Green  in  Los  An- 
geles, by  which  union 
there  were  three  children, 
David  Halliday,  (deceas- 
ed), Lillian  and  Donald 
Ferguson. 

Mr.  Ferguson  was  ed- 
ucated in  the  Chicago 
public  schools,  and  on 
moving  to  Winnipeg, 
Canada,  continued  his 
grammar  schooling  in 
that  city.  He  then  took 
a  brief  business  course  in 
the  Winnipeg  Business 
College. 

About  this  time  Mr. 
Ferguson  went  to  British 
Columbia,  and  located  in 
Vancouver.  He  worked 
there  for  several  years  in 
a  mercantile  house,  but 
decided  to  seek  a  more 


D.  W.  FERGUSON 


congenial  climate  and  in  1893  he  moved  south 
to  Los  Angeles,  California.  He  became  as- 
sociated there  with  a  large  dry  goods  house 
in  the  capacity  of  salesman  and  remained  in 
that  line  until  he  was  appointed  manager  of 
the  cloak  and  suit  department.  He  ma.le  a 
signal  success  in  this  work,  but  after  he  had 
been  with  his  firm  for  seven  years  a  better 
opportunity  offered  itself  and  he  resigned, 
going  to  Portland,  Oregon.  There  he  en- 
gaged in  the  cloak  and  suit  business,  continu- 
ing in  it  for  a  period  of  approximately  a  year 
and  a  half. 

Becoming  tired  of  commercial  work,  he 
turned  his  attention  to  amusement  enter- 
prises and  returned  to  Los  Angeles,  where 
he  managed  several  musical  organizations. 
After  traveling  for  three  years  and  a  half 
he  again  sought  new  fields. 

Quitting  this  in  1905,  he  entered  the 
transportation  business  and  after  a  year  was 


appointed  Southern  California  agent  for  the 
North  Pacific  Steamship  Company,  which 
operates  a  line  of  vessels  between  San  Diego, 
California  and  Portland,  Oregon. 

For  several  years  he  devoted  his  entire 
time  to  this  work,  but  by  the  end  of  four 
years  he  had  branched  out  in  the  steamship 
business,  assuming  the  representation  of  a 
number  of  foreign  and  domestic  lines  aid 
soon  became  known  as 
one  of  the  leading  trans- 
portation men  in  the  west. 
At  the  present  time  he  is 
the  Southern  California 
representative  for  thirty 
standard  steamship  lines 
and  in  addition  to  this 
business  is  agent  for  the 
Marine  Baggage  and  Ac- 
cident Insurance  Compa- 
ny and  the  Wells  Fargo 
Express  Company's 
checks  and  money  orders. 
Similarly  he  handles  the 
American  Express  Com- 
pany's and  the  Domestic 
and  Travelers'  Checks 
and  money  orders,  which 
are  negotiable  in  all  parts 
of  the  civilized  world. 

Among  the  better 
known  companies  of 
which  Mr.  Ferguson  is 
the  representative  are  the 
Cunard  Steamship  Com- 
pany, which  owns  the 
mighty  Lusitania  and 


Mauretania,  the  White  Star  Company,  the 
Hamburg-American  Steamship  Company, 
the  French  Line  Steamship  Company,  the 
Italian  Line  Co.,  and  the  Steamship  Line. 

Other  interests  which  he  represents  are 
the  Thames  and  Mersey  Marine  Insurance 
Company  and  the  Compania  Naviera  Del  Pa- 
cifico,  a  large  corporation  with  headquarters 
in  Mexico  City.  He  is  also  a  licensed  Custom 
House  broker  for  the  Port  of  Los  Angeles  and 
is  a  notary  public  for  Los  Angeles  County. 

Mr.  Ferguson  is  a  member  of  the  National 
Geographic  Society  and  of  the  Los  Angeles 
Chamber  of  Commerce.  He  is  a  member  of 
the  Merchants  and  Manufacturers'  Associa- 
tion and  is  one  of  those  men  willing  to  do 
anything  for  the  furtherance  of  his  city.  He 
is  a  Shriner,  Mason,  an  Elk,  a  Forester,  a 
Maccabee,  and  belongs  to  the  Steamship 
Agents'  Association,  and  the  Southern  Cali- 
fornia Traffic  Association. 


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ORRISON,  EDGAR  D.,  Oil 
Operator,  Los  Angeles,  Cali- 
fornia, was  born  in  Washing- 
ton County,  Ohio,  on  June  5, 
1873.  His  father  was  James 
C.  Morrison  and  his  mother  Augusta 
(Moore)  Morrison. 

Mr.  Morrison  spent  his  boyhood  in  his 
native  State,  where  he  studied  in  the  gram- 
mar schools  of  Washing- 
ton County.  When  the 
Morrison  family  moved 
West  about  this  time, 
Mr.  Morrison  entered  the 
public  schools  of  Ne- 
braska, where  he  studied 
for  a  brief  period.  He 
went  to  business  college 
at  Omaha,  Nebraska,  for 
a  year  and  mastered  ste- 
nography. 

In  1890  he  left  the 
business  college  and  went 
to  Gordon,  Nebraska, 
where  he  secured  employ- 
ment in  the  Maverick 
Bank;  remained  with  the 
same  financial  house 
when  it  was  changed  to 
the  First  National  Bank 
of  Gordon.  He  was  made 
Assistant  Cashier,  and 
served  in  that  office  for  a 
period  of  some  seven 
years,  becoming  known 
as  one  of  the  enterprising 
young  men  of  that  com- 


E.  D.  MORRISON 


of  this  decided  to  return  to  the  West. 
He  did  not  go  back  to  Nebraska,  how- 
ever, but  sought  new  fields  in  California, 
whither  he  moved  in  the  fall  of  1903.  He 
secured  a  one-half  interest  in  a  hotel  at  Santa 
Barbara,  and  for  one  year  managed  and 
financed  that  concern.  At  the  end  of  that 
time  he  opened  a  hotel  of  his  own  in  San 
Bernardino,  California.  After  continuing  as 
a  hotel  man  for  a  brief 
period  Mr.  Morrison 
moved  to  Inglewood, 
near  Los  Angeles,  where 
he  engaged  in  the  real 
estate  business  for  five 
years.  He  became  prom- 
inently associated  among 
the  business  men  of  that 
place  and  was  elected 
City  Clerk  of  the  munici- 
pality. He  remained  in 
that  place  and  was  num- 
bered among  the  high- 
class  business  men  until 
1909,  when  he  went  into 
his  present  oil  business. 
In  the  early  part  of  1909 
Mr.  Morrison  became  as- 
sociated with  the  United 
Oil  Company,  of  which 
he  is  Vice  President  and 
a  Director. 

The  phenomenal 
growth  of  that  corpora- 
tion has  been  largely  due 
to  such  men  as  Mr.  M!or- 
rison,  who  lent  their  force 


munity.  In  1897  he  was  elected  City  Clerk 
of  Gordon,  in  which  office  he  served  for  sev- 
eral terms.  Later  he  was  made  Treasurer 
of  the  Sheridan  County  (Nebraska)  Fair  As- 
sociation, which  position  he  filled  for  a 
period  of  four  years. 

He  was  Clerk  of  the  School  Board  of 
Sheridan  County  at  one  time  and  rendered 
valuable  services  to  the  educational  circles 
of  that  community. 

^  In  1901  he  was  elected  Treasurer  of  the 
Niobrara  Land  and  Sheep  Company,  which 
was  widely  recognized  as  one  of  the  largest 
organizations  of  its  kind  in  the  State.  Mr. 
Morrison  shared  considerably  in  the  develop- 
ment and  success  of  that  company. 

Mr.  Morrison  left  Nebraska  in  the  spring 
of  1903,  and  went  to  Boston,  where  he  re- 
mained for  a  brief  period.  During  his  stay 
in  the  East  he  traveled  considerably  in  the 
New  England  States,  and  after  a  few  months 


or  capital  or  both  in  the  financing  of  it.  Since 
that  time  he  has  invested  heavily  in  the  oil 
business  in  Southern  California  and  holds 
office  or  is  a  stockholder  in  some  of  the 
largest  oil  corporations. 

He  is  Vice  President  and  a  Director 
in  the  Rex  Midway  Oil  Company  and  holds 
the  same  positions  with  the  Midnight  Oil 
Company. 

He  possesses  and  controls  interests  in 
several  other  similar  organizations,  finding 
himself  well  occupied  in  handling  his  inter- 
ests in  that  extensive  field. 

Aside  from  his  extensive  holdings  in  oil 
and  landed  properties  in  California,  Mr. 
Morrison  has  mining  interests  in  Colorado. 
He  is  recognized  in  the  Southwest  as  a  pro- 
gressive mining  and  oil  operator,  willing  to 
follow  any  movement  that  is  for  the  upbuild- 
ing and  progress  of  the  Southwest. 

He  is  a  Knight  of  the  Round  Table. 


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EDRICK,  JULIAN  B.,  Oil 
Producer,  Los  Angeles,  Cali- 
fornia, was  born  at  Russell, 
Kansas,  March  5,  1883.  His 
father  was  Martin  Van  B. 
Hedrick  and  his  mother  Margaret  (Snell) 
Hedrick.  He  married  at  Los  Angeles,  March 
9,  1908,  Agnes  Jane  Whyte. 

Mr.  Hedrick  was  reared  partly  in  Kansas 
and  in  Colorado,  but  at  an 
early  age  was  thrown 
upon  his  own  resources 
and  was  unable  to  com- 
plete his  schooling.  He 
started  as  a  messenger 
boy  in  Colorado  Springs, 
Colorado,  with  the  Postal 
Telegraph-Cable  Compa- 
ny, remaining  with  them 
for  a  number  of  years. 
Then,  with  a  compara- 
tively insignificant 
amount  of  capital  and 
with  practically  no  expe- 
rience in  that  line,  he  en- 
tered the  brokerage  busi- 
ness in  Colorado  Springs. 
He  followed  that  occupa- 
tion for  two  years,  having 
operated  successfully 
while  he  was  still  a  boy. 
In  1900,  foreseeing 
the  great  future  that  Cali- 


J.  B.  HEDRICK 


in  1907,  where  he  has  been  identified  in  a 
business  way,  particularly  with  oil  interests, 
down  to  date. 

On  his  arrival  in  Los  Angeles  he  made 
up  his  mind  to  enter  the  oil  industry,  which 
was  then  expanding.  He  became  a  close 
business  associate  with  C.  F.  Whittier  in  oil 
development  and  was  one  of  the  far-sighted 
operators  who  arrived  early  in  the  Midway 
and  West  Side  fields  to 
take  part  in  the  great  de- 
velopment of  that  dis- 
trict. When  the  Whittier- 
Campbell  Company  was 
organized,  two  years 
later,  Mr.  Hedrick  be- 
came secretary  and  treas- 
urer of  that  organization. 
Mr.  Hedrick's  success 
in  the  oil  business  was 
remarkable,  and  on  No- 
vember 19,  1909,  when 
the  United  Oil  Company 
was  incorporated  for 
$2,000,000,  he  was  made 
secretary  of  that  corpora- 
tion, as  well  as  a  director. 
Mr.  Hedrick  has  played  a 
prominent  part  in  the 
financing  and  progress  of 
that  corporation,  he  de- 
voted all  of  his  time  to  its 
welfare,  and  a  short  time 


fornia  offered  for  a  young  man  of  his  years, 
Mr.  Hedrick,  who  was  not  yet  20  years  old, 
sold  his  business  in  Colorado  Springs  and 
settled  in  Los  Angeles,  where  he  shortly 
opened  brokerage  offices  and  where  he  was 
actively  engaged  in  that  business  for  close  to 
five  years. 

About  that  time  the  Goldfield  boom  was 
exciting  people  in  every  part  of  the  country, 
particularly  in  the  Southwest,  and,  like  many 
young  men  of  his  age,  he  determined  to 
leave  everything  and  seek  his  fortune  in  the 
desert  country  of  Nevada.  He  went  imme- 
diately to  Goldfield,  Nevada,  where  in  the 
brief  space  of  a  few  months  he  associated 
himself  with  a  number  of  the  large  mining 
men  and  interests.  He  continued  there  only 
two  years,  returning  to  Los  Angeles  early 


after  organization  the  company  was  put  on  a 
dividend-paying  basis. 

He  was  made  secretary  of  the  Midway 
Central  Oil  Company  and  is  a  director  in  the 
San  Francisco  Midway  Oil  Company.  He 
has  participated  in  the  organization  of  sev- 
eral other  large  oil  and  petroleum  companies 
and  helped  finance  numerous  enterprises.  He 
invested  heavily  in  the  Bakersfield  region, 
in  the  McKittrick  fields  and  in  the  scattered 
oil  lands  of  Southern  California.  With  a 
capacity  for  hard  work  and  a  determina- 
tion to  win,  he  has  followed  the  oil  busi- 
ness for  the  last  four  years  with  an  untiring 
energy. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Gamut  Club  of 
Los  Angeles,  of  the  Elks  and  of  the  Los 
Angeles  Athletic  Club. 


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RYANT,  WESLEY  J.,  Real 
Estate  Speculator,  Los  An- 
geles, California,  was  born 
in  Greenville,  Drake  County, 
Ohio,  on  April  2,  1862.  His 

father    was    Enos    Bryant    and    his    mother 

Sarah  A.  (Townsend)  Bryant.     He  is  a  near 

relative  of  David  Bryant,  an  early  pioneer. 

Mr.   Bryant  married  Mary  A.   Williams  on 

January  9,  1888,  at  Cher- 
okee, Iowa,  and  to  them 

there  have  been  born  two 

children,    Hazel    Hope 

and     A  r  1  e  y     Tennyson 

Bryant. 

Mr.    Bryant    received 

his  education  in  the  pub- 
lic schools  of  Woodbury 

County     and      Cherokee, 

Iowa,    graduating   from 

the    high    school    of    the 

latter  place.     He  studied 

law,    but    did    not    apply 

for  admsision  to  the  Bar, 

therefore  never  practiced 

his  profession,  preferring 

to  go  info  the  merchan- 
dise business. 

When    he    was    seven 

years  of  age   (1869)    Mr. 

Bryant    moved    with    his 

parents  to  Michigan,  but 

they    stayed    there    only 

one  year,  and  then  moved 

to  Woodbury  County,  in 

the  northwestern  part  of 

Iowa,  a  spot  in  the  wil- 


W.  J.  BRYANT 


derness  where  they  endured  the  hardships 
and  perils  of  frontier  life.  When  he  was 
twenty-one  years  of  age  Mr.  Bryant  was 
teaching  school,  and  while  so  occupied  de- 
voted much  of  his  leisure  time  for  a  space  of 
three  years  to  the  study  of  law,  in  which  he 
could  have  qualified.  Later,  however,  he 
followed  the  merchandise  business  for  five 
years,  a  line  in  which  he  attained  a  consider- 
able degree  of  success. 

At  the  conclusion  of  this  period  he  went 
to  California  and  located  at  Palms,  a  suburb 
of  Los  Angeles,  where  he  bought  consider- 
able property.  He  opened  real  estate  offices 
(1890)  in  the  Natick  House,  Los  Angeles, 
and  shortly  afterwards  was  appointed  to  the 
office  of  Justice  of  the  Peace  of  Ballona 
Township  for  a  three-year  term.  At  the  ex- 
piration of  that  term  he  was  again  elected 
for  the  following  term  of  four  years.  A 
notable  record  which  he  made  is  that  dur- 


ing all  of  his  term  of  office  no  appeals  from 
his  decisions  ever  resulted  in  a  reversal  by  a 
higher  court.  At  the  close  of  his  second  term 
as  Justice,  Mr.  Bryant  devoted  his  time  to 
real  estate,  a  field  in  which  he  has  attained 
prominence  because  of  his  handling  numer- 
ous large  deals  which  have  been  part  of  the 
advancement  of  the  City  of  Los  Angeles  and 
vicinity,  his  word  always  being  as  good  as 
a  bond  among  his  busi- 
ness associates. 

Mr.  Bryant  has  at  all 
times  taken  a  keen  inter- 
est in  public  affairs  and  is 
one  of  the  men  who  has 
been  concerned  in  vari- 
ous movements  having 
for  their  object  the  im- 
provement of  his  adopted 
city.  He  was  actively 
connected  with  the  Citi- 
zens' Improvement  Asso- 
ciation, an  organization 
which  has  done  much  to 
build  up  Los  Angeles' 
most  beautiful  residential 
section,  and  he  is  now 
President  of  the  Ninth 
Ward  Improvement  As- 
sociation. Both  of  these 
bodies,  in  which  Mr.  Bry- 
ant is  a  dominant  factor, 
have  been  important 
links  in  the  chain  of  mod- 
ern upbuilders  in  the 
Southwest.  In  addition 
to  his  real  estate  and 
building  activities,  Mr.  Bryant  is  an 
ardent  worker  for  educational  and  for 
good  road  improvement.  In  State  and 
National  politics  he  is  a  staunch  Republican, 
and  in  local  affairs  has  worked  with  the 
Good  Government  forces. 

He  is  President  of  the  Good  Government 
organization  of  Boyle  Heights,  a  populous 
section  of  the  city,  and  is  a  member  of  the 
Good  Government  Committee  of  Los  Angeles 
proper.  In  recent  years  this  party,  which  is 
non-partisan,  has  become  an  influential  force 
in  the  politics  of  Los  Angeles.  He  is  First 
Vice  President  of  the  Ohio  Society,  an  organ- 
ization of  Buckeye  State  natives;  has  been  a 
member  of  the  Knights  of  Pythias  for  27 
years,  and  also  belongs  to  the  Woodmen  of 
the  World.  Mr.  Bryant,  who  enjoys  the  con- 
fidence and  esteem  of  his  fellow  citizens,  has 
succeeded  in  every  enterprise  in  Los  Angeles 
that  he  has  undertaken,  and  is  very  popular. 


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'LEOD,  JOHN  MUNRO,  Real  Estate 

Mg  and  Oil  Operator,  Los  Angeles, 
I  Cal.,  is  the  eldest  son  of  the  late 
John  Munro  McLeod  and  Jessie 
Hunter  (Brown)  McLeod,  both  of 
Scotland.  He  was  born  in  Strat- 
ford, Canada,  November  3,  1871.  He  married  Eva 
Ethel  Largen  at  Vancouver,  B.  C.,  Oct.  26,  1898, 
and  to  them  have  come  three  children,  Eva  Ethel, 
John  Munro,  Jr.  and  Alfred  Wellington  McLeod. 

Mr.  McLeod's  father  was 
a  noted  railroad  builder  and 
oil  operator  in  Canada,  hav- 
ing completed  the  construc- 
tion of  the  Grand  Trunk  Line 
from  Sarnia  to  Toronto,  later 
going  into  the  oil  business  at 
Petrolia,  Canada.  He  owned 
one  of  the  first  refining  plants 
in  America,  selling  his  prod- 
uct to  the  Grand  Trunk  Rail- 
way, and  from  this  it  is  ap- 
parent that  the  younger  Mc- 
Leod had  a  good  inspiration 
to  guide  him  in  the  work  of 
oil  development,  so  it  is  not 
difficult  to  understand  why 
he  has  become  a  leader  in 
the  industry. 

Mr.  McLeod  was  educated 
in  the  public  schools  of  New 
Westminster,  going  through 
the  various  grades,  and  tak- 
ing examination  for  the  High 
School.  At  this  point,  how- 
ever, he  entered  commercial 
pursuits  and  opened  a  gen- 
eral store  in  his  home  city  at 
the  age  of  eighteen,  and  after 
a  few  years  as  a  merchant, 
went  in  for  dairying  and 
farming  in  British  Columbia, 
which  business  he  followed 
for  a  number  of  years  with 
marked  success.  Hearing  of 
the  great  opportunities  in  Southern  California, 
Mr.  McLeod  disposed  of  his  farming  and 
dairy  interests  and  in  the  summer  of  1900  moved  to 
Los  Angeles.  The  southern  metropolis  was  then 
entering  on  the  boom  period,  and  Mr.  McLeod  was 
one  of  the  thousands  who  went  there  looking  for  an 
opportunity  to  invest. 

Shortly  after  his  arrival  his  attention  was  drawn 
to  the  .oil  business,  which  he  had  followed  closely 
for  several  years,  waiting  for  a  chance  to  get  into 
it.  His  first  venture  was  in  the  Kern  River  field, 
where  he  became  interested  in  a  small  way.  The 
oil  business  held  Mr.  McLeod  for  four  years,  and 
then  he  turned  his  attention  to  real  estate,  which 
was  thriving  at  that  time.  He  opened  an  office  in 
Los  Angeles  in  1904,  and  later  organized  the  firm  of 
Winton  &  McLeod,  going  into  real  estate  on  a  large 
scale.  They  opened  up  a  number  of  large  subdivis- 
ions in  Los  Angeles,  among  them  the  Calkins  Fig- 
ueroa  Street  Tract,  the  Winton  and  McLeod  Fig- 
ueroa  Street  Tract,  and  the  Winton  and  McLeod 
Figueroa  Tracts  Nos.  2,  3,  4,  5  and  6. 

During  the  Eastern  money  panic  in  1907  it  took 
all  of  Mr.  McLeod's  efforts  to  carry  several  syndi- 
cates of  which  he  was  the  head,  and  after  things 
became  easier  he  withdrew  from  the  active  work  of 
the  real  estate  business  and  made  a  complete  sur- 
vey of  the  oil  districts  in  California  with  one  of  the 


J.  M.  McLEOD 


most  competent  geologists  of  the  country.  He  sup- 
plemented this  with  advice  from  several  of  the 
older,  practical  oil  men  in  the  State. 

In  his  inquiry  he  visited  all  the  principal  fields, 
including  Santa  Maria,  Kern  River,  Coalinga  and 
McKittrick,  and  investigated  most  fully  what  is 
known  as  the  Midway  Field,  but  which  at  that  time 
was  practically  undeveloped.  After  studying  forma- 
tions there,  he  arrived  at  a  conclusion  contrary  to 
that  of  the  oldest  oil  men  of  the  district,  who 
thought  there  was  only  a 
narrow  strip  in  which  was 
oil ;  his  judgment  and  faith  in 
that  section  have  since  been 
justified.  He  took  a  lease  on 
forty  acres,  which  now  con- 
stitute part  of  the  Hale-Mc- 
Leod  property,  but  on  ac- 
count of  the  adverse  opinion 
of  old  operators,  which  was 
generally  believed,  he  was 
unable  to  get  necessary  funds 
to  drill,  and  so  forfeited  his 
hold  on  that  piece  of  proper- 
ty; however  he  later  again  se- 
cured that  same  property, 
with  additional  territory,  for 
the  Hale-McLeod  Co.,  and  it 
is  now  conceded  to  be  one  of 
the  best  pieces  of  oil  territory 
in  California.  The  present 
sub-tenants,  the  Midway  Pre- 
mier, Midway  5,  and  Kalispell 
Companies,  all  have  weils 
that  have  been  large  pro- 
ducers. During  1911  a  well 
belonging  to  the  Kalispell  Co. 
has  produced  at  the  rate  of 
2500  barrels  a  day. 

This  body  of  oil  lies  below 
the  salt  water  line,  which  it 
has  always  been  contended 
by  the  oldest  operators  was 
the  "bottom-water"  below 
which  oil  would  never  be 


secured.  Vindications  of  Mr.  McLeod's  unfaltering 
belief  in  the  field  are  the  companies  that  went  on 
the  "flat"  and  have  successfully  operated,  their 
stockholders  having  all  been  induced  to  enter  the 
field  at  the  instigation  of  Mr.  McLeod. 

Mr.  McLeod  is  Vice  Pres.  of  the  Hale-McLeod 
Co.  and  Four  Investment  Co.;  Director  and  Mgr. 
Toronto  Midway  Oil  Co.  and  Director  32  Oil  Co., 
Director  Edmunds  Midway  Oil  Co.,  and  heavily  in- 
terested in  the  Esperanza  Consolidated  Oil  Co. 

Mr.  McLeod  and  associates  have  handled  and 
financed  a  greater  number  of  oil  companies,  com- 
bining a  greater  acreage,  than  almost  any  other 
company  interested  in  the  California  oil  fields.  The 
acreage  financed  and  operated  through  Mr.  McLeod 
amounts  to  over  1700,  and  includes  the  wells  of  over 
twenty  companies,  representing  a  combined  invest- 
ment of  upwards  of  five  million  dollars. 

These  achievements  have  placed  Mr.  McLeod 
among  the  real  developers  of  the  Southwest,  and 
while  he  has  made  a  large  fortune  for  himself,  he 
has  also  been  the  means  of  making  others  wealthy, 
and  at  the  same  time  has  added  to  the  industrial 
strength  of  Southern  California. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Union  League  Club,  of 
San  Francisco;  Union  League,  Sierra  Madre,  San 
Gabriel  Valley  Country,  and  the  Los  Angeles  Ath- 
letic Clubs,  all  of  Los  Angeles. 


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W.    D.    REYNOLDS 

REYNOLDS,  W.  D.,  Cattle  Raising  and 
Handling,  Reynolds  Building,  Fort  Worth. 
Texas,  was  born  in  Alabama,  April  22,  1846. 

Mr.  Reynolds  is  Vice  President  of  the 
Reynolds  Cattle  Company,  Director  of  the 
Fort  Worth  National  Bank,  Director  of  the 
First  National  Bank  of  Stamford,  Texas,  and 
President  of  the  Cisco  Cotton  Oil  Company. 


Z.    FREEMAN    CALLAHAN 

CALLAHAN,  Z.  FREEMAN,  Architect, 
Contractor  and  Real  Estate,  San  Diego,  Cal., 
was  born  in  Maine  in  1867. 

Mr.  Callahan  was  educated  in  the  schools 
of  Maine  and  Massachusetts.  He  went  to 
San  Diego  in  1906.  He  belongs  to  the 
Knights  of  Pythias  and  is  a  member  of  the 
San  Diego  Yacht  Club. 


INDEX 


Abbott,   William   M San    Francisco. .  .623 

Abernathy,  Capt.  Jack Oklahoma    813 

Aldridge,   W.  H Los    Angeles 364 

Alexander,  Hon.   George Los    Angeles 442 

Allen,   James   M San  Francisco 902 

Allen,   Hon.   M.   T Los    Angeles 803 

Allison,   A.   B Los    Angeles 619 

Almada,    Jesus Culiacan,    Mex...768 

Alpaugh,  Edwin  K Los    Angeles 464 

Alton,    John Los    Angeles 383 

Amweg,  Col.  F.  J San  Francisco.  . .  .888 

Anderson,   A.   P Los   Angeles 71 

Anderson,   J.  C Los    Angeles 594 

Andrews,    Harry Los    Angeles 544 

Arnold,   Bion  J Chicago,    111 406 

Arnold,   Ralph Los  Angeles 344 

Arnoldy,  Fred  N Los  Angeles 658 

Ashurst,  Hon.  Henry  F Prescott,    Ariz.. . .   64 

Austin,  John  C.  W Los    Angeles 441 

Avakian,  J.  C Los    Angeles 722 

Averill,  George  E Los    Angeles 689 

Axelson,  Charles  F Los    Angeles 330 

B 

Bacon,    Francis   E Los  Angeles 486 

Bacon,  Walter  R San  Francisco 817 

Bain,   Ferdinand   R Los  Angeles 223 

Balch,  Allan   C Los  Angeles 115 

Baldwin,   James  V Los  Angeles 574 

Barber,  Dr.  D.  C Los  Angeles 795 

Barber,    Ray    J Los  Angeles 531 

Bard,  Dr.  Cephas  L Ventura  Co.,  Cal.   40 

Bard,  Hon.  Thomas  R Hueneme,  Cal 36 

Barham,   Guy   B Los   Angeles 592 

Barker,    W.   A Los  Angeles 622 

Barlow,  Dr.  W.  Jarvis Los  Angeles 545 

Barneson,   Capt.  John San  Francisco 502 

Barret,  A.  B Los  Angeles 566 

Barrett,  W.  E San  Francisco 145 

Bartlett,  Rev.  Dana  W Los  Angeles 599 

Barton,  Dr.  H.  P Los  Angeles 350 

Batchelder,   George  A San  Francisco 162 

Bates,   H.   S San  Francisco 274 

Baum,  A.  R San  Francisco 693 

Baum,   F.   G San  Francisco. .  ..512 

Bayly,  William   Los  Angeles 128 

Beach,  Dr.  Everett  C Los  Angeles 429 

Bean,   Jacob Alhambra,  Cal 200 

Beckett,  Dr.  W.  W Los  Angeles 155 

Behymer,  L.  E Los  Angeles 737 

Bell,   Harmon Oakland,  Cal 358 

Bennett,  James  S Los  Angeles 509 

Bennie,  James  W Clifton,  Ariz 818 

Bennitt,  E.  J Phoenix,  Ariz 218 

Bent,  Arthur  S Los  Angeles 544 

Berry,   C.  J Los  Angeles 840 

Besley,  Capt.  J.  C Coronado,  Cal 630 

Bettis,   H.  I Los  Angeles 554 

Bicknell,  Dr.  F.  T Los  Angeles 118 


Bilger,   Frank  W Oakland,  Cal 449 

Bilicke,  A.   C Los  Angeles 82 

Bird,   A.  C Compton,  Cal 124 

Birdno,  John  J , Safford,  Ariz 292 

Bittinger,  George  E Los  Angeles 79 

Bixby,   George  H Long  Beach,  Cal..     9 

Bixby,   Jotham Long  Beach,  Cal..     7 

Bixby,  William  F Los  Angeles 771 

Black,  George  N Los  Angeles 545 

Blackstock    N Los  Angeles 84 

Bledsoe,   Benjamin   F San   Bernardino.  .254 

Bley,    Adolfo Hermosillo,    Mex..  95 

Bolin,   P.   J Los  Angeles 870 

Booth,  Hiram  E Salt  Lake  City. .  .183 

Booth,   Willis  H .Los  Angeles 443 

Boothe,   E.   Y Los  Angeles 835 

Boruff,   Fred   L San   Fernando. . . 804. 

Bowler,    Paul    D Los  Angeles 900 

Bradley,  Dr.  E.  R Los  Angeles 152 

Brainerd,  Dr.  H.  G. Los  Angeles 83 

Bridge,  Dr.  Norman Los  Angeles 20 

Brown,  Arthur,  Jr San  Francisco.  . .  .902 

Brown,  Frank  L San  Francisco 130 

Brown,    Harrington Los  Angeles 592 

Brown,    Henry   F Minneapolis 758 

Browning,  Dr.  Charles  C Los  Angeles 221 

Brownstein,  D.  J Los  Angeles 629 

Brunswig,    L.   N Los  Angeles 711 

Bryan,    E.    P Los  Angeles 765 

Bryant,  W.  J Los  Angeles 908 

Buck,   Frank  H San  Francisco 28 

Buick,  D.   D . . .  .Los  Angeles 370 

Bullard,  Hon.  George  Purdy. ..  Phoenix,   Ariz....   23 

Burch,   Franklin  P Los  Angeles 533 

Burch,   H.   Kenyon Los  Angeles 24 

Burcham,  C.  A Los  Angeles 732 

Burnell,   George  Edwin Los  Angeles 678 

Burnham,  Major  F.  R Pasadena,   Cal 657 

Burnham,    George San  Diego,  Cal. .  .498 

Burton,   J.   A Los  Angeles. . 315 

Bush,  William  E Los  Angeles 712 

Butler,   Sidney  A Los  Angeles 78 

Byrne,    Callaghan Los  Angeles 238 

Byrne,   J.  J Los  Angeles 146 


Callaghan,  Bryan San  Antonio,  Tex.564 

Callahan,   Z.   Freeman San  Diego,  Cal . . .  910 

Calvert,  J.  W Azusa,  Cal 650 

Cameron,  Ralph  H Grand  Canyon,  Ar.819 

Campbell,   Charles  N San  Antonio,  Tex.255 

Campbell,   Kemper  B Los  Angeles 603 

Carson,  Dr.  J.  K Los  Angeles 675 

Carson,  John  M Los  Angeles 300 

Cashin,  J.  O Los  Angeles 383 

Cashion,  J.  A Los  Angeles 272 

Cass,   Alonzo   B Los  Angeles 125 

Catrow,    Henry Salt  Lake  City. .  .356 

Chandler,  Charles  L Los  Angeles 701 


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Chandler,  J.  Paul Los  Angeles 

Chandler,  Leo  S Los  Angeles 

Chapman,   Melvin  C Oakland,  Cal 

Chappell,  D.  A Los  Angeles 

Chappellet,  F Los  Angeles 

Cheney,  Hon.  W.  A Los  Angeles 

Chesebrough,  A.  S San  Francisco... 

Christy,  Lloyd  B Phoenix,  Ariz 

Churchill,  O.  H Los  Angeles 

Clark,  Eli  P Los  Angeles 

Clark,  J.  Ross Los  Angeles 

Clark,  Percy  H Los  Angeles 

Clayton,  N.  W Salt  Lake  City. . 

Cleaveland,  J.  F Phoenix,   Ariz. . . 

Cochran,  George  I Los  Angeles 

Cochran,  Dr.  Guy Los  Angeles 

Code,  W.  H Los  Angeles 

Coffee,  L.  W Los  Angeles 

Coffey,  Dr.  Titian  J Los  Angeles 

Coit,  Henry  A Los  Angeles 

Cole,  Elmer  E Los  Angeles 

Cole,  Dr.  George  L Los  Angeles 

Cole,  Louis  M Los  Angeles 

Collier,  D.  C San  Diego,  Cal. . 

Collier,  Frank  C Los  Angeles 

Colter,  Fred  T Springerville,  Ar. 

Conaty,  Rt.  Rev.  Thomas  J....LOS  Angeles 

Condee,  A.  J Los  Angeles 

Condon,  E.  B Los  Angeles 

Cook,  Hon.  Carroll San  Francisco.. . 

Cook,  Dr.  C.  W Los  Angeles 

Cook,  J.  E Los  Angeles 

Cooper,  M.  G Los  Angeles 

Cornell,  F.  D Los  Angeles 

Coryell,  J.  B San  Francisco. . . 

Coulston,  J.  B Pasadena,   Cal.. . 

Coward,  H.  C *San  Francisco . . . 

Cowles,  Dr.  J.  E Los  Angeles 

Cox,  Frank  I Phoenix,  Ariz. . . 

Craig,  Hon.  Gavin  W Los  Angeles 

Creswell,   H.   T San  Francisco. . . 

Crocker,  William  H San  Francisco.. . 

Cullen,   Thomas  P Los  Angeles 

Cunningham,  Hon.  D.  L Phoenix,  Ariz. . . 

Curlett,  William Los  Angeles 

Curran,  Robert  G Los  Angeles 

Curtis,  C.  J Long  Beach,  Cal 

Curtis,  Uri  B Los  Angeles 


.742 
,544 
.873 
.338 
.328 
.  75 
.275 
.191 
.388 
.  34 
.609 
.797 
.173 
.672 
.113 
.153 
.731 
.494 
.348 
.419 
.220 
.601 
.131 
.755 
.754 
.291 
.247 
.288 
.418 
.690 
.786 
.764 
.431 
.770 
.432 
.465 
.704 
.834 
.  98 
.255 
.877 
.476 
.670 
.675 
.  25 
.544 
.350 
.290 


D 

Dadmun,   L.  E San  Diego,  Cal.. .262 

Danziger,  J.  M Los  Angeles 342 

Davidson,   G.  A San  Diego,  Cal..  .692 

Davidson,  Paul  B Los  Angeles 424 

Davie,    R.    P Los  Angeles 615 

Davis,  Charles  C Los  Angeles 610 

Davis,  Edward Los  Angeles 533 

Davis,   Frank Los  Angeles 482 

Davis,   J.  J Los  Angeles 815 

Davis,  Le  Compte Los  Angeles 564 

Davis,  W.  H Los  Angeles 809 

Dawley,  Dr.  Chas.  G. Los  Angeles 887 

Del  Valle,  Hon.  R.  F Los  Angeles 254 

Denis,  George  J Los  Angeles 129 

Denman,  William San  Francisco 182 

Dennison,  Bennett  S Los  Angeles 901 

Denton,  E.  E Los  Angeles 303 


Dessery,  Floyd  G Los  Angeles 584 

Dexter,  S.  B Los  Angeles 410 

Dickinson,  W.  R Los  Angeles 705 

Dillon,  Dr.  Edward  T Los  Angeles 585 

Doak,   D.   P San  Francisco 304 

Dobbins,   T.  C Los  Angeles 720 

Dockweiler,  Isidore  B Los  Angeles 351 

Dockweiler,  J.   H San  Francisco.. .  .363 

Dominguez,  Frank  E Los  Angeles 695 

Doran,  J.   J Los  Angeles 287 

Dorsey,  Hon.  Stephen  W Los  Angeles 666 

Double,    Edward Los  Angeles 810 

Dougherty,  H.  M Los  Angeles 509 

Dow,  George  A San  Francisco. . .  .866 

Dow,  Hon.  R.  H Santa  Monica 692 

Dow,  Wilber  O Los  Angeles 528 

Downs,  Dr.  A.  J Los  Angeles 802 

Dozier,  Thomas  B San  Francisco. . .  .884 

Drake,   Charles  R Los  Angeles 229 

Drennan,   T.  M Parker,  Ariz 407 

Drew,  Frank  C San  Francisco. ...  246 

Dromgold,  R.  W Los  Angeles 742 

Drown,  Clarence  G Los  Angeles 473 

Drummond,  Harrison  I Pasadena,   Cal 438 

Dudley,  Dr.  W.  H Los  Angeles 794 

Duncan,   Dr.  Rex Los  Angeles 785 

Dunham,  W.  P Los  Angeles 838 

Dunn,  W.  E Los  Angeles 501 

Dunne,  Peter  F San  Francisco.  . .  .851 

Dupee,  Walter  H Coronado,   Cal 568 

Durant,  E.  M. Los  Angeles 287 

Durdan,  H.  P Los  Angeles 704 

Duryea,  Edwin  Jr San  Francisco. . . .  159 

Dutton,   William  J... San  Francisco 119 

Dwyer,  J.  J San  Francisco 321 

Dysert,  Walter  V Los  Angeles 698 

E 

Earl,   Edwin   T Los  Angeles 446 

Easton,  E.  E Los  Angeles 448 

Eckardt,    Hugo Los  Angeles 298 

Edmonson,   H.   W Los  Angeles 222 

Eickhoff,    Henry San  Francisco 498 

Elliott,    Karl Los  Angeles 548 

Emery,   Grenville  C Los  Angeles 346 

Engstrum,    Paul Los  Angeles 870 

Evans,  Hon.  S.  C Riverside,  Cal 312 

Everhardy,    M.   W Los  Angeles 752 

Eversole,  Dr.  Henry  Owen Los  Angeles 215 

Eyer,  C.  B Los  Angeles 600 

F 

Fall,  Hon.  Albert  B New    Mexico 242 

Parish,    O.    E Los  Angeles 532 

Farmer,   O.  O Los  Angeles 317 

Farnham,  L.  M Los  Angeles 816 

Farnsworth,   J.   E Dallas,    Tex 331 

Faymonville,   Bernard ..San  Francisco 123 

Fellows,  Thomas Los  Angeies 822 

Ferguson,   D.  W Los  Angeles 905 

Fette,  Fred Los  Angeles 808 

Field,  E.   S Los  Angeles 105 

Fighiera,  Leon Los  Angeles 530 

Finkle,  F.  C Los  Angeles 231 

Finney,   C.  E Los  Angeles 496 

Fish,  Dr.  Charles  W Los  Angeles 835 

Fisher,  Henry Redlands,  Cal 88 

Fisher,    Lewis Galveston,  Tex. . .  876 


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Fitzherbert-West,  William Los  Angeles 653 

Fitzhugh,   Thornton Los  Angeles 545 

Fleishhacker,  Herbert San  Francisco.. .  .648 

Fleitz,  George  L Detroit,    Mich 479 

Fletcher,   Paul  B Los  Angeles 423 

Fontana,  M.  J San  Francisco 281 

Forbes,  J.  B Los  Angeles 791 

Ford,  Tirey  L San  Francisco 110 

Forney,  C.  S.  S Los  Angeles 883 

Foshay,  Dr.  James  A Los  Angeles 871 

Foster,  F.  L Los  Angeles 461 

Fowler,  R.  A Los  Angeles 879 

Francis,  J.  H Los  Angeles 705 

Frank,   Nathan   H San  Francisco 164 

Franklin,  Thomas  H San  Antonio,  Tex.520 

Fraser,  A.  R Ocean   Park,  Cal.  .684 

Fredericks,  John  D Los  Angeles 158 

Freeman,   E.  W Los  Angeles 430 

French,  J.  W Los  Angeles 771 

Fries,  Max  P San  Francisco 880 

Frost,  Charles  H Los  Angeles 305 

Frost,  F.  W San  Francisco 413 


G 


Gallegos,  Prof.  R.  M Los  Angeles 

Galusha,  Leon  G Los  Angeles 

Gardiner,  J.  P Los  Angeles 

Garland,  William  May Los  Angeles 

Garrett,  Dr.  E.  H Los  Angeles 

Gary,  George  L Los  Angeles 

Gates,  Dr.  H.  B Los  Angeles 

Gay,  C.  M Los  Angeles 

Gibson,  Hon.  James  A Los  Angeles 

Gill,  Irving  J San  Diego,  Cal. 

Gilligan,  John  J Los  Angeles 

Giroux,  Joseph  L Los  Angeles 

Glass,  Rev.  Joseph  S Los  Angeles 

Goodrich,   Ben Los  Angeles 

Goodrich,  Dr.  E.  G Los  Angeles 

Goodwin,  N.  C Los  Angeles 

Goodwin,  Percy  H San  Diego,  Cal. 

Gordon,  F.  V Los  Angeles 

Gordon,  W.  A Phoenix,   Ariz. . 

Goudge,  Herbert  J Los  Angeles.... 

Graham,  B.  F Los  Angeles.. . . 

Graham,  David  J Los  Angeles 

Grant,  Joseph  D San  Francisco.. 

Graves,   J.   A Los  Angeles 

Green,  Burton  E Los  Angeles 

Green,  J.  Charles San  Francisco.. 

Greene,  Col.  W.  C Cananea,  Mex. . 

Greenway,  John  C Warren,  Ariz... 

Gregory,  Miles  S Los  Angeles 

Gregson,   F.  P Los  Angeles. . . 

Gresham,   Walter Galveston,    Tex 

Griffith,  F.  T Los  Angeles 

Griffith,  George  P Los  Angeles.... 

Grimes,    Charles Pasadena,  Cal. 

Grimsley,   O.  L Los  Angeles.... 

Gundaker,  Samuel  W Tucson,    Ariz . . 

Gunn,  Walter  T Los  Angeles.... 

Guthridge,  C.  F Los  Angeles.. . . 

Guthrie,  C.  B Los  Angeles.. . . 


.583 
.779 
.217 
.265 
.802 
..858 
.213 
,.224 
, .  60 
..571 
,.536 
..902 
..760 
..256 
..537 
..814 
..808 
..860 
..798 
..232 
..471 
. .  86 
..120 
. .  19 
..112 
..780 
..204 
..150 
..645 
..398 
...109 
..314 
..740 
..865 
..806 
...714 
..561 
..181 
..825 


H 


Hagan,   Dr.  Ralph Los  Angeles 644 

Haggarty,  J.  J Los  Angeles 176 

Hall,  Dr.  Giles  S Los  Angeles 743 

Hall,  William  H San    Francisco ...  420 

Halm,   George   M Phoenix,  Ariz 294 

Hamilton,  Dr.  F.  L.  A Los  Angeles 738 

Hamilton,   Harley Los  Angeles 842 

Hamilton,    M.    S Oakland,  Cal 871 

Hamilton,  W.  R San  Francisco 141 

Hammon,   W.   P San  Francisco 616 

Hammond,  John  Hays U.  S.  A 14 

Hampton,  William  E Los  Angeles 116 

Hance,  C.  H Los  Angeles 704 

Hand,   C.   H Los  Angeles 297 

Hand,  J.  D Los   Alamos,  N.M.844 

Handley,  L.  A Los  Angeles 705 

Hanna,    George Los  Angeles 148 

Hanna,  Hon.  R.  H Santa   Fe.,N.  M..  .161 

Harbaugh,   A.   G Mexico   812 

Harris,  E.  M Los  Angeles 620 


Harris,  G.  W Los  Angeles.. . 

Hart,   George   A Los  Angeles. . . 


.636 
.736 


Harwood,   A.  J San  Francisco 284 

Haskins,   Samuel   M Los  Angeles 858 

Hatch,   P.   E Long  Beach,  Cal..280 

Hathaway,  W.  L San  Francisco 244 

Hauser,    Henry Los  Angeles 682 

Hauser,    Julius Los  Angeles 772 


Havens,  Frank  C . . . Oakland,   Cal. . . 

Hawgood,    Harry Los  Angeles 


.392 
.174 


Hayden,   Thomas  E San  Francisco 831 

Haynes,  Dr.  John  R Los  Angeles 50 

Haynes,  Lloyd   C Los  Angeles 864 


Hay  ward,  Dr.  Henderson Los  Angeles 109 


Hearst,   William  Randolph U.  S.  A 

Hebbard,  J.  C.  B .  .San  Francisco. 


.   72 

.892 


Hechtman,   A.  J San  Francisco 172 


Hedrick,  J.  B Los  Angeles. 


.907 


Haas,  Walter  F 

Hackney,    L.   S 


Los  Angeles 627 

..  St.  Paul,  Minn 474 


Heeseman,   C.   J Oakland,    Cal 357 

Hellman,   Irving  H Los  Angeles 401 

Hellman,  I.  W.,  Sr San  Francisco 44 

Hellman,   Marco   H Los  Angeles 93 

Hellman,   M.   S Los  Angeles 220 

Helm,    Franklin Los  Angeles 848 

Helm,    Lynn Los  Angeles 129 

Henderson,   C.   A Los  Angeles 214 

Henderson,    T.   L Los  Angeles 309 

Henne,    Christian Los  Angeles 762 

Henningsen,  R.  M Los  Angeles 612 

Heron,  E.  A Oakland,   Cal 47 

Herron,  Ruf us  H Los  Angeles 705 

Hervey,  Hon.  W.  R Los  Angeles 693 

Hewlett,   E.  E Los  Angeles 725 

Heyler,   C.   J Los  Angeles 595 

Hiatt,   William   M Los  Angeles 652 

Hillman,  Roy  P Los  Angeles 187 

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Hughes,   Thomas Los  Angeles 417 

Hughes,  Dr.  West Los  Angeles 384 

Humphreys,  William  M Los  Angeles 592 

Hunsaker,  W.  J Los  Angeles 128 

Hunt,  John  N Los  Angeles 593 

Hunt,   Myron Los  Angeles 335 

Hunt,  Sumner  P Los  Angeles 66 

Hunt,  Willis  G Los  Angeles 186 

Huntington,  Henry  E Los  Angeles 402 

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Jackson,   Grant Los  Angeles 153 

Jacobson,  Tony Salt  Lake  City. .  .387 

Jameson,  J.  W Los  Angeles 376 

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Killian,  L.  J Los  Angeles 551 

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Koebig,  A.  H.,  Jr Los  Angeles 473 

Koebig,  Dr.  Julius Los  Angeles 156 

Kress,  Dr.  George  H Los  Angeles 545 

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Ladner,  A.  E Los  Angeles 467 

Lane,   Fulton Los  Angeles 538 

Lane,    Jonathan Houston,    Tex. . .  .330 

Lanka,  Robert Los  Angeles 735 

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Lapham,   R.   D Los  Angeles 618 

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Latimer,  Fred Los  Angeles 683 

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Law,  Dr.  Herbert  E San  Francisco.. .  .347 

Leavitt,  E.  L Los  Angeles 862 

Lee,  Bradner  W Los  Angeles 519 

Lee,  Donald  M Los  Angeles 719 

Lelande,  H.  J Los  Angeles 367 

Leonardt,   Carl Los  Angeles 373 

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Lewis,  Walter  A Los  Angeles 592 

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Lindley,  Albert San  Francisco 361 

Lindley,  Curtis  H San  Francisco. . . .  149 

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Lindsay,    L Los  Angeles 192 

Llewellyn,  John Los  Angeles 611 

Lobingier,  Dr.  A.  S Los  Angeles 647 

Loder,  Arthur  E San  Francisco 285 

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Matson,  Capt.  William San  Francisco. ..  .154 

Mattison,  Dr.  F.  C.  E Pasadena,    Cal. .  .273 

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Mauzy,   Byron San  Francisco.. .  .472 

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Mayberry,  Edward  L Los  Angeles 843 

Maynard,  R.  E Los  Angeles 293 

Mayne,  Dr.  W.  H Los  Angeles 803 

McAleer,   Owen Los  Angeles 454 

McAllister,  J.  P Los  Angeles 324 

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McCan,  D.  C Los  Angeles 602 

McCarthy,  J.  Harvey Los  Angeles 589 

McClellan,  Prof.  J.  J Salt   Lake   City.. 82 8 

McClelland,  Peter Los  Angeles 807 

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McCormick,  E.  O San  Francisco.. . .   52 

McCornick,  W.  S Salt  Lake  City. . .   76 

McCray,   L.  A Los  Angeles 761 

McDonald,  P.  J Los  Angeles 687 

McDonald,  Hon.  William  C Santa  Fe,  N.  M..562 

McDowell,  Elmer  R Los  Angeles 436 

McGarry,   M.   J Los  Angeles 278 

McGurrin,  Frank  IS Salt  Lake  City. .  .369 

McKinnie,   J.   R Los  Angeles 744 

McKnight,  J.  S Los  Angeles 795 

McLeod,  J.  M Los  Angeles 909 

McMahon,   J.   J Los  Angeles 885 

McNear,   George  W San  Francisco 188 

McNeil,   J.   V Los  Angeles 460 

McVay,   William   E Los  Angeles 320 

Merrill,  Dr.  F.  J.  H Los  Angeles 190 

Merrill,   John   A Los  Angeles 579 

Merritt,  H.  C Pasadena,   Cal 450 

Mesmer,    Joseph Los  Angeles 416 

Mets,   John Tucson,    Ariz ....  352 

Metson,  W.  H San  Francisco 341 

Miles,  J.  H Falls  City,  Neb.  .834 

Miley,  E.  J Los  Angeles 396 

Miller,   A.   B Rialto,  Cal 586 

Miller,   Henry San  Francisco 45 

Miller,  John  B Los  Angeles 18 

Millsap,   Homer  C Los  Angeles 893 

Millspaugh,    J.   F Los  Angeles 870 

Mitchell,  Clyde  W Los  Angeles 549 

Mitchell,  George Los  Angeles 820 

Moffatt,  Benj.  F Los  Angeles 891 

Monnette,   M.  J Los  Angeles 320 

Montgomery,  E.  A Los  Angeles 516 

Moore,  Dr.  Albert  W Los  Angeles 557 

Moore,  Dr.  E.  C Los  Angeles 197 

Moore,   Edward  T Dallas,    Tex 809 

Moore,  Dr.  M.  L Los  Angeles 196 

Moore,   Stanley San  Francisco 706 

Moran,  P.  J Salt  Lake  City. .  .654 

Morgan,  Elmer  E Los  Angeles 455 

Morgan,    Octavius Los  Angeles 240 

Morgan,    Vincent Los  Angeles 834 

Morganstern,    A.    J San  Diego,  Cal. .  .664 

Morgrage,    Wilbert Los  Angeles 643 

Morosco,    Oliver Los  Angeles 747 

Morrison,  A.  F San  Francisco 230 


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Morrow,    J.    B  .................  Los  Angeles  ......  431 

Morton,  Dr.  L.  B  ..............  Los  Angeles  ......  802 

Morton,  W.  Ona  ...............  Los  Angeles  ......  555 

Moss,   S.   A  ....................  San  Francisco  ----  872 

Mossholder,   W.   J  .............  San  Diego,  Cal  ...  783 

Mott,   Frank  K  ................  Oakland,  Cal  .....  207 

Mott,  John  G  ..................  Los  Angeles  ......  264 

Mudd,    Seeley   W  ..............  Los  Angeles  ......  749 

Mueller,  Oscar  C  ..............  Los  Angeles  ......  642 

Mullally,    Thornwell  ...........  San  Francisco.  .  .  .  106 

Mullen,  Arthur  B  ..............  Los  Angeles  ......  837 

Muller,   Max  ...................  Hermosillo,    Mex.659 

Mullgardt,   L.   C  ...............  San  Francisco  ----  490 

Myers,  A.  D  ...................  Los    Angeles  .....  756 

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Newman,   G.   O Los  Angeles 

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Newmark,  Harris Los  Angeles 

Newmark,  M.  H Los  Angeles 

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O'Connor,  J.  H  ................  Los  Angeles  ......  743 

Odemar,    G.    O  .................  Los  Angeles  ......  903 

O'Donnell,    James   E  ...........  Los  Angeles  ......  882 

O'Donnell,    Thomas   A  ..........  Los  Angeles  ......  635 

Oesting,  Charles  W  ............  San  Diego,   Cal.  .  .  310 

O'Farrell,  M.  B  .................  Los   Angeles  ......  784 

Off,  Charles  F  ..................  Los   Angeles  ......  823 

Oldham,  Dr.  John  Y  ...........  Los   Angeles  ......  653 

Oliver,    Frank  .................  Los  Angeles  ......  241 

O'Neall,  Grosvenor  P.  ...  .......  Los  Angeles  ......  470 

O'Neil,   P.   H  ...................  Los  Angeles  ......  3l8 

Orbison,  Dr.  Thomas  J  .........  Los  Angeles  .....  299 

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Osborn,  Sidney  P  .............    Phoenix,   Arix  .....  216 

Otis,  Gen.  Harrison  Gray  ......  Los  Angeles  ......  404 

Overton,  Eugene  ...............  Los  Angeles  ......  668 


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Parker,  L.  A Los  Angeles. . . . 

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Pelton,  John  E Pasadena,   Cal.  ...102 

Peoples,  G.  Ivan Los  Angeles 779 

Perry,  C.  F Los  Angeles 296 

Perry,  William  H Los  Angeles 206 

Peters,  D.  L Los  Angeles 412 

Pettebone,  H.  W Los  Angeles 337 

Phipps,  Major  W.  A Los  Angeles 136 

Pittman,  Hon.  G.  M San  Bernardino.  .453 

Pittman,  Hon.  Key Tonopah,  Nev 723 

Pollard,  Dr.  J.  W Los  Angeles 688 

Pollock,  J.  A Salt  Lake  City. .  .782 

Pollock,  W.   S Los  Angeles 870 

Pomeroy,   A.   E Los  Angeles 122 

Poole,  C.  O Los  Angeles 65 

Porter,  Frank  M Los  Angeles 743 

Porter,  Warren  R San  Francisco 282 

Porter,  W.   S San  Francisco 832 

Pottenger,  Dr.  F.  M Los  Angeles 175 

Potter,  Col.  Dell  M Clifton,    Ariz 434 

Potter,  E.  L Los  Angeles 375 

Powell,  G.  Harold Los  Angeles 842 

Powell,  L.  W Los  Angeles 132 

Powell,  Dr.  Thomas Los  Angeles 590 

Powers,  Dr.  L.  M Los  Angeles 816 

Pridham,  R.  W Los  Angeles 753 

Pringle,  William  B » San  Francisco 447 

Prior,   Thomas   W Venice,  Cal 859 

Pryor,   Isaac   T San  Antonio,  Tex.  523 

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Quinn,  J.  A '. Los  Angeles 868 

Quint,  Dr.  Sumner  J Los  Angeles 271 

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Ramish,  Adolph   '.  Los  Angeles 658 

Ramsdell,   William  R Los  Angeles 259 

Randolph,   C.  P Los  Angeles 686 

Randolph,  Col.  Epes Tucson,   Ariz 10 

Rannells,  J.  W Los  Angeles 677 

Rannells,    Samuel   D Los  Angeles 676 

Rathbun,    George   A Los  Angeles 817 

Reach,  Howard  E Los  Angeles 621 

Reagan,  Jas.  W Long  Beach,  Cal. 601 

Reed,  G.  W Oakland,    Cal 497 

Reese,  W.  K.,  Jr Los  Angeles 734 

Reeves,  H.  Alban Los  Angeles 554 

Remondino,  Dr.  P.  C San  Diego,  Cal.. .580 

Reynolds,  Dr.  Cecil  E Los  Angeles 671 

Reynolds,   W.   D Fort  Worth,  Tex. 910 

Rice,  W.  V Salt  Lake  City. .  .189 

Richardson,  R.  W Los  Angeles 758 

Richardson,  W.  E Los  Angeles 248 

Ricketts,  Dr.  L.  D Cananea,  Mex 26 

Riggins,  Dr.  Philip  B Los  Angeles 704 

Roach,    C.   W Los  Angeles 316 

Robbins,   M.   H.,   Jr San  Francisco 598 

Roberts,  A.  R Waco,   Tex 896 

Roberts,  Oscar  W .'.  San  Simon,  Ariz.  195 

Robinson,  Dr.  F.  Neall Monrovia,   Cal 437 

Rogers,  Geo.  A Los  Angeles 321 

Rogers,  R.  I Los  Angeles 186 

Rose,  H.  H Los  Angeles 366 

Roseberry,  L.  H Los  Angeles 210 

Rosenheim,  A.  F Los  Angeles 633 

Rosenstirn,  A.  M San    Francisco. .  .618 


Ross,  A.  W Los  Angeles 472 

Roth,  Dr.  Leon  J Los  Angeles 585 

Rothschild,  Joseph San  Francisco 322 

Rowan,   Geo.   D Los  Angeles 788 

Rowan,  P.  D Los  Angeles 790 

Rowan,  R.  A Los  Angeles 789 

Rowland,  S.  P Los  Angeles 459 

Rowland,    Thos Puente,  Cal 835 

Rowland,  W.  R Los  Angeles.. ...  .321 

Ruess,  H.  J Los  Angeles 323 

Rush,  Judson  R Los  Angeles 405 

Russell,  Dr.  E.  H Los  Angeles 613 

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Sanford,  Allan  D Waco,  Tex 876 

Sargent,  E.  W Los  Angeles 462 

Sartori,  Joseph  F Los  Angeles 117 

Schloesser,  Dr.  A.  G.  R Los  Angeles 540 

Schmidt,  Walter  A Los  Angeles 400 

Schroeder,  H.  C Oakland,    Cal 802 

Schuyler,  Jas.  D   Los  Angeles 522 

Scott,  A.  W.,  Jr San  Francisco 208 

Scott,  Henry  T San  Francisco 13 

Scott,  Irving  M San  Francisco 225 

Scott,  Joseph  Los  Angeles 184 

Scott,  J.  T Houston,    Tex 452 

Scribner,  O San  Francisco 874 

Scroggs,  Dr.  G.  A Los  Angeles 759 

Seaman,  Dr.  E.  D Los  Angeles 749 

Shanks,  W.  D Los   Angeles 558 

Shannon,  C.  M Los  Angeles 515 

Shannon,  Michael  F Los  Angeles 508 

Sharer,  E.  C Los  Angeles 308 

Shearer,  Frank  Los  Angeles 534 

Shenk,  John  W .  ..Los  Angeles 320 

Shepherd,  Dr.  H.  L Los  Angeles 382 

Sherman,  Gen.  M.  H Los  Angeles 126 

Shoemaker,  R.  W Los  Angeles 784 

Short,  Hon.  Frank  H Fresno,    Cal 61 

Shoup,  Paul   Los  Angeles 209 

Shurtleff,  Dr.  Fred  C Los  Angeles 521 

Sibbet,  H.  A Los  Angeles 249 

Slauson,  James  Los  Angeles 108 

Smith,  Hon.  Marcus  A Tucson,  Ariz 32 

Smith,  P.  H Los  Angeles 702 

Smith,  Dr.  Rea  Los  Angeles 374 

Smith,  Sydney   Los  Angeles 398 

Snook,  Charles  E Oakland,  Cal 147 

Snyder,  M.  P Los  Angeles 331 

Soiland,  Dr.  Albert Los  Angeles 600 

Spalding,   A.   G Point  Loma,   Cal. 142 

Spalding,   S.   M Los   Angeles 825 

Spellacy,   Timothy Los  Angeles 903 

Spiro,   Solon Salt  Lake  City..  .165 

Spreckels,  A.  B San   Francisco 166 

Spry,  Hon.  William Salt  Lake  City. .  .572 

Stabler,  L.  J Los  Angeles 803 

Stansbury,  Charles Los  Angeles 674 

Stanton,  E.  H Ionia,  Mich 662 

Stanton,  E.  J Los   Angeles 660 

Stanton,  Hon.  William Pasadena,    Cal ...  226 

Steddom,  C.  B Los  Angeles 425 

Stewart,  H.  F Los  Angeles 453 

Stewart,   Dr.  J.    T Los  Angeles 903 

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Stookey,  Dr.  L.  B Los  Angeles 743 

Story,  F.  Q Los  Angeles 514 

Stratton,  H.  C San  Francisco 694 

Strong,  Frank  R Los  Angeles 646 

Sullivan,  E.   J San  Diego,  Cal. .  .638 

Sullivan,  Hon.  Jeremiah  F San  Francisco 55 

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Varney,  Thos.  H.  B Los  Angeles 641 

Vatcher,  H.  J.,  Jr Los  Angeles 829 

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Wackerbarth,    A Los  Angeles 593 

Wadham,  James  E San  Diego,  Cal. . .   87 

Wagner,  Jas.  R.  H Los  Angeles 767 

Waite,  M.  P Los  Angeles 881 

Walker,   P.  J San  Francisco 394 

Wallace,    James    S Los  Angeles 619 

Wallace,  W.  J Los  Angeles 508 

Wallschlaeger,    F.    O Los   Angeles 730 

Walsworth,  Dr.  C.  B Los  Angeles 63? 

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Warner,  G.  W Hollywood,  Cal. .  .904 

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Webster,  A.  F Los  Angeles 565 

Weik,   Fred    G Los  Angeles 593 

Weisendanger,    T Los  Angeles 773 

Welbourn,  Dr.  O.  C Los  Angeles 710 

Weller,  Dana  R Los  Angeles 108 

Wells,  A.   G Los  Angeles 140 

Wells,  Hon.  E.  W Prescott,    Ariz. ...  708 

Wells,   H.  W Los  Angeles 327 

Wells,  Myron  H Los  Angeles 748 

Wendling,  G.  X San    Francisco . . .  573 

Wernigk,   Dr.  R Los  Angeles 682 

West,  Dr.  F.  B Los  Angeles 803 

W'heat,   Walter   R Los  Angeles 286 

Wheeler,  R.  B Los  Angeles 526 

Whelan,  W.  D Los  Angeles 669 

White,    Ben Los  Angeles 637 

White,  C.   H Los  Angeles 491 

White,  Dr.  P.  G Los  Angeles 593 

White,   Thos.   P Los  Angeles 539 

Whittemore,    C.    O Los  Angeles 261 

Whittier,    C.    F Los  Angeles 830 

Whittier,    M.    H Los  Angeles 634 

Whittington,    John   W Los  Angeles 746 

Wiggins,    Frank Los  Angeles 584 

Wilbur,  Hon.  Curtis  D Los  Angeles 399 

Wilde,  Louis  J San   Diego,   Cal . .  801 

Wilkinson,    H.    B Phoenix,   Ariz 665 

Williams,   Gesner Los  Angeles 499 

Williams,    Dr.    Ralph Los  Angeles 794 

Williams,   Thomas   H San  Francisco 894 

Williams,   W.   A San  Francisco 228 

Williams,  W.  J Los  Angeles 386 

Willis,  Hon.   Frank  R Los  Angeles 488 

Wills,  Dr.  W.  LeMoyne Los  Angeles 349 

Wilson,   Horace  S Los  Angeles 565 

Wilson,  J.  C San  Francisco 199 

Wingfleld,   George    Reno,   Nev 546 

Winterhalter,  W.  K San  Francisco 500 

Wisner,  Clarence  B Los  Angeles 800 

Wood,  James  Douglas,  Ariz 253 

Wood,  Hon.  J.  P Los  Angeles 395 

Wood,  Dr.  James  W Long  Beach,  Cal. 859 

Woods,  Hon.  S.  D San  Francisco 85 

Woodward,  F.  J Oakland,  Cal 444 

Woollacott,  A.  H.  Jr Los  Angeles 430 

Wootan,   Jno.   T Los  Angeles 483 

Works,    Lewis   R Los  Angeles 651 

Wright,  Ed.  T Los  Angeles 107 

Wright,  Harold  Bell Meloland,  Cal 513 

Wright,  John  B Tucson,  Ariz 180 

Wright,   Hon.   Leroy  A San  Diego,  Cal... 759 

Wyatt,  H.  C Los  Angeles 663 

Wylie,  Herbert  G Los  Angeles 480 

Wyman,  F.  O Los  Angeles 847 


Youle,  W.  E Los  Angeles 576 

Youmans,    Edward    T Los  Angeles 770 

Young,  Frank  W Los  Angeles 489 

Young,    George    U Phoenix,   Ariz 492 

Young,    R.    B * Los  Angeles 489 

Young,  William  F Los  Angeles 861 


